Salam al Maseeh

The first Palestinian above all others is Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Let be accursed any gospel other than that which was preached at the beginning, received not from man but from Christ Jesus, thou alone, in whom we have redemption through thy all holy infinitely pure and undefiled blood, the remission of our sins, who in the future shall recreate the heavens and the earth, called by thine special choice, who before hoped in Christ with all who heard the word of truth and believed, sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise, who is the pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of the possession, for the praise of his glory, in faith in the Lord Jesus, and of love for all the saints in unceasing intercession of all the elect angels and saints of God, virgins, with all thanksgiving, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may grant us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in deep knowledge of him; the eyes of our minds being enlightened, to know the hope of his calling, the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and the exceeding greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power wrought in Christ the only first born from the dead in the flesh raised above all things he made subject under his feet, we who hold him the head directly and no other, Christ Jesus our only Lord and Saviour immortal son of the immortal Father in the unity and power and bond of love of the immortal Holy Spirit our Paraclete unto the ages of the ages. Amen.

The Final Trial: Jesus Christ begotten of the Father - not made

A prayer of Isaias the Prophet.

Is. 26: 9-21

(Isaias' prophecy, which is also his prayer.)

O Lord our God, grant us peace. Out of the night my spirit waketh at dawn unto Thee, O God; for Thy commandments are a light upon the earth. Learn righteousness, all ye that dwell upon the earth. For the ungodly man hath come to an end; every one that learneth not righteousness upon the earth shall not be able to do truth; let the ungodly be taken away, that he may not see the glory of the Lord. O Lord, Thine arm is lifted up, and they knew it not; but when they know it, let them be put to shame. Zeal shall lay hold upon an untaught people, and now fire shall devour the adversaries. O Lord our God, bestow Thy peace upon us, for Thou hast given all things unto us. O Lord our God, take us for Thy possession. O Lord, we know no other beside Thee; we call upon Thy name. But the dead shall not see life, neither shall physicians raise them up; therefore hast Thou brought wrath upon them, and hast slain them, and hast taken every man of them away. Bring more evils upon them, Lord; bring more evils upon them that are glorious upon the earth. O Lord, in trouble we remembered Thee; with small affliction was Thy chastening with us. And as a woman in travail draweth nigh to be delivered, and crieth out in her travail, so have we become in the presence of Thy beloved. We have conceived, O Lord, because of Thy fear, and have suffered pangs, and have brought forth the spirit of Thy salvation, which we have wrought upon the earth. We shall not fail, but all those that dwell upon the earth shall fail. The dead shall arise, and they that are in the tomb shall awake, and they that are upon the earth shall rejoice. For the dew which Thou sendest is healing unto them; but the land of the ungodly shall perish. Go, my people, enter into thine inner chamber, shut thy door, hide thyself for a little season [during the Great Tribulation, hidden in mountains and dens and caves of the earth - there is NO secret rapture which is only an heretical apostate Lurianic Talmudic Judaic doctrine], until the anger of the Lord shall pass away.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

And see: The Abomination of Desolation

Note in the below that this is a description of the evil that precedes the Antichrist who is the Abomination of Desolation. Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ then comes after the reign of Antichrist has proceeded for a while. Antichrist, his reign and the False Prophet and all their followers are then destroyed by the Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ from heaven with all His elect Angels and sent to hell forever. The saints will then reign with Our Lord Jesus Christ at their head on earth forever.

Palestine, which is properly the Holy Land for in it walked God in the flesh, Jesus Christ, and there He allowed Himself to be sacrificed for the salvation of those who profess Him from the heart and with the mouth, is a miniature of all the evil that has come upon the earth and there will the final evil be concentrated in its fullness and rule from there for a short time.

From: The Abomination of Desolation

Writing in the second century, St. Hippolytus wrote the following about the evil that will abound before the coming of Antichrist:

The temples of God will be like houses, and there will be overturnings of the churches everywhere. The Scriptures will be despised, and everywhere they will sing the songs of the adversary. Fornications, and adulteries, and perjuries will fill the land; sorceries, and incantations, and divinations will follow after these with all force and zeal. And, on the whole, from among those who profess to be Christians will rise up then false prophets, false apostles, impostors, mischief-makers, evil-doers, liars against each other, adulterers, fornicators, robbers, grasping, perjured, mendacious, hating each other. The shepherds will be like wolves; the priests will embrace falsehood; the monks will lust after the things of the world; the rich will assume hardness of heart; the rulers will not help the poor; the powerful will cast off all pity; the judges will remove justice from the just, and, blinded with bribes, they will call in unrighteousness.

