Voices of the Prophets: Isaiah 61

            “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord has anointed me to preach the good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to the blind and to the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them who are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance  of our God; to comfort all that morn; to appoint unto them that morn in Zion, to give unto them beauty  for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, the planting of the Lord that he might be glorified.” (Isaiah 61:1-3). These amazing promises are all fulfilled in Jesus Christ. The prophet Isaiah has foreseen the coming anointed ministry of Jesus far in advance of its realization. The first two of the above cited verses are duplicated at Luke 4:18-19 as Jesus opens the book of Isaiah and quotes them at a gathering in the synagogue at Nazareth. This is the beginning of the ministry of Jesus which is to continue for a period of three and one-half years to the house of Israel leading  up to his crucifixion. The anointing refereed to is found at his baptism by John the Baptist in the Jordan River when the Spirit of the Lord descended upon him accompanied by the voice of God from heaven proclaiming him to be the Son of God in whom the Father was well pleased. (See Matt. 3:16-17). This necessary anointing is confirmed by the prophet Daniel a at Daniel 9:24: “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to make an end to sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision of prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.” The anointed ministry of Jesus was extended first to the house of Israel prior to his death on the cross, but it was ordained to reach far beyond that to all nations at the end of the prophesied ‘seventy weeks’.

            “And strangers (Gentiles) shall feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowman and your vine dressers. But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord; men shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.” (Isaiah 61:5-6). The demise of a people who are unbelieving is revealed following this promise of the salvation to be extended to the alien Gentiles. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes and commits themselves to him. He fulfilled the law and  it was nailed to his cross abrogating completely the old covenant.“For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.  And heir seed shall be sown among the Gentiles, and their offering among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord has blessed. “(Isaiah 61:8-9).

            Israel’s demise was sealed by their rejection of their Messiah although a remnant from among thembelieved and became the heirs of ‘the new and everlasting covenant’ which the Lord had already promised definitively through  the prophets and is detailed by the prophet Jeremiah.  We will visit that text at a later time.

            The balance of Isaiah 61 is focused on the blessings promised for those who wholly embrace that new and everlasting covenant. “I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul  shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with  her jewels. For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all nations.”  (Isaiah 61:11-12).

David Lance Dean                     website and blogs :authordavidlancedean.com

Voices of the Prophets: Isaiah 53

             “Who hath believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?(Isaiah 53:1 in part).  Presented here in this chapter is the all-encompassing message of the gospel of Jesus Christ which confronts every man to give an answer based on his subsequent revelation in the gospels including his death burial and resurrection. So the prophet predicts that which is to befall him (Christ) several hundred years prior to the actual act of redemption that is to occur at the time of his crucifixion and subsequent resurrection.

            Let us explore the chapter in order to understand more fully all of the truth involved by faith in the redemptive work of Christ on the cross.  First let us understand how he was viewed and generally received by the people save a remnant from among them. “He hath neither form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him; there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief and we hid as it ere our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”  (Isaiah 53: 2-3 in part). In other word he did not bring an appearance or charisma of natural appeal which would have captured their attention.  His message was what he was all about.

            “Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.: (Isaiah 53:4-6).The foregoing verses are probably the most clear setting forth of the gospel to be found in the Old Testament. There is a clarity and inclusiveness given here in this one chapter which can be correlated precisely with the New Testament accounts given in the four gospels but also verified time and time again in the epistles of the New Testament. When it was written it was pure prophecy but it had a certain fulfillment in the person and work of Christ to bring redemption to any and all of mankind contingent upon who would embrace it by faith and then faithfully endure in its promised provisions.

            The accounts of his ministry to the lost sheep of the house of Israel are thoroughly covered in the four gospels including all of the details of his suffering and persecution demanded by the Jewish hierarchy and the Pharisees.” He came unto his own and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them he gave thrower to become the sons of God, even to them who believe on his name.” (John 1:11-12).

            Salvations plan was to be extended so the Gentile nations and while it was to the Jew first the work of Christ was to become universally available to anyone who would embrace it by faith. There are two distinct aspects in the provision of Christ’s sacrifice of himself on the cross.  First is the shedding of his blood for the life is in the blood and without the shedding of blood there is no remission. “Much more then, being justified by his blood we shall be saved from wrath through him.”  (Romans 5:9) and numerous other verses and texts found in the New Testament. The blood of Christ is for the cleansing of sin and addresses the issue of forgiveness and the receiving of the Holy Spirit when the act of faith has been exercised by any individual.

            The deeper work of salvation addresses the issue of deliverance from the power of sin inherent in the fallen nature of man. Moving forward from chapter five of Romans the Apostle Paul provides us with a very comprehensive and definitive explanation of the meaning of the cross to set us free from the power of indwelling sin. “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit. For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me fee from the law of sin and death.” (Rom.8:1-2) We must come to understand and then apply the effectual working of the cross in our lives individually. This means a complete submission of our hearts and lives so that we can effectually enter into the reality of a walk led by the empowering of the Holy Spirit. We must apprehend as did Paul when he said at Galatians 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live yet not I , but Christ liveth in me: and the life that I live in the the flesh I live by the faith of the son of God who loved me, and gave himself for me.” This more clearly explains Isaiah 28:4 “He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was on him, and by his stipes we are healed.” So we are called to take up the cross in the depth of its meaning because…”he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sins of many, and he made intercession for the transgressors. (Isaiah 28:12).

            So we conclude that without the blood there is no forgiveness, but without the cross there is no deliverance. They each must be applied by faith.

David Lance Dean                                                  website:authordavidlancedean.com

Voices of the Prophets: Isaiah 28

            “Woe to the crown of pride. To the drunkards of Ephraim (another designation for Israel), whose glorious beauty is a fading flower……..(Isaiah 28:1).

The crown of pride, the drunkards of Israel shall be trodden under foot: and the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley shall be a fading flower and as the hasty fruit before summer….(Isaiah 28:3-4 in part).

