The Antichrist Revealed
The True Gospel, End Time Prophesy and the Antichrist
It would appear evident that the churches reliance on its ‘gospel of fear’ and emotional appeals are mostly ineffective and the more the church tries to appraise the world by watering down the truth, the less effective it becomes. It’s no wonder we’re in this state when so few Christians know why they believe or what His plan and purpose is. The church instead needs to return to the true gospel and start presenting the facts which prove God’s existence and the truth of His Word, then far more people would listen and accept the message. If they also began teaching God’s plan and purpose, Christians themselves would stop falling away and realise the reason and importance of continuing in their faith to the end. To gain an understanding of the true gospel visit:
The True Gospel Message
Unfortunately, the confusion, unbelief and great following away will likely continue until the church also lets go of its many false doctrines concerning the immortality of the soul, heaven, the futurism of all ‘end time’ prophesy, the gap theory, ‘secret’ rapture and its misplaced obsession that all who call themselves ‘Jews’ are not only related to the biblical Israelites, but their sole representatives as well. We all need to set aside our existing beliefs and start relying on the bible as our only authority. Reading it with an open mind and then actually believing what it says, regardless of the difficulties it may bring. Learning to take a literal interpretation, unless it’s clearly a figurative passage, in which case other parts of the bible dealing with the same topic must be allowed to interpret itself. Of course, many will continue to point to the doctrines and traditions of the church or what the masses believe as their authority. We must however, resist this pressure and follow the example of the brave reformers who made their protest and declaration at the Diet of Spires in 1529.
Do you know what you believe? Are you really sure? If not, please visit:
Are You Really Saved?
The Only Way to Salvation
One of the greatest falsehoods is ‘futurism’ which now dominates ‘end time’ prophesy. However, what few realise is ‘futurism’’ was a product of the Counter-Reformation and first advanced by Francisco Ribera, a Jesuit priest at the beginning of the 16th century after the Papacy was identified as the Antichrist. Sadly, this Catholic teaching is now the doctrine of most churches and in stark contrast to what the Protestant church once accepted and taught. The continuous fulfilment of prophesy throughout history, with the Papacy clearly identified as the Antichrist.
Praise the Lord, the great reformers like Martin Luther, John Calvin and John Knox and translators like William Tyndale, didn’t have our same preconceived ideas and as a result were able to free us from the clutches of the Roman Catholic Church which they associated with the ‘Mystery of Babylon’, beast of Daniel and dragon Revelation. Luther himself wrote “Christ has warned us enough, Matthew 24:23, that many would come in his name and say, “I am the Christ.” And Matthew 7:15, “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing.” Thus the pope too, under the mask and name of Christ and St. Peter, has intimidated and fooled the whole world, as he wanted to do; and through the devil he has put up a show of great devotion and spirituality, until he has reached the point that he now raves openly and with all his might, in every depravity…I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist.” The Presbyterian and Anglican Westminster Confession also states, "There is no other head of the church but the Lord Jesus Christ; nor can the pope of Rome in any sense be the head thereof; but is that Antichrist, that man of sin, and that son of perdition, that exalteth himself in the church against Christ, and all that is called God".
If we read God’s Word and compare these prophetic words (i.e. Dan 7, Rev 13 and 2 Thes) with history, it’s understandable why they made this connection and well worth further investigation to understand what truth there is in this association. For starters, as the Roman Empire collapsed, 10 kingdoms arose in its place (the ten toes and horns). Papal Rome (the small horn) rose among them, conquered 3 of those kingdoms (Vandals, Ostrogoths and Alemannian) and continued to grow until it exercised all the power and authority Imperial Rome had once exercised. Thus reviving the Roman Empire (the deadly wound healed), but remaining different to all other empires before it, since it combined both civil and religious authority in one. It also incorporated many traditions originating from the Babylonians, thus becoming the Holy Roman Empire, false prophet, ‘mystery’, universal deception and church, which all nations and peoples worshipped.
This same “little horn”…”made war with the saints, and prevailed against them” (Dan 7:21) persecuting and putting to death millions of Christians who refused to bow down to the Pope. One need only read about the Spanish Inquisition, the extermination of the Vaudoi, Waldeneses, Albigenses and Huguenots Christians, or the many accounts of suffering, torture and death of all those who resisted in the Foxes Book of Martyrs to understand the fulfilment of this prophesy. Let us remember most of the reformers and bible translators were also put to death by the Catholic Church.
Is it that surprising that after Satan failed to destroy the early church, the great deceiver and angel of light would then try a different tack and set up a counterfeit of God’s true church and completely fool almost the entire world? Paul warned us in Acts 13 that the deceiver would not come from outside the church, but from within the church, while 2 Thes 2;4 stated the ‘Man of Sin’ would give the appearance of being Christian by establishing himself in the temple of God (church) and making himself out to be God. Unfortunately, the term ‘Anti-Christ’ is not well understood and has caused much confusion. While most believe it to mean someone completely ‘opposite’ to Christ in every way, it more correctly translates as someone acting “instead of” or in “substitution” of Christ with the opposition being far more subtle. With this corrected understanding, Satan’s old and canning ways and plan are revealed.
