THE SPIRITS IN PRISON PART 2

 

With the previous article about the spirits in prison there has been more comments made than in any other article posted on this blog.  The comments vary from those accepting Jesus was conscious after death, to those who believe he was not conscious, to those who say they don’t know.  This situation shows disagreements exist over this issue.  This article is written to address this concern.  In it I will attempt to bring out some more information to consider. Keep in mind that Greek philosophy heavily influenced the translation of the New Testament scriptures as they abandoned Jewish thought and were also influenced by the heresy of the trinity.

Here are the disputed verses:

1 Peter 3:18-20

“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in (indeed or truly Strongs G3303) the flesh but made alive by the spirit by whom also (referring back to the spirit that empowered Jesus to preach the gospel) he went (while alive) and preached (the gospel) to the spirits in prison (human beings) who formerly  (in the old time Strongs G4218) were disobedient (but now are HIS faithful elect).  When once (a long time ago) the long suffering of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, eight were saved through water.”

Jesus was put to death as a human being but was raised from the dead by God, Jesus was alive in the flesh again when he was resurrected from the dead. The “by whom” is referring back to Gods Spirit that empowered Jesus to preach to the spirits in prison or humans alive in his day, when he preached the gospel to the prisoners before he was crucified, these imprisoned human spirits were formerly disobedient. This is referring to people that were called and chosen who were formerly disobedient but heard the gospel preached by Jesus and became obedient, of which are very few.  Take note that I have eliminated verse 19 placed a period between the words disobedient and when because one thought ends and another begins. The line of thought here jumps from the time of Christ to the time of Noah. Verse 21 explains that Peter is making a comparison between the gospel being preached by Jesus and the preaching of Noah to the people of Noah’s day along with the waters of Noah to baptism . verse 21 “and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also, not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward GOD.  It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.”

Jesus did not exist in the time of Noah, unless you believe Jesus preexisted, because then you open a can of worms that smells of the trinity or the immortal soul .  What Peter is  doing here is comparing the few saved in this current age by baptism to the 8 souls saved by water during the great flood of Noah’s day. Now Noah was a preacher of righteousness who preached to the prisoners of his day, 2 Peter 2:5 , and just like in the day of Christ only a few would be saved so it was in Noah’s day.  Matthew 24:37  These verses are in no way saying that Jesus preached to the prisoners of Noah’s day because they are all dead and unconscious according to scripture, but do you think they had an immortal soul ?  Believing Jesus was conscious after his death is against all other biblical truth but yet some use these two verses to throw out the truth and accept a heresy.   

There is more evidence that Jesus died in the exact same way all humans do.  Jesus is the “first fruits of them that have fallen asleep” ; this showing that Jesus fell asleep along with the others who fell asleep.  1 Corinthians 15:20  Jesus is “the first born of the dead”, showing there are others who are now dead that will follow him. Colossians 1:18  1 Thessalonians 4:14. Romans 8:11   John 20:17 “I am not yet ascended to my FATHER” , this statement by Jesus refutes the idea of Jesus being conscious after death.  It mentions ascending to the FATHER, Acts 1:9 , is where Jesus ascended to the FATHER and at this time did so consciously.  At some point during the ascension Jesus was changed from flesh to spirit because flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of GOD. 1 Corinthians 15:50  

Jesus was constantly called “a man”  Jesus was 100% human but also 100% immersed in his GODS spirit so that he was one with GOD.  This was the difference between Christ and us as we only have a measure or portion of the spirit whereas Jesus dwelled in the FATHER and the FATHER dwelt in Jesus, Jesus and his FATHER were one.  John 10:30 This was necessary for Jesus to be the messiah.  

Now, another thing I will tell you that perhaps you will not believe. Before the Jesus event all human death was everlasting but the first advent of Jesus changed this because GOD through Jesus provided two resurrections of the dead.  After this the first death became temporary and it was appointed to all once to die but afterwards the judgment.  Hebrews 9:27   Currently the church of GOD is judged now, 1 Peter 4:17  1 Corinthians 11:31-32  and this because they enter the kingdom when Christ returns but the rest of humanity is judged at the great white throne.  Revelation 20:11-15  We, the elect of this current time, escape this white throne judgement because we will have entered the kingdom long before that time.   

