AND THE MARK OF THE BEAST
November 10, 2011
The Genesis 3:15 prophecy speaks of two seeds: the seed of the woman (her seed) and the seed of Satan (thy seed). Jewish and Christian interpreters were convinced that the reference to her seed found its culmination in Jesus the Messiah and we fully examined just how that was possible genetically. Because the fulfillment of “her seed” was the genetic mixing of the earthly (Mary) with the heavenly/divine (Holy Spirit) then it follows that the fulfillment of “thy seed” will follow in like manner. Therefore, because the incarnation of the Messiah was Mary’s seed plus the Holy Spirit (human seed + spiritual seed), the embodiment of the anti-Messiah ought to be a mingling of human seed plus Satan (who is opposed to the woman). We conclude therefore that the Antichrist will the genetic son of Satan.
"... Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light." (Matthew 17:1-2; cf. Psalms 104:2; 1 John 3:2)
How could that be possible? We recall that Adam and Eve were made in God’s image and emitted light like a garment. The image was tainted at the Fall and they lost the light garments. God promised a redeemer to restore the Image and restore the light garments. The Messiah mixed genetically with humanity to rescue us and upon resurrection we get our new bodies with the image restored. However, only those who follow Jesus in the regeneration will receive the restored Image (John 1:11-12; Titus 3:4-7; 1 Peter 1:23; Exodus 34:29-30; 2 Corinthians 3:7-18).
" And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things [The Roman Empire that still runs through Catholicism]: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron [The New World Order, the final form of the Roman Empire], the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever." (Daniel 2:40-44)
Concurrently, Satan attempted to destroy the image genetically with the "sons of God" (fallen angels) before the flood and again after the flood (Genesis 6:1-4; cf. Job 1:6, 21:, 38:6-7; ). Daniel 2:43 prophesied of a mingling of the seed (distortion of the image. We have learned that the alien” (demonic) abductees report their seed being harvested and that the “Aliens” (demons) are creating a hybrid race between them and us. All the while they (demons) are warning of impending cataclysms coming upon the world and are purporting that they will raise up a super human leader in our time of need. Lastly, we saw that the Transhumanist movement is seeking to improve man by way of changing his genetic code and via recombinant DNA it is possible to alter an adult individual at the most fundamental level.
The Little Horn Rising
The key to unlocking the genetic connection between the Beast (Antichrist) and Satan is found in Daniel and Revelation. We formerly considered who the ten toes (ten kings) were in Daniel 2:43 and we came to the conclusion that they are not humans but demons. We also demonstrated how the kings in Daniel 10 must necessarily be demon kings and not human kings for not even any number of human kings would be able to imprison one (good) angel as witnessed when just one angel killed 185,000 mighty Assyrians in one night (2 Kings 19:35). The ten toes of Daniel 2:43 are identical to the ten horns in Daniel 7:7 and Revelation 13:1 and from Revelation 17:12 we know that the horns are kings. Given that the horns are demons, the little horn rising up among them takes on a new significance.
"I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up [silkat סִלְקָת] among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things." (Daniel 7:8).
The term “come up” (among them) is the Aramaic word silkat (סִלְקָת), which means “to ascend or come up” (cf. BDB Hebrew Lexicon). The implication is that if the ten horns are demonic, then the little horn ascends to their level; he rises up in likeness to them. In other words, the little horn becomes of a like nature to the ten horns: he is transformed from simply human to a genetic hybrid between Satan and human – he becomes the Beast. Daniel chapter eight supports this conclusion.
