After the Rapture Left Behind!!!
What is going to happen according to end times prophecy?
What is the end times timeline?
How can I overcome my fear of the end of days?
Who / What is the restrainer in 2 Thessalonians 2:6?
Will there be a great apostasy / falling away during the end times?
What is the great deception in the Bible?
Could an alien deception be part of the end times?
Who is Maitreya? Is Maitreya the antichrist?
The Group of the Masters is called the Hierarchy or Community2
Who is Lord Sananda
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After the Rapture – Left Behind!!!
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“What is going to happen according to end times
prophecy?”
The Bible has a lot to say about the end times. Nearly every book of the Bible contains prophecy regarding the end times. Taking all of these prophecies and organizing them can be difficult. Following is a very brief summary of what the Bible declares will happen in the end times
Christ will remove all born-again believers from the earth in an event known as
the rapture (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1
Corinthians 15:51-54). At the judgment seat of Christ, these believers will
be rewarded for good works and faithful service during their time on earth or
will lose rewards, but not eternal life, for lack of service and obedience (1
Corinthians 3:11-15; 2
Corinthians 5:10).
The Antichrist (the beast) will come into power and will sign a covenant with
Israel for seven years (Daniel 9:27). This seven-year period of time is known as
the “tribulation.” During the tribulation, there will be terrible wars,
famines, plagues, and natural disasters. God will be pouring out His wrath
against sin, evil, and wickedness. The tribulation will include the appearance
of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, and the seven seal, trumpet, and bowl
judgments.
About halfway through the seven years, the Antichrist will break the peace
covenant with Israel and make war against it. The Antichrist will commit “the
abomination of desolation” and set up an image of himself to be worshiped in
the Jerusalem temple (Daniel 9:27; 2
Thessalonians 2:3-10), which will have been rebuilt. The second half of the
tribulation is known as “the great tribulation” (Revelation
7:14) and “the time of Jacob’s trouble” (Jeremiah
30:7).
At the end of the seven-year tribulation, the Antichrist will launch a final
attack on Jerusalem, culminating in the battle of Armageddon. Jesus Christ will
return, destroy the Antichrist and his armies, and cast them into the lake of fire
(Revelation
19:11-21). Christ will then bind Satan in the Abyss for 1000 years and He
will rule His earthly kingdom for this thousand-year period (Revelation
20:1-6).
At the end of the thousand years, Satan will be released, defeated again, and
then cast into the lake of fire (Revelation
20:7-10) for eternity. Christ then judges all unbelievers (Revelation
20:10-15) at the great white throne judgment, casting them all into the
lake of fire. Christ will then usher in a new heaven and new earth and the New
Jerusalem—the eternal dwelling place of believers. There will be no more sin,
sorrow, or death (Revelation 21–22).
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What is going to happen according to end times prophecy?
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“What
is the end times timeline?”
Pretribulational
approach to eschatology.
From that perspective, here is the order of end-times events that the Bible
reveals:
1.
The rapture of the church. Christ comes in the clouds to “snatch away”
all those who trust in Him (1
Corinthians 15:52). At this same time, the “dead in Christ” will be
resurrected and taken to heaven, too. From our perspective today, this is the
next event in the eschatological timeline. The rapture is
imminent; no other biblical prophecy needs to be fulfilled before the rapture
happens.
2. The rise of the Antichrist. After the church is taken out of the
way (2 Thessalonians 2:7–8), a satanically empowered man will
gain worldwide control with promises of peace (Revelation
13:1; Daniel
9:27). He will be aided by another man, called the false prophet, who heads
up a religious system that requires worship of the Antichrist
(Revelation
19:20).
3. The tribulation. A period of seven years in which God’s judgment is
poured out on sinful humanity (Revelation
6–16). The Antichrist’s rise to power is associated with this time period.
During the tribulation
on earth, the Church will be in heaven. It is thought that at this time the
Judgment Seat of Christ and the Marriage Supper of the Lamb will occur in
heaven (2 Corinthians 5:10; Revelation
19:6–10).
4. The Battle of Gog and Magog. In the first part of the tribulation,
a great army from the
north, in alliance with several other countries from the Middle East and
Africa, attacks Israel and is defeated by God’s supernatural intervention (Ezekiel
38–39). (Some commentators place this battle just before the start of the
tribulation.)
5. The abomination of desolation. At the midway point of the
seven-year tribulation, the Antichrist breaks his covenant with Israel and
shows his true colors. The Jews are scattered, and many of them turn to the
Lord, realizing that Jesus is their Savior. A great persecution breaks out
against all those who believe in Christ (Daniel
12:11; Mark 13:14; Revelation
12:17).
6. The Battle of Armageddon. At the end of the tribulation, Jesus
returns with the armies of heaven (Mark 14:62).
