Who Is the Antichrist? - Deep State
Subpoenas Issued - Name of Jesus Holds Incredible Power - The Quantum Financial
System - Mel K & Author Floyd Brown - Charlie Ward & Tom Numbers with
Tyler Perry - Black Hawks Down & White Hats Killed - ATLAS SHRUGS &
INSURRECTION - good news out of Cali for a change & more.
Researched & Comments by Pastor
Gary Boyd
April 7th 2023
X22 Report - Another Move Was Just Made On The Deep State! Subpoenas Issued! Traitors! Those Awake Can See! - Must Video - Thursday, April 6, 2023 20:33 - The [DS] is panicking, they have used everything against Trump, now all they have left is a case that is so far out there that people are going to wake up knowing that this has nothing to do with the law, this is a political hit on Trump. Jordan issues subpoenas. RFK enters the ring, the [DS] is in trouble, the push to remove Biden is on, they will fight back and go after RFK, but lets see how this turns out, will the [DS] take out Biden. https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/04/x22-report-another-move-was-just-made-on-the-deep-state-subpoenas-issued-traitors-those-awake-can-see-must-video-3659575.html
BIBLE STUDY TOOLS: The Name of Jesus
Holds Incredible Power - By Frank Santora Pastor - March 31, 2023 - At these
times when we are tempted to lose our faith and hope, we need to remember that
God will engineer a rematch in such cases, and He has rigged the outcome by
giving us an unbeatable weapon – His name. We believers have been given an
amazing gift, the authority in His name to pray and to exercise His power in
this world. The name of Jesus carries inherent power to cause every adverse
thing to bow, and will pull you out of whatever you’ve been stuck in. https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/the-name-of-jesus-holds-incredible-power.html
Mel K & Author Floyd Brown |
Counterpunch - It's Time to Take Back America | 4-4-23 - https://rumble.com/v2g8kq2-mel-k-and-author-floyd-brown-counterpunch-its-time-to-take-back-america-4-4.html?mref=6zof&mc=dgip3&ep=2
NESARA/GESARA NEWS: QFS The Quantum
Financial System - Truth is, the QFS has been running in parallel with the
Central Banking System for some time and has countered many hacking attempts to
steal funds. https://gesara.news/qfs/
ZERO HEDGE: "The Last War We Can
Afford To Fight": Tucker Carlson Sounds Alarm Over De-Dollarization, Slams
Biden Admin For Pissing Off World - BY TYLER DURDEN - THURSDAY, APR 06, 2023 -
09:25 AM - As we've noted several times of late, a growing number of countries
are threatening the US dollar's status as the global reserve currency by
conducting global trade without it - you know, the thing Saddam and Gaddafi
threatened to do before they were 'liberated' from their mortal coils for other
stated reasons. Fox News host Tucker Carlson has picked up on this, big time,
noting that the process began after the Biden administration started wielding
the dollar as a political weapon by freezing US dollars held by Russians. Carlson
cites an article from the Daily Caller, in which authors E.J. Antoni and Peter
St. Onge write: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/last-war-we-can-afford-fight-tucker-carlson-sounds-alarm-over-de-dollarization-slams
Charlie Ward & Tom Numbers with Tyler
Perry: Exclusive Trump Intel Updates (Video) - Friday, April 7, 2023 7:56 - Charlie,
Tom, and Tyler have exclusive Trump Intel info to share with us.. Things are
happening now, Folks, just like we all said it would and here we are!! Hear
what could be next on the enemy’s sinister agenda! https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/04/charlie-ward-tom-numbers-tyler-perry-exclusive-trump-intel-updates-video-3791145.html
REAL RAW NEWS: Black Hawks Down,
White Hats Killed - REAL RAW NEWS UPDATE w/ Michael Baxter - Friday, April 7,
2023 8:06 - This war is very real. Countless brave warriors are engaged in not
only a spiritual battle, but also a physical battle of good vs. evil. Perhaps
one day we will learn of the tactics and operations this army of heroes
utilized to save the world. Until then we have the courageous work of Real Raw
News dot com. Michael Baxter quantifies and shares the results of this ongoing
saga – which I anxiously await every day… https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/04/black-hawks-down-white-hats-killed-real-raw-news-update-w-michael-baxter-3791149.html
ATLAS SHRUGS - INSURRECTION: First of
Three Radical Tennessee Democrats EXPELLED FROM LEGISLATURE! – Democrats
Meltdown (VIDEO) - Friday, April 7, 2023 8:09 - Expelled? Why aren’t they
rotting in jail in sub-human conditions for their insurrection? https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/04/insurrection-first-of-three-radical-tennessee-democrats-expelled-from-legislature-democrats-meltdown-video-3659596.html
CITY FARMER NEWS: Family Reveals How
They Grow 6,000 Pounds Of Food A Year On Just 1/10 Of An Acre - Friday, April
7, 2023 9:22 - Their secret: “bio-intensive, regenerative practices,” which
amplify the nutrients and bacteria in the soil. https://beforeitsnews.com/food-and-farming/2023/04/family-reveals-how-they-grow-6000-pounds-of-food-a-year-on-just-110-of-an-acre-2531610.html
CHRISTIAN PATRIOT NEWS: Breaking!
