Question - does the man do this willingly? Or is he forced?
The man of sin, New Age Christ, is not forced to be the man of sin, but is a choice he made because of the current believe system that became popular in the world, and God allows him to deceive the world so He can end this sin business on earth.
1Ti 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
1Ti 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
1Ti 4:3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
1Ti 4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
1Ti 4:5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
The new age movement false interpretation of the Bible based on the occult, mysticism, and evolution, which they believe they can still evolve to be greater, and spiritual, and Jesus is not Lord and Savior, but a teacher in the evolutionary process, enlightenment, and love, and an ascended master, and avatar, and the New Age Christ is the final teacher in the evolutionary process, who does not acknowledge a personal God, but honors the God of forces, or the power of nature as his higher power, and will claim to be God by harnessing the power of nature, evolving, and will share this power with all who follow him, which the Christ conscience will come upon them, and they will evolve like the man Jesus.
2Ti 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
2Ti 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
2Ti 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
The new age movement is the future for this sinful world, and a stepping stone to the New Age Christ, and the time will come when the world will not endure the truth of the Bible, but want to hear it according to their own lusts, the new age movement interpretation of the Bible that exalts people by evolving to be greater, and spiritual, and there is no higher power above them.
Some people say one world government, New World Order, conspiracy this, and conspiracy that, but the new age movement is the agenda, and the conspiracy, which the powers to be, the ones that are really in charge want to establish the new age movement in the world as standard religion so they can produce the New Age Christ.
But they do not believe he will appear to help them to evolve to be greater, and spiritual, until the nations come together as one to try to establish peace on earth, which is why there is United Nations, and people working for the harmonizing of nations, and religions.
Alice Bailey, the biggest prophet of the new age movement wrote of this in her book of the coming one world government, unified religious system, and the New Age Christ, which she believes Lucifer was a Solar Angel that descended from Venus years ago to bring the principal of mind to the then animal-man, and will help them to evolve in the future, which that is how they interpret the Bible that Lucifer did not descend in to sin, and disgrace, but descended to Earth to help them to evolve.
It is obvious when the Roman Catholic Church accepted the Bible they did not get rid of their pagan ways, occult ways, and it became their foundation for interpreting scriptures.
Since the new age movement is the future for this world, and will try to convince the world that the truth of the Bible is about the occult, and evolution, then it will be a great spiritual leader that will be the leader of the unified religious system that is preaching the new age movement interpretation of the Bible, and since the Roman Catholic Church is pagan, and of the occult, it will be the Pope as the spiritual leader, and the Vatican as the headquarters, which they are changing the Vatican from within.
Many Catholics will not follow that Pope, neither will true saints, and neither Islam, and Judaism, but they will attack them one at a time to try to get rid of them, and many other religions will follow the Pope especially Hindu, and Buddhism, because he will not claim Jesus as Lord and Savior, although an important figure in the evolutionary process, and love, and teacher as well as many teachers.
The Pope is not the antichrist, but will be the false prophet representing the antichrist, New Age Christ.
Mystery Babylon is the unified religious system that involves all religions as part of it interpreted by the new age movement, and she rides the scarlet colored beast, which the new age movement is a stepping stone to the New Age Christ.
In Daniel 7 he has a vision of 4 beasts, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and the Roman Empire, which operated differently than each other which is the 4 ways of people, and even though they all went by the 4 ways 1 of those ways was their chief mode of operation, and the other 3 modes was a minor role compared to the chief mode.
Babylon, lion, represents human religion, the occult, and the kingdom of man, which they had the revelation of the God of Israel and rode on eagle's wings, but blew it and became known as the kingdom of man.
Medo-Persia, bear, physical cruelty.
Greece, leopard, human wisdom.
Roman Empire, iron, pushing for power, world domination, which they shall devour the whole earth, tread it down, and break it in pieces, and out of the 4th beast came 10 horns, which is the world split in to ten sections with a leader in each section, and the little horn, New Age Christ, comes from the 10 horns.
Which the first 3 beasts will never have physical dominion again, but their lives were prolonged for a time, and a season, which their ways are still on earth, and the Roman Empire does not lose her dominion until Jesus puts them down.
Which is why all 4 kingdoms are at the beast kingdom, for it is the Roman Empire, ten horns, the physical dominion of the beast kingdom, with the ways of Babylon, lion, Medo-Persia, bear, and Greece, leopard, the chief mode of operation of all 4 kingdoms with no minor mode of operation, the kingdom of man in it's entirety.
Since the Roman Empire has the dominion, and the Vatican, and Roman Catholic Church basically their religious system, then they will change along with them according to the new age movement.
In Daniel 2 he has the same vision of the 4 beasts but in the image of a statue of a man, and the image does not fall until the stone cut out of the mountain made without hands, Jesus, hits the image on the feet, ten toes, of the statue then the statue falls, and all 4 kingdoms fall.
For as long as the first 3 beasts, kingdoms, ways are on earth then they have not fallen yet, so Babylon in Revelation is Babylon in spirit, for she represents human religion, the occult, and the kingdom of man, which is what the beast kingdom is about, but the physical dominion is the Roman Empire.
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