In confirmation of this, the Pope is called the ‘Lord God, the Pope’, ‘His Holiness’, ‘The Holy Father’ and ‘King of Kings and Lord of Lords’. He is hailed as the 'Head of the Church' in place of Christ and has the official title of ‘Vicar of the Son of God’ which translates as “one serving as a substitute” or in place of the Son of God! If these blasphemies weren’t enough, the ‘man of sin’ did away with Christ’s sacrifice and transferred the power to forgive sins to himself, basing it not on free grace, but ‘good works’, favours and ‘donations’. With basic education withheld from the masses; almost all books including the bible banned and all services held in Latin, few could understand the truth and the deception was made complete.
Sadly, most have forgotten the utter power the Catholic Church once held, with almost the entire known world worshipping and following the Pope. Not only because most were deceived or didn’t know any better, but because this became the only way to receive the “mark” or certificate to carry on trade within the empire. Whereas all ‘heretics” (those who disobeyed) were excommunicated with no one allowed to give them shelter; allow them in their territory or trade with them.
Accordingly, the Anti-Christ was established in power in the 5th century with the line of Popes appearing like lambs, but speaking like dragons. Each one declaring “I am Christ” (Matt 24), while making many other boasts and blasphemies. They spoke “great words against the most high” (Dan 7:25) and opposed and exalted themselves “over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God” (2 Thes 2:4-5). They also did “change the set times and the laws” and used “all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing” (2 Thes 2:9-10).
For example, Pope Nicholas wrote “I then, being above all prelates, seem by this reason to be above all gods. Wherefore, no marvel if it be in my power to change time and times, to alter and abrogate laws, to dispense with all things, yea, with the precepts of Christ...” and “The Roman Pontiff judges all men, but is judged by no one. We declare, assert, define and pronounce: to be subject to the Roman Pontiff is to every human creature altogether necessary for salvation…That which was spoken of Christ ‘Thou hast subdued all things under His feet’, may well seem verified to me… I have the authority of the King of Kings. I am all in all and above all, so that God Himself and I, the Vicar of God, have but one consistory, and I am able to do almost all that God can do. What can you make of me but God?” (Boniface VIII, Bull Unum Sanctum, 16 Nov 1302)
Pope Pius IX when Archbishop of Venice stated “the pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, but he is Jesus Christ Himself, hidden under the veil of the flesh. Does the pope speak? It is Jesus Christ who speaks. Does the pope accord a favor or pronounce an anathema? It is Jesus Christ who accords the favor or pronounces that anathema. So that when the pope speaks we have no business to examine.”
Is it a coincidence the Pope is “arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls” (Rev 17:14) and has the official title ‘Vicarius Filii Dei’ which adds up to 666 in Latin? No, God always fulfils His prophesy exactly as He says and we must be careful not to be like the Jews who couldn’t see prophesy fulfilled even when He stood before them in flesh and blood.
It seems the whole concept of ‘futurism’ which is based on the gap theory, pretribulation and secret rapture have been developed not only to take the heat off the Catholic Church, but also provide a solution to the fact none of the promises made to Israel have yet been fulfilled by the ‘Jews’ or the modern day Jewish state. For example, Israel was to be planted and established in another land which they did not know outside Palestine (2 Sam 7:10-11); to settle in the 'isles of the sea', north and west of Palestine (Isa 24:14-15; 49:1,12; 59:19; Jer 3:12-18, 23:8, 31:7-8, 10); become a nation and a community (commonwealth) of nations (Gen 35:10-11; 48:19); to never cease to be a nation before God ( Jer 31:35-37) ; to crush all other empires (Dan 2: 34-45; Jer 51:20); to grow to become the fifth world empire (Dan 2:44; Rom 11:25); to inherit and colonise the desolate places, islands afar off, coastlands and ends of the earth (Isa 49:8; 54:3; Jer 31:8,10) ; become a multitude of people as countless as the stars (Gen 15:5); to retain its monarchy (Jer 33:17-26 and 2 Sam 7:12-16); become the chief of nations (Deut 26:19, Amos 6:1); to be blessed with great wealth (Deut 8:18 and 33:13-17) and known worldwide for its crops, lamb and beef (Deut 28:3-14); to be a blessing to mankind showing the fruits of righteousness ( Matt 21:43, Gen 18:18) and a great missionary people taking Christianity around the globe (Isa 27:6; 43:2 1; 44:3-5; Mark 16:15 and Matt 7:20).
However, the reason why these promises remain unfulfilled by the modern day ‘Jews’, is because they were never made to the converts of Judaism (modern day definition of a 'Jew') which is a pagan religion and completely anti-Christian in nature. Rather, the promises were made to the racial descendants of Jacob through the line of Isaac only. Therefore, we must not confuse the majority of modern day 'Jews' with the Israelites of the bible! Instead, we should only identify Israel with those people who are the true descendants of the biblical Israelites and who fulfil every mark and promise the prophets of the bible wrote Israel would be identified by in the future. Then the church would realise that much of the ‘end time’ prophesies have already been fulfilled and there is therefore no need for manmade solutions or theories.
