Lately, more than ever, I seem to be extremely concerned by the thought that there are still so many people in this world who are being deceived by men on the most trivial issues.
It stands to reason that if they are deceived that easily by mere mortals, then they'll be no match for the Antichrist when he shows up with all his "signs and lying wonders" (2 THESSALONIANS 2:9).
This is what motivates me to continue to expose all the evil schemes that exist in this world, but particularly as they exist in various forms of entertainment and symbols found in pop culture. If we can learn to look at everything in the world around us with a discerning eye, and through a prophetic lens that's consistent with a Biblical worldview, then maybe we'll be better prepared when the Great Deception greets us with open arms.
My heart aches at the thought of the deceived elect!
MARK 13:22 (KJV) "For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, even the elect." (emphasis mine)
MATTHEW 24:24 (KJV) "For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, they shall deceive the very elect. "(emphasis mine)
One important note though is that the elect will be deceived by the coming Antichrist ONLY "if it were possible" for that to happen. Maybe it's only possible if we do nothing now to learn how to protect ourselves. Yes, this invariably means learning how to put on our spiritual armor and how to wield our spiritual weapons of war, but what if it also meant learning how to spot the "signs and wonders" that will be used - are being used - against us (like all this occult symbolism that intends to infect our hearts and minds) so that you can be on guard against such things?
So, we arrive at the next study in a series that seeks to put certain individuals on our prophetic radar. Just in case. A recent political cartoon in "The Buffalo News" brilliantly captured the sentiments shared by most Christians (and secularists too I think) following the events of the past few days:
That cartoon also made me recall a 2-part study I wrote way back in December 2008 (almost a full year ago) regarding our common view of the coming Antichrist, and this notion of the current U.S. President "possibly" fulfilling that infamous role. Specifically, it had to do with whether or not the Antichrist will rise to power "by peace" and a peace treaty of some sort (as is commonly believed), or "by war":
The Antichrist's Checkmate (PART 1)
The Antichrist's Checkmate (PART 2)
I went back and re-read those articles written at a time when I was still getting my feet wet (spiritually speaking). We might want to revisit that again in light of the current debate as to whether or not President Barack Obama is fulfilling ancient end times prophecies, or if he's merely a forerunner clearing a path for the genuine article - the real deal - who will arrive to deceive even the elect.
Central to that initial study was the Septuagint version of the Old Testament. What are your thoughts on the Septuagint? Does it have any merit? If so, why do you feel that way? If not, why not? If it's the former, then we better start re-thinking our stance on the subject for obvious reasons.
At the same time, we need to always temper this kind of discussion with prayerful consideration. For all we know, the man who announced that President Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize - THORBJOERN JAGLAND - could be that vile Man of Sin spoken of in the Scriptures. Don't laugh.
What's that? You don't know anything about that man or even remember his name from last week Friday? That's ok. He's a relatively "obscure" European politician to us Americans (nothing prophetically significant about that now is there?) who just happened to "make himself known to the rest of the world publicly for the first time via this announcement" (he was shown on practically every television news broadcast that day) only a few days after taking on an important and powerful new role that could definitely have a global impact. Oh yeah, this also happened at the same time as NASA's Moon mission that definitely exhibited some strong occult mega-ritual symbolism.
At least there was ONE JOURNALIST who felt the need to do some research on this man:
Who is Thorbjorn Jagland? Here's an excerpt:
From 1999 through 2008, Jagland was vice president of Socialist International. What's that? It's exactly what the name suggests - an international organization of socialist groups who advocate for far left policies. It also boasts of "consultative status" with the United Nations.
Its "STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES" calls for "the internationalisation of the economy" and all sort of other socialist boilerplate. It also rejects the notion of "armed peace" between superpowers, and wants Europe to play a lead role in basically disarming everyone.
Socialist International has member organizations from most countries, including one from the United States, "DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA", which touts its vision of what it calls an "alternative to capitalism." Its newsletter, The Activist, is filled with articles that sing the praises of folks like Karl Marx and the late socialist radical Michael Harrington.
Jagland also serves as chairman of the board of the Oslo Center, which pursues Jimmy Carter-like interventions into conflicts and tries to mediate peace talks (in fact, the Oslo Center and the Carter Center work together).
This does not necessarily prove that President Obama is a socialist. Indeed, the aforementioned Democratic Socialists of America lament on their web site that he is not one of them, and express no end of their frustration in this regard.
But what it does show is the agenda of the people who chose Obama for the Nobel Peace Prize, not to mention the fact that, for whatever reason, they see tremendous hope in him and in what they expect him to do.
The following 8-minute interview that Geir Lundestad (Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee) gave clearly states what some of those expectations might be:
INTERVIEW ABOUT THE 2009 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE on October 1, 2009 for a 5-year term. The Council of Europe has the longest history of all the existing European cooperation organizations (it just celebrated its 60th anniversary), and it is one of the most important inter-governmental organizations in Europe today. It's made up of 47 member countries and 800 million European citizens. That's a pretty lofty position and job description for Jagland despite his impressive Resume - and he was elected to fill this vacancy after much controversy too, not to mention only a mere one week prior to the Nobel Peace Prize announcement. Interesting timing, no? More on that in a moment.
