Tick Tock To Midnight- The Man Of Sin, The Lawless One
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3 Horatius Bonar, Judeo-Centric Premillennialism, 5th ed. (London: James Nisbet & Co., 1876).
4 David Bokovoy, “Two Creations in Genesis,” Bible Odyssey, accessed May 8, 2018, www.bibleodyssey.org/en/passages/related-articles/two-creations-in-genesis.
5 Ellen White, “Who Are the Nephilim?” Bible History Daily, May 31, 2018, www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/hebrew-bible/who-are-the-nephilim/.
6 R.C. Sproul Jr., “Who Are the Sons of God and Daughters of Men in Genesis 6:1–5,” Ligonier Ministries, Sept. 22, 2012, www.ligonier.org/blog/who-are-sons-god-and-daughters-men-genesis-6/.
7 “The Book of Enoch: A Study on Fallen Angels,” Christian Apologetics Study, accessed August 14, 2018, http://eliotelwarapologetics.com/?s= and+sometimes +superhuman+ intelligence.+These+demons+will+wreak+havoc+throughout +world +until+judgment.
8 “The Grigori—Angelic Watchers,” Magical Cornucopia, accessed August 14, 2018, www.archangels-and-angels.com/misc/grigori.html.
9 Amanda Onion, “Scientists Find Ancient Hobbit-Sized People,” abcNEWS online, October 27, 2004, https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=198867&page=1.
10 “A single island spawned two populations of miniature humans,” Nature, Aug. 3, 2018, www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05881-9.
11 Wikipedia, s.v. “Sumer,” last modified May 5, 2018, 4:20, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer.
12 Wikipedia, s.v. “Sophia,” last modified May 8, 2018, 7:30, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_(robot).
13 John Black, “The origins of human beings according to ancient Sumerian texts,” Ancient Origins, January 30, 2013, www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-folklore/origins-human-beings-according-ancient-sumerian-texts-0065.
14 David Livingston, PhD, Associates for Biblical Research: The Shiloh Excavations, Dec. 11, 2005.
15 Agapegeek, “Understanding Spiritual Laws in the Bible,” The Agapegeek Blog, March 31, 2010, https://agapegeek.com/2010/03/31/understanding-spiritual-laws-in-the-bible/.
Chapter 2
Was America’s Rise by a Divine Power?
Was America’s rise by divine intervention to serve as a rock of support for the nation of Israel and the Gentile outcasts of the world? Such divine intervention on behalf of humankind has occurred from ancient to modern times. In ancient times, it was the vision of the Christian cross that gave Roman Emperor Constantine victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, just as the Divine interceded for America’s first President, George Washington. In reflection, one was to ensure the rise of Christendom from Rome to the West, and the other Christ’s Church of faithful believers in Europe and America. These people became free at last from the bondage of monarchic rule in Europe through their migration to America. And the black slaves—many scattered Judeans from the biblical Exodus snatched from the West Coast of Africa—now a testament to the gospel songs still emanating from their soul in the twenty-first century.
Spiritual concepts that arose from ancient records served as evidence of a divine connection to a Higher Spiritual Power, decreed and influenced by the good Watcher Angels and Holy Ones for humanity. Yes, to humans they would be considered alien, but in fact they are divine beings sent to oversee the affairs of humanity.
So, is it possible that the Almighty One of heaven and earth, Yeshua, decreed America’s independence through His Watchers and Holy Ones? Did he interfere once again in human history as humankind unshackled themselves from the tyranny of monarchs, dictators, and the savagery of slavery to announce that “All men are created equal,” immortal decree in America’s Declaration of Independence that affected the entire world. After all, there were reports of extraterrestrial contact in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.16
Has America strayed from its beginnings as a Christian nation through the course of its historic trials and tribulations? Yes!
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16 “George Washington’s UFO Sighting,” Unsealed Files, Feb. 16, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA7dL67fxrM&app=desktop.
Chapter 3
Is America EVIL?
In its spiritual development and design, the answer is no. But there seem to be hidden demonic forces embedded deep within the fabric of America’s history, an evil spiritual battle against God’s Church for the divine destiny of this nation. As the Christian Bible says, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear” (Matt. 11:15, NKJV). If this were true, these hidden forces would be battling not only for the spirit of this nation, but also for the preordained destiny of all immigrants that come to its shores seeking, “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” And what if these “unalienable rights” of all human beings were announced by UFOs, in “which governments are created to protect?”
What if the story, shared by the world’s three main religion, is true—that Satan and his demons are locked in a persistent tug of war against God’s Church? If so, these forces tug at us every day, attempting to influence our faith in God. Is Satan’s constant mission division based on religion, nationality, and race? World history would certainly support this idea.
Each of these three main world religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—all envisioned that same struggle between good and evil. Each of these religious traditions depicts global events hurtling humanity toward an apocalyptic cataclysm. Until these prophetic voices are proven to be well-developed hoaxes, the faithful might be justified in believing the sacred texts of their faith, as confirmed by each other and the Holy Spirit as revealed in the Word of God, especially in the Book of Revelation. These ancient and prophetic visions seem to be unfolding at a faster pace than we mere humans can keep abreast of in the daily news cycles. But we haven’t yet reached the end of the story, and these unseen forces (Holy Ones, Watchers, and Demons) have yet to complete their mission for God and Satan.
