19 2012 and the End of Days Obama, Antichrist, and APOLLYON RISING “And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the shaft of the abyss. And he opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke arose out of the abyss like the smoke of a great furnace. . . Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power . . . And they had as king over them the angel [messenger] of the shaft of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon” (Rev.9:1-11). How close are we to the debut of the New World Order and End of Days? William F. Dankenbring Notice that a “star” fell from heaven. A “star” is a symbol of an angel (Rev.1:20; Job 38:7). What great star or angel is this? Yeshua said to His disciples, “I saw SATAN fall like lightning from heaven” (Luke 10:18). In the future, God told John in Revelation, there will be war in heaven, and the “dragon” – Satan the devil – will fight against the angelic armies of God but will not prevail, “nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon [angel] was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him” (Rev.12:7- 9). Losing the war for control of heaven, the serpent will be full of wrath and fury against mankind. Warns the Word of God, “Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time” (verse 12). 20 Is this the same as the angel of the “shaft of the abyss” who opens the bottomless pit or abyss and brings locusts upon the earth, “like horses prepared for battle” (Rev.9:7), sounding like “chariots with many horses running into battle” (v.9), with “tails like scorpions,” with “power to hurt men five months” (v.10)? Their “king” is named Abaddon, in Hebrew, but Apollyon in Greek. Abaddon means “a destroying angel.” It means literally “a perishing,” “destruction.” It is from the root abad meaning “to wander away, lose oneself; by impl. To perish (caus. Destroy):-- break, destroy, + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish . . . be undone, utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.” The Greek word Apollyon is “a destroyer, (i.e. Satan), the active participle of #622, apollumi, “from 575 and the base of 3639; to destroy fully (refl. To perish, or lose)—destroy, die, lose, mar, perish.” This name can be applied both to Satan himself, as a great destroyer, and also to his chief instrument and agent on the earth, who follows his will and does his bidding, as his human counterpart – the one whom he indwells, inspires, and at times possesses, inhabits, and speaks through as his oracle. Thus we find in history that “Apollo” – from this same derivation – was the “sun god,” and also a human being who was worshipped as such! Apollo the Sun God The Apollyon name is connected to the pagan deity Apollon, (i.e. the sun, or sun god). The Greeks worshipped Apollo, the sun god, who was known to the Egyptians as Osiris. Says Hislop, in The Two Babylons, “Then, at last, the great god, the central object of their worship, Osiris, Tammuz, Nimrod or Adonis, was revealed to them in the way most fitted to soothe their feelings and engage their blind affections” (p.67). Says Hislop, “In Greece, Apollo, the Delian god, . . . was identical with Osiris” (p.151). In a footnote, he declares, “Horus was the war-god. Apollo was represented in the same way as the great god represented in Layard, with the bow and arrow, who was evidently the Babylonian war-god . . . Fuss tells us that Apollo was regarded as the inventor of the art of shooting with the bow . . .” (p.152). Apollo, then, was another name for Nimrod, the “mighty hunter before the Lord,” himself a mighty hunter with bow and arrow. Hislop speaks of “Apollo, the sun god, who had his shrine at Soracte” (p.117). “Nimrod was the actual Father of the gods, as being the first of deified mortals” (Hislop, Two Babylons, p.32). Nimrod, “the Horned one,” was symbolized as a “gigantic horned man-bull,” which also signified “a ruler or prince” (p.33). He was the son of Cush, “the great soothsayer or false prophet worshipped at Babylon” p.34). Nimrod, the seed of Cush, called ‘Nimrod the giant” in the Septuagint version of Genesis, was “the 21 leader of the Giants that rebelled against heaven. Now Nimrod, as the son of Cush, was black, in other words, was a negro. ‘Can the Ethiopian change his skin?’ is in the original, ‘Can the Cushite’ do so? Keeping this, then, in mind, it will be seen that . . . we have . . . the real original of the black Adversary of mankind, with horns and hoofs. It was in a different character from that of the Adversary that Nimrod was originally worshipped; but among a people of a fair complexion, as the Anglo-Saxons, it was inevitable that if worshipped at all, it must generally be simply as an object of fear; and so Kronos, ‘the Horned one,’ who wore the ‘horns,’ as the emblem both of his physical might and sovereign power, has come to be, in popular superstition, the recognized representative of the Devil” (Two Babylons, p.34-35). Hislop declares, “Nimrod, as the son of Cush, was a negro. Now, there was a tradition in Egypt, recorded by Plutarch, that ‘Osiris was black,’ which, in a land where the general