The Antichrist - The Charismatic Leader

By Ray Gano

Daniel 7:8 (KJV) I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

Daniel 7:20 (KJV) And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.

It is from these verses in Daniel which we gain a little bit of information about the coming Antichrist.

The primary point that I want to focus on is that we know he will be a powerful and charismatic leader.

Charisma is the ability to exercise diffuse and intensive influence over the normative or ideological orientations of others (Etzioni, 1961). As a result we can identify charismatic leaders by their effects on their followers such that followers of charismatic leaders:

a) have a high degree of loyalty, commitment, and devotion to the leader;

b) identify with the leader and the mission of the leader;

c) emulate his values, goals, and behavior;

d) see the leader as a source of inspiration;

e) derive a sense of high self-esteem from their relationship with the leader and his mission; and

f) have an exceptionally high degree of trust in the leader and the correctness of his beliefs. (1)

To be a charismatic leader, one has to have followers, that is why "leaders lead."

If one does not have followers, then how are they leaders much less a charismatic leader?

Here is an interesting point, most charismatic leaders do not "take" the power, the power is always given to them.

A good example is to look at is Adolph Hitler's rise to power.

Adolph Hitler's Rise to Power

It was Germany's economic depression that really set the stage for the rise of Hitler and Nazism.

After the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the US called in its loans to Germany, and because Germany could not pay back the loans, the German economy collapsed. The number of unemployed grew; crime grew, people starved on the streets. This is the common fallout to a FIAT based economy. It was out of this crisis that the German people looked for someone to blame. They also needed hard solutions. In this case Hitler offered them both, and Nazi success in the elections grew.

Germans turned to Nazism because they were desperate. The number of Nazi seats in the Reichstag rose from 12 in 1928 to 230 in July 1932.

Power is given.

But as we know from history Hitler did not gain the power he wanted. It was his goal to become "Chancellor" but that did not happen.

In November 1932 elections were held in Germany and although the Nazis were gaining in popularity what did happen is that they failed to get a majority of seats in the Reichstag. Because of this Hitler pitched a huge fit and those in power listened.

Franz von Papen was Chancellor of Germany at that time, but he could not get enough support in the Reichstag either. So Hindenburg and von Papen were having to govern by emergency decree under Article 48 of the German Constitution. It is at that time they offered Hitler the post of vice-Chancellor if he promised to support them. Well Hitler refused, in fact he demanded to be made Chancellor. So Von Papen and Hindenburg took a risk and on the 30th of January 1933 Hindenburg made Hitler Chancellor. This was a huge mistake on the part of Hindenburg, he thought he could control Hitler, and history shows how wrong he was.

So as we can see even in the case of Adolph Hitler, the power was given.

The Power is Given

The case will be the same with the Antichrist, his power will be given to him by those who follow and support him.

It is a fact that we are living in the last days. Based on Biblical Prophecy that has come to pass, many agree that we are also living during the final generation.

Stating that and also understanding that power is given and not taken, I have to ask the following…

"Where / who are those who will follow the Antichrist today?"

Looking back at the characteristics of those who follow a charismatic leader, what group of people can we point to today that fit that description?

Many people point to the Catholic Church, but it is a known fact that the Catholic Church is losing numbers. In fact when the rapture takes place (looking at a pre-trib) there will be some Catholics who are also part of the rapture thus diminishing their numbers even more.

Many people point to the New Age followers, but even their numbers are far less than that of the Catholics.

Same goes with Freemasons, Mormons, and just about any other religion out there.

So who is left?

Islam.

Many people out there keep looking for some smoke and mirror European who will rise to power. But to gain global influence, the numbers have to be there to support the leader.

But people refuse to look at the obvious that is taking place.

"Europe has become an incubator for Islamist thought and political development. Since the early 1960s, Muslim Brotherhood members and sympathizers have moved to Europe and slowly but steadily established a wide and well-organized network of mosques, charities, and Islamic organizations. Unlike the larger Islamic community, the Muslim Brotherhood's ultimate goal may not be simply "to help Muslims be the best citizens they can be," but rather to extend Islamic law throughout Europe and the United States." (2)

Europe does not have the numbers to support that idea. The very fact that by 2025 all of Europe will be predominately Muslim is also another indicator that a western Antichrist is not feasible. England in the next several years will in fact become a Muslim nation and there is nothing that the British can do about it. The birthrate of Muslims in England far out weight that of the British nationals and they have lost the battle. England will fall to Islam and is doing so right before our eyes.

In fact we are seeing the beginnings of that taking place in the US as well.

Where / who are those who will follow the Antichrist?

Who will give him the power?

All logic points to Islam and who is their leader?

They call him the Mahdi, we call him the Antichrist.

Interesting enough is that when we read scripture, the Bible points out many ways to identify the Antichrist. These very same points are also the same points that Muslims are looking for in their leader the Mahdi.

While many people are looking for this "smoke and mirror" European, Islam is looking for their leader.

Many who seek out a European Antichrist seem to always fall back on one excuse or another and cannot point to solid facts, but instead point to what appears to be fairytales and hopes in something non-existent.

An example of that is that some point to the mysterious Illuminati. Well where are these people? Who are they and where are their numbers?

Do you see what I mean? There may be a small group of people who are elites, but they need more to truly effect change on the same level that the Antichrist will effect. Do I believe in these folks? Yes I do, but like the Catholics, New Agers and such, they do not have the willing human resources at hand in the numbers needed.

An interesting situation took place at Prophezine this weekend. We were hacked by Muslims from Turkey. We were probably hacked because we take a stand for what is right and expose Islam for what it is, a death cult from the pit of hell.

Why is it that one can stand out in the very center of town and scream at the top of their lungs the horrors of the catholic church, freemasons, Mormons, new age, ect. and not one thing happen to them except possibly strange looks from those who pass by.

