This article continues from where I have stopped at Pharaoh King of Egypt (Part 39), where I have discussed from scripture how symbols are used to conceal the relationship between seemingly unrelated entities, and at the same time, subliminally impart ideas and teachings to the people exposed to them, subtly guiding the general public in the course of the Devil’s will for mankind. There are familiar spirits at work through the Hierarchy which are in turn responsible for manifesting the Devil’s will for mankind using symbolism. Jesus tells us in this verse:
Matthew 24:11 "And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many."
False prophets are evil men pretending to be the true prophets of God, presuming to carry a message from the most High. According to Jesus in this verse, many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. Their aim is to deceive the whole world, insomuch that, if it were possible, even God’s elect. Just like what he did to Eve in the garden of Eden, the Devil will attempt to deceive mankind into doing his will, and if we submit to his words, we would have unwittingly put ourselves in a position where we stray out of the will of God for us, all the while not knowing that we have been deceived. He will use false prophets that the general population can relate to, to deceive them. In the last part of this series of messages, I have discussed how global entities such as the United Nations, World Health Organization, World Economic Forum, etc, have come in the name of saving the world, and the great majority will believe them. In Matthew 24:3, when the disciples came to Jesus privately, and asked him “what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?” He warned:
Matthew 24:4-5 "And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many."
Mark 13:5-6 "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."
Luke 21:8 "And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them."
The meaning of “Christ” is given to us in Luke 2:11 as “Saviour.” It has the same usage in the context of Matthew 24:5, Mark 13:6 and Luke 21:8, which sets the prelude for the crises and disasters that Jesus gave as a sign of his coming and of the end of the world in the verses that follow. That is where we link the false Christs to the crises and disasters: global powers shall come in the name of saving the world from crises and disasters, possibly man-made ones, and shall deceive many.
I have discussed the 9/11 hoax and COVID-19 health scam in Part 38 of this series of messages. Those are fine examples of man-made crises and disasters, showing how by deception they have brought the entire humanity closer to the mark of the beast. Paul tells us in 2 Thessalonians 2:7 that the “mystery of iniquity” is at work to take the Spirit of the Lord out the way, to make way for the appearance of that “Wicked,” that man of sin, the son of perdition. What are some of the signs that Jesus has given for us to know? He continues in the next verses:
Matthew 24:6-8 "And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows."
Mark 13:7-8 "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."
Luke 21:9-11 "But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. 10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: 11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven."
Speaking of the end of the world, and of the signs of his second coming, Jesus tells us that there shall be wars and rumours of wars, earthquakes in divers places, famines and pestilences, troubles, and fearful sights and great signs from heaven. He calls those “the beginning of sorrow.” That is also the Spirit of God connecting back to Genesis 3:16 “in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children,” comparing the signs to birth pangs, which in the words of Isaiah 13:8 “… they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth,” pointing to the day of the Lord. Birth pangs means that a child would be born: the wars and rumours of war, earthquakes in divers places, famines and pestilences, troubles, and fearful sights and great signs from heaven are a sign that the whole earth is travailing with a child to be birthed in due time. Those are signs that even unbelievers will be able to relate to, but what the great majority are unaware is the “mystery of iniquity” at work in the background to take the Spirit of the Lord out of the way, in preparation of the advent of that “Wicked” of 2 Thessalonians 2:8. In fact, we have a picture of a woman travailing with child in the context of this verse:
1 Samuel 4:21 "And she named the child I–chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband."
Eli’s daughter-in-law was travailing with child, near to be delivered, when she heard the evil tidings that the ark of God has been taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead. At about the time of her death, she named the child “I-chabod,” meaning, the glory of God is departed from Israel because the ark of God was taken. I-chabod was a figure of that man of sin, the son of perdition: the birth pangs in the form of wars and rumours of wars, earthquakes in divers places, famines and pestilences, troubles, and fearful sights and great signs from heaven are a sign of the coming of that “Wicked” of 2 Thessalonians 2:8. Earlier, we have established that it is through those birth pangs in the form of crises and disasters, whether man-made or not, that “many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ,” (Matthew 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8) and shall deceive many. Many false Christs shall come in the name of saving the world, and shall deceive many. The Devil always operates by deception. His true intentions are hidden under false narratives which he presents to the world via his false prophets serving in the Fraternal Order down the rungs of the Hierarchy made up of politicians, educators, doctors, scientists, engineers, attorneys, bankers, religious leaders, celebrities, etc, basically the powers there be running the world government. It is through the Fraternal Order that Satan gets to implement his plans for mankind.
