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Doubling Down

Part IV

Part III of Doubling Down once again identified the mysterious entity in Scripture referred to as the Little Horn, and how it occupies the identical chronological position as the kingdom of God in the BC to AD transition. Because this identification supports the Christian Media revelation that there are three timelines – BC, AD, and the present Era of Antichrist – this fact is important as it also clarifies the fact that the widespread Christian prophetic expectation of an individual Antichrist is erroneous.

The reader will recall that in the understanding of the three timelines, the first two are primarily represented by kingdoms, as opposed to individual leaders. The fact that the first "two" are distinguished from the "third" is yet another aspect of a "Spiritual Polarity Reversal," pointing to a universal Scriptural truth, where "two parts" are seen to be finite, and the "third part" is distinguished as it is intrinsically Spiritual.

"In all the land [a metaphor for the physical earth], saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die [demonstrating finite existence], but the third shall be left therein" (Zechariah 13:8).

While the assumption is commonly made that the "two parts" are considered evil because they represent the corrupted creation of this fallen world, it is not necessarily so, nor does it follow that the "third part" is automatically characteristic of righteousness. In this very text, the Word of God goes on to tell us that God will work with the "third part," in order to cleanse it, and install the righteousness of His Son into it, in order to redeem those who respond to His initiative of salvation.

"And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them….and try them" (Zechariah 13:9).

There are practically endless examples of individuals and religious groups that have a Spiritual component to their existence, but God has ordained that only those who yield to the Holy Spirit of the LORD who draws souls to the exclusive instrument of salvation – Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God – will survive the Spiritual Death that all of fallen creation faces.

"The Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things…when the [Holy Spirit] is come…even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me" (John 14:26;15:26).

This is why the unforgivable sin that Jesus warned about is associated with the Holy Spirit, for if anyone refuses the unction and leading of the Holy Spirit to lead us to Jesus Christ (in whom salvation is exclusively vested), they will remain Spiritually dead in their sins.

"All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men" (Matthew 12:31).

When man was created, he had the triune configuration addressed in this writing, for he was made in the image of God.  

"And God created man in his own image [as] the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life: and man became a living soul" (Genesis 1:27, 2:7).

Revealingly, the same Hebrew word for breath is rendered spirit elsewhere in the Old Testament. At the subsequent fall (when Adam and Eve disobeyed God), the LORD warned them that if they ate the forbidden fruit, they would surely die.

"But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die" (Genesis 2:17).

Obviously, in the conventional sense, the "day" the first couple ate of the tree they did not die, as the Scripture says they lived well beyond the time of their infraction.

"And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died" (Genesis 5:5).

It is evident from the Scriptures that man has a Spiritual component as he was designed to have fellowship with God, so at the fall we see the gradual deterioration of that life force, as the longevity of man progressively deteriorated. Even the wicked, who live out their entire lifetimes without the Lord, have a spirit that leaves their physical body at death.

For example, the Scriptures indicate that King Herod (who was incontrovertibly evil as he killed the Apostle James and arrested the disciple Peter) still had a spiritual life, for the text says he received the adulation of men after giving a passionate speech,

"And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne and made an oratory...and the people gave a shout, saying it is the voice of a god…and immediately the angel of the Lord smote him…and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost" (Acts 12:21-23).

Similar accounts exist of other wicked men at their end. However, the same phrase is utilized when Jesus died.

"And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost" (John 19:30).

The New Testament says that before Christ was resurrected in the flesh, he moved to declare His victory to "the spirits" that were bound "in prison."

"For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: By which also he went and preached [read trumpeted victory] unto the spirits in prison" (I Peter 3:18,19).

When the Apostle Peter stood up and gave his anointed sermon to the Jews at the feast of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit immersed the Christians, he quoted David in the Psalms, who forecast the Saviour's victorious transition from "Hell" to His physical resurrection. After instructing the disciples to stay in Jerusalem until they received the mysterious promise predicted by the prophet Ezekiel (found in Ezekiel 37:9), He then ascended to the right hand of the Father. 

"Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption" (Psalms 16:9,10; Acts 2:27).

The Psalm that Peter quoted from David showed the fabled King could prophetically see the work of His descendent – the "Holy One" he was told would be his son – and this Saviour would pave the way so that David's "flesh also shall rest in hope" (Psalms 16:9).

"And it shall come to pass…that I will raise up thy seed after thee which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build me an house, and I will establish his throne forever" (I Chronicles 17:11,12).

Not only do we see the body of Christ as the "house" built by Christ, it is also important that we accurately approach our perceptions of Satan and the spirit of Hell, for the Bible clearly communicates "Hell" is but one of the "two parts," which are the divided "house" of the devil.

"Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation...If Satan also be divided against himself, and be divided, that house cannot stand" (Matthew 12:25, Mark 3:24). 

The Revelation of Jesus Christ tells us that "Hell" is on a par with "Death," and both of them will be destroyed after they give up the tormented spirits they have absorbed.

"And death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire" (Revelation 20:13,14).

These represent the "two parts" which are finite, and the "third part" is the Spirit of God Himself. His presence is seen throughout the Bible under euphemistic terms such as Life, Truth, Righteousness, Jerusalem, and dozens of other words. Likewise "Hell" is seen as Torment, Captivity, Sin, Prison, Evil, and dozens more evocative words.

"Death" is metaphorically seen in words like Kill, Murder, Slay, Die, Cut off, and many more.

Old Testament prophetic books like Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and Zechariah are positively filled with veiled images, which require discernment. In the New Testament, Revelation is particularly colorful with imagery communicating the three Spiritual entities of the Triuniverse, with the LORD juxtaposed against the twin terminals of Death and Hell. In this regard, over the years, the Holy Spirit has instructed us that understanding the principalities being described may be determined by their context and characteristics.

Which brings us back to the Little Horn.

"I considered the horns [on the head of the beast], and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things" (Daniel 7:8).

Since we have already established the Beast as portrayed in Daniel is the American world order (which follows the German Reich, the Russian Soviet Union, and the British Commonwealth), it is consistent with the pattern to see the Little Horn as another international power. Furthermore, the ten horns representing the Ten Kings on the head of the Beast are also nations.

One might ask if this imagery represents a personal "Antichrist" (which is even now erroneously taught by the Rapture Cult), then why does the prophecy say the Little Horn has "eyes like the eyes of man," instead of a simple description of a man, which would be self evident that men have eyes? Indeed the fallacy of a demonically empowered human being who conquers the world fails to factor in the Scripture indicating "that wicked" (II Thessalonians 2:8) is able to impact the entire world through the spirit flowing through humanity – a spirit the New Testament says was in the world in the Apostolic generation that was bound in the AD Christian age, but was scheduled to be released in the last days.

"This is that spirit of Antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world" (I John 4:3).

We might ask ourselves if there is any evidence in our time indicating that ancient evil has been released.

It is the consistent characteristic of Christ rejecting Israel that has been the primary impediment to the Gospel of Jesus Christ throughout history, and the incredible gifts and calling of God – which the Bible tells us are "without repentance" -- have enabled the Jewish people to collectively impact the world in the most profound fashion. 

"For the gifts and calling of God and without repentance" (Romans 11:29).

The end result is now in view, but as the LORD has revealed, America will yet lead the world in an alignment of nations that have been seduced by the spirit of the age. But first, the phenomenon of the Deadly Wound that we – as the Beast Empire -- are now experiencing must run its course. In the interim, the wisest course of action the Christians can take is described in Scripture.

"They overcame [the Dragon] by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death" (Revelation 12:11).

-- James Lloyd

To Be Continued