For evidence and proof the Anglo Saxon Celtic people are the true descendants of the Biblical Israelites visit:
Anglo Saxon Celts Were Israelites
Anglo Saxons Are Chosen People
Anglo Saxons Fulfil All Prophesy
What the Israelites Looked Like
Celt and Israel's Similar Customs
Was Jesus a Celt?
Unfortunately, few Christians appear to understand that most modern day ‘Jews’ are not racial descendants of the Israelites, but mere converts to Judaism. A religion which despite what many Christians believe is not based on the Old Testament or even the Torah (books of Moses), but is based on the Jewish Talmud. A collection of books written in the centuries immediately before Christ and shortly after which contain the accumulated sayings of the learned Jewish sages and Rabbis, including the ‘oral law’ which they believe was handed down by Moses to the religious leaders, parallel, but different to the ‘written law’ as recorded in the first 5 books of the bible. The Jewish Talmud is a most violent and anti-Christian book and condones and encourages every possible crime and perversion provided it is against a ‘non-Jew’. The Jews themselves certainly don’t believe or teach that Christianity originated from Judaism:
"This is not an uncommon impression and one finds it sometimes among Jews as well as Christians - that Judaism is the religion of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). It is, of course, a fallacious impression…Judaism is not the religion of the Bible." (Rabbi Ben Zion Bokser, “Judaism and the Christian Predicament”, page 59)
"The return from Babylon and the introduction of the Babylonian Talmud mark the end of Hebrewism and the beginning of Judaism." (The late Rabbi Stephen F. Wise, formerly the Chief Rabbi of the United States)
"Judaism is, specifically, the religion of a Jewish community living among Gentile peoples and is to be distinguished from the religion of ancient Israel." (Funk & Wagnalls Standard Reference Encyclopaedia, 1959, Volume 14)
"…you will notice the great difference between the Jewish and Christian religions. But these are not all. We consider the two religions so different that one excludes the other…we emphasized that there is no such thing as a Judeo-Christian religion…There is not any similarity between the two concepts" (Rabbi Moshe M. Maggal, President, National Jewish Information Service, Letter of August 21, 1961).
The London Jewish World of March 15, 1923 declared: "Fundamentally, Judaism is anti-Christian."
Of course, while there are some true ‘Jews’ who are Israelites, most Israelites are not ‘Jews’, since true ‘Jews’ only represent a very small portion of Israel (being only 1 of 13 tribes). In fact the Jewish people make up an even smaller portion of Israelites since the term ‘Jew’ is only applied in the bible to the very small remnant of 42,360 of the Tribe of Judah who returned to the land of Israel about 538BC after their captivity in Babylon when they become known as the Nation of the Jews (Ezra 2:1, 64). This is confirmed by the Jewish historian Josephus who wrote “Jew is the name they are called by from the day that they came up from Babylon." (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book 2, Chapter 5). Compare this to the entire nation of Edom who were already living in Judaea when the tiny remnant of Judah returned. Never mind all the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Samaritans and the rest who had taken over the land when the Israelites were removed (2 Kings 17:24):
In fact, the number of true ‘Jews’ was reduced further as they inter-married with other races in disobedience to God’s commands soon after they returned from captivity, while many other races of people converted to the Jewish faith and also became known as ‘Jews’. In Esther 8:17 we are told “many people of other nationalities became Jews because the fear of the Jews had seized them”. The entire nation of Edom was converted to Judaism under John Hyrcanus in 126 BC when their kingdom was destroyed by the ‘Nation of the Jews’ and the whole nation of the Khazars (a Turkic-Mongoloid people from southern Russia) converted to Judaism around the 8th century AD. They later spread out to become the ‘Jewish’ populations of Eastern Europe. Together these two groups, neither of which were descended from the ancient Israelites of the Bible, make up a large majority of today's ‘Jews’. Even the Jewish encyclopaedias testify to the fact that both the Edomites and Khazars are to be found among the Jewish people today. As a result of this change, we must be careful not to assume all those who call themselves ‘Jews’, are in fact the actual racial descendants of the Tribe of Judah. Just as Christ was careful not to when talking to those who called themselves ‘Jews’ in His day.
Due to all the inter-marrying and other races converting to Judaism and calling themselves ‘Jews’ also, it has become vital we understand the difference between Israel and the modern day ‘Jews’. This is because the word ‘Jew’ now means something completely different to the Hebrew and Greek words it was originally translated from. While the term ‘Jew’, was once a racial label referring to a “descendant of Judah” (Strong’s Concordance) and “One belonging to the tribe or to the Kingdom of Judah” (Westminster Dictionary of the Bible), it has since been changed into a mere religious one. Enabling many different nationalities who were never descendants of Abraham through the line of Isaac and Jacob (Israel) to claim themselves to be ‘Jews’ who are not. This problem is referred to by both Jesus in John 8 and in Revelation where we are told there would be those who would call themselves ‘Jews’, but who were not.
