Prophecy Of Narcissistic Personality Disorder
The reason why I occasionally bring up narcissism in my posts is because my father definitely had (among other things) Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I was brought up under it for over 15 years before my parents divorced and then another 10 years after that until I was finally able to seperate myself from it permanently. So you could say I have a Master's degree in NPD after being a victim of it for nearly 25 years. I know how it works, how it's fueled and how it affects the victims. I know it's every pattern and cycle and all the various responses that people have to it.
But THE MOST FASCINATING discovery for me has been how relevant NPD is to the psychological profile of Satan himself and its contribution to Bible Prophecy and the people of the End Times.
Satan doesn't see himself as Satan. Satan sees himself as the bearer of light, as the holder of truth and enlightenment, and one who is the victim of great injustice and who is unfairly and falsely accused of EVERYTHING.
But in reality, we know him to be the one who is constantly making accusations against good people (Revelation 12:10) and we know him to be a liar, the father of lies and a MURDERER from the very beginning (John 8:44). Narcissists always blame their victims of that which they themselves are guilty of.
People with Narcissistic Personality Disorder deal with everybody in their lives in one of three ways:
1. Deception.
They employ all their charms and resources toward creating a false narrative about themselves, the world we live in and how you should respond to both. If you see things the way they do and respond in the way they think you should, then you're painted as a good person who is enlightened, intelligent and among the best that humanity has to offer. You'll soon be surrounded by others who see things the way they do and you'll be rewarded by the fellowship of the community.
2. Intimidation.
If you don't see things the way the narcissist does and if you don't respond in the way the narcissist thinks you should, then you're painted as an evil person who is ignorant, stupid and among the very worst of humanity. Nobody wants to be painted in such a light, so if you can't bring yourself to buy into the lies you're being told, then you'll probably just keep your mouth shut and go along to keep the peace.
One of the ways the narcissist accomplishes this form of intimidation, besides displays of anger and rage, is increasing the pressure against you through the recruitment of others in your community circle who've gone along with the deception.
Those who have studied and written papers on NPD have given a label to these recruitments: "Flying Monkeys" which is obviously based upon the flying monkeys from the film "The Wizard of Oz" because of their blind loyalty to the Wicked Witch of the West.
3. Elimination.
When you're no longer afraid of their anger and rage and you're no longer willing to go along with their lies just to keep the peace, then you will be eliminated from their lives and their inner circle. You will be banished and ex-communicated.
For victims of people with NPD, all of this information is old news. But what I find most interesting is how perfectly identical Satan has employed these same tactics against the entire human race! First, he deceives. If he can't deceive, then he intimidates. If he can't intimidate, then he eliminates. I can't help but notice how "The Armor of God" in Ephesians 6:10-18 is designed specifically to defend against every one of these narcissistic attacks of the enemy.
Looking at this from a Biblically prophetic point of view, we know that the Bible describes a time in which the majority of the world would be overrun with people who have NPD. In 2nd Timothy 3:1-17, Paul described the very present day that we are living in RIGHT NOW.
The word he used in verse 1 to describe these times has been translated as "perilous, difficult and terrible" but the original Greek word that Paul used was "chalepos" which was never used anywhere else in the New Testament except for one other time and that was in Matthew 8:28 to describe the behavior of men who were possessed by demons! Paul doesn't encourage us to get along with them or try to better understand them. He doesn't say pray for them and hope for the best. He says to turn away from them and have nothing to do with them.
Verse 6 to 9 goes on to describe how they manipulate and brainwash the gullible and take advantage of their personal faults to control them, how they oppose the truth at every turn and how their mental state is depraved, distorted, twisted and reprobate, and then Paul closes with the assurance that in the end, they will be openly exposed in front of everyone for being exactly what they are.
I'm just amazed at how accurate the Bible continues to be no matter where we are in history. It's understandable why Paul said these days would be perilous (insane and demonic) because it's hard enough to have to deal with one of these individuals much less a world full of them. But we now live in a world in which many of them control most of our higher institutions, our music and entertainment, our schools, our courts, our news media and positions in government.
A time is coming when men and women with NPD will overrun the planet earth. They will be the "flying monkeys" of the antichrist when he arrives. Remember what I said at the beginning of this post: Satan doesn't see himself as Satan. Satan sees himself as the victim. He's the good guy just trying to enlighten the people of earth from the oppression, the sexism, the racism, the homophobia, the hateful rhetoric, the violent anger, the judgmental accusations of the One whom the christians call, Jesus: The Messiah: The Son of God.
Satan and his followers will be the good guys while Jesus and His followers will be the bad guys. They will be (1) deceived into following the antichrist, or (2) intimidated into following the antichrist, or (3) eliminated. They'll be put to death! There will be no room for their existence in the new utopia that they intend to bring.
That's the direction that all of history is going. This is where we're headed. Our job is to oppose the enemy and slow it down and perhaps even reverse course if at all possible. If we can't, and if that appointed time is indeed ahead of us, then those of us who are saved by the Blood of Jesus are promised to be removed from this earth BY JESUS HIMSELF and taken into Heaven before the antichrist reveals himself to the world.
