October 2020
Beloved Brethren & Friends.
As the world situation worsens with all the manipulation of the New World Order to subjugate the nations of the world, using these so-called “pandemics” to introduce these draconian measures that have dragged the Western world into economic disaster, and with the events that continue to unfold day by day, something that has increased is the appearance of various people speaking of prophetic dreams and visions.
Our King Jesus had already warned us repeatedly in his preaching recorded in the Bible, that one of the signs of the last days would be the appearance of a large number of false prophets. Because of this fact and the number of prophets that appear on social networks and in the media, I am sharing these Biblical passages so that we are not fooled.
The Bible is our anchor and it is with it that we must measure all prophecy, preaching, argument, narrative, news, history, etc.
For those Christians who know their Bibles, it is easier to recognize the large number of false prophets from the "New Age", other sects, cults, and religions that obviously do not recognize Jesus as the only way to Heaven.
Now it is a little more difficult when it comes to pastors and brothers within various churches, some who, because they grew as Christians under some misleading denominational doctrines, often launch themselves to prophecy words that are not from God, but are rather their own opinion, or the product of their carnal imagination, or because of an internal desire to be recognized as prophets, which prompts them to give prophecies, trying to get their predictions correct, but it is not the Spirit of God himself speaking through them.
Yet there are others who have received true revelations from God. So the important thing is... How do we know the difference?
In the Old Testament Yahweh said... Deut 18:20-22 But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.” 21 You may say in your heart, “How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?” 22 When a prophet speaks in Yahweh’s name, if the thing doesn’t follow, nor happen, that is the thing which Yahweh has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You shall not be afraid of him.
Now in the New Testament
1Co 14:29 And if there are two or three prophets, let them speak, and let the others judge.
1Tes 5:19-22 Do not quench the Spirit; 20 Do not despise prophecies. 21 Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
As we can see, we should not belittle the prophecies, but we should examine them carefully, stick with the good and discard the bad. So it is very important to double check all so called revelations with the Bible, because the Bible is eternal, & God will never say something new that contradicts Himself. Let's be as the Bereans...
Act 17:11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
Something that has been common to hear or read in the media are statements like: the Pope is the Antichrist, or Obama is the Antichrist, or some other renowned men. So how will we recognize the Antichrist when he comes into the world's scenario?
Well, apart from Jesus himself, there is no other character with more prophetic descriptions than the Antichrist, so all we have to do is compare the various characters with the Biblical descriptions and from there draw conclusions.
So next I will share some of the most important Biblical descriptions of the Antichrist in my opinion.
1- One of the first signs will be that he is a leader capable of bringing together various nations and making an international covenant that will allow the Jews in Jerusalem to begin once again offering sacrifices in a sanctuary, as they did before the destruction of the Jewish temple by the hand of the Romans in 70 AD. So this worship will take place in a Jewish temple located in Jerusalem itself.
Dan 9:27 He will make a firm covenant with many for one week. In the middle of the week he will cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease. On the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, wrath will be poured out on the desolate.”
For those who are new to the faith, I will say without going into details, because I have already explained this extensively in other letters, that one week means for 7 years. The passage does not say that the Antichrist says that the covenant will be 7 years. God is the one telling us in the passage that the covenant will last 7 years. Recently and also a few years ago, pacts have been signed between Israel and other Arab nations in the region, so that in some Christian circles it was said that this could be the covenant of Daniel 9:27, however what is clear and what will affirm to us that we are really talking about “the pact”, will be when Israel has restored a Temple or a Tabernacle and thanks to that alliance with other nations they begin to offer sacrifices and offerings there in Jerusalem. That day we will be able to say THAT IS THE COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27 and the one who formulated & led the nations to sign it is the Antichrist. Later I will go into what the passage says will happen in the middle of the week.
2- Another unique characteristic of the Antichrist is that he will rise up in the middle of a nation where there are or will be 10 united kings, and he with his military skills and his sagacity, will subjugate three of these kings and emerge as the leader of their nations.