He saves Jerusalem from annihilation and defeats the armies of the nations
fighting under the banner of the Antichrist (Revelation
19:11–21). The Antichrist and the false prophet are captured and thrown
alive into the lake of fire (Revelation
19:20).
7. The judgment of the nations. Christ will judge the survivors of the
tribulation, separating the righteous from the wicked as “sheep” and “goats” (Matthew
25:31–46). (It is thought that at this time the Old Testament saints will
be raised from the dead.) The righteous will enter the Millennial Kingdom; the
wicked will be cast into hell.
8. The binding of Satan. Satan will be bound and held in a bottomless
pit for the next 1,000 years (Revelation
20:1–3).
9.
The Millennial Kingdom. Jesus Himself will rule the world, and
Jerusalem will be the capital. This will be a 1,000-year period of peace and
prosperity on earth (Revelation 20; Isaiah
60–62). Memorial sacrifices will be offered in a rebuilt temple in
Jerusalem (Ezekiel 40–48).
10.
The last battle. At the end of the 1,000 years, Satan will be released
from his prison for a short time. He will deceive the nations once again, and
there will be a rebellion against the Lord that will be quickly defeated (Revelation
20:7–10). Satan will be cast into the lake of fire, never to reappear.
11. The Great White Throne Judgment. All those in hell will be brought
forth, and all the wicked from all eras of history will be resurrected to stand
before God in a final
judgment (Revelation 20:11–15). The verdicts are read, and all of
sinful humanity is cast into the lake of fire.
12. The new creation. God completely remakes the heavens and the
earth. It is at this time that God wipes away all tears and there will be no
more pain, death, or sorrow. The New Jerusalem
descends from heaven, and the children of God will enjoy eternity with Him (Revelation
21–22).
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The Bible predicts a downward spiral of catastrophes, human sin, and religious apostasy!
The
Bible predicts a downward spiral of catastrophes, human sin, and religious
apostasy before Christ returns. Paul writes, “But realize this, that in the
last days difficult times will come. . . . Evil men and impostors will proceed
from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived” (2 Timothy
3:1, 13). The world will continue to reject God, His Word, and
His people.
Some
day in the future – a day no one knows – God will end the Church Age which
began in the first century on Pentecost (cf. Acts 2)
with an event known as the Rapture. At that time, God removes all believers in
Christ from the earth in preparation for His final judgments. Of the Rapture,
Paul says, “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will
bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by
the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the
Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will
descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the
trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive
and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord
in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one
another with these words” (1 Thessalonians 4:14–18).
The
erosion of peace and increase of turmoil that precedes the Rapture will reach
epic proportions when untold numbers of people disappear from the earth. Such
an event will cause panic and demands for a strong leader who will have answers
to all the world’s problems. Preparation for this leader has been in progress
for some time, as historian Arnold Toynbee has noted, “By forcing on mankind
more and more lethal weapons, and at the same time making the world more and
more interdependent economically, technology has brought mankind to such a
degree of distress that we are ripe for the deifying of any new Caesar who
might succeed in giving the world unity and peace.” Out of a revived Roman
Empire, one that is organized in a European ten-constituency fashion (cf. Daniel 7:24;
Revelation
13:1), the Antichrist will arise and sign a covenant with the nation of
Israel, which will officially begin God’s prophetic seven-year countdown to
Christ’s second coming (cf. Daniel 9:27).
For
three and a half years, the Antichrist will reign over the earth and promise
peace, but it is a false peace which will entrap the people of the earth. The
Bible says, “While they are saying, ‘Peace and safety!’ then destruction will
come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will
not escape” (1 Thessalonians 5:3). Wars, earthquakes, and famines will
escalate (cf. Matthew 24:7) until the end of the Antichrist’s 3.5-year
reign, when he will enter a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem and proclaim himself to
be God and demand worship (cf. 2
Thessalonians 2:4; Matthew 24:15). It is at that point that the true God
responds to the challenge. For another 3.5 years, a Great Tribulation will
occur, such as has never before been seen. Jesus predicted, “For then there
will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of
the world until now, nor ever will. Unless those days had been cut short, no
life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be
cut short” (Matthew 24:21–22).
Untold loss of life and destruction of the earth will occur during the Great Tribulation. Also, large numbers will come to faith in Christ, yet many will do so at cost of their lives. God will still be in control as He gathers the unbelieving armies of the world in order to judge them. Of this event, the prophet Joel wrote, “I will gather all the nations And bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there on behalf of My people” (Joel 3:2). John records the battle this way: “And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon [Satan] and out of the mouth of the beast [the Antichrist]
[the Antichrist]
and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean
spirits like frogs; for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go
out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the war of the
great day of God, the Almighty. . . . And they gathered them together to the
place which in Hebrew is called Har-Magedon” (Revelation
16:13–16).
At
this point, the Messiah Jesus will return, destroy His enemies, and claim the
world, which is rightfully His. “And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white
horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness
He judges and wages war. His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many
diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. He
is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.
