The Man of Lawlessness
1 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, 2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. 3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, 10 and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
Stand Firm
13 But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. 14 He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.
16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, 17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
THE DREAM: I also woke this morning from a dream – A group of us were at a restaurant. There were three of us at our table, which was a round table, I believe. We had to get up to go outside to move the car, though. The car appeared to be a S.U.V. My husband pushed the vehicle with his hands so that it rolled backwards, so we had to move it. We moved it and parked it to where it now blocked three other vehicles that belonged to either the owners or employees of the restaurant. One of their vehicles was a big truck (maybe a semi), and another looked like a race car (with writing on it). I don’t recall what the third vehicle looked like, other than I believe it was a mid-size car. I know that I made a mental note of how we had blocked these three vehicles on the right (east), when we could have parked in front (north) with the other customers.
We went back inside the restaurant and we sat down at our table. The third person with me and with my husband was a child. Our food was already on the table for us by this point. I believe a server or wait staff person was standing at our table, perhaps putting the final dishes on the table. Yet, then I felt as though we were at a larger table with more people. There were chocolate-covered pastries of some kind that were like doughnuts in texture, but were all connected together like a pan of rolls might be. There were two sets of these, only one set I felt was the “real thing,” whereas this set appeared to be a cheap copy of the other “real” pastries. I ate off of the “cheap copy” instead of the “real thing.”
Then, I went to the bathroom. A friend I knew from high school, who presently lives in Indiana, was in the bathroom, too. I know that I was looking at myself in the mirror. I had lost some weight. My hair was growing longer, too, but my teeth looked decayed or rotted, to where parts of each tooth seemed to be missing and each tooth was thinner, too. My friend commented on my weight loss that she noticed since the last time she had seen me. I think I was on my way into a stall then or had just stepped into the stall. END
My Understanding: First of all, this dream is an allegory, illustrating a practical application of this passage of scripture to our world today. Its purpose is to help me to see, and to share, how this scriptural teaching, on the “Secret Power of Lawlessness” that is “already at work” among us, is actually being played out in our world today. When the Lord gives me such a dream, he uses news stories, as well, to reveal to me, his servant, the truth behind the lies that are being told in the media. This scripture passage speaks of a “powerful delusion” and how people, even professing Christians, will believe the lie over the truth. So, it is my prayer today that the Lord Jesus Christ, whom I serve, will grant me understanding of what he is trying to show me here, and that I will, in turn, share what he shows me to the best of my understanding, realizing that he has given this gift to a clay vessel.
A group of us were at a restaurant. A restaurant is a public place where food (nourishment for energy and growth; something that stimulates the mind or soul - Encarta) is usually ordered, then served and eaten (consumed; devoured). There were three of us at a table. It appears to me from reading the news stories, which I will reference below, that I am representing the USA, including our government, that my husband is symbolizing our allies (NATO) and that the child with us is the one we have birthed together, i.e. commonly known as the New World Order, though it may go by many names. The round table generally serves as a symbol of this New World Order, as well, and it also serves as a place where this “food” is served and eaten, and where discussions, plans and decisions are made.
Deals at the Table
I will describe, further on down in this understanding of the dream, one of the items of food on this table, which was a deal being discussed that would involve making deals with known militants. Another deal on this table goes along with the weight loss part of this dream, which will also be discussed below. Basically, the U.S. agricultural department, in cutting costs, has decided to eliminate an annual report that the farmers use for making their future plans, so they know how much produce to grow or how many cattle to raise, et al. This is raising concerns with the farmers. A table is a place where you make future plans. The article went on to talk about the agency eliminating its July report on cattle but keeping a report of like-kind in January. This immediately brought to mind that there were two sets of pastries on the table and that one was the real thing and the other was a cheap copy, and that I (the U.S.) was partaking in the cheap copy.
