Dear Friends and Family,
This blog is meant as an addendum where the study in Daniel 7 left off. If you have not read that blog yet then please do so first. I have provided the link for you convenience.
http://robertarthurmcduffie.blogspot.com/2010/06/daniel-7-anti-christ-unmasked-part-1.html
Did the fathers of the Protestant Reformation know of these prophetic fulfillments in the office of the papacy? Did they recognize the papal authority of the Vatican as the anti-Messiah?
Martin Luther (1483-1546) ~Lutheran~ "We here are of the conviction that the Papacy is the seat of the true and real Antichrist... personally, I declare that I owe the Pope no other obedience than that to Antichrist."(1520) ~ The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, Froom
John Calvin (1509-1564) ~Presbyterian~ "Some persons think us too severe and sensious when we call the Roman pontiff Antichrist... I shall briefly show that Paul's words (2Thes 2) are not capable of any other interpretation than that which applies them to the Papacy." - Institutes
John Knox (1505-1572) ~Presbyterian~ "...[the Pope] should be recognized as the very Antichrist, and the son of perdition, of whom Paul speaks." - The Zurich Letters
Cotton Mather (1663-1728) ~Congregationalist~"The oracles of God foretold the rising of an Antichrist in the Christian Church; and in the Pope of Rome, all the characteristics of that Antichrist are so marvelously answered, that if any who read the Scriptures do not see it, there is a marvelous blindness upon them." - The Fall of Babylon
Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) ~Anglican~ "Whereof it followeth Rome to be the seat of antichrist, and the pope to be very antichrist himself. I could prove the same by many other scriptures, old writers, and strong reason." – Works
John Wesley (1703-1791) ~Methodist~ "He [the Pope] is in an emphatical sense, the Man of Sin... and he is, too, properly styled as the Son of Perdition... He it is that exalteth himself above all that is called God... claiming the perogatives which belong to God alone." - Antichrist and His Ten Kingdoms
Roger Williams (1603-1683) ~1st Baptist Pastor in America~ "[The Pope is] the pretended Vicar of Christ on earth, who sits as God over the Temple of God, exalting himself... over the Spirit of Christ, over the Holy Spirit, yea and God himself... thinking to change times and laws: but he is the son of perdition." - The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, Froom
So why doesn’t the “churches” today believe and proclaim the fulfillment of these prophecies concerning the anti-Messiah? I believe this question is best answered by the article “Left Behind By The Jesuits” by Pastor Steve Wohlberg.
http://www.lmn.org/magazine/170/Jesuits.html
At this point in our study I would like for us to examine the remaining anti-Messiah prophecies in “The Scriptures” and see how they line up with our understanding of “the little horn” of Daniel 7.
From this passage of Scripture we learn several important truths.
1) The apostle Yahonan recognized that a certain specific anti-Messiah was still yet to come sometime in the near future. v.18
This was written hundreds of years before the first pontiff of Roman Catholicism would appear. Of course their “church” tradition teaches the papal line of succession goes all the way back to Peter, (Shimon Kepha). It is interesting to note, and perhaps embarrassing to Roman Catholics, that when Rav Shaul closes his letter to the Roman assembly he greets many saints by name , however, he does not greet Kepha at all? Could it be that Kepha was never in Rome?
2) There were / are many anti-Messiahs in this world. v.18
Yahonan is speaking of anyone who is operating in the spirit of “anti-Messiah” in this present world. By definition this would be anyone who opposes Yahoshua Messiah and His ministry directly or anyone who tries to substitute Yahoshua and / or His teaching with a counterfeit replacement. Another Yahoshua, with a different doctrine!
From the full counsel of “The Scriptures” we see an alarming picture developing. Whether in ignorance, willfully or presumptuously, if we have believed in another Yahoshua and if we have preached another Yahoshua we too are operating in the spirit of anti-Messiah. As you have read through this study if you have found yourself agreeing with the doctrines, beliefs and holy days of the Papacy, and disagreeing with the authority of “The Scriptures” of Yahweh, then you too are deceived by the spirit of anti-Messiah and if you do not repent you are one of many anti-Messiahs according to “The Scriptures”.
3) From 1Yahonan 2:19 and Acts 20:30 we see that the anti-Messiah spirit has always been present and operating in the assemblies of favor through faith.