Consequently, my aim is to present this human story not as political insight nor as spiritual or religious discourse, but as a bit of fiction. A spin on this tale of two spiritual competitors: Good and Evil.
Chapter 4
Who Controls the Course of Human History?
So, who really is controlling the affairs of humanity’s destiny? Sometimes, it seems like our unique human capacity, like advanced artificial intelligence, was redesigned for future updates via gene editing. But, maybe the most pending destiny that might affect the world is Israel’s Temple Mount Institute’s plan to rebuild the third temple in Jerusalem. The question is Will it happen before or during the pending seven-year peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians? This historic agreement is being brokered by President Trump’s enigmatic son-in-law, Jared Kushner. And don’t miss the irony that Jared has a business address at 666 Fifth Avenue, New York City. What if his efforts, backed by America’s powerful political machine, enable Jerusalem to be finally recognized throughout the world as the capital and most dominant religious center?
There’s another possibility, though. This turn of events could potentially cause a firestorm to rain down on Jerusalem by Islamic nations; worse yet, it could spark World War Three.
If this weren’t enough, there’s yet more irony where Jared Kushner is concerned. Firstly, he is an Orthodox Jew who married Ivanka Trump, the daughter of an outspoken bigot and racist. And when his father-in-law rose to political power, Kushner was picked as the president’s youngest and most trusted security advisor and sole chief negotiator for peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
What if Jared is the False Messiah? Might he be a reincarnation of Satan himself? After all, if that peace agreement is signed, Kushner or Trump would be embraced as the savior of the Jewish nation of Israel. Therefore, following the biblical narrative and seeing through the eyes of faith, a person could easily interpret current world events as an unfolding plot.
Will the American president and other world leaders continue on a path of fascism by engaging in collective global distraction, denials, deception, and division agai
nst Jews, Blacks, and immigrants from “shit-hole countries,” (President Donald J. Trump, 2018), cracking down on those who voice their political dissent and plunging the nation into an authoritarian dictatorship? Ironically, President Trump embraces the same sentiments as his father did in the mid-twentieth century, that “Jews served the same role for U.S. fascists that immigrants, Muslims and other minorities serve today: a vague but malicious threat they believed to be undermining America’s” and the world’s greatness under a one-world authoritarian government.17
If they can sustain this push toward the global oligarchy’s one-world authoritarian agenda under the spiritual influence of Satan at the highest point of their hierarchical structure controlling politics, religion, and the economy, then mission accomplished—temporarily. Because—if it hasn’t happened already—at some future point in human history, Christ (Yahushua), the Lamb of God, will begin to open the Seven Seals of Revelation, and His Father, Yeshua (God), will pour out the Seven Bowl Judgments on the inhabitants of Earth. When the world witnessed the 2017 hurricane season under President Trump’s administration, anyone relying on big government emergency response for assistance was in for a huge disappointment.
However, humanity as a whole, especially the global elites and their nefarious alliances, “..will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from the fearful presence of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth” (Isaiah 2:19).
Some of earth’s state actors (kings, queens, presidents, etc.) think they are in absolute control without any checks and balances on their authority. For example, President Trump’s decision without congressional approval or progress toward regime change in Syria, launched an air strike to bomb a few chemical infrastructures. But, the question still remains why didn’t President Trump incapacitate Syria’s airstrips? “[N]one of these actions have anything to do with aiding Syrians or stopping Assad. They are about Mr. Trump’s own … attempt at distraction, with Bolton and possibly Putin as his enablers.”18
America and the world must now ask who has had the greatest earthly influence on the direction of this great nation and others—Yeshua, the Creator of Heaven and Earth, or some diabolical entity fallen from grace? Lucifer, that rebellious Light Being (Satan), some call the Bright and Morning Star, was excommunicated from the Throne of God.
Those who side with Lucifer say he is the true light of wisdom and knowledge, a spiritual being we must embrace to attain enlightenment, worldly accomplishments, and freedom, as depicted in some country’s ancient cultures and embraced in many of the world’s secret societies.
Many rely on the etymology, Lucifer as light, to embrace his spiritual truth above the Word of Yeshua. In the Christian story, Christ became a true light of love and hope, and Lucifer became the lesser light of ultimate despair, deception, lies, and darkness, working to control humanity.
It is likely both forces attempt to manipulate and guide humankind through exerting various influences on war, science, technology, religion, government, and mass media. Scripture tells us how the first man and woman were expelled from the garden of Eden. “Up until the time of the cross Satan was able to dominate the nations of the earth, but he was defeated by the death of Jesus.”19 After Christ’s Resurrection, Satan was “bound … for a thousand years … from deceiving the nations … until the thousand years were ended” (Rev. 20:1–3).
