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Friday, June 13, 2025

Why Trump Cannot Be the Antichrist! Part 3


Dennis Edwards        To go back to Part 1

How can the Antichrist come from Russia and yet fulfil the prophecy that he will come from one of the nations of the broken up Grecian Empire: Egypt, Assyria, Turkey, or Greece?


Can we speculate? How did Jesus fulfil the Old Testament prophecies about his “birthplace?” Let’s look at three of the different prophecies used in the New Testament and claimed to be fulfilled in Jesus. We will be reading from the book of Matthew.

Matthew 2

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

“When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people, Israel. (Micah 5:2)

“Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

“When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.

“And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

“When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. (Hosea 11:1)

“Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

“Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. (Jeremiah 31:15)

“But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

“And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.” (End of Matthew 2)

From the text we can see how Jesus was able to fulfil three seemingly contrary prophecies about the Messiah. Micah prophesied the Messiah would come from Bethlehem.

Micah 5:2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.”


In Matthew 2:5-6 we find the fulfilment: And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.


We know form Matthew that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. However, Matthew also quotes from Hosea 11:1 indicating that the verse was prophetic of Jesus also.

Hosea 11:1 and Matthew 2:15 “Out of Egypt have I called My son.”


Though Jesus was born in Bethlehem, his parents fled to Egypt because Herod sought to kill the child. Later, after Herod’s death, they returned from Egypt, fulfilling the prophecy. However, Herod’s son was ruling in Jerusalem, therefore, fearing him, they travelled north and made Nazareth their home and in turn fulfilled the prophecy about the Branch being a “shoot” or “netzar,” which in Hebrew is very similar to the name Nazareth.

Isaiah 11:1-5 “And there shall come forth a rod (or shoot) out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his root. And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

Clearly, the passage is a prophecy about the Messiah which Jesus fulfilled.

In Hebrew the word for “shoot” or “branch” found in Isaiah 11:1 has a similar sound as the town of Nazareth. In Google search we find,


(In Hebrew, "Nazare" or "Nazarene" (Ναζαρέθ in Greek) refers to a person from the city of Nazareth or a follower of Jesus of Nazareth. The name Nazareth itself is believed to have roots in Hebrew words meaning "branch" or "shoot," potentially linking it to prophetic texts about the Messiah.)


(Isaiah 11:1, which prophesies a "shoot" springing from Jesse's stump and a "branch" bearing fruit, is interpreted by Matthew as a fulfilment of the prophecy that Jesus would be called a Nazarene. Matthew's Gospel states that Jesus went to live in Nazareth, a town, for this very reason. The Hebrew word "netzer" (which translates to "branch" in Isaiah 11:1 is also the root of the name "Nazareth".)


Google search continues,


(The Hebrew word "netzer" (נֵצֶר) means "branch" or "shoot," often associated with the messianic prophecies in the Bible. It's used in Isaiah 11:1 to describe a "branch" that will grow from the stem of Jesse, symbolizing a future ruler and deliverer. The word "Netzer" is also linked to the name "Nazareth," as in Matthew 2:23, where Jesus is called a "Nazarene".)

Matthew 2:23 “He shall be called a Nazarene.”

We see Jesus fulfils three different prophecies concerning where he comes from. The Jewish authorities believed he was from Galilee and couldn’t be the Messiah, who they thought would come from Bethlehem. In John’s Gospel we find the exchange.

John 7:39-52Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.  Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?  Has not the scripture said, That Christ comes of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?  So, there was a division among the people because of him. And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.

“Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have you not brought him? The officers answered, No man has ever spoken like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are you also deceived? Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? But this people who know not the law are cursed.

“Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) Does our law judge any man, before it hears him, and knows what he has done? They answered and said unto him, Are you also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee arises no prophet.”

Jesus’ real birthplace was Bethlehem, but it was hidden from the religious authorities. Jesus ended up fulfilling three seemingly different prophecies which seem to conflict with one another, but in truth were synchronized.

In a like manner, the Antichrist could be born in Assyria, for example, by a Russian father and a Syrian mother. The Russian pilots came down from Moscow to help train Assad’s pilots during the years when Russia and Syria were closely aligned. It was in 1956 that the Soviet Union sent Russian pilots to Damascus to help train the Syrian pilots to be able to fly the Russian MIGS-17 jets. By the end of 1957, two MiG-17 squadrons were established at Mezzeh Military Airport in Damascus, according to Google. However, during the Arab spring years in 2015 when America was trying to destabilize Syria and remove Assad, many of the Russian pilots’ wives moved to Russia with their children.


Therefore, a son of a Russian father and Syrian mother born in Syria, but growing up in Russia could eventually grow into our Antichrist figure and become a military and political ruler in Russia and lead an invasion force against Israel at some future date. A child born in 1960, four years after the Russian pilots originally were stationed in Damascus, would today be 65 years old. A child born in 2015, the year that many Russia/Syrian families moved to Russia would only be 10 years old today.


Here's a link to an article explaining how Russian children living in refugee camps in Syria, Turkey and Iraq are being repatriated to Russia


If Russia manages to terminate her war with Ukraine in victory, she would be able to change her focus to the Middle East and her former Arab/ Muslim friends whom she has not been able to give much attention during the prolonged war with Ukraine.