Trump Just ReTruthed, Covfefe: The Simplicity, Complexity & Genius of The Q
Plan, in a Word! - Friday, April 7, 2023 8:55 - We are the enemy of Big Tech,
Big Money and Big Media. Together, let’s expose the lies of the enemy. Impart a
little truth every day. Especially the Truth that Jesus Christ is Lord! - https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/04/breaking-trump-just-retruthed-covfefe-the-simplicity-complexity-genius-of-the-q-plan-in-a-word-3791154.html
MAIL ONLINE: Water, water everywhere!
Stunning photos show how historic California storms have refilled once-depleted
reservoirs in drought-prone Golden State - California has experienced at least
11 atmospheric rivers this year, leading to a significant amount of rain and
snowfall - The weather system has replenished the state's once-depleted reservoirs
after years of drought - 12 of California's 17 major reservoirs are filled
above their historical averages for the start of spring - By PAUL FARRELL FOR
DAILYMAIL.COM - PUBLISHED: 00:32 EDT, 7 April 2023 | UPDATED: 01:21 EDT, 7
April 2023 – (Comment: wow some good news out of Cali for a change.) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11948365/Stunning-pics-California-storms-refilled-reservoirs-drought-parched-Golden-State.html
HAL TURNER SHOW: Finally, some GOOD
News: "No MRNA Vaccines are Licensed for Use in Beef Cattle" – NATION
- By HAL TURNER - 06 APRIL 2023 - Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef
Association (NCBA) released a statement in regard to false information
circulating on social media about the use of mRNA vaccines in cattle: “There
are no current mRNA vaccines licensed for use in beef cattle in the United
States. Cattle farmers and ranchers do vaccinate cattle to treat and prevent
many diseases, but presently none of these vaccines include mRNA technology.” -
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/news-nation/finally-some-good-news-no-mrna-vaccines-are-licensed-for-use-in-beef-cattle
GATEWAY PUNDIT: Macron Fails to Charm
Xi Jinping, While France Descends Into Chaos – Protesters Storm Streets, Lay
Siege to BlackRock Building in Paris! - By Paul Serran Apr. 6, 2023 2:55 pm - While
nanopresident Emmanuel Macron is in China carefully minding Ukraine’s business,
back home in France the social upheaval continues to spiral out of control. In
this Thursday (April 6th), the 11th round of protests against the Pension
Reform saw roads, ports and refineries blocked, and multiple confrontations
between the protesters and the security forces. Mobilization is ongoing in many
major cities throughout the country. As much as 299 public buildings and 132
parliamentary offices have been targeted, with protesters going as far as
walling up some buildings, or piling manure in the entrances. (Comment: April
riots in France, gee imagine that! This time it is so serious Macron has fled
for his life, on the run just like Obama. Macron, a forerunner of the
Antichrist, will be caught eventually and brought to trial for crimes against
humanity. Rumors of bringing back the guillotine especially for him have swept
Europe. Justice is coming soon.) https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/04/macron-fails-to-charm-xi-jinping-while-france-descends-into-chaos-protesters-storm-streets-lay-siege-to-blackrock-building-in-paris/
Former D20 student accused of planning
attacks on three campuses - Elbert Co Sheriff's Office makes arrest based on
call from concerned family member - By: Aidan Hulting - Posted at 11:47 AM, Apr
06, 2023 and last updated 2023-04-07 01:10:13-04 - ELBERT COUNTY — A former
District 20 student is facing attempted murder charges on allegations of
planning attacks on three schools in Colorado Springs, according to the 18th
Judicial District Attorney's Office. https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/former-d20-student-accused-of-planning-attacks-on-three-campuses
NTEB: A four-year investigation of
Baltimore’s Roman Catholic archdiocese reveals the scope of 80 years of child
sex abuse and torture by priests and how church officials often covered it up
and, in some cases, paved the way for further abuse. - Published 22 hours ago
on April 6, 2023 - By Geoffrey Grider - While it is true that you will see this
type of depraved activity taking place in some Protestant and Baptist churches,
nothing comes close to the level on which it takes place within the cloistered
walls of the Roman Catholic Church. Not only that, the Catholic Church at its
highest levels, the Vatican, has always known about the child sex abuse going
on, and they have all, Pope Francis included, worked to cover it up to some
degree. The Catholic Church is filled to overflowing with pedophile priests,
and they seem to like it that way because they don’t work to stop it. https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/roman-catholic-church-in-baltimore-archdiocese-shows-child-sex-abuse-torture-by-priests-that-was-covered-up/
SG Anon: Situation Update - "The
Storm Is Coming" 4/7/2023 (Video) - Friday, April 7, 2023 11:47 - It’s
coming NOW! The storm of retribution is HERE and it’s gonna blow everything UP!