So by the time the Lord Jesus arrived in Palestine many different nationalities had began calling themselves ‘Jews’, but it was the Edomites who had seized the kingdom from the true Judahites, the descendants of the tiny remnant of exiles who had returned from Babylon. By then the Edomites had control of the land, the throne and the temple. They were posing as true Israelites of the house of Judah, but the Lord Jesus knew that they were impostors (John 8) and He warns us about them in the book of Revelation:
“I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.” (Rev 2:9)
“Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.” (Rev 3:9).
However, for us we should only use the biblical meaning when trying to understand the term ‘Jew’ (“descendant of Judah”) rather than any new modern political or religious meaning which differs from it and as a result causes much confusion. Accordingly, the bible is clear. The word ‘Jew’ can only correctly be applied to a racial descendant of the tribe of Judah. Anyone else using or calling themselves by this name is not an actual ‘Jew’ or Israelite.
There are many reasons why so many make the mistake of viewing the Israelite (Israel) and ‘Jew’ (Judah) as the same people even though this understanding isn’t supported by either scripture or history. The ‘Jews’ themselves understand the difference and state that “Strictly speaking it is incorrect to call an Ancient Israelite a 'Jew' or to call a contemporary Jew an Israelite or a Hebrew" (1980 Jewish Almanac, article entitled "A brief History of the Terms for Jew" pg.3).
Maybe the best definition of the term ‘Jew’ in its modern context rather than its true biblical meaning is best summed up by the modern Israeli State government itself who state “The term Israelite is purely biblical. An Israeli is a citizen of Israel, regardless of religion. A Jew is a person anywhere in the world born to a Jewish mother, or converted to Judaism, who is thus identified as a member of the Jewish people or religion.” (Information Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem, February 1998).
Accordingly, the Jewish authorities agree that the word ‘Jew’ now refers to a person's religion, not their race or ethnic background as it does in the bible. This is why there are ‘Jews’ of every race, because the modern definition of a ‘Jew’ does not denote race as the original Hebrew word does in the bible. This response is perfectly in accordance with the Halakha (Jewish Law) which also defines a ‘Jew’ as any person, anywhere in the world, who is born to a mother who is already a Judaist or who converts to Judaism themselves. Converting to Judaism makes one not only a member of the religion of Judaism, but also "a member of the Jewish people" they say. This clearly demonstrates that according to Halakha, the word "Jew" refers to a person's religion, not their race or ethnic background. In context then it is no different from the words "Muslim" or "Buddhist". Note that the term Israelite is defined as "purely biblical" and therefore has no relevance to the definition of a ‘Jew’. It is vitally important that we understand this if we are to properly comprehend what follows.
Since the time of Christ, this admixture of other races claiming to be ‘Jews’ has only intensified with many more nationalities and races of people converting to Judaism through the centuries and also becoming known as ‘Jews’ as continues even today.
Please don’t misunderstand what is being stated here. I am not saying there are no true ‘Jews’ (descendants of Judah). I am simply making a couple of important points. Firstly, most ‘Jews’ today are not racial descendants, but rather converts to a pagan religion and therefore have nothing to do with the biblical Israelites. Secondly, the few true ‘Jews’ (descendants of Judah) who do exist only represent a small proportion of Israelites since the bulk of Israelites are descended from the other 11 tribes and are therefore not ‘Jews’.
It is sad our politicians and church leaders did not take the time to study the facts, but instead simply believed the Zionist claims without ever asking for any evidence to prove their claims of descent. As a result true Israelites, which include true racial Jews and all who accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savour, have had their rightful inheritance taken from them by a people whose ancestors never lived in Palestine. Until this is rectified, the violence and bloodshed in the Middle East will continue. It is interesting that this all appears to have been prophesied in the bible stating that the Edomites would claim Palestine for themselves Eze 33:24-29 and 36:5-8; Mal 1:4-5. Isn’t it amazing that after thousands of years they are still trying to get the birth right and inheritance back which they had lost to Jacob and his descendants?
For further evidence and proof most modern day Jews are not the descendants of the Biblical Israelites visit:
Who are the Modern Day Jews
Where Did Judaism Originate
It is time the church realised that much of the ‘end time’ prophesies have already been fulfilled and the time of Christ’s return is much closer than we expect. The church is not going to be ‘secretly raptured’ since the ‘Antichrist’ has been enthroned here since the 5th century and much of the ‘tribulation’ already past. Neither is there any point waiting for the modern day ‘Jews’ to repent since they have nothing to do with the biblical Israelites (God’s People). Rather we should be praying for the repentance and protection of Israel’s true descendants who are mostly represented today by the Anglo Saxon Celtic people. Let’s reconcile ourselves to the truth; start to believe His Word and no longer be deceived by manmade theories.
