Rockey's Thoughts

Area Indoctrination Briefing

Part 13 of 34

Rockey Jackson, April 24, 2011

APPENDIX F - The Dragon, Personified by the Antichrist

Introduction (Motivation, Mission, and Method of Operation):

When Satan said, “I will be like the most high,” he was expressing his blasphemous motivation to take the place of God. The Dragon metaphorically represents Satan in his desire to fulfill this motivation, and the Antichrist personifies the spirit of the Dragon in the Bible. Adam is the archetype for the Antichrist and death is the curse that empowers the Dragon. Blasphemy is the root sin that feeds this motivation. When the Dragon attempts to replace God, he brings the war in heaven to its ultimate conclusion. After he is defeated in heaven, he brings the war down to the earth where he tries to eradicate all testimony to the one true God and all references to His name.

To fulfill his desire to replace God, the Dragon has created an organization of evil spirits under the command of his lieutenant the Prince of New Rome. The principality of New Rome has been given the power of war and has been assigned the mission to rule over the darkness in economics and commerce. These spiritual hosts of wickedness use their weapons of deception and regulation to make mankind remove all references to the one true God. This is expressed in the world through all forms of bondage and control. This has brought New Rome into conflict with the kingdom of God and particularly God’s evangelists who proclaim the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, which sets mankind free from the bondage of sin and death. It is the conflict of freedom versus tyranny.

The Dragon/Antichrist spirits of New Rome commonly use the following method of operation when they make war on mankind. First these evil spirits use economic control to steal mankind’s freedom. Those who give testimony to the one true God are denied access to the goods and services that are necessary for life. If that doesn’t stop their testimony, then the Dragon makes war on the witnesses (martyrs) and seeks to kill them in order to put a final end to their testimony. Whether through tyrannical control or war and death, the ultimate goal of the evil spirits of New Rome is to totally destroy all testimony to the one true God.

I Will Statement: Isaiah 14:14b “I will be like the most High.”

When one thing is like another thing, they may be interchanged. So when Satan declares, “I will be like the most High,” he is stating his intention to replace God. This is the spirit of Antichrist and the root sin of blasphemy.

Reptile: Dragon. (For scripture references see Addendum 11 – The Dragon.)

The Dragon is a fabulous reptile monster with a serpent like body, wings, and claws. It has the ability to fly and to breathe smoke and fire. The Bible also calls the Dragon a fiery flying serpent. Dragon is introduced in the Psalms and Prophets, but he is most noticeable in the book of Revelation. He has always opposed God’s purposes throughout history, from the rebellion of the angels, to the killing of Jesus Christ, and finally to the attempted destruction of all who give testimony to the one true God, both Jews and Christians, both those who “keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”

Revelation 12:1-17

1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

The Dragon will empower the Beast of Revelation who is indwelt by the spirit of Antichrist.

Revelation 13:1-2

1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

The Dragon, the Beast, and the False Prophet will form a blasphemous trinity.

Revelation 16:13-14

13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

Jesus, the strong right arm of the Lord, will wound the Dragon.

Isaiah 51:9-10

9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

Jesus shall tread upon the Dragon.

Psalms 91:11-13

11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

The Dragon will be bound for one thousand years while Christ reigns on the earth.

Revelation 20:1-3

1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

Dragon, also called a fiery flying serpent, is equated with: lion, adder, Serpent, the Devil, Satan, cockatrice, and viper.

Dragon = Lion = Adder, Psalms 91:13

13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

Dragon = Serpent = Devil = Satan, Revelation 12:9

9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. (See also Rev. 20:2.)

Fiery Flying Serpent = Serpent = Cockatrice, Isaiah 14:29

29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

Fiery Flying Serpent = Lion = Viper, Isaiah 30:6

6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.