Now free on parole, Satan and his demonic spirits know they have very limited time remaining to torment and deceive God’s Church (believers in the Word of God and the resurrection) before, figuratively speaking, another BIG BANG EVENT occurs, when suddenly without any weather announcements, “the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man,” ushering in the arrival of the Lamb of God with his mighty heavenly angels (Matt. 24:29–30, ESV).
Our human story unfolds toward the end of days with the Lamb of God, putting down sanctimonious, rebellious, pompous, and sinful Jews and Gentiles, rulers and kings. Also on His list is “the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever” (Rev. 20:10).
So we can say for now, it appears Satan and other major players know their time is limited, and they’ll do everything possible to usurp God’s Church. He “has no power over a righteous man, but the unrighteous,” unrepentant person who denies the life, death, and resurrection is in Satan’s grasp (Job 1–2).
All Christians have been made righteous by faith and by the blood of Jesus. Satan cannot touch them unless he gets permission from the Lord to test them, as he did Job. God has complete control and authority in heaven and on earth. What if Satan is merely an instrument that God uses to fulfill His glory?
As the old saying goes, if you want to find where the nature of evil lurks, follow the trail of lies, deception, distraction, the lust for material possessions, and the lust for money, self-gratification, and perversion; look for the seven deadly sins. The human mind is easily manipulated and swayed when tempted by the spiritual influence of Satan. To the lost sheep, Satan’s influence seems more compatible with the path of truth, causing them to feed on guilt, thinking there’s no need to ask Yeshua, their God, for forgiveness, thus putting themselves onto a perilous path of doom.
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17 Seva Gunitsky, “These are the three reasons fascism spread in 1930s America—and might spread again today,” The Washington Post, August 12, 2017, Monkey Cage, www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/08/12/these-are-the-three-reasons-that-fascism-spread-in-1930s-america-and-might-spread-again-today/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e053b501e7a3.
18 Martin Cizmar, “Scholar of fascism explains why Trump’s ‘Desert Stormy’ airstrike is a total sham,” Raw Story, April 14, 2018, www.rawstory.com/2018/04/scholar-fascism-explains-trumps-desert-stormy-airstrike-total-sham/.
19 “The Binding of Satan,” Kingdom Watcher, accessed Aug. 15, 2018, www.kingwatch.co.nz/Times_Seasons/False_Teaching/binding_of_satan.htm.
Chapter 5
Reading the Signs
In ancient times, God was referred to by many names. Yeshua, Elohim, Allah—all denoting the Creator of Heaven and Earth. And the seventh day was denoted as a special mark between God and humans. Muslims strictly observe prayer times as well as the Sabbath day. Because “the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work” (Gen 2:2). However, most Christians do not observe the Sabbath on Saturday, but on Sunday. To set aside the Sabbath is Antichrist because “there is absolutely no New Testament text stating that God, Jesus, or the apostles changed the Sabbath to Sunday—not a text, not a word, not even a hint or suggestion.”20
It was “Emperor Constantine, “a pagan sun-worshipper-came to power in A.D. 313, he legalized Christianity and made the first Sunday … His infamous Sunday enforcement law of March 7, A.D. 321” to bring all work to a halt and demanded the people to rest.21
Time is running out, the Doomsday Clock continues to tick toward Midnight!
The Christian scriptures encourage believers to view the world around them with spiritual eyes. Jesus Christ (Yeshua) encouraged his followers to read the signs of the times. Faithful believers of God’s Church struggle and stumble, but faith is the rock upon which they stand fast with patient endurance, observing these signs of the times.
Yeshua assured us, “Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth” (Rev. 3:10). The Book of Revelation speaks of the end of the world as we know it, a time that many people refer to as the end of days. In those days, the Man of Sin, the Lawless One, the Son of Perdition, the Antichrist, and the False Messiah will appear at an appointed time. All of these key players must appear bef
ore the return of Jesus Christ (Yeshua), the Lamb of God.
It is my belief that we must consider a broader view of the Antichrist and False Messiah as history approaches the end of days. The Antichrist is often thought of in terms of a single person—anyone who is against Christ and the Resurrection. Now that Satan is once again free to roam and manipulate the inhabitants of the earth, he has caused many social systems to rise up in support of his agenda against the spiritual laws of God. Therefore, the Antichrist goes beyond any one person to describe the entire system competing against God for the souls of humanity.
Before the Christ’s arrival on earth, many social systems did not benefit humanity. In our modern times, they still fail to do so because of Satan’s thousand-year release from bondage in the underworld. Some world systems may appear stable on the surface, but they benefit only a select few within their society—surely that’s not God’s design. YahUWeh’s design is unchanged but cannot be realized until after the second coming of Christ. Therefore, it seems logical that God’s purpose is to raise up and recruit more souls into His Church for the rapture and second coming of Christ.
It has long been foretold that “false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect” (Mark 13:22, KJV). These forces operate under a powerful façade, all the while essentially ushering in the Antichrist’s view of a totalitarian New World Order and dominant religion, filled with materiality and carnality. And who are these elect being seduced? Many megachurch pastors and religious occult leaders come to mind.