Historically, the most grievous and dangerous wolves have not come from outside the assemblies of Elohim, but from within. If we say we believe in Yahoshua, but we are not willing to submit to Him in obedience according to His Word, “The Scriptures” and we tell others to do the same, we need to seriously examine our selves in the light and mirror of “The Scriptures”.
Within every pagan belief system throughout the world there has always been two very different beliefs taught and practiced by their adherents. The first belief system is the exoteric beliefs that are taught to the ignorant masses. The second belief system is the esoteric beliefs which are taught only to the elite initiates of the inner circles of power. They are merely using the exoteric beliefs to manipulate their followers to do whatsoever they please.
The highest levels of Roman Catholicism practice the esoteric belief of Gnostic mysticism. They do not believe “Yahoshua” actually came in the flesh, but rather appeared to have come in the flesh. This is the spirit of anti-Messiah according to “The Scriptures”! This warning is repeated by Yahonan in 2Yahonan v 7.
The last “Scriptures” we will closely examine, concerning the anti-Messiah,
come from 2Thessalonians 2
From Rav Shaul’s letter we receive several more stern warnings that we will consider one by one.
1) Yahoshua will not return for His bride until the great falling away (apostacy) happens and the anti-Messiah is revealed. v.3
Today we are witnesses to the fact that the overwhelming majority of “Christendom” for the last 1500 years has believed in a works based religious system of justification properly called “Roman Catholicism”. In 2012 over 1 billion people identify themselves as Roman Catholics while only 500 million (estimated) identify themselves as “Christian” (non-Catholics). Obviously, the Roman Pontiff ‘the anti-Messiah” has been revealed to the world for more than 1500 years now.
I believe this is another huge clue as to who the anti-Messiah would be.
A) Yahudah was considered to be a trusted follower of Yahoshua, however he betrayed Him. (Matt 10:2-4, 26:14-16)
B) He was one of the Levitical priests of the sons of Aaron. (Matt 27:3-5)
C) He was the one who was trusted with all the collections of the saints. (Yahonan 13:2)
D) He was a thief! (Yahonan 12:6)
E) He thought the kingdom of Heaven could only be advanced by force. (Yahonan 18:2-3)
F) All of his grand delusions led him to despair and ultimately to his death. (Matt 27:5)
In the light of everything we have previously covered in this study it is very easy to see How Yahudah is an anti-type of the anti-Messiah who was to come.
4) The anti-Messiah opposes Elohim. v.4
Is that not what the papacy has done all throughout History? Opposing the true doctrine of Messiah and His Father as recorded in “The Scripture” and replacing it with the cannon of the “church”.
5) The anti-Messiah exalts Himself above Elohim. v.4
Is this not what the papacy has done by exalting his word above the Writ of “Scripture”? Contrast this attitude with Yahweh’s character as described in Mizmore (Psalm) 138:2b
“for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.”
6) The anti-Messiah exalts Himself above all that is worshipped as elohim. v.4
By syncretism the papacy incorporated almost every element of “Sun” worship throughout the ages and then he demanded all allegiance be to him and not to any other elohim.
7) The anti-Messiah sits in the dwelling place (the temple), showing that he is Elohim. v.4
In the first century the dwelling place of Elohim moved from the physical structure in Yahrushalayim into the hearts of men. The body of Messiah is now the dwelling place of Elohim.
For over 1,000 years the papacy was the head of the “church” in the place of
Elohim Yahweh Yahoshua. I personally do not believe there will be any dwelling
place (temple) built in Yahrushalayim before Yahoshua’s return. I believe this
a modern day ruse to deceive the assemblies of Yahweh Elohim’s favor that the
anti-Messiah “Scriptures”, that have already been fulfilled, cannot be
fulfilled until the literal physical dwelling place is built.
This modern interpretation of “Scripture” comes directly from the Jesuit priesthood through Protestant Free Masonry. Please refer to the previously linked study “LEFT BEHIND BY THE JESUITS” for more detailed information on this most important subject.
One of the reasons this interpretation has become widely accepted is because of Yahoshua’s prophetic words as recorded in the gospels of Mattithyahu and Mark.
