Following is a glossary of Endtime terms. This list of phrases is based upon
my personal understanding of the Scriptures. While other writers may agree
with my definitions, or hold similar understandings, they may not be exactly
the same as mine. In God's time, we will all come to clearly understand who
all of the following individuals are, I do believe.

1. THE BEAST - This term is found primarily in the Book of Revelation,
although a variety of beasts are also described in the Book of Daniel. I
believe that the Beast is also mentioned in Daniel as the "king of the
north".
In my view, the Beast represents a political/military figure, and his
government, who will invade and conquer Israel as well as other nations of the
Middle East. Exactly how far his power will extend is a matter of personal
speculation and understanding of the Scriptures. This Beast will temporarily
work in political/military unison with ten Endtime nations referred to as the
Ten Toes, or Ten Horns, in order to destroy Babylon the Great Whore. He will
also persecute the Saints of the Most High until it appears he has defeated
them, he will blaspheme God, and he will implement a computerized credit
system known as the "Mark of the Beast", or 666. I currently believe this
Endtime leader may arise out of Syria, Iraq, Iran, or Turkey. He will be
destroyed during the Battle of Armageddon and will be cast into the Lake of
Fire.

2. THE FALSE PROPHET - This term, as it refers to a major Endtime figure, is
found in the Book of Revelation. My current understanding is that the False
Prophet will be a prominent religious leader who will be empowered by Satan to
perform mighty wonders. Under his inspiration and direction, the Islamic
nations will be encouraged to join forces with, and follow the Beast in his
invasion and conquest of Israel. In other words, the Beast and the False
Prophet will work as a team as shown in Revelation chapter thirteen. It is my
belief at this time that the False Prophet may possibly originate in Iran.
Like the Beast, he too will be cast into the Lake of Fire.

3. MOSHIACH or MOSHIACH BEN DAVID - This term refers to the long-awaited
"messiah" of the Ultra-Orthodox Jews. As I explain in my article
"The Kings Of
The North And The South Part Two", the Orthodox Jews are convinced that this
person will be a descendant of the bloodline of King David who was himself of
the tribe of Judah. In other words, Moshiach ben David will be a flesh Jew of
the physical seed of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He will be recognized as being
a great political, military and spiritual leader of Israel, similar to King
David of old. According to my understanding, he will be destroyed by the
brightness of the Lord's Coming as per 2 Thessalonians chapter two.

4. FALSE MESSIAH - While False Messiah is not a Biblical term, "false
christs"
is, as in the warnings Jesus issued in Matthew chapter twenty-four. While
there are many false Christs and false prophets in our modern day, the term
False Messiah is generally used in reference to one specific Endtime spiritual
leader. In my view, the False Messiah and the False Prophet may NOT be the
same person. As such, in my articles, the False Messiah refers to Moshiach, or
Moshiach ben David, the imitation 'saviour' of the Orthodox Jews, while the
False Prophet refers to a false Islamic prophet as described previously who
will work with the Beast.

5. SON OF PERDITION - This term is derived from the second chapter of Paul's
second letter to the Thessalonians. I currently believe that the term Son of
Perdition is synonymous with the terms Moshiach and the False Messiah of the
Orthodox Jews. If this is true, once he proves himself, he will be permitted
to sit in the long-awaited Third Temple, demonstrating to all, (at least to
those who want to be deceived), by many satanic miracles, that he is in fact
the "messiah", "God" in the flesh, who has come to
deliver the Jews out of the
hands of their Muslim enemies. As Paul clearly points out, God will allow this
strong delusion to occur because for two thousand years now, the majority of
Jews have fully rejected Jesus Christ as their one and only True Messiah. The
term Son of Perdition was also used by Jesus in describing Judas Iscariot.

6. PRINCE OF THE COVENANT - This term is found in the prophecies of Daniel.
While this is based on pure speculation, I believe that the term Prince of the
Covenant may possibly be another reference to the Jewish False Messiah, (who
could be an upcoming Prime Minister), or to someone else in the Israeli
government who may be the key architect, and thus very instrumental, in the
writing of the seven-year peace accord. Among other things, this doomed treaty
will temporarily resolve the Palestinian issue, and will result in the
construction of the Third Temple and the re-institution of the Daily
Sacrifice. Daniel tells us that the Prince of the Covenant will be broken by
the "king of the north", whom I believe is the same as the Beast of
Revelation.

