The Antichrist will try to redefine man's concept of God (Revelation 13:6), possibly by propagating some of the doctrines of Gnosticism, one of the earliest enemies of the church.

Gnostic teachings were rekindled in the early 1900's by a Madame Blavatsky and others and renamed Theosophy, the underlying doctrine of the New Age.

The Antichrist may say that YHWH is the name of an evil power who made the physical universe, bound up spirits in physical bodies, and made them live on the earth under his oppressive laws and go through reincarnations so he could watch the events on earth for his amusement, while he (the Antichrist) has now arisen to set mankind free from YHWH's laws and from "the prison of our physical bodies." One of the underlying assumptions of Gnosticism was that matter was evil. This is why they said Christ could not have come in the flesh (1 John 4:3).

Because of 2 Thessalonians 2:4-12 and Revelation 13:4-8, I believe the "strong delusion" will be that Satan and the Antichrist are God.

The Antichrist and his False Prophet may teach that Lucifer ("light-bearer") is the real hero and God of mankind and YHWH its oppressor. He may say that Lucifer tried to free Adam and Eve from YHWH's tyranny from the start and that he told them the truth of their spiritual immortality when he said "You shall not surely die" (Genesis 3:1-5), but YHWH has been able to oppress a duped humanity up until these end times, when the serpent will return in all his magnificent glory to lead humanity in its final great battle and victory over YHWH (Revelation 12:9, 16:14-16).

In the end times, counterfeit signs and miracles (Mark 13:22-23) will be performed through the power of demons. But because few people would willingly follow "demons," they will have to masquerade as something else (2 Corinthians 11:14-15). In ancient times demons masqueraded as "gods"; currently they're "Ascended Masters." In the end times they may also try to present themselves as rebel "aliens" liberated from YHWH's oppression who are now come to help us.

But the Antichrist's defeat at the return of Christ is clearly portrayed in scripture (Revelation 19:20), so how could he possibly deceive people into fighting Christ at his return? And how could he cause them to "take the mark" when Revelation warns so clearly against it? (Revelation 14:9-11)

First, worldwide, relatively few people read the Bible very much anymore. Even in the U.S., an entire generation is growing up knowing practically nothing of scripture. And many who do know the prophetic scriptures are now saying they aren't really that important for Christians to know because "we'll all be gone in a pre-trib rapture anyway." Others are saying that all the prophetic scriptures were already fulfilled in the past, while others are spiritualizing them away, saying they don't refer to outward events at all.

Second, the Antichrist may claim the Bible is only YHWH's propaganda sent to deceive people. He may do his best to rid the earth of every Bible he can find, and have great success (Amos 8:12).

Without the Bible, and completely deceived by the exciting powers given to the Antichrist's False Prophet (Revelation 13:12-18) by the "Ascended Masters" or allied "aliens," the world will be brought to the point where it will willingly and joyfully worship the Antichrist (Revelation 13:4-8) and even Lucifer himself in his true dragon form (Revelation 13:4, 12:3).

I believe scriptures such as Revelation 19:11-20:10 will be entirely unknown, forgotten, or rejected as lies by most of the world in less than 10 years from now. A small remnant of the church will have them in remembrance and will hold onto them while in hiding or in prison or in insane asylums. They will be willing to die for them and the truth of Christ's victory which they portray (Revelation 6:9, 20:4; Mark 8:35-38, John 16:1-4).

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Aliens

Aliens may very well exist. Note that God has expanded our awareness of the world around us gradually, from the eastern hemisphere to "discovering" the western hemisphere, to discovering other planets in our solar system, and now other planets around other stars. Our minds are now fully prepared by science fiction to accept the possibility of aliens.

The coming of aliens to this planet would be no more far-fetched (providing space travel is physically possible over light years) than the coming of the Europeans to America; and we may have a similar relationship to the aliens as the Indians had to the Spaniards.

The most important point will be: What is their teaching regarding Christ? Does it line up with the Bible or not? There may be good aliens and bad aliens; we cannot accept any "new teachings" that deny the gospel, no matter what their source.

Galatians 1:8 is the key verse here.

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Does Satan Teach The Pre-Trib Rapture?

Some say that even Satan believes in a pre-trib rapture, so it must be true. But are we to look to what Satan believes as the standard of truth? And what is the evidence that he indeed believes in a pre-trib rapture? -- That some individuals in the New Age religion believe Christians will be raptured before the tribulation? Don't some of these same people believe things like they were Cleopatra in a past life, and that a crystal hung around their neck will give them spiritual powers? Does Satan believe these people were Cleopatra in a past life or that a chunk of quartz will give them spiritual powers? Does he ever say "Oh, no, you weren't Cleopatra, oh, no, that stone has no power, I must not let you believe anything that isn't true."

Some argue that because some New Age people believe in a pre-trib rapture of Christians that it must therefore be true. For they say, "If Satan knew it was false, why would he let his own followers believe it? When it didn't happen, they would think he was a liar." Not necessarily. If a pre-trib rapture doesn't happen Satan could use it as evidence that Jesus is the liar. He could say the following to unbelievers: "Jesus promised his followers that he would whisk them away before the tribulation started, but did he keep his word? No. Just like he kicked your parents Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden to keep them from eating the tree of life and living forever, as it says in Genesis 3:22-23, so even now he doesn't want the best for mankind, not even for his own followers; he just wants them and their poor babies to suffer and starve to death for his amusement! You don't believe me? Read it for yourself in Job 9:22-23 and Proverbs 1:26. But look here, I'm not laughing at them, I'm even offering Jesus' forsaken followers and their babies food to eat. Why? Because unlike him I care about what happens to them. All they need to do is take this little mark on their hand or forehead and worship me and my Son here for a little bit and we'll take perfect care of them; and once we're all united we'll storm heaven together and I'll let them eat of the tree of life and live forever and do as they please."

Or, if a pre-trib rapture doesn't happen, Satan could use it as evidence that Jesus is not as powerful as he is. He could say something like: "Jesus promised his followers that he would rapture them into heaven before this tribulation started, but did he keep his word? No. Why? Because his power and that of his followers is failing and my power and that of you my followers has greatly increased. Why? Because I, Lucifer the light-bringer, have brought mankind into the light of truth regarding the oppressor, who would have you tortured for eternity in the lake of fire for his amusement! In our newly found spiritual unity we have now the spiritual power to thwart every work of Jesus on the earth and accomplish anything that we please. Isn't this what Jesus has been afraid of from the beginning? Read it for yourself in Genesis 11:6-8. He knows that all of us together can defeat him, and so we have begun our victory by preventing his promised rapture from happening. Now let us make short work of his deluded followers who refuse to join us in the coming battle. If we let them live they will only hinder mankind's attainment of immortality. We need perfect unity before we can attack heaven and capture the tree of life, that tree which I, in my care for you, intended to let you eat from in the beginning, but the oppressor would not have it. Read it for yourself in Genesis 3:4-5, 22-24."