            We see at the outset of the prophet’s commentary in the text that he is speaking of the demise of Israel. This would be seen as the Northern ten tribes who were subsequently to fall under the lord’s judgment as the hands of the Assyrian Empire. The cause for this judgment is clearly set forth to be their pride and spiritual disorientation spoken of metaphorically as drunkenness. The testimony of scripture throughout whether Old Testament or New Testament is clear teaching that whatever covenant applies to us that we must remain steadfast and faithful.  In verse five the text carries forward: “In that day shall theLord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people.” Wilson’s Old Testament Word Studies defines the word residue to mean that which is over and above, i.e. a remainder. In other words out from the larger body of the Lord’s people at any one time there will always be found a much smaller remnant who have remained faithful and have not transgressed, fallen away, or breached the covenant. The text continues in verse six: “And for a spirit of judgement to him that sitteth in judgement, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.”

            “Whom shall he teach knowledge? And whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept: line upon line; here a little and there a little.  For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. To whom he said, this is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: but they would not.” (Verses 10-12). After covering the concept of moving forward precept upon precept the prophet introduces the concept of speaking in other tongues (known languages) to the Jews to proclaim to them that the promise of their anticipated Messiah has been fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ. But because the majority of them had not advanced in precept upon precept but rather had engendered their own “oral traditions” contrary to the law they stumbled at the stumbling stone and the rock of offense in rejection of him.    

           

            Clarifying the gift of speaking in unknown languages as a gifting of the Holy Spirit it was come at a time and an occasion and that being the verification that the Messiah had come to redeem them  but also had extend that redemption to the gentile nations. That verification was made manifest at Acts chapter two on the day of Pentecost testifying to the Jews who had come from far regions to the feast as they were commanded to do under the law. The sign of the promise was given them in their own individual languages and verified by the powerful presence of the Holy Spirit testifying to the veracity of the prophesied gift. (See Acts 2: 6-12).

            Supporting the above precept we turn to I Cor. 14:21 and context confirming the prophesy. “In the law it is written, with men of other tongues and other lips will I speak to this people; and yet for all that will they not believe me, saith the Lord. Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but them who believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believeth not, but to them which believe.”  We would further understand that tongues were a temporary gift which was to come to an end. “Charity never faileth; but whether there be prophesies, they shall fail; whether there shall be tongues, they shall cease….(I Cor. 13:8 in part).

            Returning to Isaiah 28 we read beginning at verse  16: “Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, for a foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. Judgment also I will lay to the line and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail (Wilson- to scatter) shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. And your covenant with hell shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then shall ye be trodden down by it.”  The prophet is setting forth in clarity the coming of Messiah to establish a firm foundation and a cornerstone of reference to build upon establishing the new and everlasting covenant

            In a brief summary of the points covered in the chapter we see the judgment of a people (the Jews) unfaithful to the precepts of the old covenant, but at the same time the preservation of a remnant who embraced the new by faith. We are instructed that to insure our understanding of sound doctrine we must establish precept upon precept and line upon line to arrive at a correct understanding.  The giving of the gift of tongues was manifest to prove to the unbelieving Jews that the Messiah had come to provide a foundation and cornerstone of reference to build a new and everlasting covenant fulfilling and abrogating completely the precepts of the law. They were swept away as a refuge for lies “and your agreement (Jewish Israel after the flesh) with hell shall not stand.”

David Lance Dean                                 website and blogs:authordavidlancedean.com

Voices of the Prophets

               As I indicated in my recent posts I have purposed to gather up and place in order a summary of the prophetic utterances from the Scriptures relative to the unfolding world events leading us towards the end of the age. This covers a comprehensive revelation of significant events prophetically developed by several of the  prophets whose purpose it was to inform us precisely what to expect that individual believers could gain an understanding and avoid the many deceptions of the enemy who seeks to ensnare many and capture them for his own purposes of death and destruction. The most significant of those prophets is Jesus Christ.

            After careful thought and consideration I believe that to focus our attention to begin with on the words of Jesus Christ in Matthew 24 provides us with a context to build upon for he is answering a question posed to him by the disciples. “Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of thy coming, and the end of the world?”(Matt.24:3) Jesus’ answer gives us a foundation to fully examine prophetic truth to the very end of the age.

            His words are both a warning as well as instruction to be prepared with knowledge of the truth that we may avoid being deceived, captured and destroyed by the evil one. He first warns of wars and rumors of wars, famines, earthquakes, and pestilences assuring his followers that these things will come to pass, but will not be the signs of the end of the age. Rather he refers to them as “the beginning of sorrows” (vss.6-7).This is preparatory for much more extreme consequences resulting in persecution and martyrdom for faithful believers in Christ. We have not yet experienced this in America, but we can be assured that it is coming from that international satanic driven forces intent upon establishing a one world government. We can see clearly in America the breakdown of the rule of law and the coming political and economic chaos. With the impending economic collapse which is soon to come our perceptions of America, the Bill of Rights and the Constitution will be relegated to history and tyranny will be the new paradigm. This fact is more than obvious at this time as we honestly analyze current and developing trends. The church is in an advanced state of apostasy and has been almost completely neutralized by government regulation (501C3) and spiritual compromise. Iniquity will indeed abound more and more and the love of many will wax cold. (Cp. Matt.24:12). False prophets and false teachers abound in the religious world and many are captured by their lies and distortions of the truth.

            We have observed within a generation the demise and destruction of a once free nation. The stage is almost completely set for the establishment of a virtual dictatorship including economic and political bondage. With it will come the wholesale persecution of any who will confess and stand for Christ? America as its collapse is complete will be merged with Mexico and Canada into a regional government as one of ten such regions that will make up the emerging New World Order. Daniel has prophesied the same at chapter seven, verse 7. “After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; and it devoured and brake in pieces and stamped the residue with the feet of it……..and it had ten horns.”  Daniel’s vision of the ten horned beast (regional governments) is confirmed by the Apostle John at Rev 13:1. “And I stood on the sand of the sea, and I saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon the horns ten crowns, and in his heads were the name of blasphemy.” This conforms to the United Nations Agenda 21 for world government as well as the 1982 Oded Yinon plan for a “Grater Israel”. For details see my book The Israel Deception.