But what would happen to the person who would do the same thing except speak out against Islam?

How long would that person be standing there in the middle of the town square?

Odds are not very long, and everyone knows that to be true, before some Muslim or Policeman came to stop them of their "hate speech."

In fact, with all those who are calling out catholic church, freemasons, Mormons, new age, ect, where are all those hackers bringing down the sites of those speaking out against them?

Think about it, where are those Catholic Hacker groups fighting in cyberspace against those who defame Catholicism?

What about Freemasons, Mormons, New Age, ect,?

Do you know of any?

I don’t.

Like it or not, the idea of a European AC is showing itself to be just smoke and mirrors idea and we need to pull our heads out of the sand and critically look at what scripture is clearly telling us.

In fact here is a list comparing what is taught about the Mahdi and what is known about the Antichrist.

Mahdi verses the Antichrist

• Both Deny Trinity And Cross
• Both Deny The Father And The Son
• Both Are Blasphemous
• Both Are Called Deceiver
• Both Claim To Be Messiah
• Both Kingdoms Suffer A Head Wound
• Both Work False Miracles
• Both Ride A White Horse
• Both Attempt To Change The Law
• Both Deny Women’s Rights
• Both Rule Over Ten Entities
• Both Are the Source of Death and War
• Both Use Military Force
• Both Honor Their God with Gold and Silver
• Both Honor a God of War And Advance His Glory Through War
• Both Condon Rape
• Both Usher Seven Years Peace Treaty
• Both Deceive And Destroy By Peace
• Both Break Treaties
• Both Love War for Booty
• Both Desire World Domination
• Both Lead A Turkish-Iranian Invasion
• Both Exalted As God
• Both Ascend To Heaven
• Both Are Described As Beautiful And Wise Bird
• Both Are Light Beings
• Both Are Pride Filled
• Both Are Lords of This World and the Underworld
• Both Are Called the “Son of the Dawn”
• Both Are Afflicters
• Both Are Cast Out Of Heaven
• Both Are “The Lords of Demons”
• Both Are Possessed
• Both Practice Beheading
• Both Desire Israel’s Destruction
• Both Occupy the Temple Mount
• Our Messiah is their Antichrist—Their Antichrist is our Messiah
• Both Stop the Rain
• Both Enjoy Desecrating Bodies (2)

Where is a list like this for a European Antichrist?

Only a Few Muslims Believe in the Mahdi?

Folks, we need to set the record straight, it is not just some small percentage of Islam that believes in the Mahdi. That is an idea falsely reported by a small group who have not conducted their research properly although say that they have.

To say it plainly, all of Islam is looking for the Mahdi and that is a proven fact. It is this fact that those who teach this "small percentage" idea refuse to acknowledge. Be it pride, fear, loss of support, whatever is the motive, they refuse to acknowledge this and they have made their minds up that they are correct instead of facing the provable truth.

What people need to understand is that Islam is the complete 180 degree opposite of Christianity. Their teachings are satanically inspired and basically "flip" what is taught in God's Word, the Bible. It is Satan's oldest ploy, "hath God said?"

Their hero the Mahdi in scriptures is our enemy the Antichrist.

While we await the Second Coming of Christ, they await the coming of Mahdi.

What Satan did is take God's Word and made all what is wrong… right, all what is good.. bad, and all what is true… false. We are literally seeing Isaiah 5:20 being fulfilled.

Isaiah 5:20 (KJV) Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Folks, Islam has have a high degree of loyalty, commitment, and devotion to their cause and will have to their future leader the Antichrist / Mahdi.

They are the fastest growing religion in the world today and they already have surpassed in numbers that of the Catholic Church and they are gaining on Christianity.

Islam also represents a complete system including political, social, economic, legal and religious. There is no separation of church and state. This is the very system that is foretold to us in Revelation 13

Revelation 13:16-18 (KJV) And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Islam and the Antichrist / Mahdi are already of one mind and of one mission, that is to rule the world and create a global caliphate / government. All who stand against them will be offered to convert to Islam or die by the sword and beheaded.

Islam already emulates the values, goals, and behavior of the coming Antichrist / Mahdi. Just look at how Christians are already severely persecuted all over the world living within Muslim occupied lands. Even many are losing their heads just as Revelation 20:4 states…

Revelation 20:4 (KJV) And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Many in Islam already see the Antichrist / Mahdi as a source of inspiration, and even derive a sense of high self-esteem from their relationship with the leader and his mission. Just look at Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, and how closely he associates himself with the Antichrist / Mahdi.

Finally Muslims will have an exceptionally high degree of trust in the Antichrist / Mahdi and the correctness of his beliefs.

Why?

Because he is one of them, he will be a Muslim coming out of Islam who will then do as all dictators do and turn on those who gave him his power to secure his standing. They then embolden themselves to the point of seeing themselves as God. But we know for a fact that the Antichrist will take it even further.

Scripture says…

2 Thessalonians 2:4 (KJV) Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

We need to dig into God's Word and allow it to be our filter to what we see taking place in the world. God's Word is very clear when we look down upon the written word and then look up and out upon that horizon, what is it that we clearly see?

We have to face the facts and say that we see Islam at the doorstep and not some European with some smoke and mirror "new world order" religion. We have got to stop shoving square pegs into round holes hoping that they will fit because that is what we in the west have been taught.

We need to give ourselves permission once again to read scripture for ourselves, allowing the Holy Spirit to properly guide us to what is truly there.

It isn't the latest and greatest author on the scene that tells us what our future holds. We have got to lay these "filters" aside because it is only the pure word of God that will direct our every step.

Folks, I know this is a real mind bender because I was there myself, that is until I got to a point and put all the books aside and looked down into my Bible and then looked up and out to the horizon. It isn't the news that guides us, nor is it books, DVDs or even TV shows. The only reliable absolute truth is God's Word.