complexion was dusky, must have implied something more than ordinary in its darkness. . . . But we have unequivocal evidence that Osiris, the son and husband of the great goddess-queen of Egypt, was also represented as a veritable negro. In Wilkinson may be found a representation of him with the unmistakable features of the genuine Cushite or negro” (p.43). Thus Nimrod, who led the world into rebellion and apostasy after the Flood, was himself a black man – a Negro – by birth. Says Hislop of this early emancipator of mankind from the government of God, “The amazing extent of the worship of this man indicates something very extraordinary in his character; and there is ample reason to believe, that in his own day he was an object of high popularity. Though by setting up as king, Nimrod invaded the patriarchal system, and abridged the liberties of mankind, yet he was held by many to have conferred benefits upon them, that amply indemnified them for the loss of their liberties, and covered him with glory and renown” (p.50). Nimrod was known as the great “Emancipator.” Says Hislop, “And according to the principles of depraved human nature, this too, no doubt, was one grand element in his fame; for men will readily rally around anyone who can give the least appearance of plausibility to any doctrine which will teach that they can be assured of happiness and heaven at last, though their hearts and natures are unchanged, and though they live without God in the world” (p.52). It is clear, Hislop declared, that Nimrod led men “to believe that a real spiritual change of heart was unnecessary, and that so far as change was needful, they could be regenerated by mere external means. Looking at the subject in the light of the Bacchanalian orgies . . . it is evident that he led mankind to seek their chief good in sensual enjoyment, and showed them how they might enjoy the pleasures of sin, without any fear of the wrath of a holy God” (p.55). Satan the devil has his arch conspirator, agent, and deceiver once again strutting across the world stage, pretending to be a “great emancipator,” a “great deliverer,” and whose arrogance knows no boundaries. 22 What does the evidence show us? Who is the abaddon-apollyon who is rising up in our midst, who is on a one way track to lead the modern world into slavery, tyranny, a new one world order, free from the chains and shackles (in the world’s view) of the God of heaven, and His laws and commandments? Who is the end-time ‘Nimrod”? Who is this person? What do the Scriptures reveal? Enter, Stage Left – The “Mystery Man” His law license was inactivated in 2002. Michelle Obama’s law license was inactivated by court order. Michelle Obama, in a speech, years ago, boasted that her husband was born in Kenya! According to the U.S. Census, there is only one Barack Hussein Obama – yet he has 17 Social Security numbers and over 80 aliases. The one he uses presently originated in Connecticut where he has never reported to have lived. Since becoming President, all his personal records have been sealed. Who is this “man of mystery” – man of intrigue? Who is this shadowy figure? No one has ever come forward from his past saying they knew him back “when.” Who attended school with him, or was his “friend.” Stephanopoulos of ABC news was a classmate of Obama at Columbia University, class of 1984 – yet said he never had one class with him. Did he ever really attend class? Was he really a student there? Why doesn’t anyone remember him? His Columbia records are “sealed,’ too. Fox News contacted 400 Columbia University students from the period when Obama was supposed to be there – but no luck. Nobody but nobody remembered him. Wayne Allyn Root, a political science major at Columbia who graduated in 1983, like Obama, says, “I don’t know of a single person at Columbia that knew him, and they all know me. I don’t have a classmate who ever knew Barack Obama at Columbia. Ever! Nobody recalls him.” Very interesting – and very strange. Is Barack Hussein Obama a complete fraud – the invisible man – the man who “wasn’t there”? The Obama Mysteries The President of the United States is the most secretive, private person in modern history. 1. Occidental College records – not released 2.. Columbia College records -- not released 3. Columbia Thesis paper -- "not available" 23 4. Harvard College records – not released 5. Selective Service Registration – “not available” 6. Medical records – not released 7. Illinois State Senate schedule – not available 8. His Illinois State Senate records – not available 9. Law Practice client list – not released 10. Certified Copy of original Birth certificate – not released 11. Embossed signed paper Certification of Live Birth – not released 12. Record of baptism – not available 13. Why his wife, Michelle, can no longer practice law as an attorney? Insurance Fraud? 