            Returning to the text of Jesus’ prophecy in Matthew 24 we perceive that we are called upon to remain faithful in the face of adversity and persecution as “he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.” (Verse 13) “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. “ (Verse 14).

            Jesus warns us of a significant event to occur just prior to the beginning of the great tribulation.  “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet……whoso readeth let him understand.”(Verse 15).  For a full understanding read my blog -The Abomination of Desolation.  This solemn event occurs immediately prior to the onset of the tribulation and is explained more fully at II Thes. 2:1-11. (See Daniel 12:11-12 and read my blog The Great Tribulation). Jesus tells us at Matthew 24:21 that this sign and its effects will mark the onset of the great tribulation. This period which brings such tribulation as has never been seen upon the earth and except the Lord would shorten it no flesh should remain alive. Read the text of his warnings at Matthew 24:21-25. Compare this text with Daniel 11:30-45 which reveals the Antichrist and his activities running through the tribulation to the very end. Daniel 12:7 verifies the duration of the tribulation to be 3 ½ years.( Compare also Rev. 11:2; 12:6 and 13:5). The length of the tribulation is confirmed several times to be 3 ½ years and not a seven year period as taught by most of today’s preachers. It will be a time of extreme persecution and martyrdom of all who confess Christ for Satan and his agent the Antichrist are purposed to remove any testimony of Christ from the earth. Yes, the body of the church will be subjected to the tribulation including persecution and martyrdom. No pretribulation ‘rapture’.

            Returning to the words of Jesus in Matthew 24 beginning at verse 29 we read: “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall he sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light………..Then shall appear the sign of the  Son of man in heaven……..md they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of the heaven with power and great glory…….and they shall gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of haven to the other.”(vss.29-31).

The resurrection and the gathering of the elect occurs after the tribulation. (Cp. I Thes 4:13-17; Daniel 12:1-2; I Cor. 15:51-52; Revelation 7:9-10; Rev. 11:11-12). See my blog The Resurrection.

            The Day of the Lord shall ensue after the resurrection when the Lord returns with his elect to bring judgment upon the earth. Contrary to dispensational teaching which states that Rev. chapters 4-19 constitute the tribulation we find that many of those chapters are dealing directly with the Day of the Lord or said another way the Day of the Lamb’s Wrath. This activity of his judgment of the earth can be found in Rev. Chapters 8,14,15,16 and finally reaching its consummation in chapter 20 when men are judged at the great white throne. At chapter 21  and chapter 22 of Revelation we see that a new havens and a new earth are brought into existence as the old world and its order having been judged and destroyed. The Day of the Lord is consummated with what has come to be known as Armageddon. Contrary to conventional wisdom this happens outside of time and is not conventional warfare but entirely spiritual in its nature and consummation. See my blogs The Day of the Lord and the Eschatology of Armageddon.  The reader will be even better informed if they obtain and read my book These Prophets and the Revelation. I hope that this discourse will bring new understanding to many.

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The Israel of God

                    This current posting will be to draw a clear contrast between the deception

presented by my  previous blog The Zionist Agenda for a ‘Greater Israel’ and the truth as revealed in scripture concerning the true Israel of God. That will require some explanation and the searching of relevant scriptures. The conventional wisdom in the Christian community today is that the modern state of Israel has come to exist by a marvelous work of the Lord for in their view these are the “Chosen People”. From that deception they would project into the future and assert that the nation is to grow, proper and dominate the prophetic scene after the expected pretribulational ‘rapture’. These assertions of doctrine and prophecy are built on an entirely false paradigm which has been popularized in more recent church history through the emergence and popularization of dispensational theology. I would suggest that you read and gain an understanding of this paradigm as is set forth in my previous posting earlier this month. The Israel presented in the agenda explains that there is a false Israel after the flesh and it centers in a people who are not even legitimate Jews, i.e. the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob genetically. They are the counterfeit Jews who have hijacked Orthodox Judaism and revealed to be Ashkenazim and not Sephardic. This totally false paradigm cannot be completely refuted apart from a clear presentation of the truth based entirely on the testimony of scriptures                                                                                       So let’s begin with God’s promise to Abraham at Genesis 12: 2-3    ”I will make thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and make thy name great; and thou shall be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curseth thee: and in thee shall all of the nations of the earth be blessed.”’  So we see that the promise of blessing not only encompasses the Old Testament nation of Israel but extends ultimately to all of the nations of the earth.  It is clear from the Old Testament scriptures that there was a complete and total fulfillment of those promises to national Israel. Nothing remains to be fulfilled as concerns them for David’s kingdom was universal extending also to King Solomon.In order to discover the fulfillment of the last promise in the text we must go to the new covenant in Christ. So we will need to examine some of the relevant New Testament scriptures. In Ephesians chapter two the Apostle Paul is explaining the mystery of the gospel and we read beginning at verse 13 “But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us: having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in mordancies: for to make in himself of twain one new man.” Turning to the book of Galatians chapter five and at verse 28   we read: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s, then you are re Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” Moving further in the book of Galatians to chapter six and beginning at verse14 we read the following “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom he world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature…. And as many s walk according to this rule peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.”   “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness for everyone who believeth.” (Romans 10:4).

            Can it not be clearly seen from the foregoing verses that there is indeed only one true Israel? From the Old Testament people there was always and only a remnant who actually embraced the Lord and his covenant and these people became by faith those who answer to the meaning of Israel.  The word Israel means--- to rule with God or to be a prince with God.  Clearly this meaning was not met by the majority of the Old Testament people, but the scriptures testify to the remnant that was in faith and faithful to the covenant. This truth is confirmed In the book of Romans at chapter nine verses 6-8 where we read: “Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they were not all Israel which were of Israel. Neither, because they are of the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but in Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, they which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.”

