THE DANGEROUS ANTICHRIST SPIRIT IN THE CHURCH PART ONE by Jeff Wingo

June 25, 2016 2 Comments

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many (Matthew 24:4-5).

Thankfully the Bible provides an abundance of information to protect the believer from deception; this is extremely important because the climate of the Last days  is characterized by the nefarious power of deception in every area of life. Indeed, the words of Jesus in the above verse are rich in eschatological meaning. According to Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, the words, take heed, used in verse 4 mean “‘to look, see,’ usually implying more especially an intent, earnest contemplation.”

In other words, we are to deeply think about not just the possibility of deception, but that its actual manifestation is an ever-present reality. That the deception will come from man is expected, but it is especially troubling that it comes from men in the church–false apostles, false Christs, false prophets, and other destructive workers.

An example of this is found in the book of Acts when Paul was getting ready to depart from the church at Ephesus. He emphatically warns the elders that “after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them” (Acts 20:29-30).

This dovetails with the prophetic teaching of Jesus (with an added supernatural element), when He warned the church that, “There shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect” (Matthew 24:24).

Paul gave further insight regarding this when he revealed that the deceivers in the church “are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” (2 Corinthians 11:13-14).

It should be noted that Paul, just like Jesus, added a supernatural element to the appearance of false apostles and deceitful workers. The injection of Satan as a transforming power in the church is very insightful.

Going back to Jesus’ words in Matthew 24:5, He said, “For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.” It should come as no surprise that when deceivers come to the church with false signs and wonders they won’t come right out and say–I AM CHRIST. No, they usually come to the church with a guise of religious piety, using the name of Jesus to give them an air of Christian authority.

Sadly though, a few might go as far as to claim they are Christ, or at least a manifestation of the Christ.  For instance, one of the most troubling false teachings of the past 25 or thirty years among Charismatic and Pentecostal Christians is the Word-Faith false teaching (mainly from Kenneth Hagin, Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn and others in the WF camp), that the Christian is a god–a little god, and, because the Christian is a little “Christ” or god, his words contain power to change reality. This flies in the face of biblical truth,  which states that God is God alone–Isaiah 37:16:

  • O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.

Man will never be God, or a little god, in this world or the next. The above verse along with Isaiah 45:6 should be the end of the “little gods” false doctrine, if you believe biblical truth that is:

  • That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.

In spite of the above examples, false prophets usually will not come right out and claim to be God, or Christ; no, they are more subtle. To illustrate, the word Christ means anointed, or anointed one.  So, when the deceivers come to the church they always seem to pretend they are someone special–with an anointing. They lift themselves up (some even do it in a humble way!), by letting it be known that if you want to hear from God, or receive His touch or attention, then you must get a special touch from them, an impartation, because they are the “anointed one.” They boast of Christian authority as they lay claim to titles such as prophet, apostle, or bishop.  They love titles because it sets them above and apart from the laity–and that my friends is the sin of the Nicolaitans!

In Revelation 2:6 Jesus told the church of Ephesus, “But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.” The term Nicolaitans refers to one who conquers and subdues the people. In this case a false prophet or apostle, by a show of authority, and driven by their will to rule over God’s people, wield the club of “prophecy,” or a special “anointing;” which of course implies their power to mediate between God and man–and by doing so they reveal their true identity as a pure manifestation of the spirit of antichrist because they have usurped the place of Jesus as the only true mediator between God and man (1 Timothy 2:5).

With that understanding, and with the meaning of the title Christ in mind, lets look again at the words of Jesus in Matthew 24:5:

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am THE ANOINTED ONE; and shall deceive many.

Now, and this is very important–not everyone who says they have an anointing is a deceiver, or a false Christ. There are many godly men who faithfully preach the Word of God who use terms like anointing, or anointed preaching; or, they may even pray, asking God to anoint their preaching, teaching, etc. We must use common sense here.