The Bathroom
At the end of the dream I was in a bathroom in this restaurant. I was looking at myself in the mirror and was noticing my weight loss, as well as a friend from high school also recognized my weight loss. A mirror is “something that accurately reproduces, describes, or represents something else” (Encarta). I read a news article about Obama having lost millions of dollars in donor support. Obama represents the American people (the USA). So, the “weight loss” has to do with the USA having lost millions of dollars. As well, the weight loss has to do with losing the support of those who once supported us from the outside, so it is the USA who is actually losing this outside support, possibly from its allies.
In reading several other news articles, I also saw the “weight loss” as symbolizing loss of the number of demonstrators in New York, the dangerous nature of rescue operations in the aftermath of the quake in Turkey, problems with the victims of the quake getting aid distributed to them, the US agricultural department cutting annual reports and making budget cuts that could affect the outlook for farmers, Congress and the White House trimming federal spending, tough decisions that impact people’s lives, cutting Greece’s debt, banks accepting 50% loss on Greek bonds, and substantial tests that confront the continent. In other words, this is speaking about trying times for all of us on the planet.
My teeth looked as though they had rotted and were missing some parts to each one of them. The article stated that Obama was missing contributors and that he also missed support, so the missing parts of my teeth, which made my teeth look thinner, has to do with the USA losing financial support from its contributors (its allies), I believe. If something has teeth, it could be violent, cutting, nasty, or it could have to do with power, even the power to destroy. If someone shows his teeth, it can have to do with a threat to someone else. Teeth can also have to do with military force and weapons. I believe the Lord is showing the utter rottenness of the “teeth” of the US government’s power and military force, and how, because of the utter decay, it is losing parts and is thinning out, as well as it is losing financial support from its allies. God is going to judge America for its “rotten teeth.”
Long Hair
Also, my (Obama/US gov/military/power) hair on my head was growing longer. Hair on a woman’s head is a symbol of the authority over her head, i.e. her husband. So, the authority that is over the head of the USA, including over Obama, our government and our military, is growing in length and power. Then, the article stated that the Obama campaign’s part, perhaps some of the parts of the teeth now missing from the USA, had a mixture of new donors and those who had donated previously, and that this was proof of a growing organization. I believe the “growing organization” is the New World Order, or whatever name you want to give it, but it is this global order that is consuming the world’s governments and resources, and will eventually culminate into the Beast of Revelation who will rule the earth for a period of 3.5 years (whether a literal 3.5 years, I do not know with absolute certainty). I keep getting this picture, thus, of the USA losing its power and strength globally as the Super Power as this new global order gains strength and power.
The Block
In the dream, we left the restaurant temporarily in order to move a S.U.V. My husband pushed it backwards with his hands and then he (or we) parked it in front of three other vehicles to the east so that they were completely blocked and could not get out. In the news article about the Wall Street protest, it stated something about moving the protest indoors as the only viable choice. This immediately brought to mind this moving of this S.U.V. to block these other vehicles (means to accomplish something; organizations; or a medium for communication), and then us going inside. As well, there was an entire news article dedicated to the subject of Herman Cain’s top aide, Mark Block. The name “Block” stood out to me, as we used a vehicle to “block” these other vehicles. So, I looked at his character, as described in this story.
The story stated that he had a “checkered past.” It used the term “rebellious” to describe the manner in which he smoked a cigarette in an internet political ad. The articles stated that Block was a tea party leader who has had a track record for suspicious campaign work. He was described as a nonconformist who isn’t fearful about rearranging boundaries, which made me think immediately about the S.U.V. being used to block these other three vehicles. Block was quoted as making a statement about our country heading to hell. And, his nameplate on his desk reads, the “Mark”. In this article, it states that Block was implicated in a voter suppression plot called “caging.” He was also accused of covering up the employment of someone supposedly hired by Cain. Supposedly Block said that the person in question was working as an outside consultant and not as a paid staffer. This also brought to mind this situation in which we went “outside” (as consultants?) to move this vehicle in order to block the vehicles of the paid staff in this restaurant so that they could not leave.
