2002.01.D.15 The Antichrist -- Those Who Are in Opposition to Christ Created by James3 on 8/8/2019 1:14:18 PM The Antichrist -- Those Who Are in Opposition to Christ
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The Antichrist prophesied by Saint John is one of the least understood and most abused teachings of the scriptures used to form Christian doctrine.
Just what is the Antichrist? "Anti" means "to be against." Therefore to understand the Antichrist one must first know the meaning of the word Christ. No, it doesn't mean Lord, or savior, or the third person of the trinity, nor is it Jesus' last name like Mary Christ or Joseph Christ. Some who are knowledgeable know that it means anointed, but anointed of what? The word Christ comes from the Greek word "Christos", or the Hebrew word "Messiah". The full meaning of the word Christ is the "Anointed son of King David." The very first line of the New Testament reads: "The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David." And in verse 16: "And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who was called Christ" (Matthew 1:16).
In Luke 23 and 31 it reads: "And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli." Here it says that the people supposed that Jesus was the son of Joseph, but Luke then assures them that Jesus is indeed the son of Joseph. Continuing Jesus' genealogy in verses 23 to 31, verse 31 reads:--
- Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David.
If Jesus was not the son of David, he could not be the Christ, for that is the meaning of the word Christ. Some Christians argue that Joseph was Jesus' foster father. But Paul sets us straight on that false conception:--
- Concerning his Son Jesus Christ, which was made of the seed sperma [1] of David according to the flesh; and [only] declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness... (Romans 1:3,4).
If Jesus was not the sperm son of Joseph he would be the biggest charlatan of all ages by claiming to be the Christ. If Jesus was the literal son of God, he could not be the Christ, for God is not a son of David. If Jesus' genealogy was traced back to David though his mother Mary instead of through Joseph, then Jesus could not be the Christ, for Mary doesn't have a sperm-- she had an ovum. David was of the tribe of Judah, the kingly tribe, and Mary was of the tribe of Levi, the priestly tribe.[2] Mary's cousin Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron of the priestly tribe, and she was married to Zechariah the High Priest. Elizabeth was pregnant with John (the Baptist) while Mary was pregnant with Jesus.
The only place in the entire Bible where it speaks of the Antichrist is in the first Epistle of John, chapters 2 and 4 as well as second John verse 7. So what does it say concerning the Antichrist?
- Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that Antichrist shall come, even now are many Antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time (I John 2:18).
Here John tells us that in his day there were many Antichrists, and that there was not just one that was to come in our day, as the corrupt Christian clergy teaches.
- Hereby know ye the spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh [of David's descendants] is not of God: and this is that spirit of Antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is in the world (I John 4:2,3).
Here again John tells us that the Antichrist was already in the world in his time. This spirit of the Antichrist is the false doctrine of the Christians that Jesus was not the physical son of David, but rather the physical son of God. They were against (anti-) Jesus' genealogy through Joseph back to David, and thus the Antichrist.
- Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ [a descendant of David]? He is the antichrist, that denieth [the genealogy of] the Father and the Son (I John 2:22).
Here John is telling us that not only are those who denieth the Son's (Jesus') genealogy back to David are the Antichrist, but those who denieth the Father's genealogy back to King David are also the Antichrist.
Jesus said:--
- Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me [Jesus] and my words in this adulterous an sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man [a Manifestation] be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father [Baha'u'llah] with the holy angels (Mark 8:38).
Jesus did not speak English. He spoke a Galilean dialect of Aramaic. When he said he would come again in the Glory of the Father, he actually said the name "Baha'u'llah." "Baha" means "Glory," "u" is a contraction for "of" and "llah" is a shortened form of "Allah" which means "God, Lord or Father."
Many Christians believe that the Glory of the Lord or the Glory of God is a burst of light or some ethereal being representing God. But in fact, the Bible says that the Glory of God is person.--
- But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God [Baha'u'llah], and Jesus standing at the right hand of God... (Acts 7:55).
- Upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord [Baha'u'llah]... (Ezekiel 1:26-28).
- And behold, the glory of the God [Baha'u'llah] of Israel came from the east... The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the Lord [Baha'u'llah] filled the temple... and he said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the people of Israel for ever... (Ezekiel 43:2,5,7).
Isaiah wrote:--
- For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6).
The Christians claim that this is Jesus. In fact, in the nativity scene they have a banner over the baby in the manger: THE PRINCE OF PEACE. The first several words could refer to Jesus he was born and he was a son but it stops there, for the rest could not refer to him. The government was not upon his shoulder. In fact the only thing he said about government was:
- Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's (Matthew 22:21).
And the potency of Jesus' Revelation was that of the Son, whereas the potency of Baha'u'llah's Revelation was that of the Father. Jesus did not come to bring peace but a sword:
- "Do not think that I [Jesus] have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword." (Matthew 10:34).
If Jesus had claimed to bring peace, he would have been the greatest failure in history, for we have had nothing but war ever since he came. Most of these wars were fought between Christian nations. And the most deadly of them all were the First and Second World Wars, which primarily were between Christian nations, and World War III will also be fought between Christian nations. Therefore this prophecy applies to Baha'u'llah and not to Jesus.
Unlike Jesus, whose father was a carpenter, Baha'u'llah's father was in government and sat upon the throne of David, in an unbroken line all the way back to King David. Baha'u'llah was the royal Prince (of Peace), next to sit upon the throne of David.
- And at that time shall Michael [one like God, a Manifestation of God] stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the Book (Daniel 12:1).
If you ask a Covenant-breaking Baha'i, "Who was Baha'u'llah descended from?" They will say Zoroaster. They do not accept Baha'u'llah's genealogy back to King David, thus they are the Antichrist. Baha'u'llah, on page 89 of His Proclamation stated in reference to Himself: "...the Ancient Beauty ruleth upon the Throne of David." Both Jesus and Baha'u'llah are descendants of King David, making them both Christs. The difference is that none of Jesus' ancestors sat on the throne of David, except David Himself; therefore Jesus said his Kingdom was not of this world. (John 18:36) However in his "LORD'S PRAYER" he asked us to pray for the coming of the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven. On the other hand, all of Baha'u'llah's ancestors sat on the throne of King David. In Baha'u'llah's Covenant He passed this lineage as the heir to the throne of David down to His son 'Abdu'l-Baha and 'Abdu'l-Baha passed it down to his adopted son Mason Remey. Then Shoghi Effendi placed 'Abdu'l-Baha's son as head, or the president, of the first International Baha'i Council which was to become the Universal House of Justice after it would go through four stages. This Universal House of Justice is the fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah 2 that talks about the coming of the House of the Lord. The Davidic lineage was set up as its head, or president, from the start in order to prove that this House of the Lord is the one in conformity with Baha'u'llah's Covenant.
The Antichrists, those who are opposed to, or against, the genealogy of Jesus back to David (the Christians) and those who are opposed to the genealogy of Baha'u'llah back to David (the Covenant-breaking Baha'is who did away with the executive branch of Baha'u'llah's House of Justice). These Antichrists are all for the fire, unless they repent and come back under God's Covenant:--
- And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth [the Antichrist] shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt. ...and they that are wise [that turn to the Provisions of the Covenant] shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. Many shall be purified, and made white and tried; but the wicked [the Antichrists] shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise [those who use their intellects] shall understand (Daniel 12:2, 3,10).
Footnotes
1. "seed" was translated from the Greek word "sperma"
2. Luke 1:5 and 36
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