And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean,
were following Him on white horses. From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that
with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of
iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.
And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, ‘KING OF KINGS, AND
LORD OF LORDS.’ Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with
a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in mid-heaven, ‘Come, assemble
for the great supper of God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the
flesh of commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of
those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both free men and slaves, and
small and great.’ And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their
armies assembled to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His
army. And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed
the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark
of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive
into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. And the rest were killed with
the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the
birds were filled with their flesh” (Revelation
19:11–21).
After
Christ has defeated all the armies gathered in the valley of Armageddon, He
will reign with His saints for one thousand years and fully restore Israel to
her land. At the end of a thousand years, a final judgment of the nations and
all remaining mankind will occur, which is then followed by an eternal state:
either spent with God or separated from Him (cf. Revelation
20-21).
The
above events are not speculations or possibilities – they are what will take
place in the future. Just as all the Bible’s prophecies of Christ’s first
coming came true, so will all the Bible’s prophecies of His second coming.
Given the truth of these prophecies, what impact should they have on us now?
Peter asks this question: “Since all these things are to be destroyed in this
way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking
for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens
will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat! ” (2 Peter 3:11–12).
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“How
can I overcome my fear of the end of days?”
The
best way to overcome a fear of the end of days is to be spiritually prepared
for it. First and foremost, you must have a personal relationship with Jesus
Christ in order to have eternal life (John 3:16;
Romans
10:9-10). Only through Him can you receive forgiveness of sin and have eternity
with God. If God is your Father, there’s really nothing to worry about (Luke 12:32).
Second,
every Christian should live a life worthy of the calling we have in Christ. Ephesians
4:1-3 teaches, “Walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have
been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one
another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of
peace.” Knowing Christ and walking in His will go a long way towards
diminishing fear of any kind.
Third,
Christians are told what will happen in the end, and it’s encouraging. First
Thessalonians 4:13-18 notes,
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are
asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we
believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring
with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word
from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the
Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will
descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and
with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in
the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Rather
than fear the future, we are called to anticipate the future with joy. Why? In
Christ, we will be “caught up” to meet Him and we “will always be with the
Lord.”
Further,
Scripture says we do not need to fear Judgment Day: “By this is love perfected
with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he
is so also are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love
casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not
been perfected in love” (1
John 4:17-18).
The
apostle Peter reveals that, even if our future holds suffering, we need not
fear: “But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be
blessed” (1 Peter 3:14). Peter and many other early believers endured
much hardship and even death because of their faith in Christ. Suffering is not
to be feared; it is a blessing when it is borne for the name of Jesus.
Those who do not know Christ do not have the promise of peace for the future. For them, there is a real concern because they have not settled the issue of where they will spend eternity. Those who do know Christ do not fear the end of days. Instead, we strive to live a life worthy of our calling, live with confidence, suffer patiently, anticipate Jesus’ return, and rest in the knowledge that our times are in His hands (Psalm 31:15).
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“Who
/ What is the restrainer in 2 Thessalonians 2:6?”
Students
of biblical prophecy have differing views over the identity of the restrainer
in 2 Thessalonians 2:6–7. He is called “the one who restrains”
in some translations (ESV, NASB); other translations call Him “the one who
holds back” (NIV), “he who letteth” (KJV), or “he who is keeping down” (YLT).
Whoever the restrainer is, He is someone of great power who is hindering the
advance of the Antichrist
and preventing the satanic kingdom from overwhelming the world.
In
his second epistle to the Thessalonians, Paul assured the church that they were
not yet living in the Day of the Lord,
that is, the end times’ judgment had not yet begun. In 2
Thessalonians 2:3 he says, “Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for
that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is
revealed, the man doomed to destruction.” According to God’s timetable, the Day
of the Lord and the accompanying judgment will not start until two things happen:
a global rebellion occurs and the Antichrist is revealed. Paul then mentions
what is currently keeping the evil in check: “And now you know what is holding
him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. For the secret power
of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will
continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one
will be revealed” (verses 6–8).
Paul
does not specifically identify what or who the restraining force is, since the
Thessalonians already knew. Many scholars have speculated as to the identity of
the restrainer, naming the restraining force as 1) the Roman government; 2)
gospel preaching; 3) the binding of Satan; 4) the providence of God; 5) the
Jewish state; 6) the church; 7) the Holy Spirit; and 8) Michael the archangel.
We believe the restrainer is none other than the Holy Spirit, or we could say
the Holy Spirit working through the New Testament church.
Supporting
the idea that the Holy Spirit within the church is the restrainer is the fact
that the restrainer is referenced both as a thing (neuter gender, verse 6) and
as a person (masculine gender, verse 7). Also, the power delaying Satan’s
masterplan to unveil his false messiah must be of God. It makes much more sense
to say that the Holy Spirit is curbing the devil than a political entity or
even an angel. The Holy Spirit of God is the only Person with sufficient
(supernatural) power to do this restraining.
