The Coming Greatest Deception in the History of the World; Hitler 2.0 Part 2

 

In part 1 of this post, we ended with the following. 

“So, what political figure will be Hitler 2.0—the antichrist—and will the church in large embrace him as they did with the first Hitler, and if so, what are the implications? 

Let’s reiterate some key facts about the first Hitler that may shed some light on the answers to those questions. 

Hitler 1.0 

He used religion as a cover to deceive the masses and the church. 

He promoted a heretical sect of Christianity—positive Christianity—and integrated its beliefs into politics. BTW, positive Christianity used an altered Bible. 

Elimination of the Jews in Nazi Germany was not confined to the Holocaust. It also took the form of rewriting the New Testament to ‘dejudaize’ it, i.e. to remove references to Judaism and to recast Jesus as an Aryan, generating what has been called the ‘Nazi Bible’. https://creation.com/hitler-bible 

He persecuted and killed several groups of people for being opposed to the state religion and political ideologies.” 

Keep those data points in mind as we proceed. Now, let me introduce you to a politically connected sect of Christianity called the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). 

The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is a theological belief and movement that combines elements of Pentecostalism, evangelicalism and the Seven Mountain Mandate to advocate for spiritual warfare to bring about Christian dominion over all aspects of society, and end or weaken the separation of church and state. NAR leaders often call themselves apostles and prophets. Long a fringe movement of the American Christian right, it has been characterized as "one of the most important shifts in Christianity in modern times." The NAR's prominence and power have increased since the 2016 election of Donald Trump as US president. Theology professor André Gagné, author of a 2024 book on the movement, has characterized it as "inherently political" and said it threatens to "subvert democracy." American Republican politicians such as Mike Johnson, Doug Mastriano, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Lauren Boebert, and activists such as Charlie Kirk have aligned with it. 

As the fastest growing group "within or on the periphery of American Christianity" since the 1980s, the New Apostolic Reformation has rapidly gained religious and political influence in the United States. In 2015, it was estimated that churches openly part of the NAR were attended by 3,000,000 Americans; some estimates as of 2020 claim an "[influence on] approximately thirty-three million adherents in the United States", though this number is disputed. 

The movement is global, growing in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, with it constituting a significant part of church growth in the southern hemisphere. 

This leadership sees itself as having the divine authority and spiritual power – used in spiritual warfare – to "advance God's earthly kingdom so that Christ can return." Made up of networks of apostles and prophets and networks of churches, Wagner saw the movement as the "most radical change in how churches operate since the Protestant Reformation." These "relational networks", as opposed to a church bureaucratic system, were part of the previous Latter Rain movement. Biola University theology professor R. Douglas Geivett and writer Holly Pivec, who have written three books on the movement, described the movement's promises in God's Super-Apostles: Encountering the Worldwide Prophets and Apostles Movement: 

“If you submit to their leadership, then you too will work mighty miracles. You'll become part of a great end-time army that will bring about a world revival and cleanse the earth of evil by calling down hailstones, fire and the other judgments of God described in the New Testament book of Revelation. 

Those in opposition, seen to include much of the US federal government and the Democratic Party, are viewed as being subject to demonic forces.” 

Hmm…so, they are inherently political and if you do not go along with their agenda, you are demonic?! And let’s consider their 7 Mountain Mandate. 

The Seven Mountain Mandate (7M) – argued to hold "revelation status" in the NAR – is another aspect of NAR belief, which states that Christians should take over multiple aspects ("mountains") of society: family, religion, education, media, arts and entertainment, business, and government. 

Prominent NAR believer Lance Wallnau, who has asserted Donald Trump was "anointed" to be president, has promoted 7M combined with spiritual warfare against perceived demonic spirits. Wallnau told followers in 2011: 

If you're talking to a secular audience you don't talk about having dominion over them. This whole idea of taking over and that language of takeover, it doesn't actually help. It's good for preaching to the choir and it's shorthand if we interpret it right, but it's very bad for media." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Apostolic_Reformation 

Now where have I heard about 7 mountains before? 

1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 

5 And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth. 

9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. Rev 17 

Is there a prophetic connection between the 7 mountains of Rev 19 and the 7 mountains of the NAR or is it just happenstance? 

Regardless of the answer to that question, at the very least, it is easy to see that the NAR is a sect of Christianity, is politically connected, and considers those who disagree to be demonic/evil. 

Do they have their own altered Bible like Hitler’s positive Christianity did? Yes, they do. 

