The Sky Is Falling

 WHEN THINGS GET CHAOTIC IN THE WORLD, PEOPLE TEND TO SAY WE ARE LIVING IN THE END TIMES!!!

    Christians, especially EVANGELICALS, have been told there will be an ending of the world as we know it and it will be a violent end. There will be signs for the Christian to know when the End Times begin and how it will end. But most Christians do not seem to know the SCOPE of the SIGNS given in the Christian Bible. Armed without facts, we have people proclaiming "The sky is falling." Are you familiar with the children's tale? 

    One day Henny-penny was picking up corn in the rickyard when—whack! —an acorn hit her upon the head. "Goodness gracious me!" said Henny-penny, "the sky's a-going to fall; I must go and tell the King."

    Just like Henny-penny, people make OUTRAGOUS claims when they are struck in their head (mind) with the unexpected, such as our chaotic government.

    In my lifetime alone, I think social media has been telling people to get right with God because we are living in the end time probably four times. The latest time social media has proclaimed we are living in the end times is when Donald Trump became president. People have and are proclaiming he is the ANTICHRIST because of his character and how he can sway people to believe things that are not factual. Because of his ability to advocate for things that are considered mean, racist, authoritarian, vengeful, and for self-gain and admiration, people believe he must be the antichrist. But, people have gotten it WRONG before and they are like the boy who cried wolf. Do you know this children's tale?

    One day, the shepherd boy got really bored while sitting idle on the hillside and watching his flock of sheep grazing out there. So, he came up with an idea to amuse himself. Suddenly, he cried out loudly for help, “Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is raiding my sheep!”. Hearing that, the villagers came running towards the hillside and found out there was no wolf. The shepherd boy successfully fooled the villagers and laughed out loud heartily to the villagers’ dismay. The villagers became really angry and told the shepherd boy not to call out for help when there was no wolf in reality. 

    After a few days, the shepherd boy again called out for help, “Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is raiding my sheep!”. And, to his amusement, the villagers again rushed to the hillside to help him drive the wolf away. But they discovered that they got fooled by the shepherd boy for the second time in a row. They generally became very upset and angry. They warned the little boy not to raise a false alarm ever again.

    The story ends with a wolf actually coming. The boy cried wolf and the villagers ignored his cry for help because he had did it before and there was no wolf. The wolf ate the sheep and in some versions of the story, the wolf ate the boy.

SO WHY DO PEOPLE CONTINUE TO POINT TO AN ANTICHRIST AND SAY THE END TIMES ARE AT HAND?

Early Christians tended to emphasize the coming of the one great Antichrist. The Revelation to John refers to this figure as “the Beast from the Abyss” (11:7) and “the Beast from the Sea” (13:1). In the most sustained account of his appearance, 2 Thessalonians 2:1–12, he is called “the man of sin” and “son of perdition.” He will come at a time of a general apostasy (disbelief in God), deceive people with signs and wonders, sit in the temple of God, and claim to be God himself. Finally, he will be defeated by Jesus, who will destroy him by “the spirit of his mouth” and “the brightness of his coming” (2:8). It is clear from these excerps from the Bible, the antichrist is AGAINST God not just in DEEDS but also in WORDS.

    The Christian tradition tells us to be on the lookout for the Antichrist, who will appear shortly before the big finish. Vast amounts of Christian ink have been used to try and work out WHEN he will come and just HOW we might identify him when he does.

Here, then, are five things to know just in case. Five things to know about the Antichrist (theconversation.com)

1.    The Antichrist was the perfectly EVIL human being because he was completely OPPOSITE to the perfectly GOOD human being, Jesus Christ.In The Christian New Testament there are only THREE passages that mention the Antichrist, all in the letters of John (I John 2.18-27, I John 4.1-6, 2 John 7). They suggest the end of the world should be EXPECTED at any moment.

2.    The antichrist would be brought up in all forms of wickedness by MAGICIANS and WIZARDS. He would be accepted as the MESSIAH and ruler by the Jews in JERUSALEM. Those Christians whom he could not convert to his cause, he would TORTURE and KILL. He would then RULE for SEVEN years before being defeated by the angel Gabriel or Christ and the divine armies, prior to the resurrection of the dead and the Final Judgement.