Of
course, the Spirit works through believers to accomplish this. The church,
indwelt by the Spirit of God, has always been part of what holds society back
from the swelling tide of lawless living. At some point, Paul says, the Spirit
will “step aside” from His restraining work, allowing sin to have dominion over
mankind. Second Thessalonians 2:7 can be literally rendered, “The
secret of lawlessness is already working, only it cannot be revealed until he
who now withholds disappears from the midst.” We believe this “disappearing
from the midst” will happen at the time the church leaves the earth at the rapture. The
Holy Spirit will still be present in the earth, of course, but He will be taken
out of the way in the sense that His unique sin-restraining ministry—through
God’s people—will be removed (see Genesis 6:3).
Second Thessalonians 2 is clear that the removal of the restrainer’s influence precedes the revealing of the Antichrist. Given free rein during the tribulation, the lawless one will “use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders” to deceive the people of the earth (verses 9–10). After the Antichrist’s time is up, the Lord Jesus will return and overthrow the man of sin by “the breath of his mouth and destroy [him] by the splendor of his coming” (verse 8). Evil is restrained right now; once the Church Age ends, the hindrance to evil will be removed, and the rebellion will seem to be winning; however, the ultimate doom of evil is sure.
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“Will
there be a great apostasy / falling away during the end times?”
The
Bible indicates that there will be a great apostasy during the end times. The
“great apostasy” is mentioned in 2
Thessalonians 2:3. The KJV calls it the “falling away,” while the NIV and
ESV call it “the rebellion.” And that’s what an apostasy is: a rebellion,
an abandonment of the truth. The end times will include a wholesale rejection
of God’s revelation, a further “falling away” of an already fallen world.
The
occasion of Paul’s writing to the Thessalonians was to correct some of the
errors concerning the end times that the believers had heard from false
teachers. Among the falsehoods was that “the day of the Lord has already come”
(2
Thessalonians 2:2). The Christians in Thessalonica were afraid that Jesus
had already come, they had missed the rapture, and
they were now in the tribulation.
Paul had already explained the rapture to them in his first letter (1 Thessalonians 4:16–17). Paul writes his second letter to
assure them that, contrary to what they had heard, and despite the persecution
they were enduring, the “day of Christ” had not yet come.
In
2
Thessalonians 2:3, Paul makes it clear that the day of the Lord, a time of
worldwide judgment (Isaiah 13:6; Obadiah
1:15), will not transpire until two things happen. First, the falling away,
or great apostasy, must occur. Second, the “man of lawlessness” must be
revealed, he who is called the “son of perdition,” also known as the Antichrist.
Once this person makes himself known, the end times will indeed have come.
Numerous speculations about the identity of the man of sin, beginning in the
first century, have included Caligula, Caius Caesar, Mohammed, Napoleon, and
any number of Roman popes. None of them were the Antichrist.
The
man of lawlessness, according to 2
Thessalonians 2:4, is the one who “will oppose and will exalt himself over
everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in
God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.” Clearly, this has not yet
happened; no one since Paul’s time has set himself up as God in the Jewish
temple. Two thousand years have passed since the epistle was written, and the
“day of the Lord” has not yet come. Paul assures us that it will not come until
the falling away comes first.
The
Greek word translated “rebellion” or “falling away” in verse 3 is apostasia,
from which we get the English word apostasy. It refers to a general
defection from the true God, the Bible, and the Christian faith. Every age has
its defectors, but the falling away at the end times will be complete and
worldwide. The whole planet will be in rebellion against God and His Christ.
Every coup requires a leader, and into this global apostasy will step the
Antichrist. We believe this takes place after the church has
been raptured from the earth.
Jesus warned the disciples concerning the final days in Matthew 24:10–12: “At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.” These are the characteristics of the great apostasy of the end times.
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“What
is the great deception in the Bible?”
Usually,
when people speak of the “great deception,” they refer to 2 Thessalonians 2:11, which predicts that God
will, in an end-times
judgment, send “a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie.” This
great deception is associated with the satanic work of the Antichrist
and his “displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie” (verse
9).
The
same passage in 2 Thessalonians also speaks of a great apostasy that
will take place before the man of lawlessness is revealed. Similar apostasies
are predicted elsewhere: “The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will
abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons” (1
Timothy 4:1). Of course, people are complicit in the deception, for they
reject the truth and prefer lies: “For the time will come when people will not
put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will
gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears
want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to
myths” (2 Timothy 4:3–4).
Jesus
spoke about a time to come when the deception will be especially great when false
messiahs and false prophets will appear. Even the people of God could be
deceived if it were not for God’s providential protection: “For false messiahs
and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive,
if possible, even the elect” (Matthew
24:24, see also Mark
13:5–6, Luke 21:8).