Psalms 119:105 (KJV) Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Endnotes

1 - CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP: STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTING SOCIAL CHANGE

By
C. Marlene Fiol - University of Colorado - Denver
Drew Harris - Fairleigh Dickinson University
Robert House - University of Pennsylvania

http://leadership.wharton.upenn.edu/l_change/publications/House/Charismatic%20Leadership%20-%20House%20.doc.

2- They Must Be Stopped by Bridgette Gabriell

3 - God's War on Terror By Walid Shoebat

Some Dead Guy Came Back To Life!

By Ray Gano

I was having a conversation with a brother in the Lord and we were talking about the last days.

We started talking about the Antichrist and he mentions something about him getting shot in the head, then Satan would resurrect him and the world would follow him thinking he was the messiah.

Now I have heard this before, even seen it in some of the popular "tribulation" films and even heard bible prophecy experts teach this as fact.

"Well Ray, in Revelation it tells us that the antichrist will suffer a deadly wound to the head and the whole world will see him raise from the dead."

Really?

There is only one giver of life and that is God. And in fact Christ also holds the keys to death and hell as well.

Am I to understand that during the tribulation Satan will be given the power to breathe life into a dead body?

Folks, when did we allow critical thinking to go out the window?

Does scripture really say that Satan has the power of life over death and will raise the antichrist from the dead?

Beasts, Beasts and more Beasts

Many people point to the 7 headed beast in Revelation 13 and call him the AC. If it is the AC, the entire beast should have died, not just one head "dying." I mean if we are calling out for some guy to die via a mortal head wound, then the whole beast should die right?

What has happened through the years is that a wild idea of some guy suffering a mortal head wound rose and now today it is being taught as doctrine.

People are not reading what is in scripture. In fact what many are doing is regurgitating what they have been taught in popular books and movies instead of really being good Bereans and see if that is what is taking place in scripture.

In fact, I have run across people that when they look at the scripture in Rev 13, they filter God's Word via these errors they have acquired, thus making some dead guy coming to life as some form of "truth."

Where do people get this?

The error comes in misunderstanding the differences between all the "beasts" mentioned in scripture. People have really bent the rules of interpretation basically overlaying what they have been told / their ideas, over what scripture says.

But where do they get this idea of some guy coming back to life by the power of Satan?

Nine times out of ten, people point to Revelation 13:1-3.

Lets really see what scripture says...

Revelation 13:1-3 (KJV) And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

What we need to understand first and foremost is that John was writing in an allegory form. He was "painting a picture" with his words. He was also pulling from God's Word, that being Daniel.

Another point that we must always remember is that scripture always interprets scripture.

So we see this "beast" coming out of the sea. The popular interpretation has always been that this represents the man Antichrist.

But that is not the case. Again scripture interprets scripture.

First we see that this beast has these different body parts. A lion, a bear and a leopard. Those of you who are seasoned students of bible prophecy should recognize these beasts that John is naming. These are the same previous beasts mentioned in Daniel 7. We see he has the body of a leopard, the feet of a bear, and the mouth of a lion.

What do we know about these beasts?

Well we know from Daniel and from history the following…

The Lion = Babylonian
The Bear = Medo-Persia
The Leopard = Greece / Macedonia

What John is showing us is that this beast coming out of the sea is not a man, but it does represents the empire of the antichrist.

We know this because scripture interprets scripture. The beast is made up of past empires spoken of by Daniel, those being Babylon, Medo-Persia and Greece / Macedonia. We also know that John is speaking of an empire because the beast has seven heads and ten horns. These are also symbols of empires / kingdoms as well.

We know that the ten horns represent ten rulers that will rise up and join the beast empire. Daniel also tells us this.

Daniel also tells us about the number of horns and about each empire because the angel made it very clear in Daniel 7, and just as Daniel was a roadmap for the ancients to recognize Antiochus Epiphanes, the first AC spoken of in Dan 11. Revelation is a roadmap for us to recognize the future Antichrist, which is also referenced in the second AC spoken of Dan 11.

Now what about the seven heads?

The seven heads represent authority or government. We know that the seven heads spoken here by John are the seven beast empires that persecuted the nation of Israel,. How do we know this? again Daniel tells us of this.

So the next question is if the wounded head is not the AC, then who or what are the seven heads?

The Egyptian Empire

The Assyrian Empire

The Babylonian Empire

The Medo-Persian Empire

The Macedonian Greek Empire

The Roman Empire

And finally... The Ottoman Empire

WHAT? The Ottoman Empire? Yes, it is the wounded head, which we see rising again today. This is also the empire everyone seems to forget about which died only recently due to WW I and WWII.

NO, NO It Has To Be Rome

How do we know it is not Rome? John has told us it isn't Rome.

Please read the following scriptures that John wrote.

Revelation 17:8 (KJV) The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

Revelation 17:11 (KJV) And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

Right here in black and white John is clearly saying that the Revived Empire of the last days is NOT Rome.

Not only does John say it once, but he stresses the point three times.

Let's look at these scriptures more closely....

1. The beast that thou sawest was, (It existed prior to the time of John's writing Revelation) and is not; (DID NOT EXIST during the time of John writing Revelation) and shall ascend (shall return in the future) out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition:

2. when they behold the beast that was, (It existed prior to the time of John's writing Revelation) and is not, (DID NOT EXIST during the time of John writing Revelation) and yet is. (shall return in the future)

3. And the beast that was, (It existed prior to the time of John's writing Revelation) and is not, (DID NOT EXIST during the time of John writing Revelation) even he is the eighth (shall return in the future

So in Johns own words we see that he is clearly stating that the revived empire is NOT Rome. Yet the traditions of men say it is Rome.

I have to ask, who is correct, the teachings of man or God's Word?

Let's look at history.