3.    By the year 1400, another narrative of the Antichrist had arisen. Now he was no longer the TYRANT OUTSIDE of the Church but the DECEIVER within it. In short, he was the POPE or even the institution of the papacy and the Church themselves. This was the position on the Antichrist adopted by Protestants at the time of the 16th century Reformation. Martin Luther (1483-1546) was convinced that he was living in the last days. For him, the Pope fitted all the criteria for the Antichrist. The Pope, he declared, “is the true end times Antichrist who has raised himself over and set himself against Christ”.

4.    Within conservative Christianity over the last century, Antichrists have MULTIPLIED. “The Antichrist” has become a general category available for application to an array of individuals, collectives, and objects as the demonic “other”. American PRESIDENTS are well represented. When it comes to accusations of being the Antichrist, usually from the conservative religious right, Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, and Barack Obama have all been mentioned. Donald Trump is gaining popularity as a worthy candidate. with ethics scholar D. Stephen Long suggesting he represents: “not a single person but a political pattern that repeats itself by taking on power to oppress the poor and the just”. Marks of the beast, which is 666 (followers of the antichrist will have) have even been discerned to be goiven by the use of supermarket barcodes and pet microchips. 👀👀👀 

    The concept of human microchipping is relatively simple. It involves implanting microscopic integrated circuits under the human skin, commonly the gap between the thumb and forefinger. These chips can serve a range of purposes, including identification, contactless payments, and more. For many of us, the idea of having such a chip implanted in our body is an appalling one, but a 2021 survey of more than 4,000 people across the UK and the European Union found that 51% would consider it.

   Neuralink is Elon Musk's neural-interface-technology company. It's developing a device that would be embedded in a person's brain, where it would record brain activity and potentially stimulate it. Neuralink first became publicly known in 2017 when The Wall Street Journal reported on its existence. The chip Neuralink is developing is about the size of a coin and would be embedded in a person's skull. From the chip, an array of tiny wires, each roughly 20 times thinner than a human hair, fan out into the patient's brain.

5.     According to the Christian tradition, the Antichrist will finally be defeated by the armies of God under the leadership of Christ with the Kingdom of God (on earth or in heaven) to follow. 

DO CHRISTIANS HAVE A CLEAR DEFINITION OF THE ANTICHRIST THEY LOOK FOR TO COME SIGNALING THE END TIMES? YES.

    For those believing we are living in the last days and Donald Trump is the antichrist, here is a clear biblical description of the antichrist and how you can recognize him. Primary Sources | Apocalypse! FRONTLINE | PBS

    Just as Our Lord and Redeemer foresaw Bethlehem for himself as the place to assume humanity and to be born for us, so too the devil knew a place fit for that lost man who is called Antichrist, a place from which the root of all evil (1 Tim. 6:10) ought to come, namely, the city of BABYLON. Babylon, a small port town situated on the Euphrates River, grew to become one of the most prosperous cities within Mesopotamia. Today, Babylon is located within modern-day Iraq, roughly 50 miles south of Baghdad.

    The Antichrist will be born in that city, which once was a celebrated and glorious pagan center and the capital of the Persian Empire. It says that he will be brought up and protected in the cities of BETHSAIDA (the ruin of et-Tell is said to be Bethsaida, a ruined site on the east side of the Jordan on rising ground, 2 km (1.2 mi) from the sea) and COROZAIN ( It stood on the Korazim Plateau in the Upper Galilee on a hill above the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, 2.5 mi (4.0 km) from Capernaum in what is now the territory of modern Israel.the cities), that the Lord reproaches in the Gospel when he says, "Woe to you, Bethsaida, woe to you Corozain!" (Matt. 11.21). 

    The Antichrist will have magicians, enchanters, diviners, and wizards who at the devil's bidding will rear him and instruct him in every evil, error, and wicked art. Evil spirits will be his leaders, his constant associates, and inseparable companions. Then he will come to JERUSALEM and with various tortures will slay all the Christians he cannot convert to his cause. He will erect his throne in the Holy Temple, for the Temple that Solomon built to God that had been destroyed he will raise up to its former state. He will circumcise himself and will pretend that he is the son of Almighty God.

