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Historians never tire of studying the phenomenon of Adolph Hitler and the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Everything from the origin of the swastika to the pharmacopeia behind the Nazi madmen has been delved into, and now a new work examining the “The Hitler Salute” by German sociologist Tilman Allert puts together 128 pages of fascinating details on “Hiel.”

What is probably little known to most contemporary teachers is that the Nazi Salute was, among other things, an acknowledgement of Hitler’s divine status. It was made mandatory for civil servants, and used in public to display fervent devotion to the master race, and to mark any who lacked enthusiastic reverence and commitment. It could only be used by pure Germans, and it was illegal for Jews to use it.

The sociological dynamics of grouping an entire country and modifying their behaviors by the salute merit this interesting study. It also makes interesting comparison of the “mark” that will be required by the coming world leader for all to prove, not only their right to commerce and citizenship, but of outright worship of the man the Bible describes as the Antichrist. While the Nazi salute could be discontinued by surviving dissidents after the defeat of Germany in WWII, those who take the mark of the beast will be doomed forever (Rev.14:9-11).

Notes:

Richard J. Evans, “All Hailed: The Meaning of the Hitler Salute,” review of “The Hitler Salute” Tilman Allert, New York Sun, April 16, 2008.

http://www.nysun.com/arts/all-hailed-meaning-hitler-salute

Much speculation has taken place over end time prophecy passages, and those found in 2 Thessalonians are no exception. Specifically, the verse found in chapter two which states: “And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie:” (2Thess 2:11). The purpose for the delusion is for all to be damned who believed not the truth and also had pleasure in unrighteousness. Two components of this verse which have received the most attention as to what their substance might be are the lie and the strong delusion. It has been suggested that “the lie” is exactly that, with the definite article preceding the word lie in the text, and that it is actually a personage: the Antichrist, son of Satan.

Support for this view is lent from the words of The Rejected King: “When he [Satan] speaketh a lie, he seaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it” (John 8:44). Again, the definite article is employed, and it should read: the lie. Indeed, Jesus touches on the aspect of Satan being a father earlier in the passage; and elsewhere Jesus, while He was rejected even though he came in His father’s name, He said that the Jews would receive one in the future as Messiah who came in his own name (John 5:43), but what is the strong delusion God will send, or allow?

Others speculated further that the lie is not only symbolic for a person, but also the worst lie that can be told; namely that Jesus is not the Messiah, and that he, the Antichrist, is. In order to get the world’s population to believe him, he will invoke supernatural deception using fallen angels who will pose as space brothers come to help usher in a new millennium after the departure of those unpopular Christians who have been taken off the earth in the rapture of the Church. Using many signs and lying wonders to work his deception, most will be deceived (2Thess. 2:9).

For excellent treatment on this topic, see “The Upcoming Great Deception” by Stephen Yulish PhD, and “Why are Aliens Green?” at Drywind. To see how pervasive the deception is already being orchestrated, see “UFO sightings bring town to a standstill” in The Dailymail.