                     This topic has been enlarged upon in great detail in my book The Israel    Deception If you are from among the millions of evangelicals who have been taught that there are two entities (Israel and the church) who are to inherit two entirely different kingdoms (one on earth which is Jewish and one in heaven for the church) then you have been deceived by the popular theology of the day.  I urge you to consider these important issues again through study of the scriptures or through my writings.  This deception has great implications as we move toward the end of the age, the activities in the Middle East and ultimately the tribulation for only sound doctrine will provide you an escape from the great deception which is being perpetrated on the Christian church by the counterfeit Israel  existing in the M iddle East.

David Lance Dean                                                  authrdavidlancedean.com

The Zionist Agenda for a 'Greater Israel'

           The events in the region identified as the Middle East over the past several decades whether politically or militarily are of great significance.  It is likely that these facts are not discerned by most as having everything to do with Israel. The United States has been captured and utilized as the proxy agent for Israel both in its financial support as well as the utilization of its strong military in the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. The passage of the Federal Reserve Act by a small number of the members of Congress in December of 1913 was the vehicle of America's capture.  As was stated by Baron Rothschild nearly two hundred years ago ‘give me the control of a nation’s money and I care not who makes its laws’. The Zionists controlled this transformation of America by gaining control of its monetary system and they retain control to the present over both the realm of economics as well as that of the political.

            Beyond America a more insidious and nefarious plan is in operation under the control of international Zionists. It is that of a one world government centered in the nation state of Israel and being orchestrated by Lucifer to ultimately bring the world at large into a state of deception which will bring worship and honor to himself. While the deceptions are both political and economic the actions are progressive and international in scope. They will be focused in the Middle East.  This is because ultimately it is all about establishing the nation state of Israel as the central and dominant nation in the world with Jerusalem becoming the capitol of the world.

            So who are these Zionists that we are speaking of whom are planning and orchestrating over time this one world government? They are first a cabal and a network of evil people who have sold their souls to Satan and serve him in his agenda to dominate the entire world. A reading and understanding of my previous three blogs on Revealing Mystery Babylon will provide you with some of the information and insights necessary to understand who lies behind developing world events. You will need to grasp fully that their religion is Orthodox Judaism and the tenets of the corruption and evil are found in the Babylonian Talmud and the mystical Kabballah. But included in their nefarious plans are multitudes of Gentiles who have been compromised for the rewards of money and power and nanny who are engaged with secret societies which are ruled by the occult powers of darkness. They have succeeded in the control of most governments worldwide and much of the worlds monetary wealth through the imitation of fiat currencies including the dollar. Chief among these are the Federal Reserve, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of International Settlements in Basil, Switzerland all controlled by Zionist jews.

            Observing the conflicts, revolutions and wars in the Middle East one should be able to see that this region is being focused upon. Why is that? It is because these wars and revolutions are all about Israel. The Obed Yinon Plan (1982) is all about destabilizing the Arab and Muslim countries and eventually breaking them up by weakening and compromising  them so that Israel may emerge as a regional imperial power. The Zionist plan for world government is in process and progressing in the region and the United States military has plaid a central role. The long range plan is for Israel  to recover all of the territory which comprised the ‘Promised Land” of Old Testament Israel. That territory includes a large portion of Iraq, most of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, present day Israel, Egypt up to the border of the Nile River and the upper portion of Saudi Arabia. The final conflict is described in the last several verses of Daniel, chapter eleven in case you might think this is all conjecture. You would find much more supporting information in my book The Israel Deception.  Also in the book is an extensive treatment of Mystery Babylon.

            The vast majority of America’s Christian community has been completely deceived concerning this Zionist orchestration for world dominance because they have bought into almost totally the concepts of dispensational theology where the Jews are extolled as the ‘chosen people’ and are destined to a millennial dominion over the entire world. This entire false paradigm is totally destroyed by an accurate examination of the scriptures as can be found in my book Christian Zionism and the Scofield Reference Bible (subtitle: A critical evaluation of dispensational theology).

            Let us examine a few theological facts. Christ finalized and abrogated all of the tenets of the old covenant of the law when he went to the cross. (!) “Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believeth. (Romans 10; 4).The end of the law means the end of the old covenant in total and introduces a new covenant in Christ where therein is neither Jew nor Gentile. “Know ye therefore that they which are of faith are the children of Abraham.(Galatians 3:7).

           (2) There are no scriptures testifying that Jewish Israel is to reign in a millennial kingdom. This theological lie is projected only by footnotes in the Scofield Reference Bible and those who have been brainwwashed with the doctrines contained therein.

            (3) There is no pretribulational ‘rapture’ of the entire church making a way for God to return to his dealings with ethnic Jewry and Israel after the flesh. The principle text used by dispensationalists in an attempt to prove this is I Thes. 4:13-17. This text is speaking of the resurrection which occurs after the tribulation as is proven by the context. It has nothing to do with removing the church prior to the tribulation.

           Yes, indeed Israel is destined and prophesied to return to a place of international dominance but it will not be by the initiative of the Lord but rather that of Lucifer. You can read about this at Daniel 11:30-45 if you are able understand it. Multitudes in the church have been deceived by reading the notes in the Scofield Reference Bible or by being taught the precepts by their mentors rather than just studying for themselves the content of the scriptures.

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Revealing Mystery Babylon Part III

                    Thus is the third posting in series of three being written for the purpose of

both revealing the identity of the harlot woman of Revelation chapters seventeen and eighteen as well as exposing the operation of her nefarious agenda. We have already covered many details of her identity referencing the scriptures. If you are one who embraces the person and work of Jesus Christ an understanding of the information being shared here is of critical interest to you. We have detailed the identity of the woman and her multiple surrogates in the previous postings. It is now necessary to make application of those findings relevant to today’s world.