God Bless
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It would appear evident that the churches reliance on its ‘gospel of fear’ and emotional appeals are mostly ineffective and the more the church tries to appraise the world by watering down the truth, the less effective it becomes. It’s no wonder we’re in this state when so few Christians know why they believe or what His plan and purpose is. The church instead needs to return to the true gospel and start presenting the facts which prove God’s existence and the truth of His Word, then far more people would listen and accept the message. If they also began teaching God’s plan and purpose, Christians themselves would stop falling away and realise the reason and importance of continuing in their faith to the end. To gain an understanding of the true gospel visit:
The True Gospel Message
Unfortunately, the confusion, unbelief and great following away will likely continue until the church also lets go of its many false doctrines concerning the immortality of the soul, heaven, the futurism of all ‘end time’ prophesy, the gap theory, ‘secret’ rapture and its misplaced obsession that all who call themselves ‘Jews’ are not only related to the biblical Israelites, but their sole representatives as well. We all need to set aside our existing beliefs and start relying on the bible as our only authority. Reading it with an open mind and then actually believing what it says, regardless of the difficulties it may bring. Learning to take a literal interpretation, unless it’s clearly a figurative passage, in which case other parts of the bible dealing with the same topic must be allowed to interpret itself. Of course, many will continue to point to the doctrines and traditions of the church or what the masses believe as their authority. We must however, resist this pressure and follow the example of the brave reformers who made their protest and declaration at the Diet of Spires in 1529.
Do you know what you believe? Are you really sure? If not, please visit:
Are You Really Saved?
The Only Way to Salvation
One of the greatest falsehoods is ‘futurism’ which now dominates ‘end time’ prophesy. However, what few realise is ‘futurism’’ was a product of the Counter-Reformation and first advanced by Francisco Ribera, a Jesuit priest at the beginning of the 16th century after the Papacy was identified as the Antichrist. Sadly, this Catholic teaching is now the doctrine of most churches and in stark contrast to what the Protestant church once accepted and taught. The continuous fulfilment of prophesy throughout history, with the Papacy clearly identified as the Antichrist.
Praise the Lord, the great reformers like Martin Luther, John Calvin and John Knox and translators like William Tyndale, didn’t have our same preconceived ideas and as a result were able to free us from the clutches of the Roman Catholic Church which they associated with the ‘Mystery of Babylon’, beast of Daniel and dragon Revelation. Luther himself wrote “Christ has warned us enough, Matthew 24:23, that many would come in his name and say, “I am the Christ.” And Matthew 7:15, “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing.” Thus the pope too, under the mask and name of Christ and St. Peter, has intimidated and fooled the whole world, as he wanted to do; and through the devil he has put up a show of great devotion and spirituality, until he has reached the point that he now raves openly and with all his might, in every depravity…I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist.” The Presbyterian and Anglican Westminster Confession also states, "There is no other head of the church but the Lord Jesus Christ; nor can the pope of Rome in any sense be the head thereof; but is that Antichrist, that man of sin, and that son of perdition, that exalteth himself in the church against Christ, and all that is called God".
If we read God’s Word and compare these prophetic words (i.e. Dan 7, Rev 13 and 2 Thes) with history, it’s understandable why they made this connection and well worth further investigation to understand what truth there is in this association. For starters, as the Roman Empire collapsed, 10 kingdoms arose in its place (the ten toes and horns). Papal Rome (the small horn) rose among them, conquered 3 of those kingdoms (Vandals, Ostrogoths and Alemannian) and continued to grow until it exercised all the power and authority Imperial Rome had once exercised. Thus reviving the Roman Empire (the deadly wound healed), but remaining different to all other empires before it, since it combined both civil and religious authority in one. It also incorporated many traditions originating from the Babylonians, thus becoming the Holy Roman Empire, false prophet, ‘mystery’, universal deception and church, which all nations and peoples worshipped.
This same “little horn”…”made war with the saints, and prevailed against them” (Dan 7:21) persecuting and putting to death millions of Christians who refused to bow down to the Pope. One need only read about the Spanish Inquisition, the extermination of the Vaudoi, Waldeneses, Albigenses and Huguenots Christians, or the many accounts of suffering, torture and death of all those who resisted in the Foxes Book of Martyrs to understand the fulfilment of this prophesy. Let us remember most of the reformers and bible translators were also put to death by the Catholic Church.
Is it that surprising that after Satan failed to destroy the early church, the great deceiver and angel of light would then try a different tack and set up a counterfeit of God’s true church and completely fool almost the entire world? Paul warned us in Acts 13 that the deceiver would not come from outside the church, but from within the church, while 2 Thes 2;4 stated the ‘Man of Sin’ would give the appearance of being Christian by establishing himself in the temple of God (church) and making himself out to be God. Unfortunately, the term ‘Anti-Christ’ is not well understood and has caused much confusion. While most believe it to mean someone completely ‘opposite’ to Christ in every way, it more correctly translates as someone acting “instead of” or in “substitution” of Christ with the opposition being far more subtle. With this corrected understanding, Satan’s old and canning ways and plan are revealed.
