Who is the anti-Christ?

[magdalisa]

Calbreese:

The World Wide Web The web is supported by processing speeds that double about every eighteen months. Based on history, this is a linear progression, and by all educated accounts, its speed is expected to continue to grow at that same rate. Every ten years, its speed and resulting power increase by about 120 times. In about 45 years it will reach a point of ability to do what is being called Divine calculations. It was made available on the internet in the summer of 1991. It was proposed in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee as a global hypertext project to allow people to combine their knowledge. The mark of a man. A great research tool. Christians like it, but do not worship it. It can be turned off at several points, but it is now basically impossible to turn it all off…ever, ever. The World Wide Web’s compounding growth has not and cannot be matched by any religion. It is the latest addiction and certainly takes many people out of and away from the church. A jealous God does not like losing even one soul. This Beast is here, NOW. People in the know suggest it will attain a “machine like consciousness” within a matter of years. This is noted to make the reader aware of the awesome growing power of this man-made, from the earth, World Wide Web. The technical definition of the World Wide Web is: all the resources and users on the internet that are using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http). The broader definition is: the universe of network-accessable information, an embodiment of human knowledge. Google has over six billion pages of information. They expect to grow and eventually will be able to accomadate every page ever written, all available to 2024 Weblings. On almost every Web Page that “comes up” to be seen on a monitor, the only consistent “mark” of this beast is www. To men in Jesus’ time, this enclosed “sea” of light, fire and visions were quite remarkable. At the top of every page, the light in the monitor is projecting an image of every page viewed onto and through the screen in front of you, into your eyes and onto your face. Top of the page, is the location of the Beast’s mark, right into your forehead. Look at anyone’s face from the side while they are online. You will see the image on their face, it is even clearer to see in a dark room or when they have the reflection off of eyeglasses. Put your thumb up to any light bulb and see the light penetrating into your skin, into. Obvious mark. Look at any computer, laptop or desktop, with the World Wide Web on…now picture yourself almost 2000 years ago trying to describe it. Daniel and John had never seen plastic, glass, a keyboard, or light projected electronically (all man-made from the earth). Based on John’s understanding, he best describes the feet of a bear for the keypad; leopard spots for the keys and a sea for the artifical light (fire) and all while he (John) viewed this standing on the seashore’s sand. The electronically generated, second hand, dead pan voice from computer speakers and rectangularly enclosed monitor screen would certainly seem arrogant and look like the mouth of a roaring lion to John. He saw a mouse set up for the right hand. Palm Pilots, cell phones, and credit cards are now intricately tied into Web access and are used with the right hand. The development of a new protocol system was announced in 2002. Every computer, mobile phone, digital camera or other device must be assigned a unique identification number or web address. Isaac Asimov wrote a short story, “The Last Question”, about a supercomputer named “Multivac” which ends with the computer saying, “Let there be light”. This is about one sixth of the document that is at the Vatican. For a full copy, including Bible references and quotes of confirmation from learned people, call Daryl 661.703.4444 IHS

VERY interesting case…thanks

peace–
magdalisa

 

[AlanFromWichita]

The world, and the entire body of those whose Gods are temporal and worldly.

 

[Shredder]

Maitreya

share-international.org/maitreya/Ma_main.htm

The claims of this person is speculative. Benjamin Creme, the official spokesperson for Maitreya.

Creme said that it was Maitreya’s consciousness that worked through Jesus during his final three years leading up to the crucifixion. Maitreya, he added, also gave advice and instructions to Yasser Arafat, whom Creme characterized as a “great man.”

This guy is creepy

Shredder

 

[bon_saul]

Nero, enemy of Rome, who bore the number of the Beast.

 

[clmowry]

I would have to go with: “There have been many anti-christs.” However, I still believe that there will be “the” biggest baddest and last anti-christ at some point in time.

I do not buy that Revelation was “just” pointing to the roman emperor.

Chuck

 

[rpp]

It is so cool to see a four year old thread revived.

Too bad there were “someone we do not know yet” and “all of the above” choices.

 

[mrphilosophias]

I’m going to quote from my second favorite religious book (number one being the Bible) and that is Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, written in 1955 by Dr. Ludwig Ott. Imprimatur. I like this book because it contains all the Infallible Dogmas in bold print, stating them clearly and consisely.

There are things written in the Teaching Deposit about the Signs of the Second Coming. I’m going to only focus on the appearance of antichrist. Omitted sections, will be paraphrased (…). If you wish to know the full explanations, I’ll be happy to post them later…

Signs of the Second coming pp. 486-487, Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma
a. Preaching of the whole gospel to the whole world …
b. Conversion of the Jews …
c. Falling away from the faith …
d. The appearance of Antichrist The falling-away from the Faith stands in a causal connection with the appearance of Antichrist. 2 Thess 2, 3:“unless there be a revolt first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition. Who opposeth and is lifted up above all that is called God or that is worshipped, so that he sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself as if he were God.” He appears in the power of Satan, works apparent miracles, in order to lead men astray into the falling-away from the truth and into unrighteousness, and to cast them into the destruction (V. 9-11). [Golden Arrow’s note: I think the “V” reference is to the Vulgate??]. The Lord Jesus will, on His arrival, kill him “with the spirit of his mouth,” that is, destroy him with a power proceeding from him (V. 8). The name Antichrist is first used by St. John (1 John 2, 18. 22; 4,3; 2 John 2, 7); but he also designates the false teachers, who speak in the spirit of Antichrist, by this name. According to Saints Paul and John, Antichrist is to appear as a definite human personality who is the instrument of Satan. The Didiache speaks of a “seducer of the world” (16, 4).
e. Severe tribulations …

Basically, the Antichrist first comes as a spirit who works through the minds of the unrighteous, and the most unrighteous are termed, “antichrists.” There are many Antichrists: Hitler, Nero, Stalin, etc… However, near the Second Coming, the Spirit of Antichrist roams the world, searching for souls to devour, speaks through a multitude of false prophets, and also manifests itself in the culmination of all human sin and evil in a real definite person called THE Antichrist, Son of Perdition. The actual person of the Antichrist is the one human being MOST influenced by Satan in all history of Humanity, in a nutshell.

If we’re living in the time period that is near the Second Coming, we have three problems: 1) Spirit of Antichrist creating many unrighteous people and many Antichrists simultaneously 2) Spirit of Antichrist speaking through a huge host of false prophets (just look at all the self-proclaimed “visionaries” and “seers”!!!) 3) Spirit of Antichrist being the embodiment of a single human personality, i.e. a person completely possessed by Satan, so much so, that he no longer has a soul. This last person, the Son of Perdition has complete control of group number one and group number two, through the power of the Devil.

the truth and gospel has been going out over at godlikeproductions.com but there are alot of liars and deceivers there. The Catholics over there definitely need some help defending against bad information from misinformed/malicious people. The site is seen all over the world by 2 million people a day, and it is filled with lies, misrepresentations, and fallacy, which is misleading a lot of people!

I agree it is probably Maitreya allegedly Raj Patel and his devious new age psychobabblers; I’ve encountered one of these alleged “masters of wisdom” once, and he was very charismatic, Nordic looking, had a certain spiritual vibe about him, and came with flowery prose and esoteric astrology. Alot of people are attracted to him and his new age ‘wisdom’. He claimed to me he was from pleiades and that he wanted me to let him into my dreams and he would take me onto the astral plane. Guess he didn’t realize what he was getting himself into. This guy is basically setting up a cult in a near by town, and if anyone is in Bucks County, PA then pm me, as I would like to go out with others to hand out apologetics.