The Little Horn in Daniel Chapter 8
In Daniel chapter 8, Daniel sees a vision of Alexander the Great coming and attacking with great velocity the Medo Persian Empire. In the vision, Alexander is represented as a male goat: “the male goat grew very great; but when he became strong, the large horn was broken, and in place of it four notable ones came up toward the four winds of heaven,” (Daniel 8:8). The angel explains that out of the one, four come up. We know that after Alexander’s death his four generals took over the Empire. We of course need to keep in mind that behind each of these kingdoms is a spiritual ruler, per Daniel 10. Nevertheless, out of one of the horns would come Antiochus IV (Epiphanes): “And out of one of them came a little horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the Glorious Land. (Daniel 8:9). Thomas Constable in his commentary states “almost all scholars recognize that Antiochus Epiphanes fulfilled what Gabriel predicted in these verses (cf. 1 Maccabees. 1:10).” He notes that many students of the verses in question “have noticed striking similarities between Antiochus Epiphanes as described here and another political leader predicted to appear in the future.” He concludes that he (and other students of Daniel) take the verses to be prophetic of Antiochus and the Antichrist.
It seems that Antiochus did on a smaller scale what Antichrist will do on a larger one. Apparently in the much later period of the rule of these kings, namely, the end times, transgressors will have run their course even more completely. The Antichrist will oppose the Prince of princes, God the Son, who will break him without human agency (Ps. 2; Rev. 19:19-20).[i]
Thus we conclude as well that the passage of Daniel 8 was true in many aspects of Antiochus IV but will be completely fulfilled through the person of the Antichrist. The little horn, in Daniel 8:9, therefore, is the same horn as in Daniel 7:7. We then continue reading concerning this little horn:
And it grew up [vatigdal וַתִּגְדַּ֖ל] to the host [tzavah צָּבָ֥א] of heaven; and it cast down some of the host [tzavah צָּבָ֥א] and some of the stars to the ground, and trampled them. He even exalted himself as high as the Prince of the host; and by him the daily sacrifices were taken away, and the place of His sanctuary was cast down. Because of transgression, an army was given over to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices; and he cast truth down to the ground. He did all this and prospered, (Daniel 8:10-12).
The Hebrew[ii] word vatigdal (וַתִּגְדַּ֖ל) comes from the lexical form gadal (גּדל) meaning to “grow up, become great, to be magnified”. The idea is that the Little Horn goes from a lesser state to a greater state. He becomes so great that he even grows up to the angelic/demonic realm which the Bible commonly refers to as the “host of heaven.” The host of heaven refers to the army of heaven – which is to say the angelic and/or demonic host. However, the word “host” simply means “army”, which refers to either human or angelic/demonic. We first note that God is commonly referred to as YHWH tzevaoth (LORD of hosts/armies).
Isaiah 34:2-3 states that: “For the indignation of the LORD is against all nations, And His fury against all their armies; He has utterly destroyed them, He has given them over to the slaughter. Also their slain shall be thrown out; Their stench shall rise from their corpses, And the mountains shall be melted with their blood,” (Isaiah 34:2,3). We then find this contrasted in the next two verses with the host of heaven – which is referring to the demonic armies (which we learned about in Daniel chapter 10).
"And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment." (Isaiah 34:4,5)
"And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited." (Isaiah 24:21-22).
Angels as Stars
The next phrase of Daniel 8:10, reiterates and expands upon that with a parallel statement that he will cast some of the host and stars down to the ground. Scripture frequently refers to angels as stars. We know that it must not be referring to what we call stars today i.e. burning balls of gas in space for that would require him to move many of them and of course the entire earth and all therein would be instantly dissolved. In the book of Job, stars represent angels where the term “morning stars” is in parallel with “sons of God”, which we have already studied in depth: “When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” (Job 38:7). This same imagery is used of Lucifer himself in Isaiah 14:12-13:
How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [How] you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north,’ (Isaiah 14:12, 13).
Likewise in Revelation 12:4, 7 the dragon took a third of the stars with him to the ground which we see in verse seven is a reference to angels.
His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. […] And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, (Revelation 12:4, 7).
The reason angels are so often referred to as stars is because they literally shine. We can see this proven when the disciples went to the tomb and found Jesus’ body missing. They were visited by two men in shining garments (Luke 24:4) – the word used to describe the “shining” garments is astrapto (ἀστράπτω) which is the same linguistic root as a “star” – that is just as a star shines, so too do the garments of angels. Thus, we see graphically why the angels are referred to as stars occasionally in the Bible.