God has blessed many godly preachers and teachers with a powerful anointing to communicate the Word of God, and some may have a powerful anointing to pray for others in true biblical faith. But there is a great difference between a godly anointing and a false anointing; the problem for many in the church is that they cannot tell the difference, and that is the situation brought about by a lack of biblical knowledge and understanding. In turn, a biblically illiterate church is fertile ground for false prophets and others to gain a foothold.

In my next post I will discuss the difference between the real anointing of the Holy Spirit and a demonic counterfeit. This is very important because all false apostles, prophets, and deceitful workers in the church are precursors to the revelation of the Alien Antichrist. The situation of the past 22 years or so is the foundation that the Man of Sin will use to build his church–the cult of the Dragon and the Beast (Revelation 13:4)!

Thanks for visiting.

Jeff Wingo

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THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND ABOUT THE END TIMES by Jeff Wingo

November 10, 2015

The one question I hear most frequently is this: “When will the Antichrist appear.”  Sincere people are looking for a sincere answer. My answer to their question is this: ” The Antichrist will appear once three things happen, do you know what those three things are?” In all truth, with all of my heart I am not trying to trick them, appear self-righteous, or smug.

My question has a motive which is this: As Christians seeking a biblical answer we must know what Jesus and the Apostles said on the matter. I am nothing compared to Christ, and I am nobody compared to the Apostles. Their answers are the only things that really matter. The question we should ask is this: “What did Jesus and the Apostles say on the matter?” That is the heart of all knowledge for all things pertaining to life and godliness, and especially the End Times.

Jesus warned us about false prophets. He knew they would take His word and twist it like a nose of wax to gain a following. Some of the contorted things I read online just make me ill when I realize that new Christians may read such nonsense. So the key is to get back to biblical study coupled with sincere prayer for understanding and discernment.

Lets get back to the biblical signs we should be looking for.

Paul said there are three things we must know about the End of Days. The first sign we should watch for will be a very significant increase in wickedness and evil. Obviously, wickedness and evil is always among us, but this will be an exponential rise in evil.

  • 2 Timothy 3:1-5: This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;  Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
  • 2 Timothy 3:13: But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

Currently, sin is restrained by the merciful power of God. That is God’s general grace to the world. It is because He does restrain sin and evil, both human and non-human (fallen angels and demons), that we are able to live a somewhat orderly life. It is human sin, and agitation by fallen spiritual beings, that bring chaos such as murder, war, rape, etc. Without the grace of God we would not be able to live life at all. Normal life would be entirely impossible. There would be no real life, joy, or beauty, at all in the world.

Titus 2:11-12:  For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men; Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;  Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ..

But, thank the Lord He does grant general grace, and an opportunity for salvation, which is open to all, so that we can have and enjoy life, love, raise families, and produce good things that benefit the human family.

Nevertheless, according to Paul the Lord has a limit on that kind of grace.

2 Thessalonians 2:6-7: And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.  For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way (KJV).

 

The New American Standard Bible brings out even more meaning from the verse:

2 Th. 2:6-7: And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.

 

To be plain, Paul is telling the Thessalonians that the Antichrist is currently being restrained, and will only be revealed “in his time.” In other words, the Antichrist, the Man of Sin, is currently being held in check by a great force. In verse seven Paul says “only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.”

Who is doing the restraining? The only being in the universe capable of restraining evil of this magnitude is God, the Holy Spirit. Some teachers claim the restraining influence is the Archangel Michael, or human government, or the church. However, human governments are incapable of restraining themselves. In fact, most governments lean toward tyranny and evil, and more so with progress of time.

While some Christians may disagree with me on this, the church is losing its cultural influence as well; so it is incapable of restraining evil of the magnitude associated with Antichrist. This is caused mainly by capitulation to the world system and false doctrine. But even more, the church isn’t meant to be the restrainer of Antichrist. During the Tribulation Christians will face the wicked onslaught of the Beast. During that period of time, millions of Bible believing Christians will be martyred because the spirit of antichrist will fully manifest, working unhindered and unrestrained. While things may look bad right now,  we haven’t seen anything yet.

