Daniel
11:32-35 has profound things to say about what it will be like during the time
of the antichrist. We should expect great deception, false gospels, persecution,
treachery and betrayal. We will also see a remnant who “know their God” stand
up and perform great deeds for God’s glory. They will shine the light of truth
during a dark time and open the eyes of many. Some will stumble and fall, but
the Lord will use it to refine and purify them. The end times will be an opportunity
to advance the kingdom of heaven like no other time in history.
Barack Obama Is the AC
When
is the time of the antichrist? We are in it right now.
I
hope you know the identity of the antichrist. If not, please ask God to show
you and confirm it. There will be enormous, other-worldly, sinister deceptions
associated with this person: The mark of the beast (Rev. 13:16-18), World War
III (Ezekiel 38), FEMA death camps (Daniel 11:33) and an alien invasion (Rev.
12:9). Anyone who does not understand who he is will more likely fall
prey. Lives and souls are at risk - and the consequences will resonate into
eternity.
God
will show you if you ask in faith. Here are some relevant videos and articles:
The Age of Deception
When asked by
his disciples about the end of the age, Jesus began:
“See to it
that no one misleads you.” – Matthew 24:4, NASB
Two or three
more times in the following passage, Jesus warned about being misled and deceived.
“For false Christs and false prophets
will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if
possible, even the elect.”
THE END TIMES
ARE THE AGE OF DECEPTION! We have to guard against
deceptions because falling for them is costly. That cost could be eternal
damnation for those who do not come to faith in Jesus Christ. It could be that our
lives or the lives of others are cut short. It can affect the soundness of our
faith, our testimony and mission and our rewards in heaven.
To guard
against deception, we first have to make sure our hearts are yielded to the
Lord. The enemy is expert at playing on our natural desires. If we are not
fully yielded to God, it is easy for Satan to mislead us with his
tricks and wiles that tickle our ears. We also must learn to hear the voice of
the Holy Spirit and receive the truth from him. The deceptions of this age will
be so great that our natural minds won’t be able to sort them out. We need the
supernatural discernment that comes from the Spirit of truth.
There is a
deception in play right now that I see many Christians falling for, even those
in the “awake” community. The deception is that Donald Trump is a political
savior and God is granting America a reprieve.
What I am
hearing from the Lord – and what everyone whose walk with the Lord I deeply
respect is hearing – is that America is under judgment for its wickedness and rebellion
against God. America is a fallen nation that God is handing over to a series of
judgments that will culminate in its destruction. It is Mystery Babylon (Revelation 17-18). I know
these are hard words, but that is the reality we face.
According to
the Scriptures, the only way to soften or defer judgment is for the people to
repent of their wickedness and turn back to the Lord in brokenness and humility.
Has America repented of its 60 million aborted children and counting, or is
abortion still flourishing and even subsidized by our federal tax dollars? Has
America repented of its sexual deviancy, or do we continue to produce the
majority of global pornography and celebrate every form of gender confusion and
sexual deviancy? Has America stopped its endless series of foreign wars to
preserve our hegemony and economic dominance – as if destroying millions of
lives and toppling societies around the world is okay as long as America can
stay on top? Has America stopped stealing from the rest of the world by
printing dollars and exporting our inflation, taking advantage of the dollar’s
status as world reserve currency and de facto currency for the global oil
trade? Has America exposed and rooted out the rampant Satanism in government,
banking and entertainment industries, or do blood sacrifices, occult rituals, pedophilia
and child sex trafficking continue among the elite in these industries? (Wikileaks
and government whistle blowers have been exposing this issue, in addition to
witnesses coming forth for decades.)
I’m sorry,
but America has not repented and does not deserve a reprieve. Voting for Trump
is not a substitute for repentance.
Remember who
is in the Oval Office now. Do you really think he is just going to retire to
Hawaii and spend his time at the beach surfing? Moreover, the presidential
election is not over yet. The electoral college is scheduled to vote later in
December. Congress is supposed to count the votes and declare a winner on
January 6, and the inauguration is scheduled for January 20. Much is still in
play. Stay alert.
When it turns
out that Trump is not a political savior, how will it affect the Christians who
put their faith in him? Will they lose their faith? Will they question God
because they were led to believe Trump was God’s anointed? Will people feel
angry and justified in acting out against the government when the regime defies
the will of the people? Will they commit acts of violence, or will false flag attacks
be staged and attributed to Christian Trump supporters? You know Obama will use that as
a pretext to label Christian right-wingers as terrorists and begin persecution.