St. Hippolytus of Rome, Treatise on the end of the world and on Antichrist

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Baptism

Traditional Catholic Prayers: Baptism

MATTHEW 28

CHAPTER XXVIII.

The resurrection of Christ. His commission to his disciples.

1 And *in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week,

18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.

19 *Going, therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.

"Consummation of the world," - the end of this age of grace and the beginning of the eternal ages with Christ reigning visibly. This is the end of the eschaton and the beginning of the eternal recreated heavens and the earth and will begin when Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ returns from heaven in the same flesh He rose with and ascended into the third heaven with, seated at the right hand of the Father. His return will be with all of His elect angels. He will raise and judge all men in the flesh and then recreate the heavens and the earth, which in that state will last that way for eternity. There will NOT be any sin in the new heavens and earth, so prepare now by confessing the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and be baptized as commanded above and shown how to baptize below and live Holy and Godly lives in sincerity and humility and meekness waiting for the Lord when He returns so that we are not like the five foolish virgins but are like the five wise virgins.

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1: A.D. 30.; Mark xvi. 1.; John xx. 1.

19: Mark xvi. 15.

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Method of Baptism

From the Didache (49 A.D. Council of Jerusalem):

Chapter 7. Concerning Baptism.

And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize the one to be baptized into Jesus Christ in "the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit," in running water. But if you have no running water, baptize into other water [still water]; and if you cannot do so in cold water, do so in warm. But if you have neither, pour out water three times upon the head onto the one to be baptized saying at that time "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." But before the baptism, if possible, let the baptizer fast, and the baptized, and whoever else can; but you shall order the baptized [when there is time] to fast one or two days before.

Baptism can and should always be performed immediately when there is danger of death of the one to be baptized. For instance, impending martyrdom or possible death causing illness.

Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist = Dajjal: Totally reject Dajjal and instead Come to Christ and receive the water of life

The Muhammad of the Almighty Triune God of The Final Trial would not stand in the way of Muslims coming to Our Lord Jesus Christ and being baptized in Him as the Injeel commands. The Mohammed of Ahmadiyya is the same as the Mohammot of al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah and both are antichrists and contradict the clear commands of God in the Injeel and Taurat and Quran.

Noble Quran

003.045 Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! God giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honour in this world and the Hereafter and of (held in honor by the company of the prophets and saints) those nearest to God;

003.046 "He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. And he shall be (adhered to by the company) of the righteous."

003.047 She said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man hath touched me?" He said: "Even so: God createth what He willeth: When He hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it, 'Be,' and it is!

003.048 "And God will teach him [Jesus Christ] the Book [alkitaba = all sacred writing from God Most High] and Wisdom [hikma = sophia = uncreated wisdom of God one with His Holy Spirit], the Law [Taurat fulfilled in the Gospel of Jesus Christ] and the Gospel [of Jesus Christ],"

As the Word of God Jesus Christ willed to learn in His Incarnation what He already possessed and knew prior to His Incarnation as part of His kenosis (emptying out of Himself and taking upon Himself our nature while in no way losing anything of what He already was as God by nature and Son of God as the Second Person of the undivided Trinity) and as an example to us of how we in humility must follow God the Father and the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

Baptism

The Final Trial: Traditional Catholic Prayers: Baptism

Traditional Catholic Prayers: Baptism

MATTHEW 28

CHAPTER XXVIII.

The resurrection of Christ. His commission to his disciples.

1 And *in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week,

18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.

19 *Going, therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.

"Consummation of the world," - the end of this age of grace and the beginning of the eternal ages with Christ reigning visibly. This is the end of the eschaton and the beginning of the eternal recreated heavens and the earth and will begin when Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ returns from heaven in the same flesh He rose with and ascended into the third heaven with, seated at the right hand of the Father. His return will be with all of His elect angels. He will raise and judge all men in the flesh and then recreate the heavens and the earth, which in that state will last that way for eternity. There will NOT be any sin in the new heavens and earth, so prepare now by confessing the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and be baptized as commanded above and shown how to baptize below and live Holy and Godly lives in sincerity and humility and meekness waiting for the Lord when He returns so that we are not like the five foolish virgins but are like the five wise virgins.

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*

1: A.D. 30.; Mark xvi. 1.; John xx. 1.

