Thessalonians part 29

Before moving on it might do us well to look at what the Bible reveals about mans quest for a knowledge of the unknown God of Acts 17:23 and mans worship of it. Remember the Medes and then the Persians, who later became Medo-Persia, these are descendants of Japheth. And are spoken of in Esther and Daniel, as well as Ezra, 2Kings 17, 2Chronicles 36 and even in Isaiah. These people were figured in the likeness of a black bear. And in Jasher as black cows which later turned to ravenious wolves. Today this area is modern day Iran, though broken up into smaller nations, as it wants to regain the lands of its former kingdom which covered from the boarder of Turkey in the north to Egypt in the south and most of Asia Minor to the east. It could be these people that John in Revelation speaks of as being four forms of beasts in chapter 6. I say this with hesitation because there are also the old Roman kingdom and a few other old kingdoms that could fit the scenario of discription here as well. Today we are seeing the figure of the black horse and rider who carries a pair of blanaces in his hand. These balances could equate to the Religious order and the Sharia Law that is harsher than the Law of Moses even though it springs from it and the condemnation of all who oppose either.


In 1John 2:18-25, 26 we find this: “Little children, it is the last time: and as you have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. They went out from us, but (because) they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. But we have an unction from the Holy One, and we know all things. I have not written to you because you know not the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son, the same have not the Father: (but) he that acknowledges the Son has the Father also. Let that therefore abide in you, which you have heard from the beginning. If that which you have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, you also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. And this is the promise that He has promised us, even Eternal Life.

These things have I written to you concerning them that seduce you.”

 
Okay, looking more closely what do we have here, “Little children, it is the last time: and as you have heard that antichrist (look at 2Timothy 3:1, 13) shall come, even now are there many antichrists (in 1John 4:3, 2John 7, Matthew 24:5, 24, Mark 13:22); whereby we know that it is the last time. (look at Matthew 24:4-8, 15-28 with emphasis on verse 24, 2Thessalonians 2:3, 1Peter 4:7, 2Peter 2:1), they went out from us (this is known as backslidding or falling away), but (because) they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would (no doubt) have continued with us: but (they went out,) that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. But (for) you have an unction from the Holy One, and you know all things. I have not written to you because you know not the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son, the same have not the Father: (but) he that acknowledges the Son has the Father also.) Let that therefore abide in you, which you have heard from the beginning. If that which you have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, you also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. And this is the promise that He has promised us, Eternal Life.

These things have I written to you concerning them that seduce

you.”

In verse 18 right off the bat we have the phrase “it is the last time” and then for good measure as a way of showing the importance he uses this term again at the close of the verse. (God the Holy Spirit chooses to use this to stress the weight of what is being revealed by Him to us.) This is that of which the old testament prophets spoke of, in Daniel 2:28 of (verses 25-30), in 8:18-19 (stated as, the appointed time of the end, seen in Revelation 10:7, pointing toward 11:15-18 in Revelation), in 12:9 of (verses 5-13, relating to Isaiah 2:2, Micah 4:1 and is also found in Acts 2:17 and 2Peter 3:3), with the coming of antichrist which Daniel discloses as a secret known by God and that it is He alone Who will disclose him in verse 28 of chapter 2. In verse 9 of chapter 12 God tells Daniel that the words are concealed and sealed up until the end time. Allow me to pause here a moment to look at the next verse of Daniel 12 before moving hastilly past. Because we find this statement in verses 10, “The Lord said, Go your way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. For many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise (prudent and skilled in wisdom) shall understand.” Just who are counted as being “the wise?” We today have many that exhibit evil works (Matthew 24:39), and dullness (Psalm 82:5, Micah 4:12, Matthew 13:13, Acts 28:27, and are graficly revealed in Romans 1:18-32 where the unbelieving and the consequences of unbeleif are so poignantly revealed from God's persective.) These verses of Daniel have all happen back during the first 100-650 years of the new venue of the Age of Grace, in which we are part of, this has lasted now alittle more than 1986 year from the time of Jesus' death on the tree. In fact the Arab world suffered its greatest violance around 600-800 AD when a man rose himself above all others calling himself a Prophet of God and the world, as was known before then, has never yet recovered. In fact because man does not learn his lessons of the past are today repeating them again, through those who fell by the way or removed themselves from the renewed relationship with the One True and Living God, our original Parent and Father of Life and spirit in man.