It’s all coming to a head and We the People are tired of the constant
corruption and lies! https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/04/sg-anon-situation-update-the-storm-is-coming-3791159.html
THE DAN BONGINO SHOW - The Trans
Agenda Exposed! - Dan Bongino Live Stream - Friday, April 7, 2023 11:01 - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/04/the-trans-agenda-exposed-dan-bongino-live-stream-3659623.html
By Dr. Tom Horn
You will be told exactly who he is in
this article.
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
April 7th 2023
The vast majority of evangelical
Christians living today believe that we are in what the Bible calls the last
days or end times. That is, they recognize that the signs we were told would
usher in this period are all occurring right now. Central to the topic of the
end times and the beginning of the Apocalypse is the emergence of a political
leader who is to rule the world during this horrific period. He is commonly
known as the Antichrist.
Speculation about who this man might
be is ongoing with the passage of time and events. Many evangelical Christians
presently believe the one who will plunge the world into the bloody events of
the Apocalypse, which will end in the last battle prophesied in the book of
Revelation, the battle of Armageddon is closer than most comprehend.
Antichrist’s Identity Revealed in
Scripture
Many of the commentators, writers,
and end-times experts who are interested in this topic fail to look for answers
about the identity of this coming evil ruler in the one place that can be
trusted above all else: the Holy Writ. I am about to make a solemn declaration
here, one that may come as a surprise to many people: The name of the Antichrist,
his present whereabouts, and the timing of his emergence onto the world stage
are clearly given in the plain text of Scripture. That is correct.
Commentators, and Bible scholars, and end-times experts have failed to see that
the identity of the Antichrist and his present abode are provided for any who
have eyes to see and ears to hear. The information is hidden in plain sight in
the book of Revelation and elsewhere. When we go to the Word and accept what
the Spirit has to say on this subject, there is no more need for loose
speculation and the opinions.
Quite a lot of information is given
in the Bible that allows us to paint a full picture of the coming Antichrist
and the activities he and his accomplices will be involved in. The book of
Daniel provides many parallel prophecies that back up and validate those given
in the book of Revelation. Much other information regarding the Apocalypse is
written in the Gospels, as well as in some of the Epistles. By piecing together
all the various pieces if the jigsaw, we can assemble a clear picture of this
man and of the events that will take place during his reign. I will deal with
just some of these issues in this essay.
Sticking to the Truth
But first things first. I shall not
be engaging in mere speculation here. I will be going to the Scriptures and
allowing them to interpret themselves so that the Word of truth may be
magnified, and so that we do not stray from that narrow path. To illustrate the
necessity for sticking with these simple truths, I would like to quote a lesson
from the Master himself in a passage in Matthew 16:
[Jesus] asked his disciples, saying,
“Who do men say that I, the Son of man, am?” And they said, “Some say that thou
art John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the
prophets.”
He saith unto them, “But who say ye
that I am?”
And Simon Peter answered and said,
“Thou are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
And Jesus answered and said unto him,
“Blessed are thou Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto
thee, but my Father which is in heaven…”
…From that time forth began Jesus to
show unto his disciples, how he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things
from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again,
the third day.
Then Peter took him, and began to
rebuke him, saying, “Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.”
But he turned and said unto Peter:
“Get thee behind me Satan, for thou art and offence unto me: for thou savourest
not the things that be of God, but those that be of men” (Matthew 16:14-17,
21-23).
This passage contains some very
important lessons that we must grasp before we continue. Jesus asked His
disciples who they thought He was. Peter gave the correct answer, and Jesus
praised him, telling him that it was by way of revelation from God himself that
Peter had received this knowledge. Jesus then began to explain that He must
fulfil prophecy by going to Jerusalem, suffering at the hands of the religious
leaders, and dying before being raised from the dead.
At this, Peter lost the run of
himself, and more or less said, “No way is this going to happen while I am
around to protect you.” Then Jesus looked Peter square in the eyes and said,
“Get thee behind me Satan. Thou art an offense unto me; for thou savorest not
the things that are of God, but those that are of men” (v. 23).