Exalted to the Heavenly Host
Next we note that this king will be exalted as high as the prince of the host (sar-hatzavah שַׂר־הַצָּבָא). This could be a reference to Michael, who is referred to as the chief prince (sar שַׂר) though it could also refer to the Lord Jesus. In any event, this king will be exalted[iii] or will exalt himself up to the spiritual realm. Again, the impression is that this king somehow goes through a transformation from a lower state to a higher state. The angel then gives the interpretation of this coming king.
"And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days." (Daniel 8:23-26).
The keys aspects of this coming king as seen in the vision and the interpretation of the vision given by the angel are the following:
His coming will be at a time of great transgression reminiscent of Jesus’ prediction that “the love of many shall wax cold” (Matthew 24:12), and Paul’s prediction of the coming apostasy (2 Thessalonians 2:3)
The king will have fierce features:
He will understand sinister schemes (riddles or enigmatic sayings)
He will have great power but the source is from another (Satan)
He will war against the holy people (See also: Revelation 12)
He will exalt – declare himself to be god (See also: 2 Thessalonians 2:4)
He will stop the sacrifices (Daniel 11:31, 37-38)
He will be destroyed supernaturally (literally “he shall be broken without hand” [b'ephes yad yishaver בְאֶ֥פֶס יָ֖ד יִשָּׁבֵֽר] (See also: 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Isaiah 11:4).
Therefore the composite we draw is that this person will be exalted though not by his own power to the level of the demonic realm (the stars, host, and horns). He will share some common features with the horns (demons), first of all because he is known as the little horn. Secondly, he will rise up to the host of heaven and will even cast down some of the host and some of the stars (demons). Therefore, we see that the man will rise up to the level of demons; he will become part horn, which we have seen, is demonic. Therefore, he will be a hybrid which points us back to Genesis 3:15 where we saw that Satan’s seed will become the Antichrist (Beast). The man known as the beast will take on the DNA (seed of Satan) and will go from being a regular human and will become a hybrid (Nephilim).
Son of Perdition
End times researcher Tom Horn reaches a similar conclusion that the Antichrist/Beast will be the progeny of the demonic realm based on his reading of 2 Thessalonians 2:3. “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition [apoleia],” (2 Thessalonians 2:3). He notes that Greek word apoleia (perdition) is the same root as Apollyon/Apollo all of which mean “perdition” or “destruction.” Horn states:
Antichrist will be the progeny or incarnation of the ancient spirit, “Apollo.” Numerous scholarly and classical works identify “Apollyon” as the god “Apollo”—the Greek deity “of death and pestilence,” and Webster’s Dictionary points out that “Apollyon” was a common variant of “Apollo” until recent history.
Revelation 17:8 also ties the coming of Antichrist with Apollo, revealing that the ‘Beast’ shall ascend from the bottomless pit and enter him. “The Beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the Bottomless Pit, and go into perdition [Apolia, Apollo]: and they that dwell on the Earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the Beast that was, and is not, and yet is” (Revelation 17:8).
Abaddon is another name for Apollo (Rev. 9:11), identified historically as the king of demonic “locusts” (Revelation 9:1-11). This means among other things that Apollo is the end-times angel or “King of the Abyss” that opens the bottomless pit, out of which an army of transgenic locusts erupts upon earth.[iv]
Horn’s idea has tremendous merit and would appear to corroborate the evidence that we have examined concerning Genesis 3:15. Thus, if the linguistic connection is correct,[v] then the Holy Spirit inspired Paul to confirm the Genesis 3:15 prophecy, thereby further substantiating that the Antichrist/Beast will be a hybrid or the ultimate Nephilim.
We conclude therefore that the little horn (Antichrist/Beast) will begin as a man and then become the genetic son of Satan. It is important to note that he will begin as a regular man: Though the Lord will use him to in part judge the world, he was not predestined to be the Antichrist but he will choose to become a hybrid (Nephilim) with Satan to fulfill his purposes.[vi] He will have free choice all the way until the Lord Jesus returns to destroy him. We know that he begins as a man from several clues in Scripture:
The beast rises out of the sea (Revelation 13:1).
