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Truth will out. The time of deception and rebellion as demonstrated by Absalom had arrived. Absalom had secretly built himself a strong following
throughout Israel. They were to be alerted, by the sounding trumpets, to the fact that he was establishing a new government located in Hebron. Mr. deception personified. As the son of David, he couldnít have had closer ties to the King appointed by the Lord. One of the inner court, a member of the family. Like Lucifer and Judas of the inner circle. 2 Sam. 15:10 His ability to influence the innocent is demonstrated by the two hundred naive men who so gullibly followed him to Hebron. They had no conception of his reason for inviting them to go with him. This may anger some, but they are an example of a multitude of Christians today who fail to listen to the voice of the Spirit and have no working knowledge of the Word pertaining to that which will take place in the end of the age. They will run off after any man who can make great claims. They feed on the spectacular. One of the signs of the end of the age is the departure of some from the faith once delivered unto the fathers, being led astray by seducing spirits and doctrines of devils.
1 Tim. 4:1 Absalom is a perfect example of the deception whci will perpetrated by the antichrist. 2 Peter 3:3-5 Note, there are some who are willingly ignorant. In other words they know better but for what ever reason go along with the flow of the tide.
Ahithophel, (brother of foolishness), the man who was the advisor to king David. Another of the inner court. By the meaning of his name he became an example of those who occupy high places but their inspiration is carnal and not spiritual. He readily followed Absalom, there is even the possibility that he was in this conspiracy from the beginning. 2 Sam. 15:12 Those who
followed Absalom increased in number daily as the movement became stronger and stronger. David wrote the feelings of his heart under these circumstances and they become a prophecy of that which speaks of the coming antichrist. Strikingly, he wrote of a desire to seek peace in the wilderness by means of the wings of a dove (symbol of peace). Ps. 55:6-7
The Bride of Christ will find her place of rest and peace in the wilderness having been transported there on the power of eagles wings, (the power of the Holy Spirit). Rev. 12:16 He desired a shelter from the storm and tempest
which had broken out around him. In this Psalm he expressed the turmoil which had come into his life. The condition of the world when the church is delivered will be such turmoil such as has never been before. The powers of darkness will be loosed to their fullness. The voice of thunder from heaven warns them of the fall of Satan and his great wrath which he will demonstrate, not only against the Bride but against all men. He is filled with wrath and will display it in a magnitude never before seen. It is called the great tribulation because that is precisely what it will be. Rev. 12:12