SID: You know Rabbi Mark, many Christians believe the Antichrist could be Muslim or Jewish, but you believe there’s a good likelihood he’ll be a backslidden Christian. Why?
MARK: Yes, it’s because I believe what the word of God says.
SID: Well that’s a good reason.
MARK: In the first epistle of John, he is saying, we know we are in the last times. Okay? And there have been many Antichrists. So we need to realize there’s been many Antichrists. There’s an Antichrist system. And then he says, this is how we know we are in the last times. And he says, and these Antichrists have come out from among us, from among the believers.
SID: That is a very specific. Tell me how in your opinion the church got off track on the end times.
MARK: Well, I think a lot of it goes back to the fact that God says he declared the end from the beginning. And so if we don’t start right our end is going to be all out of whack. And when people start with Revelation and they try to develop everything without seeing all the connections to the Tanakh, the Old Testament, they’re going to get out of whack. And the early believers wanted nothing to do with the Jewish people because of antisemitism. And so immediately, it’s almost like the church replanted itself in Rome rather than staying in Jerusalem.
SID: They cut off their foundation.
MARK: They cut off their roots, totally from the roots.
SID: You even said there was a point where the apostle John was kicked out of the church?
MARK: It says so in the scripture. So many people don’t see it, but I can show you.
SID: Did you know that?
MARK: Did you know the Apostle John? It says in Your Bible, the Apostle John was kicked out of the church, all the Jews were kicked out of the church. Every Gentile who would allow the Jews in was also kicked out of the church. It’s in every Bible and people don’t see it. It’s in third John.
SID: The Greek mindset.
MARK: Yes.
SID: Shifted from the Hebrew mindset and caused a lot of damage. As a matter of fact, if you don’t have it right on the Jew and Israel, you’ll eventually go off on a lot of areas. There’s something called replacement theology. What is it and why is it wrong? And that came from the Greek mindset as opposed to the, I could say Jewish mindset, but I won’t, I’ll say as opposed to the biblical mindset.
MARK: Oh, exactly. I love it. And see, the problem is the Greek mindset, they see end times as, or prophecy as a checklist. Check, happened, check it off. The Hebrew mindset is it happened, okay, it’s going to happen again and it’s going to happen again. Everything is cyclical. But what happened is because they cut themselves off from the Jewish roots. The Jews were the ones who knew Torah. All the Greeks knew was Plato, Aristotle, Socrates. So all of their moral foundation, if it’s not founded in the Torah, it developed through Greek philosophy.
SID: You had two dreams that tell, are you going to be alive when Jesus returns?
MARK: I had two dreams where I literally experienced the resurrection, not where I died, but I was alive when the rapture, whatever you want to call it happens and I went right through the ceiling. Twice I’ve experienced, I was alive to experience the resurrection of the dead.
SID: I can relate to that and I’m going to tell you why. Several years ago I had a visitation from God and this is what he said three times. I think three times they talk about two witnesses, this was three witnesses. I’m coming back soon. I’m coming back soon. I’m coming back soon.
MARK: Sid, this is the most exciting time to be alive in history. When we think about we could have been born in any generation, anytime in history, but just like Esther, we need to realize we’ve been created for such a time as this. This is an unbelievable time. We get to see the coming of the Messiah.
The question I have for you is not whether you’ve been raised in a synagogue or church or mosque your whole life, the question I have for you is, I know you want to have your own experience with God. It’s good that I’ve had it. It’s good that Rabbi Mark has had. But what about you? I want you to say this prayer. It’s kind of your first step. Repeat it after me if you want to experience God for yourself, repeat after me. Dear God, I’ve many mistakes for which I’m so sorry. I believe the blood of Jesus washes away all of my mistakes, all of my sins, and I’m clean because of your blood. And now that I’m clean, I ask Jesus that you be my Lord and come and live inside of me and take over my life over my life. I want to know you. I want my own experience with you. Amen. So be it.