Waters (like sea) are defined as peoples multitudes, nations, and tongues (Rev 17:15).
Satan gives or bestows his power and authority to him (Revelation 13:2).
He demonstrates that he is a god in 2 Thessalonians, thereby suggesting that he needs to prove it because he was not always so.
The ten horns which are ten kings receive authority and then give it to the Beast. We recall that Satan would give all of his power and authority to the Beast – thus the horns/kings (demon kings) receive authority from Satan and then give it to the Beast (who did not begin as a hybrid).
Satan will give all of his authority and power to this individual but just what would cause Satan to give anyone all of his authority, his throne, and his power? Conservative scholars frequently refer to the unholy trinity wherein the role of the Father is Satan, the role of the Son is the Antichrist, and the role of the Holy Spirit is the False Prophet. However, rather than this unholy trinity merely being a relationship of mutual interest, the Antichrist (the argument could be made for the False Prophet as well) will in fact share genetic information with Satan and thus will truly be the son of Satan. Therefore, just as God the Father committed all authority to Jesus (“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth,” Matthew 28:18), who is of like substance to the Father (homoousios), in like manner will the Antichrist be given all authority and power of his father and he will take on Satan’s traits.
The coming of the [lawless one] is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, (2 Thessalonians 2:9)
The dragon gave him [the Beast] his power, his throne, and great authority. (Revelation 13:2)
So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the Beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who [is] like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” (Revelation 13:4)
Nevertheless, we are left with the question of how this could be. If our conclusion is correct, then just how could Satan mingle his seed with a grown man? The virgin birth of Jesus Christ was truly one of the greatest miracles in the Bible – even today the concept of the virgin birth is just too much of a stretch of the imagination for many people. How then could Satan perform that same miracle? Just as with the many plagues in Egypt Satan was able to empower the Egyptian magicians so that they could mimic the miracles, so too Satan will mimic the virgin birth. However, as we have discovered, no woman is necessary for this genetic transfer.
Therion
The fact that the Antichrist is referred to as the Beast (exclusively in Revelation) ought to cause us to pause and consider that this person will not be an average human. The Greek word for beast is therion (θηρίον) and according to the Liddell Scott Jones Classical Greek Lexicon, it generally means an animal as opposed to men and a “beast, esp. as hostile and odious to man; monster, creature, of sharks.” Aristotle used the word to signify “either above or below the nature of man.”[vii] Lastly, in Sophocles’ Ichneutae the term therion (θηρίον) was used to refer to mythological creatures known as satyrs, which according the Encyclopedia Mythica “are deities of the woods and mountains. They are half human and half beast; they usually have a goat’s tail, flanks and hooves. While the upper part of the body is that of a human, they also have the horns of a goat.”[viii] Though the Beast in Scripture may not be classified as a satyr, the usage of the word to describe a human-like entity is extremely significant – that is, the Antichrist will not be fully human and today we have the technology to make this happen.
The Genetics of the Deception
The technology known as recombinant DNA in fact now makes it possible for a grown man or woman to be altered at the genetic level. If a non-human gene were introduced into the human genome then the person would no longer be fully human but would by definition become a hybrid. The ancient name for a creature that is composed of different kinds is known as a chimera and that is also the name given to hybrid creatures by scientists today. We considered some strange creatures in a previous chapter such as the spider goat and the green glowing pigs to name a few.
Recombinant DNA
Recombinant DNA is “hybrid DNA that has been created from more than one source.”[ix] The basic procedure is where a DNA strand is opened up and then a gene from another organism is inserted making a new strand of DNA. Then the RNA replicates the new strand and it is passed into the entire system. “When recombinant DNA is then further altered or changed to host additional strands of DNA, the molecule formed is referred to as “chimeric” DNA molecule, with reference to the mythological chimera that consisted as a composite of several animals.”[x] By means of recombinant DNA, Satan may be able to convince humanity to insert demonic genes, perceived as desirable, into the human genome. The genetic composition of the person, therefore, would result in that person becoming a chimera.
