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This is a great article on the Antichrist and his possible identity.
It’s been posited before that it could be Judas Iscariot.
He is the only person in the Bible ever given the title “Son of Perdition”, which is also uniquely a title of the Antichrist.
He also “went to his own place” upon death - unlike everybody else.
The Beast of Revelation (A/C) rises out of the abyss (Rev. 17:8).
Take a look at this book written by Arthur Pink for much more on the subject:
https://www.ccel.org/ccel/p/pink/antichrist/cache/antichrist.pdf
Maranatha!
Much more likely a soulless clone who is inhabited by demonic forces.
That’s the reason for the the transhumanism and cloning push.
Interesting. To say the least.
The “Once to die” natural Law of God is a hard one to get around. I think the author repeats too many times the ‘The’ Son of Perdition to hang all his presumptions on. At least he write the article as a theory/guess not “Yes! This is it!”.
Also - he mentions Matthew 12:43 and says ‘THE’ Unclean Spirit - supposedly referring to the devil himself, but then ignores two verses later in Matthew 12:45 where it says “...and he gets 7 more spirits *more wicked than itself* - ummm, I would say there is no spirit *more* wicked than Satan himself - the foolish proud defeated fallen archangel Lucifer - created being - not equal with God, destined for eternal pain, suffering and torment. (Oh I can hardly wait)
I love reading the Bible that has no chapters or verses; the NT Gospels read like a novel.
Rapturists believe in reincarnation like Hindus?
This proves the pre tribulation rapture philosophy, besides being created in the early 1800s, is not Christian in the least. It is non biblical, none of the early church fathers wrote about it and no Christians believed in that nonsense until Darby in the early 1800s created the false pre tribulation rapture philosophy.
The author appears to lack holy spirit discernment. Judas was the son of perdition because satan entered into him, making him the son of the evil that entered him. The same will be done with the antichrist, satan will enter into that one so that the 'all signs and lying wonders of satan will spring forth from the antichrist. That does not mean judas has been reincarnated, it merely means that satan made each a son of perdition by entering into them.
The error of assuming reincarnation should be a huge clue for a biublical Christian.
“I can’t fully embrace this notion because of my bias against the belief in reincarnation “
Not reincarnated, just the same powerful demonic entity that possessed Judas (Lucifer himself?) will possess the Antichrist.
How thick can the irony get with this stuff? People in their own names peddling fiction.
The antichrist keeps those keyboards tapping away with the next installments.
Establishment Jesus is the fake Jesus whom the Jesus of the Bible warned everyone about. Time for a total system collapse from its own dead weight.
I, nor anyone, can fully explain to my satisfaction why Judas went to “his own place” upon death..
Few appreciate simple, homespun meanings:
dig a hole for oneself
(informal) to create a situation that is difficult to get out of.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dig_a_hole_for_oneself
The two witnesses in Revelation will have miraculous powers to accompany their message (Revelation 11:6), and no one will be able to stop them in their work (verse 5). At the end of their ministry, when they have said all they need to say, the beast will kill them and the wicked world will rejoice, allowing the bodies of the fallen prophets to lie in the streets (verses 7–10). Three and a half days later, however, God’s two witnesses will be resurrected and, in full view of their enemies, ascend to heaven (verses 11–12).
There are three primary theories on the identity of the two witnesses in Revelation: (1) Moses and Elijah, (2) Enoch and Elijah, and (3) two unknown believers whom God calls to be His witnesses in the end times.
(1) Moses and Elijah are seen as possibilities for the two witnesses due to the specific miracles that John says the witnesses will perform. The witnesses will have the power to turn water into blood (Revelation 11:6), which duplicates a famous miracle of Moses (Exodus 7). And the witnesses will have the power to destroy their enemies with fire (Revelation 11:5), which corresponds to an event in Elijah’s life (2 Kings 1). Also giving strength to this view is the fact that Moses and Elijah both appeared with Jesus at the transfiguration (Matthew 17:3–4). Further, Jewish tradition expects Moses and Elijah to return, based on the prophecy of Elijah’s coming in Malachi 4:5 and God’s promise to raise up a prophet like Moses (Deuteronomy 18:15, 18), which some Jews believe necessitates Moses’ return.
(2) Enoch and Elijah are seen as possibilities for the two witnesses because of the unique circumstances surrounding their exit from the world. Enoch and Elijah, as far as we know, are the only two individuals whom God has taken directly to heaven without experiencing death (Genesis 5:23; 2 Kings 2:11). Proponents of this view point to Hebrews 9:27, which says that all men are appointed to die once. The fact that neither Enoch nor Elijah has yet experienced death seems to qualify them for the job of the two witnesses, who will be killed when their job is done. In addition, both Enoch and Elijah were prophets who pronounced God’s judgment (1 Kings 17:1; Jude 1:14–15).
(3) Two unknowns are seen as possibilities for the two witnesses because of the lack of specificity in Revelation 11. Scripture does not identify the two witnesses by name, and no well-known person is associated with their coming. God is perfectly capable of taking two “ordinary” believers and enabling them to perform the same signs and wonders that Moses and Elijah did. There is nothing in Revelation 11 that requires us to assume a “famous” identity for the two witnesses.
There is an interesting passage in Zechariah 4 that gives us a prototype of the two witnesses of Revelation. Zechariah has a vision in which he sees a solid gold lampstand. On top is a bowl of oil, and an olive tree stands on each side (verses 3–4). The lampstand gives its light without human maintenance, being constantly supplied by the olive oil flowing from the trees into the bowl. God’s message to Zechariah was that God’s work (rebuilding the temple) would be accomplished “not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit” (verse 6).
Zechariah asks about the meaning of the olive trees and the branches supplying the oil, and the angel who speaks to him says, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth” (Zechariah 4:14, ESV). In other words, God’s power to sustain His work is flowing through two individuals set apart for the task. In Zechariah’s context, these two individuals are Joshua (the current high priest) and Zerubbabel (the current governor of Judah). We can also see a foreshadowing of Jesus Christ here, as the Messiah would combine the offices of priest and king. Then we come to Revelation 11:4. In the description of the two witnesses, John says, “They are ‘the two olive trees’ and the two lampstands, and ‘they stand before the Lord of the earth.’” John quotes from Zechariah 4. The two witnesses of Revelation, like Joshua and Zerubbabel, will have God’s power flowing through them to accomplish God’s work.
So who are the two witnesses of Revelation? The Bible does not say. All three views presented above are valid and plausible interpretations that Christians can have. The identity of the two witnesses is not an issue Christians should be dogmatic about. (https://www.gotquestions.org/two-witnesses.html)
I think in the case of the “son of perdition”, or a coming of the Beast who is indwelt with Satan, that it might be viewed as John the Baptist was said to be...that very Elijah that was said to “ have come and is coming again”. Not direct reincarnations of Judas and Elijah but rather certain
persons coming in “power and spirit”...in the former of course, Satan and in the latter, God himself.
Peter taking charge drew lots to decide.(an OT way under the Law.) They were supposed to wait for the day of Pentecost.(Paul was obviously Jesus' choice, Matthias was never heard from again.)
Issue two: Peter himself was called Satan by Jesus. Matthew 16:23
But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.”
I quit reading at this point.
The afterlife is a more esoteric topic in Judaism than in chrstianity, and the TaNa"Kh itself says almost nothing about it . . . on the surface. It is one of the matters at a very deep level and elucidated in the Oral Torah.
And though I realize this is a totally futile attempt to clear things up, it is not "occult" as that word is usually used, and the late Lubavitcher Rebbe most certainly was not an occultist.
Pretty sure that Lazarus came back from the dead.