All
of these deceptions are instigated by the devil. However, 2 Thessalonians 2:11 also speaks of the
deception as God’s punishment on people who refuse to believe the truth. The
context seems to be similar to that of the gospel passages above and speaks of
one to come who will be especially deceptive: “The coming of the lawless one is
by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with
all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love
the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that
they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe
the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness” (2
Thessalonians 2:9–12, ESV).
In
this passage, after people have refused the truth for so long, God causes them
to believe what is false—a “strong delusion.” This is not an instance where God
actively deceives people; rather, God is simply giving those who reject the
truth what they really want.
We
see a similar pattern in Romans
1:18–25 where people reject God’s truth for so long that He simply abandons
them to their own sinfulness. They have, as it were, crossed the point of no
return:
“The
wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and
wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what
may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power
and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been
made, so that people are without excuse.
“For
although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to
him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of
the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds
and animals and reptiles.
“Therefore
God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for
the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth about
God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the
Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.”
Much
the same thing happened to Pharaoh after he refused to let the Israelites leave
Egypt, and God hardened his heart. It was not as though Pharaoh would have been
an obedient follower of the Lord if God had not hardened his heart. Pharaoh set
his heart against the Lord, and God simply confirmed for all time Pharaoh’s
decision (see Exodus 8:15, 32;
9:34;
10:1).
The
deception spoken of in the Gospels has to do with false prophets and/or
messiahs who appear and seem to be authenticated by miracles. Taking the futurist position,
we see the great deception spoken of in 2
Thessalonians 2 as a future event associated with the coming of the
Antichrist after the rapture of the church. “Those who are perishing” will
willingly embrace the imitation and follow the beast of
the end times; they will perish “because they refused to love the truth and so
be saved” (verse 10).
We
don’t know exactly what the great deception will be, only that it will be a
strong delusion capable of swaying the world’s allegiance toward the Antichrist.
The Bible says that, in the time of the Antichrist and false prophet, there
will be many signs to bolster their lies. The false prophet “performed great
signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of
the people. Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the
first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth” (Revelation 13:13–14). It is hard to imagine,
but the deception during the tribulation will be
worse than all of Satan’s other deceptions. The Antichrist will have a deadly
wound healed, his “image” will breathe and speak and give orders, etc. (Revelation
13:12, 15).
In the broader sense, anyone who rejects the truth of God is being deceived, and at some point, God may simply abandon him to the deception that he has willingly embraced. There are plenty of false teachers today who claim to teach God’s Word. Some claim to be Christians, and some claim to bring a word from God from outside of the Bible. It is vitally important that every Christian compare every teaching with what the Bible says and spend the time necessary to evaluate what is being taught. This is the mission of Got Questions, and in keeping with that mission, we would encourage every reader to compare what we say with Scripture as well.
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“Could an alien deception be part of the end
times?”
We know that the events surrounding the end times, as described in the Bible, will include a powerful deception (Matthew 24:24). Recently, interest has been rising in the theory that this deception will include alien beings from another planet. Odd as it may seem, this theory is entirely plausible from a Christian perspective. Although the Bible gives us no word about whether or not aliens exist—there is no inclusion of them in the creation account in Genesis, and no mention of them elsewhere—the Bible does tell us about visitors from another world—the spiritual world.
Could an alien deception be part of the end times?
Since the beginning, instances of demons (fallen angels) visiting the
earth have been witnessed and recorded. We know from Eve’s encounter with Satan
that demons are interested in monitoring (and altering) the progress of
humanity. They want to be involved, with the goal of drawing humanity away from
the worship of God and turning mankind’s attention instead to them. Another
notable instance of their interaction with us is found in Genesis 6:4
with the arrival of the “sons of God.” The Genesis account states
that these powerful beings had sexual intercourse with women and produced a
super race of beings known as the Nephilim. This sounds like the stuff of
science fiction, yet it is right there in the Bible. There are striking
similarities between this account and the accounts of other ancient cultures.
The writings of the ancient Sumerians, for example (who were the first to
produce a written language) mention the presence of the “Anunnaki” who were
deities that came from heaven to dwell on earth with men. It is also interesting
to note that the Sumerians’ gods often came to them in the form of snakes.
These
accounts, seen alongside the amazing things created by ancient man, make it
possible to theorize that demons, in the form of beings from another world,
came to earth, bringing spectacular wisdom and knowledge to men, and
“intermarrying” with their daughters in an attempt to draw men away from God.
We already see from Eve’s experience with the serpent that demons will use the
temptation of superior wisdom to ensnare man and that man is very susceptible
to it.
Could
the end times include a similar alien deception? The Bible doesn’t directly
address the issue, but it is certainly plausible, for a variety of reasons.
First, the Bible tells us that the world will unite under the power of the
Antichrist. In order to achieve an agreement between all the world’s religions,
it would make sense for the “uniter” to come from an entirely new source—an
extraterrestrial source. It is hard to imagine one religion becoming head of
all the others, unless new, unearthly knowledge were the source of the appeal
and power of the new “religion.” This would be in keeping with past deceptions
and would be a very effective way to deceive a large number of people.