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact me anytime. Part 2 of this study is posted on this blog site. Revelation 13 picks up exactly where Daniel 7 left off.
http://robertarthurmcduffie.blogspot.com/2010/06/anti-christ-unmasked-part-2.html
This blog is meant as an addendum where the study in Daniel 7 left off. If you have not read that blog yet then please do so first. I have provided the link for you convenience.
http://robertarthurmcduffie.blogspot.com/2010/06/daniel-7-anti-christ-unmasked-part-1.html
Did the fathers of the Protestant Reformation know of these prophetic fulfillments in the office of the papacy? Did they recognize the papal authority of the Vatican as the anti-Messiah?
Martin Luther (1483-1546) ~Lutheran~ "We here are of the conviction that the Papacy is the seat of the true and real Antichrist... personally, I declare that I owe the Pope no other obedience than that to Antichrist."(1520) ~ The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, Froom
John Calvin (1509-1564) ~Presbyterian~ "Some persons think us too severe and sensious when we call the Roman pontiff Antichrist... I shall briefly show that Paul's words (2Thes 2) are not capable of any other interpretation than that which applies them to the Papacy." - Institutes
John Knox (1505-1572) ~Presbyterian~ "...[the Pope] should be recognized as the very Antichrist, and the son of perdition, of whom Paul speaks." - The Zurich Letters
Cotton Mather (1663-1728) ~Congregationalist~"The oracles of God foretold the rising of an Antichrist in the Christian Church; and in the Pope of Rome, all the characteristics of that Antichrist are so marvelously answered, that if any who read the Scriptures do not see it, there is a marvelous blindness upon them." - The Fall of Babylon
Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) ~Anglican~ "Whereof it followeth Rome to be the seat of antichrist, and the pope to be very antichrist himself. I could prove the same by many other scriptures, old writers, and strong reason." – Works
John Wesley (1703-1791) ~Methodist~ "He [the Pope] is in an emphatical sense, the Man of Sin... and he is, too, properly styled as the Son of Perdition... He it is that exalteth himself above all that is called God... claiming the perogatives which belong to God alone." - Antichrist and His Ten Kingdoms
Roger Williams (1603-1683) ~1st Baptist Pastor in America~ "[The Pope is] the pretended Vicar of Christ on earth, who sits as God over the Temple of God, exalting himself... over the Spirit of Christ, over the Holy Spirit, yea and God himself... thinking to change times and laws: but he is the son of perdition." - The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, Froom
So why doesn’t the “churches” today believe and proclaim the fulfillment of these prophecies concerning the anti-Messiah? I believe this question is best answered by the article “Left Behind By The Jesuits” by Pastor Steve Wohlberg.
http://www.lmn.org/magazine/170/Jesuits.html
At this point in our study I would like for us to examine the remaining anti-Messiah prophecies in “The Scriptures” and see how they line up with our understanding of “the little horn” of Daniel 7.
1Yahonan (John) 2:18 “Little children, it is the last
hour. And as you have heard that the anti-messiah is coming, even now many
anti-messiahs have come. This is how we know that it is the last hour. v.19
They went out from us, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us,
they would have stayed with us – but in order that it might be made manifest
that none of them were of us. v.20 And you have an anointing from the Set-apart
One, and you know all. v.21 I did not write to you because you do not know the
truth, but because you know it, and because no falsehood is of the truth. v.22
Who is the liar, except the one denying that יהושע is the
Messiah? This is the anti-messiah, the one denying the Father and the Son. v.23
No one denying the Son has the Father. The one confessing the Son has the
Father as well. v.24 As for you, let that stay in you which you heard from the
beginning. If what you heard from the beginning stays in you, you also shall
stay in the Son and in the Father.”
From this passage of Scripture we learn several important truths.
1) The apostle Yahonan recognized that a certain specific anti-Messiah was still yet to come sometime in the near future. v.18
This was written hundreds of years before the first pontiff of Roman Catholicism would appear. Of course their “church” tradition teaches the papal line of succession goes all the way back to Peter, (Shimon Kepha). It is interesting to note, and perhaps embarrassing to Roman Catholics, that when Rav Shaul closes his letter to the Roman assembly he greets many saints by name , however, he does not greet Kepha at all? Could it be that Kepha was never in Rome?