            The nation state of Israel experienced a rebirth in May of 1948 with an assist from the American President Harry Truman and the United Nations while still in its infancy. This ‘rebirth’ was the result of a long history of planning and manipulation of governments carried out by the success of Zionist interests.  The lengthy history behind the Zionist World Congress, the Balfour Resolution, the gifting of Palestine to the Jews,  up to the current status of Israel occupying a small portion of its ancient geographical location. It has required two world wars and massive intervention in the Middle East by the American military and its Western allies over two decades to establish he current status of a destabilized Arab and Muslim world. The master plan for Israel continues to be operative with an objective of its regaining all of the territory outlined in the Old Testament and designated as the ‘Promised Land’. It is called in current vernacular as the New World Order establishing Israel as the dominant force in the world  and setting the stage for a false messiah  to emerge i.e., the Antichrist to obtain world dominance and worship. The  proclaimed plan of Oded Yinon (1982) for a ‘Greater Israel’ is not yet complete but clearly is in progress as we observe the Middle East. A long program of destabilization and regime change is underway as evidenced by the Iraq war, the overthrow of Gadhafi in Libya, and other revolutions in the region. Other targeted nations to be subdued on behalf of Israel are Syria and Iran.

            The scriptures reveal to us in the eleventh chapter of Daniel (vss. 30-45) the eventual actions of the Antichrist in relation to the expansion of Israel to gain control over the entire region.  (See my book The Israel Deception for many more details). At that time committed Christians will be persecuted and martyred on a vast scale as Lucifer seeks to destroy form the earth any testimony of Jesus Christ.

          Biblical texts confirming this include the fifth seal of Rev. 6 and chapter 11:1-12.

         So after this brief review to bring issues up to date we need to return to some of the text covering Mystery Babylon. The previous references to the other Revelation passages are confirmed for us again at Rev. 17:6 where we read: “And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, ad with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her I wondered with great admiration.”

            Understand that Mystery Babylon is the instrumentality of Lucifer to annihilate any true testimony of Jesus Christ on the earth and that this martyrdom has already began in the Middle East during the recent wars and revolutions resulting in the violent death of many Christians in the region. Expect to witness a continuation of martyrdoms in these geographic areas.  Christians in America have not yet come under attack for they are compromised. And so to the extent which they continue glorify the state of Israel and Jewry in general that testimony is nullified by a state of apostasy.  As such there is no reason to attack them for they have been completely deceived, compromised  and led away from the truth through their theological adherence to Christian Zionism.(See my book Christian Zionism and the Scofield Reference Bible).They, of course, do not understand that this is their condition.

            The dogma and precepts of Mystery Babylon have been in formation for millennia and can be traced in particular back to the time of the Babylonian captivity. They have been recorded over the centuries and even continue to this day by additions to the Babylonian Talmud and mysterious Kabballah. These works of compilation are attributed to the Pharisees of Jesus day, the ‘oral tradition’ gathered by the Jews prior to the advent of Christ and their continuance by the sages and rabbis of Orthodox Judaism to this current time.  These writings down through the ages provide the Luciferian dogma which Mystery Babylon rests upon.  It will not come to completion until the end of the age when the Lord God will judge and destroy it as well as all of those who have embraced and promoted all of its evil activities, agenda and deceptions.

            The ultimate and total judgment of Mystery Babylon is contained within the text of these two chapters of Revelation. “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her my people, that ye be not partaker of her sins,and that ye receive not of her plagues.” (Rev 18:.4). “Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, morning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.” (Rev. 18:6).

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Revealing Mystery Babylon Part II

            We continue our effort to reveal the mysterious woman of Revelation chapters seventeen and eighteen identified as Mystery Babylon. We read at Rev. 18:3: “For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.” So we discover that through her wickedness she holds the kings of the nations in her grasp with political control and her economic control motivates the merchants of the earth to commit fornication with her for the accumulation of riches.  So how exactly then is this central to the actions of world leaders as well as the commercial systems of the world possible? It is through the control of the world’s money and banking system. That would include the Federal Reserve System in America, the International Monetary Fund, the Bank of International Settlements, the central banks of the European nations, Russia and the Far East and virtually every nation in the world excluding North Korea, Iran and Syria. These nations will be targeted in the future to bring them under control and bring into reality a one world monetary system to control all of “the inhabitants of the earth.” Is it not clear even now that North Korea is to be targeted while at the same time Iran is being challenged on the issue of the development of nuclear weapons.  And, of course, in Syria a so-called civil war is ongoing as a means of bringing  that nation down and it will be found and executed in the future. You see in order to form and complete the agenda of a one world government there must be the existence of a one world economic system. This is the agenda being orchestrated and executed by the composite network making up Mystery Babylon.

            So what makes up this composite of evil which rules over the world both politically and economically?  What we discover when we examine the evidence is that a vast network of secret societies and subservient associations and organizations working together in harmony to effect a controlling mechanism. First of all it is monetary control which enables the control of politicians and political systems and agendas. The media is owned and controlled by monetary bribes and collusion to provide a constant flow of propaganda to the people through brainwashing and controlling their thoughts and perceptions. This facilitates the secretive control  of the narrative which is exercised behind the scenes and beyond the perceptions of the people. The secret societies are real including in part the illuminati, Skull and Bones Society, Knights Templar, Bilderberg Group, Trilateral Commission, Committee of 300, CIA, the Israeli Mosad, etc. etc. The power structure is carried out in the open by the international banking cartel and its subsidiary organizations in the nations such as the Council on Foreign Relations, in America. In Britain we find the Royal Institute of International Affairs.  Among Its adherents are many of the members of the royalty in Europe. Also in the Muslim world we find the Muslim Brotherhood and we cannot forget the massive international brotherhood known as Freemasonry.

            There is a mystery to be revealed from the scriptures for the network of evil is predicated on secret oaths, dogma and ideology embracing the world of the occult. The Babylonian Talmud and Kabballah of Orthodox Judaism lie at the heart of these associations and secret societies for one must be initiated into the secrets of the ancient occult  paradigm of the  pagan Babylonians. The essence of which is pure Satanism.

            The mission of its constituents and adherents is a one world government sometimes referred to as a NEW WORLD ORDER. Observe the inscription on the reverse side of a one dollar Federal Reserve note revealing the occult symbol of the Great pyramid of Geza above which we see the All Seeing Eye to become the ‘capstone’ on the pyramid.  This evil symbolism is accompanied by the phrase in Latin: Annuit Cieptis Novus Ordo Seclorum. The translation would read: Announcing the birth of the new order of the ages.