Second,
this deception could provide an answer to the problem of earth’s origins. The
scientific theory that the evolution of life on earth was spontaneously
generated still has no answer for life’s beginnings. There is evidence for a “big bang,” but
that still doesn’t explain what caused the big bang to occur. If alien beings
arrived and gave us an extraterrestrial explanation for life on earth, the
origins of the world religions, and even the origins of our planet, it would be
very persuasive.
That
said, we should not fear. The Lord has said that He will not leave us or
forsake us, and that He will protect us (1
Kings 8:57; Matthew 10:31; Isaiah
41:10). Demons / angels are not omnipotent, nor are they omnipresent. Jesus
said that in the end times His appearing would be like lightning—easily visible
to all. He said to be wary of any being that says “I am the Christ” or any
group that says “He’s over there” or “He’s in here” (Matthew
24:23-24). He said that vultures gather around a dead body, meaning that if
you see a group of people gathering around someone claiming to be Christ, that
person is death and a false prophet.
We
should be wary of any person or being that produces signs and wonders without
biblical fidelity or the presence of obedience to the Lord Jesus, anyone who
provides a way to unite the world religions or governments (Revelation
13:5-8), any being that promotes unnatural sexual relationships (Genesis 6:4;
Jude
1:6-7), and of course, any person who denies that Jesus is God (2 John
1:7). Furthermore, anyone who presents a “substitute” Jesus, who represents
Him as “a god but not the God” or who claims He was merely a good teacher, simply
a human, or even a super-human or an alien creature, is a deceiver.
Lastly, if demons manifesting as aliens are part of the end times, we should remember that they, too, are created beings subject to a sovereign God and ultimately answerable to Him. Whether in alien form or not, the descriptions of demons in Revelation are frightening (Revelation 9:1-12), but we should not fear those who can only kill the body. Instead, we should only fear the One who can kill the body and the soul in hell (Matthew 10:28). No matter what happens to us on the earth, we should trust that the Lord is the Savior, Redeemer, and Protector of the souls of those who put their trust in Him (Psalm 9:10; 22:5).
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“Who
is Maitreya? Is Maitreya the antichrist?”
Maitreya
is usually attributed to the name used in Buddhism for “a Buddha yet to come,”
though the origins of Maitreya are unclear and disputed. Although there is no
scriptural evidence that the antichrist
will come in the form of such a person, there are similarities between them.
Maitreya is allegedly a bodhisattva, the term for one who lived on earth
and was destined to become enlightened one day, or who came close to
enlightenment, and after death moved on to one of the Buddhist heavens, which
one can reach through meditation. One of the supposed roles of a bodhisattva
is to guide those on earth who are ready for his teaching. It is believed that
this particular bodhisattva, Maitreya, will return at a crucial time.
The Bible speaks of the antichrist as one with supernatural power to influence
others (Revelation
13:4-8) and will be able to convince millions that he is “enlightened,” so
much so that they will follow his teachings.
The
prophecy of this future Buddha is found in the canonical literature of all
Buddhist sects. Teachings on Maitreya may diverge somewhat according to these
various Buddhist traditions. The Buddhist Maitreya is depicted sitting on a
throne, waiting for his time to come. He supposedly will arrive when Buddhist
teaching has been lost, and teach the pure teachings of Buddhism (the dharma).
Maitreya
has been adopted by other belief systems, including the occult organization
founded by Mme. Blavatsky in the 1800s, the Theosophical Society. Theosophists
consider Maitreya to be a World Teacher and a Christ. Theosophy was one of the
forerunners and foundations of the modern New Age movement; therefore,
teachings on Maitreya are found in several New Age-based groups today.
Because
Maitreya has been adopted by many groups, the teachings on Maitreya do not
always agree. However, most non-Buddhist groups teach that Maitreya will unify
all religions through his teachings and rescue humanity from economic and other
crises by teaching a universal brotherhood. Many names are given to Maitreya,
including the Christ, the Messiah, Krishna (a Hindu god), and Teacher. Some
Muslims believe that Mohammed was Maitreya and some Bahai’s believe that their
main prophet, Baha’u’llah’, was Maitreya; therefore, both of these groups
believe Maitreya has already appeared.
One
group well known for promoting the coming of Maitreya is Share International,
founded and run by a man named Benjamin Creme (born 1922). In the past, Creme
has made claims that Maitreya would appear and broadcast a message via
television (in 1982 and 1997), garnering much publicity for himself. When these
predictions failed, many lost interest in Creme’s pronouncements and
organization.