Ezekiel 37:1-28 is a prophecy about the second resurrection.  The whole house of Israel is raised from the dead but they thought before they died that they had perished forever, “Our bones are dried up our hope is gone”, Ezekiel 37:11 ,  but GOD brings them back to physical life. Ezekiel 37:4-10  

If you want to know the definition of something spiritual GOD will through Jesus teach you. GOD has defined in detail what death is and what life is and never do the two mix together, you can’t be both at the same time.  A person is either dead and unconscious or alive and conscious, there is no in between. Isaiah and David knew this, Psalm 118:17   Psalm 115:17  Isaiah 38:18-19   I could show you a dozen scriptures to prove this.  If Jesus saves us from the death we die then Jesus had to die the same death we die.  How could Jesus taste death for us all if he did not really experience the death we die but lived consciously in heaven.  

Yet another thing to consider; chapter numbers, verse numbers and punctuation did not exist in the first century AD but were added from the 13th to the 16th centuries by unconverted men, many in an attempt to support the lies they preached.  These verses in 1 Peter 3:18-20 are only one example of this.  When people read these verses thinking the verse numbers and punctuation are there to give clarity actually makes them into a lie.  The Holy Spirit in GODS elect saints aids them to see this type of deception because when you already know some established truth and apply these truths to these verses it makes no sense because the verse numbering and punctuation interrupts the truth of the verses.  In these disputed verses in 1 Peter 3:18-20 this is exactly what has happened and because of this some people think Jesus after his death was conscious when what these verses really doing is comparing the few people that are saved from Noah’s day to Christs day and that baptism is similar to the waters of Noah.  Isaiah 54:9   Matthew 24:37-39   Hebrews 11:7   2 Peter 3:6-7   Genesis 9:11   

Peter is showing us the similarities between Christ and Noah; both were preachers of righteousness, both preached to the prisoners of their day, one world judged by water the other by fire, that in both the preaching of Christ and Noah few would be saved, that the bulk of the world in both times would not repent.  This is the truth of these verses in 1 Peter 3:18-20 

WILL THE REAL MESSIAH PLEASE STAND UP

 At this present time there are three major worldly religions that all have a soon expected to arrive messiah. The false Christian world has their messiah, the Islamic world has the Mahdi and the Jewish world a messiah that has ties to both false Christianity and Islam.  All of these false messiahs are believed by their followers to conquer the world and establish their religion as the religion of the world.  It is a confusing mess.   Which of these false messiahs will win over the other two ?  The answer is the Jewish messiah idea.  I know this because of the conditions that exist in the end time as described in the books of Daniel and Revelation.  A man of sin, does not honor the GOD of his fathers Daniel 11:37 referring to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the abomination of desolation, animal sacrifices, fire called down from heaven and a third temple are all strong indications of a Jewish messiah as well as the great harlot city identified as Jerusalem in Revelation 11:8 and the beast as a nation that was, is not but yet is Revelation 17:8KJV & 17:11  In Biblical symbolism a beast is a nation as shown in the book of Daniel.  This beast or nation in Revelation chapter 13:1 is modern day Israel, a nation that was under King Solomon the richest and most powerful nation on earth eventually disappeared from history only to reappear again in 1948 with the United Nations resolution number 181 (2)  that created the nation of Israel and on May 14, 1948 the British withdrew from Israel and made the resolution confirmed . (Was, is not and yet is)  There are many scriptures that identify Israel as the beast nation and Jerusalem as the harlot. 

In Daniel there is described that last week (7years) of  Satanic rule of the earth.  On the Hebrew calendar 7 years is 2,520 days. A series of days is given in Daniels book; 1260  1290  1335  2300  &  2520  these days are ; the beginning of the tribulation, the abomination of desolation, the sealing of the elect, the early return of Jesus and the total days that are cut short for the elects sake.  These days will begin when the man of sin makes his covenant with 10 nations and ends early at 2,300 days with the early arrival of Jesus. Matthew 24:22 

 Currently I do not know when this covenant will be made but once it is we can count down the days to the second advent. So then, any messiah that shows up before this covenant is made is a fake because the real messiah shows up at near the end of the covenant.  This is when the real messiah will stand up.