    He will first convert kings and princes to his cause, and then through them the rest of the peoples. He will attack the places where the Lord Christ walked and will destroy what the Lord made famous. Then he will send messengers and his preachers through the whole world. His preaching and power will extend "from sea to sea, from East to West" (Ps. 71:8), from North to South. He will also work many signs, great and unheard-of prodigies (Apoc. 13:13). He will make fire come down from heaven in a terrifying way, trees suddenly blossom and wither, the sea become stormy and unexpectedly calm. He will make the elements change into differing forms, divert the order and flow of bodies of water, disturb the air with winds and all sorts of commotions, and perform countless other wondrous acts. He will raise the dead "in the sight of men in order to lead into error, if possible, even the elect" (Matt. 24:24). For when they shall have seen great signs of such a nature even those who are perfect and God's chosen ones will doubt whether or not he is the Christ who according to the scriptures will come at the end of the world.

    He will arouse universal persecution against the Christians and all the elect. He will lift himself up against the faithful in three ways, that is, by terror, by gifts, and by prodigies. To those who believe in him he will give much gold and silver. Those he is not able to corrupt with gifts, he will overcome with terror; those he cannot overcome with terror, he will try to seduce with signs and prodigies. Those he cannot seduce with prodigies, he will cruelly torture and miserably put to death in the sight of all.

    "Then there will be tribulation such as has not been on earth from when the nations began to exist up to that time. Then those who are in the field I will flee to the mountains, and he who is on the roof will not go down into his house to take anything from it" (Matt. 24:21,16; Dan. 12:1). Then every faithful Christian who will be discovered will either deny God, or, if he will remain faithful, will perish, whether through sword, or fiery furnace, or serpents, or beasts, or through some other kind of torture. This terrible and fearful tribulation will last for three and a half years in the whole world. "Then the days will be shortened for the sake of the elect, for unless the Lord had shortened those days, mankind would not have been saved" (Matt. 24:22).

    That is an indepth description of the antichrist, his purpose, and his capabilities, leading to the destruction of the WORLD. The end times is not what occurs just in America. The antichrist will not present himself first in America. 

    I'm not familiar if there are people in the areas named for the antichrist's birth and life as he ages and as he becomes in power that peoclaim an antichrist. It seems to be a religious American phenomenom. 

    Nostradamus predicted three antichrists, Nepolian, Hitler, and One Still to Come. According to Nostradamus’ 1555 text “Les Propheties” (“The Prophecies”), 2024 brings continued global strife, royal turmoil and humanitarian disaster. While his writings are vague, bear in mind that he has been credited with foreseeing the rise of Adolf Hitler, the Sept. 11 attacks, and COVID, to name a few. “The dry earth will grow more parched / And there will be great floods when it is seen,” wrote Nostradamus.

He also predicted extreme weather events and world hunger: “Very great famine through pestiferous wave,” to be precise.

Pope Francis could soon be replaced, according to the astrologer’s predictions.“Through the death of a very old Pontiff / A Roman of good age will be elected / Of him it will be said that he weakens his see / But long will he sit and in biting activity,” he wrote. Pope Francis, who turns 87 on Sunday, has been having health issues, and recently had to skip the U.N. climate conference because of lung inflammation and breathing problems.

Nostradamus predicted “combat and naval battle”, and said that a “Red adversary will become pale with fear / Putting the great Ocean in dread.” Some think that the “Red adversary” could be referring to China.

    Nostradamus writes that in or around 2023, “The antichrist very soon annihilates the three. Twenty-seven years his war will last. The unbelievers are dead, captive, exiled. With blood, human bodies, water and red hail covering the earth.” Nostradamus is quite certain that war shall start in the East as the result of an alliance formed between Russia and the West, which shall cause China's leader to reassess his situation and allies. 'One day the two great leaders shall be friend; their great power shall be seen to increase. The New Land (America) shall be at the height of its power and the man of blood shall reassess his allies.

So you have prophesies of DOOM from other sources beyond the Bible. More than Americans look for the antichrist. 

    For the Christian, being prepared for when the antichrist comes into power and the end times are present, they will be RIGHT with God which is the important thing at all times. Sounding the alarm is a nice thing to do, but if the predictions/prophesies are correct, there will be a multitude of people lead astray and sounding the alarm will not be effective. 

SO WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN TO DO IF THE ANTICHRIST IS IN POWER?

GET RIGHT WITH GOD.

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