The Antichrist's Checkmate? (PART 2)

In Part 1 of this series, we highlighted some of the surprising plans of President-elect Barack Obama and asked if this was Satan attempting to orchestrate what he believes will be a checkmate upon God's creation and the unsuspecting world. Deception being his tool of preference given his nature.

We suggested that if it is, and these maneuvers succeed, we should then see a situation soon after where the "players" realize they have "lost the game" so to speak and they "resign an inevitably lost game" before being checkmated.

We also reminded ourselves that as Christians we know fully well that it's the ultimate paradox, and yet absolutely essential (it's also the ultimate poetic beauty) that when we lose, we actually win in the Lord's Kingdom. For we need to die to ourselves, and we need to die to this world since that's what we are instructed to actively pursue on a daily basis aside from our Lord and Savior Himself.

Finally, we looked at both plans and asked ourselves what they could mean for the world prophetically speaking. What we found only confirmed, once again, how very close we are to the fulfillment of end times prophecy.

So, what to make of all of this if anything? Are we beginning to see glimpses of how a President Obama would exert his influence across the globe? I mean, after all, he has been dubbed the "world's first truly global president" by some in the press.

Personally, the jury is still deliberating as to whether or not he's the literal, prophesied Antichrist or simply someone who is setting the stage for that evil incarnate. While I can clearly see how these two news stories can be viewed as pieces of a much larger whole (necessary components and actions he must carry out in order to implement a greater and evil plan), I'm still not quite sure if I'm ready to go all in and state that I firmly believe Obama is the prophesied Antichrist although I'm almost there.

Plus, these seem like "peaceful" maneuvers and even though we've traditionally been led to believe that the Antichrist will rise to power by "peaceful means" recent discoveries (a glorious revelation of epic proportions!) clearly show that we may have been slightly off the mark on that one.


DISCOVERY: A NEW REVELATION OF EPIC PROPORTIONS?
There Will Not Be An Antichrist "Peace Deal" With Israel As Expected!!!


Yes, that's right! We now have reason to believe that the veil has been lifted even higher since someone has discovered a sobering revelation of epic proportions that forces us to re-think EVERYTHING about how the Tribulation will unfold!

If true, then we have no choice but to conclude that perhaps these two news items are of great importance to us, and that millions of watchers are right to label Barack Obama as the actual Antichrist himself.

The Christian Apostasy blog has done some truly AMAZING work in the area of examining the Bible closely (I hope they won't mind me standing on their shoulders to distribute this information out to the masses), and they have found some key areas to be "inaccurate" or a little "misleading," which obviously damages our true understanding of prophecy. Furthermore, it seems to echo and resonate with what myself and others have been saying collectively for the past few weeks now. Is this God's way of sending His Spirit to us to give us this insight at EXACTLY the right moment in time, and according to His perfect timing and perfect will? Yes, I believe that it is!

The vast majority of contemporary Christianity teaches that the Antichrist will sign a peace deal with Israel, and that will be a CLEAR AND UNMISTAKABLE sign to the world that the Tribulation has started. Well, I've been saying for some time now that time is short, and we are staring into the mouth of the Tribulation right now. The not so small problem that troubled me was that in spite of the inner witness telling me those things are true, what about the "peace deal" with Israel that's nowhere in sight?

Recently, the Lord led me to the Christian Apostasy blog and told me that I need to re-examine this idea of an Antichrist peace deal with Israel much like the author of that site had. I can't believe that I didn't think of it sooner! Then again, I now believe that God intended for it to be this way. The conclusion? Just like with most other things in so-called Christianity today, the Antichrist peace deal is a lie too!

Here it is. Let's get to the deception that wolves have handed down for generations, passing the same error down from one group of men to another. You need a LITERAL TRANSLATION of the Bible. At a minimum, the ASV if not something like Young's Literal Translation, or Hebrew Interlinear because there's so much deception.