            Returning to the scripture text at Revelation 17:7-11 and following: “….I will tell you the mystery of the woman and the beast that carrieth her, which has the seven heads and ten horns. The beast that thou sawest which was, and is not; and shall come out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell upon the earth shall wonder, whose names are 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. And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth forth into perdition.”

            We will briefly interpret the passage, but will likely need a further explanation in a follow up posting (Part III).The passage is speaking of the kingdoms of this world using the metaphor of mountains. We see that “five are fallen”. At the time of this revelation to John it would include Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Media-Persia, and Greece.  The ‘one that is ‘at that time was Rome, and there is one yet to come. This is the kingdom of Antichrist Israel who’s coming into prominence and dominion is yet future.  Israel held dominion over the earth at the time of David and Solomon but she was at that time not a “fallen” kingdom for her condition was righteous and she was established by the Lord God. So then she is of the seven because she had dominion briefly but not as a ”fallen“pagan empire. However, in her return to world dominance at the end of the age she is to become the seat of the Son of Perdition. We will more specifically explain this in Part III.

           

 David Lance Dean                                    For further investigation see my books:

                                                                        The Israel Deception

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Revealing Mystery Babylon Part I

                 There exists some very deep truths in the Book of Revelation and included

in that category is both  the revelation of and the exposing  of the nefarious entity described as Mystery Babylon in chapters seventeen and eighteen. This MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EAARTH is all encompassing when we consider the evil forces behind the scenes which control the extreme and vast amount of pure evil being perpetrated upon the peoples of the earth. It will require this writing and at least one more to follow to even begin to capture the essence of a subject which requires two full chapters of scripture to explain.

             “And the woman was arrayed with purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the filth of her abominations.”(Rev. 17:4). It must be understood by the reader that in a particular way in the Revelation the use of metaphorical language is employed. So we see her with the colors of purple which speaks of royalty and indeed the royalty of England and other European nations has been involved over time in the execution of the agenda of Mystery Babylon. The color scarlet is mentioned. This metaphor in Scripture is associated with sin and uncleanness as found in Isaiah, chapter 1 and other places.

            To begin we must examine some definitions. The word mystery from the Greek means: primarily that which is known only to the mustes  i.e., ‘the initiated’ “to initiate into the mysteries”. In other words this entity is secretive and occult in its essence. It is known only to those who have embraced its evil devices, motives, and agenda. The word Babylon is brought forward from the ancient kingdom of the Chaldeans who were pagans, soothsayers, sorcerers, devil worshipers and emerged into these doctrines and in every evil practice initiated by the powers of darkness. We are talking about Lucifer, Satan, the dragon, and ancient occultism.

          Beginning in chapter seventeen late in verse one we read “…I will show unto you the judgement of the great whore that siteth upon any waters.”  So in verse one we see that judgment is to come upon this great whore; but in the present she sits upon many waters which is to say that she is not restricted to a geographical location but is in fact is universal and international in scope. In verse two we discover an expansion of her activities worldwide. “With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk by the wine of her fornication.”  There is even now an interaction and an engagement with world leaders whether political, economic or religious that is illicit, covert, and corrupt even to its explanation is by using a sexual metaphor to explain it as the commission of fornication. This illicit spiritual intercourse with the world leaders and with others whether economically or religiously dramatically affects the “inhabitants of the earth” which are controlled by the authority, actions, laws, and dogma imposed upon them by their leaders. This is called “the wine of her fornication.” (Consider the passage of the Patriot Acts both I and II as a result of the 911 World Trade Center attacks.  (a ‘false flag’ used to destroy many Constitutional freedoms and initiate a state of war, i.e., 'the war on terrorism’).Also consider other legislation such as Obamacare, the forcing of a plan of taxation under the guise of medical care), and the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion in 1973  (Roe vs. Wade) resulting in the death of multiplied millions of unborn babies. These are three clear examples of the tyranny continually being imposed on America and its people through the occult agenda

            Mystery Babylon is personified in the text as both a woman and a city. “And the woman that thou sawest is that great city which reigneth over the kings of the earth.”(Rev.. 17:18) So she is set over in complete contrast to the woman which is the church. (See Rev. 12:1, 4, and 6). And also that great city which is the New Jerusalem as found in chapter 21. We see in the verse that Mystery Babylon as the epitome of evil that is set against the people of God.” And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And I wondered with great admiration.” (Rev. 17:6)

            In order to conclude this first portion defining the character and essence of Mystery Babylon it is necessary to add some information concerning her agenda and goals. First, it must be understood that there is a vast and intense spiritual war being waged on the earth over the issue of both control and worship. Mystery Babylon is the instrument of Lucifer himself both to bring about complete control of God’s creation and ultimately to bring all worship to be centered upon himself. We discover this truth at Isaiah 14:12-15 where we read: “How art thiu fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art t thou cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt myself above the stars of God: I will it upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the North: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shall be bought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.” Mystery Babylon is Lucifer’s instrumentality ‘to weaken the nations’ and bring them into subservience and worship to and of himself.  We will have more to add in subsequent posts.

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America: The Sorcerer's Apprentice

                  This discourse will deviate somewhat from my general treatment of topics from the Scriptures on sound doctrine and reliable prophetic interpretation. However, it will not depart from the reality of the spiritual warfare which goes on perpetually on the earth and the enemy’s all-out effort to destroy people through his various devices and deceptions. Sorcery is one of his most effective avenues of this deception and control.

                “Now the works of the flesh are manifest which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,, idolatry, witchcraft* hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders,   drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have always told you in the past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” (Gal. 5:19-21). Paul has enumerated for us a list of conducts, conditions, and indulgences of the flesh which will effectively bar one from entrance into the kingdom of God should they not be recognized and be put away through a wholehearted repentance. You will note that I have singled out witchcraft which we are going to focus upon as it has become so extremely predominant in America. In defining the term witchcraft we turn to Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words where we find the following definition: Gr. Pharmakia (English “pharmacy, etc.”) primarily signified “the use of medicine, drugs, spells; then. poisoning; then sorcery. In “sorcery” the use of drugs by incantations, whether simple or potent, was generally accompanied by incantations and appeals to the occult powers of demons, but actually to impress the applicant with the mysterious powers of the sorcerer. Do not Americans in general extol the powers of the medical establishment and doctors have a status which is almost godlike?

