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How Editors Manipulate Original
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To Suit Their Agenda
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PURPOSE
The purpose of this document is to graphically illustrate how
the editors of a publishing entity will change the author's original
text, without the author's approval, to suit their agenda even if it is
totally contrary to the author's position.
For this very graphic demonstration we will use the response to a
letter miguel de Portugal wrote to Lee Penn about the position
discrepancies he noted on an article published under Mr. Penn's
authorship.
We thank Mr. Penn for having taken the time to prepare this
demonstration so that we may be able to share it with our other readers.
Clarifying My
Position About The False Christ
A Response to a Letter From miguel de Portugal
by Lee Penn
In a recent letter, you inquired about
some statements which appeared in my recent article published by the
Spiritual Counterfeits Project ("Anti-Christs and False Messiahs Down
the Ages," SCP Journal Volume 34:4 - 35:1, 2011). These statements were
not in the draft that I sent to you for proofreading and review.
The statements that you questioned were
changed and/or added by Mr. Tal Brooke, the editor of the SCP Journal,
without my knowledge or authorization. You are right; those changes do
not reflect my own beliefs (as set forth in my book, False Dawn, and in
many of the articles that I have written for The M+G+R Foundation and others).
As a matter of public record, the following are the areas which were
changed by Mr. Brooke. For your convenience, I have highlighted them as
follows:
I show my original text here in black
type, and display Mr. Brooke’s edits, with his additions
in red, and his deletions in strikeout (like this).
- No changes were made up to p. 48 of the magazine copy.
- For p. 48 (showing only the paragraphs with changes):
- Just as the "antichrists" described by the Apostle John arose
within the Church (1 John 2:18-19), it
appears that the False Christ will arise within the Church. He will not
come to destroy the "Temple" of his time, but to take his seat in its
midst and to claim to own it, as "God." This will be the
final
"desolating sacrilege." (Daniel 9:27; Daniel 11:31;
Daniel 12:11; Matthew 24:15; Mark 13:14; 2 Thessalonians 2:4)
Preterists note this happened when the temple
was destroyed in 70AD when this part of the prophecy was fulfilled.
In contrast, Christ’s miracles will be universal in scope and will –
in sum – be greater than any since the time of Creation. With the
Return of Christ, the wars and disasters will end. Christ will renew,
heal, and transfigure the whole Earth at the start of His
Reign. , bringing a new heaven and a
new earth after the elements melt in fervent heat, as Peter warns. Many
see the great judgment at his return.
…
When the False Christ comes, many believe
he will assume control of a world system, with functional cities, a
global economy and trade system, and sufficient governmental and
technical infrastructure for him to spread his propaganda and enforce
his edicts worldwide (Revelation 11:9-10; Revelation
13:7-8, 16-17; Revelation 17:1-2, 15-18;Revelation 18:3, 9-10).
Symbolically, "Sodom and Egypt" (Revelation 11:8),
"Babylon" (Revelation 18:2-19), and
"Rome" will all be standing when the False Christ arrives and begins
his rule.
- All these evil cities will be destroyed – permanently and totally
– by the time that Christ returns (Revelation
18:20-24; Revelation 19:2-3). Destruction of the demonic
world system will come "within a single day" (Revelation
18:8), breaking the power of the False Christ.
Again, there will be surprises for all of us who still see through a
glass darkly.
There is no Biblical warrant for the idea
that the Second Coming will be preceded by a time of global Christian
revival, moral improvement, and earthly implementation of Gospel
values. If any kind of seemingly orthodox "dominion" comes to
power before the Return of Christ, it will be a counterfeit of
the Kingdom of Christ, not a salutary prelude to it. The
desire for a "Great King" aligned with a "Holy Pope" – or for a
righteous Biblical Republic in which God’s law is the basis for civil
law – is understandable in these decadent times, when bureaucrats,
grafters, charlatans, and egomaniacs dominate politics and churches.
However, this is a yearning that will only find satisfaction when
Christ returns. No one other than Him is fit to fill the roles that
enthusiasts assign to future "holy" Kings, Pontiffs, or theocracies.
- For p. 55 (the section headed "Recognizing the true Christ
when He returns":
Scripture provides clear
signposts, and a well-defined –
often, as a sequence of events – that can help the
faithful believers distinguish
Christ from his evil imitators. With His return, the faithful
will be delivered from the False Christ.
The remainder of the paragraphs on p. 55, – starting with "It is
likely that as the time for the fulfillment …" – and continuing to the
first paragraph on p. 56 (a quote from John Wesley) were added by Mr.
Brooke.
The Church is to occupy until He returns. His Return will augment
the end of history.
With His return, the faithful will be
delivered from the False Christ, who will be
destroyed. The game will be up and judgment begins. After that comes
the new creation.
Here, in detail, is what
the Scriptures say will happen:
- The appearance of the
Sign of the Son of
Man
: The Sign of the Son of Man will appear as a global presence. Every soul living in the world
will know Christ has come. in the sky. All the nations
of the earth will mourn as they see – too late – the truth about
Christ. (Zechariah 12:10; Matthew 24:30; Mark 13:26; Luke 21:27; Revelation 1:7) - The
resurrection of the faithful dead, and the transformation
and uniting with
taking
up of the living believers
: Christ will send the angels to gather up all the faithful,
those living and those who have died. (Matthew
24:31; Mark 13:27) Christ will know His own and
will draw them all to Himself, from wherever they may be. This is when the good and the bad will be divided for
judgment. (The widespread belief that the faithful will be
taken up by Christ before the start of the Tribulation – commonly
called the Rapture – is incorrect.)
- First, the
- Immediately afterward, the living believers will be transfigured
and will be taken up to Christ. (Matthew 24:37-41;
Luke 17:34-35; 1 Thessalonians 4:17)
This is when
the good will be taken up to Christ and the bad will be left behind. [A sentence on the Rapture was moved from here to two
paragraphs earlier, as shown above. ]
Christ will not return to any center of religious and political
power to congratulate the world’s church and government leaders for
handing Him a well-governed, holy Earth. Instead, He will come as a
conqueror to vindicate His suffering, martyred people (Luke
18:7-8). As Tal Brooke wrote in One World, "It will
not be some New Age Christ declaring the New Millennium from the United
Nations General Assembly or some podium in modern Jerusalem. Rather,
the real return of Christ will bring planetary judgment." Many place the Great White Throne judgment here. The
curtains of history come down.
- The New Creation
: There will be a New Creation, a new heavens and a new
earth. (Isaiah 11:6-9; Isaiah 65:17-25; Isaiah 66:
22-23; Joel 3:17-18; Zechariah 14:6-9, 11; Romans 8:21; Hebrews
12:26-27; 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1-5, 10-26; Revelation 22:1-5,
14) As Christ promised, "Behold, I make all things new." (Revelation 21:5)
Today’s false messiahs, and the False
Christ who will come in the future, pose a spiritual danger
that requires a spiritual response. Repentance, discernment,
prayer, faith, hope, and love will avail against the Dark Power and his
servants; precious metals, arms, and a well-stocked bunker will not. It
will be the Word, not an earthly weapon (Revelation
13:3), that slays exposes
and defeats the False Christ.
CONCLUSION
We must be very careful before we pass
judgment on an author's position, and act upon it, since what is being
published under his/her name may not be his/her true position.
Published
on June 24th, 2019 - Solemnity of the Birth of John the Baptist
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