The Egyptian Empire begat the Assyrian Empire, which begat the Babylonian Empire, which begat the Medo-Persian Empire, which begat the Macedonian Greek Empire, which begat the Roman Empire.

But these are just six, what about the seventh?

Where was the final seat of Rome? It wasn’t Rome Italy. The final seat of Rome was Constantinople. Today we know it as Istanbul Turkey, which also happens to be the primary seat of the Ottoman Empire.

So out of Rome it begat the Ottoman Empire.

So we can see that the beast in Rev 13:1-3 is not the AC as is taught. In fact it is the beast empire that the "Dragon" Satan gives power too. In this we see prior empires who were Israel's enemies join together as one confederate empire to do one thing, that is to destroy Israel.

What we need to give credence to is that we are in fact witnessing the once Ottoman empire which was once wounded by a "fatal wound" coming back to life today.

NOW… please note that John is not pointing to the EU, the US, in fact he is not pointing to anywhere in the west at all.

Again scripture names who's who and history confirms what scripture states. Daniel also confirms what Revelation shows.

The wounded empire is in fact the Ottoman Empire.

In fact it is Islam which is the weak glue that binds it. This is why Daniel mentions the iron and clay. They are bound together, but it is a weak confederation ready to break at any moment. Just as the clay and iron mixed do not hold soundly, neither will this confederacy of Islamic nations.

The rising empire is held together by one thing, their mutual hatred for Israel, Jews and Christians and their "Struggle" (Jihad) to bring about a global Muslim empire.

So it isn't Rome, but it is Rome that begat the Ottoman, just like Greece begat Rome, Persia begat Greece and Babylon begat Persia.

Daniel's Statue and The Seven Headed Beast

Does scripture interpret scripture? In fact this is what Daniel's statue also shows us.

Daniel's statue is another form of the Beast empire.

We have been taught to just look at heads, chests, arms and legs. But what we fail to recognize is the statue as a whole.

Remember it is the rock which is Christ spoken of in Daniel that destroys the WHOLE statue. Note not just the arms, legs or chest. When we look at the whole statue, we realize it is the beast empire and we see the prior empires that make up the statue just like they make up the beast in Rev 13.

So to bring it full circle, the beast coming out of the sea is not the AC who will come to life again after some head wound and who comes from Europe like many have been taught, it is the beast empire made of Israel's enemies as told to us in Daniel and Revelation, which are the very same nations spoken of in Psalms and Isaiah.

What many of us Christians often forget is that the Bible is a book about the Middle East with Jerusalem at its center. It is not about the EU, USA, or even some Illuminati freemason plot. It is about the oldest blood feud in history. That of Abraham and Lot, Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau. These are the end time players.

J.Vernon McGee, one of my favorite pastors and bible prophecy teachers of all times said…

"To understand the end, we need to go to the beginning, it all started with Genesis."

God is a God of logic. He is not one of square pegs going into round holes.

Believe it or not, this idea of a man being shot and brought back to life by Satan is only 150 years or so in the 1800. It was spawned out of a popular commentary that also helped spawn another grievous error which is known as the "Gap Theory."

Just in case you do not know what the "gap theory" is, here is a quick definition…

Many people have tried to place a gap of indeterminate time between the first two verses of Genesis chapter 1, verses 1 and 2. There are many different versions as to what supposedly happened in this “gap” of time. Most versions of the “gap” theory place millions of years of geologic time (including billions of fossil animals) in between these two first verses of Genesis. This is the “ruin-reconstruction” version of the gap theory.

However, this undermines the gospel as it allows for death, bloodshed, disease, and suffering before Adam's sin. Because most “ruin-reconstruction” theorists have accepted the millions of years dating for the fossil record, they have thus allowed the fallible theories of scientists to determine the meaning of Scripture.

Some put the fall of Satan in this supposed period. But any rebellion of Satan during this gap of time contradicts God's description of His completed creation on day six as all being “very good” (Genesis 1:31).

Source - ChristianAnswers.net - http://www.christiananswers.net/q-aig/aig-c003.html

In other words, "Christian Evolution." This in and of itself is an oxymoron and is still believed by some Christians today.

Now, this idea of some dead guy coming to life really took hold in the 1950's /1960s when the announcement of the European common market was announced and it was with "prophetic announcement" that gave this and other ideas "legs."

I hate to say this, but this is what is commonly known as "newspaper exegesis" or leaning upon one's own understanding. We are using our own private interpretation to say what God's Word says, instead of going to God's Word itself.

Couple the dead guy with the common teaching from Martin Luther who claimed the Roman Catholic church as the beast. It merged together, stuck, and has held even today. Many today still give Luther the credit for being the father of this interpretation.

Now, because Rome is part of Europe, people automatically jump to the EU (Rome) and then jump to the west and stop there instead of following through with what scripture really says.

Remember John telling us it was not Rome? Whatever became of that? It got washed out by the parrots who are parroting each other giving their own interpretation and we being lazy, eating it up as so called doctrine instead of us checking it out for ourselves in scripture.

Luther is the originator of much that is being taught today about Rome, the Catholic church, the pope, that is a fact. While many are aware that Luther (father of the Protestant Reformation) came to view the Rome's Catholic Papacy as the spiritual seat of the Antichrist, few are aware that Luther believed that actually the Turks / Muslims were the Kingdom of Antichrist:

“The Pope is the spirit of Antichrist, and the Turk (Muslim) is the flesh of Antichrist.” source - Martin Luther, Tischreden, Weimer Ed., 1, No. 330

In Luther's 1520 Open Letter to the Christian Nobility, Luther declares: "There is no doubt that the true Roman Empire, which the writings of the prophets foretold in Numbers 24[:24] and in Daniel [11:30f], has long since been overthrown...That was brought to pass...especially when the ‘Turkish’ [Mohammadan] Empire arose almost a thousand years ago." source - Works, Holman, Philadelphia, 1915, II, PP.149 & 154

So again we are pointed to Turkey and the Middle East, not the EU, US nor the west.