14. Why she has 22 assistants when other First Ladies had one? 15.Why he was getting “foreign student aid” as a college student? Truly our President is a “man of mystery.” Prince of Darkness David Myers in The Last Trumpet points out that there is much more to Barack Obama than millions of Americans ever suspected. He writes: “Who is this strange man known as Barack Obama, who now occupies the White House in our nation's capital? As time goes on, more and more is being learned about this strange man. Research indicates that he was born in Kogelo, Kenya. Shortly before he was born, his mother wanted to leave Kenya because she disapproved of the way Muslims treat women. Since she was ready to give birth, the airline reportedly refused to ticket her according to travel restrictions. Within four days after his birth, Obama's mother went to Hawaii and registered his birth at two different Hawaiian hospitals. The spiritual implications of Obama's birth are amazing when we realize that Obama's true birthplace, Kogelo, Kenya, is near the shores of Lake Victoria in Africa. Lake Victoria is the birthplace and headwaters of the Nile River, or River of Egypt. The White Nile is the only river flowing out of Lake Victoria. Is there a spirit of Egypt in the White House? Are we even now under the rule of a cruel Pharaoh and his socialist policies?’ (January 2010). Declares David Myers: “There are many unanswered questions regarding Barack Obama. I have in front of me a picture of Barack and Michelle Obama, both standing at attention with their left hands over the right side of their chests as people do when they pledge allegiance to the flag or sing to the national anthem, only in reverse. Why are the Obamas doing it backwards? In the occult, this is called malediction, which is a curse. We must remember that Barack Obama is not an American. His real name is Barry Soetoro, and he was born in Kenya. He holds the office of President of the United States illegally. “What demons possess this man who is called ‘The One’ that would cause him to be stuck on himself? In one speech, he referred to himself 132 times! Why is this Nobel Peace Prize winner spending more money on nuclear weapons than even George Bush? On January 14th, 2010, the Associated Press reported that Obama wants another 33 billion dollars for the war push. Incidentally, the number thirty-three is the number most sacred to the occult lodges of Freemasonry and the Grand Orient. 24 We must also note that the five-sided death house, known as the Pentagon, called for a new department on 1-27-2010, the very day [anniversary] of the inauguration. They are calling for a new ‘Office of Strategic Deception.’ The primary question is: who are the ones that are to be deceived?” (Last Trumpet, March 2010). Is Barack Hussein Obama prophesied in the pages of the Bible? Is his denouement foretold by the ancient prophets of Holy Scripture? Let us notice some of the most amazing, incredible prophecies of a last days “ruler,” “stern-faced king,” “man of sin,” “son of perdition,” and uprising of a man known as “the beast.” Daniel 11 Daniel 11:21 prophesies of the time of the end, “And in his place shall arise a vile (contemptible) person, to whom they will not give the honor of royalty; but he shall come in peaceably, and seize the kingdom by intrigue.” Says the NRSV, “In his place shall arise a contemptible person on whom royal majesty had not been conferred; he shall come in without warning and obtain the kingdom through intrigue.” Says the Jewish Tanakh, “he will come in unawares and seize the kingdom through trickery.” James Moffatt has this verse: “a despicable creature shall arise, one on whom the royal honor is not conferred but who comes when men are off their guard and gains the kingdom by means of crafty promises; the opposing forces shall be swept before him and be shattered” (vs.21-22). Says the Amplified Parallel Bible: There “shall arise a contemptuous and contemptible person, to whom royal majesty and honor of the kingdom have not been given. But he shall come in without warning in time of security and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries, intrigues, and cunning hypocritical conduct.” Does this not sound like the election to office of Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States? Study the following report on the agenda of the Obama administration “As Earth prepares to receive her king by continually rejecting the God of the Bible, society and religion are being continually corrupted. On February 4th, 2010, Barack Obama attended the National Prayer Breakfast where he pushed his ‘gay’ and ‘green’ agenda. During Obama's speech, he praised the evangelical pastors for their cooperation in his ‘green program’ to save the environment. Obama also thanked the evangelical pastors for their cooperation with his homosexual agenda. Obama went on to honor a homosexual civil rights leader who made the following statement: ‘The God of the Bible is a sinful homophobic bigot who needs to seek forgiveness for the pain and suffering which his sinful homophobia has needlessly inflicted upon gay people for the past 4,000 years.’ “Without a doubt, the spirits of Sodom and Gomorrah are in Washington, D.C. In fact, at the beginning of March 2010, ‘gay’ marriage became legal in the U.S. Capital. 