2) There were / are many anti-Messiahs in this world. v.18
Yahonan is speaking of anyone who is operating in the spirit of “anti-Messiah” in this present world. By definition this would be anyone who opposes Yahoshua Messiah and His ministry directly or anyone who tries to substitute Yahoshua and / or His teaching with a counterfeit replacement. Another Yahoshua, with a different doctrine!
Listen
to the many stern warnings of Rav Shaul (the apostle Paul) to the assemblies.
Galatians
1:6-9 “I marvel that you are so readily turning away from Him who called you in
the favour of Messiah, to a different ‘Good News,’ v.7 which is not another,
only there are some who are troubling you and wishing to pervert the Good News
of Messiah. v.8 However, even if we, or a messenger out of Heaven, bring a
‘Good News’ to you beside what we announced to you, let him be accursed. v.9 As
we have said before, and now I say again, if anyone brings a ‘Good News’ to you
beside what you have received, let him be accursed.”
2Corinthians
11:3-4 & 13-15 “But I am afraid, lest, as the serpent deceived Ḥawwah (Eve)
by his trickery, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is
in Messiah. v.4 For, indeed, if he who is coming proclaims another יהושע, whom we have not proclaimed, or if you receive a different
spirit which you have not received, or a different Good News which you have not
accepted, you put up with it well enough!”
v.13
“For such are false emissaries, deceptive workers, masquerading as emissaries
of Messiah. v.14 And no wonder! For Satan himself masquerades as a messenger of
light! v.15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as
servants of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works!”
Acts
20:28-31 “Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which
the Set-apart Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of Elohim
which He has purchased with His own blood. v.29 “For I know this, that after my
departure savage wolves shall come in among you, not sparing the flock. v.30
“Also from among yourselves men shall arise, speaking distorted teachings,
to draw away the taught ones after themselves. v.31 “Therefore watch,
remembering that for three years, night and day, I did not cease to warn each
one with tears.”
From the full counsel of “The Scriptures” we see an alarming picture developing. Whether in ignorance, willfully or presumptuously, if we have believed in another Yahoshua and if we have preached another Yahoshua we too are operating in the spirit of anti-Messiah. As you have read through this study if you have found yourself agreeing with the doctrines, beliefs and holy days of the Papacy, and disagreeing with the authority of “The Scriptures” of Yahweh, then you too are deceived by the spirit of anti-Messiah and if you do not repent you are one of many anti-Messiahs according to “The Scriptures”.
3) From 1Yahonan 2:19 and Acts 20:30 we see that the anti-Messiah spirit has always been present and operating in the assemblies of favor through faith.
Historically, the most grievous and dangerous wolves have not come from outside the assemblies of Elohim, but from within. If we say we believe in Yahoshua, but we are not willing to submit to Him in obedience according to His Word, “The Scriptures” and we tell others to do the same, we need to seriously examine our selves in the light and mirror of “The Scriptures”.
v.13
“For such are false emissaries, deceptive workers, masquerading as emissaries
of Messiah. v.14 And no wonder! For Satan himself masquerades as a messenger of
light! v.15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as
servants of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works!”
1Corinthians
11:27-28 “So that whoever should eat this bread or drink this cup of the Master
unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Master. v.28 But let a
man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup.”
4)
Those who are not willing to walk in obedience to Yahweh according to His Word
as revealed in “The Scriptures” do not truly belong to Messiah Yahoshua. v.19
5)
The Set-apart Spirit is the teacher of the assembly of Yahweh. v.20
6)
Any teaching contrary to “The Scriptures” cannot be from the Set-apart Spirit
of Yahweh because He will only teach us the Truth. v. 21
7)
The anti-Messiah is a liar and will deny Yahoshua ha MaShiach. v.22-24
Those
of discerning spirit will readily see the pope(s) throughout history have
denied Yahoshua and His teaching and substituted Him with another Jesus and a
different doctrine. The pope has become the head of the Roman Catholic Church
and he alone is the final authority of the faithful adherents of Catholicism
and sadly most of “Christendom”, regardless of their persuasion or
denomination.
1Yahonan
(John) 4:3 “and every spirit that does not confess that יהושע Messiah has come in the flesh is not of Elohim. And this is the
spirit of the anti-messiah which you heard is coming, and now is already in the
world.”
Within every pagan belief system throughout the world there has always been two very different beliefs taught and practiced by their adherents. The first belief system is the exoteric beliefs that are taught to the ignorant masses. The second belief system is the esoteric beliefs which are taught only to the elite initiates of the inner circles of power. They are merely using the exoteric beliefs to manipulate their followers to do whatsoever they please.
