The Holy Spirit vs The Anti-Christ Spirit
Spiritual Warfare by Chris Bunton
The spirit of antichrist is
mentioned in God’s Word ( 1 John 2:18, 22, 1 John 4:1-6, 2 John 7 KJV) but very little is known of it.
It is rarely mentioned in sermons or teachings to the saints. It
is important to know what this is, because it is working in our world
today. This spirit is part of the enemy network that we face, and we must
know our enemy, so that “we are not ignorant of his devices” ( 2 Cor.
2:11)
In essence, the spirit of antichrist
does similar work as the Holy Spirit, only for a different cause.
Remember, the word “Anti” in the word Anti-Christ does not mean opposite
or against necessarily, it means “instead of”. Likewise, the
antichrist spirit is a spirit that comes instead of the Holy Spirit, working to
replace Jesus. Understand, I am not saying it is the same spirit, but
that it behaves in a similar manner. Satan’s work, always mimics God’s
work or creation, but is twisted.
We must look at the traits of the
Holy Spirit, and by doing so we can also see the traits of the spirit of
antichrist. Now, according to God’s Word, the Holy Spirit
came to earth on the day of Pentecost, to dwell in the Apostles, and subsequent
generations of believers, after the ascension of Jesus into heaven.
But, we also know that in old times, before the ascension, the Holy Spirit
did work on the earth and came upon people for temporary purposes. Such
as prophesying, or driving Jesus into the wilderness. (Acts 2:1-13,
Matt. 4:1, Mark 1:12, Numbers 11:26-29, 1 Sam. 10:9-12)
The antichrist spirit is a spirit from Satan, and
we see it working after Jesus ascended as well. (1 John 2:18, 22, 1 John
4:1-6, 2 John 7) Can we assume that this spirit became active at some
point after the Holy Spirit came? Can we also assume that this
spirit was active in old times? I do. When we look at
the ancient pantheons of gods in every people group on earth, do we not see
Lucifer and his fallen angels who rule this fallen world? Would
not the antichrist spirit be moving at that time as well? The enemy’s kingdom
is a virtual mirror image of the Lord’s Kingdom. “Instead of” is the
key. For example, an orphanage that helps kids, is a
wonderful thing, they do good work. But, if it is not done in the name of
Jesus, under His kingdom banner, then it is “Instead of”. I know
this seems extreme, but we are in an extreme war. It is all or
nothing. Imagine if our country had an ambassador that refused to fly our
flag over his building? But, instead flew a flag for every country.
It is important to proclaim the King. Even if it is a church, it cannot
be assumed they serve God.
Many churches are “Instead
of”. They do good works, but the name of the King is just a side
thing. Am I saying that a Christian restaurant owner must call his
business “Jesus’ House Of Pancakes“? No. But, the Lord would be
served and represented in some way none the less, as the Holy Spirit leads them
personally. A person answers to the Lord.
So, what is the job of the Holy
Spirit? He convicts people of Sin, Righteousness, and of Judgment
In order to save them. (John 16:7-11) Imagine a King
with a vast kingdom, and a usurper who rose up and caused a portion of that
kingdom to rebel against the King. The King wants this rebellious land
back. But, He also must deal with the rebels. So, He sends a decree
to the rebellious land. Saying “All is forgiven, simply confess Me
as your Lord, and when I come to take back what is Mine, you will not be
swept away with the rebels.” (Romans 10:9-10, Matt. 25:31-46) The
Holy Spirit works to save people. He works to keep the saints
on the straight path, serving the Lord and fighting the enemy.
The antichrist spirit in essence does the same
thing, but for Satan’s kingdom. It works to keep people from being
saved. It convicts people of sin also, just enough to let a person
say, “I’m not a bad person, I do good things” in order to keep them from
turning to God.
It convicts of righteousness, but it
is not a righteousness based upon believing God, it is a righteousness based
upon doing good things, and avoiding the bad, often re-interpreting what
is bad and what is good. It even convicts of Judgment, but it is a judgment
based upon whether you have been really bad, or a “hope so” judgment, or a
judgment based upon whether they are better than someone else. Or a judgment
based upon Karma. All of this works to keep a person from turning to
Jesus the King, to be saved.