Today we see Turkey playing a major role in the whole Middle East peace process and we see Turkey also calling for a return of the Ottoman empire. This is an idea that much of the Middle East is taking under consideration and acceptance is starting to drift towards reviving the wounded head, the Ottoman Empire.

I hope that you take some time to ponder on these things and check them out for yourself. We have become lazy in these last days and have allowed others to tell us what scripture means instead of being a good Berean and seeing if it is true for ourselves.

What we need to do is basically "unlearn" what man has taught us and start looking at things through the eyes of God's Word.

Once we realize that God's Word is about the Middle East with Jerusalem as its center, end time prophecy begins to come into focus more clearly. No more round pegs into square holes and scripture fits completely within full context of scripture confirming itself.

It is my desire to critically look at other ideas that we hold to. Some of these ideas based in error have now become doctrine. People are teaching it and yet have no idea really why these ideas have come to fruition. The reality is that they are just ideas of man and not backed up by solid scripture.

Phillipians 4:8 (KJV) Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

BOOK REVIEW Walid Shoebat's God’s War on Terror

By Ray Gano

I read Walid Shoebat’s latest book, “God’s War on Terror.”

Folks, this it truly a paradigm shift.

Walid has presented overwhelming proof that the Antichrist is not from the EU, and that he could come from the Middle East.

He has given overwhelming proof that the Catholic Church is not the one world religion, but the worship of Baal through Islam.

He has given overwhelming proof that we here in the west have been wrong in our “western views” and in fact the bible is a Jerusalem-centric book written about the Middle East, not the EU, America, Catholic Church, ect.

Folks, I will probably loose readers over this, but the scripture that has been presented, I can not argue with. It is clearly there and clearly written.

I am a servant of the Lord, therefore I must submit to His Word and not the teachings of men.

I have dug into original Greek and Hebrew, in fact I ordered a whole CD with many of the ancient documents to truly uncover if this is the truth or not. I have been a good Berean searching the scriptures as well as the solid historical proof.

My conclusion, what Walid has presented is viable truth worth examining.

Folks, we must contend for the truth in scripture, not the “oral traditions.” When someone puts forth evidence and backs it up soundly with solid scripture, not just pulling verses out of context, but viable scripture; the evidence needs to be examined with a sincere heart.

If you are a student of bible prophecy, I challenge you to read the proof Walid has presented. If you are like me, you will no longer be able to stand on a European mindset.

Folks, I am afraid that we have been parroting the parrots and I stand before you just as guilty. We have forgotten what the term “Sola Scriptura” really means. It means by Scripture alone.

Like our Jewish scholarly brothers who stand upon the commentaries of Rambam, Maimonides and other great Jewish rabbi commentators, we have been repeating our own western mindset and our unique oral traditions and not Scripture alone.

We are guilty of sticking the round peg in to the square hole and then saying “it fits” when in fact it does not.

Folks, all these years we have been chasing after some “decoy” called the EU and some false European Antichrist. Satan pulled the wool over our eyes really good on this one. While all of us have been looking to the west, Islam is here now, staring us in the face from the east.

The enemy has lulled us into a false sense of peace and security; he has deceived the very elect to the point that it is common place to hear that Allah and God are one in the same.

Because we have looked to the west, this blaspheme has gone unchallenged.

The enemy got by the watchman and I am ashamed.

Like I said, I will probably have to go get some job at Walmart or something because I will loose readers. But I have seen the truth in scripture; I can not in good conscious claim ignorance of the truth.

For the past 5-6 months Tracye and I have talked, studied, and researched this at length. It is conclusive and there fore we must contend for the truth as commanded in Jude 3, there is no other way.

So again, I challenge you as a student of Bible Prophecy to read Walid’s work; but more than that get your Bible’s out and read the Scriptural evidence. Don’t just take Walid’s word. Scripture is the solid foundation and it is clearly there in Scripture.

Also, if some of you think I am doing this just for the buck, then you are wrong. We are putting everything on the line.

Let me ask you a quick question…

How hard is it to stand up against the EU, Catholic Church and denounce them as the beast, Antichrist, one world government, ect?

What are the ramifications of this?

Nothing.

Is the EU running around persecuting people?

What about the Catholic Church, are they lopping off any heads all in the name of God?

There is no fear standing up against these straw man opponents.

Scripture says..

Luke 10:3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.

Folks, what does common sense tell you?

Who are the wolves today?

Islam.

Do we have something to fear? Yes, we can pay with our very lives.

Our enemy is not from the west; he is coming from the east.

Isa 5:26 (KJV) And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

Isa 5:27 (KJV) None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

Isa 5:28 (KJV) Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hooves shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

Isa 5:29 (KJV) Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

Isa 5:30 (KJV) And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

They come bearing the sword shouting “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his Messenger”

Do you understand?

Our Messiah is their Antichrist and their Antichrist is our Messiah.

I asked “Who are the wolves today?”

It is Islam and they await Satan’s anointed the Mahdi, they will return the world to the worship of Baal. He is named clearly in scripture as the Assyrian, The King of Babylon, The Prince of Tyre, The King Pharoh of Egypt. He hails from the Middle East and he is the Antichrist.

Are you a true Berean? If so, take my challenge and prove me wrong.

You won’t be able to because it is God’s Word.

Get Walid’s book “ God’s War on Terror today…

Call 877-832-7200 ask for Keith and tell them Prophezine sent you.

