SATANIC RAPTURE

Ezekiel 13:20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.

 

      Pastor Murray rightly warns others to avoid building an entire doctrine from one verse, but is this exactly what he has done with his satanic rapture theory? 

    Where in the Bible do you see it specifically declared that satan will return to "fly you away", as Pastor Murray so often quips sarcastically? While the above verse from Ezekiel is interesting, it is hardly conclusive. In fact, if Daniel 11:21-end is indeed speaking of the anti-christ, as Pastor Murray claims, there is not only no reference to any "satanic rapture", but Daniel declares that antichrist is a man who rises to power thru world politics, hardly the "imitation Jesus" performing miracles as he so often proclaims ! 

     In the study on Antichrist we have established that antichrist is indeed a man, a world-leader, and not only isn't he an "imitation Jesus", in fact, he denies the Father & Son, instead giving honor to "the God of forces"! (Dan11:38)

     If you pray & study the following chapters of Daniel, correctly identifying the actions of anti-christ (Bullinger's notes on this are excellent!) , you may come to understand and identify the anti-christ and his role in Revelations as never before!.

Daniel 8:9

And out of one of them came forth a *little horn( *= anti-christ ), which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
10
And *it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
11
Yea, *he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by *him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary was cast down.
12
And an host was given *him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
13
Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
14
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
15
And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
16
And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
17
So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
18
Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
19
And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
20
The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
21
And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
22
Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
23
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a *king of fierce countenance( *= anti-christ ), and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
24
And *his power shall be mighty, but not by *his own power...

 (See  Rev 13:2 ,Understand, the "Unholy Trilogy",
1.)the dragon , satan himself , brings the 
2.)*first beast of Rev.13 ( *= anti-christ), a world leader , to power.
3.) The second beast of Rev. 13 ( *= anti-christ) is a powerful world religious leader who supports the first beast, the "Great Whore", an apostate church, 'rides' upon this second beast's back ! )  
 
...and *he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25
And through *his policy also *he shall cause craft to prosper in *his hand; and *he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: *he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but *he shall be broken without hand.
26
And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
27
And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
Daniel 11:21
And in his estate shall stand up a *vile person ( *= anti-christ,
would an 'imitation Jesus' act vile?), to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but *he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
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.
23
And after the league made with *him *he shall work deceitfully: for *he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24
*He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and *he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; *he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and *he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
25
And *he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.
26
Yea, they that feed of the portion of *his meat shall destroy *him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
27
And both of these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
28
Then shall *he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant(would Jesus' heart be against the holy covenant?); and *he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.
29
At the time appointed *he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
30
For the ships of Chittim shall come against *him: therefore *he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall *he do; *he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
31
And arms shall stand on *his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
32
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall *he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
33
And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
34
Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
35
And some of them of understanding shall fall, (WHY ? =) to try them, and to purge, and to make them white (STILL THINK IT'S "ALL SPIRITUAL " AS  PASTOR MURRAY TEACHES ? ), even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
36
And the *king shall do according to his will; and *he shall exalt *himself, and magnify *himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods (does this sound like the actions of an imitation Jesus?), and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37
Neither shall *he regard the God of *his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for *he shall magnify himself above all.
38
But in *his estate shall *he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall *he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom *he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and *he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
40
And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and *he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41
*He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of *his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
42
*He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43
But *he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at *his steps.
44
But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble *him: therefore *he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
45

And *he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet *he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

 TO THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND THAT DANIEL IS DESCRIBING THE END-TIMES ACTIONS OF THE ANTI-CHRIST, 

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS, 

DO THESE SOUND LIKE THE ACTIONS OF AN "IMITATION JESUS" TO YOU? 

DO THESE ACTIONS LINE UP WITH WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN  TAUGHT BY SHEPHERDS CHAPEL REGARDING ANTI-CHRIST IN REVELATIONS?

YOU DECIDE !e
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