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Communiqué THE BODY OF ANTICHRIST Part VII
The present
look at prophecy – just like many previous series from Christian Media
– has sought to examine how aspects of the Spiritual architecture, which
exists in eternity, impacts the earthly realm.
Furthermore,
we have found that in order to communicate several things the LORD has
revealed, certain categories of prophetic knowledge are pre-requisites for
understanding what we have learned most recently. Obviously, one of the most
complex aspects of the Spiritual configuration on earth occurs because of the
epic change that impacted the world when God sent His only begotten Son to draw
those He has chosen to salvation.
We call this
the Crucifixion Collision.
“And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto
me” (John 12:32).
Obviously,
this was an earth shaking change from the status quo – and indeed the
divine intervention into the affairs of men was so profound that it’s
called the New Covenant between God and man.
“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the
man Christ Jesus” (I Timothy 2:5).
Clearly, the
Bible militates that under the New Covenant of JESUS CHRIST, the fact that Israel was the
mediator between God and the nations in the Old Covenant, has now drastically
changed.
Jesus told of this epic transformation in
multiple parables, before the event took place.
“A certain [man], which planted a vineyard...[leased]
it out to [managers], and went into a far country: and when the time of
the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to…receive the fruits of
it” (Matthew 21:33,34).
Like a modern
investor, the man who owned the “vineyard” agreed to divide the
profits with the management, but his associates in the venture (called
“husbandmen” in the old English), reneged on the agreement, and
mistreated those the owner sent to collect his portion.
“And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed
another, and stoned another” (Matthew 21:35).
As a result
of this infraction, the man who planted the vineyard, still trying to get his managers
to keep their original agreement, sent more servants to collect the proceeds.
“Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did
unto them likewise” (Matthew 21:36).
In an almost
predictable fashion relative to the parables, He gave the
“husbandmen” one final chance to think it through, and perform the
obligation they had agreed upon regarding the vineyard.
“But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will
reverence my son” (Matthew 21:37).
What is
truly amazing when you think about it -- this is Jesus Himself,
predicting through the form of a parable, the sequence of events that were
already well in progress in the earthly “vineyard.”
Obviously,
the “managers” entrusted with the “vineyard,” having
already decided to doublecross the owner, deteriorated from Dishonesty to
Death, as they determined to kill the son, and keep the vineyard for
themselves.
“When the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This
is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him” (Matthew
21:38).
One of the
most distinct difficulties in identifying the Spiritual powers that impact the
creation, is the fact that not all of us realize the factions in the Spiritual
conflict change the vessels they occupy when the Covenant changes from
the Old Testament to the New Covenant.
At the risk
of redundancy, I’ll repeat the prior assertion. The difficulty in
discerning the identities of the Spiritual powers influencing events is
exacerbated by the fact that they change which earthly vessels they
occupy when the profound change to the New Covenant takes place.
As the tale
is consummated, Christ poses a question to let the disciples determine what
will be the outcome of this terrible deed.
“When the Lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do
unto those husbandmen?” (Matthew 21:40).
The
disciples recognize the obvious, and they reply that the owner of the vineyard
will certainly be justified in being angry at those “managers” for
their treachery and killing of his son, and the appropriate recompense would
entail destructively removing the managers, and putting others in charge of his
vineyard.
“They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and
will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the
fruits in their season” (Matthew 21:41).
This
cautionary tale is the same basic message told in other parables – such
as the king who plans a marriage celebration for his son, but the invitees
insult him with their lack of interest; or the “certain” man who
goes on a long journey and abruptly returns to find his servants misbehaving,
etc.
What we don’t
see in the cluster of parables Jesus spoke of in the Gospels is the much more
subtle identities exposed in the actual historic sequences found in Scripture.
These identities are found all over the Bible, but largely among the Old
Testament prophets.
These
factions (for want of a better description) are usually found in some sort of
symbolic pairs, routinely associated with Sin. For instance, all
the way back in Genesis, when Adam heard the curse he was going to
endure in order to harvest the herb of the field, he was also told the ground
would be cursed with “thorns and thistles.”
“Cursed is the ground for thy sake…thorns and thistles
shall it bring forth to thee: and thou shalt eat the herb of the
field” (Genesis 3:17, 18).
Actually, Adam
and Eve themselves fit this motif, as they are juxtaposed with God
Himself.
“And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the
garden…and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the
Lord” (Genesis 3:8).
This
symbolism is all over the Holy Bible. For example, during the era of the kings
of Israel, King David does a mysterious act that can only be explained
with this triune symbolism. He was fighting the Philistines and Moab; and when
he smote Moab and took prisoners, he then made them lie down in three rows.
Than he
killed the soldiers in two of the rows, but kept the third row as
his servants.
“And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them
down to the ground; even with two lines he put to death, and with one full line
he kept alive” (II Samuel 8:2).
And it
isn’t only people with this mysterious pattern, but it is usually the
“two parts” that represents the sin (or Mortality/Death), in
contrast to Life/Light.
For example,
we have repeatedly shown two groups of kingdoms in Daniel, the set of four
kingdoms of Daniel 2 (Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome) from the BC era
of the law, and the four kingdoms in Daniel 7 from the AD Christian era
(the “Lion” kingdom of England, the “Bear” of Russia,
the “Leopard” of Germany, and the “Diverse” beast of
America).
The AD
Christian era certainly evokes the imagery of Life in Christ, whereas
the Law of Sin and Death definitively speaks of the Old Covenant.
“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made
me free from the law of sin and death, That the righteousness of the law
might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the
spirit” (Romans 8:2, 4).
Most of the
symbolism is found in thirds, and, as previously noted, they speak of the
“two parts” that represent the fallen creation, juxtaposed with the
redeemed eternal “third part,” such as the following:
“For the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One
for a flame: and it shall devour his thorns and his briers
in one day” (Isaiah 10:17).
Perhaps the
quintessential verses are found in Zechariah, where “two
parts” are the finite, fallen portion, even as the “third
part” is the eternal.
“In all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be
cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third
part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will
try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I
will say, it is my people: and they shall say The Lord is my God” (Zechariah
13:8,9).
In the
ultimate example, to which all of these mystical Scriptures point us to, we see
the Saviour of the world crucified, and Rising from the Dead, even as two
“malefactors” were cut off on each side.
“And there were also two other, malefactors, led with
him to be put to death. And when they were come to the place, which is called
Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right side,
and the other on the left” (Luke 23:32,33).
We also see
a specific differentiation between the “two parts.”
“And one of the [criminals] which were hanged railed on him,
saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself, and us. But the other rebuked him,
saying Dost thou not fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?”
(Luke 23:39,40).
Here we see
the essential component to salvation, which is confession that we are
sinners, as we look to Christ for our salvation. The thief on the cross
confessed his sin, whereas the other was filled with the bitterness of
rebellion.
“And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our
deeds…And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy
kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be
with me in paradise” (Luke 23:41-43).
Christ’s
subsequent resurrection forever shattered the power of Sin and Death, but Satan
still did not give up. We have learned that was the turning point as the BC
timeline gave way to the glorious life of Christ in the AD Christian
age. However, the LORD has revealed there is a third timeline, as the Era of
Antichrist has erupted all around this generation.
And
Satan’s last hurrah is to be short lived, but the particulars of that
epic must wait for another installment of The Body of Antichrist.
- James Lloyd
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