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THE DEBATE OVER ANTICHRIST

By Walid Shoebat

THE THREE CHALLENGES

Does the beast of Revelation involve Middle Eastern Muslim nations, is it exclusively European, or is it both? Some say the notion that Islam could play a prominent role in the coming revival of the Roman Empire is impossible, unorthodox, untraditional, the work of ‘Lone Ranger’ type interpretation, and even revisionist.. ¹

The majority of American evangelicals believe that the Antichrist system must be exclusively European, yet this view is changing after the last few years with the rise of Islam.

So, could Islam play a role in this end-times scenario? You might think to yourself—so what? Why should we care? Well, why then did the Almighty give us Daniel and Revelations? Even better still — why did God give us all the Messianic prophesies regarding Jesus’ first coming? Careless followers that missed these ended up without salvation, regardless of whether they sacrificed lambs in the Temple or obeyed the law—when it comes to the issue of Messiah, they missed the most crucial event in history. All for not paying close attention to Bible Prophecy. And what about the second coming? Are we to be careless with respect to the evidence presented in the Bible? I am not saying that you could lose your salvation, but if you end up on the side of Antichrist, you never had salvation in the first place.

Yet today, the debate is brewing—what about the threat of Islam? Did the Bible warn us about it? Are we supposed to keep our focus exclusively on Europe ?

To shed light on the implications of such detailed evidence (which spawned countless challenges and questions) I decided to write God’s War on Terror regarding Islam’s involvement in end-times. Consequently, I get challenges daily, not only by Muslims that want me dead but also from Christians who are dogmatic about their views. Ironically, we have no record of any Christian minister killed for exposing the E.U. as the work of Satan, yet we have millions who gave their lives for standing up to Islam. So please allow me to alleviate some pressure and present you with only three challenges:

CHALLENGE 1: Did traditional Prophecy scholars teach that Europe is exclusively the Antichrist kingdom?

You might be shocked to know that the highest caliber commentators of old did not believe that Europe was the exclusive player in the End-Times. A revival of a Roman Empire never meant a revival of a European Empire.

Many of our best western scholars on Bible prophecy believed that Islam would be a major player and will revive in the end of days as part of this end-time beast. John Wesley interpreted the Iron in Daniel 2 as Islam (Works, 1841). Hilaire Belloc foresaw Islam‘s rise.² Gregory Palamus of Thessalonica interpreted the martyrdom of Christians during the Great Tribulation to come from Islam. Josiah Litch interpreted Revelation as the ushering in of Islam.³ He even described the magnitude of Islam’s role being Antichrist to the extent of calling it the “general agreement among Christians, especially protestant commentators.” Cyril of Jerusalem (315-368 A.D) in his Divine Institutes believed that Antichrist proceeds forth from the region of ancient Syria ⁴, which today extends from Syria well into portions of Asia Minor ( Turkey ). Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem (560-638) and Maximus the Confessor (580-662) identified Islam with Antichrist and lived through Islam’s invasion of Jerusalem .. Maximus was also an important theologian and scholar of the early Church who helped defeat the Monothelite heresy referred to the Muslim invasions as “announcing the advent of the Antichrist.” John of Damascus (676-749) was another very important figure in the early church. In his famous book, Against Heresies, he identified Islam as the forerunner to the Antichrist. Eulogius, Paul Alvarus and the Martyrs of Cordova (9^th century) believed Muhammad to be a false prophet and the precursor to the Antichrist. ⁵ Many are not aware that while Martin Luther, father of the Protestant Reformation, believed that the Papacy played the role of the spiritual harlot, he also believed that the Muslims were the Kingdom of Antichrist . ⁶

John Calvin interpreted Daniel 2 eastern leg as the Eastern-Roman Islamic Empire and that Daniel 11:37 applied to the Muslims. ⁷ Even Jonathan Edwards the great American congregational preacher, revivalist, and president of Princeton University , like Luther and Calvin, saw Islam as one of the premiere elements of the Antichrist Kingdom . ⁸ Calvin even interpreted Islam’s fall at the sound of the great trumpet ⁹ Islam falling at the sound of the great trumpet even carries Islam into the Great Tribulation and not as many of our contemporary prophecy analysts who allege that Islam must be removed prior to Christ coming.

Even Sir Robert Anderson, perhaps one of the best prophecy experts who unlocked the seventy weeks of Daniel, in his remarkable book The Coming Prince, insists to focus on the Levant (Eastern) parts rather than the Adriatic (West). ¹⁰

Countless other Bible commentators warned about Islam being the kingdom of Antichrist—Selnecker, Nigrinus, Chytraeus, Bullinger, Foxe, Napier, Pareus, John Cotton, Thomas Parker, Increase Mather, Cotton Mather, and George Stanley Faber. ¹¹

Also added to the list is Rev. Professor Dr. Francis Nigel Lee who sums up the traditional view in his excellent work Islam in the Bible: “from the seventh century onward – [the two legs] would degenerate respectively into the Papacy (which progressively took over the West) and Islam (which progressively took over the East.” (p. 5)

Making Europe the exclusive body of Antichrist kingdom is not the orthodox or even the traditional view. Some insist that Antichrist is Italian since he comes from the Roman Empire, but Roman does not strictly mean Italian, just as Alexander the Great was Grecian, this does not mean Athenian—he was from Macedonia . Antiochus Epiphanies, another biblical prediction was Syrian not Athenian or Cypriot. Why then, when it comes to Antichrist, insist on an Italian ignoring the whole empire. Even Jesus insisted that Pergamum in Revelation 2:12-13, was the seat of Satan and not the gymnastically altered interpretation for an archeological relic that sits in Berlin .

While contemporary prophesy analysts trumpet the idea that the fourth composite of Daniel 2 iron metal as strictly European, traditionalist views differ. Dr. Matthew Henry comments: "Who is this enemy—whose rise, reign and ruin are here foretold? Interpreters are not in agreement. Some will have the Fourth Kingdom to be that of the Seleucidae and the ‘little horn’ to be Antiochus.... Others will have the Fourth Kingdom to be that of the Romans, and the ‘little horn’ to be Julius Caesar and the succeeding emperors, as Calvin says. The Antichrist, the Papal Kingdom , says Mr. Joseph Mede.

