it shall BRUISE THY head

Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall BRUISE thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

1Samuel 17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

Job 15:26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

Psalm 7:12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
:16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

Psalm 68:21 But God shall WOUND the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

Psalm 74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
:14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

Habakkuk 3:13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou WOUNDEDST the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.

Zechariah 11:17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye (THAT'S A LITERAL WOUND TO A LITERAL EYE OF A LITERAL HEAD) : his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Revelation 13:3 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.

If one believes and compares the very words of the Bible as they stand, scripture with scripture, what emerges is the WOUNDING of the HEAD of SATAN HIMSELF after which it is cut off clean unto the NECK.

Never make exclusively spiritual anything that the Bible does not tell you to interpret as such. It interprets itself.

Jeroboam antichrist

The latest PoI post was about Jeroboam. Here are some things the Bible reveals about this character. I will try to remain concise.

The beginning of the thread starts in Revelation.

Revelation 13:3 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.

Satan is a great mimicker of the Lord Jesus Christ. The student of the Bible will immediately recognize that truism. He is such a fanatic copycat (read copy-roaring lion 1Peter 5:8) that he is going to mimic the resurrection. Now Scofield will take that verse and talk about the rebirth of the Roman Empire. And he is not wrong. But the verse is primarily about the person of the Antichrist. The wound of Revelation 13:3 was prophesied by

Zechariah 11:17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean DRIED UP, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Just like “the Christ” of Matthew 16:16 is contrasted with “that antichrist” of 1 John 2:18 ,
“the good shepherd” of John 10:11,14 is contrasted with the “idol shepherd” of Zechariah 11:17

Something is going to happen to the antichrist that’s going to take out his right eye (THAT'S A WOUND TO THE HEAD) and dry up his arm, but he will recover and present that as a resurrection to the world.

Now, Zechariah says about his arm that it will be “DRIED UP”

Compare that to

1Kings 13:4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, DRIED UP, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

nice fit wouldn't you say?

Now let’s zoom in.

1Ki 11:26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.

The hand that dries up is that hand which is lifted up against “the king”!
People who are weary of the character of Solomon will appreciate that the Bible employs “the king” instead of Solomon here.
Now, if Solomon’s reign is a type of the millennial reign of Jesus Christ, then Jeroboam is all the more a type of the antichrist, for Jesus Christ will also have a subversive adversary at the end of his reign just like Solomon had in the person of Jeroboam.
You can work in many prophetic parallels here.

(Gog and Magog is prominent in the end-of-millennium rebellion, see note 1 below)

further common points between Jeroboam and antichrist

Elected by the people

1Kings 12:20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

Notice there’s a faithful remnant, just like there is when the antichrist rules.

God’s anointed

1Kings 11:31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:

Zechariah 11:16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land


Mimic true religion

1Kings 12:28-33

Just like the antichrist will do, temple and all, mimicking even the resurrection


Associated with Dan

1Kings 12:29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

I don’t have time here to explain the many associations between Dan and the antichrist but the student of the Bible will acknowledge the import.

punishment by scorpions

1Kings 12:14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Revelation 9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

[ Note 1: you may further observe that Jeroboam’s arm is dried up subsequent to “the word of the Lord” (1 Kings 13:1) which is “the sword of the Spirit” (Ephesians 6:17) and you have “the sword” in Zechariah 11:17 drying up the hand.
If I were NOW to guess what and when is the occasion of the dealing of that blow to the antichrist, I would associate it with the Ezekiel 38 attack of Gog, more specifically 38:21 “And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD”, which attack seems to happen in the midst of the tribulation (coming in from the north, where Dan’s lot is...), when the antichrist breaks his covenant of peace with the Jew, and which attack is NOT Armageddon.
But I’ve barely begun to scratch that surface and so will proceed no further at this point. Any input is appreciated.]


[Note 2: Another point helps to see that the idol shepherd is the antichrist.

Here things get complicated.

In the preceding verses of Zechariah, you have a reference to Judas Iscariot

Zechariah 11:12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.


Judas, like the “idol shepherd”, is also “anointed”

John 6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.

Whereas Jeroboam lifts up his hand against the king (see above), Judas lifts up his heel

Psalm 41:9 fulfilled in John 13:18

In a brazen attempt to REVERSE and PERVERSE Genesis 3:15!

