Hey Pedes, looking for clarity on a theory I'm mentally mulling around. It's kind of wild, but also, could have drastic implications if there is any truth to this.
I'll preface this by saying I am a believer in Christ, and only looking for truth, please don't shoot the messenger, this is an open debate and one I expect to see some heated emotions over.
The Greek word for "ante" is "αντι-", and although the current accepted translation of ἀντίχριστος is Anti-christ, there is little literature to explain the use of Anti vs Ante.
There is a possibility that the word "antichrist" in the Bible has been mistranslated or misunderstood, and that it may actually refer to an "ante-Christ," or a precursor to the coming of Christ, similar to how John the Baptist preceded Jesus. The book of Revelation, a highly symbolic and metaphorical text, may not actually predict a future apocalypse or end times, but rather symbolizes the ongoing struggle between good and evil in human history. According to this theory, the arrival of the "antechrist" figure may not be a negative event, but rather a necessary step in clearing the way for Jesus' return.
Let's analyze Trumps actions in contrast to the antechristos.
Abraham accords - negotiating peace with Isreal, only to turn his back in 3.5 years time. Does this fit with Biden getting into office?
The concept of a peace deal or covenant made by the antichrist is not explicitly mentioned in the book of Revelation, but it is described in some other parts of the Bible, particularly in the book of Daniel. In Daniel 9:27, it says:
"He [the antichrist] will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him."
Is the end of sacrifice, the end of child, human sacrifice to Baal? Or worse? This kind fits to me. Especially considering the Mossad connections with Epstein et al.
in Revelation 13:3, where it says, "And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast." This wound is described as being healed, and as a result, people are amazed and follow the beast.
I've often wondered if Trump gaining the presidency again would fulfill this passage?
There is a lot more to this theory, but it's a lot to type out, I'll leave it at this for now.
There are alternatives to this as well, as Obama/Biden could also fulfill the above prophecy by Biden essentially being an Obama Manchurian candidate. I don't know enough about Obamas political deals with Isreal to make a call on the first one.
One final thing here, Is to look at the way Jesus responded to Caiaphas and the high Jewish court :
You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."
This is very telling that Jesus did not see YahWeh as his "Father" in heaven. Jesus never once mentioned Yahweh when referencing the father. He used Abba, or other terms.
Thoughts, pedes?
Glad you're thinking it over! The answer is yes. He is both.
The entity in the burning bush, which was Jesus, gave three names, Yahweh, Ehyeh, and Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh. These are all ways of saying "I am I" so as to make the same point. Jesus is one with the Creator who has these and many names. Let's call the Creator Ehyeh to distinguish him from the malevolent one.
It means, just as Jesus could be human and still "one in/and the same" with Ehyeh, Jesus could also come as an angel (an El or Eloah) and still be one and the same with Ehyeh. When the Uncreated comes, he always follows the rules he set up for created beings, he doesn't set up laws of physics to change them arbitrarily. The fact that some humans and some elohim screwed up doesn't deny his right to come as el or man.
You'll need to define standards of proof. It's impossible to find a Hebrew word in a fully Greek manuscript. Either you recognize preincarnate Jesus described in Hebrew manuscripts, or you recognize how linguistic criticism determines spoken Hebrew words from Greek transcriptions, or you recognize that the data points you're limiting yourself to have no power to answer your question.
And?
They became temple servants. It sounds like you're claiming Christianity while reading interpretations from anti-Christians. Questing the nature of Jesus and the Creator doesn't involve using enemy talking points.
You then list several Scriptures, which are perfectly harmonizable with Jesus's Father when dealing with sin. Did you read Revelation recently, particularly 1-3 and 17-20? Jesus is fully participatory in wrath against the wicked, but he waits the right time just as Ehyeh did in the past.
And?
No, I didn't see this in OP or would've commented. You cited John 8:19, Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also (KJV). Everyone knew that upon Jesus's baptism a bat-kol (idiom for heavenly voice, literally daughter of a voice) had been heard, claiming paternity over Jesus; everyone knew that Jesus's earthly father was Joseph, who was prepared to be considered a cuck all his life. When these Pharisees ask the question, they are denying Jesus's claims that his Father is the LORD (Yahweh, as he said when he quoted Hebrew Scripture repeatedly), and giving in to rumors that he was a bastard. Further, they are breaking with their Amoraic (Talmudic) tradition, in which every time a bat-kol is heard it is to be taken as authoritative from the Creator (only one exception occurred, sketchily, in the 2nd century). Jesus's answer to all this was that their denial of miracle proved that they had no interest in the Yahweh they paid lip-service to; a few of them might indeed have been serving the counterfeit, Yaldabaoth.
Note, this was not when he was sentenced. That testimony is a different statement of "I Am" claiming identity with Yahweh, Mark 14:61-62: Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Replying to the euphemism "the Blessed" with the revealed name of the Father Yahweh, translated as "Ego eimi", showed that Jesus was unafraid to speak the name and spoke it to show up people who wouldn't speak it (for fear that they had the wrong Yahweh).
I've never heard that theory. You think Jesus is so impotent as to let someone else masquerade as him right after he delivered the Ten Words and get away with it for 3,500 years? The impostor has no power, he can only corrupt the truth already given. The reason Moses wrote the second tablets is that man must learn to work with God rather than God doing all the work alone. The text says he met with Yahweh both times, and describes (in Exodus 24 and 32) this Yahweh coming in angelic form, and all comings of Yahweh were his Word (Messenger) Yeshua.
I'm not going to deny your salvation, but I'll test it. Your confession is "I am a believer in Christ, and only looking for truth", which means that you and others who pursue truth, such as myself, will always come to agreement sooner or later in the pursuit. The questions I ask you are about whether you believe in the same Jesus that the historical church believes in, who is one with the Creator revealed in the Old Testament, or whether you separate some works of Yahweh from being works of Jesus as well. If a person doesn't know Jesus the way others do and attributes Jesus's work and being to another entity than others do, that one must question whether the others have the same Jesus; you must certainly question me too. If you are saved by Jesus's work as you say, he will guide you into all truth, and salvation includes a changed spirit so that spirit will be his means of guidance. Since we are led by the Spirit and the Word, we will come to the same conclusion, and the deeper the wilder.
TLDR: I've answered your questions so as to explain where I believe the truth stands. You've indicated what you believe, though I don't see all the implications and conclusions you are seeing. But truth is always one, and Jesus is Truth. Are you one who is committed to follow Jesus wherever he goes, including surrendering mistaken notions to him when convicted? Because I am.