Another job of the Holy Spirit is to
teach, or to bring into Truth. He is called the Spirit of Truth.
(John 15:26, John16:12-13, 1 John 2:27) Likewise, the spirit of
antichrist teaches the children of Satan. He is called “the spirit that now
worketh in the children of disobedience”, People who are not with the Lord, and
serve the Enemy. When I say “disobedience” I am not saying commit
sins. Every human sins. I’m saying they do not serve the Lord.
(Eph. 2:1-3). The spirit of antichrist also brings his people
into “truth”. But, it is a lie. Back to our example of
the orphanage, the antichrist spirit will agree with Christians that the
orphanage needs to be built, and might even spearhead the work. But,
Jesus will be moved to the background. See? It is a
truth that the orphanage is needed, and will help the children. It is
good. No one can argue with that. It’s True! But, from
Gods perspective it is not true, because it is not done in Jesus
name. It’s not for the Kingdom. Go ahead and build the orphanage if
needed, but don’t pretend it’s for God, if His name isn’t on it or He’s not a
part of it.
Let us look at
Noah. God told him of a flood and to build an ark to save
people, and animals; but what if the antichrist spirit had whispered into the mind of Noah.
“Yea hath God said….?” Or “Did God really say?” Then, it led Noah
to add to, or take away from what God told him, Or to go to the right or
left of it. So, Noah builds an orphanage on stilts. An orphanage is
good, it will save children, and putting it on stilts is wise, and would protect
from a normal flood. But, it is not what God told him to do,
and it would have led to disaster. See? True,
but not true. Good, but not good. The Enemy doesn’t care if you
love people just don’t bring them to Jesus. See? Love is
good. It’s true. But, it doesn’t save. If it is not under the banner of the Lord, then it does not
lead people to turn to Him. That makes it false. I understand this
is very extreme, and I fail in it as well.
The antichrist spirit will also seek
to destroy the entire idea of Truth. This is done by claiming that there
is no absolute Truth. That everything is relative and that
there is no standard. Claiming there is no absolute Truth is
itself an absolute. It is ridiculous. This spirit
creates another standard of what is considered good, such as political correctness.
It teaches another “truth” that it claims has been hidden by the Church, so they
can control the masses, fulfill greed or oppress. Understand,
it is the antichrist spirit, which has infiltrated the church that does these
things. The only Truth the real Church holds is Jesus Christ and Him crucified, there is nothing to hide. (1 Cor. 2:1-5)
The other job of the Holy Spirit is to teach
and use the saints to build the Kingdom of God on earth, and fight the
enemy. Likewise, the antichrist spirit teaches and uses his children
to build the Anti-Christ Kingdom, and wage war against the saints.
Let’s go back in history, and move forward.
When we look in the book of Daniel we see the king had a dream of an idol. This idol had different sections of different
types of materials, a gold head, silver chest, etc., each section representing
a different kingdom in human history. But, the statue is one statue. It tells
us that even though they are different human kingdoms, they are all one kingdom
ruled by Satan from the beginning, when Adam handed dominion over to him. (Daniel
2:1-49, Gen. 3:1-24) The antichrist spirit
has worked to infiltrate every human institution with his children, or even to
create new institutions, teaching its doctrines through religion, academia,
science, and all forms of media. Starting before the Flood, then Sumer,
Babylon, and Egypt where humans found writings not destroyed by the Flood, and
were taught by the antichrist spirit, unclean spirits, demons and fallen
angels. Mystery schools, esoteric knowledge, a vein of belief that has worked
to build the world kingdom for Lucifer, even to this modern day. Through false religions, philosophies and
secret societies moving through time,
ancient writings, plays, art, magik, alchemy even growing into modern science,
music, modern publishing, “news” , movies, tv programming, universities, public
schools, all spreading the belief system that existed from before the Flood. This antichrist spirit moves and works
through people to accomplish the goals of Lucifer in building the Anti-Christ
kingdom. Of course, God uses these mediums as well. He uses schools, and
art, and music, etc. I am not condemning
science, or schools, or any of the things mentioned. They are tools or mediums
for delivering a message. The message is what matters.