Indeed, most of the Christian church is ill prepared to face the tsunami of evil about to breakout in the world.

The church is losing its influence because its ability to work in the world as “salt” and “light”  is watered down and dimmed by powerful cultural influences. Because church leadership has largely abandoned God they are now being influenced and manipulated from behind the scenes by incredibly evil fallen beings: principalities and powers, rulers of the darkness of this kosmos, or world system, and spiritual wickedness in high places (Ephesians 6:12).

Once solid denominations have become nothing more than hotbeds of sin, and reflections of culture; how could they possibly influence the world for Christ? Indeed, they have recreated Christ in their own fleshly image, a false Christ served by false prophets.  It is no wonder then, that when the biblical Jesus Christ spoke of the last days Laodicean church He said He would “spew them out of His mouth”  (Revelation 3:16). They make Him sick.

Christ went to the cross to redeem sinners, and to deliver helpless people from the power of sin and death. But the Laodicean church presents a Jesus  who loves the sinner and approves of their sin with a wink and a nod. As Paul wrote, “What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid”  (Romans 6:15).

One of the greatest dangers to the Christian church will not come from a morally bankrupt culture however. The greatest danger to the church is coming right now through false teachers and prophets who claim to be Apostles, but are not. Many of these false apostles teach that they will have greater power than Paul, Peter, or James, the original apostles of the biblical Christ. I am not surprised when I see that some of these “apostles” have an anointing to do certain works of power.

I saw a video not long ago in which a “prophetess” laid hands on a young man who was kneeling at an altar of prayer. The young man began to twist and writhe, and scream in such a way that reminded me of someone demon possessed. The truth of the matter is that he was possessed: he received an impartation from a false apostle anointed by a familiar spirit.

I have dealt firsthand with people possessed by evil entities. Its ugly, and dangerous. This is now coming into the church administered by false apostles “anointed” with power by familiar spirits. And undiscerning Christians are yielding to this satanic impartation of evil!

These are the false prophets and false Christs we were warned about.  The word Christ means anointed or anointed one. So when Jesus called them false Christs, He wasn’t necessarily talking about someone claiming to be Christ (although they come in His name). What He meant was that a false Christ will have a pseudo or false anointing that mimics the Holy Spirit, thus enabling them to be a “false Christ;” a false anointed one. This is accomplished by spiritual power administered through an ob, or familiar spirit; in other words, a fallen angel or demon.

If the church falls for a false anointing administered through a false prophet or apostle, how will Christians discern the signs of the times when fallen angels masquerading as aliens suddenly appear in the skies above?

John the Revelator said that one day the Dragon (Satan) and his fallen angels will be cast out from the heavens to Earth (Rev. 12:9) . Once that event occurs, how will the church cope with the full manifestation of supernatural evil when today, she cannot discern a false prophet empowered by a familiar spirit in her midst?

Just something to consider.

Part Two will be coming soon!

Thanks for visiting.

Jeff Wingo

 

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If you would like to learn more about the alien lie, the end times, the rise of Antichrist, and the coming Strong Delusion, then check out my book, Alien Antichrist, The Terrifying Truth about UFOs and Aliens, Antichrist, and the End of Days

The Antichrist, and the Beast system of Babylon the Great, are both important parts of the prophetic picture in the Bible. Get the book, increase your knowledge of Bible prophecy and you will not be caught off guard by the coming Strong Delusion. You may get the book at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and at other fine bookstores as a print on demand title. At Amazon you may get the book on Kindle, and if you have Kindle Unlimited or Kindle Prime you may get a copy through those programs as well.

Here is the link to Amazon:

Alien Antichrist, The Terrifying Truth about UFOs and Aliens, Antichrist, and the End of Days

Thanks again for visiting. I hope that my articles are a help to you. Please send your questions, comments and suggestions. I would love to hear from you!

Jeff Wingo

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