In confirmation of this, the Pope is called the ‘Lord God, the Pope’, ‘His Holiness’, ‘The Holy Father’ and ‘King of Kings and Lord of Lords’. He is hailed as the 'Head of the Church' in place of Christ and has the official title of ‘Vicar of the Son of God’ which translates as “one serving as a substitute” or in place of the Son of God! If these blasphemies weren’t enough, the ‘man of sin’ did away with Christ’s sacrifice and transferred the power to forgive sins to himself, basing it not on free grace, but ‘good works’, favours and ‘donations’. With basic education withheld from the masses; almost all books including the bible banned and all services held in Latin, few could understand the truth and the deception was made complete.
Sadly, most have forgotten the utter power the Catholic Church once held, with almost the entire known world worshipping and following the Pope. Not only because most were deceived or didn’t know any better, but because this became the only way to receive the “mark” or certificate to carry on trade within the empire. Whereas all ‘heretics” (those who disobeyed) were excommunicated with no one allowed to give them shelter; allow them in their territory or trade with them.
Accordingly, the Anti-Christ was established in power in the 5th century with the line of Popes appearing like lambs, but speaking like dragons. Each one declaring “I am Christ” (Matt 24), while making many other boasts and blasphemies. They spoke “great words against the most high” (Dan 7:25) and opposed and exalted themselves “over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God” (2 Thes 2:4-5). They also did “change the set times and the laws” and used “all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing” (2 Thes 2:9-10).
For example, Pope Nicholas wrote “I then, being above all prelates, seem by this reason to be above all gods. Wherefore, no marvel if it be in my power to change time and times, to alter and abrogate laws, to dispense with all things, yea, with the precepts of Christ...” and “The Roman Pontiff judges all men, but is judged by no one. We declare, assert, define and pronounce: to be subject to the Roman Pontiff is to every human creature altogether necessary for salvation…That which was spoken of Christ ‘Thou hast subdued all things under His feet’, may well seem verified to me… I have the authority of the King of Kings. I am all in all and above all, so that God Himself and I, the Vicar of God, have but one consistory, and I am able to do almost all that God can do. What can you make of me but God?” (Boniface VIII, Bull Unum Sanctum, 16 Nov 1302)
Pope Pius IX when Archbishop of Venice stated “the pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, but he is Jesus Christ Himself, hidden under the veil of the flesh. Does the pope speak? It is Jesus Christ who speaks. Does the pope accord a favor or pronounce an anathema? It is Jesus Christ who accords the favor or pronounces that anathema. So that when the pope speaks we have no business to examine.”
Is it a coincidence the Pope is “arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls” (Rev 17:14) and has the official title ‘Vicarius Filii Dei’ which adds up to 666 in Latin? No, God always fulfils His prophesy exactly as He says and we must be careful not to be like the Jews who couldn’t see prophesy fulfilled even when He stood before them in flesh and blood.
It seems the whole concept of ‘futurism’ which is based on the gap theory, pretribulation and secret rapture have been developed not only to take the heat off the Catholic Church, but also provide a solution to the fact none of the promises made to Israel have yet been fulfilled by the ‘Jews’ or the modern day Jewish state. For example, Israel was to be planted and established in another land which they did not know outside Palestine (2 Sam 7:10-11); to settle in the 'isles of the sea', north and west of Palestine (Isa 24:14-15; 49:1,12; 59:19; Jer 3:12-18, 23:8, 31:7-8, 10); become a nation and a community (commonwealth) of nations (Gen 35:10-11; 48:19); to never cease to be a nation before God ( Jer 31:35-37) ; to crush all other empires (Dan 2: 34-45; Jer 51:20); to grow to become the fifth world empire (Dan 2:44; Rom 11:25); to inherit and colonise the desolate places, islands afar off, coastlands and ends of the earth (Isa 49:8; 54:3; Jer 31:8,10) ; become a multitude of people as countless as the stars (Gen 15:5); to retain its monarchy (Jer 33:17-26 and 2 Sam 7:12-16); become the chief of nations (Deut 26:19, Amos 6:1); to be blessed with great wealth (Deut 8:18 and 33:13-17) and known worldwide for its crops, lamb and beef (Deut 28:3-14); to be a blessing to mankind showing the fruits of righteousness ( Matt 21:43, Gen 18:18) and a great missionary people taking Christianity around the globe (Isa 27:6; 43:2 1; 44:3-5; Mark 16:15 and Matt 7:20).
However, the reason why these promises remain unfulfilled by the modern day ‘Jews’, is because they were never made to the converts of Judaism (modern day definition of a 'Jew') which is a pagan religion and completely anti-Christian in nature. Rather, the promises were made to the racial descendants of Jacob through the line of Isaac only. Therefore, we must not confuse the majority of modern day 'Jews' with the Israelites of the bible! Instead, we should only identify Israel with those people who are the true descendants of the biblical Israelites and who fulfil every mark and promise the prophets of the bible wrote Israel would be identified by in the future. Then the church would realise that much of the ‘end time’ prophesies have already been fulfilled and there is therefore no need for manmade solutions or theories.