19: Mark xvi. 15.

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Method of Baptism

From the Didache (49 A.D. Council of Jerusalem):

Chapter 7. Concerning Baptism.

And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize the one to be baptized into Jesus Christ in "the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit," in running water. But if you have no running water, baptize into other water [still water]; and if you cannot do so in cold water, do so in warm. But if you have neither, pour out water three times upon the head onto the one to be baptized saying at that time "in the name of Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." But before the baptism, if possible, let the baptizer fast, and the baptized, and whoever else can; but you shall order the baptized [when there is time] to fast one or two days before.

Baptism can and should always be performed immediately when there is danger of death of the one to be baptized. For instance, impending martyrdom or possible death causing illness.

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See this for why Jesus Christ must be confessed as the Holy Word and Son of God: The Final Trial: Mary - revered by both Christians and Muslims as the vessel through whom God made the Word, Jesus Christ, Incarnate

The Muslim feast of Eid only commemorates the typological sacrifice by Abraham of Issac. That prefigured the final and only Supreme Sacrifice of Jesus Christ on His Most Holy Cross. It is only by the Sacrifice of Christ on His Cross that we are saved. Jesus Christ commanded, not suggested, that we be baptized; echoing the rest of the Church Fathers, St. Augustine noted that if someone could not be baptized even though they wanted it and did everything they could to be baptized in the water in name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, then their confession of faith is enough for their salvation. But no where are we allowed to refuse baptism.

All Muslims and everyone who will, are invited and encouraged to come to the water of life now and be baptized in the water and in the Spirit in name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and receive Communion.

For Noah and Abraham as Prophecies of Baptism in Our Only Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ see:

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Second Prophesy: Genesis 5: 32; 6; 7: 6: 11-14, 18-21, 23-24; 8: 1-3, 6-12, 15-21

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Third Prophesy: Genesis 22: 1-19

There is no evolution, to be baptized in Our Only Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ one must believe in the truth of literal Creation by God and no pantheistic syncretism with deistic design and the rest of pagan evolutionary theory.

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The First Prophesy: Genesis 1: 1-31; 2: 1-2

And see the rest of the Baptismal Prophecies. They are a must.

For all Jews wishing to convert sincerely from the heart to Jesus Christ now, here is a prayer based on the biblical Hebrew of the prophets of the Old Testament and the Septuagint Greek of the Old Testament and the New Testament and Arabic.

(The Arabic, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, means the same as God Almighty, or 'O Theos 'O Pantocrator, in Septuagint Greek.)

In the below “Dam (Blood) Kadosh (Holy) bet Yeshua ha Maschiach (Jesus Christ) kanawn anawim (have mercy on Your faithful [those who turn to God by the shed Blood of Christ on Calvary])” is asking for God's forgiveness by the shed Holy Blood of Christ – which is the only forgiveness there is from God for sin.

Go here: Jews called in Christ: Begun in 2002, judged illegal 2004, Israel’s apartheid wall goes on regardless | Jews for Justice for Palestinians

And then be baptized in Christ - see above: Baptism.

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Palestine Cry: The Justice of God: Parousia of Jesus Christ Our Lord: The BROAD way to hell - forever.

The Final Trial: The Final Trial: The Truth: The coming of the Antichrist, ad-Dajjal

The Illuminati: Mani and Manichaeism - blasphemous heresy

The Illuminati: Bahai - The Illuminati - Masonic Colonialism of the Holy Land

The Illuminati: Gnosticism, Occult, Masonry, Sabbateanism, Frankist--followers of Jacob Frank, Illuminati, Rosicrucianism and Mormonism are all rooted in and intertwined in the same Diabolic paganism

Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist = Dajjal: The Holy War - The Review of Religions

Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist = Dajjal: 18 Temple Benedictions: 6 + 6 + 6 = Temple of the Antichrist

The Illuminati: You'll never think the same way again. . . The Revelation

The Final Trial: No to all Terrorists

Traditional Catholic Prayers and The Justice of God

Reason for the Antichrist's - Dajjal's - war on the Noble Sanctuary

Reason for the Antichrist's - Dajjal's - war on the Noble Sanctuary
Reason for the Antichrist's - Dajjal's - war on the Noble Sanctuary | defilement of the Noble Sanctuary - click on picture

Parousia of Jesus Christ Our Lord

See:





The Promise of His coming. His commands to prepare and be worthy.