The antichrist spirit created different
religions to counter God’s work and Christianity later on. It helped
infiltrate the church and create a false church, or fill good churches with
false doctrine, false leaders and followers. When we read the New
Testament we can see that the Apostle Paul is constantly fighting against a
false belief system that kept popping up. This was the workings
of the antichrist spirit and its agents.
Government likewise, has been taken over and
filled with those who listen to the promptings of this spirit, who are taught
and led by it. For centuries, this has occurred Popes, Kings, Queens,
Emperors, Tsars, Chiefs, Senators, Presidents and even the common folk in
important positions, led by this spirit.
Finance and business is led by this
spirit as well, binding the world in debt, controlling it, dictating
behind the scenes what will occur, leading it to an eventual conclusion of
economic collapse and the introduction of a new economic system. This will be
tied to the Mark of the Beast, and requiring an acceptance of Lucifer and this
ancient belief system. This spirit is working to build a global corporate business
network that will help be the infrastructure for the control system of the Beast.
What will be viewed and praised as a good thing, and the ultimate solution,
will actually be total control and spiritual death.
All of this working to build the Anti-Christ
Kingdom, so the Anti-Christ can do his final work. To rule as god.
To be worshiped as god. This antichrist spirit is even helping to build
the Temple of God, so he can sit in the Temple as god. (Eze 28:1-19, Isa
14:12-20, Dan. 11:36, 2 Thess. 2:1-12). Are all
humans involved? Yes, some knowingly, and some not. Like the Holy
Spirit, the spirit of antichrist has his ministers. They are people who
are gifted and operate within their field to help build the Utopian Global
System. Or those who are just doing their jobs, not knowing it
will lead to the final world system. Does not the politician who passes
laws that will open the doors to enemy rule, help build the kingdom?
Whether he knows it or not? Does not the businessman help the kingdom
when he obeys certain ideologies in his business or embrace certain
restrictions or technologies? Whether he realizes it or not, does he not help in the building? Or perhaps the
church that accepts tax exempt status, which silences and eventually controls them? Are
they not helping? Whether knowingly or unknowingly? Or
the consumer who buys certain products, or watches certain shows that
brainwashes them. Are they not helping? What about votes? Is a voter
responsible when they unknowingly vote an agent of Lucifer into power, locally
or nationally? Have they not helped? They might not be
guilty, but they have helped.
In the Gospels we see the Holy Spirit working
from the beginning. He comes into John the Baptist from birth, and makes him a prophet whose job it is to “Make His
paths straight” Preparing a way for the Lord. (Matt. 3:1-3, Luke
1:8-15)Likewise, the spirit of antichrist will eventually fill a person who
will be a prophet. That prophet will be the False Prophet of
Revelation. It will be this prophet’s job, to prepare the way, to
make the paths straight, for Satan’s Messiah, the Anti-Christ. The
False Prophet will point out who this Anti-Christ is, calling him the Messiah,
Christ, An Ascended Master incarnate, Jesus reincarnated, A new
incarnation of the past Christs, The Great Teacher to come, another Guide to
help us make our next evolutionary leap, or any such title or description, causing
the world to worship him. Just like John the Baptist filled with the Holy
Spirit said “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John
1: 29-34, Rev. 12:11-12)
The history of the world is a story of the
workings of God and the workings of the Enemy to fulfill the plans they have spoken, whether it is to save people for all
eternity, and restore His Kingdom in Gods case, or to build a kingdom, so that
he might be worshiped as god for a short time, in the case of
Lucifer. Once you understand this, history takes on a new
meaning, and so does our present, and our future. God is calling you to Him. Ask Him to save
you, in Jesus name.
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