For evidence and proof the Anglo Saxon Celtic people are the true descendants of the Biblical Israelites visit:
Anglo Saxon Celts Were Israelites
Anglo Saxons Are Chosen People
Anglo Saxons Fulfil All Prophesy
What the Israelites Looked Like
Celt and Israel's Similar Customs
Was Jesus a Celt?
Unfortunately, few Christians appear to understand that most modern day ‘Jews’ are not racial descendants of the Israelites, but mere converts to Judaism. A religion which despite what many Christians believe is not based on the Old Testament or even the Torah (books of Moses), but is based on the Jewish Talmud. A collection of books written in the centuries immediately before Christ and shortly after which contain the accumulated sayings of the learned Jewish sages and Rabbis, including the ‘oral law’ which they believe was handed down by Moses to the religious leaders, parallel, but different to the ‘written law’ as recorded in the first 5 books of the bible. The Jewish Talmud is a most violent and anti-Christian book and condones and encourages every possible crime and perversion provided it is against a ‘non-Jew’. The Jews themselves certainly don’t believe or teach that Christianity originated from Judaism:
"This is not an uncommon impression and one finds it sometimes among Jews as well as Christians - that Judaism is the religion of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). It is, of course, a fallacious impression…Judaism is not the religion of the Bible." (Rabbi Ben Zion Bokser, “Judaism and the Christian Predicament”, page 59)
"The return from Babylon and the introduction of the Babylonian Talmud mark the end of Hebrewism and the beginning of Judaism." (The late Rabbi Stephen F. Wise, formerly the Chief Rabbi of the United States)
"Judaism is, specifically, the religion of a Jewish community living among Gentile peoples and is to be distinguished from the religion of ancient Israel." (Funk & Wagnalls Standard Reference Encyclopaedia, 1959, Volume 14)
"…you will notice the great difference between the Jewish and Christian religions. But these are not all. We consider the two religions so different that one excludes the other…we emphasized that there is no such thing as a Judeo-Christian religion…There is not any similarity between the two concepts" (Rabbi Moshe M. Maggal, President, National Jewish Information Service, Letter of August 21, 1961).
The London Jewish World of March 15, 1923 declared: "Fundamentally, Judaism is anti-Christian."
Of course, while there are some true ‘Jews’ who are Israelites, most Israelites are not ‘Jews’, since true ‘Jews’ only represent a very small portion of Israel (being only 1 of 13 tribes). In fact the Jewish people make up an even smaller portion of Israelites since the term ‘Jew’ is only applied in the bible to the very small remnant of 42,360 of the Tribe of Judah who returned to the land of Israel about 538BC after their captivity in Babylon when they become known as the Nation of the Jews (Ezra 2:1, 64). This is confirmed by the Jewish historian Josephus who wrote “Jew is the name they are called by from the day that they came up from Babylon." (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book 2, Chapter 5). Compare this to the entire nation of Edom who were already living in Judaea when the tiny remnant of Judah returned. Never mind all the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Samaritans and the rest who had taken over the land when the Israelites were removed (2 Kings 17:24):
In fact, the number of true ‘Jews’ was reduced further as they inter-married with other races in disobedience to God’s commands soon after they returned from captivity, while many other races of people converted to the Jewish faith and also became known as ‘Jews’. In Esther 8:17 we are told “many people of other nationalities became Jews because the fear of the Jews had seized them”. The entire nation of Edom was converted to Judaism under John Hyrcanus in 126 BC when their kingdom was destroyed by the ‘Nation of the Jews’ and the whole nation of the Khazars (a Turkic-Mongoloid people from southern Russia) converted to Judaism around the 8th century AD. They later spread out to become the ‘Jewish’ populations of Eastern Europe. Together these two groups, neither of which were descended from the ancient Israelites of the Bible, make up a large majority of today's ‘Jews’. Even the Jewish encyclopaedias testify to the fact that both the Edomites and Khazars are to be found among the Jewish people today. As a result of this change, we must be careful not to assume all those who call themselves ‘Jews’, are in fact the actual racial descendants of the Tribe of Judah. Just as Christ was careful not to when talking to those who called themselves ‘Jews’ in His day.
Due to all the inter-marrying and other races converting to Judaism and calling themselves ‘Jews’ also, it has become vital we understand the difference between Israel and the modern day ‘Jews’. This is because the word ‘Jew’ now means something completely different to the Hebrew and Greek words it was originally translated from. While the term ‘Jew’, was once a racial label referring to a “descendant of Judah” (Strong’s Concordance) and “One belonging to the tribe or to the Kingdom of Judah” (Westminster Dictionary of the Bible), it has since been changed into a mere religious one. Enabling many different nationalities who were never descendants of Abraham through the line of Isaac and Jacob (Israel) to claim themselves to be ‘Jews’ who are not. This problem is referred to by both Jesus in John 8 and in Revelation where we are told there would be those who would call themselves ‘Jews’, but who were not.
