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What are your thoughts regarding the Biblical narrative of The Antichrist?

Posted - February 24, 2020

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  • 6477
    I've no thoughts on that.. absolutely zero.. it doesn't cross my mind and I care less about it.. I have more real things to care about.
      February 24, 2020 1:48 PM MST
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  • 6023
    The term is never used in the Book of Revelation, despite what many Christians believe.
    It only appears in the writings of St John ... who also says that there are many antichrists.

    • Little children, it is the last hour: and as you have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time (1 John 2:18).
    • Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son (1 John 2:22).
    • By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. And this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming; and now it is already in the world (1 John 4:2–3).
    • Many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh; any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist! (2 John 1:7)

    Anyone who says Jesus was not the Christ, or "anointed (one of God)" is an anti-Christ.
    So, by this reasoning, Jews are anti-Christs.  Muslims are anti-Christs.  Atheists are anti-Christs.
      February 24, 2020 1:48 PM MST
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  • 5391
    Rubbish. Fantastical nonsense contrived by ignorant, bigoted, superstitious ancients to cow the (even more ignorant) laity into submission. This post was edited by Don Barzini at February 27, 2020 12:45 PM MST
      February 24, 2020 3:02 PM MST
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  • 34283
    Most people incorrrectly refer to the Beast in Revelation as the Antichrist. 

    This is what we need to know and be ready for.  (No rapture....we will be here until the end of this age)

    The 7 year peace treaty will mark the final 7 yrs (shortened to 3 yrs and 11 months) before Jesus’ return. We should celebrate when it is signed.

    Mark of the Beast

    Satan will stand in the temple claiming to be God

    Jesus comes at the end of the 3rd day beginning of the 4th day after the witnesses are killed and the this is the 6th trumpet (Zephaniah 2:1-3)

    The dead in Christ are gathered first.

    We will be gathered to the clouds at the end of the 6th the same day as the witnesses are raised. (Rev 11:12)

    The 5th trumpet is the peace treaty and begins the last 7 years (which God shortened Matt 24:22, Rev 9:5)

    The 6th trumpet is ½ day long Rev 13 end of the 6th trumpet. And the beginning of God’s wrath.

    The 7th trumpet we are changed in the twinkling of an eye AT THE LAST TRUMP. (1 Cor 15:52)

    Babylon falls in one hour. (Rev 15:10)

    These are the last prophecies before Jesus’ return.

    We can look up a see Him in the clouds.  Satan kills the 2 witnesses they are dead for 3 ½ days the sun will be darkened and moon will not give its light. (Mark 13:23)

    Prophecy is God’s timeline and we should celebrate their fulfillment. This post was edited by my2cents at March 22, 2020 10:49 AM MDT
      February 24, 2020 3:22 PM MST
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  • 46117
    Christ Consciousness is the light that moves the world.  We co-create through intent.  We are one with GOD the ACTUAL creator of all.  When we realize this, we are in BLISS, when we turn away and use our MIND to rule, then we turn away from GOD and all that is good.  And sacred.  

    THAT is the ANTI-CHRIST.  IT is real.  It is a force and it has a lot of energy to do harm.  

    The Bible does not dispute this, because the Bible can't.  This is TRUTH.  When you go to MIND and EGO, you turn from GOD and the Divine Consciousness. Surrender your ego and you cross out the I.  

    That is the truth of the way of the cross.  Cross out the I and you have THE DIVINE.

    Image result for pictures of a cross This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at February 25, 2020 11:52 AM MST
      February 24, 2020 5:58 PM MST
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  • 1305

    Walt has quoted quite a bit of it.

    1 John 4 speaks about testing the spirits Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus  is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time. You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them. We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit  of truth and the spirit of deception.

    Mathew 4:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

    Mark 13:22 For false christs and false prophets shall arise, and will show signs and wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect.

    2 Thessalonians 2:3-12 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 worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 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. 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; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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    And there is a New Age religion on the horizon for Aquarius, (well I say new) see the Lucis Trust website. https://www.lucistrust.org/
    They believe Lucifer is saviour and that he sacrificed himself in order to save mankind, this is gnostic belief, and they are working with the United Nations, who as we know act are a platform for ALL countries. See the United Nations and the History on the lucis trust website, along with the following links..

    https://www.lucistrust.org/arcane_school/talks_and_articles/the_esoteric_meaning_lucifer

    Read more about their belief as Lucifer as saviour, and the descent of the "solar angels." https://www.lucistrust.org/arcane_school/talks_and_articles/descent_and_sacrifice


    Quotes from Alice Bailey who founded with her husband (a 33rd degree freemason) the Lucifer Publishing Company, now the Lucis Trust...

    https://www.azquotes.com/author/19902-Alice_Bailey

    "The Masonic movement... is the custodian of the law; it is the home of the Mysteries and the seat of initiation. It holds in its symbolism the ritual of Deity, and the way of salvation is pictorially preserved in its work. It is a far more occult organization than can be realised, and is intended to be the training school for the coming advanced occultists. In its ceremonials lie hid the wielding of the forces connected with the growth and life of the kingdoms of nature and the unfoldment of the divine aspects in man."