25 “At the end of the same month of the prayer breakfast, the White House hosted a meeting of atheist groups from throughout the United States. Men such as Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, and Christopher Hitchens, author of God Is Not Great, were invited to attend. These atheist groups are highly organized and outspoken. One atheist group recently started a ‘holy book for porn program.’ The atheists are asking people to trade in their Bibles for pornography, which the atheist group will provide” (The Last Trumpet, April 2010). In God’s sight, these policies are both contemptible and contemptuous! Shockingly, the world in part seems to be wakening up to the sinister trappings of this new world leader – the Obama objective. Notice the following report! “While the United States of America is going through an incredibly obvious change toward dictatorship, the rest of the world looks on with great wonder. For the first time in modern history, many secular politicians and world leaders are using religious and Biblical terminology to describe what is happening. On March 24th, 2010, the London Daily Mail newspaper featured a shocking headline as follows: ‘Almost a Quarter of Republicans Think Obama May Be the Antichrist As Fourteen States Sue Over Healthcare Reforms.’ In Washington, D.C., the President is being compared to the Antichrist! In a recent Harris poll, 57% of Republicans believed Obama is secretly Muslim, and 67% believed he is a Socialist.’ “As antichrist powers arise, every other kind of evil rises with it. We are living in a time of historic firsts as new and outrageous things continue to arise. On March 10th, 2010, Washington, D.C., gave its blessing to gay marriages, and leading the way were two female ordained ministers. Countless others are to follow. Truly the spirits of Sodom are active in the capital of the United States. In addition to that, laws are now being changed that legalize both homosexual and bisexual activity between military personnel. The bill is being called the ‘Military Readiness Enhancement Act 2010’’ (Last Trumpet News- letter, May 2010). Is the “Antichrist” of Scripture now on the scene, striding across the world stage like some sort of Colossus? On March 10th, 2010, Washington, D.C., gave its blessing to gay marriages. Leading the way were two female ordained ministers. Countless others are destined to follow their example. Truly the spirits of ancient Sodom and Gomorrah are alive and very active in the very capital of the United States. In addition, military laws are now being changed that legalize both homosexual and bisexual activity between military personnel! No wonder God says of the leaders of the United States, today, “Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah” (Isa.1:10). God thunders, “Your princes [leaders] are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards” (verse 23). 26 New Executive Orders Leading to . . . . This man is creating a new kind of Presidency. He is creating a virtual dictatorship which should be “in place” by the year 2012. Who is this man? What kind of leader is he? Note the following report and study it carefully: “On February 13th, 2010, the White House announced a new strategy against the people of the United States. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel arrogantly stated the following: ‘We are reviewing a list of presidential executive orders and directives to get the job done across a front of issues.’ Anyone who has ever seen the complete list of existing executive orders, which are only to be used in a time of dire emergency, would quickly realize that they collectively constitute a dictatorship. We are living in Orwellian times! “Who is this strange man who occupies the White House and embraces every religion? Why did Obama hold a secret meeting with the Buddhist icon, the Dalai Lama, in the map room of the White House on February 18th, 2010? Why were no reporters allowed, and why was the content of the meeting kept a secret? We must remember that the objective of the Antichrist is not only to have a one world government but also to have a one world religion. “At the beginning of March, Barack Obama went in for his required physical examination. The White House physician, Navy Captain Jeffrey Kuhlman, reported that Obama drinks and smokes too much. Obama was told that all of the social events he must attend produce a job hazard because of all the alcoholic drinks. Remember the President's infamous ‘Beer Summit’ held on the White House lawn to pacify racial tension? I also have in front of me a photograph of Obama and a relative sitting in front of his family home in Kenya. He is sitting there in front of that mud hut with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, looking very much like a thug. Could such a man ever become President of the United States? This photograph reveals how far gone we are!” (Last Trumpet Newsletter, April 2010). A “thug” from Chicago, home of Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Al Capone, and other Chicago gangsters and racketeers, now occupies the White House and Oval Office as President of the United States! Do the prophecies of Daniel