Brian Simmons is a NAR apostle and the author of The Passion Translation, which he asserts Jesus Christ personally commissioned him to translate from the New Testament and the Hebrew Bible into new scripture in 2009. He added that he had been transported to meet Jesus in an immense library in heaven. Pivec, who has co-authored three books on the NAR, writes that the translation has been endorsed by several NAR leaders, and many in the movement use it as their primary Bible. She adds that Simmons is the sole author of the translation and he has not disclosed the editors and scholars he says have reviewed his work. Pivec and her co-author, Geivett, assert the translation contains "completely reworded verses, making it appear that the Bible supports NAR teachings. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Apostolic_Reformation 

And what is the goal of the NAR? 

…the NAR holds that most such prophecies have been fulfilled in the early church, with prophecies from the movement's prophets gaining importance in its understanding of the end times. It believes that the end times will be an "optimistic" period of the Kingdom of God being established on earth through the actions of obedient Christians, leading to the Second Coming. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Apostolic_Reformation 

So, based on their version of the Bible the NAR wants to subdue the world and establish a religious kingdom so that the Second Coming can occur. Didn’t Hitler go forth trying to subdue nations using positive Christianity and its altered Bible as his justification?  Yes, he did. 

Do you see any similarities between the NAR and Hitler’s positive Christianity? Let’s see.

 

Those are some interesting correlations. And at present who is the NAR’s chosen political “savior of the world?” 

‘Prophecy voters’ forming core of Trump’s evangelical base 

Much of Donald Trump’s evangelical base of support comes not from “value voters” or nostalgic “white Christian nationalists” as much as “prophecy voters,” those charismatics who see the president as an anointed leader who will have a part in bringing God’s kingdom to earth. This group is likely to continue to influence and reshape the Christian right during the 2020 elections and beyond, writes Damon Berry in Nova Religio (May 11), a journal on new religious movements. The belief that Trump is anointed by God has become more prominent among American Protestants since his election in 2016. Writing in the Religion in Public blog (May 11), political scientists Paul Djupe and Ryan Burge note that belief in Trump as anointed by God grew from 29 percent in 2019 to a remarkable 49 percent by late March of 2020 among regularly church attending white Protestants (and increasing among all Protestants). Djupe and Burge argue that church leaders and clergy have driven up the religious significance of Trump, but Berry’s article pinpoints the source of such beliefs directly to the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) movement. The New Apostolic Reformation movement consists of networks of charismatic churches and leaders who teach that New Testament apostolic and prophetic ministry and leadership is still operative and that believers are called to establish God’s dominion on earth. Pioneered by the teaching of the late Fuller Seminary professor C. Peter Wagner, the NAR is based in networks of leaders, megachurches, and prayer ministries, such as POTUS Shield, Bethel Church in California, Paula White (Trump’s key spiritual advisor), and Lance Wallnau [though not all NAR leaders are ardent Trump backers]. 

Several NAR leaders claim that God chose Trump as a vehicle to destroy leftist influence in the U.S. and allow for the restoration of Christian society. Source: https://www.religionwatch.com/prophecy-voters-forming-core-of-trumps-evangelical-base/ 

Their chosen “anointed” leader, political savior of the world, is Donald Trump. 

Will the “end times be an "optimistic" period of the Kingdom of God being established on earth through the actions of obedient Christians, leading to the Second Coming” as they claim? 

Is Trump “an anointed leader who will have a part in bringing God’s kingdom to earth” as they claim? 

I answer, ABSOLUTELY NOT! Read your Bible. Christ does not return to a world that has defeated the devil and has been conquered for Christianity. He comes to a world that has been taken over by the devil and the antichrist and a world in which Jews and Christians are being persecuted and killed! 

Here is how Stan put it in a comment on a recent post. 

William...The New Apostolic Reformation is behind all this ...We are going to make America great again. Sodom and Gomorrah are not going to be made great again. 

They actually preach that the Army of God Christians are going to defeat satan in the USA, then we Christians are going to defeat satan worldwide....then Christ comes back. I would have to rip out of my Bible Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Micah, Revelation...I don't believe many people read their bibles in depth at all....but instead parrot what their pastor tickles their ears with. 

It's going to be some serious tribulation very soon. 

If you cannot see from the Bible that there will be no restoration of the kingdom of God before Christ returns, you are spiritually blind. I do not care how many people say God told them otherwise. The Bible—God’s Word—our only authority, says differently. Thus, these people who are saying “God told them…” must be hearing from deceiving spirits—demons. 

Now let’s turn our attention back to Hitler 2.0. Will Hitler 2.0 be a political leader in alignment with the NAR? We know that Hitler 2.0—the antichrist—will persecute and or kill those who do not conform to his agenda. Since those who do not conform to the beliefs of the NAR are considered satanic, if Hitler 2.0 is their anointed leader, will the NAR support Hitler 2.0’s agenda of persecuting and killing those who do not conform? Will that include some Christians who do not go along with their agenda? 