Whew! What a turnaround! One minute,
Peter was the cock of the walk because Jesus had praised him for his spiritual
insight and had given him the keys to the kingdom (verses 18,19). Next thing,
He hit him right between the eyes with, “Satan is working through you; you are
more interested in man’s opinions than the Word of God,” or words to that
effect. So Peter went from hero to zero within a couple of minutes.
The lesson here is this: The way of
truth is a very narrow path. Jesus was the Word made flesh. He spoke the Word
of truth because he was truth. So when He began to explain to His disciples
what had to come to pass in order that man’s redemption could be attained, He
was speaking God’s truth. And the truth is a narrow path. But when Peter
reacted as he did, he was using his five senses and going directly against the
revealed Word of truth. Thus, he was in error.
As soon as we start to stray from the
simple teaching of Scripture and begin to put forth our own opinions, we make
the same mistake Peter made. Thus, the Lord’s rebuke to us might be the same as
it was to his disciple: “Get you behind me Satan.” He can say that because when
we stray off the narrow path of truth, the half-truths or speculation we
perpetrate—if we are to take Jesus at face value—are satanic in nature. When we
exit the path of truth, we are in error.
I say this because in this essay, I
will be sticking to the plain teaching of Scripture. And although I am fully
aware that the prophecies of the book of Revelation can be difficult to
understand, some of them are quite simple when all the dots are joined in a
reasoned fashion. I believe the Scriptures that point to the identity of the
Antichrist and what his name is are relatively easy to decode when laid out in
a logical sequence. That is what I shall attempt to do here.
Biblical References to Antichrist
Scripture provides various names for
the person we call the Antichrist. In fact, the word “antichrist” only appears
in the Bible twice, and these instances are found in John’s first epistle:
“Little children, it is the last
time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many
antichrists, by which we know that it is the last time. … Who is a liar but he
that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the
Father and the Son” (1 John 2:18, 22).
It is interesting to note that
neither of these mentions of the word “antichrist” has the definite article
“the” before them. Yet we talk of “the Antichrist” as if there are many usages
of this word throughout the Bible, thus giving this name a certain kudos.
The epistle of Paul to the
Thessalonians provides us with three other names given to this Antichrist: “Let
no man deceive you by any means; for that day shall not come, except there come
a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is
worshiped, so that he, as God, sitteth in the Temple of God, shewing himself
that he is God. …And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall
consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of
his coming” (2 Thessalonians 2:3, 4, 8).
Here the Antichrist is called the
“man of sin,” the “son of perdition,” and “that wicked (or lawless one).” In
the book of Daniel, he is referred to as “a little horn” (Daniel 7:8).
Now here is the rub: We talk of “the
antichrist” even though “antichrist” is used only twice in the Bible in 1 John.
These other terms are seldom used except in dissertations or books on this
coming world leader. Yet in the book of Revelation, this same man is given a
different name, and is called many times in nine separate chapters by that same
title. Yet commentators seldom refer to him by the name the Spirit puts on him.
Also, it is in this name that the person of the Antichrist is identified and
his proper name is given. The present whereabouts of this character is also
provided within the name appointed him in the book of Revelation.
Jesus’ Interesting Activity
Before I present this name, I want to
lay some enigmatic verses before you that are very pertinent to this study and
to understanding who this Antichrist is. First, we examine a passage in 1 Peter
that concerns something Christ Jesus did after His resurrection from the dead
and before His ascension into heaven. Jesus says: “By whom also he went and
preached unto the spirits in prison, Who at one time were disobedient, when
once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a
preparing…” (2 Peter 3:19, 20).
This verse is sadly overlooked. It
tells us that Jesus, in His supernatural risen body, went to the “spirits” in prison
and “preached” to them! It also tells us that it was these same spirits that
were disobedient in the days while Noah was building the ark. That is, they
were active in the years preceding the Flood of Noah.
The Greek word for “preached” here is
kerusso, which means “heralded.” That is, Jesus heralded or announced His
triumph over these spirits that were disobedient in the years before the Flood.
2 Peter 2:4,5 is linked and provides another couple of
parts of the puzzle: “For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast
them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved
unto the judgment; And spared not the old world, but saved Noah, the eighth
person…bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly.”
Here we are told that the angels who
sinned are cast down to a place called Tartarus, which is the Greek word in the
text given for “hell.” This passage states that these angels are “reserved unto
the judgment.” Many times the Day of the Lord—or the time called Tribulation—is
referred to as “the day of judgment.” This also connects these angels with the
time of the Flood.
These angels are the spirits to whom
Jesus went and announced His triumph, for angels are spirit beings. (“But to
which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand…Are they not all
ministering spirits…” [Hebrews 1:13,14]). Their sin is the same as the
disobedience mentioned in 1 Peter. And the “Tartarus” and “chains of darkness”
referred to here are the same as the prison mentioned earlier.