Dan 7:19-20 Then I wanted to know the truth of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, very frightening, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of bronze; who devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the rest with his feet; 20 and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke great things, whose look was more stout than its fellows.
This prophecy of Daniel 7, describes the four reigning powers on Earth, in the days before the establishment of the Kingdom of God here on Earth. The ten horns of the fourth beast represent the union of ten countries that command this power. For me, there are several unions of countries today where this prophecy could have its fulfillment. For example it could be something similar to the European Union that represents one of the kingdoms of the Earth today, let's say there would be 10 nations at the forefront of this union. If a leader emerges & he subjugates three of the main "kings" of these nations, & he takes over the leadership of this union that will be fulfilled prophesy & he will be the Antichrist.
Neither the Pope, nor Obama nor any other leader in this world has fulfilled either of those two characteristics.
3- The Antichrist will receive a wound that will appear as if he has lost his life, or died , but that mortal wound will be miraculously healed and Satan himself will give him his power. He will also be a leader capable of entering various wars and always coming out as a great winner and victor, so that all the nations of the world will marvel at his power.
Rev 13:3-4 One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. 4 They worshiped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”
The dragon is Satan. Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, the old serpent called Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Interesting to note that it says that Satan has the whole world deceived; of course with the exception of true Christians.
It's like if John F. Kennedy was resurrected after having taken all those shots he took in the head. That would be a definitive sign, which will leave no doubt if a leader rises from something like that, he would be the Antichrist. We also see, the whole world wondering who will be able to fight against him?
In Daniel 11: 39-45 we see the wars of the Antichrist, of which he is victorious in all, hence people will say: Who can fight against him?
Chapter 11 of Daniel will for a another study, because of how long it is.
4- The Antichrist will emerge from one of the four regions that arose from the ancient Greek empire of Alexander the Great.
Dan 8:8-9 Then the he-goat became very great. And when he was strong, the great horn was broken. And in its place came up four outstanding ones towards the four winds of the heavens.9 Out of one of them came out a little horn, which grew exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land.
Dan 8:23-25 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king, fierce of face, and skilled at intrigues, shall stand up. 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power. And he shall destroy marvelously, and shall prosper and work, and destroy the mighty and the Holy People. 25 And also through his understanding, he shall cause deceit to succeed in his hand. And he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many. He also shall stand up against the Ruler of rulers. But he shall be broken without a hand.
All the characteristics of this king in verse 23 are the same ones displayed by the Antichrist in other Scriptures, fierce, skilled, mighty & powerful, destroyer but not by his own power, prosperous, & will destroy the mighty & the Holy People which are none other than the Ecclesia, God’s called out ones, saved by grace & washed by the Blood of Jesus, as without Jesus there is no holiness, nor salvation, & in many other passages we see the Antichrist making war with the Saints.
The goat of verse Dan 8:8 represents Alexander the Great and his kingdom, and from one of the regions, among the four into which his empire was divided, it will be that from one of those nations, in the end time, that the Antichrist will arise, and which will grow in power towards the south, the east and towards Israel.
The map contains the region of the world that was conquered by Alexander the Great from Greece to various countries in Central Asia. On the next map we see most of those nations such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.
As this prophecy tells us that this nation will grow in power towards the south, the east and towards Israel, it helps us a little to discard those nations that we see on the map, cannot grow towards the south, because either there is the sea, or they could not grow in those three directions, unless geographically they can.
To our knowledge, neither Obama nor Pope Francis came from those regions.