The answers to those questions are yet to be seen, but I dare say that if many Christians were deceived by Hitler 1.0, they can be deceived by Hitler 2.0. And let’s refresh our memory on how Hitler gained so much power and influence. 

Hitler was the leader that raised Germany out of the depression and brought them back to a world recognized power.  Due to his annulment of the financial woes of the Germanic people he became their redeemer and they anointed him as the leader of the German Reich Christian Church in 1933.  This placed him in power of the German Christian Socialist movement which legislates their political and religious agendas. It united all denominations, mainly the Protestant/Catholic and Lutheran people to instill faith in a national Christianity. Source: https://www.evilbible.com/evil-bible-home-page/hitler-was-a-christian/ 

He brought financial prosperity which gave him great power and influence, which in turn then fostered his ability to deceive the masses. Will Hitler 2.0 do the same? 

Christians beware and consider this quote about Christians being deceived by Hitler in Germany. 

What does that mean for us today? It means that we need to remember that political propaganda can infect the minds of even sincere Christians and distort their priorities. Even more, it means that we must remember that political issues are under the authority of the One to whom all authority in heaven and on earth has been committed and we need to look to Him for wisdom.Source: Evangelicals for Adolf: Christians in Hitler’s Germany 

Here is a famous quote to keep in mind; “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905. 

Hitler 2.0 is coming, that is a fact. Will history repeat itself, will he be supported by the NAR?

BTW, if Armageddon is in 2028, implying the midpoint will be in the spring of 2025, then Hitler 2.0 is near to coming on the scene. If it is not 2028, then we have more time.

Note: I am not claiming that Trump is the antichrist, I do not know who the antichrist is. I believe we will not know who the antichrist is until we see the prophecies fulfilled.

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:36 

Have you had your epiphany? You need to be prepared for the end times! Read The Coming Epiphany;—Your Guide to Understanding End Times Bible Prophecy. 

Not sure that you will go to heaven? The end times are knocking on the door and so is Jesus. He wants to save you; will you let him in? Find out what you must do to be saved, click here.

End Times Dream by an 11-Year-Old Boy Confirms the Timing of the Rapture!!!

 

About 20 years ago God opened my eyes to see that the rapture was not going to be pretribulation, which previously I had believed and taught, but that the rapture would occur at the Day of the Lord. Since then, I have endeavored to awaken as many people as I could to this fact. That is the reason I wrote The Coming Epiphany prophecy book and started The End Times Forecaster blog. 

Basically, what I have been telling people since then is that the rapture will occur at the Day of the Lord just as God in Thessalonians tells us.

16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 

18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. 

1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 

2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 1 Thes 4:16 – 5:2 

Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 

That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 2 Thes 2:1,2 

God also tells us that the Day of the Lord occurs after the sun is darkened and the moon is turned blood. 

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: Acts 2:20 

The sun is darkened, and the moon is turned to blood after the Sixth Seal is opened. 

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; Rev 6:12 

Therefore, sound logic demands that that the Day of the Lord and rapture occurs after Seal 6 is opened. And thus, Christians will have to live through the first 5 Seals and need to prepare. 

Over the years many have scoffed at these assertions, being firmly entrenched in their pretribulation rapture doctrine, which they have been taught from their youth. 

In hopes that some may yet be awakened to the scriptural fact that the rapture will not occur until after Seal 6 is opened, I present to you a dream account of an 11-year-old boy that confirms this scriptural truth—the rapture occurs after the Seal 5 war against the saints which includes the mark of the beast. 

 

Let me reiterate a key point shown below. He presented this chronological order of events; the mark and then the rapture.

The mark comes about after Seal 5 is opened, and after Seal 5 comes Seal 6 and the rapture. Thus, his dream confirms that the rapture occurs after Seal 5. Seal 5 is near to being opened, if you haven’t already, the time to awaken and prepare is now!!! 

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:36 

Have you had your epiphany? You need to be prepared for the end times! Read The Coming Epiphany;—Your Guide to Understanding End Times Bible Prophecy. 

Not sure that you will go to heaven? The end times are knocking on the door and so is Jesus. He wants to save you; will you let him in? Find out what you must do to be saved, click here.

Major Prophecy Alert: Here Comes the Black Swans, Seal 5, and the End of the World!!!

 

Have you ever received information that rocks you to your core? I just have, I have been shaken, and with all the end times research I have done, that takes a lot. 

Before we get started let me address an issue; people often accuse me of fear mongering. Is it fear mongering if a weatherman tells people that it is possible they will be hit with a Cat 5 hurricane, so that they can prepare or take evasive action? 