The birth pangs must continue until the birth of that man of sin, the son of perdition, which in the words of Jesus:
Matthew 24:15-16 "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:"
Mark 13:14 "¶ 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:"
Luke 21:20-21 "And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto."
Previously, I did a bible study on Daniel 9:27, where I have shown from scripture that the abomination of desolation is the mark of the beast. For more reading, please refer to this article:
Of course, the mark of the beast did not come by accident, but the “mystery of iniquity” at work through the crises and disasters that bring humanity closer and closer to the birth of that “Wicked,” that man of sin, the son of perdition. The words in Mark 13:14 “when ye shall see…” means that it will be an observable event, and the sign given by Jesus is, according to Matthew 24:15, “the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place,” the holy place being a reference to the temple of our body. Luke 21:20 further tells us that “when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.” Jerusalem being the “holy place,” the temple of God, means that the temple of our body will be surrounded by “armies” waiting for instructions from the Devil to invade: that is a sign given to us of the impending implementation of the mark of the beast, and we are told to get out of the cities (“Judaea”) and flee into the mountains, where they cannot get us.
Revelation 11:8 "And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified."
The city “Judaea” in the context of Matthew 24:16, Mark 13:14 and Luke 21:21 does not necessarily imply a physical location, just like what we read here in Revelation 11:8, that “that great city” Babylon is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt. This verse also tells us that physical Jerusalem is spiritual Babylon, where the Lord Jesus Christ was crucified. Therefore, when we see the temple of God (“the holy place”) encompassed by “armies” according to Luke 21:20, when we are surrounded by Satan’s armies in the form governmental and global powers run by the Fraternal Order waiting to invade the temple of our body, we are told to flee to the mountains. This strikes a tune with what John tells us in this verse about the woman:
Revelation 12:6 "And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days."
The woman in the context of this verse is the church of the living God who fled into the wilderness, where God hath prepared a place for her, and fed her for 1,260 days, or 42 months. The 42 months connects to Revelation 13:5 where the beast was given power to continue for forty and two months. Going back to Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21, Jesus continues in the following verses, giving us a glimpse of the things that must shortly come to past, when the Spirit of the Lord has been taken out of the way following the implementation of the mark of the beast:
Matthew 24:21-22 "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened."
Mark 13:19-20 "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."
Luke 21:23-24 "But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled."
Following the implementation of the mark of the beast, there shall be great tribulation and affliction, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. There shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon the people who have received a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads, according to Revelation 13:16. An event which precedes the mark of the beast is described in Matthew 24:14 which tells us that “this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” The gospel of the kingdom being preached in all the world means that Christianity would be widespread in every nation, and many would have professed to receive Christ as Lord and Saviour. This event is right before the mark of the beast shall be implemented, and it is given by Jesus as a sign that the world is coming to an end. That’s why Paul used the words “falling away” (Greek: apostasia) in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 to relate to the events surrounding the implementation of the mark of the beast, because the root meaning of “apostasia” comes from “apostasion,” which is translated as “divorcement” in Matthew 5:31, Matthew 19:7 and Mark 10:4.
“The greatest betrayal of all is the surrendering of the temple of God to the Devil.” — Max Wang, Anti-Vaxxer
Therefore, the “falling away” in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 will be signified by the idea of “divorcement.” It will be Christ giving a writing of divorcement to put away those Christians who have received a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads, so that they should not be killed for the testimony they once held as believers, that they may continue to buy or sell like everyone else who, likewise, have received the mark of the beast. When the Spirit of the Lord is taken out of the way, that is also when God’s grace and mercy has come to an end for those Christians and churches. We have a picture of that in:
1 Samuel 15:23 "For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king."
1 Chronicles 10:13-14 "¶ So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it; 14 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse."