Others make the ‘little horn’ to be the Turkish Empire [Muslim]; so Luther, Vatablus, and others. Now I cannot prove either side to be in the wrong. Therefore, since prophecies sometimes have many fulfillments, we ought to give Scripture its full latitude (in this as in many other controversies)—I am willing to allow that they are both in the right.” ¹²

NORTH AFRICA

Most students of prophecy that ascribe to a revival of the Roman Empire ignore that North Africa (Phut) encompasses five Muslim nations historically part of the western wing of the Roman Empire, and already mentioned literally in several end-times references. In order for the exclusively European model to fit, the whole of this Muslim region must be irrelevant. So what part of the Roman pie do we slice off and what parts do we include?

CONTEMPORARY VS TRADITIONAL

So what happened? Why do we have such a variation between contemporary versus traditional? The problem began in 1981 when Greece joined as the tenth nation in the European Union and many sounded a false alarm that announced they unlocked the mystery and have the fulfillment of Revelation 17, all with its ten horns, to later be embarrassed when the European Union mushroomed into twenty some nations.

Instead of pulling back their books, these analysts ran back to the drawing board, not to confess their error, but to insist that the E.U. model must shrink to only ten.. They still chose to finagle with the theory. Some, like Arnold Fruchtenbaum, realized that this was wrong: “It has become common today to refer to the ten kingdoms as being in Europe only, especially the Former Common Market, now the European Union. But the text does not allow for this kind of interpretation. At the very best, the European Union might become one of the ten, but it could hardly become all of the ten.'' ¹³

According to Fruchtenbaum, the European model comprises only one tenth, a mere slice of the whole pie. Jamieson Fausset & Brown insist that, “the ten toes are not upon the one foot (the west), as these interpretations require, but on the two (east and west) together, so that any theory which makes the ten kingdoms belong to the west alone must err..”

CHALLENGE 2: Besides the argument on whether Magog is Russia , can anyone cite any literal reference to a nation that God destroys in the End-Times that is not Muslim?

Only if you ponder this question can you grasp its magnitude. On one occasion during a lecture to a group of prominent Bible prophecy teachers in the Pre-Trib Prophecy Conference in Dallas, I asked this question and no one raised a hand to answer.

In frustration, I pointed to Dr. Randall Price, a known Prophecy teacher and asked him to respond, in which he pointed that when it comes to literal references there are none. Grant Jeffrey, another known author, once attempted to respond with Cush, not realizing that biblical Cush (a reference sometimes translated as Ethiopia) is defined in the Unger Bible Dictionary as a landmass south of Egypt . Today this will be Sudan and Somalia .

Grant Jeffrey chose one of the most fundamentalist Muslim nations as a response to find non-Muslim nations in end-times. David Reagan of the Lion and Lamb Ministries with frustration pointed to Mystery Babylon ¹⁴ ignoring that the crucial word in that question is “literal”. If Babylon is a response to cite any literal reference for a non-Muslim nation that God destroys, this would still support my view— Mystery Babylon is an allegoric reference.

CHALLENGE 3: In every portrayal of Christ’s return to the earth, is He not fighting a nation that today is Muslim?

The significance of this question is as follows —scholars are unanimous, that Christ’s second coming must happen after Antichrist appears on the scene. Christ’s mission will be to destroy Antichrist and establish His Millennium kingdom. The European Union model has the Muslim hordes destroyed before the Tribulation period. Yet the text shows that Messiah Himself deals with Muslim nations.

The next prophecy conference you attend ask, “Is Jesus on earth on the Day of the Lord?” Ezekiel tells us of that day, “For the day is near, even the Day of the Lord is near” (Ezekiel 30:3). Yet this is when “ Cush and Phut , Lydia [ Turkey ] and all Arabia, Libya and the people of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt ” (Ezekiel 30:5). Other prophesies show these nations are cast into Hell, including Asshur – “ Iraq – Syria ”, (Ezekiel 32:22-23) Elam – “ Iran ” (Ezekiel 32:24-25) Meshech & Tubal “Asia minor— Turkey ” (Ezekiel 32:26) – Edom – “ Arabia ” (Ezekiel 32:29). These nations are punished for striking terror against Israel and the believers (Ezekiel 32:22-24 & 27).

Perhaps sharing a few from the volume of hundreds of prophecies of Jesus’ wars during the Great Tribulation can shed more light on the matter: “See Jehovah rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt . The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them” (Isaiah 19). Does this remind you of the song “behold He comes riding on the clouds”? Yet rarely are we told that Jesus here is fighting Egypt —a Muslim nation.

Even in Christ’s judgment of the nations (Joel 3) He is fighting Muslim entities. “Now what have you against me, O Tyre and Sidon [Lebanon] and all you regions of Philistia [Gaza]” (Joel 3:4) It couldn’t be more clear! It was as if Jesus Himself was speaking directly to Hezbollah ( Tyre and Sidon ) and Hamas ( Philistia ), challenging them regarding their bloodlust against the Jewish people. Their fight against Israel is in reality a declaration of war on the King Himself.

In Isaiah 25:9-10 at the time of the Lord’s return, we have Christ fighting Moab “And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation. For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under Him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.” (Isaiah 25:9-10).

Even in Isaiah 63, scholars unanimously agree that He fights Edom ( Arabia )..

Are the Muslim nations in prophecy destroyed prior to the Christ’s coming? Will the Antichrist then establish his European rule? Can anyone find a verse in the Bible in which Christ fights and nations are literally mentioned which are not Muslim?