Is God fear mongering when He tells us in His Word of the events that will befall us at the end of the world? I am trying to warn you of what I foresee happening in the near future so that you can prepare and not be caught off guard. I agree that it is not pleasant to think about these things and that it can bring fear, but to react in fear is wrong—Jesus is with us to the end. 

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. Mt 28:20 

Back to the info; an intel drop has indicated that ‘black swans’ are about to land on our pond.

 

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/blackswan.asp

The intel further indicates that these black swans will collapse the world’s financial system and usher in the new Stellar Quantum system. This is life changing—this will be Seal 5—it will be the great tribulation, and it looks like it is almost here. 

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. Mt 24:21 

That is what we are looking at, and from what I have just discerned it will be soon and the details do not look good. How soon? The intel indicates that the black swans will be landing in late 2023. Let me present the info and then I will analyze it in light of end times Bible prophecy. 

 

Wow!!! Were you rocked? Did you catch the ramifications of what was said? Here are a few choice concepts from the video—not word for word—that we will discuss. 

White hats are flushing the old money into a new block chain based Quantum Financial System (QFS) and the Stellar ecosystem. 

This year seems to be the year that something major happens…March 20, 2023…Evergrande report and crash…mid-year events…around October or November U.S. Federal Reserve will come into Stellar. 

By the end of this year it appears that something massive will happen whether it is the black swan or the RV. It seems like this year is the year. 

In regards to the RV it will be based on the individual and the concept of the Pleiadians. I have been able to confirm that Pleiadians are going to be part of the system for the big RV transfer 

Pleiadians do not have to be in the room with you, they can be off planet and read your heart mind and intentions. 

If you’re a black hat and you escape all of the arrests beforehand when you go for your RV they will arrest you then. 

The QFS is a telepathic system that can read your consciousness. 

We are moving toward an inter connection between your brain and the Quantum system. 

All the major systems have been taken over by the white hats. 

The white hats control all the payment structures of the entire world and when the white hats flush out all the money they will cause the central banks, every bank, and government to default on themselves. 

The 2.3 quadrillion dollars of exposure will be the big debt that drops on the system that is going to cause multiple black swans—stock market, bond market, real estate market, etc. 

Since 2014 98% of America is nano chipped by the black hats so they could enslave you. The white hats have taken it over the system and they will use it for good. 

Woe! Woe! Woe! This is a major intel drop and it conveyed that the world financial systems are going to collapse in 2023. And after the collapse the old world financial systems will be replaced by the New World Order Quantum Stellar financial system that will be controlled by the Pleiadians who will be telepathically connected to those who participate in the system!!! 

Who are the Pleiadians? In case you were not aware of the Pleiadian concept, here is a short explanation. 

The Pleiadians of are a collective of extraterrestrials from the star system the Pleiades. The Pleiadian culture is ancient and was ‘seeded’ from another universe of love long before Earth was created. They have formed a tremendous society which operates with love, with ideas and ideals that we are yet unfamiliar with. The Pleiadians call themselves our ancient family because many of us come here from the Pleiades to participate in the new experiment of Earth. The Pleiadians are now here as ambassadors from another universe to help Earth through her difficult transition from the third dimension to the fourth dimension and to assert each of us in our personal endeavors of awakening, remembering and knowing.”

Source: PDF File (irs.gov) 

So, who are the Pleiadians? They are a bunch of fallen angels masquerading as benevolent extraterrestrials. I have written about them in the past in relation to QFS, NESARA, and GESARA. I recommend reading the post to familiarize yourself with those concepts. Here is a quote from the post: NESARA, GESARA, the RV/GCR, and the QFS; It’s Out of this World!

THE NOVELTY OF THE QFS

The novelty about this system is that benevolent extraterrestrial Galactics provided the Alliance with this system which does not run on a conventional computer, but a quantum computer placed on a satellite. It is protected by SSPs to prevent it from being hacked. 

According to the Galactic Connection site 

“the activation of the QFS, the Galactic Alliance will completely destroy the Central Banking System that has been designed to destroy the world economy and put the world population into perpetual debt slavery.” This will be the path to humanity’s liberation from this kind of slavery. 

So, according to their plan that was revealed in the video, the white hats and the Pleiadians are going to dump 2.3 Quadrillion of debt onto the financial system and wipe it out. And they are indicating that it will occur in late 2023. Did you notice the 2.3 figure—another signal to 2023. 

And what did they say was going to replace the old financial system? The New World Order Stellar QFS system which we know will be controlled by demons masquerading as benevolent ETs, known as the Pleiadians. 

This is it folks, the major events of the end times are upon us! After this new beast system kicks in, at the start or within a short time, no one will be able to buy or sell without the mark. 

Without having the mark scripture says that we will not be able to buy or sell. 

