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CHAPTER TWELVE THOSE WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION TO CHRIST THE ANTICHRIST prophesied by Saint John is one of the least understood and most abused teachings of the scriptures used to form Christian doctrine. Most Christians preach that the Antichrist is the Beast in scriptures who will come in the end times and rebuild the Temple for the Jews and enter into the Temple, proclaiming himself to be God. All this will take place after the Christians rapture up into the sky. Following is an example of this concept taken from the book The Late Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsey—a national best-seller with more than 30,000,000 in print! Mr. Lindsey has the Antichrist portrayed to be the future world dictator, the Beast:
Hal Lindsey has the Beast to be:
The above quotes from Hal Lindsey's book The Late Great Planet Earth give you an example of how screwed up the minds of the Christians can be. The above is nothing more than a bunch of rubbish, or should I say, gobbledygook. To understand the meanings of these prophecies in the Bible, one must turn to the return of Jesus, for these things are not explained in the Baha'i Writings, and the Baha'is have no better understanding than do the Christians. The "Beast" in Revelation 13:2:—
To begin with, the "Beast" doesn't pertain to Babylon, Media/Persia, Greece, or Rome as the Christians believe, for everything in the book of Revelation are prophecies for the things to come after 96 AD when John wrote this book while he was on the Island of Patmos:
The above quote tells us that God gave Jesus this Revelation that was to take place in the future and Jesus sent this by an angel—after he had ascended—to John. Also in chapter four this is said a little differently:
What is said here is that there was a door opened in heaven, that is, that the veil or curtain was pulled back so John could see what was in the plan of God, behind the veil, from the beginning of the Adamic cycle; and these things were to come after John saw them. So this prophecy had nothing at all to do with Babylon, Media/Persian, Greece, or Rome. So Hal Lindsey and Christian interpretations are all wrong. One of the things that John saw was a Beast that:
Daniel saw the same Beast that is in Revelation 13, but as four separate beasts, with the lion having eagle's wings:
These four beasts have nothing to do with anything that took place before 96 AD. These beasts are symbols of several nations: the lion is the symbol of England. In 1776 with the Declaration of Independence, the eagle's wings were plucked off of the lion, and the 13 colonies of England became the United States of America. The symbol of the United States is the eagle (see the back of the dollar bill). The second beast, the bear, becomes the third beast, which is the symbol of Russia. The fourth beast, the leopard, is a contraction of two beasts, the leo and the pard. The symbol of France was, at one time, the pard (the French word for panther). When the French King, Charlemagne, conquered the Saxons, who had the leo (the Greek word for lion) as their symbol, the leo and the pard became united to form the body of the Holy Roman Empire. It was called the leo pard, or leopard. These four countries, when they became united as charter members of the United Nations, became the Beast of Revelation chapter 13. Being Christian nations, they are in opposition, or are against, Jesus being the Christ (his genealogy through Joseph back to King David), and thus they are the Antichrist. THE ANTICHRIST 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 3:23 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:—
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:—
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. Where are the Prophecies of the Antichrist? 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?
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 teach.
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.
Here John is telling us that not only are those who denieth the Son's (Jesus') genealogy back to David the Antichrist, but those who denieth the Father's (Baha'u'llah's) genealogy back to King David are also the Antichrist. If you ask a Covenant-breaking Baha'i,[3] 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. Thus these Covenant-breakers threw out this Davidic lineage when they went against Shoghi Effendi (and thus against God), when they threw out the Executive Branch[4] which was an integral part of the Baha'u'llah's Universal House of Justice as it distinguishes Baha'u'llah's Universal House of Justice from all other Houses of Justice, because it has the Davidic lineage that is to exist forever, as its head, or president (Psalm 89). Baha'u'llah, on page 89 of His Proclamation, stated in reference to Himself:
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. 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. The Davidic lineage was set up as its head, or president, from the start, in order to prove that this House of Justice is the one in conformity with Baha'u'llah's Covenant. Those who go against this lineage are the Antichrists, as prophesied in I John 2:22, 23. BAHA'U'LLAH IS THE FATHER Jesus said:—
Isaiah wrote:—
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: "Think not that I [Jesus] am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send 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.
But the Antichrists, those who are opposed, 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), are all for the fire, unless they repent and come back under the Provisions of the Covenant:—
Who is the one that goes into the Temple as God?
Now who do you suppose that man of sin is?
In verse 7 Paul tells us that the "mystery of iniquity doth already work," but it was not to be revealed until Jesus returns and destroys him with the breath of his lips, which is by his words. This return of Jesus is Dr. Leland Jensen, and he tells us that this man of sin is created by the Antichrists who deified [6] Jesus and placed him in the temple to be worshipped as God in the place of God. This is not referring to the Temple of the Jews, but at that time any place of worship—a house, a barn or any building—was called a temple. Today this deified Jesus is worshipped in all of the Christian church buildings and cathedrals as God in the place of God. The LIE that they believe in is the Incarnate god Lie, that God became incarnate in Jesus. These Antichrists, the Christians, believe Jesus will descend from the sky and they will be raptured; therefore they will remain in the cities along with the Antichrists, the Covenant-breaking Baha'is, and will die in the lake of fire which is the thermonuclear destruction of the cities of the Beasts. The sky that Jesus can be found in is the Big Sky State of Montana. THE END OF PART ONE Written by J.T. Lamb Copyright © June 21, 1995 PART
TWO consists of the explanations of all the chapters
ENDNOTES
2 Luke 1:5 and 36 [back] 3 Those who have their headless
Universal House of Justice on Golomb Street on Mt. Carmel. [back] 4 The Davidic lineage [back] 5 perdition: Eternal damnation;
the utter loss of the soul, the place of eternal damnation—a
dictionary explanation. [back] 6 deified: 1. To make a god. 2.
To regard or worship as a god—a dictionary explanation. [back]
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