Russia has been getting back on her feet from the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1989. Now, with a stronger military, and with military experience from the Ukraine war, Russia could be learning all she needs to be capable of making a future invasion of Israel a possibility. With the continued abuse of the Palestinian people to the point of genocide, the world may very well accept such an intervention by Russia in the Middle East as a God send.


In the next part, we will look at the major characteristics of the Antichrist?

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Trump Waging War to End Globalism, Restore Nation's Liberties

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Brig Gen (ret) Blaine HoltBy Friday, 24 January 2025 12:49 PM ESTCurrent | Bio | Archive

President Trump Is Waging War on a More Than Entrenched Deep State

On Inauguration Day 2025, Jan. 20, President Trump wasted no time as he began his term.

Our nation's now 47th commander in chief immediately addressed the so-called swamp monsters (a/k/a, the Washington D.C. professional class) with the "Declaration of Independence 2.0," a message We the People sent him to deliver.

As the declaration sunk in, the outgoing regime, "Uniparty" officials, Marxists, Neocons, lobbyists, law firms, bankers, and others — covered their ears, recoiling from the announced dismantling of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) programs, climate scams, lawfare, reckless spending, futile wars, corruption, censorship, and more.

Meanwhile, the real "cannons" were being prepared across town at the Capital One Center: executive orders (EOs) aimed, point blank, at the swamp and its globalist allies.

The onset of Trump's war on the status quo did not disappoint.

The swamp's quick reaction force leapt into action as multiple executive orders were volleyed across the Potomac.

Thousands of supporters braved freezing temperatures to rally at Capital One, eagerly awaiting the president’s bold moves.

Predictably, CNN, MSNBC, and other media outlets resorted to their usual playbook, filled with smugness that belied their outright panic.

Cries of "racism," "dictator," and "threat to democracy" echoed, while the most outrageous reaction was reserved for the president's decision to free over 1,500 political prisoners. (Note to the Marxist apparatchiks: political prisoners are a "no-no" in a constitutional republic.)

The swamp’s counterattacks persist to this hour.

In the U.S. Senate, "Uniparty" loyalists are doing everything they can to obstruct or delay the confirmation of the president’s team.

Key senators, risking their careers in upcoming primaries, stand against the "Make America Great Again" mandate.

But these senators seem oblivious to their own precarious positions — many will be lucky to avoid criminal investigations for their activities over the past 11 years.

Why 11 years?

Because Jan. 1, 2014, marked the beginning of the Biden and Fauci pardons.

It also preceded the orchestrated Maidan revolution in Ukraine, another front in Trump's war that promises to expose many swamp-dwellers.

The third prong of the swamp’s counterattack comes from the deep state.

Unelected bureaucrats and senior executive services personnel, more loyal to their own agendas than their constitutional oaths, remain determined to undermine the president.

Early skirmishes — delaying Jan. 6 prisoner repatriations, shuffling job titles, or confronting the whining about losing the Milley portrait — have revealed a formerly formidable force reduced to desperate show clerks clinging to their taxpayer-funded perks.

Perhaps it’s time for a review board to evaluate federal employees before they retire?

Meanwhile, Big Pharma, Big Food, and K Street lobbyists scramble to adjust to a communications blackout at the NIH, CDC, and FDA.

Over 120 National Security Council staffers are now idle, awaiting reviews of their fitness to serve. As the swamp watches with mounting horror, President Trump has already moved the his warlike campaign overseas, delivering a pointed Zoom call to what many consider the head of the snake: the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Globalism and the worship of elite, high priests of the top 1%, appear to be out of fashion this year. Attendance at the WEF is at its lowest since its inception in 1971, during the Kissinger-Schwab heyday.

But that didn’t stop the president.

He grinned like the Cheshire Cat (in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland")  as he delivered a 14-minute speech, leaving WEF attendees moribund.

Trump lambasted unnecessary wars, the climate scam, unfair trade deals, violations of national sovereignty, the corrupt Paris Accords, signed on April 22, 2016, and even transgender ideology.

He delivered a particularly biting blow to private jet-owning elites who want Americans to eat bugs, declaring that the U.S. will no longer foot the bill for their globalist schemes.

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan, singled out for de-banking (or de-risking, as entrenched banks call it) conservatives, received a personal rebuke.

Ouch!

We the People, who sent Trump back to the swamp as our champion, are largely pleased with these opening days of his refreshed war.

There will inevitably be setbacks — like creepy Larry Ellison's glowing praise of mRNA vaccines in the White House — but the president is clearly donning our armor and wielding our voice to restore our nation and its liberties.

What amounts to the outright theft of America by the swamp and globalists will be reversed.

The guilty will be held accountable.

After all they’ve done to him and his family, who better than Donald J. Trump stand for America and finish the job?

Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt (retired) is a co-founder of Restore Liberty, a former deputy representative to NATO, a lifetime member on the Council on Foreign Relations, and a Newsmax contributor. The views presented are those of the author and do not represent the views of the U.S. government, U.S. Department of Defense, or its components. Read Gen. Holt's reports — More Here.

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