Why Do the Nations Rage? Part 2

The anti-messiah is identified as the "Lawless one," (2Thessalonians 2:8,9) which literally means "Without Torah." Sadly for two thousand years, because of the misguided efforts of a few Gentiles in the first three centuries the Torah has been defined as "Legalism," the way the Pharisees interpreted the Torah. Torah, as defined by Yeshua and the Apostles is the WAY of walking with God in the Spirit of His righteousness by faith apart from the works of the Torah. Moreover, the Torah is, in Paul's words, holy, good and just. Despite the efforts of Satan to abolish the Torah and make Christians believe it is a curse instead of a blessing to obey God's Law, (Torah) a remnant emerges in every generation that love God's holy , good and just Law. "Do we then make void the law (Torah) through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law." (Romans 3:31) The law is not a curse, but those who seek to be justified by the law are under the curse of the law, having fallen from grace. Because the anti messiah opposes God he will appose His holy, good and just book of instructions, which leads sinners to God and in the Way of righteousness. Instead the anti messiah will desire to lead sinners to himself, so he must destroy the book that opposes the worship of himself as God.
"He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, shall persecute the saints of the Most High, and shall intend to change times (Feast Days) and law (Torah). (Daniel 7:25) The anti messiah will abolish the two most important means of knowing God and His redemptive plan.The Hebrew Calendar is based on lunar days of the month and is used to signify when the seven feast days fall. The last three of the seven feast days are yet to be fulfilled. The first four were fulfilled on the exact day of the feasts. It is not unreasonable to believe the last three will be fulfilled on the precise days. If the calendar and the feast days are abolished--and they will be-- by the anti messiah then it would be impossible to know when the feast of Trumpets that signals the last ten days before the Lord returns on the Day of Atonement. The Feast of Tabernacles will be fulfilled in the millennial reign of Yeshua in Jerusalem. Because the saints will have been worn out by the anti messiah, without a lunar calendar to calculate feast days, the "Day of the Lord" will come on a day that is least expected. The Law (Torah) will also be abolished because it speaks of the righteousness and holiness of God. The anti messiah will not want the competition to be around. The book of Amos speaks of this awful day upon which the anti messiah rises to power and claims to be God. "'Behold, the days are coming,' says the Lord, 'that I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.'" (Amos 8:11) "And he will say, 'Hold you're tongue! For we dare not mention the name of the Lord.'" (Amos 6:10b)
The Torah and everything pertaining to biblical Judaism was abolished by the "Church Fathers" in 325 A.D. This fatal error alienated the "Church" from the commonwealth of Israel, rebuilt the wall that Yeshua had torn down, and paved a wide road that will lead to destruction for many. For over two thousand years God has had the displeasure of profaning His Heritage, that is His people of Israel for not accepting His redemptive work of salvation, for denying His Son, Yeshua, for continuing with stiff necks and uncircumcised hearts. Nevertheless God has also spoken ill of those who would show no mercy to His people. They will also receive condemnation because of their arrogance and slander against God's heritage. A future great apostasy that will have no concept of the prophetic significance of the fall feasts and the importance of the Torah will rise in the last days and will fall in line with the goal of the anti messiah. A philosophical ideology by the Church Fathers of "Replacement Theology" (That the Gentile Church replaced Israel) only managed to replace sound doctrinal principles with Gentile philosophy that was inspired by hatred for the Jewish people and ultimately the God of Israel.
God has described the players and positions in this final act before His return. We certainly cannot know every detail that will enfold in the last days, but we should be able to identify the season, the players, and the ideology of the anti-messiah, who is at work in this very hour. In the words of Daniel, the anti-messiah will wear out the saints and make war against them. These saints are those who love and obey God's commandments. They, having accepted the Torah (Godly Instruction) and the teachings of the "Apostolic Fathers," having dismissed the teachings of Church Fathers, will be able to identify the man of lawlessness and refrain from following him, suffer persecution and possibly death. Shalom.