Where the Angels Are
Yet another part of the conundrum is
found in Jude 6: “And the angels that kept not their first estate, but left
their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness
unto the judgment of the great day.”
The extra piece of information we are
given here regarding these same angels is that they “kept not their first
estate, but left their own habitation.” “Their first estate” and “their own
habitation” is heaven, for heaven is the original abode of these angels.
This copper-fastens the previous two
passages, which is a startling truth that few Christians are aware of and that
most commentators gloss over or ignore. To summarize: There are angels locked
up in a gloomy prison called Tartarus. They are imprisoned there because they
left their “first estate,” heaven, and were disobedient and sinned in the years
before the Flood in the days of Noah.
Furthermore, and another amazing
truth, Jesus himself, after He had been raised from the dead and while still on
this earth, went to this place called Tartarus and announced His triumph to
these spirits who are angels. My goodness! It must be an important truth for us
to know, if Jesus himself went down to these spirit men and heralded His
triumph over them in His new spiritual body. This truth is borne out in a verse
from Ephesians. Again speaking of Jesus, it says:
“Now that he ascended, what is it but
that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?” (Ephesians
4:9). This is not referring to the burial of Jesus when He died, for His body
was laid in a tomb that was on level ground. No, this is referring to Jesus
travelling to this prison where the angels are kept, which we can deduce from
this verse as being in “the lower parts of the earth.” Jesus could go this
place only because He had a new, glorious body that He received after He was
raised from death. We are to receive similar new spiritual bodies when He
returns. These verses Paul wrote explain it well: “Behold, I show you a
mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. In a moment, in
the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound, and
the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this
corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality”
(1 Corinthians 15:51-53).
That this prison holding these angels
is called Tartarus is itself interesting, for it is so-called only once in
Scripture. But the name gives us a hint as to its occupants, as Tartarus is a
famous name used in early Greek mythology to refer to the place where the gods
of legend are imprisoned. (We shall return to this later.)
So this gloomy prison called Tartarus
is not out in space in some black hole somewhere, but is in the lower parts of
the earth. That is, it is down below our feet somewhere in the bowels of this
planet. What an amazing revelation, yet so few have ever gleaned these truths
even though they have been right under our noses all these years.
The Abyss
I want to present one more passage
before we reveal the name of the Antichrist. This is from Luke 8:26-39, and it
concerns the time Jesus was confronted by a man who was possessed by many
demons. The man was always cutting himself with stones and crying aloud, and he
lived in the tombs. When bound with chains, he would even break the iron. When
he met Jesus, the demons cried out: “‘What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son
of God Most High? I beseech thee, torment me not.’ … And Jesus asked him,
saying, ‘What is thy name?’ And he said; ‘Legion;’ Because many demons were
entered into him” (Luke 8:28, 30).
There were about six thousand men in
a Roman legion. Note what the demons said when Jesus was casting out the
unclean spirits: “And they besought him that he would not command them to go
out into the deep” (v. 31).
The Greek word for “deep” here is
abussos. This literally translates as “the abyss.” So the demons did not want
to be cast into the abyss. We will shortly see that this abyss is the same
place the other spirits—those who left heaven and sinned in the years prior to
the flood in the days of Noah—are imprisoned. And it was to this abyss that
Jesus went in His risen body to herald His triumph to these same angels.
Antichrist’s Identity
Now to the book of Revelation and
just who the Antichrist is. As already stated, nine chapters in Revelation
refer to the man we call the Antichrist. But in Revelation, he is given a
different name. He is called “the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless
pit.”
Revelation 11 foretells of the two witnesses
who will evangelize on behalf of God during the coming Apocalypse. These
prophets have the power to shut up heaven so there is no rain, and anyone who
tries to harm them is devoured by fire from the prophets’ mouths. For three and
a half years, they prophesy on behalf of God and are a thorn in the side of the
Antichrist and his one-world government. But the beast has the power to kill
them: “And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that
ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall
overcome them, and kill them” (Revelation 11:7).
Throughout nine chapters, the man we
call the Antichrist is defined as “the beast,” and in the above verse he is
called “the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit.” In fact, the name
“beast” is used thirty-seven times in the book of Revelation. So what is the
background of this beast, and why is he given this title? Let’s go to Chapter 9
to assess the full picture: “The fifth angel sounded and I saw a star fall from
heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key to the bottomless pit. And
he opened the bottomless pit, and there arose a smoke out of the pit, like the
smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of
the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth,
and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power”
(Revelation 9:1-3).
Let us examine these words more
closely. The first thing to notice is that a “star” falls from heaven to earth.
