Aliens and the Antichrist: Unveiling the End Times Deception (36 page)

pent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

The Bible even states the exact location of where the Jews will flee. Sela, the ancient capital of Edom, is now called Petra; it’s an abandoned desert fortress carved out of solid rock (amazingly surrealistic too, I might add). This ancient city nestled into the rocks of the desert canyons will be the haven of the Jews during the great tribulation (Isaiah 16:1-5, and referred to in Isaiah 26:20-21, 63:1-8).

Isaiah 16:1
(bold emphasis added)

Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela
to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. For it shall be that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so
the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

The funny thing is, the Antichrist will probably know about all of these prophecies, being familiar with scripture as I’m sure he’ll be, but he won’t be able to do anything about them. He’ll try to stop the Jews during their escape by sending a military force after them, but God will cause a massive earthquake to open up the ground and swallow them up (Revelation 12:13-16).

Revelation 12:13-17
(bold emphasis added)

And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Then there’s the bolder Jews, who decide to stand their ground in Israel, right where the Antichrist will have his capital established during the second half of his reign. Even they will be protected from the Antichrist, despite the fact that they’ll be right there under his nose. They will be protected by both the two witnesses (Enoch and Elijah will return to Earth in those days to preach the Gospel and protect the Jews—Revelation 11:3-13), and the wars in the north and east will deter the Antichrist from focusing his attacks on them until the very tail end of the great tribulation.

Revelation 11:3-13
(bold emphasis added)

And I will give power unto my two witnesses,
and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
And if any man will hurt them, fire will proceed out of their mouth, and devour their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. These have power to shut heaven that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that will ascend out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand:
and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Certainly all of this will irk the Antichrist to no end. He’ll be successful in waging war and destroying people all over the world, but the Jewish people, whom he will hate more than anyone else, will be right in his own backyard, living in the same city where he will have his capital established, and he still won’t be able to destroy them.

1.8. The Technology of the Antichrist Kingdom

I mentioned before that the Antichrist might have a technological advantage in his battles because of his alliance with technologically advanced beings from other worlds. But I didn’t disclose the full depth of everything the Bible says about the technology utilized in the Antichrist kingdom. When the Antichrist assumes control over his new kingdom, one of the first mandates given by the beast from the Abyss (the supernatural being helping the Antichrist) will be to create an image of the beast (a representation of the Antichrist and his kingdom). This man-made thing will be intelligent, able to speak, and serve the Antichrist by exerting administrative control over his kingdom. He will regulate the economic system of his kingdom by forcing all his subjects to accept a special identification mark (the mark of the beast). Those without the mark (or the number or name of the beast) will not be allowed to buy or sell goods within his kingdom.

Revelation 13:14-16
(bold emphasis added)

And deceives them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth,
that they should make an image to the beast,
which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to
give life unto the image of the beast,
that
the image
of the beast
should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
And
he causes all,
both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,
to receive a mark
in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And
that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

This man-made, intelligent being will be an active participant in the administration of the Antichrist kingdom, but it won’t actually be alive because it’s never mentioned as being destroyed by God along with the beast (the Antichrist) and the false prophet.

Revelation 19:20

And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

I’m a fairly savvy computer guy, but I don’t think it takes a computer person to see that this image of the beast will be a technological wonder. It’s a man- made, intelligent being—the exact description of a computer given by someone who had no idea what a computer was. These days just about everyone familiar with prophecy, even a little bit, thinks the mark of the beast will be some sort of computer chip. I’d put a reference for this statement, but anyone with Internet access can simply search the Internet for “mark of the beast” and see that many of the links will give references to computer chips. The UPC (United Purchase Seal) barcode will also pop up; today’s standard for barcode scanners. The UPC apparently has “666” encoded into it for some technical reason, which is an interesting coincidence, since the UPC has to do with buying and selling.

Even in my job in the military, I happen to know that PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) technology is headed in the direction of an embedded computer chip. My personal military ID card, which is now called the “Common Access Card,” (CAC) contains a gold-colored computer chip on the front of it. The CAC is used for logging into military networks, accessing PKI encrypted Web sites, and reading PKI encrypted e-mail. I personally doubt the embedded-chip technology will ever be implemented in the United States, but it looks as if something like this will be exactly what the Antichrist kingdom will utilize for identification and economic administration. While most people understand the mark of the beast as a form of technology, I’m the only person that I know of who thinks that the image of the beast will be an artificially intelligent android.

