Resurrection of the Antichrist
As we discussed in the last post the Antichrist receives a wound to the head that literally kills him.
Let's examine what happens next in this post. Scripture states: And he makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. (We're told again the antichrist was dead. But he was healed, apparently in my opinion by some advanced medical technology yet to be developed. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image (an exact replica) to the beast who had the wound of the sword and has come to life. (He was dead, then brought back. The Holy Spirit wants us to realize this. It's significant.) And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, (breath means its a living being) so that the image of the beast would even speak and cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate (the Greek word can also be translated count [1], which I think is more accurate in view of todays understanding) the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six
In summary: A second man appears to resurrect the antichrist, the false prophet. This man is given the power to brink the anitchrist back to life. I suspect this is some miracoulous life saving genetic alteration that will change his dna. All the people on earth will be so excited about this advanced medical breakthrough that seems to make immortality achievable for human beings. That's why people will be happy to take his make, his dna, this supposed miracle life extension cure into their body on their forehead or right hand.
Through this future medical breakthrough the false prophet makes people on earth, perhaps genetecists or doctors, or scientests, or cloners, or transhuman researchers, make an image of the antichrist beast. An image is an exact copy. Here's the catch. This image, exact copy is actually alive. It has breath, it breathes and talks too. It appears to be a living man perhaps. But, he is an exact replication of the dead antichrist, who is back to life. Hmmm. the mystery really deepens here. Years ago I thought the only way to make an exact image of a man was through a clone. Today, with transhumanism, and the future possibility of implanting one consciousness into another vehicle, or body.. it may be possible for the antichrists consciousness to be implanted into 666 other men. And, here we have the image of the beast who is alive.
Or, here is another possibility. After the anitchrist comes to life 666 men volunteer to have his dna implanted into them so they become him. Or, through a computer, 666 men can be brain linked together so they all think and say the same thing as the original beast. That is how we can count him. He is the number of a man, one man. Yet, when we count him, we count a total of 666 men. So, somehow the false prophet will make 666 men into one man. Maybe they are all connected into a supercomputer that gives them advanced intelligence. Lets wait and see what the future holds.
In any event, the people of this earth worship this 666 beast. That is the people who have not received the forgiveness of sins that Jesus Messiah offers. Only Jesus can give us eternal life.
Chuck Missler has this to say about the future of transhumanism: "The singularity; when computational intelligence exceeds that of the human mind. The ultimate aspiration; the ability to exchange consciousness between bodies." Missler ecxplains the ultimate goal of transhumanism is immortality. [2] That is immortality without Jesus, the Son of God. That's of the devil. Isn't that what the antichrist seems to accomplish and offer humanity? What's the summation of all of this? Jesus Messiah will come again and cast both the beast and false Prophet alive into the lake of fire that's made for the devil.
This battle started in the beginning. War started in Eden between the seed of the serpent, Satans spawn and the Seed of the Woman, that is Jesus Messiah, the Son of God, the Son of Mary. This was declated in Eden when Adam and Eve sinned and forfeiteted eternal life in this world and brought death in. How can you and I live forever? There is only One Way. Accepting the free gift of eternal life offered by Jesus of Nazareth and received by faith in Him. Making Jesus our Lord and Savior. And, never receiving the mark of the beast.
[1] NASB Lexicon http://biblehub.com/lexicon/revelation/13-18.htm
[2] The Hybrid Age KHouse (30;12 minutes into the video) http://kitrust.org/pay-per-view/vod/310
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