Using recombinant DNA, a fully mature man could inject himself with the selected gene or genes of another species. The process which is really just a matter of copying and pasting is explained by T. Wakayama et al., in the July 1998 issue of Nature:
In the late 70s, Dr. Stan Cohen (Stanford) studying antibiotic resistance plasmids in E. coli, and Dr.
Herb Boyer (UCSF) studying restriction enzymes […] realized that they could use restriction enzymes to cut both plasmid DNA as well as DNA containing a gene of interest, and combine the DNAs so that the “sticky ends” of each DNA could be joined, or “spliced”, to make a recombinant DNA (i.e. bacteria human).[xi]
Therefore, we can see how a man with access to technology and to Satan’s seed could then merely inject it into his DNA; then once inserted his own RNA would copy the new strands with the foreign gene(s) and it would spread throughout his entire system. Once the process of replication was complete the man would no longer be a mere human; he would in essence be a chimera, a hybrid; he would be a chimera, a hybrid – a beast!
His Image
And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain, (Revelation 13:15).
Approximately three and a half years after coming to power, the Beast will require everyone to take his mark, the number of his name and to worship his image. Exactly how that will be realized is impossible to know. We can suggest however that the image that the false prophet gives breath to could be some transhuman or transgenic creature or some form of synthetic biology – the important thing to note is that it will truly have breath and will not simply be a clever trick. The technology already exists to make some version of the image. This image is what will then cause all to take the mark.
His Mark
Also it [the image of the beast] causes all, […] to be marked on 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 the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666, (Revelation 13:16-18).
Transhumanist and end-times researcher Tom Horn has written a great deal about the coming consequences of man changing himself at the source code level.[xii] Horn’s wife Nita has suggested that recombinant DNA (RDNA) may be the means by which the mark of the beast is introduced onto an unsuspecting world[xiii] through the rewriting of one’s DNA to so that the person is no longer fully human but is part beast (Antichrist).[xiv] The suggestion appears valid in light of all that we have learned.
Presumably some point after the rapture, humanity, in an effort to not be removed from the planet (like those taken) and to be able to evolve to be like the Beast (the supposed leader of the “Aliens”), will allow their DNA to be rewritten thus altering their image – that image that was in God’s image (though fallen) will therefore become genetically like the Beast and of course Satan and his angels. The mark then would simply be the proof (or perhaps the means by which) one has undergone the genetic transformation. This action of taking the mark will condemn them to hell forever because they will no longer be in the image of God. How sad it is to realize that what man will trade his soul for God was willing to give for free. Man wants to augment himself with greater powers and to go on living forever – but without God. God however, has already made a way for man to have those powers and eternal life if he will simply humble himself and ask.
Conclusion
To whom would Satan be willing to give of his own genetic material? Crossing the line of mixing “different kinds” is against the natural law of God. The sons of God that did so in the days of Noah got themselves thrown into the pit / abyss / Tartarus as testified by Peter who says: “For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell and locked them up in chains in utter darkness, to be kept until the judgment,” (2 Peter 2:4). The penalty for crossing that barrier is ostensibly imprisonment until the final judgment. We know that Satan will find himself thrown into the abyss right after the Great Tribulation and perhaps “fathering” his own son is the line that he is not permitted to cross. Therefore, Satan must be very selective of this person. We can presume that this person will have all of the worldly advantages possible: the best education, all the power, riches, and technology. He will worship Lucifer and will lust for the ultimate power to have greater than human capacity. This person will indeed be the one that Jesus spoke of who gains the whole world but loses his soul (Matthew 16:26). The kingdoms of the world that Satan offered to Jesus this person will possess, (see appendix five for a socio-economic sketch of the Antichrist).