In yet another news article, this one about a militant deal in Pakistan, we read that U.S. officials (that would be me) are influencing Pakistan toward bringing Afghan militants to the “negotiating table.” Here I saw this table as the one I sat at with my husband and child in this restaurant. So, the “final dishes” that were being put on this “table” when we sat down to eat appear to be these Afghan militants, one in particular named “Ishaq,” who was just released from jail. As well, I saw this release from jail as the hands of my husband being used to release this vehicle that was to be used to block these other vehicles.
In other words, we are responsible for releasing from jail people known to be terrorists so that we can use them for our purposes to block other nations, groups or other powers from being able to operate and to accomplish their own goals and objectives. And, the hands that moved this vehicle to release it appear to be those of a judge in a court of law. These “terrorists” are described as being able to drum up support and they are described as a valuable political weight. This reminded me of Obama trying to drum up support, but how he was losing support, and how he was losing weight, so he was losing this political weight, only it was the image of him in the mirror that I was seeing, so I believe this is the USA, who he represents, who are the ones losing political clout and the support of other nations.
Ok, then the article spoke of this militant group and its offspring (child) being in an alliance with al-Qaida. The Lord has shown me many, many times that al-Qaida works, or has worked for the U.S. government as our “outside consultants,” yet what I noticed here most significantly was the parallel between this threesome of this terrorist network, its child and the alliance, with me, my husband and child. “The Alliance” is often a term used in the global world to describe us and our allies working together, so I believe this parallels over to me, my husband and child in this restaurant, i.e. to the U.S., our allies and the New World Order being in alliance together. We are the world-wide terrorists. We are not the saviors of the world.
Lastly, there was a news article about a debt deal in Europe. I saw the debt deal to cut Greece’s debt as along the lines of my “weight loss” in the dream. I also saw this prevention to keep other countries from following the same path as this blocking of these other vehicles so that they no longer could operate under their own power. And, I saw this realization of this, as I looked at myself in the mirror, right before I went into the toilet stall, as preceding a feeling or a situation of despair (down the toilet). The article states that there were questions presented with regard to the lack of specifics in the plan (another one on the table). I believe this parallels over to my thoughts with regard to us blocking these three vehicles and wondering how they were going to get out and why we didn’t just park with the other customers. So, this debt deal is paralleled over to this blocking of vehicles.
New Powers
On those same lines, the article mentioned specific concern about how the financial intervention’s “new powers” will work. Immediately I saw these “new powers” at work in blocking these other vehicles and I saw the concern as directly related to how the other vehicles were going to get out if we had them blocked in. Then, the article mentioned two vehicles – the EFSF and the EMU – which I sensed that either one could be the S.U.V. that is being used to “block” in this specific instance (deal). The article mentioned a hope that using the EFSF (vehicle) would guarantee against losses, which I immediately saw as the use of the S.U.V. to block these vehicles so they could not escape and they could not operate in their own power. The article continued along these lines when it mentioned a containment (blocking) of Italian (the race car, perhaps) bond yields that would increase the opportunity that the EMU (the N.W.O. – me, my husband and the child) could move ahead.
The article continued with yet another illustration of the “cheap copy” of pastries, I believe, when it mentioned how the markets seemed to be beginning to realize (recognize – like recognizing my weight loss) some of the disbelief in the reality of the market situation. In the dream, I stated that this “cheap copy” of the set of pastries “appeared” (or seemed) to be a cheap copy, and I was partaking in the fake copy. I don’t know all the implications of that other than I do believe the news we receive here in the USA is mostly, if not all lies, so we consume lies as though they are truth on a daily basis, and this passage of scripture is talking much about a great deception and how people will believe the lies over the truth.