THE SPIRITS IN PRISON

 

In 1 Peter 3:19 By which he also went and preached unto the spirits in prison.  Verse 18 must be included to give some understanding.  For Christ also has suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to GOD, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the spirit.   By this same spirit Jesus preached to the spirits in prison.  When anyone dies their human spirit, the breath of life, goes back to GOD.  What this means is that ALL people who die go to heaven saint and sinner alike.  GOD keeps these spirits in their unconscious state and assigns for each which resurrection they will be in.  No human being is in prison in hell.  This cannot be referring to demons because Satan and the demons already have much of what is salvation as they are immortal spirit beings, they have “seen” GOD.  They are not involved in salvation but the righteous angels do serve as ministering spirits to humans that do have that promise.  Hebrews 1:14   Angels, good or evil, are not heirs of salvation.  The demonic spirits already know their fate. Matthew 8:28-29   If we realize that Jesus Christ died the exact same death as any human being does then he had no consciousness after death either .  He was unconscious for 3 days and 3 nights before the FATHER raised him from the dead, therefore Jesus couldn’t have preached to anyone.  

The spirits Jesus preached to are human beings.  All humanity is in a spiritual prison and Satan is the warden, their god.  All humanity is under an everlasting death sentence because of sin, then Jesus came and publicly preached the gospel to humanity, the good news that through him the FATHER would forgive the truly repentant, give a portion of HIS spirit to the elected saints and by that spirit through Jesus the mediator teach the saints HIS truth.

  Isaiah 61:1 The spirit of the Lord YAHWEH is upon me because HE has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. HE has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners. 

Luke 4:18  HE has sent me to proclaim the gospel to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set the oppressed free. 

As far as the disobedient of the time of Noah, these people long ago were in the same spiritual prison as people are today. People in Noah’s day didn’t go to hell anymore than people today do.  Noah is the one who preached to the people who disobeyed and perished in the flood, 2 Peter 2:5   Peter was bringing out the comparison of Noah flood to the baptism in Christ for the 8 people who survived the flood.

Jesus did not exist in the days of Noah and only came into existence when GOD created him in the womb of Mary.  In times past GOD dealt with humanity through prophets and angels but in these last days only by HIS son.  Hebrews 1:1-2   

Jesus Christ preached to the prisoners held captive by the Devil and for those called and chosen provided freedom from that prison.

TWO DIFFERENT DEATHS

 Death by J.

At a recent meeting of the brethren, I was reminded of the two deaths that are described in the Bible. As a child, I assumed good people went to heaven, bad people went to hell. 

                                

 When a loved one died such as a grandparent, it was confusing. Papa was a decent person but was he good enough to go straight to heaven? And if he was up there floating in heaven, could he see me down on earth? Creepy. 

                                    

 Thankfully I understand now that everyone who has ever lived and died, except for Christ, has no consciousness and is awaiting a resurrection. So many people believe passed loved ones are angels above watching down on them. Sorry to put a damper on that sentiment but human beings don't sprout halos or grow wings after death. 

                                 

 Humans and angels are two entirely different beings by our Creator. But back to my original thought - the two deaths described in scripture. 

In the garden of Eden, the serpent deceived Eve into eating the fruit from the tree of good and evil. "You will not surely die", the serpent said to Eve. We all know the story how she took the fruit, ate, and gave it to Adam who also ate the forbidden fruit. 

                 

Their eyes were opened but did they keel over dead? No. So did that make God a liar and the serpent the hero? Far from it. The serpent, being a crafty and cunning being, knew the death mankind would face from disobeying God is an everlasting death. A permanent, no chance for salvation, and the ultimate consequence for sinning. One would cease to exist forever. 