The highest levels of Roman Catholicism practice the esoteric belief of Gnostic mysticism. They do not believe “Yahoshua” actually came in the flesh, but rather appeared to have come in the flesh. This is the spirit of anti-Messiah according to “The Scriptures”! This warning is repeated by Yahonan in 2Yahonan v 7.
“Because
many who are leading astray went out into the world who do not confess יהושע Messiah as coming in the flesh. This one is he who is leading
astray and the anti-messiah.”
v.3
“Let no one deceive you in any way, because the falling away is to come first,
and the man of lawlessness is to be revealed, the son of destruction, (Footnote:
1Some texts read sin instead of lawlessness.) v.4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is
called Elohim or that is worshipped, so that he sits as Elohim in the Dwelling
Place of Elohim, showing himself that he is Elohim. v.5 Do you not remember
that I told you this while I was still with you? v.6 And now you know what
restrains, for him to be revealed in his time. v.7 For the secret of lawlessness
is already at work – only until he who now restrains comes out of the midst. v.8
And then the lawless one shall be revealed, whom the Master shall consume with
the Spirit of His mouth and bring to naught with the manifestation of His
coming. v.9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of
Satan, with all power and signs and wonders of falsehood, v.10 and with all
deceit of unrighteousness in those perishing, because they did not receive the
love of the truth, in order for them to be saved. v.11 And for this reason
Elohim sends them a working of delusion, for them to believe the falsehood, v.12
in order that all should be judged who did not believe the truth, but have
delighted in the unrighteousness.”
From Rav Shaul’s letter we receive several more stern warnings that we will consider one by one.
1) Yahoshua will not return for His bride until the great falling away (apostacy) happens and the anti-Messiah is revealed. v.3
Today we are witnesses to the fact that the overwhelming majority of “Christendom” for the last 1500 years has believed in a works based religious system of justification properly called “Roman Catholicism”. In 2012 over 1 billion people identify themselves as Roman Catholics while only 500 million (estimated) identify themselves as “Christian” (non-Catholics). Obviously, the Roman Pontiff ‘the anti-Messiah” has been revealed to the world for more than 1500 years now.
2)
The anti-Messiah is identified as “the lawless one” or “the man of sin”. v.3
1Yahonan
(John) 3:4 ~ “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is
the transgression of the law.”
We
have seen throughout the great majority of this study that the Roman Pontiff
has consistently throughout history abolished “The Torah” (the law). In addition,
he has tried to destroy “The Scriptures” by legislation and decree, by keeping
them from the common man, and by perverting their intended meaning with every
foul (fowl) doctrine of hell.
3)
The anti-Messiah is also called “the son of destruction” or “perdition”. v.3
There
is only one other person in all of “Scripture” who is also called “the son of
destruction”.
That
person is Yahudah who betrayed Yahoshua to the priestly authorities to be
crucified.
Yahonan
John 17:12 “When I was with them in the world, I was guarding them in Your Name
which You have given Me, and I watched over them, and not one of them perished
except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be filled.”
I believe this is another huge clue as to who the anti-Messiah would be.
A) Yahudah was considered to be a trusted follower of Yahoshua, however he betrayed Him. (Matt 10:2-4, 26:14-16)
B) He was one of the Levitical priests of the sons of Aaron. (Matt 27:3-5)
C) He was the one who was trusted with all the collections of the saints. (Yahonan 13:2)
D) He was a thief! (Yahonan 12:6)
E) He thought the kingdom of Heaven could only be advanced by force. (Yahonan 18:2-3)
F) All of his grand delusions led him to despair and ultimately to his death. (Matt 27:5)
In the light of everything we have previously covered in this study it is very easy to see How Yahudah is an anti-type of the anti-Messiah who was to come.
4) The anti-Messiah opposes Elohim. v.4
Is that not what the papacy has done all throughout History? Opposing the true doctrine of Messiah and His Father as recorded in “The Scripture” and replacing it with the cannon of the “church”.
5) The anti-Messiah exalts Himself above Elohim. v.4
Is this not what the papacy has done by exalting his word above the Writ of “Scripture”? Contrast this attitude with Yahweh’s character as described in Mizmore (Psalm) 138:2b
“for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.”
