Why Ian Paisley is the false prophet!
‘He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon,’ (Rev 13:11). Paisley is a religious preacher like the Lamb, or Jesus, but he has a roaring voice (akin to what the mythical creature, the dragon, would sound like, some would say). This is a significant coincidence.
Again, Ian Paisley’s name coincidentally comes out at 666 on my numeric alphabet (see Appendix 1) which makes the alphabet all the more credible in that there are coincidentally two beasts in the Book of Revelation and the number of the beast is 666.
Another prophecy was fulfilled at the reconvening of Stormont on May 8th 2007 with Ian Paisley being elected First Minister and Gerry Adams decided not to be part of the government: “[The second beast, i.e. Paisley] exercised all the authority of the first beast [i.e. Adams] on his behalf [i.e. because Adams remained outside government], and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed [Adams was shot and seriously wounded in 1984]” (Rev 13:12).
“By remaining outside government, Adams has shrewdly ensured that his spirit remains to dominate proceedings. Paisley will govern with one eye on keeping Adams happy under government by the lowest common denominator (i.e. he exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf).”
Paisley’s often-heard oratory contains considerable elements of bigotry, even hate, against his opponents, rather than forgiveness and love. He has regularly called for an eye for an eye, in dealing with those who ‘sin’ against his community.
Much of the value system of the Bible-reading Unionists comes from the Old Testament (OT). For example, their beliefs in a (divinely-ordained) nation state, in a God of Judgement, and in Hell, Fire and Brimstone have their origins in the OT. When a unionist quotes the Bible, he almost always is referring to the OT.
The emphasis of Ulster Protestants on the message of the OT is well documented, and their contribution to capitalism is widely accepted. Ian Paisley may then be said to come from an Old Testament background.
Therefore, one must ask the question: is Ian Paisley a false prophet? The answer can only be “yes”, contrary to what Ian Paisley has made his reputation on – saying “No”.
Together, these two political giants of Northern Ireland politics, Paisley and Adams, have been responsible for much pain, which has been shared by both communities in equal measure over the past thirty years.
Gerry Adams stood opposed for a generation to the actions of the idealistic SDLP who represented the more mature style of protest against British policy in Ireland. Many people died because Gerry Adams had no faith in the SDLP, and their form of non-violent politics.
The choice for Adams was to prevent his community from going to war or to support it. Now that the war is over, the war has to be looked at again with cold eyes. The IRA killed 1,800 people without success on their terms. Gerry Adams was part of that, as a member of the army council of the IRA, and thus he can be considered a failure. His strategy failed to bring about a united Ireland.
Had he succeeded he would have his success to point to in accounting for the dead. But he failed and all of the dead are therefore dead that need not have happened. In other words, it was a needless conflict that didn’t need to be fought and which proved fruitless for all sides. But Adams was the protagonist and the person with the greatest onus on him not to engage in violence. But he “knew better” than everyone else because he doesn’t listen to the voices of reason.
Even under the requirements of the Just War, Adams’ war was unjust because it had absolutely no chance of success.
Over 3,500 people died in the North of Ireland because of Paisley and Adams, and all those who look up at them in awe today are blinded by prejudice to the real evil that these people represent. They represent evil beyond comprehension, an evil so profound that it is barely disguised in the manner that these people seized power in recent elections, and continue to delude the people of the North