5- Below I am going to list three more outstanding characteristics, which, because they appear in the same passages, I put them together:
a) The Antichrist will claim he is the "Messiah" that the Jews are still waiting for, so most likely he is Jewish, specially if he pretends to sit in the Jewish Temple claiming to be God. This is what the true Messiah Jesus said to the religious Jewish leaders of his day
Jn 5:43 I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me. If another shall come in his own name, him you will receive.
b) The Antichrist will be a great military leader who will have victories on all battle fronts. Three and a half years after the covenant of Daniel 9:27 has been signed, he will not only break his word, but will stop the sacrifice and offering in the Temple in Jerusalem, sit in the temple and claim to be God, will put the Abomination of Desolation in the temple and all this will lead to the Great Tribulation of which Jesus prophesied in Mat 24:15.
c) The Antichrist will be the author of the greatest persecution that the Church has had so far in all history, which will last for exactly three and a half years, which are foretold in many passages of Scripture, I will only share some in this study.
d) It also highlights that the Antichrist will be the most grotesque blasphemer that ever existed. He will blaspheme not only against God, but against the Saints of the Most High, and will vehemently persecute them and will also have dominion over all the nations of the Earth.
Dan 9:27 He will make a firm covenant with many for one week. In the middle of the week he will cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease. On the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, wrath will be poured out on the desolate. "(Half the week is 3 and a half years, there the one who makes desolate will come)
Dan 11:31-35 And forces will stand from him, and they will profane the sanctuary, the fortress, and shall remove the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the desolating abomination. 32 And he will ruin by flattery those who do evil against the covenant. But the people who know their God will be strong and will work. 33 And those who understand among the people shall teach many; yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by exile, and spoil, for days. 34 And when they stumble, they shall be helped with a little help, but many will join them, with hypocrisy. 35 And many of those who understand shall stumble, to refine and purge them, and to make white, to the time of the end. Because it is still for the appointed time. (That is a description of the persecution of the Church; I must say that there are a good number of Christians who affirm that those Saints who fall during this persecution are the Jews, but since they still do not recognize Jesus as Lord, they are anything but “the people who know their God”, and much less Saints, as holiness only embraces us when we receive Jesus as Lord and receive his Justice. If you want, read these Biblical references that expose what I affirm here: 1Jn 2: 22-23, 1Jn 5: 10-12, 1Co 6:11, Heb 10:14, 2Co 5:21)
Mat 24:15,21 Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place (whoever reads, let him understand). 21 for then shall be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world to this time; no, nor ever shall be. (Those are Jesus own words)
Dan 12:1 "At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book. (a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation = great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world to this time)
The apostle Paul teaching about the Antichrist when he takes God's place in the temple impersonating God, wrote...
2Tes 2:3-4 Let not anyone deceive you by any means. For that Day shall not come unless there first comes a falling away, and the man of sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself forth, that he is God.
That will happen at the beginning of the last 3 and a half years, which will lead to the following events...
Rev 13:5-7 And a mouth speaking great things was given to it, and blasphemies. And authority was given to it to continue forty-two months. 6 And it opened its mouth in blasphemy toward God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, and those dwelling in Heaven. 7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and there was given to him authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation. (Here we see his blasphemous spirit, and that the total authority to act as he pleases is 42 months = 3 1/2 years)
Dan 7:24-25 And as for the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall ten kings arise: and another shall arise after them; and he shall be diverse from the former, and he shall put down three kings. 25 And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and plot to change times and laws. And they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and one-half time. (One time, times and half a time = 3 and a half years)
Dan 8:10-12 And it became great, even to the host of heaven. And it made fall some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and trampled them. 11 He magnified himself, even as great as the Prince of the host. And the regular burnt offering was taken away from him, and the place of his sanctuary was overthrown. And an army was given to him against the daily sacrifice because of transgression, and it cast the truth to the ground. And it worked and succeeded.
Dan 12:6-7 And one said to the man clothed in linen on the waters of the river: Until when shall be the end of these wonders? 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was on the waters of the river, when he held up his right and his left hand to Heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half. And when they have made an end of scattering the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. (Daniel hears two angels talking for a time, for times and for half a time = 3 and a half years)
Dan 11 from verse 28 to the end of the chapter contains the wars that the Antichrist fights, and some other characteristics, but I will leave that for another study.
Obviously when we see a New World Leader who pretends to take the place of God before the whole world, in Jerusalem, we will no longer have any doubts who the Antichrist is and we will also know how much time we have left, before the Coming of the Lord to rescue his Church, 3 and a half years.
