Yes, time is indeed drawing short.
Was thinking all about this this morning as I was making David’s breakfast. We had our group meeting yesterday. Three were out of town, so it was just one other couple, 4 of us in total.
We became involved in a brief political discussion. Granted, we are all 4 of the
same mind according to our vote, mind you, but it became heated almost
immediately. The other gentleman is very PRO Romney – which is okay. I mean, I
plan on voting for Romney only because I intend to vote and am not going to vote
for any Democrat, nor their representative, due to their current stated platform
which is totally anti-GOD in my opinion. (It should go without stating that I did not and would not cast my vote for BO ever....) But as he talked, it was as if he
was/is believing that when elected Romney will solve ALL our problems.
He will be OUR SAVIOR. Course, you know my thoughts on the subject but just in
case you don’t ... Presidents are just pawns. Romney may or may not be better or
worse than Obama. OR his actions may be veiled as he accomplishes hidden
agendas, moving us closer to the intended New World Order. This quiet, slow
spiral downward seems to be more the way of the Republican party, rather than
the in-your-face quickly treacherous actions of the Democrats.
The other gentleman became emotional. Asked me (what he meant to be
rhetorical) didn’t I think God wants the United States to be salvaged from
destruction? Course, I didn’t answer him directly, but rather pointed out the
rest of the world and how they have suffered economically in the last 4 years,
that O wasn’t running those countries, but that obviously the same that actually
run ours also runs the rest of the world. And has. This is really nothing new.
David tuned in that we should put our trust in GOD alone, because no man, no
human being is going to save us, individually or corporately....that all this
world chaos and confusion is further setting the scene for that one man to step
forth that has ALL the answers, who will seem to be able to return
order and some type of prosperity. But MAGIC comes at a price – yes??
Course, as you know, we don’t believe we will be here to see the AntiChrist
assume power. And this man will not step forth to solve the world’s problems
until more devastation takes place – including possibly world WAR, Great Depression, famine, etc, of which events we could
definitely experience.
In my reflections this morning, I also revisited Daniel 11, specifically
the latter part of the chapter dealing with the end times AntiChrist. Verse 37
says that he won’t “honor the God of his fathers...” Went to Strong’s to see how
“God” in this case is defined. According to Strongs, this is 430 in the
Hebrew meaning eloheim. Following an investigation into the usage and
meaning of that word, I can sum it up as when used with a plural verb, it is
plural, and especially in Hebrew usage Elohim refers to “The God.” But then,
wasn’t Daniel written in another language other than Hebrew? Actually, yes it
was. Reportedly, 1:1 – 2:3 was in Hebrew, then switched to Aramaic
(Ahhhhhh---the mystery deepens), but then Daniel switched back to Hebrew again
in chapter 8 and continued that language through to the end. Following that
rabbit trail brought that line of reasoning to a dead end, but relief as well
since the labor of locating and delving into possible Aramaic scripts was
eliminated.
As I looked at various English translations, I found the following very
interesting:
Daniel 11:37
Holman Christian Standard Bible
(HCSB)
37 He will not show regard for the gods[a] of his fathers, the god longed for by women, or for any
other god,(A) because he will magnify himself above
all. Footnotes: Daniel
11:37 Or God Cross references:
Daniel
11:37 : 1Co
8:5-6
Daniel 11:37
English Standard Version (ESV)
37 He shall pay no attention to the gods of his fathers,
or to the one beloved by women. He shall not pay attention to any other god,
for(A)he shall magnify himself above all.Cross references: Daniel
11:37 : [See
ver. 36 above]; [ch. 7:25; 2 Thess. 2:4]
From this verse (in all
translations), we see that “this man” will not follow the religion of his
fathers. But even more importantly, what jumped out at me was the following part
of the verse; the god longed for by women,(HCSB); to the one beloved by women
(ESV) . Does this refer to Christianity or to Judaism? In Judaism,
women longed to be the one chosen to bare the LORD’s Messiah? Do they still? In
Christianity, women love Jesus. HE set us free. He was the true liberator of
women. OK, I admit it, I googled the question. Surprise – got no
answer as to what other religion(s) might cause women specifically to
love or long for (a different) god or gods. Therefore, I will
consider Christianity and/or Judaism as the only possibilities.
With those considerations, it appears that
(again) this man will not follow Christianity or Judaism, but that he will have
a strong lineage of family worship and involvement in either Christianity or
Judaism. Doesn’t mean he will be a homosexual either, as many have interpreted
that section of the verse.
Our current president’s “fathers” seemed to
be a mix of Muslim, Christian and atheists. He really has not departed from that so-called set of merged beliefs.
The current challenger for president is a
Mormon, as were his father and his father’s fathers. Even though the LDS claim
to believe that Jesus was the only begotten son of the one true GOD, that He is
our Savior, their doctrine and theology are very skewed from that point, making
Lucifer and Jesus “spirit brothers” as well as embracing extra-Biblical prophets
and scriptures in the form of the Book of Mormon. Angels are very important in Mormonism. It was the Angel
Moroni who revealed the golden plates to Joseph Smith from which Smith
translated the Book of Mormon. Moroni was one of the ancient Nephites in mortal
life and the author of one of the books of the Book of Mormon. The Bible warns of such
deviations from the Gospel of Jesus.
(Galatians 1:8 But
even if we or an angel from heaven
should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be
accursed.) Even
though Romney seems to be a follower of the same
religion of that as his fathers, and he calls himself Christian,
Mormonism is definitely a cult. I see nothing in Mormonism that causes women
to especially love or long for their god. If anything, in
Mormonism the status of women has been lowered to that of ownership.
Women are 2nd class beings. According to Mormonism, an unmarried woman can not
enter heaven at all. Only a woman who is a participant of a celestial
marriage (a special ceremony performed in a Mormon temple) may enter heaven
after death. At that point and for eternity, she will bare spirit children to
her husband. This doctrine is a far-cry from what Scripture tells
us:
Galatians 3:28 There
is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
and
Matthew
22:30 For
in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage.... No matter what our gender, our race, our class, we are
equal. However, according to Mormonism, a woman is not Saved through her
personal Faith in Jesus Christ, but only through celestial marriage to a man.
This doctrine flies in the face of Christian doctrine.
For the time being, I think that we can rule
out both U.S. Presidential candidates as being THE Antichrist in the making.