He will obtain Satan’s own genetic material and then insert it into his body using Recombinant DNA. His body’s own RNA will then cause the Satanic strain to be replicated into various parts of his body and once completed, his genetic make-up (DNA) will be a new code – a code not strictly from Adam (even in Adam’s fallen state), but will be augmented code that has been mixed with the Satan just as God declared in Genesis 3:15. Satan will have finally succeeded in imitating the incarnation. This man will literally become the genetic son of Satan because he will have Satan’s seed mingled in with his own. This conclusion fulfills Genesis 3:15 plus it is consistent with what other fallen angels did in Noah’s day. It is consistent with Daniel 2:43 and also explains how the Little Horn rises up to where the other horns are and how he is able to cast them to the ground. It is consistent with the technology of Transhumanism in that dissimilar kinds can now be mingled and is also consistent with the research of John Mack and David Jacobs and the “Aliens” want to create a hybrid race. Lastly, it squares with the expectation that “Aliens […] will select a human person and endow him with superhuman powers and knowledge. This man will lead us to world government and world peace.”[xv]
It is reasonable and probably that the mark of the Beast will also be an imitation of what the Lord wants to do for believers – He will restore us spiritually and genetically – we will be like him, we will be in his image, we will be conformed to his glorious body we will have God’s seed in us. By Satan giving his genetic material to the Beast (who “replaces” Jesus) and then the Beast offering (forcing) all to take of his altered genetic material – Satan will be perfectly imitating our salvation. Probably one reason people will desire to take of his seed is because of the powers they are promised. We have seen both in the movies and by real life personal testimony the “Aliens” appear as beings of light. Of course, believers in Jesus will actually receive true bodies of light – but the Beast will promise glorious bodies which he will ultimately not deliver. However, those transformed with the DNA change (Mark of the Beast) will receive traits of Satan – possibly being that they will not be able to die which we see when the locusts torment mankind for five months and thought they seek death but it will flee from them (Revelation 9:6) – this could be because they possess traits from Satan (who does not die).
Some two thousand years after the true incarnation and six thousand after the fall of man in the Garden, Satan, the Serpent, will have fulfilled the prophecy that God spoke to him of the enmity between his seed and her seed. Having his own seed mingled with a son of Adam and with today’s technology, Satan can finally try to replicate his own seed in every last person on the planet. If he can accomplish this then perhaps his own fate can be averted; perhaps he can succeed in his war to destroy the image of God genetically contained in man.
Satan’s long war to destroy the image of God will ultimately fail. Though he will successfully deceive many and even apparently be just moments away from success, the Lord will in the end intervene. More than likely victory will appear to be just on the verge of achieving – very much like how it was in the days of Noah. Every human on the planet, except Noah and his family, were corrupted morally and perhaps also genetically as well. With only eight standing in the way, Satan must have felt that victory was his – only to watch his entire devilish work gasp for air and then perish in the flood. So too will the return of the Lord most likely be. Just at the last moment, the Lord Jesus will return to save the Jewish people and all others who trusted in Him during the Great Tribulation. He will destroy the Antichrist and the False Prophet in the Lake of Fire and Satan and his angels will be bound for one thousand years in the Pit. The Lord will also judge the nations and set up His Kingdom which will last for one thousand years initially and then forever. It is during the millennium that the conditions that were lost in the Garden of Eden will be restored to the earth, to the animals and to man himself. In the end, Jesus will crush the head of the Serpent once and for all.
END NOTES
[i] Constable Daniel 8.
[ii] Only Daniel chapters 2-7 are in Aramaic, the rest of the book is in Hebrew.
[iii] The Hebrew text employs the hiphil form (stem, binyan) which is causative signifying that someone makes him great.
[iv] (Horn) http://www.newswithviews.com/Horn/thomas114.htm.
[v] I wanted to double check the linguistic association that Horn is making and after searching several lexicons and commentaries and not finding anything definitive, I decided to call to my Greek friend Costas (in Greece), to inquire if apoleia can be thought of as identical to Apollyon/Apollo. He replied that it is plausibly true though not an absolutely necessary relationship.