Where does this idea of a "peace deal" with Israel come from? Supposedly, from the following Scripture:

Daniel 9:27 - "And he hath strengthened a covenant with many - one week, and in the midst of the week he causeth sacrifice and present to cease, and by the wing of abominations he is making desolate, even till the consummation, and that which is determined is poured on the desolate one."

First, the obvious misstatement. The Antichrist ("he") STRENGTHENS a covenant. It's not a new covenant (a new peace treaty) as many widely believed for so long, but instead something that's already in existence that is confirmed/strengthened.

Second, he strengthens a covenant WITH MANY. "With many?" Yes, "with many." Israel is a SINGULAR NOUN and many is PLURAL, which no doubt means MORE THAN ONE. How in the world someone could ever infer that "many" equals "Israel" is beyond me. It makes no sense to me whatsoever unless I'm completely missing something.

Third, do you see ANYTHING about "peace" in there? No, you don't! There's not even a HINT of a "peace deal" being made, much less with Israel.

What does Daniel 9:27 mean then? What do we know about the Antichrist? HE MAKES WAR MARVELOUSLY. He worships the god of FORTRESSES, not the God of peace. "Who can make war with the beast" the Bible says. Why? Because he is a GREAT WARRIOR. In other words, WAR WAR, WAR! Get it?

So, the Antichrist makes a COVENANT and he does it (not with Israel) WITH MANY. What is this "covenant," and who are these "many" mentioned? To find the answer you need to use the Bible to interpret the Bible.

Psalm 83 (American Standard Version) - "O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head. Thy take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they MAKE A COVENANT: The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes; Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre: Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon; Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth. Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna; Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God. O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind. As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire, So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm. Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah. Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish; That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth."

Eureka! One stop shopping! What's the "covenant" spoken of? It's a covenant to WIPE ISRAEL OFF THE MAP and out of remembrance: "Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance."

Who are "the many" that the "covenant" involves? THE ARAB NATIONS!

Psalm 83:6-8 - "The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes; Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre: Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah"

This is beyond big! This changes our ENTIRE UNDERSTANDING of what to expect about how the Tribulation will begin! Now, if you really want to make your head spin consider how equally incredible it is that last week I wrote an entirely unrelated piece about Psalm 83, the Book of Haggai, and the possible link to the Rapture and Gog-Magog War! There's Synchronicity again; happy to give us a head's up. But I digress.

The deceptions in the translations of the Bible don't stop with Daniel 9:27 I'm afraid. Here's another one of many serious problems. The KJV says this in Daniel 8:25: "He shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many."

"By peace he shall destroy many?" That is completely inaccurate and ultimately deceptive! Here is the LITERAL TRANSLATION of that passage:

Young's Literal Translation Daniel 8:25 - "And by his understanding he hath also caused deceit to prosper in his hand, and in his heart he exerteth himself, and by ease he destroyeth many; and against the prince of princes he standeth - and without hand he is broken."

That DOES NOT SAY by "peace" he destroys many! It says "by ease he destroyeth many" so what is going on here? In other words, he "easily" destroys many. That's a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MEANING, and I'm afraid that you and I have been deceived all these years.

The Antichrist will STRENGTHEN (not sign) a WAR COVENANT to destroy Israel. These days, people advertise peace in public, but war is always planned IN SECRET. Do you think this Arab war covenant will be advertised by CNN and Fox News? Not a chance, but we'll at least be able to hear the beating war drums in the distance to prepare us. I believe this is our final warning that things are imminent.


THE EVIDENCE DOESN'T LIE BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE IS GOD'S WORD!


Still not convinced? That's ok because I was suspicious too. Let's take another look at this issue and use the Bible to interpret the Bible.

Daniel 9:27 DOES NOT mean what we have been taught for generations now. We were told that Daniel 9:27 says there will be a peace treaty between Israel and the Antichrist. The huge flaw with this reasoning is that neither peace, nor Israel are mentioned! A covenant is mentioned, but not with a single country, and not with Israel specifically, the covenant is "with many."

How do we arrive at this revolutionary, but simple interpretation? We use the Septuagint. Did you know that the oldest, or one of the oldest and most accurate translations of the Old Testament is called the Septuagint?