Now, those of view who understand that the antichrist will be Judas back with a vengeance, will find in the fact that Zechariah prophecies in the same breath about Judas and the idol shepherd (vss.12-17) a new argument which I don’t think Pink mentions in his famous article, plus also that “Judas” is a mimic of “Judah”!

Link: http://www.biblebelievers.com/awpink001.html

[note 3: an interesting study would be trying to match the darkening of the idol shepherd's eye. please share what the Lord may reveal to you.]

Genesis 3:14

Ok, as I was researching the Bible, the matter turned out more complicated than I had first envisioned.

Genesis 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all CATTLE, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

classifies the serpent as cattle. This is no zoological mistake on the part of the King James Bible.
We're not strictly talking about serpents here. God is talking to "that old serpent", Satan. Cattle brings to mind four-footed beasts, specifically the bovine species, though not exclusively. Yet "cattle" are distinguished from "every beast of the field". Well, Satan is not an angel. He can transform "into an angel of light", but that doesn't mean he IS an angel. To prove he is an angel you would have to prove that the Cherubim are angels. Why? Because Satan is said to be a Cherub.

Ezekiel 28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth;

So what does a Cherub look like, prophet Ezekiel?

Ezekiel 1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an OX on the left (coincidence?) side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

So then, God knows that Satan is a Cherub and associates him with the Ox Cherub by classifying him as "cattle". This is further vindicated by Job 40:15 wherein behemoth WHICH IS SATAN, is likened to an Ox.

What is the prominent feature of Oxen? Horns. What is the significance of horns in the Bible? Kingship/Kingdom.
Oxen have two horns; 2 horns = 2 kingdoms: kingdom of God and kingdom of heaven

(oh yes, they are different, and they are defined by the Bible. Note that heaven is a PHYSICAL entity. Just because people use "heavenly" as a synonym for "spiritual" doesn't change the Bible's definition of the kingdom of heaven. You have verses that show they are one? Of course, just like the Cherubim, the 2 kingdoms can fuse*. In fact they were fused and will be so again under the Lord Jesus Christ, for as "the Son of God" he inherits the Kingdom of God, and as "the son of Man", he inherits "the Kingdom of Heaven" though he had to battle for it, given that Satan had legally reclaimed the Kingdom of Heaven (Luke 4:6) when king Adam sinned and fell.)

Now we are in a position to understand why the people chose to make a golden CALF.

Exodus 32:24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this CALF.

(We are appalled by Aaron's silly subterfuge. But is it one really? Could Aaron seriously have expected Moses to have believed such an excuse? Why doesn't Moses reply? Simply because he didn't deem the excuse worthy of an answer? Would you have reacted the same way? Could there have been Satanic power at work in the making of the calf?)

Why does Jeroboam also make calves?

1Kings 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two CALVES of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Romans 1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible MAN (cherub aspect), and to BIRDS(cherub aspect), and FOURFOOTED BEASTS (cherub aspect), and creeping things (serpent?).

Notice that the Devil is associated with every one of the four creatures found in the Cherubim.

You have

MAN:
2Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that MAN of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

LION:
1Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring LION, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

OX:
Job 40:15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an OX.

EAGLE:
Obadiah 1:4 Though thou exalt thyself as the EAGLE, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.


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1) "Hathor": notice the horns and wings
2) "Apis": bull-god
3) Sumerian god: notice eagle's head

It's impossible to fit here all revelvant pictures or mention all relevant gods.
I might scan some sometime.
These people had no idea what they were dealing with, or did they?
People today are just as foolish, and Satan will fool them, again.


*[Analyzing the morphology of the Cherubim is a complication which is compounded by the fact that they seem to disassemble when not mobile. (Compare what Ezekiel sees in chapters 1 and 10 where God rides upon the Cherubim with what John sees in Revelation 4 where the throne is stationary.
If you like complication, further consider that Satan was the "cherub that covereth". Was there then, a 5th serpentine aspect to the Cherubim in the person of the embowering Satan? Is that the "Leviathan" aspect of Satan, while the Ox is the "Behemoth" aspect? (keep in mind that the original form of the serpent seems to have been footed, at least different, so that there was a transformation, as implied by Genesis 3:14 but also that the animalistic features of the Cherubim appear to be primarily if not exclusively facial) Also, why is the "ox" in Ezekiel 1:10, become a "calf" in Revelation 4:7? Lastly, what to make of the "dragon" aspect of Satan? Reptilian,yes, but more than a serpent.]