[vi] ”The LORD hath made [pa’al פָּעַל] all things for himself: yea, even the wicked [rasha רָשָׁע] for the day of evil.” (Proverbs 16:4). This verse is commonly interpreted in a Calvinistic sense which is to say that God has predestined even the evil people for destruction (hell). We need to note that the word for “wicked” here is not in the plural (though that does appear in the Bible frequently) but is singular. This could also be translated “wicked one,” that is, the Antichrist. The same word is also used in Isaiah 11:4 in reference to whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His lips (just like 2 Thessalonians 2:8) – thus the verse is not speaking of God predestining some to eternal damnation but to how even the Antichrist (the Wicked One, the Lawless One) the Lord will use according to His own ends. The day of disaster is presumably the Great Tribulation.
[vii] Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek θηρίον.
[viii] http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/satyrs.html.
[ix] Retrieved October 25, 2010 from: http://www.answers.com/library/Biology+Q%26A-cid-67690.
[x] Recombinant DNA. (2008, April 2). New World Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 23, 2010 from http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Recombinant_DNA?oldid=682672. Berg et al. 2007.
[xi] Plasmids, small extra-chromosomal circles of bacterial DNA, can be used to carry DNA into bacterial cells. Each plasmid contains about 5 genes, and doesn’t mind carrying around one more. Once the bacteria has a copy of the foreign gene, it treats it as one of its own and replicates it every time it replicates the plasmid (this is called DNA cloning). Over the course of a day or two, billions of bacteria will be churning out the protein coded by the gene inserted. Restriction Enzymes are produced by bacteria in response to bacteriophage (viral) infection. The enzymes chop the invading DNA up into pieces by recognizing specific DNA sequences (called restriction sites) – usually palindromic. When these enzymes cut DNA, they often leave overhangs on the ends of the DNA called “sticky ends”. http://www.biology.iupui.edu/biocourses/N100H/ch15biotech.html. Berg et al. 2007.
[xii] Horn’s research has served as a catalyst for some of the ideas in this book.
[xiii] Retrieved October 25, 2010 from: http://www.newswithviews.com/Horn/thomas123.htm.
[xiv] Retrieved October 25, 2010 from: http://newswithviews.com/Horn/thomas160.htm.
[xv] David Lewis, UFO: End Time Delusion, p. 46.
Narrative: Through the Eyes of the Beast
The time is moments after the rapture – over 700 million people have just been removed from the earth. The “Aliens” appear as bright lights in the sky around the globe simultaneously. Shortly after this worldwide phenomenon their leader, who was originally born in the area known formerly as the Roman Empire (a vast area of land stretching from west North Africa up to England and then as far as the Middle East) and who is a hybrid between man and demon (”alien”), comes on the scene to lead the world to accept his father Lucifer.
Because of the position and influence this man holds as well as the circles he is involved in, he knows that there are no such things as Aliens. He is acutely aware that the so called “Aliens” are in fact demons and he has for many years of his life attempted to harness the power of the spiritual realm of the demons and Lucifer. He thinks that Lucifer is the one who wants to give humanity freedom and now he thinks he will lead the world to ultimate freedom – unshackled from the image of God.
The man had attained everything a person could want: money, power, and influence – all because of his loyalty to his master Lucifer. However, he had not been satisfied. He had lusted for more power – the ultimate power; he had desired to be like his ascended masters – to become like one of them! His father Satan realized his commitment to the ways of darkness and his lust for the greatest of all power and because the dark lord’s own time was short, he decided that he would be the one to receive the “Lucifer strain”; Satan’s very own “seed”. Using the dark, blood filled rituals that his order practiced; he and his followers were able to have Satan materialize physically. In reality, the practice was similar to what the sons of God of old had done and even similar to how the so called “Aliens” had been materializing. Satan then gave him his seed, his own genetic material.
With the Lucifer Strain gathered, he took it and inserted the genes into his own body using recombinant DNA. Oh how he remembered that moment, the sense of awe and power he felt – even from the first moment that his father’s genes were grafted into his own DNA strands. Then his RNA worked in their normal fashion and replicated the new enhanced strands; one cell at a time he was being transformed from the inside out. With each moment that passed he felt greater and greater strength and power flow through his body. He was literally being transformed into a new type of being. All the while the image of the Creator was being undone! Soon the process would be complete and every cell in his body would be transformed. Then the physical limitations that had shackled him would be completely gone – he would see directly into the spiritual realm, communicate telepathically, bring down fire from the sky, move things with his thoughts and would even direct the spiritual host of wickedness: he would fully share the qualities of Lucifer. The seething energy of Lucifer would be completely his! The dark power would be his to command! On top of that Satan himself possessed the man as a “down payment” to guide him until the transformation was complete. He was becoming the beast, the son of perdition, the seed of the serpent.