6) The anti-Messiah exalts Himself above all that is worshipped as elohim. v.4
By syncretism the papacy incorporated almost every element of “Sun” worship throughout the ages and then he demanded all allegiance be to him and not to any other elohim.
7) The anti-Messiah sits in the dwelling place (the temple), showing that he is Elohim. v.4
In the first century the dwelling place of Elohim moved from the physical structure in Yahrushalayim into the hearts of men. The body of Messiah is now the dwelling place of Elohim.
1Corinthians 3:16 “Do you not know that you are a
Dwelling Place of Elohim and that the Spirit of Elohim dwells in you?”
(Footnote: See 1Cor 6:19, 2Cor 6:16)
This modern interpretation of “Scripture” comes directly from the Jesuit priesthood through Protestant Free Masonry. Please refer to the previously linked study “LEFT BEHIND BY THE JESUITS” for more detailed information on this most important subject.
One of the reasons this interpretation has become widely accepted is because of Yahoshua’s prophetic words as recorded in the gospels of Mattithyahu and Mark.
Matt 24:15-20 “So when you see the ‘abomination that
lays waste,’ spoken of by Dani’ĕl the prophet, set up in the set-apart place” –
he who reads, let him understand – v.16 “then let those who are in Yahuḏah flee to the mountains. v17 “Let him who is on the house-top not come down to
take whatever out of his house. v.18 “And let him who is in the field not turn
back to get his garments. v.19
“And woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing children in
those days! v.20 “And pray that your flight does not take place in
winter or on the Sabbath.” (Footnote: See Mark 13:14-18)
Most
who read these passages of prophecy do not know their history and thus do not
understand the context of the words spoken by Yahoshua and thus their fulfillment.
Antiochus Epiphanies was an anti-type, anti-Messiah, whose reign of destruction
was foretold in Daniel 8. He too was described as a “little horn” so that
Yahweh’s people would be able to make the connection between this wicked Greek
king as a foreshadowing of the wicked Roman Pontiff (king).
Daniel
8:9-14 And from one of them came a little horn which became exceedingly great
toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the Splendid Land.
v.10 And it became great, up to the host of the heavens. And it caused some of
the host and some of the stars to fall to the earth, and trampled them down.
v.11 It even exalted itself as high as the Prince of the host. And it took that
which is continual away from Him, and threw down the foundation of His
set-apart place. v.12 And because of transgression, an army was given over to
the horn to oppose that which is continual. And it threw the truth down to
the ground, and it acted and prospered. v.13 Then I heard a certain set-apart
one speaking. And another set-apart one said to that certain one who was
speaking, “Till when is the vision, concerning that which is continual, and the
transgression that lays waste, to make both the set-apart place and the host to
be trampled under foot1?” (Footnote: 1See Daniel 11:31)
v.14 And he said to me, “For two thousand three hundred days, then that which
is set-apart shall be made right.
Up
until the mid 1800’s all Protestant Bibles also had a copy of the Apocrypha in
between the Old Testament and New Testament “Scriptures”. Everyone knew these
books were not “Scripture”, however, they kept them because they were deemed to
have historical value. The books of Maccabees are the historical record of the
time period when Antiochus Epiphanies reigned, in terror over the Yahudim,
approximately 200 years before Yahoshua spoke the words found in Matt 24.
I
believe these books were removed from the Protestant’s Bibles intentionally to
keep “Christians” from discovering the fulfillment of the prophecies of Daniel
8 and thus prohibit their understanding of the anti-type fulfillment in the
Roman papacy.
The
disciples would have been very aware of what happened during this time period and
many of the Yahudim people in AD 30 believed that Antiochus was the fulfillment
of the “little horn” (anti-Messiah) prophecy of Daniel 7. It does not take too much imagination to
understand why this was. When you compare the anti-type of Antiochus and the
fulfillment of the prophecies concerning the papacy the parallels are striking.
Consider
prayerfully, King Antiochus forbid all the Yahudim to worship the one true
Yahweh Elohim. He drove out the temple priesthood and then he set up an image
of Zeus in the temple and then he sacrificed a pig on the altar of Yahweh.
In
addition he forbid the Yahudim to practice circumcision and he forced them to
eat pork. He put to death all who would not comply with his new religious laws.