            So the applicant having some malady, sickness or disruption of normal biological function makes an appointment to see a doctor.  After examination and council with his patient the doctor recommends a certain pharmaceutical drug and writes a prescription which may be filled at any number of local pharmacies. The patient has the prescription filled and begins to faithfully take the “medication” believing that it will provide some relief or maybe even healing.  And often time the “medication” i.e. poison creates various “side effects” depending on the concoction of chemicals in the prescription and its action and effect on the body as well as the mind.  These can be numerous and serious even unto the death of the patient or maybe just the physical, psychological, and spiritual effects of submission to the occult and innate powers of drugs. Whether the drug is a street drug such as heroin or cocaine or just that chemical concoction prescribed by your family physician, the applicant has come under a spell of control to a substance not only toxic and foreign to the body but also affecting the mind and emotional state of the victim. They have become addicted and dependent, maybe for life, upon a substance or substances which capture them psychologically and physically and may ultimately lead to their destruction both physically and spiritually. This is the power of “witchcraft” also identified in the scriptures as sorcery. The victim is convinced that this witchcraft has positive effects for his wellbeing.

            All of the foregoing also applies to the vaccine industry which has gone viral in America. Do you know that a child born in America today will be subjected to about seventy vaccinations by the time they reach age six?  It would require a very much longer evaluation of the real dangers imposed on that innocent child to understand the grave implications of these many highly toxic substances being introduced into their bodies.  Certainly one of the most obvious is the rampant escalation of the mind destroying effects of autism resulting from heavy metals in the vaccines. These massive inoculations have gone viral after Congress passed a bill in 1989 banning any possibility of legal action against a manufacturer of vaccines. You probably never heard of the calamity of death and destruction imposed on the American military at the time of the first Gulf War in 1990.  Literally thousands of the members of the military either died or had their immune systems destroyed by anthrax vaccinations.  I know this first hand because my own son was victimized and his immune system was destroyed ultimately resulting in his own destruction.  The government will never reveal this calamity even though it was done intentionally. I have documented proof.

            So what lies behind this cataclysmic death, debilitation and destruction? It is an entity fully described in Scripture as Mystery Babylon the great the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth. (See Rev.17:5).So this is the active and powerful representation of Satan on the earth, and of course, he is ultimately behind it and provides its empowerment, authority, and occult dogma and operation. Then it trickles down to governments and corporations under the control of Mystery Babylon. “…and thy merchants were the great men of the earth: for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.” (Rev. 17:23). In America it would include the Congress and Presidency, various governmental agencies, FDA, EPA, CIA, the Council on Foreign Relations and many other secret societies.

            The FDA monitors and approves the introduction of new drug concoctions to endorse and deceive the American public into the belief that they are “tested” and “safe”. FDA APPROVED in spite if the fact that millions die and many more millions are addicted, disabled, psychologically captured, and spiritually enslaved. The published figures are staggering and that only begins to identify the extent of the problem. America is totally controlled by Mystery Babylon and its minions.

David Lance Dean              Recommend the reading of my book: The Israel Deception                                                for more on this   subject and other important information

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Zionsm: The Trojan Horse of a Srong Delusion

            As a follow-up to the recent discourse on the Lord’s Return it would seem to be very profitable to discuss in detail its antithesis which exists as a major factor in today’s apostate churches.  So, before continuing with the message in this context we need to define the terms being used. First, Zionism is the theological concept that there remains a resurgence and ultimate dominance of the nation state of Israel to a place of centrality in the governing of the world.  A Trojan horse comes from Greek mythology with the insertion that an invading army makes entrance into an enemy’s camp through subterfuge and disguise.  And finally the word antithesis according to the American Heritage Dictionary is defined as the direct or exact opposite concerning a concept or assertion. The definition of these words will be understood as we progress through the discourse of the title above.

            The basic scripture used in the explanation of the title and foregoing definitions above comes from II Thessalonians chapter two where we find the son of perdition being revealed at verses ten and eleven: “And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in hem that perish because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie.” What we would discern form the entire text of chapter two of II Thessalonians is a very strong and solemn warning to the people who would acknowledge Christ. How then is this possible and what is exactly the “strong delusion”?

            In order to answer the question we will need to examine the content of the prevailing theology held in today’s evangelical and fundamentalist churches. It is held by them very dogmatically that the Jews are God’s “chosen people” and there remains for Jews and the nation state of Israel a future destiny for their exaltation and actual dominance of the world during the period of the tribulation and the subsequent millennium in the form of a dominant world government with Jewish Israel as its apex. This theology is fully supported by the numerous heresies of a theological paradigm known as dispensationalism.  It was made popular through the publication of the Scofield Reference Bible in 1909 with several follow up republications each time adding to the Zionist friendly notes contained throughout. It was eventually adopted on a broad scale by evangelicals and so-called fundamentalist Christians. It is now the standard protocol of millions of evangelicals including their educational seminaries and Bible schools. For the exhaustive details of this false paradigm see my seven part series posted in July.

            Having laid the basic and necessary background there is a need to project into the prophetic scriptures in order to understand some relevant passages in support of our thesis. First, we have the warning of the Lord Jesus himself at Matthew 24:4 given to his disciples in advance of answering their questions concerning the end of the age. “Take heed that no man deceive you.” Later in the chapter we find some additional warnings given them which are also for our instruction. After the verse revealing the abomination of desolation which is established as the precursor to the onset of the tribulation period he again gives warnings related to the issue of deception. “Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ or there, believe it not.(verse 22). “Wherefore if they shall say unto you Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth; behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.”(Matthew 24:26). Dispensationalists hold that the Lord’s return will be in relation to Jewish Israel with his appearance on the earth to defend and extol them to a place of dominance and defend them against their earthly adversaries. In an investigation of Daniel, chapter 11 we discover that this activity will actually be the mission of the Antichrist.  This is covered at Daniel 11:36-45 with his ultimate objective to set up his palace between the seas (Mediterranean and Dead Seas) in the glorious holy mountain, i. e. in Jerusalem.

