'Peacemaker' takes Israel by buttering 'em up

 The Antichrist is going to sit in the temple showing himself that he is God.

“All that Baal worship, all that religious apostasy and corrupting of the system, goes all the way back to the establishing of the nation; it goes back to the establishing of the king in Israel,” says Richard Jordan.

“In the beginning when that first portion of the captivity is coming upon Israel, that beginning mirrors the ending of the captivity. The last stage of that captivity is the 70^th Week of Daniel. It is mirrored by the first stage of that captivity—the initial going in.

“What you see in the taking of Israel is little flash-forwards, as it were, into what’s going to happen in the Tribulation. The history Hosea is writing is really a dress rehearsal of the tribulation period.

“Isaiah 28: [14] Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
[15] Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

“They thought that covenant they made with the Assyrian was going to deliver them from captivity and destruction, but they made a covenant with death and hell.

“When you read that your mind goes to Revelation 6 because that rider on that fourth horse is death and hell follows him. Those four horsemen represent four different roles the Antichrist will play and one of them is he’s death and hell follows him.

“The way he is that is Israel makes a covenant with death, and with hell are in agreement. They’re a part of the satanic program.

“Verse 16: [16] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
[17] Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
[18] And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

“That’s an immediate prophecy about the Assyrian captivity; prophetically it’s talking about the Antichrist. Isaiah 10: [5] O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
[6] I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

 “That Assyrian is a picture and a type and a dress rehearsal of the Antichrist who also is the Assyrian in Scripture.

“You’ll see this covenant they make in Daniel 9: [24] Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
[25] Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
[26] And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

[27] And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

“It’s going to take 70 weeks of years in the passage to settle the issues God has with Israel and bring in the kingdom.

“See in verse 27 how it says ‘he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week’? The ‘he’ is the prince that shall come. The one week is the 70^th week, 69 weeks have already transpired.

“After the 69^th week ‘Messiah be cut off, but not for Himself.’ There’s the crucifixion. At the end of those 69 weeks, Messiah is crucified, the city of Jerusalem is destroyed and the prince that shall come does that. Then he makes a covenant with Israel for one week. In the midst of that 70^th week he breaks the covenant.

“They thought they had a covenant that was going to protect them; they made a covenant with the one who was ultimately going to be the one who destroyed them.

“Daniel 11:21: [21] And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

“He’s going to come in as a peacemaker and take the kingdom by buttering up Israel and making them think he loves them; he’s going to be their Messiah. [22] And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

“See that thing about the prince of the covenant?  Verse 28: [28] Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.

“That’s when he breaks it. So this thing about making the covenant in Hosea 10 ('They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.') the idea is they’ve gone out and sought to have the Assyrian deliver them and it isn’t going to work.”

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