In 1 Samuel 15:23, King Saul rejected the words of the LORD, and God hath also rejected him from being king. He knew the will of God by prophet Samuel, yet he did not perform it. It is the same with those Christians and churches who knew the will of God concerning the mark of the beast, yet they still justify themselves for taking it. We have an example of such Christians and churches in the teachings of John MacArthur:
"Now, the question is, if you’re living in the Tribulation period, and you take this mark, in other words, you identify with the beast’s empire, will you still be able to be redeemed? And I think the answer to that is yes. Yes! Otherwise there would be no salvation of anybody in the end of the Tribulation; and you’ve got to have the salvation of folks in the end of the Tribulation."
— John MacArthur, dispensationalist.
John MacArthur teaches that if you are “saved” but if you were forced to take the mark of the beast, and you took it anyway, you will still be going to heaven. Just as King Saul who justified himself for not doing the will of God, there will also be many disobedient Christians who shall justify themselves for taking the mark of the beast, not based on the written word of God, but based on what the Pharisaical churches teach them. Pharisaical churches are not true churches, but synagogues of Satan which teach for doctrines the commandments of men, making the word of God of none effect to the people by their tradition. For rejecting the words of the LORD, and for taking counsel from one that had a familiar spirit, God took his mercy from Saul:
2 Samuel 7:15 "But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee."
Likewise, for those Christians who have rejected the written word of God, and in taking counsel from Pharisaical churches that hath a familiar spirit, God shall also take his mercy away from them. To be noted here in Mark 13:20 is the phrase “no flesh should be saved.” Just like how a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump, the implementation of the mark of the beast will continue until everyone in the world has received a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads. That’s why Jesus tells us that except the Lord had shortened those days, there should no flesh be saved. God will always preserve a small remnant at any time of our history, from the beginning to the end. Many people are blindly looking for safety, being unaware that true safety is only found in the remnant who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Luke 21:24 draws a parallel using the words “fall by the edge of the sword,” and we saw that being played out in:
Revelation 13:16-17 "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."
That was the false prophet, the head of the one world government, who causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads. How he achieved such a great feat was by him passing a law that robbed people of their rights to buy and sell, so that they were compelled or coerced into receiving the mark of the beast. Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 15:56 that “the strength of sin is the law.” The law is literally the strength of sin, because it has power over us. We see a reference of that in Daniel 8:25, where that “little horn” through his policy shall cause craft to prosper in his hand, and shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many. How many laws have been passed in this wicked generation that lends strength to sin? Hitler passed the “laws” he needed to technically make everything he did “lawful” under the German law, but we all know how “unlawful” what he did really was, despite his attempt at legislative cover.
Yielding the law of the land as a weapon of mass destruction, the false prophet shall cause all to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads. The law is like a sword: by peace shall destroy many. Jesus compares “peace” to a sword in Matthew 10:34 “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.” The bible tells us that the word of God is the sword of the Spirit in Ephesians 6:17, and also in Hebrews 4:12, the word of God is sharper than any two-edged sword. Similarly, the tongue of the strange woman is sharp as a two-edged sword in Proverbs 5:4. We also read in this verse about the strange woman:
Proverbs 7:26 "For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her."
Many strong men, even God’s people, have been slain by the tongue of the strange woman. That was how many shall fall by the edge of the sword in Luke 21:24, by their fearful obedience to the words of the false prophet who causeth all to receive the mark of the beast. That’s why we were told to put on the whole armour of God in Ephesians 6:11, without which, we are all vulnerable. Going back to Luke 21:24 “And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.” Have you noticed the little colon (‘:’) sign in this verse? That is an elaboration of the implementation of the mark of the beast, that Jerusalem (“the holy place”) shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. Many shall fall by the mark of the beast, which hijacks the temple of God in their bodies, and turn it into a den of dragons which the Spirit of the Lord will not inhabit. In the words of Jeremiah 9:11 “And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.” The implementation of the mark of the beast shall continue until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled, and then the day of the Lord shall come. To continue in Part 41.
Very thoughtful and provoking to understand these scriptures. It becomes clear that many people do not see because they cannot seek truth. My heart aches that more people give time to work play or mindless distractions. I ache for children who are naively unaware or hurt by corrupt institutions and parents. Pray without cessation…I must re-read many of your posts to gain deeper insight. My 95+ yo mother and I look forward to your studies. Thank you so much, as I care for her and we both have limitations. Thank God HIS Word knows no limitation.
I love this truth ❤️🙌 , Amen and thank you brother Max