Mat 24:29-31 And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.30 And then the sign of the Son of Man shall appear in the heavens. And then all the tribes of the earth shall mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of the heaven with power and great glory.31 And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
6- Another unique characteristic of the Antichrist is that he will be backed by a powerful religious leader, called the “False Prophet”, who will stand up to accompany him, support him in everything he does and will order to make an image of the beast which will demand total worship, and whoever does not worship it will pay with his life.
The False Prophet:
Rev13:11-18 And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. And it had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon. 12 And it exercises all the authority of the first beast before him, and causes the earth and those dwelling in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And it does great wonders, so that it makes fire come down from the heaven onto the earth in the sight of men. 14 And it deceives those dwelling on the earth, because of the miracles which were given to it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who had the wound by a sword and lived. 15 And there was given to it to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might both speak, and might cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 And it causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark on their right hand, or in their foreheads, 17 even that not any might buy or sell except those having the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of its name. 18 Here is the wisdom. Let him having reason count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. And its number is six hundred and sixty-six.
There are other passages about the False Prophet but I do not include them here so as not to lengthen this reading. Now here is where I see the Catholic Papacy, especially with Pope Francisco fitting into this prophecy, looks like a lamb, but speaks like the devil, even though, we have not yet seen him performing great wonders, but we are watching, maybe a soon successor coming into the Papacy. By the way, the devil speaks in a very subtle deceiving way, seems sweet to the hearers but leading people to death.
7- The Antichrist in his despair, knowing that Jesus is soon to return, will try in his stupidity to do the impossible. Rise up against the King of the Heavenly Armies in battle, so he will gather the largest and most powerful army formed on Earth with men, Nephilim, modern technology, with the help of all evil spirits and demons, Satan himself included, in the famous valley of Armageddon and of course there he will be totally defeated, and will end up, both he and his false prophet, thrown directly into hell itself, the Lake of Fire that burns with Sulfur.
Rev 16:13-16 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they are spirits of demons, working miracles, which go forth to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that day, the great day of God Almighty. 15 Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is the one who watches and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame. 16 And he gathered them into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Rev 19:11-And I saw Heaven opened. And behold, a white horse! And He sitting on him was called Faithful and True. And in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 And His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head many crowns. And He had a name written, one that no one knew except Himself. 13 And He had been clothed in a garment dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies in Heaven followed Him on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 And out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, so that with it He should strike the nations. And He will shepherd them with a rod of iron. And He treads the winepress of the wine of the anger and of the wrath of Almighty God. 16 And He has on His garment, and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. 17 And I saw one angel standing in the sun. And he cried with a great voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come and gather together to the supper of the great God, 18 so that you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of commanders, and the flesh of strong ones, and the flesh of horses, and those sitting on them, and the flesh of all, both free and slave, both small and great. 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth and their armies, being gathered to make war against Him who sat on the horse, and against His army. 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet doing signs before it, (by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast), and those who had worshiped his image. The two were thrown alive into the Lake of Fire burning with brimstone. 21 And the rest were slain by the sword of Him who sat on the horse, it proceeding out of His mouth. And all the birds were filled from their flesh.
Wow!!! Exciting... not so far away now.
Lastly… Rev 22:12-17 And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to each according as his work is. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, the First and the Last. 14 Blessed are they who do His commandments, that their authority will be over the Tree of Life, and they may enter in by the gates into the city. 15 But outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and makes a lie. 16 I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify these things to you over the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright and Morning Star. 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let the one hearing say, Come! And let the one who is thirsty come. And he willing, let him take of the Water of Life freely.
Dan 7:26-27 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his rulership, to cut off and to destroy until the end.
27 And the kingdom and rulership, and the greatness of the kingdom under all the heavens, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. And all kingdoms shall serve and obey Him.
So as you well know, I appreciate your comments, questions and opinions.
Love in Jesus… Alejandro
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