One can only guess as to the kind of power he will have in managing the EU'S INTERNATIONAL MILITARY POLICE FORCE (EGF). Yep, that's right, the EU has a fully functioning "international "force of trained soldiers.
This is from the WISE UP JOURNAL:
Don't worry about French UN troops, Spanish UN troops, Romanian UN troops or any other UN troops being used to quell rebellions in western nations due to bank bailouts or any other unpopular or corrupt acts by government. Not when you have the international military police force at the hands of the EU. Never heard of it? Read below.
The EU's military police force can be deployed to squash public disobedience making sure the the status quo - otherwise called "public order" - is maintained keeping the public in order for it's managers.
That's right folks. This is the kind of thing that makes you wonder if that whole HARDIN, MONTANA AMERICAN POLICE FORCE (APF) BUSINESS is nothing compared to the kind of power the EGF can administer on a global playing field. The following is official text from the EUROPEAN GENDARMERIE FORCE:
The European Gendarmerie Force (EGF) is an initiative of 5 EU Member States - France, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal and Spain - aimed at improving the crisis management capability in sensitive areas. Since Wednesday, 17th December 2008, the High Level Interdepartmental Committee Meeting (CIMIN) decided to welcome the Romanian Gendarmerie to become a full member of the EGF. Therefore the EGF consists from that moment of 6 member states.
EGF responds to the need to RAPIDLY CONDUCT ALL THE SPECTRUM OF CIVIL SECURITY ACTIONS, EITHER ON ITS OWN OR IN PARALLEL WITH THE MILITARY INTERVENTION, by providing a multinational and effective tool.
The EGF will facilitate the handling of crisis that require management by police forces, usually in a critical situation
Based in Vicenza in the 'Generale Chinotto' barracks
EGF goal is to provide the INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY with a valid and operational instrument for crisis management, first and foremost AT DISPOSAL OF EU, BUT ALSO OF OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, AS NATO, UN AND OSCE, AND AD HOC COALITIONS.
Turkey joins European Gendarmerie force as Observer
Partners Military Gendarmerie (Poland)
The following text was taken from the EUROPEAN GENDARMERIE FORCE'S FAQ PAGE:
[EGF] is capable to be integrated in a military crisis management tool
[EGF] is able and willing to perform all kinds of police missions, in both substitution and strengthening missions;
[EGF] is designed to be committed rapidly thanks to its permanent HQ and its logistic unit.
Furthermore, it is excellently suitable for deployment PARALLEL with or immediately after a MILITARY OPERATION TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY as well as in SITUATIONS WHERE LOCAL POLICE SERVICES ARE NOT (SUFFICIENTLY) DEPLOYED.
In case of an operation involving BOTH MILITARY AND POLICE COMPONENTS, the EU's action on Petersburg-tasks requires a STRONG SYNERGY BETWEEN THE POLICE AND MILITARY components.
Of course, no mention of any of that in any of those "Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize" news reports. No, instead we're simply treated to an image of this smiling, friendly looking man who works for the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, and who really likes our President Barack Obama.
Excuse me, but let's just put on our tinfoil hats for a moment and take a stroll down "What If? Lane" to consider one avenue of thought here. This is PURE SPECULATION on my part. Let's assume for just a minute that this is the man (Jagland) who will eventually rule as the prophesied Antichrist - not Obama. If so, isn't that how the Subtle Serpent would work?
First, the Subtle Serpent would perform a little NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) on the largely unsuspecting masses by introducing "this man Jagland and his image" to the world (via this photo that accompanied just about "every story" on Obama's award that day) on such a grand scale publicly for the first time. After all, the news of Obama being the recipient had nations around the globe buzzing, and not just the United States. It truly was a mass introduction to Jagland even if Jagland wasn't front and center (meaning that the story wasn't about him, but Obama as the main focal point).
Second, the Subtle Serpent would mock us even in the midst of his own Great Deception. Assuming we're still in this fantasy "What If?" world for a moment, just think of the callous, sinister symbolism inherent in that image of the "potentially real" Antichrist (Jagland) smiling while holding up the picture of the man that more and more people are starting to think is the prophesied Antichrist instead! What a cunning deception carried out by the Subtle Serpent while he laughs at all those Christians who think they're "tuned in" to the real man to be concerned about prophetically speaking.
Surely, such moves as explained above would fit with all of Satan's characteristics, would they not? Look, my point in writing all of this today is two fold.
Mainly, I want to demonstrate how careful we as the Body of Christ need to be whenever we play Pin-The-Tail-On-The-Antichrist because there will "always" be people who emerge on a regular basis who exhibit something that catches our discerning eye, but if we're not careful (and if we don't take everything under prayerful consideration always), then we run the risk of inadvertently perpetuating the Cry Wolf Syndrome, and our excessive (and sometimes ridiculous) warnings will fall on deaf ears even when the real deal shows up. Still, we must continue to warn about what it is we notice that we think "could be" important. It's the essence of being a Watchmen.
I also wanted to call attention to the man who made the stunning announcement on Friday, and whose face was plastered on almost every TV screen I saw that day, not to mention every news article I read too. He's a political newcomer thrust into a powerful position in Europe with a full five years to do as he sees fit in leading Europe and shaping the world to his liking. With everything else we've been witnessing firsthand that is prophetically relevant he bears watching as well.
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