            We are also told by the Lord that the manifestation of the son of perdition will be accompanied by a time of great deception.  “For there shall arise false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” (Matthew 24:24). So in the paradigm given to us in dispensationalism we find the following tenets being defended: (1)The Jews are the chosen people. (2) They are destined to return to a place of international dominance. (3) They believe the return of Christ to be earthly as their champion and defender against their enemies. (4) They believe he is to establish his throne in Jerusalem with the likely rebuilding of the temple. All of these strongly held tenets of their doctrine will subject them to “strong delusion”. If you read Daniel 11:30-45 and can actually understand it then you will see that the Antichrist  and his overseer Lucifer being the master of deception will completely fulfill the paradigm of this heretical theology with masterfully contrived deceptions and counterfeits. i.e., a strong delusion that you might believe a lie. A delusion actually so strong because it is endorsed and strengthened by the Lord himself because one did not receive the love of the truth.

            For reinforcement of what I have set forth here review my seven part series on dispensational theology on my blogsite posted in July.  To further understand the scriptures both doctrinally and prophetically I recommend my three books. They are in order of publication These Prophets and the Revelation, The Israel Deception, and Christian Zionism and the Scofield Reference Bible.

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Toward an Understanding of the Lord's Return

                  Having recently completed a seven part series on Daniel’s prophesies which instruct us concerning developments on the earth including the revelation of the son of perdition we are brought to the very point of the Lord’s return. It has seemed reasonable and necessary to me that we would next cover that most important event and bring as much scripture to bear upon it as possible. We have fully established that the tribulation period covers three and one-half years. Daniels’s later prophesies verify that fact but there is no mention of the actual return of the Lord. That is because it is an issue to be revealed in the New Testament and the grounds for his return are not established under the old covenant. The truth established clearly in the New Testament record is that the Lord’s return occurs after the tribulation and not before it as multitudes of Christians assert. There exist several other misconceptions in the most popular paradigm set forth in dispensational theology which is what the vast majority of evangelical churches reach.

            In order to bring these facts out all of the errors must be exposed and the supporting scripture must be visited. It is strongly asserted by these people that the text of I Thessalonians 4:13-17 is an account of the alleged pretribulational ‘rapture’ of the entire church body. On close examination of the text we can easily discern that what is in view here and is being described is the resurrection and not ‘rapture’. This is proven when you follow through into chapter five at verse one where the day of the Lord is introduced. The gathering or the saints introduces the day of the Lord as the resurrection is the precursor to the Lord’s coming to  execute the day of the Lord. This fact is proven at Matthew 24:29-31(and other texts) which reads in part: “Immediately after the tribulation of those days  shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven….then shall appear the son of man in heaven, an then shall the tribes of the earth morn….and he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and  they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” This is almost identical to the Thessalonian passage because they both speak of the same event, i.e. the resurrection. Confirming passages are in the synoptic gospels at Luke 21 and Mark 13, the seventh chapter of Revelation and Revelation 11:11-12. Take careful note that nothing is said about his coming to the earth to establish a kingdom, save Jewish Israel or set up a throne in Jerusalem. This is because these things have nothing to do with the purpose of his rectum. These activities will be the work of Antichrist and the great deceiver Ludifer.

            We will discover that his return is twofold in nature. First it is to gather his faithful people into the heavenly kingdom and he does not alight on the earth to accomplish this marvelous reality.  This manifestation is a coming in the clouds. There exists then a brief interlude (see Rev.chapter eight) between the gatherings, i.e. resurrection (Rev., chapter seven) and his being revealed as the appointed Judge to execute a vast and all-encompassing judgement upon the ‘inhibitors of the earth’. He is  identified there as Abaddon and Apollyon (Rev. 9; 11), that is to say the Destroyer of Revelation, chapter nine. The interlude is accounted for as a period which includes “the marriage of the Lamb” (compare Rev.19:7-8).  His return to execute this judgment includes the vast army of the saints who make this appearance accompanying him. For the verification of this truth see Psalms 149:6-9, Joel 2:1-11, Jude verses 14 and 15, and Rev. 19:11-20. The context to the verses are too lengthy to cite here, but must be understood as an explanation of Revelation, chapter nine and the role of the Destroyer (Jesus Christ). Besides reviewing these scripture texts you would be well instructed to obtain my book These Prophets and the Revelation. You will gain a very comprehensive understanding of Biblical prophecy by reading the book. Link to the book and all of my blogs is at authordavidlancedean.com.

            Why is this so vitally important?  Answer: Because the prevailing theological views of end time prophecy have been totally corrupted by the entrance of Christian Zionism.    These adherents have no true understanding of the Book of Revelation asserting that chapters four through nineteen deal only with the period of the tribulation and have  nothing to do with the church which they contend has been ‘raptured’. These heresies and numerous others blind the mind to any true understanding of the entire content of the books of Daniel and Revelation.

            In that regard we see their prophecy model is really all about national Israel and ethnic Jewry. There concept of the Lord’s return involves an intervention by him on behalf of Israel to save them from their earthly adversaries which means his appearance is actively involved in the projected history of the earth. From there an earthly kingdom is to be established according to them centered in earthly Jerusalem and the expanded state of Israel in recovery of the ‘Promised Land’. These are deceptions completely contrary to the true narrative of end time developments.  The deception is very wide spread, massive and controlling of their theological interpretations and conclusions.

            Jesus warns us at Matthew 24:26-27 as follows: Wherefore if they shall say unto you, behold, he is in the desert: go not forth: behold he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightening cometh out of the east even unto the west; so the coming of the son of man shall be.” In other words his coming is not to establish or set up anything on this present earth. And in the second phase of his coming it is totally related to judgement of the earth and its inhabitants even unto its total destruction. (See II Peter 3:10-11 and context. Also Rev. 21 1-2). This great admonition from Jesus is given at Matthew 24:4 “Take heed that no man deceive you.” This is precisely the condition of today’s evangelical churches as well as others in the so-called Christian community.

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