    "There is no question, therefore, that the work to be done in familiarising the general public with the nature of the Mysteries is of paramount importance at this time. These Mysteries will be restored to outer expression through the medium of the Church and the Masonic Fraternity ... When the Great One comes with His disciples and initiates we shall have ... the restoration of the Mysteries and their exoteric presentation as a consequence of the first initiation."

    "In fifty years time, the need for true psychics and conscious mediums (such as H.P.B., for instance [Helena Petrova Blavatsky]) will be very great if the Masters' plans are to be carried through to fruition, and the movement must be set on foot in preparation for the coming of Him for Whom all nations wait"

    "Forgetting the things that lie behind, I will strive towards my higher spiritual possibilities. I dedicate myself anew to the service of the Coming One and will do all I can to prepare men's minds and hearts for that event. I have no other life intention."

    https://www.azquotes.com/author/1509-H_P_Blavatsky

    "And now it stands proven that Satan, or the Red Fiery Dragon, the 'Lord of Phosphorus,' and Lucifer, or 'Light-Bearer,' is in us: it is our Mind"

    "The exercise of magical power is the exercise of natural powers, but superior to the ordinary functions of Nature. A miracle is not a violation of the laws of Nature, except for ignorant people. Magic is but a science, a profound knowledge of the Occult forces in Nature, and of the laws governing the visible or the invisible world. Spiritualism in the hands of an adept becomes Magic, for he is learned in the art of blending together the laws of the Universe, without breaking any of them and thereby violating Nature."

    Annie Besant who was also part of the theosophical society...

    https://www.azquotes.com/author/1340-Annie_Besant

    "Socialism is the ideal state, but it can never be achieved while man is so selfish."

    No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.

    Alesiter Crowley was also part of the theosophical society, and a CIA agent and freemason who had a massive influence on both past and present pop artists...

    https://www.azquotes.com/author/3450-Aleister_Crowley

    Regardless of what you believe it might be worth looking into since this thing is behind the United Nations, as these people state that everyone will have to take the first initiation.

    Interestingly, on another site https://gnosticwarrior.com/symbol-phoenix.html  It states that Lucifer in occult knowledge is represented as a phoenix.  Manly P Hall 33rd degree freemason “Among the ancients a fabulous bird called the Phoenix is described by early writers … in size and shape it resembles the eagle, but with certain differences. The body of the Phoenix is one covered with glossy purple feathers, and the plumes in its tail are alternately blue and red. The head of the bird is light in color, and about its neck is a circlet of golden plumage. At the back of its back the Phoenix has a crest of feathers of brilliant color … The Phoenix, it is said, lives for 500 years, and at its death its body opens and the new born Phoenix emerges. Because of this symbolism, the Phoenix is generally regarded as representing immortality and resurrection … The Phoenix is one sign of the secret orders of the ancient world and of the initiate of those orders, for it was common to refer to one who had been accepted into the temples as a man twice-born, or reborn. Wisdom confers a new life, and those who become wise are born again.” [p. p. 176-77]

    “’The Phoenix, or Bennu is believed to be a divine bird going back to Egypt…This Phoenix destroys itself in flames and then rises from the ashes. Most occultists believe that the Phoenix is a symbol of Lucifer who was cast down in flames and who (they think ) will one day rise triumphant. This, of course, also relates to the rising of Hiram Abiff, the Masonic ‘christ.’” Burns, Masonic & Occult Symbols Illustrated, pp. 121-23





    Just as Aleister Crowley states that "The Devil' is, historically, the God of any people that one personally dislikes... This serpent, SATAN, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade 'Know Thyself!' and taught Initiation. He is 'The Devil' of the Book of Thoth, and His emblem is BAPHOMET, the Androgyne who is the hieroglyph of arcane perfection... He is therefore Life, and Love."

    "There is a single main definition of the object of all magical Ritual. It is the uniting of the Microcosm with the Macrocosm. The Supreme and Complete Ritual is therefore the Invocation of the Holy Guardian Angel; or, in the language of Mysticism, Union with God."

    "My observation of the Universe convinces me that there are beings of intelligence and power of a far higher quality than anything we can conceive of as human; that they are not necessarily based on the cerebral and nervous structures that we know, and that the one and only chance for mankind to advance as a whole is for individuals to make contact with such beings."





    Solve et Coagulate, as above so below.  And of course gender is being promoted as non binary.




    Aleister Crowley, like Madam Blavatsky, claimed to be in touch with spirits and wrote a book by automated writing guided by a spirit. This is an old idea, John Dee, and Francis Bacon were into this as well.  Even the lesser known founder of the theory of evolution Alfred Russell Wallace, believed like Madam Blavatsky, that mankind's evolution had been guided by celestial beings.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascended_master#Cosmic_being_functioning_within_Earth

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22I_AM%22_Activity


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Universal_and_Triumphant#The_Summit_Lighthouse

    The Great White Brotherhood - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_White_Brotherhood

    This post was edited by kjames at February 25, 2020 3:17 PM MST
      February 25, 2020 11:17 AM MST
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  • 359
    The biblical account to me is saying that the Anti-christ or the Beast will decieve the world into thinking he is the Messiah Jesus returned.. He will claim to be God and demand to be worshipped as such.. Many people who do not accept the Gospel truth of salvation by grace will believe Him and they will worship his image and recieve the make of the beast..
      February 26, 2020 9:50 PM MST
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