This is a
trap, folks.
The Time of the Antichrist – Daniel 11:32-35
When
studying end-times Bible prophecies, please bear in mind what the Lord told
Daniel:
“Go your way, Daniel, for these words are
concealed and sealed up until the end time.” – Daniel 12:9
Scripture says the full meaning of these prophecies are hidden
until the end times. It is as if God put a time-lock on them so their meaning
would only be fully revealed at the opportune time by his Spirit. Why? I can
only guess. Maybe He didn’t want us to ever think we have it all figured out
and become prideful and stop coming to him for wisdom and direction.
What the Lord showed me about Daniel 11:32-35, I couldn’t
fully explain with the words in the New American Standard Bible (NASB), the
version I normally use. However, when I looked at these verses in the Septuagint
and Complete Jewish Bible in conjunction with the NASB, all the meanings came out.
Different translations highlighted different aspects.
By the way, the Complete Jewish Bible is a translation of
the Old and New Testament from a distinctly Jewish perspective. I have really
enjoyed reading it – and share the translator’s opinion that some of the
Jewish/Hebrew context of Scripture is lost in other English translations. The
Septuagint was the first translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into Greek
between the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C. by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars. Most Old
Testament quotations in the New Testament are based on the Septuagint Bible.
The early church fathers quoted it and the Eastern Orthodox Church still
considers it the authoritative Old Testament text. The Book of Daniel has a
unique history in the Septuagint, which you can read here if interested.
Daniel 11:32
“And by smooth words
he will turn to godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the
people who know their God will display strength and take action.” – NASB
“Those who act wickedly against the covenant
he will corrupt with his blandishments, but the people who know their God will
stand firm and prevail.” – Complete Jewish Bible
This is about the antichrist. He will influence people with
smooth words, with flattering and coaxing speech, to commit wickedness against
God’s covenant. If Obama is known for anything, it is for smooth, manipulative
words.
What is the covenant in this passage? The Bible establishes
five covenants that God has made with mankind:
1) The covenant with Noah – Promising never again to flood the
earth, and that summer and winter, seedtime and harvest, and day and night
shall not cease so long as the earth remains.
2) The covenant with Abraham – Promising to make Abraham a
great nation, to bless those who bless him and curse those who curse him, to
bless all the families of the earth through his, and to give his descendants
the land of Canaan.
3) The covenant with Moses – Given at Mt. Sinai, God
established his law, the standard for righteousness and right living, with
blessings for obedience and curses for turning away from the Lord.
4) The covenant with King David – Promising to establish
David’s house, kingdom and throne before the Lord forever.
5) The new covenant in Christ’s blood – “This cup which is
poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood,” Jesus said in Luke 22:20.
This covenant is the promise salvation and forgiveness of sins through the
sacrifice of Jesus Christ. It is accompanied by the great outpouring of God’s
Spirit, which brings power, truth and spiritual gifts. “And it will come about
after this that I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; and your sons and
daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will
see visions.” – Joel 2:28
Which covenant is this passage referring to? In a sense, all
of them, but especially the last because it represents the culmination of God’s
covenants with mankind.
All God’s covenants – i.e. agreements with and promises to
mankind – remain in effect and will be fulfilled. His word endures forever. These
covenants are like layers in a cake, each building on the ones before. They are
expressions of God’s lovingkindness and righteousness and his agenda for
redeeming and restoring mankind to himself. Adam and Eve began in perfection
but fell into sin and depravity, which became our inheritance as sons and
daughters of Adam. But through his covenants and ultimately in his Son Jesus
Christ, God restores us to holiness and communion with him.
“And it will come about that whoever calls on
the name of the Lord will be delivered.” – Joel 2:32
"Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith." - Galatians 3:24
Therefore, the antichrist, animated by Satan, will stand in
opposition to God’s agenda for redeeming mankind. This is what it means to act
wickedly against the covenant. He will use smooth words to cause people to oppose
the message, i.e. the gospel, and against the messengers, i.e. God’s people, his
elect. This will take the form of persecution – onerous laws and targeted
enforcement, FEMA camps, Islamic jihad, forced vaccinations with toxic or
mind-altering effects, etc. There will also be deceptions and false gospels –
transhumanism, disclosure and the alien gospel, a fake
alien invasion, Project Blue Beam.