Statement of what is happening in the world in connection with the Second Coming of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Nuzul i Isa - Qiyamah, the Parousia of Jesus Christ Our Lord.

Rv:22:7 Behold I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.

Friday, February 14, 2014

Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist = Dajjal: Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist = Dajjal: Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist

Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist = Dajjal: Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist = Dajjal: Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist



Salaam al-Maseeh alaykum, assalaamu alaykum wa masaa’ul khayr, algmi akhuani wa akhawati.



Salaam al-Maseeh



Assalaamu alaykum,



The
below is of course my site on Christian profession of faith in Christ
in love of our fellow believers in the true God, Muslims who confess the
Triune God and the Immortal Word of God Who is Jesus Christ and the
Holy Spirit of the Father and the Son Jesus Christ.



 The Final Trial



Contained
therein is reference to the Triad. A little history is appropriate. In
the 19th century, the Triad was a Zio-Marxist-Communist network between
Jews in three cities for the purpose of invading Palestine and bringing
forth the evil reign of their 'ha maschiach' (The Antichrist - ad
Dajjal) in total opposition to the true Messiah professed by both
Christians and Muslims who is Our Lord Jesus Christ. Those cities were
Moscow (Tsarist Russia), New York City (Freemasonic America) and Tel
Aviv (Ottoman Palestine). This network brought forth Communism in Russia
(financed by New York Jewry at the time of the beginning of the mythic 6,000,000 disappearing Jews
- which recalled all the Jew migrations after they had murdered and
pillaged and stole all they could in various lands and amongst every
nation they could). At the same time the Federal Reserve and the Jews'
Tax system was started in the United States to collectivize America
under their thumb and give them the power to control politics in the
United States, particularly to get the United States to act as their
Bully Boy in three (sic) World Wars and many conflicts in between. The
third has just begun in 2001 at the infamous beginning of 911. The Triad
was morphed by the Jews into the United States, Russia and Red China
during the cold war which was between WWII and the current WWIII. That
was all explained to me over forty years ago by a Russian-Canadian Jew
operative of the Triad transnationalist Intelligence service of the KGB,
shadow CIA (not regular lawful CIA) and Red Chinese Military
Intelligence while that operative was conducting operations for them
from the United States in the Caribbean with their long time operative
Fidel Castro.



Current events and the near future:



The
Triad is Russia, China and the United States until Israel replaces the
United States, then it is Russia, China and Israel – then there were
two, Russia and Israel and then there was one: ISRAEL THE HOME OF THE
DAJJAL, ANTICHRIST – that last move is the real reason that Yamantau
exists



Beware and all of us get the word out to warn God's faithful.



Baarakul laahu fiik,



Ma’ assalaamah



E.J.L.







Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist = Dajjal: Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist







About the Antichrist http://www.impantokratoros.gr/1C83A2A7.en.aspx



About the Antichrist
      
Prior
to the 2nd Coming of Christ to the world, according to the Holy
Scripture and the Fathers of the Orthodox Church, the Antichrist will
precede -- a most impious man activated by Satan. Saint Cyril of Jerusalem informs us that the
Αntίchrist "is coming... when the close ofthe world is approaching",
that he will reveal all his murderous disposition against the Church,
and "against all (people) especially against us Christians".

According
to Saint John Chrysostom, the Antichrist will be a person accepting all
the energy of Satan. "What will he notwork then? He will move all, he
will disturb all..  , for he willwork a million
things and prepare others to work hard­ships" (P.G. 62, 482). "When the
Antichrist becomes prevail­ing," says the sacred Chrysostom, "he will
persecute the Church of God and reveal his wickedness..."
Among
many other things, Saint Cyril of Jerusalem makes known to us the
following also about the Antichrist: Daring such things for only 3
& 1/2 years, he will then be abolished by the second glorious
coming from the heavens of the only begotten Son of God, of our true
Lord and Savior Christ Who, defeating the Antichrist with the breath of
His mouth, will hand him over to the fire of Gehenna" (Catech. 15,
Chapter 12).
      

Hate amongst brothers, according to Saint Cyril of Jeru­salem, will give
ground to the
Α
nt
ί
christ;
because the Devil pre­pares the schisms of peoples, so that he who is
coming can become acceptable. St. Cyril places above all martyrs, those
who at the time of the
Α
nt
ί
christ - will witness with piety for the name of Christ; because the former struggled only with people, whereas
the martyrs of the
Α
nt
ί
christ's time will fight with Satan himself
ίη
person. 