16 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. Rev 13:16,17 

The ramifications of what was revealed in the intel drop and what scripture tells us, is that unless you have the mark you will not be able to engage in any financial transactions. This means we will probably lose our jobs, our homes, our bank accounts, our ability to pay bills, etc… Many of us will probably be arrested and sent to “reeducation” camps and or killed. 

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 

And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. Rev 6: 9-11 

But on the other hand, all who take the mark are damned to hell. 

9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 

10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 

11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 

12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. Rev 14:9-12 

So, how do I see this playing out? As most of you are aware I have put forth the theory that several Seals have already been opened and that the last 7 years began in 2020. This theory was possibly confirmed by the eclipse data, and now this video offers a further possible confirmation of this theory. 

Thus, all indications are pointing to the last 7 years having begun in 2020 with the midpoint and the arising of the antichrist in early 2024. Thus, that would infer that by the spring of 2024 the horses of the apocalypse will have run their course, resulting in ¼ of the world’s population being killed. 

Based on that reasoning, Seal 5—not being able to buy or sell—would come about in early 2024 after the antichrist takes over the world. 

So, if that is the case then we have a little more time to prepare. And in light of this intel drop, figuring out how exactly to prepare is difficult. It will take divine wisdom to answer that question, which I am personally praying for, and I believe God will give it to me and all who ask. 

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. James 1:5,6 

Note: If any of you have any insights into preparing for Seal 5 that you would like to share, please comment below. 

The good news in all of this is that we are not far from going home, which either will be by death or the rapture. After the ac takes over the world and the Seal 5 persecution begins, then comes our rescue via the rapture after Seal 6 is opened.

 

 

If the midpoint is in early 2024, as this intel drop and other data indicates, then the rapture could occur any time after the midpoint and up to probably at least a year before Armageddon. This would give us a rapture timeline from 2024 to 2026. I am praying for 2024. 

Is this intel drop to be trusted? Will they crash the financial systems in late 2023 and switch the world over to a new financial system? And if so, will it involve the mark of the beast? Is this another confirmation of the 2020 to 2027 end times chronology hypothesis that suggests that the antichrist take over the world in early 2024 and institue his mark of the beast financial system? 

Bottom line: If the some of the Seals have been opened, and if the eclipse data is indicating 2020 to 2027 is the last 7 years with the midpoint in 2024, and if the black swan financial collapse and ensuing Stellar Quantum system is coming in the fall of 2023, then the antichrist will take over the world in 2024 and the Seal 5 mark of the beast war against Jews and Christians will begin then. If not, then we have more time. 

And if it is 2020 to 2027, then this is the way I see it working out. 

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:36 

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4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? 

5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: 

6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 

7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. 

8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. 

9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. 

10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations. 

11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. 

12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. 

13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 

14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains: 

15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house: 

16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment. 

17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 

18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. 

19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.

20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. 

21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: 

22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. 

23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. 

24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 

25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. 

26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 

27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. 

28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 

29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. 

30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. 

31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 

32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. 

33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 

34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 

35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: 

36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 

37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. 

Mark 13

What the Church Fathers Taught About the antichrist and the Rapture

Church father Justin Martyr

At this moment my heart is very heavy and burdened for my brothers and sisters in the Lord who are asleep to what is coming upon the earth—the end times. Just tonight I was crying out to God in tears for God to awaken those who are asleep in the church.

You see, the problem is that the rapture will not happen at the beginning of the last 7 years, it will happen after the Sixth Seal is opened and the moon is turned to blood. And obviously the Sixth Seal will not be opened until after the Fifth Seal is opened. Seal 5 is the persecution of Jews and Christians that occurs after the antichrist takes over the world at the midpoint, after which no one will be able to buy or sell without taking the mark.

So there is the problem, there is why my heart is burdened, because the vast majority of Christians and well-meaning preachers are going to wake up one day experiencing the 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse raging around them, see the antichrist takeover the world, and they are going to be totally unprepared and then faced without being able to buy or sell.

That is why my heart is heavy—Christians are going to be faced with war being waged against them by the antichrist and they will be caught off guard and they and their families will suffer for it.

If you do not believe me, I hope you will believe what the church fathers say about the persecution of the antichrist and the timing of the rapture. Below is an excerpt from The Coming Epiphany that deals with this.

Chapter 5

Why Does It Matter?

… I pray that this book would be used to awaken God’s children to these truths so that they can be prepared for what lies ahead. It is not important what man-made theological position you hold. What is important is what the Word of God says. And the scriptures clearly tell us that the rapture occurs after the sixth seal is opened.