Of course the image of the beast being an artificially intelligent android isn’t particularly significant in itself, other than the fact that I’m predicting what the image of the beast will be, and this will add to the credibility of the interpretation of the other information I’ve highlighted in this book if it comes to pass.

1.9. Could the Antichrist be a Modern-Day Nephilim?

For many years, there have been numerous speculations about the Antichrist. When will he come to power? Where will he come from? Will he rule from Rome, or some country in Europe, or even the United States? Will he be one of the popes or a president of the United States? Will he be a mortal human being, or something else, such as the reincarnation of Judas Iscariot, or the physical incarnation of Satan, or perhaps even a being from the underworld—from the bottomless pit? Might he be a modern-day Nephilim?

Concerning the first three questions, I’ve already stated that the Antichrist won’t rise to power until after the rapture of the church and the formation of the ten nations of the revised Roman Empire. As for the location of his initial ascent into world dominance, the Antichrist will make his entrance in the Syrian division of the ancient Grecian Empire, which today is either Syria or Lebanon. Because his location is clearly determined with such precision, it’s obvious that he won’t be a pope, or a president of the United States, nor will he ever establish his capital in Rome, or in the United States, or anywhere other than where scripture clearly states. The city of Babylon will be rebuilt and established as the capital of the Antichrist kingdom during the first three and one-half years of Daniel’s seventieth week (Isaiah 13:6, 13:9-13, 14:1-11; Zechariah 5:5-11; Revelation 16:17-21; 18:1-24). During the second three and one-half years ofhis reign, the Antichrist will relocate his capital to Jerusalem (Daniel 9:27, 11:40-45; 2 Thessa- lonians 2:3-4; Revelation 13).

As for the humanity of the Antichrist, he will definitely be a mortal human, though he won’t be
humane.
Revelation 13:18 states that his number (666) is the number of a man. He will also be slain by Christ when Christ returns at his second advent (Daniel 7:11; Isaiah 11:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8), which wouldn’t be possible to do if he were some completely immortal angelic being.

In reference to the idea that the Antichrist will be a reincarnation of Judas Iscariot, Hebrews 9:27 states that it is appointed unto men only once to die, and after that comes the judgment—so Judas Iscariot is out of the picture, and so is anyone else who could be reincarnated, for that matter.

Does the Nephilim theory have any substance to it? Might the Antichrist be a modern-day Nephilim? After weighing everything out, I think this might actually be a possibility, because the Nephilim (mortal, half-breed human-angel hybrids first mentioned in Genesis 6) are actually called “mighty men” and “men of renown” in scripture (Genesis 6:4), so they are considered to be men, even though they’re genetically diluted.

Scripture also states that the final conflict between God and Satan will be between the seed of the woman, Jesus, and the seed of Satan, the Antichrist (Genesis 3:15). The seed of the woman was a real, physical, biological seed, so why would the other seed
not
be a real, physical, biological seed, since all the elements necessary to make that possible are available?

Genesis 6:4
(bold emphasis added)

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became
mighty men
which were of old,
men of renown.

Genesis 3:15
(bold emphasis and bracketed comments added)

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and
between thy [Satan’s] seed
and
her [Eve’s] seed;
it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Since the Nephilim were actually the biological offspring of fallen angels, it stands as a possibility that Satan has been saving his personal seed for a long time—waiting for the right time to play this last trump card. He clearly wasn’t participating with the rebel angels who committed the sin of fornication with humans documented in Genesis 6 (an especially reprehensible sin, apparently, because those fallen angels who were committing it were apprehended and chained up, while other fallen angels are still allowed to roam free). Certainly he had it within him to commit this sin, but he specifically didn’t, and I suspect this is the reason. If Satan committed the special sin that the other angels committed in Genesis 6, he would’ve been chained up in hell with the rest of them long ago, but he wasn’t (Jude 1:6; 2 Peter 2:4).