This is not a regular star, because stars do not originate in heaven, they do
not carry keys, and they do not fall to earth. What we call a falling star is
actually a small piece of matter burning up as it hurtles through earth’s
atmosphere from space. The word “star” here is used as a metaphor for an angel.
This star has the key to the bottomless pit and unlocks it. This denotes a
place of incarceration.
Then what happens?
Locusts come out of the smoke that
arises from the bottomless pit. These locusts are given power “as the scorpions
of the earth have power.” Now what do these words mean? To unravel this
mystery, we go back to Luke 10, to the story of Jesus sending out seventy of
His disciples to teach and preach in His name. When they return, this is what
they report: “And the seventy returned with joy, saying, ‘Lord, even the demons
are subject unto us through thy name.’ And He said unto them, ‘I beheld Satan
as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give you power to thread on serpents
and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy…Notwithstanding, in this
rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you…’” (Luke 10:17-20, emphasis
added).
The context of this passage is that
devils (demons), Satan, serpents, scorpions, and spirits were subject to the
disciples through Jesus’ name. Jesus replied with a prophetic utterance about
Satan and told them they had power over “serpents and scorpions,” whom He
defined as the enemy. Then He further elaborated on these by stating that these
scorpions and serpents were “spirits”—that is, “the spirits are subject unto
you.”
Now we know who the enemy is: Satan,
his serpents, and scorpions, which are spirits. Angels are spirits. The main
serpent is Satan himself, a fallen angel, for he is called that twice in
Revelation. Here is one instance: “And the great dragon was cast out, that old
serpent, called the Devil; and Satan…” (Revelation 12:9).
So, here we have the names of animals
and insects, given as metaphors, to mean various beings. Dragon, serpent, scorpion,
and locust. Near the beginning of Luke 10, Jesus said: “…behold, I send you
forth as lambs among wolves” (Luke 10:3). Again we see the use of names of
animals as metaphors for beings. The lambs are His disciples and the wolves are
the demons, scorpions, and serpents that are spirits, or evil angels.
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The Antichrist’s Name Revealed
Thus returning to Revelation 9, we
can now deduce that the locusts released from the bottomless pit are spirits
that are now given power—just as the scorpions, or evil angels, presently have
power on this earth. To prove that these locusts are indeed spirit beings or
angels, let’s jump down to verse 11 of this same chapter. Now study the words
in this coming verse very closely. For not only does this verse verify that
these locusts are evil fallen angels, but it gives the name of their leader:
“And they had a king over them, who is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon,
but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon” (Revelation 9:11, emphasis
added).
Eureka! Can anything be plainer? We
are told here that the king of the locusts is an angel. And we have concluded
that the locusts also are angels that are evil spirit beings. But there’s more:
This king from the bottomless pit throughout Revelation is called “the beast”
and “the beast who ascends out of the bottomless pit.” This is the Antichrist
and his name is… Barack Obama? No. Stalin? No. Hitler? No? Some rich Saudi
prince? No. The leader of the European Union? No. Tony Blair? No. The Pope?
Negative. All wrong!
The Spirit expressly states here that
the man we commonly call the Antichrist is an angel and a king (ruler) who
presently resides in the bottomless pit, but who will one day arise from this
abyss. His name is Abaddon in Hebrew and Apollyon in Greek. This is the beast
that ascends from the bottomless pit and overcomes and kills the two witnesses.
That is why he is called the beast from the abyss or bottomless pit, because
that is exactly what he is. He is the king or ruler of those angels who left
their first estate and who are incarcerated in Tartarus because of their
activities on earth in the thousand or so years before to the Flood of Noah.
These are the same spirits whom Jesus presented himself to in His glorified
body after His resurrection and before His ascension.
So these beings must be important. If
Jesus saw fit to visit these evil angels and herald His triumph before them,
then we cannot blow off these truths and ignore them because they interfere
with our theology. These verses are telling us exactly who the Antichrist is
and where he presently resides. We are told when he will emerge from this
abyss, and we are given his two names. Can it be simpler? Can it be plainer? I
think not. The Antichrist is not a flesh-and-blood politician. He is not a
human who is alive as we speak and is being groomed to take his position as
world leader when the Apocalypse begins.
Antichrist’s Nature
The Antichrist is a spirit being, a
supernatural, powerful angel who is locked up in the gloomy prison called
Tartarus, or the bottomless pit, along with a band of other fallen angels. But
remember: Angels are men. Everywhere in Scripture where angels appear, they are
called “men.” They look like ordinary humans. They eat, drink, and wear clothes
just as we do. People have entertained angels unawares. When two angels went to
visit Lot and his family in Sodom, all the men of that city wanted to gang-rape
them. So they must have been regular-looking guys. But their nature is spirit,
which allows them accomplish feats that we mere mortals cannot.