Here is a summary of the pertinent facts that lead us to that conclusion:

1.               The rapture occurs at the Day of the Lord event (1 Thess. 4:15-5:2, 2 Thess. 2:1–2).

2.               The moon must be turned to blood before the Day of the Lord occurs (Joel 3:30).

3.               The moon is turned to blood at the sixth seal (Rev. 6:12).

 

These are three undisputable scriptural facts that can only lead to one conclusion—the rapture occurs at the Day of the Lord after the sixth seal is opened.

This rapture view has been termed the “pre-wrath” rapture view. It is the only view that agrees with all of the prophetic scriptures. In contrast, the pre-trib view contradicts some very critical prophetic scriptures, such as the moon must be turned to blood, the antichrist revealed, and the great falling away all must occur before the Day of the Lord/rapture event. It has been shown that these events all occur during the 70th Week of Daniel and not before. Thus, the pre-trib rapture view does not agree with all of scripture.

Even Walvoord, a strong pre-trib promoter, says this about the pre-trib theory: “The fact is that neither posttribulationism nor pretribulationism is an explicit teaching of the Scriptures. The Bible does not, in so many words, state either.”^[1] So Walvoord himself admits that the pre-trib rapture view is not an explicit teaching of scripture.

In fact, if you study the writings of the early church fathers, there is overwhelming evidence to show that the vast majority believed that Christians would not be raptured until after the persecution of the antichrist, which we know would place the rapture after the Abomination of Desolation. H. L. Nigro, in Before God’s Wrath: The Bible’s Answer to the Timing of the Rapture, has an appendix devoted to key passages from the early church writings.

Here are just four of the earliest quotes:

O unreasoning men! understanding not what has been proved by all these passages, that two advents of Christ have been announced: the one, in which He is set forth as suffering, inglorious, dishonored, and crucified; but the other, in which He shall come from heaven with glory, when the man of apostasy, who speaks strange things against the Most High, shall venture to do unlawful deeds on the earth against us the Christians, who, having learned the true worship of God from the law, and the word which went forth from Jerusalem by means of the apostles of Jesus, have fled for safety to the God of Jacob and God of Israel…. —Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho [150-165 AD]

Those, therefore, who continue steadfast, and are put through the fire, will be purified by means of it. For as gold casts away its dross, so also will ye cast away all sadness and straitness, and will be made pure so as to fit into the building of the tower. But the white part is the age that is to come, in which the elect of God will dwell, since those elected by God to eternal life will be spotless and pure. Wherefore cease not speaking these things into the ears of the saints. This then is the type of the great tribulation that is to come. —The Pastor of Hermas [160 AD]

It therefore behooves us, who inquire much concerning events at hand, to search diligently into those things which are able to save us. Let us then utterly flee from all the works of iniquity, lest these should take hold of us; and let us hate the error of the present time, that we may set our love on the world to come: let us not give loose reins to our soul, that it should have power to run with sinners and the wicked, lest we become like them. The final stumbling block (or source of danger) approaches.… We take earnest heed in these last days; for the whole [past] time of your faith will profit you nothing, unless now in this wicked time we also withstand coming sources of danger, as becometh the sons of God. That the Black One may find no means of entrance, let us flee from every vanity, let us utterly hate the works of the way of wickedness. Take heed, lest resting at our ease, as those who are the called [of God], we should fall asleep in our sins, and the wicked prince, acquiring power over us, should thrust us away from the kingdom of the Lord. —The Epistle of Barnabas [100-120 AD]                                                                                                  

Watch for your life’s sake. Let not your lamps be quenched, nor your loins unloosed; but be ye ready, for ye know not the hour in which our Lord cometh. But often shall ye come together, seeking the things which are befitting to your souls: for the whole time of your faith will not profit you, if ye be not made perfect in the last time. For in the last days false prophets and corrupters shall be multiplied, and the sheep shall be turned into wolves, and love shall be turned into hate; for when lawlessness increaseth, they shall hate and persecute and betray one another, and then shall appear the world-deceiver as Son of God, and shall do signs and wonders, and the earth shall be delivered into his hands, and he shall do iniquitous things which have never yet come to pass since the beginning. Then shall the creation of men come into the fire of trial, and many shall be made to stumble and shall perish; but they that endure in their faith shall be saved from under the curse itself. And then shall appear the signs of the truth; first, the sign of an out-spreading in heaven; then the sign of the sound of the trumpet; and the third, the resurrection of the dead; yet not of all, but as it is said: The Lord shall come and all His saints with Him. Then shall the world see the Lord coming upon the clouds of heaven. —The Didache (The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles) [100-120 AD]

Thus, it is apparent that the early Church fathers expected the Church to be persecuted by the antichrist during the end-times and then rescued via the rapture from the persecution they would undergo. This is what the pre-wrath view also states—that the church will be raptured after the opening of the sixth seal out of the great tribulation, which will be instilled at the hands of the antichrist.

