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THE BODY OF ANTICHRIST

Part V

In our last installment of the Communique (the written version of our Bible Prophecy output) we pointed out that the resilient belief in "the"Antichrist is to provide a boogeyman that can be blamed for the verses that speak of how the sin of man will be "revealed" after the restraint is removed.

This false doctrine is specifically constructed to deceive the church of Jesus Christ, and it is only one component of the Rapture Cult belief system that has captured substantial portions of the believers. 

Few realize that in the presentation of prophecy in a Rapture Cult setting, the characterization of the horrors of the "tribulation" are emphasized, and used as the negative element of the system that is to be avoided at all costs. Obviously, even though this is a false chronological order of prophetic events, Cult proponents still profess Jesus Christ.

Thus, they comprise the "many" that proclaim Jesus (saying He is indeed Christ), that shall deceive many.

"For many shall come in my name, saying I am Christ; and shall deceive many" (Matthew 24:5). 

However, by shifting the chronological order of events, the Rapture Cult accentuates the phony Rapture as the event that will save people from the dreadful physical conditions of the final days, so the relief is built around escape, in order to preserve your Flesh and Blood person.

Essentially what the False Doctrinal approach has done is shift the motive on the part of the convert towards physical self preservation, while strengthening that motive with descriptions of the ominous conditions of the tribulation.

Simultaneously, the chronological system itself (formally known as Dispensationalism) requires the believer to forfeit their identity as Israel, in favor of the contrived Cult version that identifies the Christian as a member of the "Church," while affirming the lie that the Israel that is favored by God is the Flesh and Blood modern Jewish nation.

Cult proponents diminish the plain teaching of the New Testament, and ignore the point blank SCRIPTURE which says external, or "outward" people that are ethnic Jews, are no longer to be considered Jews.

"Behold, thou art called a Jew…and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind [but] the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you…for he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision [the sign of salvation], which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit" (Romans 2:17, 19, 24, 28,29).

This amount to a Sequential Recapitulation of the Sin of Esau, who disdained His birthright in favor of short term physical comfort.

The reader will recall that as the elder son of Isaac, and the twin brother of Jacob, Esau traded his birthright to the crafty Jacob for a bowl of soup.

"Esau came from the field, and he was faint: and Esau said to Jacob, Feed me… and Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright" (Genesis 25:31).

As the Scripture says, even though his grandfather Abraham, and his father Isaac had told of their encounters with God, and the fact the family had found favor with the Lord, he dishonoured the LORD's choice, and sold his birthright to Jacob.

"And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob" (Genesis 25:33).

Ironically, the whole point of the Scriptures calling Esau "profane" was because he considered his then invisible heritage, as the son of Isaac, to be without value.

"And Esau said…what profit shall this birthright do to me…thus Esau despised his birthright" (Genesis 25:32,34).

Utilizing the gift that is the recognition of the Spiritual principal of Sequential Recapitulation – wherein events are "doubled" in history as a way of triggering Spiritual discernment – we see the history of Esau anticipates the devilish strategy of Satan culminating in the Rapture Cult.

In previous chapters of the present work, the Body of Antichrist series has pointed out that Satan's Spiritual surrogate (the False Prophet entity), does not need to coerce the "earth dwellers" to worship his fictional entity "the" Antichrist, in order to achieve his objective.

Scripture shows the greatest threat to the demonic design of the Devil is the embrace of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).

Therefore, it is no surprise that we see the ongoing attempt to diminish the Gospel is repeatedly manifested throughout the ages. Furthermore, in these repetitive cycles, we see the original episode of Esau infinitely reverberates in historical sequences.

"As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated" (Romans 9:13).

The Old Testament tells us that Esau forfeited His birthright by his refusal to recognize the unmerited favor of being born into a direct lineage of Abraham, the "friend" of God, and his son Isaac. In this fashion, the LORD chose to bless Jacob, who received the birthright sold by his brother Esau, as Jacob was renamed Israel by God.

"But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend" (Isaiah 41:8).

The sinful act of Esau planted an important seed that any blessed person should not desire to be associated with. Once Esau realized what he had done, he deteriorated and made further bad choices, by marrying Gentile women, which he knew would vex his family.  

"And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and beshemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite" (Genesis 26:34).

As Jacob became the favorite of his parents Isaac and Rebekah, and his parents sent Jacob away to find a wife among his family's distant relatives, Esau took yet another Gentile wife, further mingling the seed of the family chosen by the LORD with the descendants of Cain.

"And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; then went Esau unto Ishmael [the father of the Arabs], and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael" (Genesis 28:9).

Esau's fate deteriorated even further, and, as the sin in him progressed, after Isaac died, he determined to kill Jacob.

"And Esau said in his heart, the days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob" (Genesis 27:41). 

Eventually, the wrath of Esau subsided, and the Old Testament documents the multi-generational history that emerged between Esau's family, Scripturally dubbed the Edomites, and the Israelites. In multiple epics, we see a definitive effort on the part of the Edomites, to be counted as Israelites in recognition of Israel's status as the family chosen to be a special people to the Lord.

"And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed" (Genesis 12:3).

At various times, the tenuous relationship between the Edomites and the Israelites boiled over into war. For example, centuries later when Israel was split into two nations (Samaria and Judah) due to their falling away from God, the Edomites sought to conquer Israel. 

Even though Israel was in gross apostasy at that time, the LORD was offended at the actions of Esau's descendants, and He pronounced His wrath on Mount Seir, the homeland of the Edomites.

"I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate…because thou has had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel…because thou hast said, These two nations [Samaria and Judah] and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the Lord was there" (Ezekiel 35:10).

Thus we see an eternal enmity developed as Esau's lineage was bitter over the loss of the status of the chosen people, and tried every methodology imaginable – except repentance -- to regain their standing before before the Lord.

"I have loved you [Israel], saith the Lord. And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness" (Malachi 1:2,3).

The LORD was further angered by Edom's refusal to repent, as the rebellious spirit that enslaved them vowed to resist the wrath of God.

"Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the Lord of host, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, the border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever" (Malachi 1:4).

When we view the Spiritual dimension, it is clear that God perceives the wicked spirits that were at work in the fate of the Edomites, as "the dragons of the wilderness" (Malachi:2,3), as those he is actually addressing in the prophets. Furthermore, when we perceive that these historical periods in which the wrath of God was kindled against "Edom" for his hatred against His chosen – even when the chosen were in gross disobedience to the will of the LORD – we are actually looking at the Spirit of Antichrist that inhabits the Body of Antichrist.

"How are the things of Esau searched out! How are his hidden things sought up! For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever" (Obadiah 1:10).

As the Old Covenant neared its end, and the descendants of Esau came into a position of power over the Jewish people through political maneuvers, we see the lack of fidelity to the LORD among Israel finally takes its toll among the Jews.

"Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more" (Amos 8:2).

As the New Covenant approached, the nested evil that overcame the family that rebelled against the LORD's sovereign plan is prophesied to have mysteriously migrated from the Flesh and Blood family of Esau into the lineage of Jacob. And as the LORD made His final overture to Israel with His only begotten Son, we see the next stage in the saga of Esau, but that account will have to wait for another installment in the Body of Antichrist.

- James Lloyd

To Be Continued