NOTHINGNESS

   A different death is physical death. Physical death is the separation of our spirit from our fleshly body. The body is of the earth. It returns to dust. Our human spirit is of the breathe of life from God. It returns to our Creator. Plainly stated in Ecclesiastes 12:7  Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. Hebrews 9:27 tells us, it is appointed unto all men once to die, but after this the judgement. Can't be a permanent death if judgement is to follow. 

In the garden, Adam and Eve did not experience a physical death, but because of disobedience, they and everyone since faces an everlasting death because of sin. BUT, God in his mercy sent his son as the sacrificial lamb slain from the foundation of the world so that with repentance, we can escape the 2nd or everlasting death. Noah, Moses, Abraham and all the other saints of old are not floating around in heaven.

 

 

 They experienced the 1st death and are asleep awaiting the first resurrection. Their bodies returned to dust and their spirit is safe and secure with God. They have no consciousness - Psalms 6:5 for in death there is no remembrance. Ecclesiastes 9:5  The dead know nothing. Those saints who are alive at the time of Christ's return will be changed in the twinkling of an eye, 1 Corinthians 15:52. This will be their physical death as the fleshly body will no longer be. They will have a spirit body as flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, 1 Corinthians 15:50.

Two very different types of death. One being temporary (even if in the grave for hundreds of years) that all humans must encounter because of our flesh and blood nature, and the other, everlasting for those names not written in the Book of Life.   

INTERESTING SCRIPTURES

 

Here are some interesting scriptures.

Daniel 9:26  After 62 weeks (sevens) the anointed one (Jesus Christ) (Messiah) shall be cut off (murdered or killed) but not for himself (For the world John 3:16-17) and the people of the prince (Ephesians 2:2KJV) who shall come (is to come) shall destroy the city (Jerusalem) and the sanctuary (The second temple) and the end shall be with a flood and until the end desolations are determined. 

 This verse says the second temple will be destroyed, do you agree ? 

Now read Daniel 9:27  He (The man of sin, the antichrist) shall confirm (re-establish the old covenant) with many for one week (2520 days) but in the middle of the week (1260 days) he will put an end to sacrifice and offering (by saying he is GOD).  And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate (1290 days) even until the consummation which is determined is poured out on the desolate. At the 1335 days the elect saints are sealed in their foreheads as Revelation 7:3  says (Daniel 12:12) Jesus returns early, at 2300 days (Matthew 24:22) for the elects sake the days shall be shortened.

This is describing the abomination of desolation that Paul wrote about, 2 Thessalonians 2:4 He will oppose and exalt himself above every so called God or that is worshipped so that he sits in the temple of GOD showing himself that he is GOD. 

This event is the abomination of desolation that Jesus spoke about, Matthew 24:15,  So when you see standing in the holy place (The holy of holies in the temple) the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand)

Do you understand ?  In Daniel 9:26 the second temple is destroyed but in Daniel 9:27 the abomination of desolation is placed in the temple. Paul agrees with Daniel and Jesus then later on in years John writes in Revelation 13:6  And the beast opens its mouth in blasphemy against GOD (by saying he is GOD) to blaspheme HIS name and HIS tabernacle (the temple) and those dwelling in heaven.

Here again is the tabernacle, the temple. This cannot be the second temple but must be the third temple.  In Daniel 8:13-14  two holy ones are speaking to each other asking, “How long will be the vision be concerning the daily sacrifices and the transgression (abomination) of desolation , the giving of both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled underfoot ?”  This is the number of days that pass from the revival of the law and sacrifices until both the temple and the host to be trampled. The other holy one answers in Daniel 8:14 , “He said to me, It will be 2,300 days (evenings and mornings) then the sanctuary shall be cleansed(properly restored).”  

There are two things to understand here; 1. the temple the man of sin desecrated will be cleansed and restored, 2.  This cleansing and restoration is made possible by the return of Jesus Christ at 2,300 days, just short of the 2,500 days of the entire last “seven” or week which is the fulfillment of what Jesus said in Matthew 24:22 “If those days (2,520) had not been cut short nobody would be saved, but for the elects sake those days will be shortened.”  Jesus returns at 2,300 days rather than the full 2,520 days that began at the covenant the man of sin makes with many (10 nations) and the third temple, unlike the first two, is not destroyed but cleansed and restored.  