Yet in the face of all this opposition, a remnant of
believers will stand up, show strength and prevail! They will perform valiant
deeds to advance the kingdom of heaven. Who will be among their ranks? As the
verse states, it will be those who know their God. This is the key. We must
draw near to God in humility, learn to hear his voice and follow the leading of
his Spirit.
Daniel 11:33
“And those who have
insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will
fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, for many days.” – NASB
“Those among the people who have
discernment will cause the rest of the people to understand what is happening;
nevertheless, for a while they will fall victim to sword, fire, exile and
pillage.” – Complete Jewish Bible
There will be a group of believers who have discernment and
insight and are able to explain truth to others. This includes the truth about
faith and righteousness and reconciliation with God. The Jewish Bible
highlights another aspect of discernment. They will also be able to explain to
people what is happening. The end times is a period of enormous upheaval,
spectacular events and great deception. Most people will be shocked and
overwhelmed and fall for the many deceptions unfolding before their eyes. Yet
God will preserve a remnant who see through it and can instruct others to help
preserve lives and souls.
Continuing with the theme of opposition to the covenant,
there will be Christian persecution in the form of violence, burning, imprisonment,
theft and displacement. Displacement is a word associated with refugees, and
the Jews know it as exile. All these tribulations are happening right now to
Christians in the Middle East and are beginning to happen in the Western world
too.
We should all expect persecution. Even if you believe in a
miraculous rescue of the saints as I do, please don’t let your guard down and
think you won’t have to face the trials of persecution. The Scriptures say
otherwise – here and in many other places. The doctrine of pre-tribulation
rapture is a siren song that lulls Christians to sleep and makes them unprepared
for the coming trials. Those who embrace it are apt to lose their hope and faith
when things aren’t as easy and pain-free as they were told.
God is in control, but we have to do our part to make it
through these times. The prophecies and warnings in Scripture are not to be
ignored. Noah saved his family from the flood by building an ark, Joseph saved
the world from famine by storing up seven years of grain, and Moses and the
Israelites in the wilderness gathered manna from heaven for that day’s rations.
What should we do and how should we prepare? Each of us must go to God in faith
to ask and receive an individual, personalized answer to this question.
Daniel 11:34
“Now when they fall
they will be granted a little help, and many will join with them in hypocrisy.”
– NASB
“When they stumble, they will receive a
little help, although many who join them will be insincere.” – Complete Jewish
Bible
“And when they are
weak they shall be helped with a little help: but many shall attach themselves
to them with treachery.” – Brenton Septuagint
The Hebrew word כָּשַׁל
or
kashal appears three times in verses
32-35. The NASB translates this word as “fall,” while the Jewish Bible
translates the first occurrence as “fall victim” and the second and third as
“stumble.” The Septuagint uses “fall,” “are weak” and “fall.” Like many words
in English, kashal has different
senses of meaning. This passage in Hebrew seems to have a form of poetic
expression where the meaning of kashal
shifts subtly with each use.
Here is a definition of kashal
from Strong’s Concordance:
“A primitive root; to totter or waver (through weakness of
the legs, especially the ankle); by implication to falter, stumble, faint or
fall: - bereave [from the margin], cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail,
(cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin (-ed, of), (be)
overthrown, (cause to) stumble, X utterly, be weak.”
The root of the word means to totter or waver, as in to go
wobbly in the legs. Kashal can mean
to fall as in fall victim to persecution, as in the previous verse 33. In the
current verse 34, the meaning shifts to: to stumble or to be in a state of weakness,
by implication because of the tribulations and persecution. In the following
verse 35, the context suggests another shift in meaning to: to stumble due to a
moral or spiritual failing.
When they – those who know their God – are weakened in the
face of persecutions and tribulations, they will receive a little help. God
looks out for his own! No doubt the Lord will send his angels to deliver
supernaturally and we will see astonishing events. In this case, the verse
seems to refer to help that will come from people in their community. Because immediately
after the reference to help is a warning about some of the people who join us: Many
will be insincere, hypocritical or, as the Septuagint puts it, treacherous.
BEWARE OF BETRAYAL! People in our community will betray us. Jesus
gave the same warning regarding the end times:
“You will be betrayed
even by parents, brothers, relatives and friends; some of you they will have
put to death; and everyone will hate you because of me.” – Luke 21:16-17,
Complete Jewish Bible
The extreme pressure of events, combined with satanic
deceptions, the darkness within humanity and the influence of the antichrist,
will force a stark separation between those who know God and those who do not,
between the wheat and the tares, the sheep and the goats. We are being warned
that this will foment into hatred, hypocrisy and betrayal against us.
