Meet the Antichrist Part Six

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Meet the Antichrist
Part Six

The European Union

The European Union

The European Union has not yet managed to merge into a single political entity, as Daniel foresaw at 2:43, however where others have failed, the ten Merovingian Illuminati Elite Houses will succeed under the administration of the Rex Mundi.

Once again we find that while the language is in some respects symbolic, its message is clear. As with Nebuchadnezzar, Alexander the Great, Adolf Hitler and other glorified national heads, the Rex Mundi will rule his subjects as sovereign lord and master. The Antichrist will come to power from within the European Union and from there advance his global empire, by whatever name. This empire will be the Fourth Reich, the Roman Empire reborn.

Returning now to II Thessalonians chapter 2 this is further clarified as we read:

8 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:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

The world stage must be set before the Antichrist can ascend his Bilderberg throne. Setting up these conditions is the task of the lesser antichrists and their minions throughout history as described at the outset of this study. In our generation their work is finally coming to fruition, the stage is now ready for the players to appear.

When we think of Israel, we tend to think of the nation bearing that name, however Israel is also the Chosen People themselves, the Jews. Much as the term Church properly applies to the followers of Jesus rather than to the buildings where Christians meet, so too Israel has this double meaning.

Although the nations of Judah and Israel fell long ago before the onslaught of the first global kingdom, people Israel have never ceased to exist. Even in the Diaspora, they have remained the people of God and it is to the Jews that the Church owes everything. Due to the "Laodicean" state of contemporary Christianity however, the Church is being cut off from that Tree as the prophets foretold.

Master Y'shua here offers us added insight into this:

Matthew 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Here in the 24th chapter of Matthew the Master presents his most powerful overview of the prophetic calendar. He points to the "fig tree" Israel as a key to the fulfillment of the prophecies. Israel fell to the Babylonians in circa 606 BCE and never again existed as a sovereign nation (except arguably for a brief period under the Maccabees). The topic of this Matthew 24 presentation is the fulfillment of all things and the eventual restoration of God's intention for the earth:

And as he [Master Y'shua] sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the [age]?

Master Y'shua points to the restitution of Israel as the cardinal sign that the end of the Gentile Age (the "Times of the Gentiles") has arrived.

The prophets are clear that the Antichrist will rise at the conclusion of these Gentile Times as the last ruler of the age.

King Nebuchadnezzar had another dream. In it he again gives information about the coming kingdoms of the world. Unlike his earlier dream (that we have discussed above), this one has a double meaning. This dream literally came true in his own life as we will see, but it also had a second, greater meaning as I believe will be obvious from the text.

One year later all this literally came upon the king and he was driven insane and lost his kingdom. We read that at that time

The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee....
34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
36 At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.
37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

With the higher understanding of this prophecy, we see that God does indeed establish the kingdom of his choice. It is this kingdom that Daniel saw previously where we read:

Daniel 2:44 And in the days of these kings [i.e. during the reign of the ten European leaders we spoke about above – compare 7:24-27] shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

These kings did not exist at the time of Daniel of course, and yet he saw them as the ten toes of the image and the ten horns of the fourth beast, the Roman Empire.

We now return to Master Y'shua's Matthew 24 talk on the end of the Age.

1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

Jesus had of course seen and visited the Temple of God many times. His disciples were asking him to explain a statement he had just made:

Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

Our modern Bible contains chapters and verses but we should bear in mind that these were added later on to make study and referencing specific sections easier. These added breaks should not affect one's understanding of the scriptures. The House of God, Herod's Temple, was the very heart of the Jewish faith and Master Y'shua's pronouncement was earth shaking. Y'shua's disciples hoped he was the Moshiach but the central role the Moshiach was to establish Israel and glorify Jerusalem, but now Y'shua predicted that the Holy City and even the Temple would soon be destroyed!

Master Y'shua had been speaking critically with his disciples about the Scribes and the Pharisees. He was directly tying their religious failures to the coming destruction of the Temple they claimed to serve and his hearers wanted a fuller understanding of these things. Master Y'shua's charged that these leaders had forgotten the ways of their ancestors, that they were living and teaching in opposition to the Written Torah. The Scribes, he taught, were blindly following traditions and relying on external temple ritual while the Rabbis or Pharisees were placing greater authority on the Oral Torah (such as the Babylonian Talmud) than on the Written Torah (or "Old Testament"), hence in effect they had rejected the authority of Moses. This was damning accusation!

What the Master told them was so shocking that they could scarcely believe their ears. Now they requested more information. It should be noted that while the Authorized King James Version of the Bible uses the phrase "end of the world" here, a better translation from the textus receptus would be "end of the age." In this teaching session the Master laid the future out for them in amazing detail.

First century Jews were painfully aware that their nation was an occupied Roman province and not a free country. They yearned for freedom. Many Jews, such as the Zealot party, actively sought Rome's overthrow while others, such as the Essene Brotherhood, sought to avoid the Romans and irreligious Jews by living in communal settings. The Scribes and the Pharisees (predecessors to the modern day rabbinical system) sought appeasement with Rome and largely supported the status quo. Regardless of their politics, all were painfully aware of the Roman presence and its impact on Judaism. The role of the promised Moshiach was political as well as spiritual liberation.

The destruction of the Temple would be the result of warfare. Y'shua's warned his hearers that they should brace themselves for hard times. It is here that we should consider the nature of prophetic scripture. Master Y'shua is here speaking to people in an out of the way place, and yet his words have been read by billions of people.

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

At this point the Master began describing events well into the future to the end of the age. We note here a reference to two major conflicts. 1) Nation shall rise against nation and 2) kingdom against kingdom. There isn't enough evidence to be dogmatic about this in my opinion, but personally I believe the Master here described the two world wars of the twentieth century.

The timing for the fulfillment of these events was clearly not at hand because the conditions were not yet right for the Moshiach to arrive. Master Y'shua specifically warned his hearers that in the future many would come claiming to be the Moshiach, but they should not be deceived by their claims.

9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

Such persecution had been the situation of the Jews for generations. Here the Master is seeing far darker days still ahead for the Jews. He is describing the Russian pogroms, the Nazi Shoah and the other atrocities leveled against the Chosen People as time runs out on the Times of the Gentiles. Today anti-Semitism is again on the rise around the world among both liberals and conservatives and yet far more difficult days are ahead for the Jews and for all who will remain loyal to the god of Israel.

10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Here again we find support for this understanding, "he that survives to the end will be saved." This is a statement of the End Times persecution awaiting the Jews. This persecution will become so severe that only direct divine intervention will be able to halt this time of woe and save the Jews from complete annihilation.

14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Many Christians have cited these verses through the centuries to justify their missionary activities. They have said the gospel of the kingdom is the good news that Jesus is the messiah and that spiritual salvation through him is available. This popular interpretation does not fit with the context of these prophecies however. The good news of the kingdom is that Moshiach will come and restore the kingdom to Israel. The kingdom was taken away from Israel 600 years before and the Jews then living in the province of Judea were despised and abused by their Roman occupiers. The return of the kingdom to Israel would truly be good news. Master Y'shua's point here is that the Kingdom of HaShem will come to pass... but when?

These verses conform to the image set before us in the Books of Daniel and John's Revelation. Knowing that he was revealing things that would rock the world Daniel was deeply troubled and confused. He finally entered into a period of deep contemplation and prayer wherein he sought the will and knowledge of HaShem as to when the things he had seen would take place.

Master Y'shua warned that, "...When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet..." and so we know that this will be a specific event one could witness rather than metaphor or esoteric symbolism.

The Abomination of Desolation

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