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DOMINOES

Part VII

 

 

 

 

 

Part VI of Dominoes once again addressed the sequence of how the LORD revealed the three timelines in the Scriptures. In the early 1990's, we originally described the components of these sequences as "Prophetic Parallels," because we had not yet realized the sheer scope of what God was revealing.

 

The core of the original revelation was the eerie similarity of the quartet in Daniel 2, consisting of the "statue" dream of Nebuchadnezzar, with the "beast kingdoms of Daniel 7.

 

"Behold, the four winds of heaven strove upon the great sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea, The first was like a lion…a second, like a bear…and another, like a leopard…After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible" (Daniel 7:3-7).

 

The similarity between the two quartets led to the consensus tradition that both texts describe the same four empires of the Old Testament era kingdoms. What happened next was entirely unexpected. At the time we first asserted the Lion is the British Empire, the Bear the Soviet Union, the Leopard Nazi Germany, and the "diverse" (Daniel 7:7) beast is America, we had not anticipated the vicious attacks which followed. 

 

Mostly from proponents of the Rapture Cult, at the time, we did not yet realize the Spirit of Antichrist had so deeply penetrated the church. However, following even the more rudimentary outline of "Prophetic Parallels," we quickly learned that the four kingdoms of Daniel 2 were followed by the emergence of the Kingdom of God.

 

"And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed" (Daniel 2:44).

 

Because this text conclusively identifies the four kings of Daniel 2 as Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome, Rapture Cultists found their theology threatened because they had always been taught the fourth beast represented a modern "revived" form of the Roman Empire, and the ten toes of the statue described the ten kings who were to arrive in the last days.

 

"And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided" (Daniel 2:41).

 

They also assumed the kingdom of God would arrive in the last days – as opposed to the time of Roman Empire.

 

Furthermore, the tradition that the kingdoms of Daniel 2 were the same kingdoms as Daniel's "beast" vision in chapter 7, was strengthened by the fact the statue had ten toes, and the fourth beast of Daniel 7 had ten horns.

 

Yet in the early days of the Christian Media ministry, almost every time I was allowed a platform with Rapturist oriented leaders to suggest the four "beast" kingdoms were distinctly different kingdoms, I was invariably rebuffed. Interviews with high profile prophecy figures were mysteriously removed after being recorded, even after the host responded enthusiastically.

 

Interactions with the same leaders showed a distinct propensity towards duplicitous behavior, including several clearly conspiratorial activities that led me to conclude my prophetic research had somehow placed the ministry on a mysterious black list.

 

In the 1990's, because the UFO phenomenon was increasingly prevalent, many prophecy teachers were delving into the Nephilim texts, which followed the literal rendition that suggested the fallen angels – the word Nephilim means fallen ones – physically bred with human women, and their offspring were legendary heroes of ancient times.

 

"The sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were very fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose" (Genesis 6:2).

 

The interpretation followed that the LORD destroyed the world with the Noah flood because of this great sin. Prophecy teachers virtually specialized in the exotic subject, usually tying in the fact that Jesus said the conditions just before His second coming would be like the days of Noah – theoretically a hint that the Nephilim will return in the end times.

 

"But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be" (Matthew 24:37).

 

Further, the suggestion that the Nephilim were going to physically return was combined with the alien abduction phenomenon, and it encouraged the literal rendition of prophetic expectation. This spawned all sorts of prophecy research, including extensive probes into antiquarian artifacts such as ancient pictographs of giants, excavation of elongated skulls, and similar efforts.

 

Thus, the idea of a last days' kingdom of God, marked by a literal 1,000 years of Christ's millennial reign on the earth when He returns, was reinforced.  Conversely, the "Spiritual" version of the kingdom of God that says He reigns NOW in the lives of the believers was far less appealing.

 

Therefore when the text in Daniel speaks of a time when a "mingling" occurs with the "seed" of men, Daniel's text is now commonly used to support the false doctrine of a "revived Roman Empire" which coincides with a return of the Nephilim.

 

"And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another" (Daniel 2:43).

 

In short, each thread of adjacent themes tended to reinforce the false prophetic expectation that the "Rapture" was imminent, and the final period of the tribulation was about to begin.

 

Still, the verse in Daniel which plainly indicated the kingdom of God would arrive in the days of the four kingdoms described – Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome – was like a trumpet blaring out the truth.  

 

"And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed" (Daniel 2:44).

 

My deceitfully wicked heart was still was not fully primed to recognize that something is dreadfully wrong with the prophetic views put forth by the many prophecy figures, who continually led the believers into dead ends with dubious prognostications. 

 

After probing the "rabbit trails" of a post-tribulational "Rapture" of the church, the "lost tribes" heresy of the "Identity" crowd, and the Preterist Apostasy (the tribulation already happened, and Christ returned in 70 AD, ad nauseum), I was faced with the inevitable realization that the kingdom of God is a Spiritual kingdom, just as Jesus said.

 

"The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you"(Luke 17:20, 21).

 

Another Domino had fallen from my vision, as I continued to march towards the truth.

 

Finally, I determined to more intensely follow a central admonition of Jesus Christ.

 

"Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matthew 6:33).

 

"All these things" would have to include a deeper understanding of prophetic sequence. After a renewed search for the kingdom which arrived during the Roman Empire ("in the days of these kings"), the LORD amplified what the New Testament had said all along: the kingdom of God consists of His Spirit residing in those He has chosen, whom He has made His sons and daughters.

 

"As many as received him, to them he gave power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name" (John 1:12).

 

When we are born again, we are born into a Spiritual kingdom, and as the verse just said, we become the "seed" of God.

 

"The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one" (Matthew 13:38). 

 

In the kingdom of God, where the Christian is NOW, through faith in Christ as "the children of the kingdom," we have been adopted into the family of God.

 

"Behold, what manner the love of the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God" (I John 3:1).

 

As the Spiritual seed of God, we have inherited the righteousness of Christ because God has chosen us to be His sons and daughters.

 

"I know whom I have chosen…Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you" (John 13:18; 15:16).

 

When God chose Israel, He blessed them as His seed – but under the New Covenant, the sons of God are not defined on a flesh and blood basis, but on the basis of "as many as received him" (John 1:12). Thus, the promise that God has a people He has chosen to be the light of the world, still applies to Israel, but "the Israel of God" (Galatians 6:16) is now of a Spiritual lineage.

 

"They which are the children of the flesh [physical descendants of Abraham], these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise [read faith] are counted for the seed" (Romans 9:8).

 

This plainly indicates that the Rapture Cult doctrine that claims the flesh and blood Jewish people are still chosen -- so that all the Jews will supposedly be saved after the "Rapture" occurs -- have stolen the inheritance of the true sons of God, and given it to those who reject Christ.

 

Now, the prophecy of Daniel makes complete sense, because it predicts that the true seed of God will attempt to mingle their inheritance with the seed of men.

 

"And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another" (Daniel 2:43).

 

Thus, the prophecy has nothing to do with any Nephilim, and anyone that does not distinguish themselves as the "seed of God" distinctly separate from the "seed of men," is walking in darkness, and mistakenly doing the work of their father the devil.

When the Rapture Cult suppresses this vital truth, although they externally project they are of Christ, their works demonstrate they are actually doing the work of Satan.

 

"He that is of God heareth God's words: [when] ye therefore hear them not, [it is] because ye are not of God" (John 8:47).

 

 

-- James Lloyd

 

To Be Continued