“So the king said to Do’eg, ‘You go around and kill the cohanim!’ Do’eg the Edomi went around and fell on the cohanim; that day he killed eighty-five persons wearing linen ritual vests. He also attacked Nov, the city of the cohanim, with the sword; he put to the sword both men and women, children and babies, cattle, donkeys, and sheep.”-1 Samuel 22:18-19
Saul’s men, in their righteousness, refused to obey Saul’s orders to kill the priests of Nob.
So what does Saul do?
He turns to the pagan gentile in his midst, Do’eg the Edomite.
“You go ahead and kill the priests” he orders him.
At that instant, this uncircumcised foreigner turned into a freakin’ killing machine.
He killed 85 priests and then afterward he went ballistic on the city of Nob.
We’re told “he put to the sword both men and women, children and babies, cattle, donkeys, and sheep” in that town.
Now here’s what I want you to catch…
And frankly, this is quite mind-blowing.
We’ve just witnessed the establishment of a Biblical pattern.
This pattern will repeat itself a thousand years from King Saul’s time.
And I believe will repeat itself in our time…possibly soon.
What pattern am I talking about?
Well, think about what we’ve just seen.
Here we have a goy (gentile) put on a mission to kill God’s Messiah who is divinely appointed to replace the illegitimate King of Israel.
Now fast forward to the New Testament.
This same pattern will repeat itself when the paranoid King Herod catches wind that God’s anointed Messiah (the baby Yeshua) has been born.
What did he do in response?
In the book of Matthew, we’re told…
“Meanwhile, when Herod realized that the Magi had tricked him, he was furious and gave orders to kill all the boys in and around Beit-Lechem who were two years old or less, calculating from the time the Magi had told him.”-Matthew 2:16
But you know what’s even more fascinating?
Both Do’eg and Herod were Edomites.
What’s that you say?
You’re telling me the New Testament calls Herod an Idumean, and not an Edomite?
Well, listen up homie…
“Idumean” is merely the Greek term for “Edomite”…
Just like “Palestinian” is the Greek term for “Philistine”.
Ya feel me?
So let me say it again.
I find it amazing that both Do’eg and Herod were of the same gentile Edomite extract.
But the patterns don’t end there.
Notice that Saul as the Anti-King (Anti-Christ) had a gentile henchman who was masquerading as a friend of God and Israel.
His main job was to protect the Anti-Christ from any attempts to overthrow him and make sure he was never replaced by God’s Anointed One.
And how did he go about doing that?
By murdering all of the Anointed One’s followers in the process of killing God’s chosen king.
Now I don’t know about you…
But that sounds awfully familiar to what’s prophesied about the coming Anti-Christ and his false prophet who will be called upon to do all the dirty deeds on behalf of his boss.
Finally, here’s another thing to consider.
The first two times, this pattern was fulfilled by men of Edomite heritage.
Does that mean the future false prophet who will serve the Anti-Christ will also be an Edomite?
I believe the answer to that question is yes.
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