This End Times Deception study reviews a YouTube video of Paul Sides, Rav Sha’ul, of SabbathCovenant.com called ‘The Antichrist is a false IMAGE of the true Messiah’.
The description of the video reads:
The physical fulfillment of the Antichrist the prophet Daniel spoke of has been fulfilled by King Antiochus IV. That is a physical shadow we are to study to understand the Spiritual reality of the false messiah at the end… that false image of the True Messiah is an image of a man who died that humanity has elevated above Yahuah in the hearts and minds.
It is based on his book, The antichrist Revealed by Rav Sha’ul.
His teaching is in Red, my comments are in black.
Myth #3 Is the antichrist a man or an image?
Yes, actually!
The physical fulfillment has already occured. In fact Antiochius fulfilled Daniel’s prophecies so perfectly, many historians claim the book of Daniel must have been written AFTER the facts!
He is pointing to Antiochus committing the abomination of desolation.
But there are two mentions of abomination of desolation, both pointing to a foreign army surrounding Jerusalem.
Daniel 8 describes the first fulfillment:
Antiochus Epiphanes, the vile person, surrounded Jerusalem with his armies (the abomination of desolation) and killed 10’s of thousands of Jews. They defiled the sanctuary and caused the daily sacrifice to be taken away for 2,300 days (Daniel 8:14). His persecution of the Jews began in 171 B.C. and the temple was cleansed on December 25, 165 B.C., which is 2,300 days.
Here is Messiah’s warning in Matthew 24:15-16:
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
Here is Luke’s recording of the Olivet Discourse, which defines what the abomination of desolation is:
“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her.” Luke 21:20-21
Messiah was referring to Daniel’s prophecy in chapter 9, verse 26:
“..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.”
Daniel 12 describes the time of Great Tribulation that Messiah spoke about in the Olivet Discourse, when 1.1 million Jews died in and around Jerusalem; and the temple and city were desolated by the Roman army.
The abomination of desolation, the Roman army, surrounded the holy city of Jerusalem in 66 A.D., which was the sign for the Early Church to escape to the mountains of Pella.
Antiochus was the physical fulfillment of the false Messiah.
Antichocus never proclaimed to be the Messiah, so how would he be the False Messiah?
Antiochus came before Messiah, not after. Messiah said many will come in my name, meaning in the future.
When we evaluate Scripture, we see that it says that the False Messiah, the final fulfillment of it, is an IMAGE. A false image of the true Messiah.
The Antichrist is a false IMAGE of the true Messiah.
The physical fulfillment of the Antichrist the prophet Daniel spoke of has been fulfilled by King Antiochus IV. That is a physical shadow we are to study to understand the Spiritual reality of the false messiah at the end… that false image of the True Messiah is an image of a man who died that humanity has elevated above Yahuah in the hearts and minds.
Revelation 14:9-12, A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: ‘If ANYONE worships the beast and his image and received the mark on the forehead or the hand,”
The fulfillment of the mark of the beast of Revelation 14 is not about the end times.
It was fulfilled by the people in France, Spain and other countries, who revered (mark on their forehead) and obeyed (mark on their right hand, symbolizing actions) the antichrist Popes of Rome in killing the saints during the 12th-18th centuries.
By proclaiming a spiritual reality, he deflects blame away from the true fulfillment, the physical office of the Papacy, the Popes of Rome, who are the antichrist of Revelation.
Note: If the antichrist beast is the false Jesus Christ, how is the image also the false Jesus Christ?
John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible Revelation 14:9
if any man worship the beast and his image; give in to the idolatries of the church of Rome, and embrace, maintain, and defend the Popish religion, which bears a resemblance to the worship of the Heathens, and is the very image of Rome Pagan; see Re 13:4
and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand; openly profess Popery, and swear allegiance to the man of sin, and do all they can to support his interest; see Re 13:16.
Matthew Poole’s Commentary on the Holy Bible Revelation 14:9
Ver. 9. God letteth his servant John know, that during the reign and rage of antichrist, as he would have ministers of the gospel that should preach the truth, and mind men to keep themselves from idols, worshipping God alone; and others that should assure them the papacy should go down, mystical Babylon should fall; so he would have others that should give warning to men and women of those dreadful plagues that should come upon them that entered themselves in this great city, either worshipping the devil after the pagan manner, or the image of the beast, i.e. committing idolatry after the antichristian, popish fashion, or that should either be subject to this idolatrous head, or be a soldier to fight for it. What those judgments should be, God showeth in Re 14:10, and possibly there is not a more severe denunciation of judgment in the whole book of God.
Revelation 19:20, “With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. The two of them were thrown alive in the fiery lake of burning sulfur.”
Here is the King James:
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone
The text clearly says that two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake. How is an image thrown into the lake of fire?
It’s talking about the office of the Papacy, the Popes of Rome, who fulfill the role of Antichrist sea beast of Revelation 13. Read Revelation 13 – Roman Sea Beast
And the office of the Jesuit General, the False Prophet, the earth beast of Revelation 13. Read Revelation 13 – Roman Earth Beast
The Apostle Paul warned us not to elevate this false image of a man who died in our hearts above Yahuah, as God. A clear warning against incarnation and what will happen to you if you buy into that doctrine.
Romans 1:21 For even though they knew YAHUAH, they did not honor Him as (immortal) God or give thenaks, bu they became futile in their speculations (that Yahuah came to Earth and died), and their foolish heart was darkened (committed blasphemy against Yahuah’s Spirit).
22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible (cannot die) YAHUAH for an image in the form of corruptible man (elevating the Messiah who died as God incarnate)…
28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge YAHUAH any longer (that He alone is God, invisible, incorruptible), YAHUAH gave them over to a depraved mind, (to remake Yahuah into the image of a man.
Once again Paul Sides is using the NIV, but inserting the name Yahuah to make it look legitimate.
He manipulated the text to declare that people have exchanged the Father’s glory for an image of a man who died, Messiah.
But the image that Romans 1:22-23 is talking about is not Messiah; but idols, as it points to the idols of men and animals. Notice how he left verse 23 out of his explanation.
“Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and changed the esteem of the incorruptible Elohim into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds and of four-footed beasts and of reptiles.”
Many of the images or idols of the ancients were in the forms of men and women. Many of their gods were heroes and benefactors, who were deified, and to whom temples, altars, and statues were erected; hence the Hercules of Farnese, the Venus of Medicis, and the Apollo of Belvidere.
Paul Sides says that the spirit behind the False Messiah is Dagon the dragon. He even shows an image of the Popes wearing the mitre, which represents the fish hat of the god Dagon.
How can he not see that the Popes of Rome are the son of Perdition?
I pray that you can see the truth about Paul Sides teachings. He is teaching some truths, but he is also leading the end times remnant astray, just as the enemy would like.
Read Paul Sides, Rav Shaul, of SabbathCovenant.com is a False Teacher, Prophet
If one does not have the Holy Spirit, and is not taught by the Spirit of the Lord, their words and thinking are dead. Just another lost soul to the evil one to stir up confusion in the saints. Praying for him.
Agreed Deborah! He proclaims to be an end times prophet who is being used to open the supposedly sealed prophecies in Daniel and Revelation, but his explanations are false, and are confusing people.