7. KING OF THE SOUTH - While there have been a variety of kings of the north
and south as explained in my articles of the same name, I believe that if
there is a final "king of the south", he will be either the
current leader of
Egypt, President Hosni Mubarak, or else one of his successors. The Daniel
prophecies tell us that he will fall before the Beast, possibly due to his
making peace with Israel.

8. KING OF THE NORTH - As explained previously, there have been a variety of
kings of the north and south. My currenting understanding is that the final
"king of the north" will be synonymous with the Beast, and may arise out of
Syria, Iraq, Iran or even Turkey as a distant fourth possibility. If time is
truly as short as some eschatologists believe, then this would point to one of
the current leaders of these nations. If time isn't quite as short as some
expect, then perhaps the final "king of the north" will be a
successor of one
of these men. In either case, he will be destroyed at the Battle of Armageddon
and be cast into the Lake of Fire.

9. ANTICHRIST - I believe that the term Antichrist appropriately applies to
the Jewish False Messiah, that is, to Moshiach ben David. I do NOT believe
that the Beast and the Antichrist are the same person. The Beast will be a
political/military foreign invader, while the Antichrist will be a Jewish-born
political and spiritual leader. Not only will the Antichrist be against Jesus
Christ, but he will seek to convince many that he is in fact Christ returned
to the Earth, or possibly Jesus Christ come to the Earth for the first time in
total contradiction to traditional Christian interpretation of the Scriptures.
The term "antichrist" is introduced to us in the epistles of John:

"Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist
shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is
the last time."
(1 John 2:18, KJV)

"Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist,
that denieth the Father and the Son."
(1 John 2:22, KJV)

"And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh
is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard
that it should come; and even now already is it in the world."
(1 John 4:3, KJV)

"For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus
Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist."
(2 John 1:7, KJV)

As can be seen, the overall meaning of the term antichrist, or antichrist, is
anyone, or any spirit who denies the existence of God, and more specifically,
anyone or any spirit who denies that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who has
come in the flesh to redeem the world of sin. Notice that John gets even more
specific by stating that even in his time the spirit of antichrist, and many
deceivers, or antichrists, were already in the world. Exactly who were the
primary culprits who denied the Divinity of Christ? Who were those who
repeatedly fought against Christ and then tried to pervert the doctrines of
the early Church? Again, the Scriptures provide a very clear answer. Notice
what Jesus said to the Jews of His day:

"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He
was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there
is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is
a liar, and the father of it."
(John 8:44, KJV)

On two occasions in his writings, the Apostle Paul used the phrase 'false
brethren'. On another occasion he used the term 'false apostles':

"In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by
mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in
perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false
brethren;"
(2 Corinthians 11:26, KJV)

"And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily
to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us
into bondage:"
(Galatians 2:4, KJV)

"For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into
the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into
an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be
transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to
their works."
(2 Corinthians 11:13-15, KJV)

It is a scriptural fact that the first Apostles, and the First Disciples which
joined the Early Church were of Jewish origin. It wasn't until after Peter's
revelation in the Book of Acts, and until the beginning of Paul's ministry
that the First Disciples fully understood that Salvation was meant for both
Jew and Gentile. A further reading of the Scriptures will reveal that these
false brethren and antichrists mentioned by Paul and John were Christ-hating
Jews who were still under the Law, and who entered the flocks of God feigning
to be disciples in order to cause division and to force circumcision and other
aspects of the Mosaic Law upon the new Disciples. Paul issued a stern warning
against them in his Epistle to the Philippians when he said:

"Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision."
(Philippians 3:2, KJV)

Because they didn't truly accept the sacrifice of Jesus Christ as being all
that was necessary to inherit Eternal Life, these antichrist Jews were trying
to mix grace with works. While they claimed to be true Jews, Jesus Christ
Himself via His angel sent to John in the Book of Revelation, tells us the
exact opposite:

"I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I
know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the
synagogue of Satan."
(Revelation 2:9, KJV)

"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."
(Revelation 3:9, KJV)

Thus, through these Scriptures, and many others which I have not even listed,
we see that, while the term antichrist can be used in a general sense to
describe anyone who rejects Christ, in those early days of the Church, it was
used primarily to describe Christ-rejecting Jews who attacked Jesus, and then
plagued his Apostles and Disciples wherever they went to preach the Word.
Thus, in my view, it is very appropriate that the term
"Antichrist" should be
applied in these Last Days to the coming false Jewish messiah whom Orthodox
Jews refer to as Moshiach ben David. He will be the final revelation of the
spirit of Antichrist.

Jeff Snyder, SysOp - Armageddon BBS  Visit us at endtimeprophecy.org port 23
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