The temptation to define the time of the events of the revelations is
limited by the terms of Saint Irenaeus, who says: "It is safer
and less dangerous, to await the outcome of the pro­phecy, rather than
to ponder and guess at the name" (Contra Hares. 30:3), and elsewhere he
tells us: "Every prophecy before being fulfilled is an enigma and
something irrational to people. When, however, the time comes and that
which has been prophesied is realized, then it achieves the most
precise explanation." While Saint Andrew of Caesarea says: "Time and
experience will reveal to those who are vigilant."

 

The Antichrist will precede the 2nd Coming of Christ. He will preach
ο
n
earth a worldwide persecution against the faith­ful, and for this
reason great attention and spiritual wakefulness is demanded; so that
we not be deceived
ί
n any way, as the Apostle Paul proclaims to the Thessalonians. 

The
Αntichrist
will be a natural person, who will place him­self against the God-man
Christ, His teaching and His Orthodox Church. Antichrist means he who
is coming instead of Christ and is opposed to Christ. He is essentially
the opponent, accord­ing to the Apostle Paul, of Christ and His world
saving work. 

The
Evangelist John tells us (1 John 2:22) "This is the antichrist, he who
denies the Father and the Son." While Saint John Damascene assures us,
that "he who does not con­fess the Son of God having come in the flesh
and that he is perfect God and has become a perfect man, after being
God, is antichrist" (P.G. 94, 1216). Whoever, that is, rejects the
incarnation of Christ is antichrist. Whoever again are enemies of
Christ's Faith, opponents of the Gospel of the Lord, are anti­christs.
There existed many forerunners of the Antichrist in the past, but also
very many who are working today in his own plans, as are the heresies,
sorceries, Zionism and many interna­tional political and financial
organizations. 

Additional
signs of the last days will be: the appearance of many false prophets;
the increase of destructive wars; hunger; dreadful and mortal
illnesses; earthquakes in places; and the scandals of lay people and
clergymen. Saint Cyril of Jerusalem writes
ίη
relation: "Bishops against bishops and clergymen against clergymen and
peoples against peoples unto blood". The
Ηοly
father urges us not to pay attention to those things which are
happening, but to those which have been written; nor should the per
chance evil conduct of the clergy be a cause, for our own perdition.

Another eschatological sin is the lessening of love and the increase
of hating brothers before the coming of the Antichrist ''And because
wickedness is multiplied, most men's love will grow cold", as the
Evangelist Matthew mentions in chapter 24 verse 12. 

Another
sign is the preaching of the Gospel to all the world, independently of
whether the people believe or not: "And this gospel of the kingdom will
be preached throughout the whole world, as a testimony to all nations;
and then the end will come." (Mat. 24: 14). 

The planned superinflation will aid in the nations being subjected to
the electronic money system.
ΑΙΙ
exchanges
and buying/selling will occur through the electronic means of
ex­changing values, and will be conducted with the "mark" {primarily the
"mark" is preternatural, sorcerous  and of the will denoting service to
Satan}: "Also it
causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and
slave, to be marked
οn the right hand or the fore­head, so that no one can buy or sell
unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast
or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom: let him who has
understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number,
its number is six hundred and sixty-six." (Revelation 13: 16-18).

The
Αntichrist's
coming is being prepared by his forerun­ners, who with impious and
sinful works will lead humanity to great apostasy and uselessness; and
to idolatry, in order to accept the Antichrist. They will pursue the
joining of the currents of politics,
of economy and of religion with the aim of the creation of a worldwide
state with a worldwide Governor-Dictator, and a pan-religion with the
Antichrist as God. 

The heresies, many satanic organizations, as well as the atheistic
material systems are forerunners of the
Αntichrist;
which cause confusion, disbelief in Christ's Church, and lead
unsupported people to perdition. With all these things they strive to
wound Orthodoxy, in order to work unbattered for Satan and his ungodly
instruments. The most effective manner of facing the forerunners of the
Αntichrist, and of the
Αntichrist himself, are tο
know Christ and place Him cοrrectly inside us with such intensity, that we will love Him first and
above all; so that, hence­forth, it is nοt possible for anything tο
separate us from Him. 