Many modern-day “church fathers” have also believed that the church would be subject to persecution at the hands of the antichrist. One famous one was Spurgeon:

In a recent article published by Dennis M. Swanson entitled “The Millenial Position of Spurgeon,” he concludes that ‘despite claims to the contrary, his [Spurgeon’s] position was most closely identifiable with that of historic premillennialism in teaching the church would experience the tribulation, the Millennial Kingdom would be the culmination of God’s program.’ Later in the text, Swanson goes on to state that the ‘Key features of historic premillennialism are twofold: (1) the kingdom will be the culmination of the church age and (2) the “rapture” will follow the tribulation, with the church going through the tribulation under the protection of God….Spurgeon fits most consistently in the “historic or covenantal premillennial system.’ In other words, Spurgeon too, by definition, ignore [d] the doctrine of imminency of Jesus’ return, seeing the church facing the persecution of antichrist before the return of Christ. In doing this he also ‘rejects the pretribulation rapture of the church.^[2]  

So if the early church fathers—and even more modern-day “fathers”—did not believe in a pre-trib rapture, when did the pre-trib belief arise? There are three candidates to whom are credited with the origin of the pre-trib rapture theory: John Darby (one of the founders of the Plymouth Brethren movement), Edward Irving (thrown out of the Presbyterian Church and started the Apostolic Catholic Church), and finally Margaret MacDonald (a 15-year-old Catholic girl who was supposedly miraculously healed and given a vision of the “secret” rapture so popular with today’s pretribulation rapture teachers.)

In summarizing the development of the pretrib doctrine, H. L. Nigro says this:

The development of the pretribulation rapture is generally attributed to John Darby of the Plymouth Brethren, who formalized the theory around 1830. Prior to this time, the return of Christ was seen as a singular event. Jesus would return to earth once, to rapture His Church, to redeem lost Israel, and to judge the wicked and rebellious world, and this was seen either as a midtribulational or posttribulational event. Darby was the first to formally theorize that Jesus would return in two stages: first in spiritual form to rapture the Church, then in bodily form seven years later to judge the world. This allowed Jesus to return triumphantly at Armageddon while keeping the Church out of the 70th Week..^[3]

So it is Darby to whom most attribute the pre-trib position. Another founder of the Plymouth Brethren had this to say about the teachings of Darby as elaborated on by Van Kampen:

It should be noted, however, that Dr. Samuel P. Tregelles, the renowned conservative Greek scholar of the nineteenth century (the author of six separate works on translation), considered one of the founding fathers of the Plymouth Brethren Church, strongly disagreed with John Nelson Darby on the position when it first appeared in England. Dr. Tregelles believed in a face-value hermeneutic, and he knew the original languages like few others of his time. In his book The Hope of Christ’s Second Coming (pp. 74-82), first published in 1864, he denounced the pre-tribulation Rapture position as being sentimental and emotional and without a thread of biblical support. He stated boldly that the pre-tribulation “doctrine of the coming of Christ [is] not taught in the Word of God….This whole system stands in distinct contradiction of what the Scripture reveals” (p. 32).^[4]

At the best the pre-trib rapture theory had a dubious beginning and most likely gained in popularity because it was “easy believism” and a lot more pleasant to think about than enduring the sorrows and persecutions of the first five seals.

Even though the pre-trib position is a relatively new teaching and the early church fathers clearly expected the Church to enter the 70th Week and endure the persecution of the antichrist, and even though the pre-trib position is not an explicit teaching of scripture as admitted by Walvoord, and even though the pre-trib position contradicts some of scripture, some will still want to hold onto it.

If that is the case with you, I ask you to go back over the scriptures and logic that have been presented. Here are the essential facts we need to keep in mind; Thessalonians equates the rapture with the Day of the Lord event. Joel and Acts says that the moon must be turned to blood before the Day of the Lord. In Revelation 6 we see the moon turned to blood after the sixth seal is opened. These are scriptural facts. If you do not deny any of them, then sound logic dictates that the rapture must occur after the sixth seal is opened. Any other conclusion would be a denial of sound logic and create a contradiction to truth.

I encourage you to adhere to what scripture and scripture alone says. We must be faithful and loyal to the Word of God above our alma mater or church. Adhere to what scripture teaches and scripture alone! To make it easier for you to understand these concepts I have summarized, compared, and analyzed the teachings of the various rapture theories and put them into a chart entitled “A Comparison of the Rapture Theories”.