But nowhere in the Bible are we told to sit back and let all hell break lose while we wait for the rapture. We're told to occupy this earth until He comes.
So armor up!
But THE MOST FASCINATING discovery for me has been how relevant NPD is to the psychological profile of Satan himself and its contribution to Bible Prophecy and the people of the End Times.
Satan doesn't see himself as Satan. Satan sees himself as the bearer of light, as the holder of truth and enlightenment, and one who is the victim of great injustice and who is unfairly and falsely accused of EVERYTHING.
But in reality, we know him to be the one who is constantly making accusations against good people (Revelation 12:10) and we know him to be a liar, the father of lies and a MURDERER from the very beginning (John 8:44). Narcissists always blame their victims of that which they themselves are guilty of.
People with Narcissistic Personality Disorder deal with everybody in their lives in one of three ways:
1. Deception.
They employ all their charms and resources toward creating a false narrative about themselves, the world we live in and how you should respond to both. If you see things the way they do and respond in the way they think you should, then you're painted as a good person who is enlightened, intelligent and among the best that humanity has to offer. You'll soon be surrounded by others who see things the way they do and you'll be rewarded by the fellowship of the community.
2. Intimidation.
If you don't see things the way the narcissist does and if you don't respond in the way the narcissist thinks you should, then you're painted as an evil person who is ignorant, stupid and among the very worst of humanity. Nobody wants to be painted in such a light, so if you can't bring yourself to buy into the lies you're being told, then you'll probably just keep your mouth shut and go along to keep the peace.
One of the ways the narcissist accomplishes this form of intimidation, besides displays of anger and rage, is increasing the pressure against you through the recruitment of others in your community circle who've gone along with the deception.
Those who have studied and written papers on NPD have given a label to these recruitments: "Flying Monkeys" which is obviously based upon the flying monkeys from the film "The Wizard of Oz" because of their blind loyalty to the Wicked Witch of the West.
3. Elimination.
When you're no longer afraid of their anger and rage and you're no longer willing to go along with their lies just to keep the peace, then you will be eliminated from their lives and their inner circle. You will be banished and ex-communicated.
For victims of people with NPD, all of this information is old news. But what I find most interesting is how perfectly identical Satan has employed these same tactics against the entire human race! First, he deceives. If he can't deceive, then he intimidates. If he can't intimidate, then he eliminates. I can't help but notice how "The Armor of God" in Ephesians 6:10-18 is designed specifically to defend against every one of these narcissistic attacks of the enemy.
Looking at this from a Biblically prophetic point of view, we know that the Bible describes a time in which the majority of the world would be overrun with people who have NPD. In 2nd Timothy 3:1-17, Paul described the very present day that we are living in RIGHT NOW.
The word he used in verse 1 to describe these times has been translated as "perilous, difficult and terrible" but the original Greek word that Paul used was "chalepos" which was never used anywhere else in the New Testament except for one other time and that was in Matthew 8:28 to describe the behavior of men who were possessed by demons! Paul doesn't encourage us to get along with them or try to better understand them. He doesn't say pray for them and hope for the best. He says to turn away from them and have nothing to do with them.
Verse 6 to 9 goes on to describe how they manipulate and brainwash the gullible and take advantage of their personal faults to control them, how they oppose the truth at every turn and how their mental state is depraved, distorted, twisted and reprobate, and then Paul closes with the assurance that in the end, they will be openly exposed in front of everyone for being exactly what they are.
I'm just amazed at how accurate the Bible continues to be no matter where we are in history. It's understandable why Paul said these days would be perilous (insane and demonic) because it's hard enough to have to deal with one of these individuals much less a world full of them. But we now live in a world in which many of them control most of our higher institutions, our music and entertainment, our schools, our courts, our news media and positions in government.
A time is coming when men and women with NPD will overrun the planet earth. They will be the "flying monkeys" of the antichrist when he arrives. Remember what I said at the beginning of this post: Satan doesn't see himself as Satan. Satan sees himself as the victim. He's the good guy just trying to enlighten the people of earth from the oppression, the sexism, the racism, the homophobia, the hateful rhetoric, the violent anger, the judgmental accusations of the One whom the christians call, Jesus: The Messiah: The Son of God.
Satan and his followers will be the good guys while Jesus and His followers will be the bad guys. They will be (1) deceived into following the antichrist, or (2) intimidated into following the antichrist, or (3) eliminated. They'll be put to death! There will be no room for their existence in the new utopia that they intend to bring.
That's the direction that all of history is going. This is where we're headed. Our job is to oppose the enemy and slow it down and perhaps even reverse course if at all possible. If we can't, and if that appointed time is indeed ahead of us, then those of us who are saved by the Blood of Jesus are promised to be removed from this earth BY JESUS HIMSELF and taken into Heaven before the antichrist reveals himself to the world.
But nowhere in the Bible are we told to sit back and let all hell break lose while we wait for the rapture. We're told to occupy this earth until He comes.
So armor up!