This problem is made worse by the literally millions of
victims of government-sponsored mind control and satanic ritual abuse in the
world. These people have been subjected to horrific abuse in order to fracture
their personalities and create programmable alters or alternate personalities
that reside in their subconscious minds (i.e. dissociative identity disorder).
The presenting personality is not even aware that the alters exist or what they
do. When triggered, the alters can commit horrible acts and, after switching
back, the presenting personality is not aware of any of it. It’s unbelievable
stuff, but does exist. If you want to learn more about this topic, I recommend
this SRA/DID
video training series.
These are days when we really need to listen to voice of the
Holy Spirit. We don’t have to be fearful or paranoid or hide in a cave. But we
need supernatural discernment. If the Spirit moves us to avoid a person, group,
place or event, we should do it without hesitation. Even if everything seems
fine on the surface, we don’t know what is happening behind the scenes or in
the hidden parts of people’s hearts. Or if He moves us to connect with a certain
person, we also should do that. Appearances can be deceiving, good or bad. We
need the penetrating eyes of God’s Spirit to lead us around the traps and
snares.
Daniel 11:35
“And some of those
who have insight will fall, in order to refine, purge, and make them pure,
until the end time; because it is still to come at the appointed time.” – NASB
“Even some of those with discernment
will stumble, so that some of them will be refined, purified and cleansed for
an end yet to come at the designated time.” – Complete Jewish Bible
Verses 32 and 33 already established that those who know
their God and have insight will face persecution and stumble. Then why does
this verse single out some of those
with insight and say they too will stumble, to the effect that they become
refined and purified? And why does the Complete Jewish Bible use the phrase
“even some,” as if to say it is unusual or surprising this would happen? Again,
Christian persecution will be the norm, so this shouldn’t be surprising.
It doesn’t quite make sense, unless this verse implies a
different kind of stumbling – as in stumbling into sin, deception,
faithlessness or despair. I believe that is exactly what this verse is talking
about. The tribulations and deceptions will be so intense that even some with discernment
will stumble morally and spiritually. We are all human, fleshly and fallible,
so in that sense this isn’t a surprise.
But the good news is that God will use this to refine and
purify us. It will be humbling and painful, but God is our faithful redeemer
and He will use it for our good in the end. It will become part of our growth
in Christ. To me this is reassuring and brings to mind Romans 8:31:
“If God is for us, who
can be against us?”
Because the end has not yet come. We have to see this all
the way and endure to the end!
Conclusion
The end times are an exceptional period, like no other in
human history. From the creation of Adam and Eve until the return of the
Messiah, this is the greatest time to shine the truth and advance the kingdom of
heaven:
“And those who have
insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and
those who lead the many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.”
– Daniel 12:3
“Arise, shine; for
your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold,
darkness will cover the earth, and deep darkness the peoples; but the Lord will
rise upon you, and His glory will appear upon you. And nations will come to
your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.” – Isaiah 60:1-3
APPENDIX: Daniel
11:32-35 Full Quotations
"Those
who act wickedly against the covenant he will corrupt with his blandishments,
but the people who know their God will stand firm and prevail. Those among the
people who have discernment will cause the rest of the people to understand
what is happening; nevertheless, for a while they will fall victim to sword,
fire, exile and pillage. When they stumble, they will receive a little help,
although many who join them will be insincere. Even some of those with
discernment will stumble, so that some of them will be refined, purified and
cleansed for an end yet to come at the designated time." - Daniel 11:
32-35, Complete Jewish Bible
“And
the transgressors shall bring about a covenant by deceitful ways: but a people
knowing their God shall prevail, and do valiantly. And the intelligent
of the people shall understand much: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by
flame, and by captivity, and by spoil of many days. And when they are
weak they shall be helped with a little help: but many shall attach themselves
to them with treachery. And some of them that understand shall fall, to
try them as with fire, and to test them, and that they may be manifested
at the time of the end, for the matter is yet for a set time.” –
Daniel 11:32-35, Brenton Septuagint
“And by smooth words he will turn to
godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know
their God will display strength and take action. And those who have insight
among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will fall by
sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, for many days. Now when they
fall they will be granted a little help, and many will join with them in hypocrisy.
And some of those who have insight will fall, in order to refine, purge, and
make them pure, until the end time; because it is still to come at the
appointed time.” – Daniel 11:32-35 NASB
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