What is It? Septuagint (sometimes abbreviated LXX) is the name given to the Greek translation of the Jewish Scriptures. The Septuagint has its origin in Alexandria, Egypt and was translated between 300-200 BC. Widely used among Hellenistic Jews, this Greek translation was produced because many Jews spread throughout the empire were beginning to lose their Hebrew language. The process of translating the Hebrew to Greek also gave many non-Jews a glimpse into Judaism. According to an ancient document called the Letter of Aristeas, it is believed that 70 to 72 Jewish scholars were commissioned during the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus to carry out the task of translation. The term “Septuagint” means "seventy" in Latin, and the text is so named to the credit of these 70 scholars.

In addition, the earliest version of the Old Testament Scriptures which is extant, or of which we possess any certain knowledge, is the translation executed at Alexandria in the third century before the Christian era: this version has been so habitually known by the name of the Septuagint, that the attempt of some learned men in modern times to introduce the designation of the Alexandrian version (as more correct) has been far from successful.

Now, here is Daniel 9:27 from the Septuagint. Compare this to KJV or even the YLT or ASV, and the difference is staggering!

Daniel 9:27 - "And one week shall establish the covenant with many: and in the midst of the week my sacrifice and drink-offering shall be taken away: and on the temple shall be the abomination of desolations; and at the end of time an end shall be put to the desolation."

What happened to "he" will establish a covenant with many? The oldest and most accurate translation is: "one week shall establish the covenant with many." The difference in meaning is HUGE! It's staggering! There is no "he" in there! The time period: one week, is what establishes the covenant with many!

Now do you see why I'm all over the place? Each time I peel back another layer of deception, I have to re-evaluate things. The more I peel, the more I see how the Bible has been mistranslated and consequently misinterpreted over time to fit men's ideas rather than what God wrote and intended. Is this the lifting of the veil, the "increase in knowledge," that was prophesied for the end times in the same Book of Daniel as we quickly approach the fulfillment of these prophecies? I believe it is.

I think we safely say that it's clear that there is no "peace deal." Babylonian Christianity ("Churchianity" as the author of Christian Apostasy has called it) tells you that the event that kicks off the Tribulation is a "peace deal," right? Look at Revelation 6 though. What's the very first thing to leave the earth when the seals are opened? PEACE!!!

Revelation 6:2 - "And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer (no peace!) And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth (no peace!)"

There it is friends! The very first thing to happen when Jesus begins opening seals is war - not peace! Do you see anything that even remotely points to "peace" or a "peace deal" there? I don't, neither does Daniel. Read Daniel 8-11. You know what you'll see a lot of? WAR. Guess what you won't see at all? You guessed it! PEACE.

We have been deceived for a long time, and on many different levels. Most of our Bibles are full of error, however, that does not mean the Holy Bible is false. Like anything that sinful man touches, over time it has been corrupted. A little change here, a small tweak there...Sooner or later, you give the devil an inch and he eventually becomes your ruler.

Again, this doesn't mean that the Bible is false or that it can't be trusted. It just means that our modern day translations and interpretations can't be trusted. We've relied for so long (too long) on others to read the Bible and tell us what the it says that we've failed to perform our duty as God loving Christians, which is to read His Word for ourselves to find the truth, and to also serve as a sort of "checks and balances" to make sure the interpretations being sold to us are in fact accurate and can be trusted.

It means you have to dig deep, and search hard to circumvent the deception. It means you have to draw close to Jesus Christ so He gives you His Spirit. How did Jesus say you would be lead into all truth?

John 16:12 - "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.You need the Spirit of truth to find truth."

Jeremiah 29:13 - "You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart."

To discover the truth requires real effort. As I've said for a long time now, you have to really want it. Why have I said this? Because the Bible said it first.

Proverbs 2:23 - "Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God."


STILL NOT CONVINCED? WELL, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT SATAN?


Who is Satan? He is the "Father of Lies," right? He is the "Master of Deceit," right? Do you think once the Tribulation starts he's going to stop lying, stop deceiving, stop manipulating, stop counterfeiting? If you do, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you...

