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I know that some people who read this blog are skeptical about whether Maitreya (the leader of a group of beings known as the “Ascended Masters”-a group of beings mentioned in Ephesians 6:12 as the spiritual wickedness in high places), Benjamin Creme (Maitreya’s official spokesmen), etc should be taken seriously. The Bible warns us that we are going to see False Christs like Maitreya prior to the start of the end times. I understand why a person would be skeptical because it is not easy to see what distinguishes Maitreya between a “typical” False Christ and something greater than that.
In this blog post I want to share with you a few things that turned me from a skeptic to someone who now sees Maitreya as not your ordinary False Christ.
Christian’s Personal Experience with Creme
A few Christians have personally attended Benjamin Creme’s lecture in person and those who have talked about it describe unforgettable experiences. For instance, Christian author Constance Cumbey, who has been tracking Benjamin Creme, Maitreya, and the New Age Movement for a very long time, went to see Creme lecture in person and saw for herself that he had unnatural power.
“With a wave of the hand, Creme seemed to instantly mesmerize a vast majority of the crowd. As he spoke, the audience's collective trance deepened”.[1]
“Clearly Creme had a power that was not his own - an evil, hypnotic presence”.[2]
The following is a video of Cumbey describing her experience attending Creme’s lecture. Link
Reading Cumbey and other Christians’ experience meeting Creme in person it appears to me that Creme is someone backed by a higher, evil power.
Bible Prophecy Connection
Before I even heard about Creme, Maitreya, etc I solely focused on researching Bible prophecy. I mention this because my understanding of Bible prophecy and my unshaken belief in the complete accuracy of Bible prophecy made me very skeptical about looking at non-biblical sources for any sort of information. However, as I investigated Creme and other writer’s claims about what Maitreya and the Ascended Masters had planned for the future I found their statements corresponded with what Bible prophecy warns us about.
- The biggest statement that stands out in my mind is Creme and others’s claims about an Ascended Master who will pose as Jesus will appear to lead the Christian Church. Revelation 13 tells us that the False Prophet is going to speak like a dragon, but physically look like a lamb. The idea of a counterfeit Jesus serving as a False Prophet made too much sense for me to disregard.
The Link to Adolf Hitler
I’ve researched Adolf Hitler ever since I’ve studied Bible prophecy. I believe the Bible prophesized Adolf Hitler’s coming in Revelation 17:10 as the seventh king who would come for a short time. During my research I have uncovered several people’s account of their personal experience around Hitler, and these people describe Hitler having evil, demonic power who could literally hypnotize people with his eyes.
Hitler was an occultist who treated the works of Helena Blavatsky (whose works later influenced Alice Bailey and Benjamin Creme and whose works she and followers claim were written under the direction of the Ascended Masters) like his Bible. Blavatsky described Maitreya as the coming messiah of all major world religions in her book The Secret Doctrine (so Creme is not the one who came up with the story on Maitreya-it can be traced back to at least Blavatsky 100 years prior):
"MAITREYA is the secret name of the Fifth Buddha, and the Kalki Avatar of the Brahmins - the last MESSIAH who will come at the culmination of the Great Cycle." [3]
"He will appear as Maitreya Buddha, the last of the Avatars and Buddhas, in the seventh Race. Only it is not in the Kali yug, our present terrifically materialistic age of Darkness, the 'Black Age,' that a new Saviour of Humanity can ever appear." [4]
You can see the impact that Blavatsky had on Hitler in some peculiar statements he made. Despite his public portrayal as Germany’s Messiah, Hitler privately pushed aside calls that he was the Messiah various times. In 1924 German Georg Schott had a conversation with Hitler. Schott recounted that Hitler denied that he considered himself to be the Messiah, “with a voice and with eyes that I will never forget, he said “We are indeed all a little John [the Baptist]-like in nature. I await the Christ.” [5] Years later, Hitler reiterated that he was not the Messiah when he said, “But I am not the Messiah. He will come after me.” [6] Finally, Hitler’s last known words were to an aide who asked Hitler who they should fight for now. Hitler replied, "For the coming man".[7]
I suspect there is something going on with Maitreya that goes beyond him being some hoax or your ordinary false Christ when Hitler, someone with clearly evil connections, referenced Maitreya and his future coming.