refer to this iconoclastic fellow? A Strange Union The passage in Daniel 11 continues, in the NKJV, “With the force of a flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, and also the prince of the covenant [that is, the leader of Israel]. And after the league [treaty] that is made with him he shall act deceitfully, for he shall come up and become strong with a small number of people . . .” (Dan.11:21-23). Notice his deceit and treachery. God’s Word says of this end-time king, “Then the king shall do according to his own will; he shall exalt and magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies 27 against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been accomplished; for what has been determined shall be done. He shall regard neither the God of his fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all. But in their place he shall honor a god of fortresses (military might); and a god which his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and pleasant things. Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain” (Daniel 11:36-39). Translates James Moffatt, “The king shall do as he pleases, he shall uplift himself and exalt himself over every god, uttering amazing vaunts against the God of gods; he shall prosper till the wrath divine has run its course (for what has been decreed must be fulfilled.) He shall not heed the gods of his fathers or Tammuz [the false Christian “Christ” or pagan “Jesus”] or any other god, for he shall exalt himself above all gods.” Moffatt goes on, “but his majesty shall honor the god of fortresses and another god (whom his fathers never knew) with gold and silver and jewels and costly gifts!” Could this be an alliance with the Pope of Rome? Will there be a pact between the President of the United States and the Pope, to rule the world between them – a union of the first and second beasts of Revelation, chapter 13? Obama was raised a Muslim. His father and step-father were Muslim. His mother was a Muslim and Communist. The religion of the Pope of Rome would be “unknown to his fathers”. Will he honor Rome and the Papacy with gold, silver, precious stones and costly gifts, in return for their support? The Catholic Church is now under great attack and siege because of pedophile priests who have molested small children by the multiple thousands, ruining their lives. Will Obama shore them up and strengthen Catholicism, in exchange for their worldwide support for his governmental policies? The prophecy also states that he will attack the mightiest fortresses with the help of a foreign god. This implies wars around the world, to suppress dissent and rebellion, freedom and liberty. Will he seek to advance the Roman Catholic Church, and greatly honor those who acknowledge him as the “Messiah” come to save mankind? Will the Roman pontiff so acknowledge him? The “Beast” of Revelation . The book of Revelation describes this relationship as the beast and the false prophet working together to ensnare and rule over the world together having great military power. The political empire will have “seven heads and ten horns,” with “great authority” and military power (Rev.13:1-2). 28 This “beast” “was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue forty two months [three and one half years]. Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacles, and those who dwell in heaven. It was granted him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If anyone has an ear, let him hear” (Rev.13:5-9). The second “beast,” a religious empire, will have “two horns like a lamb” but speak the language of “a dragon” – Satan the devil’s church (see Rev.12:9). This church empire “beast” “exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast” (v.12). “And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived” (Rev.13:14). This political religious Union will have power to “make war again the saints (those who believe in God) and to overcome them” (Rev.13:7). “He was granted power to give breath to the image of the [first] beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666” (verses 15-18). “The Little Horn” This first “beast” is also described in the seventh chapter of Daniel. We read, “He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, shall persecute the saints of the Most High, and shall intend to change times and law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time” (Dan.7:25). Says Moffatt, “he shall vaunt himself against the Most High and harass the saints of the Most High; he shall plan to alter the sacred seasons and the law, and for three years and half a year the saints shall be handed over to him.” Notice the arrogance of this individual! Notice his pride and pompousness! He is a supreme narcissist! He worships himself! He has the gall to change time-hallowed laws and celebrations. For three and one half “times” or “years” he will subject the saints to persecution, tribulation, and martyrdom throughout his kingdom. Speaking of this same infamous rogue, Daniel is told in chapter eight, “And in the latter time of their kingdom when the transgressors have reached their fullness [and