Speculating on whether or not the antichrist will claim to be Maitreya seems rather fruitless; Maitreya is not a real person, but part of mythical beliefs. It is possible that the “beast” of Revelation 13:11-15 (the word “antichrist” is not in the book of Revelation) could be someone who claims to be Maitreya, or whom others perceive as Maitreya. However, since God’s Word does not give us information on who the beast is, it is best to be assured of one’s salvation so that, whoever the antichrist/beast turns out to be, one can find peace and safety in eternal life through faith in Christ.
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The Group of the Masters is called the Hierarchy or Community2
The Group of the Masters is called the Hierarchy or Community, fallen Angels, and is headed by a very advanced being who is called by different names: the Khalki Avatar, the Lord Maitreya, Imam Mahdi, the Prince of Peace, Krishna, the Christ, and Bodhisattva. We are told that every century He calls all the Masters to a great meeting in order to be impressed anew as a group by the Purpose of the Solar Lord, (Satan) and to penetrate a little further into it, adapting and modifying the former Plan for humanity and for the other kingdoms. Thus They modify and change the Plan age by age, according to the progress of humanity, the incoming new energies, the Hierarchical progress and new planetary and solar demands.
The preparatory work of externalization, therefore, falls into three phases or stages, as far as relation to mankind is concerned.
This second group will implement the new religion; by the time they come into the control the old theological activities will have been completely broken, Buddhism will be spending and belonging increasing dogmatic; Christianity will be in a state of chaotic divisions and upheavals. When this takes place and the situation is acute enough, the “Master Jesus” will take certain initial steps towards reassuming control of “His Church”; the Buddha will send two trained disciples to reform Buddhism; other steps will also be taken in this department of religions and of education, over which the Christ rules, and He will move to restore the ancient spiritual landmarks, to eliminate that which is nonessential, and to reorganize the entire religious field – again in preparation for the restoring of the Mysteries, when restored, will unify all faiths.
For some time, fallen angels or Hierarchy, ever since 1425 A.D., or the move took place. The Hierarchy has been aware that the time would come when this projected move would take place.
Members of the Hierarchy, whether working in the early stages or later when the true externalization takes place, will work as members of the “ human “ family and not as proclaimed members of the kingdom of God or of souls, known to them Hierarchy. They will appear in office of some kind or another; they will be the current politicians, business men, financier, religious teachers or churchmen; they will be scientists and philosophers, college professors and educators; they will be the mayors of cities and the custodians of all public ethical movements. At have seen in many ways that the Hierarchy, because it is the Ashram of Sanat Kumara, himself or “Satan“; new sense under the influence of his nature.
The interior work of hierarchical alignment is in the charge of the Chohans of the Major Ashrams, whilst the task of superintending the interior adjustments incident to new alignments and the admission of new personnel is being watched over and directed by the forty-nine Masters or Fallen Angels. Masters who are in charge of minor Ashrams – either Ashrams with what is regarded as a full complement of workers, or embryonic Ashrams of which there are already quite a few.
Thus a great and new movement is tremendously increased interplay and interactive is taking place. This will go on until AD 2025. During the years intervening between now and then very great changes will be seen taking place, and at the great General Assembly of the Hierarchy – held as usual every century – in 2025 the date in all probability will be set for the first stage of the externalization of the Hierarchy. The present cycle, from now until that date, is called technically “The Stage of the Forerunner”. It is preparatory in nature, testing in its Methods, and intended to be revelatory in its techniques and results. Its seen that Chohans, Masters or fallen Angels, initiates, world disciples, disciples and aspirants affiliated with the Hierarchy are all at this time passing through a cycle of great activate.
The Fallen angels (The Hierarchy), are coming out of the woodwork in various forms. Ray-el is one an avatar or actual fallen angel, either way its a link to the preparation for the externalization of the Hierarchy THEY say will be around 2025 AD.
Cloning and providing bodies for these disembodied beings is now starting to come out into public view. There are different ways they take over the Pre-fab bodies. Chela’s or physical birth, Appropriation of a suitable vehicle or body, or direct creation by an act of will, and this is rare. They possess the body by five methods. Incarnation, Drugs, Words of power, intense desire, and Meditation
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John 8:44 King James Bible
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
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Hosea 4:6 King James Bible
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
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The whole concept promoted in Alien Rapture is designed to undermine Christianity. We are even told about a superior alien religion. Every tenet of Christianity is replaced with a clever substitute explanation. Were we created by God? No, by aliens, are we a fallen race in need of Jesus Christ, the savior? No, we are just genetically modified apes with flawed DNA. Can Christ save your fallen soul in this lifetime as Christians know he can? Why no, the aliens made all that up to control us, and all you can do is reincarnate over and over and save yourself by perfecting your own soul and becoming godlike yourself.
(Christians know this is Satan’s oldest lie: that you can be like God–if you just eat the forbidden fruit!)