What does the Bible say about the time of the end? It will be a time of UNPARALLELED DECEIT. That is to say, nothing will be what it seems to be. Satan has always had counterfeits for the real things of God. Do you think Satan is going to throw in the towel once the Tribulation starts and stop producing counterfeits to fool the world?

Here's the point. I just had my eyes opened to the lie about the "peace treaty" with Israel that supposedly starts the Tribulation. Read Daniel 9:27 again and you'll see that "peace" is never mentioned, and neither is Israel. Neither are even remotely implied. There's your first deception.

Satan has a counterfeit, or a lie, or a deception planned for EVERYTHING he knows is coming during the Tribulation period because, unlike many people in this fallen world, the devil knows that our God does not lie, and what our Father says will happen, will happen just as it's written.

Now here's the real eye opener. People think it will be easy to chart the progress of the Tribulation, but they seriously misjudge the extent of deception the Bible predicts. The apostles asked Jesus about what was going to happen, and what was the first thing Jesus said? BE NOT DECEIVED. And just when you thought that Satan providing a counterfeit for every act of God during the Tribulation was enough, the LORD HIMSELF throws in a deception-a big one. The lies and deceit will be piled so high, and be so thick that if it were possible, even the elect would be deceived.

Matthew 24:24 - "For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect."

2 Thessalonians 2 - "And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming; even he , whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."

Daniel 8:23-YLT- "And in the latter end of their kingdom, about the perfecting of the transgressors, stand up doth a king, fierce of face, and understanding hidden things; and his power hath been mighty, and not by his own power; and wonderful things he destroyeth, and he hath prospered, and wrought, and destroyed mighty ones, and the people of the Holy Ones. And by his understanding he hath also caused deceit to prosper in his hand, and in his heart he exerteth himself, and by ease he destroyeth many; and against the prince of princes he standeth - and without hand he is broken. And the appearance of the evening and of the morning, that is told, is true; and thou, hide thou the vision, for it is after many days."

Do you still think it will be easy to spot what's going on during the Tribulation? Spiritual blindness is real. Just look around today to see how many still don't "get it" yet? If you think that lies and deceit are out of control today, just wait until the Father of Lies takes over. If Satan has already laid a deception to make it hard to spot the beginning of the Tribulation, what else has he done?

Think about it for a moment. We are in a perpetual state of war now with this "war on terror" business. If another war starts in the Middle East it might be interesting news on the TV for a few days, but who will think to themselves, "Hey, the Tribulation just started!" because I'm willing to bet it would be only a select few. People who still think the "covenant with many" means a "peace treaty with Israel" need to explain how the "new rules" of writing Hebrew and English apply to their Bible interpretation. Even if you assume that Israel is part of this covenant, who are the rest of this "many" spoken of in Danel 9:27? "Many" means "more than one," right?

I don't plan on being here to see all the interesting lies that the Antichrist spins. We are promised an escape from all that's about to happen. The people who are left behind need to seriously re-examine everything that Churchianity has taught them. The lies that the apostate church teaches are like an onion. Peel back one layer and there's another, and another, and another. Peace deal or not, time is short. Satan has a lie and a counterfeit for everything that our God plans to do during the Tribulation. People do not dispute that there will be false christs and false prophets, do you think the devil is going to stop with that?

If there's a way to cover up, misdirect, distort, camoflauge, use trickery, magic, sorcery or anything else to keep people from believing the Bible is true, you better beleive Satan will use it. The escape draws near, and so does the Tribulation.

Back to Revelation 6 for a moment, which shows us clearly how the Tribulation starts. The word "peace" is not mentioned anywhere. What is the first thing mentioned?

Revelation 6 - "And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer."

I don't know what Bible other people are reading, but this Bible says...

1. The Antichrist shows up, with a BOW in his hand
2. He's given a crown
3. He goes forth CONQUERING and to conquer

Does that sound like "peace" to you? If the first thing we see the Antichrist doing is going forth conquering (and to conquer), even if he made a peace deal, wouldn't the people signing the deal be looking over the Antichrists shoulder saying, "Hmm, wow, look at all the dead bodies from all the conquering! That won't be us too will it?"