This is why many who exclusively see Europe as Antichrist insist on removing Islam from the scene prior to the coming of Christ. Since the Muslims still exist on earth upon the Lord’s return fighting against Him, their whole premise of an exclusively European Antichrist falls apart.

Walid Shoebat, God’s War on Terror www.Shoebat.com (720)935-2826

REFERENCES

1 Lamplighter Newsletter, David Reagan, January 2009 edition.

2 The Great Heresies, chapter 4 March, 1936, page 127-128

3 Hosiah Litch, The Three Woe Trumpets, Fall of The Ottoman Empire , August 11, 1840

4 Divine Institutes, 7:17

5 Paul Alvarus, Memoriale sanctorum 2.4

6 Martin Luther, Tischreden, Weimer ed., 1, No. 330

7 Calvin On Islam Revelation Prof. Dr. Francis Nigel Lee, Lamp Trimmers El Paso , 2000

8 Jonathan Edwards, The Fall of Antichrist, Part VII, page 395, New York, Published by S. Converse 1829

9 Jonathan Edwards, The Fall of Antichrist, Part VII, page 399, New York, Published by S. Converse 1829

10 The Coming Prince, Page 273

11 Froom: op. cit., II pp. 323f, 325f, 331, 340f, 412f, 458 & 518f and also III pp. 40f, 74f, 125-31, 149, 183, 240f, &352f.

12 M. Henry: A Commentary on the Holy Bible, with Practical Remarks andObservations, London : Marshall Bros. Ltd., n.d., IV:1270f.

13 Fruchtenbaum, Footsteps of the Messiah, page 36

14 Lamplighter Newsletter, David Reagan, January 2009 edition.

Are you REALLY living for the Lord?

By Ray Gano

For the past several months the topic of living for the Lord has been at the front of my mind.

Often I conduct what I call a spiritual “check up from the neck up.” In this self examination I look at my life and I ask “who do I serve?”

More and more this is very important to me. You see time is very short.

Everywhere I turn; one feels that the air is so “thick” that it can be cut with a knife. The Middle East, The EU, Global Warming (yea right) Asteroids, World Hunger, Terrorists, Nukes, ect

Recently I was listening to Israeli Radio (http://www.israelnationalradio.com) and even here they were stating almost the exact same things found in Matthew 24.

So no matter where we go, Bible prophecy surrounds us, so much so that even those who do not know the Lord see the obvious and claim “the last days.”

So this isn’t just another point in time. We are the last generation.

What We See Today

Matthew 24:37 – 39 (KJV) But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

This is what we see today; the debauchery, the carelessness, the goings on in life and not caring about the Lord.

I am not talking about the world either. I see this with so called Christians.

Mattew 25:1-13 (KJV) Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

How many of us are not ready for the Lord’s return?

How many just claim the title and perform the works, but they are not a true follower of Christ?

How many people are falling for a false, feel good, worldly doctrine and are to ignorant to know better?

How many false teachers are out there and no one is speaking up because they don’t want to “judge” another man for their actions or name names?

How many people have the “hearts of the simple” and truly do not know the Lord and will be left behind?

Romans 16:17-18 (KJV) Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

After asking these questions, can you see that many can be left behind when the Lord returns?

Well what about Eternal Security Ray?

How many people have only paid lip service?

Accepting Christ is not some cute little prayer or a checked box on some visitor card.

It is life changing. Over and over again scripture states that we will know one another.

Matthew 7:20 (KJV) Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

In fact this is rather eye opening when you read Matthew 7:20-23. The Lord himself identifies people who perform good works and do wonderful things in His name, and still He knows them not. They claimed the title, but did not have Christ living in their hearts.

Mat 7:20 -23 (KJV) Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Look again at the parable of the virgins; although some were part of the wedding party, they were not looking for the bridegroom. His final answer “I know you not.”

They claimed the title, but missed the boat.

Over and over again we are called to not have a love for this world…

John 15:19 (KJV) If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

Romans 12:2 (KJV)"and be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of god."

Ephesians 5:11 (KJV)"and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them."

1 Thessalonians 5:22 (KJV)"abstain from all appearance of evil."

James 4:4 (KJV) ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with god? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of god.

1 John 2:15-17 (KJV)"love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of god abideth for ever."

But what are we doing? We have one foot in and one foot out. We maintain our pious “Sunday Morning Christian” attitude and sin like hell the rest of the week. We are playing “Hokie Pokie” with God.

The days of playing games with God are over. Again, if you do not believe me look around, wake up and smell the coffee. As I pointed out before, even the world in their ignorance can see that His time is at hand.

I challenge all of you to conduct a “Check up from the neck up” and determine who you really serve.

Are you just claiming the title and doing all the good works for your own recognition?

Or do you truly know the one and only Son of God, Jesus Christ?

Who Do You Serve?

Jesus stated the following…

John 14:6 (KJV) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

If you do not have Christ in your life, you will spend eternity in hell. This is a fact. It does not matter if you believe this or not, it is the truth spoken by Jesus himself. If your name is not written in the Lambs Book of Life you will go to hell for what you have not done and that is accepting Christ as your personal savior. To be placed in the Lamb Book of Life, you need to turn your life completely over to Him. Having “head” knowledge or “just believing in Christ” is not the same as having “heart” knowledge with Christ living in your heart. We know that even the devils believe in Him, where are they spending eternity?

James 2:19 (KJV) Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

We work hard at Prophezine to show that Bible Prophecy is coming to pass. Because of this fact, the Bible is true. Since the Bible is the true and inerrant word of God, there is a heaven and there is a hell.

If you claim the title of “Christian” then take account of yourself this day. Many claim the title, but we read in God’s Word that the title does not get you into heaven.

Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Who you serve will determine where you will spend eternity. If you are not serving Christ and a true child of God, then you are serving Satan and a child of the enemy.

If you are not 110% sure, then take account of yourself, your very life depends upon it.

1John 1:9 (KJV) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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