The fact that angels are men is borne
out several times in Genesis and in the writings of Paul and others. We are told
in Genesis, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness … So God created
man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female
created he them” (Genesis 1:26, 27). So we look like them, and they look like
us. Except they are celestial beings and we are of this earth. When the beast
from the abyss appears on the world stage, he will be the “man of sin” and the
“son of perdition” just as Paul describes. But he will possess powers far
beyond those of any human politician. Paul tells us, “Even him whose coming is
after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with
all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish…” (2 Thessalonians
2:9).
This beast is able to perform
supernatural signs, miracles, and wonders. No human politician has exhibited
these feats, and no human ever will. Some may argue that a human could be
possessed by Satan to perform miracles. This might be so. But when these gods
manifested on the earth in the years before Noah, it was they themselves who
appeared and carried out their sinful doings.
When we read through the book of
Revelation, we see another beast mentioned. This one is called the False
Prophet, and he too performs signs and wonders on behalf of the Antichrist and
by the power of the dragon. He even orders that an image of the beast from the
abyss be erected, and then he has the power to make the image come alive and
speak. Can anyone really believe a human politician or religious leader who is
presently in existence could accomplish this? But these two are going to
perform many spellbinding, fake miracles that will deceive almost all the
population of the whole world. At one point, this beast receives a fatal wound.
That possibly suggests he will be assassinated. But he will be raised from
death by the power of the dragon before the eyes of the world. This is a
counterfeit resurrection. Then all people of all the nations of the world will
worship the beast and give their allegiance to him.
What you have just read is a unique
truth. For I have pointed out to you from Scripture what very few Christians
know or understand. By joining together the dots of some obscure and
often-ignored passages in Scripture, and by linking these together in order to
present a clear picture, we have seen what few have yet discovered. I
understand that when new light is presented, sometimes it hurts the eyes at
first, and can be hard to focus. But I am confident that those who take the
time to ponder the passages covered and search the Scriptures for themselves
will arrive at the same conclusions.
Fallen Angels before the Flood
Now to add some color to the sketch
we’ve already drawn, it is necessary to go back to the time before the Flood,
in the days of Noah, to see exactly what happened there and find out what the
original angels did that caused them to be put into Tartarus. These are the
angels who left heaven, their first estate, and fell to earth and sinned. This
record is in Genesis 6: “And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the
face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw
the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which
they chose. … There were giants [nephilim] in the earth in those days; and also
after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they
bare children to them; the same became mighty men which were of old, men of
renown” (Genesis 6:1-2, 4). I will paraphrase here because of space
constraints. Basically, the “sons of God” are angels. This phrase appears eight
times in the Old Testament, and it is clear from these references that the sons
of God are angels. But they’re not good angels. These sons of God were created
spirit beings who rebelled with Satan and tried to overthrow the Most High God
in a military coup in the distant past. These angels are called nephilim, a
Hebrew word that the majority of Hebrew scholars agree literally means “the
fallen ones.” Hence, the nephilim were fallen angels, because they fell from
grace, fell from heaven, and fell to earth. They took human women as wives who
bore children for them. But these were no ordinary offspring; they were giants,
and were extremely evil.
The next few verses in Genesis 6
report that the earth became filled with violence and bloodshed. According to
my calculations, these angels fell to earth circa one thousand years before the
Flood, which happened in 2348 BC. These nephilim so infected and affected the
whole DNA of the human race at that time that there was in men’s hearts “only
evil continually.” This so grieved God that He sent the Flood and wiped all
life off the face of the earth except for Noah and his family.
But spirit men cannot be drowned. So
these fallen angels were cast into prison to await a day of judgment in the
far-distant future.
In this record of the nephilim coming
to earth and mating with women, we have the origins of the so-called legends
and mythologies of yore. Many, many legends from various cultures speak of gods
coming to earth, taking humans as wives, and producing demigods as offspring.
For instance, take the stories of Greek mythology, which are rife with the
doings of their gods. These legends speak of the gods descending to earth from
heaven and living on Mount Olympus and Delphi. Zeus took Alcmene, a mortal, as
his wife and she almost died giving birth to Hercules.
Greek and Roman mythology also
informs us that these same gods, because of their rebellion, were incarcerated
in an underground prison called in Greek—wait for this—Tartarus. This place is
mentioned many times in the writings of Homer. Egyptian writings such as the
Pyramid Texts and the Egyptian Book of the Dead give a similar story. They tell
of a place called the Underworld, which is a prison of the gods. Hades is the
keeper of this prison, and one must cross the river Styx in order to gain entry
to this horrid place.