That is why I believe the Lord gives me these dreams, i.e. to expose the lies being told by our government-controlled media so that we will stop believing the lies and we will seek the truth, for truly “the secret power of lawlessness” is already at work and one day this “man of lawlessness” will be revealed and we will all come under the rule of the beast talked about in the book of Revelation. So, we need to be seekers of truth so that we don’t fall victim to deception. If we believe everything we see and hear coming from the media, from politicians, our government, or even from our pulpits here in America, we are prime for being deceived. We need to pray for much wisdom!
The scripture says that this “man of lawlessness,” whether a single man or an entity, I do not know, will set himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God. God’s temple is the church and God’s temple is in the hearts of individual believers in Jesus Christ, so this is talking about a deceiver and a lawless person setting himself up within the church in the position of God. Right now that fits only one entity – the U.S. government, which has set itself up inside the church via 5013c non-profit incorporation status by the institutional church.
Through this partnership with the U.S. government, the church is under their authority which supersedes the authority of Jesus Christ, because the government restricts what pastors can say from the pulpit, which means they override what God says. Many of today’s churches “worship” the U.S. government via leading their people to pledge allegiance (devotion; loyalty; commitment; faithfulness; fidelity) to the U.S. flag and to the republic (democratic form of government) for which it stands. God is the only one who should have our heart’s (hand over heart) allegiance, yet where is that taught in the church much these days? The institutional church of today could be well leading us to follow the U.S. government in blind obedience, which leads to the worship of the beast, and we don’t even know it, because we are conditioned to believe everything we hear and to not check it out before Almighty God to see if it is really the truth. Check out what I say, too.
This passage also speaks about “counterfeit miracles,” and the dream spoke of pastries that were in two groups – “the real thing” and the “cheap copy” (the lie). We need to pray earnestly to God to make sure we are not “eating” – partaking; consuming – the “cheap copy” (the counterfeit; the lie) instead of the truth. Oh, how I wish America would wake up from her sleep! That is my prayer!! We are to be lovers of the truth, yet because so many refuse to love the truth and prefer to believe the lie, in their ignorance, God sends them (us) a powerful delusion to that they (we) will believe the lie. Oh, how I pray that all who read this will take this to heart and will realize that God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – is calling out to his church, and he is trying to wake us up and to reveal his truth to us, if we are willing. He is calling us to turn from our sin and to walk humbly before him in obedience and to make him our only Lord and master. Will you hear him calling?
Your Heart / An Original Work / October 24, 2011
Tenderly He speaks, softly so.
Gently He calls - His will to know.
Won’t you invite Him in your heart?
Humbly accept Him now.
Bow before Him with contrite heart.
May you obey His will.
Seek Him with all your heart and soul,
And your heart, His Spirit fill.
Jesus died to free you from sin,
Giving you new life to begin,
Walking with Him ev’ry hour,
Obeying His commands.
Won’t you trust Him to be your Lord?
His grace you can’t afford.
Freely He gives you peace within,
When you turn from all your sin.
Live for Him ev’ry passing day.
Meet with Him; read His word and pray.
Serve Him in the way He leads you,
Doing all that He says.
Do unto others as you would
Have them do unto you.
Love them with Jesus love within you.
Your hearts to God be true.
Song lyrics @ Public Domain
Audio, song lyrics and sheet music:
https://sites.google.com/site/psalmshymnssongs2/home/songs/your-heart
Song on video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc7tEOtSOLM
Resources:
Obama lost many donors from '08 presidential race
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMAS_MISSING_DONORS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-28-03-20-22
Wall Street protesters prepare for harsh weather
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OCCUPY_WINTER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-28-03-03-15
Top Cain aide has checkered past
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CAIN_CAMPAIGN_MANAGER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-28-03-28-50
Turkey survivor emerges from quake rubble
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_TURKEY_QUAKE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-28-06-08-05
In Pakistan, a militant deal sours
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN_MILITANT_BAD_DEAL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-28-03-30-41
Feds tighten belt by cutting agriculture reports
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FOOD_AND_FARM_USDA_CUTBACKS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-28-03-55-40
Rally fed by European debt deal begins to slow
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WORLD_MARKETS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-28-06-23-41
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