Your Rapture Theology Matters

I am writing this book, not only because I want the truth to be known, but also because it is very dangerous to not have a correct view about the timing of the rapture. Since the rapture does not occur until the sixth seal, then a Christian must prepare for the first five seals. Without proper preparation, one could find themselves and their family in pretty desperate situations. As Jesus said “Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.” (Mark 13:36-37) How to properly prepare for the first five seals will be the subject of a later chapter. Furthermore, since the rapture will not occur until the sixth seal and the antichrist is revealed and comes to power before the rapture, then all alive at the time will most likely have to decide whether or not to take the mark. And if a person is deceived as a result of not knowing the truth about the prophetic time in which they are living, they will be more easily deceived during the 70th Week.

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. 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. (Rev. 13:16–17)

Could You Be Deceived into Taking the Mark?

The decision of whether or not to take the mark of the beast will most likely come about after the Abomination of Desolation and shortly after the antichrist takes control of the world. This “mark” will most likely be a small computer chip implanted in the hand or forehead or an invisible tattoo made with RFID ink.^[5] Such technology already exists and is being tested in humans now and is available for use now. The World Net Daily has pictures of chips, and even the process of implanting them, and explains how these implantable chips will be used for a cashless society.^[6] Mexico has just recently announced that they are going to start implanting chips in children, and the military. Prince Charles is “chipped.” The Department of Defense has just announced that all products sold to them must be “chipped.” It is reported that half of all products sold in the U.S will be “chipped” by the end of 2004. Coke even had a promotion running in the summer of 2004 where they “chipped” some cans of soda and then would find them by satellite and the lucky winners would win a prize. The motto of this promotion was “You can win, but you can’t hide.”

The mechanics and technology of chipping or “taking the mark” are already in place. They even have chip mobiles ready to come to your neighborhood!

Having to decide whether or not to take the mark is not a good situation to be in if you do not recognize that you are actually in the 70th Week of Daniel or are not properly prepared for it. You will not be able to buy or sell without the mark, and if you do not realize that you are in the 70th Week because you falsely believe in a pre-trib rapture view, one could easily go along with what the government tells them and be deceived into following the antichrist and taking the mark and ending up in Hell. Of course no true Christian would take the mark.

And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand. The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. (Rev. 14:9-11)

More Dangers of False Teaching

Another reason any false prophetic teaching, including pre-trib, is harmful is that, when the teaching proves to be erroneous, those under that teaching may lose their respect for the things of the Lord and fall away from Him. We know that before the rapture there will be a great falling away, as was discussed earlier. No doubt, the false teaching about the pre-trib rapture probably will, along with other things, be part of why people will fall away from the faith.

Do not be deceived the rapture will not occur before the final 7 years, the 70th Week, but will occur after the sixth seal is opened between the Abomination of Desolation and the end of the 70th Week. The rapture will be a time of great deliverance from the persecution of the antichrist and his followers. The Lord will descend to the clouds and will blow the trump of God and the dead in Christ will rise first and then those who are still alive at his coming will be caught up to the clouds with Him.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. (1 Thess. 4:16-18)

Oh what a glorious occasion that will be for all the saints who have been awaiting His return! “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13).

The entire world will see him. “Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen” (Rev. 1:7).

After the world is darkened at the sixth seal, the entire world will be able to see the Lord Jesus Christ shining brighter than the sun as He comes to rescue His children.

In heart-wrenching contrast, those not raptured will at least temporarily recognize their plight and flee from His presence for they will know that the wrath of God is about to be poured out upon the world:

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains. And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? (Rev. 6:15-17)

That is when they will have their epiphany concerning Christ. But it will be too late then. The view you hold concerning the rapture matters. An epiphany will come to all. The sooner you have yours the better.

End of excerpt.

The Seals and the antichrist are coming, will you be caught off guard or will you be prepared?

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:36

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About the author: William Frederick; M.Div. has been preaching and teaching the Word of God for over 30 years. He has dedicated his life to serving God and helping others come to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ and understand essential end times Bible Prophecy truths. He is the author of several books including The Coming Epiphany and The Dollar Code. His articles are originally published on The End Times Forecaster Blog. From there, his articles are published and referenced on various prophecy news related websites. If you would like to republish his articles, please feel free to do so, just please include the original link to the article. The more people that see this information the better, and we need to wake more people up while there is still time.

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[1] Walvoord, John F. The Rapture Question, 1^st ed. Findlay, OH, 1957, p.148.

[2]Van Kampen, Robert. The Rapture Question Answered Plain & Simple. P. 201–2

[3] H. L. Nigro, Before God’s Wrath: The Bible’s Answer to the Timing of the Rapture. p. 122.

[4] Van Kampen, Robert. The Rapture Question Answered Plain & Simple. P. 193,4

[5] http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;?articleID=196802844

[6] http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35766  [URL inactive]