4 Jesus answered:“Watch out that no one deceives you.5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. (Mathew 24:4,5,11)
9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. (Rev.3:9)
16 So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spit thee out of my mouth.
17 Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knows not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: (Rev.3:16,17)
9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them. (Rom.1:32)
13 And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. 14 Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. (Rev.13:13,14)
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. 3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. (Zechariah 12:2,3)
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Hiding the truth
Motives for hiding the true meaning
Take heed that no man deceive you
(Mathew 24:4)
The book of Revelation might be the most misinterpreted book in history. We have already discussed the internal reasons for it on the home page. There might however also be some external reasons, which we will touch on here. The book of Revelation concerns the development of the most relevant world powers. Therefore, these powers might have political motives to hide the true meaning of the book to the public eye. If the public would be aware of the system it is part of, its character and its destiny, it might be not so willing to cooperate with it.
There are two countries in particular that have reasons to hide the true meaning of Bible prophecy, the USA and the country posing as Israel. The USA pretends not to be in Bible prophecy at all. The Bible would be completely silent on the present day world power. Yet many American Christians believe to be very close to the rapture, happening at most 7 years before the return of Jesus. Are we then to believe that in those 7 years the USA will shrink into insignificance while a thus far insignificant player would rise to world domination? These kind of developments take centuries to come to completion. If the rapture is close, the USA, as the most dominant power in the world mus be in Bible prophecy. And it sure is, as we will on this page.
The second country that has motives for twisting Bible prophecy, is the zionist state of Israel. One could say that Zionism has completely hijacked Bible prophecy so that almost no one rightly understands it. Many evangelical pastors are also to be credited for hiding the true face of the state of Israel behind a mischievous explanation of almost all of Bible prophecy.
In their explanation of Bible prophecy, Zionists pretend that the present state of Israel is the fulfillment of God's promises to his people. They attribute to Israel all the 'good guy'-texts of prophecy and they leave the 'bad-guy'-prophecy for the adversaries of the state of Israel in the Muslim world, especially the Palestinian people, that is deemed to be 'Amalek'.
It is however completely the other way around. It is the state of Israel that is acting in defiance of God and his word, while the Palestinians are insisting on human rights that are acknowledged by every human rights institution in the world, starting with the UN. The only entities that have been denying them their rights for decades are the USA and Israel, the two nations that the Bible clearly describes as the two beasts of Revelation 13, which will be totally destroyed by the return of Jesus Christ.
Every soul being part of these entities should realize the devastating consequences of remaining in support of them. As we will show in our exposition on Revelation 18, The USA and all its 'allies' are 'Babylon the Great' of which is said: 'Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.' (Revelation 18:4,5).
Since the French Revolution in the late 1700's, the christian churches have lost all of their political power. It was a judgment that was worked by God through worldly powers, like the young United States of America. Within a short time the USA would turn into the last head of the empire, the beast of Revelation. But Christianity was not totally disposed of. It was very useful as an outward facade to hide the interior motives of the empire and its vassals. That is why Roman Catholicism still seems to thrive. It is however completely hijacked by political powers, which is demonstrated by its behavior, its complete conformity to world political agenda's and its total weakness when it takes on a dissident position (as in the genocide in Gaza). But with the process of secularization, new institutions besides the church became necessary as moral high ground for the empire. After WWII institutions like the UN and many human rights organizations were formed. Like the church, they however lack political power so that the empire can do what it needs to do in order to increase its influence, while clothing itself in beautiful motives and intentions.
The consistent and growing support for the state of Israel by the USA shows the inseparable bond that exists between these two nations. Multiple times, US presidents have stressed the importance of Israel for the United States. And while showing some lip service to the cause of the Palestinians, the actual policy of the USA has been devastating for the Palestinian people. The USA is constantly in the business of protecting, enforcing and assisting the state of Israel, even when this state is committing the most evil of crimes against humanity one can think of, like the bombing of hospitals, schools, universities, ambulances, 90% of residential buildings, mosques, distribution centers of food and even tents, in which almost all of the population of Gaza is forced to shelter. This state of Israel somehow is very important for the power behind the empire, satan. It is Bible Prophecy that shows the true colors of the empire and Israel. They are the instruments of the dragon to attack and try toe destroy God's holy people, the Palestinians. The dragon is described in Revelation 12. The USA and Israel are described in Revelation 13. That chapter shows us that the state of Israel is to become the center of the world empire of satan, from which the image of the beast will control each and every citizen of the empire, with the mark of the beast as the ultimate controle tool.
In order to erase this ugly picture of these two states from the radar of those still reading their Bibles, other explanations of Bible prophecy had to be invented. Besides the complexity of Bible prophecy, this has been an important reason for many false interpretations. They are driven by the agenda of the enemy and they are either willingly or gullibly followed by many so called teachers of Bible prophecy. That is why the Lord warns for false Christs and false prophets (Mathew 24:4,5,11). The false prophets introduce a false Christ, namely 'the people represented by the state of Israel'. It is as if they take the place of Christ, and that the state of Israel is God's chosen instrument to usher in the kingdom of God. Here the words of the Lord to the church in Philadelphia have to be heeded, that the synagoge of Satan would come in the form of those pretending to be Jews while they are not but lie. Philadelphia was the church episode during which Zionism was invented, which through the century that followed has proven to be the most powerful tool in the hands of satan to steer the world in a certain direction. It is very sad to see that almost all of evangelical Christianity swallowed Zionism, line, hook and sinker. The evangelicals came forth from Philadelphia and having developed into Laodicea, the last church phase before Christ's return, of which He says He will spit her out of his mouth, in which He is seen as standing outside, knocking on the door.
Does not the present state of Israel look very much like 'the powerful delusion', in order for them that applaud everything that this state does, to be unmasked as 'not loving the truth but having a delight in wickedness'. Don't the Zionist Christians admire the worst of crimes, because it is all made possible by Israel's modern technology, highly sophisticated weaponry and billions of dollars that it received from the world empire, together with a diplomatic umbrella of impunity in the UN? Do they not fall under Paul's description of willful sinners: 'Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them', just because those practicing this are called 'Israel'?
Don't they know that 'the coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works.' Don't they know that 'He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie?' As described in Revelation 13: 'And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth.' (Rev.13:13,14) Which nation is raining nothing but fire on citizens all around the Middle East? That Israel and Jerusalem would be a delusion in the last phase of the empires, is clearly stated in Zechariah:
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
