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THE BODY OF ANTICHRIST

Part XXIII

In the previous chapter of the Body of Antichrist (Part XXII) (as well as all the other chapters of the present work), we have sought to “rightly divide the word of truth” (II Timothy 2:15). In the Spiritual sequence we advanced in Part XXII, the casting out of heaven (and into the earth) of Satan and the fallen angelic host was synchronized with the installation of the “Restrainer” at the onset of the AD Christian age.

“This is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world” (I John 4:3).

The Apostle Paul provided a second witness to the fact that Satan’s spirit was present at that time, referring to John’s “spirit of antichrist” as the “mystery of iniquity” (II Thessalonians 2:7), which he said was bound.

”For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now [restrains it] will [continue to restrain], until he be taken out of the way” (I Thessalonians 2:7).

Recognizing the earthly description mirrors a Spiritual reality, and as we saw in Part XXII, the restraint still allows Satan some latitude. Thus we find the New Testament statements comport to an Old Testament chronological account.

“There was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them” (Job 1:6).

Since God is in Heaven and Earth simultaneously, we rather myopically assume this interaction occurs in the heavenly abode, when the text actually points us to the earth, as the setting.

“And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan anwered the Lord, and said, from going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it” (Job 1:7).

We can almost detect a note of bitterness in the Devil’s retort, as Satan’s answer infers he is resentful at the penalty of restraint that God has imposed upon him. The Lord then brings up his faithful servant Job, indicating he is a very upright man, who walks in accord with God’s righteousness.

“And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil” (Job 1:8)

Scholars assume the setting of this interaction is before the Old Testament law was given, at some point in the very distant path – but the account in Genesis contradicts that.

“And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Genesis 6:5).

This sharply contrasts with the LORD’s characterization of Job as “a perfect man” (Job 1:8) – notwithstanding the multiple verses that say all have fallen.

“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

The New Testament tells us that the incredible sacrifice and resurrection of JESUS CHRIST allows the believers in Him to share in His divine nature, erasing all the Sin and the Death the earthly existence of our lives have generated.

“And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us” (Colossians 2:14).

When Jesus prayed to the Father asking Him to bless His followers, He said the following:

“And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them…I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one” (John 17:22,23).

The Apostle Paul confirmed this astonishing perfection given to the collective body of Christ.

“Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect” (I Corinthians 2:6).

Thus, since the LORD referred to Job as a “perfect” man, he is allegorically referring to the “one new man” (Ephesians 2:15) that we became when we were Born Again in the Spiritual realm in Jesus Christ.

At this point in the narrative, Satan actually refers to the restraint, in that God has placed a hedge about the Christians on the earth in the AD Christian timeline, restricting Satan’s access to them.

“Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land” (Job 1:10).

To put it another way, Satan was only restrained from decisively moving against the believers, but was unhampered in his Spiritually corrosive influence against all others.

“And all them that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” (Revelation 13:8).

The fact that there are two distinct interactions between the Lord and the Devil in this context is an indicator that the second one is in a successive age following the first one – which we have associated with the AD Christian age -- at the time that Satan was banned from the heavenlies.

“And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down…therefore rejoice, he heavens, and ye that dwell in them” (Revelation 12:10,12).

As we’ve repeatedly asserted, when we are Born Again in the Spirit, we experience the first resurrection, so we who trust Jesus are NOW in Christ, at the right hand of the Father. Thus, it is fitting that Satan be cast down to the earth at the inauguration of the Christian era, even as we enter in, and dwell in the kingdom of God.

Back on the earth, Satan then challenges God, claiming that Job is only upright and obeys God because the LORD has made our earthly lives fulfilling and comforting.

“[Satan said] Put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face” (Job 1:11).

Steadfast in the grace He has extended through His only begotten Son, the Lord allows the Devil to test the fidelity to God engineered through Christ.

“And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand” (Job 1:12).

This phase of the account explains how there are some “believers” who fall away from the Lord, just as Satan said, when they lose the earthly goods they’ve accumulated. This is superbly enunciated in the Parable of the Sower and the Seed, when some never actually made the deep Lifetime commitment needed because of their sin.

“He that received the seed [of salvation in Christ] into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word [of God], and anon with joy receiveth it; yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended” (Matthew 13:20,21).

This clash of the Spirits works in reverse as well, for sometimes Satan does not take the earthly possessions from the believer, but instead increases them. This alternative outcome is seen as the Lord grants the Devil access when He says “all that he hath is in thy power.”

Once again, the Parable of the Sower and the Seed details this eventuality as well, as Christ speaks of such things that occur to those who receive the “seed” of the Gospel during the AD Christian age.

“He also that received the seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful” (Matthew 13:21).

 The second interaction between God and Satan may be synchronized with the removal of the restraint (the “hedge” in Job 1:10), and the change in timelines which brought the Era of Antichrist. 

“Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord” (Job 2:1)

Once again, the LORD mentions his servant “Job,” and begins another interaction, pointing to the “perfection” of Job – who we see is an allegorical image of the believers who have been redeemed by the salvation of His Son. As previously stated, the Christians are “perfect” and “upright,” inheriting the righteousness of Christ. 

Also, we note the setting is once again on the earth, as the Devil again says he has been traversing the earth. This is consistent with the change in timelines we’ve addressed.

“And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered by servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil and still he holdeth fast his integrity” (Job 2:3).

This time Satan says the following:

“Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. But put forth thine hand now; and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face” (Job 2:4,5).

In this instance, the Lord allows Satan to directly harm Job, but he is still not allowed to simply kill him. This is a decided escalation from the previous timeline, in which Satan was restricted from touching Job at all.

This is a Spiritual Sequence that should be associated with the Restraint from touching the Christian now “taken out of the way” (II Thessalonians 2:3), an event synchronized with the end of the AD Christian timeline.

“And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison” (Revelation 20:7).

We have repeatedly pointed out that in the revealed construct of Sequentially Recapitulated kingdoms, the Seventh stage in the BC timeline in which the kingdom of God arrived in Jesus Christ is the Spiritual opposite of the Seventh stage when the Little Horn (an emblem of Antichrist) arrived at the end of the AD Christian era.

This pinpoints the time when Satan is allowed a free reign to directly utilize earthly vessels to destroy the Saints.

“I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them” (Daniel 7:21).

This points us to the present Era of Antichrist which follows the AD Christian age. Thus, the division of the ages described in the Scriptures continues to mirror the astonishing truth that the governments of the world have conspired to depopulate the world (read murder) through a fiendishly diabolical plan to manufacture a medical emergency in which the dark powers influenced them. 

The mRNA technology deployed against human kind on a global level facilitates the changing of humanity’s original genetic design, transforming us into subjects under the coercive control of the Body of Antichrist.

“But the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. And they overcame [the beast] by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony and they loved not their lives unto the death” (Daniel 11:32, Revelation 12:11).

James Lloyd

To Be Continued