The par excellence Antichrist will be him whom God will allow tο
appear to the world a little prior t
ο
the 2nd Coming of Christ "he who is coming during the close of the
world", according t
ο
St.
John Damascene, "to fight the Church of Christ and the faithful
disciples of Christ". He will perform in a word whatever Satan dictates
t
ο
him, as if Satan is acting in person through him. He will be the person
through whom Satan will act. 

God will allow the
Αntichrist t
ο
come for the unbelieving, the Jews and the believers. According t
ο
Saint John Chrysostom he will nοt be powerful
οn the believers, but
οn all those who follow the road of perdition, as well as unrepentant
believers. 

Saint
Ephraim the Syrian tells us in relation, that "by the allowance of Holy
God, he (the Antichrist) will receive authority to deceive the world;
because the impiety of the world has multiplied and everywhere he works
hardships" 

Let us forbear, beloved, the satanic violence with bravery in our wicked
days, tο
avoid the Antichrist's deception. 

Saint Cyril of Jerusalem stresses t
ο
us: "So man, guard please your own self.
Υο
u
now have all the signs to know before hand of the Antichrist. And do
not just think about it, but also tell them and inform the others, as
many more as you can." 

"While the Son of God", according t
ο
Athanasios the Great, "coming will destroy him" (BEPES 35, 150). 

So,
while we don't know the precise year of the coming of the Antichrist,
we know from the Holy Scriptures and the God­bearing fathers quite a
few things about his dark person and his actions.

Ι
n
our wicked generation many international organizations work for the
more general plan of people being governed by the Antichrist. The
complete giving over of people to the demon is being pursued by the
dark powers. So let us be wakeful, because faith is a delicate thing
and we should not deny it either with words or actions; so that we not
lose the Grace of Holy Baptism.

We are called to pay attention, because whoever accepts the mark denies
holy Baptism, the faith of Christ; and he can
ηο
longer repent. For this reason, a careful Christ
ί
an life is demand­ed and great attention; so that we never accept the
deceiver Antichrist as true. It is necessary that we be
ί
n a state of repen­tance and spiritual readiness. And we must not forget
such sacred words of our Lord as: "Now the
Κίη
gd
ο
m
of heaven has suffered violence, and men of violence take it by force."
(Mat. 11: 12); and "Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor
the hour
ίη
which the Son of Man is coming." (Mat. 5:13). The Lord will come again
suddenly to judge the world as we also say
ίη
the Symbol of Faith: "And He will come again with glory to judge the
living and the dead, Whose kingdom shall have nο
end... ." 

The
Lord will come as the flood of Noah, that is, suddenly: ''As were the
days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. (Mat. 24:37)
Like the thief: "But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the
night" (2 Peter 3:10). Like light­ning! "For as the lightning comes
from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of
the Son of Man." (Mat. 24:27) That is, it will be felt like lightning,
and will be seen all over the earth and to all people. 

The Lord will come again
οn
earth with the same manner that He left. The angels Who were present
with the disciples of the Lord in His Ascension assured this: "This
Jesus, Who was taken
υρ
from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw Him go into
heaven." (Acts 1: 11).
Τ
ill then, let us cul­tivate inside us this sweet expectation -- with
worthy works of repentance and virtue, love and holiness. 

In
chapter 24, verse 30 of the Evangelist Matthew we read: "Then will
appear the sign of the Son of Man (the precious Cross) in heaven, and
then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son
of Man coming
ο
n the clouds of heaven with power and great glory".

While
in the first chapter of Revelation verse 7 is written. "Behold, He is
coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, every one who
pierced Him; and all tribes of the earth will wail
ο
n account of Him." 

Christ will not leave His faithful people, so long as we walk the path
of the Saints of our Church:
Το
live
with the fear of God, with humility, with prayer, with charity, with
repentance, with patience, with love. Let us walk the path of truth, of
light, of grace, of sanctification, studying the
Ηο
ly
Scripture, patristic works, the lives of our Saints, partaking worthily
in the sacra­mental life of our Church; and the philanthropic and
soul-saving Lord will not leave us helpless. Our Lord assured us of
this with the following consoling words of His: "And lo, I am with you
always, to the close of the age." (Mat. 28:20). 

We
are called completely to entrust ourselves to God, to strive to serve
the truth, to do that which pleases God; and to never forget, neither
God's Judgment nor the Recompense. Then, and only then, the peace of
God and His divine protection will accompany us and guard us always.
IN GENERAL
ABOUT THE CLOSE OF THE AGE, THE ANTICHRIST AND THE 2ND COMING
OF CHRIST

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