So by the time the Lord Jesus arrived in Palestine many different nationalities had began calling themselves ‘Jews’, but it was the Edomites who had seized the kingdom from the true Judahites, the descendants of the tiny remnant of exiles who had returned from Babylon. By then the Edomites had control of the land, the throne and the temple. They were posing as true Israelites of the house of Judah, but the Lord Jesus knew that they were impostors (John 8) and He warns us about them in the book of Revelation:
“I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.” (Rev 2:9)
“Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.” (Rev 3:9).
However, for us we should only use the biblical meaning when trying to understand the term ‘Jew’ (“descendant of Judah”) rather than any new modern political or religious meaning which differs from it and as a result causes much confusion. Accordingly, the bible is clear. The word ‘Jew’ can only correctly be applied to a racial descendant of the tribe of Judah. Anyone else using or calling themselves by this name is not an actual ‘Jew’ or Israelite.
There are many reasons why so many make the mistake of viewing the Israelite (Israel) and ‘Jew’ (Judah) as the same people even though this understanding isn’t supported by either scripture or history. The ‘Jews’ themselves understand the difference and state that “Strictly speaking it is incorrect to call an Ancient Israelite a 'Jew' or to call a contemporary Jew an Israelite or a Hebrew" (1980 Jewish Almanac, article entitled "A brief History of the Terms for Jew" pg.3).
Maybe the best definition of the term ‘Jew’ in its modern context rather than its true biblical meaning is best summed up by the modern Israeli State government itself who state “The term Israelite is purely biblical. An Israeli is a citizen of Israel, regardless of religion. A Jew is a person anywhere in the world born to a Jewish mother, or converted to Judaism, who is thus identified as a member of the Jewish people or religion.” (Information Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem, February 1998).
Accordingly, the Jewish authorities agree that the word ‘Jew’ now refers to a person's religion, not their race or ethnic background as it does in the bible. This is why there are ‘Jews’ of every race, because the modern definition of a ‘Jew’ does not denote race as the original Hebrew word does in the bible. This response is perfectly in accordance with the Halakha (Jewish Law) which also defines a ‘Jew’ as any person, anywhere in the world, who is born to a mother who is already a Judaist or who converts to Judaism themselves. Converting to Judaism makes one not only a member of the religion of Judaism, but also "a member of the Jewish people" they say. This clearly demonstrates that according to Halakha, the word "Jew" refers to a person's religion, not their race or ethnic background. In context then it is no different from the words "Muslim" or "Buddhist". Note that the term Israelite is defined as "purely biblical" and therefore has no relevance to the definition of a ‘Jew’. It is vitally important that we understand this if we are to properly comprehend what follows.
Since the time of Christ, this admixture of other races claiming to be ‘Jews’ has only intensified with many more nationalities and races of people converting to Judaism through the centuries and also becoming known as ‘Jews’ as continues even today.
Please don’t misunderstand what is being stated here. I am not saying there are no true ‘Jews’ (descendants of Judah). I am simply making a couple of important points. Firstly, most ‘Jews’ today are not racial descendants, but rather converts to a pagan religion and therefore have nothing to do with the biblical Israelites. Secondly, the few true ‘Jews’ (descendants of Judah) who do exist only represent a small proportion of Israelites since the bulk of Israelites are descended from the other 11 tribes and are therefore not ‘Jews’.
It is sad our politicians and church leaders did not take the time to study the facts, but instead simply believed the Zionist claims without ever asking for any evidence to prove their claims of descent. As a result true Israelites, which include true racial Jews and all who accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savour, have had their rightful inheritance taken from them by a people whose ancestors never lived in Palestine. Until this is rectified, the violence and bloodshed in the Middle East will continue. It is interesting that this all appears to have been prophesied in the bible stating that the Edomites would claim Palestine for themselves Eze 33:24-29 and 36:5-8; Mal 1:4-5. Isn’t it amazing that after thousands of years they are still trying to get the birth right and inheritance back which they had lost to Jacob and his descendants?
For further evidence and proof most modern day Jews are not the descendants of the Biblical Israelites visit:
Who are the Modern Day Jews
Where Did Judaism Originate
It is time the church realised that much of the ‘end time’ prophesies have already been fulfilled and the time of Christ’s return is much closer than we expect. The church is not going to be ‘secretly raptured’ since the ‘Antichrist’ has been enthroned here since the 5th century and much of the ‘tribulation’ already past. Neither is there any point waiting for the modern day ‘Jews’ to repent since they have nothing to do with the biblical Israelites (God’s People). Rather we should be praying for the repentance and protection of Israel’s true descendants who are mostly represented today by the Anglo Saxon Celtic people. Let’s reconcile ourselves to the truth; start to believe His Word and no longer be deceived by manmade theories.
God Bless
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