Even in his Olivet discourse Jesus never mentions the second temple but earlier he did predict its destruction and later on the Mount of Olives the disciples asked, When shall these things be and what will be the sign of your coming and the end of the age ?  The only temple Jesus mentions is the temple where the abomination of desolation takes place and we have just seen in Daniel 9:26-27 that the second temple is destroyed long before the placing of the abomination of desolation , therefore Jesus was speaking of the third temple, not the second.  This is the error made by many and some go even as far as changing the timing of certain yet future events to have occurred in 70 AD during the second temple destruction.  The book of Revelation was given to reveal or uncover and explain this error because even the Apostles believed the man of sin would enter the second temple. It was not yet revealed to the Apostles that there would be a third temple and they all thought Jesus would return in their lifetime.  When this did not happen many fell away from the church, but those whose faith was strong later received the book of Revelation that contained the answers for what only appeared to be a failed prophecy by Jesus.  

In the book of Revelation the words “the great city” appears 8 times but in only one verse is it revealed what that great city is, Revelation 11:8 “Their dead bodies will lie on the street of the great city called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.” The great city is Jerusalem.

Another error related to this one is the idea that the beast is Rome and 666 is the emperor Nero.  The beast is Israel and the harlot is Jerusalem and 666 is the number of a man.  666 is the weight of gold that came to Solomon in a year (1 Kings 10:14) (That’s about 3.8 billion today) and under Solomons reign Israel was the greatest nation on earth. (1 Kings 10:23 & 2 Chronicles 9:22) Many forget this fact and the Jewish people today look for their idea of the messiah to “restore the kingdom unto Israel” just as the disciples asked Jesus before his ascension. Acts 1:6  The Jews want the glory days of Solomon again and the man of sin with Satans power will make it happen.  Revelation 17:10-11 says the beast nation is the 8th king but was previously one of the seven. This beast nation is also described as, Revelation 17:8 the beast that was, is not and yet is.  In biblical symbolism a beast is a nation, its ruler and it’s people.  This is about a nation that existed but then did not exist only to exist again. Modern day Israel is the only nation to ever fulfill completely this description.  Therefore the beast, it’s mark and it’s leader is not Roman but Israelite. This renders all the ideas of 70 AD events being the fulfillment of events recorded in Revelation incorrect.  

If you study what the Jewish expectations are of their idea of the messiah they believe he will restore the monarchy, rebuild the temple, bring world peace and have a worldly kingdom under GODS law.  With this knowledge reread the scriptures and with the spirit of the FATHER through Jesus Christ be taught the truth of GOD.  

1 John 2:22 Who is a liar except the one who denies that Jesus is the messiah ?  He is antichrist who denies the FATHER and the Son.  The Jews fit this definition of the antichrist.  Rome as well as all other false churches at least acknowledge that Jesus is the messiah and son of GOD although having everything else wrong.  

I am well aware that this is a lot of information to take in and that it will not be accepted by most people but I received this information from GOD through Jesus Christ and was led by the spirit of GOD in my study of the scriptures and in meditation in order to understand and write about them.  

THE CONFUSING MIX OF END TIME RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS ---- IS DONALD TRUMP DAJJAL -- IS THE MESSIAH THE AL MASIH OR JESUS

 

 

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Al-Masih ad-Dajjal

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An image from a Falname made in India around 1610–1630 depicts Jesus fighting the Dajjal (right). Behind, the Mahdi with a veiled face.

Many Shiite Islamic people think Donald Trump is DAJJAL their version of the antichrist.

Islam copies their end time events after what is recorded in the Old and New Testaments.

The Islamic religion is a copy of certain teachings found in both Hebrew and Christian writings especially the Bible.  One main difference is that Islam has Ishmael as the chosen son of Abraham rather than Isaac. In both Judaism and Islam Jesus is not GODS son. Judaism says their messiah will be just a man while Islam says Jesus is the messiah, is a prophet inferior to Muhammad, denies the crucifixion, is not the son of GOD.