The Book of Enoch fills in many of
the blanks not found in the Bible. Enoch was the seventh-generation offspring
of Adam, and we are told Enoch walked with God and was taken out of this life,
but did not die. He was the great-grandfather of Noah. His writings are not
included in the Bible now, but they were for five hundred years or so. Enoch
describes these fallen angels coming to earth and details the evil they taught
men and the violence they perpetrated against humankind. There is a direct
quote from the book of Enoch in Jude’s epistle. This gives this book credence
and means we can trust it. Otherwise, it would not be included in the Word of
God. In speaking of the details of these watchers from heaven, Enoch proved it
was these evil angels themselves—in person—who committed the crimes. They did
not possess humans and work through them. And neither shall the beast from the
abyss possess; he will be clearly visible for all to see.
The fact that we are told in 1 Peter
that Jesus visited the angels locked up in Tartarus makes a link between the
truths of Holy Writ and the gods of Greece and Rome. For it is clear that the
gods spoken of in these legends are none other than the same fallen angels or
nephilim of Genesis 6 and elsewhere. Yet another clear link connects the fallen
angels or sons of God with the gods of ancient lore, and ties them into the
prophecies of the book of Revelation. This clue is found in the same verse that
provided us with the two names given to the beast from the bottomless pit.
Abaddon is his Hebrew name and his name in the Greek tongue is Apollyon. But we
speak English—and the English for Apollyon is Apollo. Any student of Greek
mythology will explain that Apollo was a leader of the original pantheon of
Greek gods along with Mars, Saturn, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Orion, Zeus,
Pluto, etc. Apollo was the god of prophecy, medicine, music, and was the
epitome of the beauty of man. His most famous oracle was at Delphi in Greece,
and many temples dedicated to Apollo are all over Greece, Turkey, and the Near
East, all of which can be viewed today.
Even More Answers Found in Scripture
So now we have an even clearer
picture of who the Antichrist, aka, the beast that ascends from the abyss, is.
He is none other than the leader of the gods from the most ancient of times
whom we know as Apollo. I very much doubt he will be going by this name when he
emerges from the bottomless pit along with his other spirit friends in the near
future. Nevertheless, this is the name given him by the Spirit in Revelation
9:11. So the name of the Antichrist, plus his present whereabouts, plus when he
is going to be released, is all written in the plain text of Scripture. These secrets
have been hidden in plain sight right before our eyes for centuries. Yet few
have managed to piece together the pertinent strands of Scripture needed to
unravel the mystery and make plain the sense of it. Thank you, Lord, for
opening our eyes.
Many more passages in the book of
Revelation speak of both the Beast from the abyss and the False Prophet. For
instance, regarding the Beast that arises from the sea, we are told he has
seven heads and ten horns. What does this mean, and does it pertain to the
global scene in our day and time? The False Prophet, we are told, arises from
the earth and is described as a beast with two horns. What does this signify,
and can we understand these hard sayings?
Speaking again of the Antichrist,
Scripture says he, “once was; now is not; and shall ascend out of the
bottomless pit and go to his destruction.” Can we decode this cryptic message?
What is the mark of the Beast?
I have been working on a book that
answers all these questions and many, many more. Its working title is “The
Return of the Antichrist and the New World Order.” I expect it to be published
shortly (watch my website for news on this: www.neph.ie). In it, I expand on
all the issues I have written about here and bring the reader behind the veil
of the Apocalypse so that we may endeavour to seek out the hidden secrets of
the book of Revelation not yet revealed. We do this work in order to inform the
members of the body of Christ of the revelation of Jesus Christ so that their
spirits may be quickened and they might, in turn, warn others of the impending
cataclysm that is soon to fall on this sorry world. But we also do it to
provide hope for those who seek hope, and as an anchor for those who are
already saved Christians in the church of God. For there is good news for those
who want it! Three times in Revelation, we are told we are blessed if we read
its words and blessed if we hear them. It is the only book in the Bible where
we are promised a double blessing if we read it or hear its words. Besides, this
book is the direct revelation of Jesus Christ to His servants.
Conclusion
What we are seeing in the world today
is what I call the shadows of the Apocalypse. The world is a time bomb whose
fuse has long since been lit. The hoofbeats of the four horsemen of the
Apocalypse are clearly to be heard by all those who have ears to hear. To make
a metaphor: The bad news is that the Titanic is going down. The good news is
that you don’t have to be on board. There is a way out, an alternative, an
escape route. And yes, there is hope. For we are assured by our Lord that we
will be saved from the coming wrath. This is our blessed hope. I will leave you
with a promise of our Messiah, Jesus who is the Christ. May God bless you.
“Let not your heart be troubled; ye
believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions; if
it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if
I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself,
that where I am, there ye may be also” (John 14:1-4).
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