If I were to preach the Spirit of Truth, which Jesus said would come in John 15:26, John 16:13 is a single individual man figure yet to come in the future you would probably think I was nuts, and rightly so. J But what’s equally odd to me is how so many people have been led to believe that the spirit of a lie that was also prophesied to come, and did come as written, is believed by so many to be a single man figure yet to come in the future called “Antichrist.”
Many true prophets spoke by the Spirit of Christ which was in them (1 Peter 1:11). Just as many false prophets were forecast to speak by the spirit of antichrist (spirit of a lie) which was in them (1 John 2:18).
Both the Spirit of Truth and the spirit of a lie (spirit of anti- christ) are spoken of as “he” and “it” in scripture. Just as there is a Holy Triune in the Father, Word, and Holy Spirit (Spirit of Truth), there is also an unholy triune shown in the Dragon, beast, and false prophet spirit (or spirit of a lie, aka antichrist spirit.)
And just as there is a Father of the Word, which is Truth, so also is there a father of the lie, which is the Devil. Jesus said of the Devil in John 8:44 “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”
One point I want to make in this study by comparing spiritual things with spiritual is the connection between the Spirit, and the mouth (voice) given symbolized by the horn (trumpet.) I also want to point out in this study is the connection between “it” which is the spirit of a lie, the anti christ spirit, the littlehorn and the tail of the Red Dragon found in many parts of scripture. Just as God the Father is the Father of the Spirit of Truth, or Spirit of Christ by which the true prophets spoke by; the Old Serpent the Devil is the father of “it” or the spirit of a lie by which many false prophets would speak by.
First let’s go to the beginning where we can find the mention of “it” bruising the head of the serpent in 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.”
Notice the word bruise in the above verse is the strong’s number H7779. This word in the Hebrew is also shown as cover in Psalm 139:11 “If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover ( H7779) me; even the night shall be light about me.”
I believe this is also why Satan (father of lies) is shown as the “covering cherub” working in man(Adam) in Ezekiel 28:16 because the lie tries to cover up the Truth, or darken the Light of the Truth in God’s words. If our Father in heaven is the Father of the Light and children of the day, the Devil would be the opposite of that being the father of the children of the night and of darkness. (1 Thessalonians 5:5)
Keep in mind the Prince of this world is Satan, as his spirit is also known as the spirit of this world as well, as shown in Ephesians 2:2 “Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:”
Also here in 1 John 4:3 “And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.”
Again notice John referred to the spirit of antichrist as “it”, just as anti-christ is opposed to the Truth, or the lie is anti-truth.
It, the spirit of a lie, is also known as “he” just as the Spirit of Truth is known as He in scripture as well. This verse here shows the 2 opposing spirits called “he”in 1 John 4:4 “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.” Notice “it” or “he” is in the world just as we saw he is also in the children of disobedience in Ephesians 2:2.
Also notice here Jesus said “it” working in the peoples, such as kings and rulers of the world would seek a testimony from us in Luke 21:13 “And it shall turn to you for a testimony.”
Now let’s prove this out further as to why the world cannot receive the Spirit of Truth in John 14:17 “Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.”
This confirms also the He who is in us,(Spirit of Truth) and he that is in the world(spirit of a lie) as shown earlier. He, or “it” does not know the Spirit of Truth because no lie is of the Truth as shown here in 1 John 2:21 “I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.”
Again notice the anointing of the Holy Spirit is Truth and abides in us in 1 John 2:27 “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”
OK, now that we have established that wickedspirit was, and is already in the world, and also in the children of disobedience. Let’s confirm how “it”, the spirit of the lie is the same tail of the Red Dragon, and spirit in the littlehorn, or “he”, and antichrist spirit that was prophesied to come, and confirmed as already in the world (1 John 4:3)
Daniel 8:9-12“And out of one of them came forth a littlehorn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.[SUP]10 [/SUP]And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary was cast down.[SUP]12 [/SUP]And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.”
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Many true prophets spoke by the Spirit of Christ which was in them (1 Peter 1:11). Just as many false prophets were forecast to speak by the spirit of antichrist (spirit of a lie) which was in them (1 John 2:18).
Both the Spirit of Truth and the spirit of a lie (spirit of anti- christ) are spoken of as “he” and “it” in scripture. Just as there is a Holy Triune in the Father, Word, and Holy Spirit (Spirit of Truth), there is also an unholy triune shown in the Dragon, beast, and false prophet spirit (or spirit of a lie, aka antichrist spirit.)
And just as there is a Father of the Word, which is Truth, so also is there a father of the lie, which is the Devil. Jesus said of the Devil in John 8:44 “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”
One point I want to make in this study by comparing spiritual things with spiritual is the connection between the Spirit, and the mouth (voice) given symbolized by the horn (trumpet.) I also want to point out in this study is the connection between “it” which is the spirit of a lie, the anti christ spirit, the littlehorn and the tail of the Red Dragon found in many parts of scripture. Just as God the Father is the Father of the Spirit of Truth, or Spirit of Christ by which the true prophets spoke by; the Old Serpent the Devil is the father of “it” or the spirit of a lie by which many false prophets would speak by.
First let’s go to the beginning where we can find the mention of “it” bruising the head of the serpent in 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.”
Notice the word bruise in the above verse is the strong’s number H7779. This word in the Hebrew is also shown as cover in Psalm 139:11 “If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover ( H7779) me; even the night shall be light about me.”
I believe this is also why Satan (father of lies) is shown as the “covering cherub” working in man(Adam) in Ezekiel 28:16 because the lie tries to cover up the Truth, or darken the Light of the Truth in God’s words. If our Father in heaven is the Father of the Light and children of the day, the Devil would be the opposite of that being the father of the children of the night and of darkness. (1 Thessalonians 5:5)
Keep in mind the Prince of this world is Satan, as his spirit is also known as the spirit of this world as well, as shown in Ephesians 2:2 “Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:”
Also here in 1 John 4:3 “And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.”
Again notice John referred to the spirit of antichrist as “it”, just as anti-christ is opposed to the Truth, or the lie is anti-truth.
It, the spirit of a lie, is also known as “he” just as the Spirit of Truth is known as He in scripture as well. This verse here shows the 2 opposing spirits called “he”in 1 John 4:4 “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.” Notice “it” or “he” is in the world just as we saw he is also in the children of disobedience in Ephesians 2:2.
Also notice here Jesus said “it” working in the peoples, such as kings and rulers of the world would seek a testimony from us in Luke 21:13 “And it shall turn to you for a testimony.”
Now let’s prove this out further as to why the world cannot receive the Spirit of Truth in John 14:17 “Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.”
This confirms also the He who is in us,(Spirit of Truth) and he that is in the world(spirit of a lie) as shown earlier. He, or “it” does not know the Spirit of Truth because no lie is of the Truth as shown here in 1 John 2:21 “I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.”
Again notice the anointing of the Holy Spirit is Truth and abides in us in 1 John 2:27 “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”
OK, now that we have established that wickedspirit was, and is already in the world, and also in the children of disobedience. Let’s confirm how “it”, the spirit of the lie is the same tail of the Red Dragon, and spirit in the littlehorn, or “he”, and antichrist spirit that was prophesied to come, and confirmed as already in the world (1 John 4:3)
Daniel 8:9-12“And out of one of them came forth a littlehorn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.[SUP]10 [/SUP]And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary was cast down.[SUP]12 [/SUP]And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.”
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