The new testament predates the Quran by 600 years and the old testament by about 4,600 years.

Al-Masih ad-Dajjal (Arabic: الْمَسِيحُ الدَّجَّالُ, romanized: Al-Masih ad-Dajjal, lit. 'the deceitful Messiah'),^[1] otherwise referred to simply as the Dajjal, is an antagonistic figure in Islamic apocalyptism who will pretend to be the promised Messiah and later claim to be God, appearing before the Day of Judgment according to the Islamic eschatological narrative.^[1][2] The Dajjal is not mentioned in the Quran, but he is mentioned and described in the Hadith.^[1] Corresponding to the Antichrist in Christianity, the Dajjal is said to emerge out in the East, although the specific location varies among the various sources.^[3]

The Dajjal will imitate the miracles performed by Jesus, such as healing the sick and raising the dead, the latter done with the aid of demons. He will deceive many people, such as weavers, magicians, and children of fornication.^[3]

Etymology

Dajjāl (Arabic: دجّال) is the superlative form of the root word dajl meaning "lie" or "deception".^[4] It means "deceiver" and also appears in Syriac (daggāl ܕܓܠ, "false, deceitful; spurious").^[3] The compound al-Masīḥ ad-Dajjāl, with the definite article al- ("the"), refers to "the deceiving Messiah", a specific end-time deceiver, linguistically equivalent to the Christian Syriac mšīḥā d-daggālūtā ܡܫܝܚܐ ܕܕܓܠܘܬܐ, "pseudo-Christ, false Messiah".^[5] This Dajjāl is an evil being who will seek to impersonate the true Messiah (Jesus).^[1]

History

In the Quran, the Dajjal or similar figures are absent. Apocalyptic narratives are only composed 150-200 years later and are adopted from foreign religions.^[6] The extensive usage of Hebrew and Syriac vocabulary in Islamic apocalyptic writings suggests that apocalyptic narratives were adapted from foreign religious traditions.^[7] A lot of apocalyptic material is attributed to Ka'b al-Ahbar, while other transmitters indicate a Christian background.^[8][9] The first known complete Islamic apocalyptic work is the Kitāb al-Fitan (Book of Tribulations) by Naim ibn Hammad.^[10]

Stories regarding the Dajjal were probably adapted from Eastern Christianity.^[11] Many characteristics of the Dajjal, such as anti-Jewish sentiments, are possible remainings of Christian polemic against Jews, then integrated into Islamic apocalyptic thought.^[3] There are additional descriptions of the Dajjal invoking Christian imagery: for example, in one narration the Dajjal is said to be chained in the West, similar to the Beast in the Book of Revelation.^[3] At this point, as pointed out by David Cook, the popularity of apocalyptic stories required Muslim authorities to integrate them into the Islamic tradition in order to retain notability, as the apocalyptic literature competed with the Quran.^[12]

Later Islamic apocalyptic narratives were expanded and developed by Islamic authors, notably Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, al-Ghazali, Ibn Arabi, Al-Qurtubi, Ibn Kathir, and as-Suyuti).^[13][14] The authors list various signs as meanings of the arrivals of the apocalypse, including extra-Quranic figures such as the Dajjāl and the Mahdīy.^[15][16][17]

Overview

Main article: Islamic eschatology

A number of locations are associated with the emergence of the Dajjal, but usually, he emerges from the east.^[3] He is usually described as blind in his right eye, his left eye is green, and the true believers read the word كافر (Arabic for "disbeliever"), on his forehead. It is believed that many will be deceived by him and join his ranks, among them Jews, Bedouins, weavers, magicians, and children of fornication.^[1] Furthermore, he will be assisted by an army of devils (shayāṭīn). Nevertheless, the most reliable supporters will be the Jews, to whom he will be the incarnation of God.^[3] The Dajjal performs miracles, and his miracles resemble those performed by ʿĪsā (Jesus), such as healing the sick, raising the dead, causing the earth to grow vegetation, causing livestock to prosper and to die, and stopping the sun's movement.^[3]