The man had been well aware of the plan of Adonai, his arch enemy, and how there would be a “lifting away” of millions of souls. To prepare for this attack, his cunning father had for many years spread lies via movies, “alien” channellers, New Age channellers, evolution and the like so that when the rapture, did occur the dwellers of the earth would not assume it was the work of the Enemy. Rather they would attribute it to the “Aliens”. Satan had commanded his legions to manifest for many hours in the sky all around the world simultaneously at the moment of the “snatching up”. Then they would repeat the many lies they had told up to that point about how they, the “Aliens” were taking away those that could not or would not evolve to the next level. Even details like the trumpet that the Enemy said would precede the rapture they had twisted – so that people wouldn’t understand it as the Enemy’s last trump of people leaving for Heaven, but they would believe it to be the blast of the coming of the Maitreya the Christ to Earth – it would announce his coming.
Now the millions had been finally taken and he, the Beast, a true mingling of human and Satan, a hybrid of the kingdom of Hell and earth, would come to the world to offer his guidance. With his body transforming into the ultimate hybrid and his father Satan possessing him, the world would never see what hit them. He would quickly take control of the world, which had over many centuries been prepared for his coming. He would explain to the frightened world how he was in fact the leader of the so called “Aliens” and that he and his people had been observing planet earth for a long time waiting for the time of troubles to come. He would explain how he and his “people”, out of their great love for humanity – for the race that they had seeded – had been watching over them knowing that this moment would come and how they were now here to help.
His job at first would be to convince the world of who he is. His abilities would be easily and quickly noted for indeed, he is superior to humans. His father Satan would be directing him and giving him every benefit ever known to any man (though he was no longer simply a man).
With the disappearance explained and “peace” established, phase two would begin: construction of the temple in Jerusalem – the place that his father so deeply desired and for which he had prepared for so long. For there, on that mount and in that temple, he would finally demonstrate the greatness of his father Lucifer and he would declare himself to be god and prove it with all signs and wonders. Now that man’s technology had caught up with the dark knowledge of Hell, it would be possible to demonstrate that the Enemy was not the only clever one. His father Lucifer was able to make life as well: synthetic biology, transgenics, and Transhumanism – all the genius of his father. Even the virgin birth was possible to repeat because of recombinant DNA. They would show the world that the Enemy was not so special or even necessary after all. They would set up an image that they would bring to life – it would breathe and speak and with it they would enforce their will upon man along with the two hundred million army of hybrids created via the abductions.
However, they would also make man an offer that he could not refuse – they would offer him the opportunity to transform himself from the weak image of the Enemy to his own image! He, the Beast, would offer his own genes, now a combination of his original genes and those of Satan, his genetic father, to humanity so that they could mingle themselves together with him. In so doing they would finally overcome the image of the Creator – every last person on the planet would be transformed to no longer be according to the Creator’s image and likeness but according to Satan’s. Together they would recreate the earth as it ought to be – a place without the Creator! If any would not accept such a liberating offer to transform their image, they would be exterminated. And those that did gratefully accept would be given a mark on their right hand or forehead to demonstrate that they had now forever given up the image of the Enemy. But why would any refuse? Immortality, powers beyond their wildest imagination and the knowledge of the universe awaited them! With his genes that were themselves mixed with his father Lucifer’s, they could become like him. By taking the Lucifer strain, the cataclysmic changes coming upon the earth would not affect them; at least that is what Satan told him. This time, they would succeed unlike during the days before the flood. They had learned so much and even so, the Enemy was bound by a promise to never flood the earth again. Nevertheless, man’s technologies (many inspired by his father) would safely get the Marked beyond the time of trouble. Nothing and no one would stop them this time.
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