666
Maitreya’s name calculates to 666 in Greek and in Hebrew.
This coincidence does not hurt the case of those who are leery about Maitreya in my eyes.
A Clarification on Maitreya
Finally, I want to clarify my position on Maitreya in case there is some confusion…
The term “antichrist” in Greek means “against Christ” or “oppose to Christ”. The term “antichrist” is only used four times in the Bible. The first two instances are in 1 John 2:18-23:
- 1Jn 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
- 1Jn 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
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- 1Jn 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
- 1Jn 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
John labeled people who denied that Jesus is the Christ and that Jesus is the Son of God as an “antichrist” in 1 John Ch 2. John’s usage of the term in this context was appropriate given the basic Greek meaning of the term because these people’s denial made them opponents of Christ. However, we also find John acknowledging that people in his day referred to a coming man as “the Antichrist” when he wrote “as ye have heard that antichrist shall come”.
John also used the term “antichrist” again in 1 John Ch 4:1-3. John wrote that every spirit that denies Jesus came in flesh is a “spirit of antichrist”:
- 1Jn 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
- 1Jn 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
- 1Jn 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
Like in 1 John Ch 2, we learn something very important about the one we call “Antichrist”. John revealed at the end of verse 4:3 that the spirit of Antichrist was already in the world (not a spirit of Antichrist, but the spirit of Antichrist) and this spirit associated with the man that is coming.
2 John 1:7 is the final passage that includes the term “antichrist”. This passage is very similar to 1 John 4:3 as it mentions that an antichrist is a deceiver that denies that Jesus Christ has come in flesh.
- 2Jn 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
These passages reveal that has been a deceiving spirit known as the “spirit of Antichrist” in the world for at least the past 1900 years and confirm that there will be a man coming during the end times that has been known as the Antichrist since John’s time. Both are (or will be) deceiving entities that deny that Jesus is the Christ, that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that Jesus Christ came in the flesh etc.
I believe that Maitreya is the spirit of Antichrist that John wrote about. The man who is going to be the Antichrist is separate from Maitreya (initially but they may eventually merge when the man who will be Antichrist becomes world ruler and Satan empowers the beast). Therefore, I doubt you will see the man who is going to be Antichrist physically resemble anything close to the pictures of Maitreya published on Creme's website or even go by the name “Maitreya” until very late in the process if at all. However, I expect Maitreya to have a lot of influence on the man who will be Antichrist.
The Bible warns us that there is going to be a coming strong delusion that will be so strong that it will deceive those who do not know the truth (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 and Matthew 24:24-27). I feel that we should at least look at what the spiritual forces of evil say they have planned so we have an idea of what kind of deceptions they may have planned. We should ignore everything that they say that doesn't correspond with what the Bible says is possible or least look at what they say with great skepticism. If we totally ignore sources like Creme we may miss something on what may be planned in the future.
I believe it is possible to survive the coming onslaught without knowledge of what the spiritual forces of evil are up to (there will be many who will). However, at least having some knowledge of what they may have planned would make it easier to survive. This is why I write so much about Creme, Maitreya, and other-related sources. I want to alert people about what’s going on so that they will be armed with knowledge to not be deceived by what the spiritual forces of evil may have planned.
References
[1] Cumbey, Constance. The Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow. Lafayette: Huntington House Publishers 1985: 94
[2] Ibid. 94
[3] Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna. The Secret Doctrine. Vol. 1 Book 2. http://www.sacred-texts.com/the/sd/sd1-2-08.htm. 379
[4] Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna. The Secret Doctrine. Vol 1 Book 2. Theosophical Pub. Co. 1888. 470.
[5] Redles, David. Hitler’s Millennial Reich. New York: NYU Press, 2005. 118
[6] Wagener, Otto. Hitler-Memoirs of a Confidant. Trans. Ruth Hein. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1985. 172
[7] Parparov, Fyodor. The Hitler Book: the Secret Dossier Prepared for Stalin from the Interrogations of Hitler’s Personal Aides. Ed. Henrik Eberle and Matthias Uhl. Trans. Giles MacDonogh. New York: Public Affairs, 2005. 270