The bottom line is this: The Antichrist shows up and the first thing he does is go to war since that's what conquering (and to conquer) means. In case you had any doubts, the guy has a BOW in his hand, that is a WEAPON OF WAR, or at the minimum a symbol of war. Surely, some will argue that he doesn't have any arrows, to which I would ask them what general do you know that takes his sidearm to the front lines and shoots? His soldiers fight for him because he doesn't even need to string the bow, much less have arrows.

Through CRAFT the Antichrist destroys many - not through peace. The Bible says "who can make war with the beast?" and "he destroys wonderfully." I have read a lot about this Antichrist figure and I see nothing - absolutely zero - about some great peacemaker. I do read alot about how the Antichrist is good at deceit and war though. Does that surprise anybody? The devil is a superior liar and warmonger?

Where does this "peace" schtick come from? It's more deception designed to keep your eyes looking one way while all the action is going on somewhere else.


WHY WE NEED TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY


Again, think about the serious implications of this. Obviously, 99% of so-called Christianity will be looking for a peace deal with Israel so they'll CLEARLY AND UNMISTAKABLY know who the Antichrist is, right? What happens when the peace deal DOES NOT SHOW UP and the Tribulation starts? So-called Christianity will be thinking that the actual Antichrist IS NOT the prophesied Antichrist because he didnt sign a peace deal with Israel!

So-called Christianity will think they are not in the Tribulation (despite all the signs and clear warnings) because no peace deal was signed! Clever deception, huh? The Great Deception perhaps? This can only be attributed to the work of satanic agents who infiltrated Christianity long ago to plant disinformation and confusion.

Even so, let's be honest that this is also the result of lazy or willfully negligent Christians who fail to check things out for themselves and read their Bibles regularly. Plus, your Pastors who say that the study or prophecy is "unimportant" or those that say they "lead" you have been leading you alright...leading you astray! Where is their discernment? Where is the Spirit's guidance in their life? Aren't these men the giant "men of God" who supposedly bask in the wisdom and knowledge of God for you? I guess not. And now I'm afraid we will reap what we have sown as millions will continue to simply watch for this future peace agreement.

Churchainty will be looking for a peace pact, and all they will see is war. The Tribulation will start and Churchianity WON'T EVEN KNOW IT. Do you know what this means? It can only mean that the Tribulation is imminent especially given everything else we've been looking at lately concerning what's going on around the world today. If the Tribulation is imminent then the Rapture must also be imminent. From yesterday's commentary (another amazing revelation as the veil is lifted even higher for us), I'd say we've already covered that ground, wouldn't you?

No peace deal. War will kick off the Tribulation. What does Revelation tell us about the sequence of events?

Revelation 2-3: Jesus speaks to the Churches
Revelation 4: Rapture
Revelation 5: Redeemed in Heaven
Revelation 6: WAR, death, famine (the Antichrist WAR COVENANT AGAINST ISRAEL)

As far as I know, the Lord has not given me any prophetic words, all He has done is OPEN MY EYES to what has already been written for thousands of years. As I've said before, the veil is being lifted at this moment in time for this specific purpose. The question is whether or not we will be receptive to the truth.

We are staring into the mouth of the Tribulation, and so much so that it could start today. Once the Restrainer is removed all hell breaks loose here on Earth. Will you be ready?

I encourage anyone reading this who is still skeptical to take some time to prayerfully consider what the Lord is trying to tell us with these new insights that are undoubtedly Biblically sound.

Then, make sure you forward this information to all of your family members and friends. Perhaps even print off some copies for strangers too. Ask them to also do the same.

Luke 21:28 - "And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draws near."

Keep looking up indeed!

RECOMMENDED READING:
The Antichrist's Checkmate? (PART 1)
Haggai Link To Rapture? Gog-Magog War? Temple?
"They All Slumbered And Slept"

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