Then he made up his own ten anti-commandments.
1)
You shall not worship Yahweh Elohim.
2)
You shall bow down before graven images to worship them.
3)
You shall bring the name of Yahweh to Elohim to naught.
4)
You shall not keep the Set-apart Sabbath.
5)
You shall not honor your father and mother.
6)
You shall murder.
7)
You shall commit adultery.
8)
You shall steal.
9)
You shall bear false witness against your neighbor.
10)
You shall covet your neighbor’s possessions and your neighbor’s spouse.
This
was truly the darkest hour in the history of Yahudah. The temple was left desolate
for 1,150 days. This was the 2300 evenings and mornings the temple sacrifice
for sin was not performed unto Yahweh. Nowhere in the ancient manuscripts does
it read 2,300 days in Daniel 8. It reads evenings and mornings! This is very
significant, to correctly understanding this prophecy, because in context it is
speaking of the desolation of the dwelling place (the temple).
From
the time Antiochus desecrated the dwelling place and the altar until the time
the Maccabees rededicated the dwelling place was exactly 1,150 days just as it
was foretold to Daniel. 1,150 days x’s two sin sacrifices a day = 1,150! i.e.
the 2300 evenings and mornings.
The
Roman Vatican is very well aware that Antiochus is the fulfillment of “the
little horn” of Daniel 8 and that is why in the notes of many of the modern
English translations of “The Catholic Bible” you will find the little horn of
Daniel 7 and Daniel 8 identified as Antiochus Epiphanies.
Without
the least bit of imagination anyone can easily see why the Papacy is the
perfect anti-type of “the little horn”, Antiochus, especially when it is
considered in the light of the entire body of this study.
When
we prayerfully consider the words of Yahoshua, as spoken in Mattithyahu 24, in
the light of the rest of “The Scriptures” and the light of history we will soon
see there are multiple correct understandings to this prophecy. Yahoshua was
very specific when He spoke of “the abomination that lays waste”. He said it
would come in the days of the Roman siege of Yahrushalayim. (Luke 21:20-23)
In
AD 62 / 63 the half brother of Yahoshua was martyred. Around this same time the
city of Yahrushalayim was besieged by the Roman armies. The Roman government
had decided they had, had enough of the Yahudim revolts led by different
Yahudite Zealots who each fancied himself as the Messiah of Yisrael. Almost
unbelievably, the Roman army left Yahudah and they were basically given a seven
year reprieve. Rome would return in AD 70 and finish the job! However, based on
the prophetic word of Yahoshua the Messianic believers seized hold of the
opportunity to flee for their lives and never returned.
Luke
21:20 “And when you see Yerushalayim surrounded by armies, then know that its
laying waste is near. v.21 “Then let those in Yahuḏah flee to the mountains, and let those who are in the
midst of her go out, and let not those who are in the fields enter her.”
From
just before the time Yahoshua walked the earth the high priest of the dwelling
place (temple) was appointed by the Roman government. From around AD 62 / 63
the entirety of the dwelling place was under complete Roman control. Yahweh can
only be worshipped in spirit and in Truth. (Yahonan 4:23) The Yahudim record
the Spirit of Yahweh left the dwelling place in AD 30 and from that time
forward the service of the dwelling place became more and more corrupted until
it’s ultimate destruction in AD 70.
The
phrase “the abomination that lays waste” is a Hebrew idiom for anything at all
that would prevent us from worshipping the Yahweh Elohim of Yisrael in Spirit
and in Truth. The only function of the dwelling place (temple) is to worship
Yahweh in Spirit and in Truth. If we are not fulfilling our function as His
dwelling place then what He has called an abomination has made all our worship
to Him as refuse (heaps of garbage). Every abomination had filled the temple by
the time it was destroyed and thus the worship had become refuse and very
shortly afterward the dwelling place would also become refuse (wasted).
It
is very interesting to note that the statue of St Peter in the Vatican is
openly admitted to be an ancient statue of Zeus, the very same Zeus whose image
Antiochus Epiphanies set up to be worshipped in the dwelling place of Yahweh.
The Roman Pontiff is the very one who is responsible for bringing in every
abominable practice, belief and holy day into the “Christian” faith. Thus he has
laid waste the true worship of Yahweh Elohim and also Yahweh’s people who would
desire to continue to worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.