Furthermore, our not-so-heavenly fathers are busy fixing our DNA and preparing to take us to a new age of enlightenment. Forget Jesus Christ! All hail the Jehovah, our creators and our saviors! Just follow these so-called aliens (fallen angels) because they know better than us, and they will take us higher. I quote “Signs of Christ” + Harold Balkoz; from page 193 of Alien Rapture:
“Perfect human genes are a rare occurrence, but Jesus was a chosen one, and he attained the [Alien] Rapture. And so did Moses, Elijah, Mohammed, Krishna, and many other great religious and humanitarian leaders.” That’s right, they are all rolled into one here. Jesus is not even given higher status than Mohammed, who was a pedophile and a murderer! According to the aliens, Jesus was just a better monkey than the rest of us.
The aliens even champion a new world order with one global government and religion, where the “defective” humans (not the chosen ones) all die off so the new and improved humans alone survive the alien rapture. All earth’s problems will be solved if we just bow down to them. (Read Global Tyranny Step by Step by William Jasper for the truth about world government.) In reality glorifies the dream of Lucifer and all his Illuminati pawns going back to the times of the Nephilim–to corrupt the human gene pool. Before the Great Flood, fallen angels procreated with human women in order to corrupt the creation of God. The goal: to remake the human race in Lucifer’s image, removed from God.
So why do readers believe the faith-destroying alien manifesto? Because of massive mental conditioning by movies and television. Christianity is ridiculed and aliens are worshipped as superiors. Salvation from aliens is part of the strong delusion of the Antichrist. To believe a lie, you have to reject the truth. To follow the Antichrist you have to reject the Word of God. Only the spiritually dead would trust a soulless space alien more than Jesus Christ. Read this book if you want a glimpse of the lie that will cause millions of people to abandon God and embrace damnation.
“And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” -2 Thessalonians 2:11-12
Because every conspiracy is simply a step in the outward manifestation of lucifers determined rebellion towards God as executed by his human agents…
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Jeremiah 11:9-10…
“And the LORD said unto me, A CONSPIRACY is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
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Psalms 2: 1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.
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Who is Lord Sananda
The Bible makes it clear why God is sending a strong delusion in the end times: “They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness” (2 Thessalonians 2:10-12). Simply put, God sends a strong delusion to those who choose not to believe the gospel of Christ. Those who take delight in mocking and rejecting Him, He will condemn.
Throughout the Scriptures, God urges people to accept the truth. But when people reject Him and spurn His message, then—and not until then—God hardens them and turns them over to a deluded mind to wallow in their wickedness to their eternal damnation. This is what the Lord says about those who choose to reject the truth: “They greatly love to wander; they do not restrain their feet. So the Lord does not accept them; He will now remember their wickedness and punish them for their sins” (Jeremiah 14:10).
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Who is Lord Sananda
Lord Sananda is the Christ Teacher for the Earth. Lord Sananda is ever present in the Christed Realms to guide the Earth and Humanity back to the Christ Vibration. Lord Sananda is also known as Lord Sananda Kumara and is recognized in the Christed Realms as the Cosmic Christ and Head of the Collective Christ. Lord Sananda is the Cosmic Name for the one we know as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus Christ who came to the Earth 2000 years ago to bring his message of the Power of Love to all humanity. As Head of the Collective Christ, Lord Sananda comes forth again to return his teachings to the Earth through his current messenger, Alexandriah Stahr. As such Alexandriah Stahr is known as the Voice of Lord Sananda and the Collective Christ.”
These teachings are about how to develop a Christed Relationship with Lord Sananda as your personal guide and mentor and how to be a Christed Being of Light on the Earth in human form. Lord Sananda returns to lead the way beyond 2012 into the 13.13.13 Solar New Earth Reality. The name Lord Sananda was given to his original channel, Sister Thedra, back in the late 1950’s. Sister Thedra devoted her life to bringing forth the awareness of Lord Sananda as the Cosmic Christ and the messages He sent through her. In 1961, He allowed a picture of his appearance to be taken which is shown below.
Lord Sananda
Lord Sananda – Christ Teacher for the Earth
About Lord Sananda and the Collective Christ
Lord Sananda is Alexandriah’s primary guide along with Commander Ashtar and the Ashtar Command Star Team Masters. Lord Sananda is who verifies Alexandriah’s discernment when she works with clients and identifies their soul identity.
The Collective Christ is the Collective Christ Consciousness of all Beings of Light who remain loyal to Original Mother-Father Creator Source and the Divine Plan, both here on Earth and in the higher dimensions, before and since the Luciferian Rebellion. Lord Sananda is the Head of the Collective Christ which includes the Ashtar Command, Galactic Command, Intergalactic Command, now collectively referred to as the Solar Star Command, Ascended Masters of Light, Angels of Light, Elementals and Nature Spirits of Light, all Beings of Light and all Christed Souls within humanity. As the Cosmic Christ, Head of the Collective Christ and Christ Teacher for the Earth, Lord Sananda administers the Divine Plan of Original Mother-Father Creator Source for the Earth.
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