At the end, the Dajjal is defeated and killed by ʿĪsā when the latter simply looks at him and – according to some narrations – puts a sword through the Dajjal.^[3] The nature of the Dajjal is ambiguous.^[1] Although the nature of his birth indicates that the first generations of Muslim apocalyptists regarded him as human, he is also identified rather as a devil (shayṭān) in human form in the Islamic tradition.^[3]

The characteristical one eye is believed to symbolize spiritual blindness.^[3] Thus, the Dajjal, blind to the immanent aspect of God, could only comprehend the transcendent aspect of God's wrath. Hadiths describe the Dajjal as twisting paradise and hell, as he would bring his own paradise and hell with him, but his hell would be paradise and his paradise would be hell.^[18]

 GODS elect saints know that all this is a pile of dung but to these deceived people it is their faith that they have, like false Christians, proven they will die for.  Will this current war with Iran escalate into a worldwide war between Islam and the western nations ?  Could this be the beginning of the false tribulation ?  We have for a time thought that Israel would use their nuclear weapons to annihilate a large portion of Islam while under the rule of the real antichrist thus giving him the appearance of being their version of the messiah .  The false Jewish/Christian followers of the man of sin would think Islam was then the antichrist. 

I know this can all be very confusing and is even difficult for me to keep straight because of the numerous lies concerning all these things are very difficult to unravel in order to find what the truth of things really is.  As time moves forward more understanding will come.     

ARE YOU WATCHING ?

 

The recent attack on Iran by the U.S. and Israel has angered the Islamic Shiite populations of other nations like Azerbaijan, Iraq, Bahrain, Lebanon and Yemen.  There are about 2 million Shiites living in the U.S. and the FBI has issued a warning about possible terrorist attacks and that citizens should report any suspicious activities or behavior immediately.  It’s not just the Shiites in Iran that we need to be concerned about, it’s Shiite peoples around the world.  As the world faces this Islamic threat it also is dealing with illegal immigration problems and economic problems all of when combined together are very detrimental to the world.  Biblical prophecy indicates that there is to be some sort of crisis that leads to the union of ten nations composed of five from the western and five from the eastern areas of the old Roman Empire symbolized by the ten toes of the image in Daniel 2:42-43  “In the days of these kings (the ten toes) the GOD of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all those kingdoms (the ten toes) and bring them to an end but will itself stand forever.”   Could it be that what are are currently seeing is the beginning of the process that will lead to the establishment of the ten toes ?  When the ten nation (toes) covenant is made by the man of sin, this begins the final 7 years of Satanic rule over humanity.  It will be less than 7 years till Jesus Christ returns.

We see that these ten toes are described elsewhere as ten horns, Daniel 7:20  Revelation 13:1 & 17:12  and among these ten horns is a “little horn” Daniel 7:20  &  8:10  This little horn controls the ten horns for a time until the the ten horns hate the little horn harlot. Revelation 17:16  The little horn is the harlot Jerusalem that rides and controls the beast as it is the capital city of the beast until the abomination of desolation occurs when the Israelites revolt against the man of sin because they know he is not GOD. Then the harlot will lose its control of the beast and the beast with the ten horns will destroy her.  

What could possibly bring all these events to pass is yet unknown but as we watch the current situation evolve we should see if it is indeed the fulfillment of prophecy.  

Wall Street economists are saying that if the strait of Hormuz can be blocked off from all oil traffic it would cause extremely serious problems and likely produce a worldwide recession.  Will the Shiite terrorist activities increase among the nations producing a holy war ?  Will the nations that have an Islamic presence experience terrorist attacks ?  Will these things in combination produce the false tribulation.  Will Israel use their nuclear weapons to defend themselves against the Islamic hordes ?  During this time of great chaos would China attack Taiwan  ?  Would Russia take advantage ?  Is the U.S. able to fight wars on three fronts as well as at home ?  How all of this plays out I confess I do not know, I only consider the possibilities.  I do know this, we all who are of GODS elect saints need to be paying attention.  Mark 13:37