8)
The anti-Messiah shows he, himself is Elohim. v.4
I
have already documented extensively in this study how one of the ways the
papacy blasphemes Elohim is by claiming He is in fact Elohim. When he speaks,
he speaks as Elohim, he forgives sins as Elohim and he is worshipped as Elohim.
9)
The anti-Messiah would not be revealed until what restrains is taken out of the
way. v.6 & 7
The
earliest Messianic believers understood until the Roman government was taken
out of the way the anti-Messiah would not be revealed. This not only makes
perfect logical sense it is exactly what was revealed to Daniel over 500 years
previously. It was not until western Rome was divided into 10 separate kingdoms
that “the little horn” could rise up and uproot three of the other horns
(kings). Daniel 7:7-8
10)
The anti-Messiah will do the work of the devil. v.9
The
work of the devil is to deceive people to follow after any other belief,
tradition and holy day except the belief, tradition and set-apart days of the
one true Yahweh Elohim of Yisrael. We have seen demonstrated time and time
again in both this study and the second part of this study, Revelation 13, how
the papacy has led all of “Christendom” astray all over the world and straight
away into apostate worship.
11)
The anti-Messiah will come with all power. v.9
Earlier
in this study it was demonstrated how the pope(s) throughout history have
always regarded murderous force as a necessary means to root out all Messianic
believers who would worship Elohim in Spirit and in Truth. Without any
conscience countless millions were slaughtered by the authority of the papacy
for their crime of refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the Roman Pontiff
and the Roman church.
12)
The anti-Messiah will come with all signs. v.9
The
word for sign here is sēmeion. It is G4592 in the Strong’s. This is the Greek
equivalent to the Hebrew words ot (H266) and moed (H4150). Ot is also
translated into English as mark. It is used four different times in “The Torah”
to proclaim “the mark of Elohim” which is found in the forehead and hand of His
people. I have written about this mark extensively in the blog, “The Mark of
Elohim”.
The
anti-Messiah also has a mark that is found in the forehead or hand of all the
people who follow after him. Once Yahweh’s people are absolutely certain
concerning His mark, the anti-Messiah’s mark becomes readily obvious.
Moed
is the Hebrew word translated as feasts in the English language. Under an
earlier section of this study we witnessed how “the little horn” would think to
change the times (moed) of Yahweh. It has been marvelously demonstrated by the
historical records that the pope(s) all throughout time immemorial have
abolished every single “Feast of Yahweh” proclaimed in Way yiqra (Leviticus) 23
and “The Torah”. In exchange they have substituted their own pagan feasts,
white-washed and rebranded “Christian”.
13)
The anti-Messiah will come with all wonders of falsehood. v.9
The
lying wonders that accompany the Roman Pontiff and his church are truly without
number. It is astonishing how many miraculous phenomenons are claimed by the
Vatican. Most of these wonders truly are nonsensical. Crying statues, stigmata
wounds that refuse to heal, apparitions of saints in obscure places, visions,
dreams and all manner of mysticism, most of which cannot be verified by the
honest skeptic. Yet the true believers make their annual pilgrimages by the
tens of millions to witness these wonders and proclaim them to all who will
listen.
Because
the great masses all over the world refuse to receive the love of the Truth,
i.e., the testimony of Yahoshua and Yahweh’s Torah, they cannot be saved. Once
you reject the Truth what else is left? Yahweh Elohim will send delusion into
your life so that you will continue to love the lies of the anti-Messiah and
hate “His Instructions”, conversely. All will be judged in righteousness
because they delighted in unrighteousness.
From this teaching from the full counsel of “The Scriptures” it is plainly
and easily seen that all of the anti-Messiah prophecies are so marvelously
fulfilled in the Pontiff of Rome, one truly has to be given over to strong
delusion by Elohim, ( Debarim / Deuteronomy 13), to not be able to see it. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact me anytime. Part 2 of this study is posted on this blog site. Revelation 13 picks up exactly where Daniel 7 left off.
http://robertarthurmcduffie.blogspot.com/2010/06/anti-christ-unmasked-part-2.html
Blessings
and Shalom - Mizpah!
Robert
A. McDuffie, Galatians 6:14 & 2:20
7rapturesrobert@gmail.com
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