Gad the Seer, Rome, Islam, and the End Times

The following is an excerpt from Peter the Roman: Has the Prophecy of the Popes Been Fulfilled? Book 1 by Dustin Wray Hockensmith and Josh Peck.

Peck: What is the book of Gad the Seer, and why do you believe it is legitimate?

Johnson: The book of Gad the Seer is a book of prophecy written by Gad, one of King David’s prophets. This is recorded in First Chronicles 29:29. If we believe what the Dead Sea Scrolls say and follow up by searching for other libraries around the world, we can, surprisingly, find a number of those ancient books that are referenced. The legend is that the book of Gad the Seer, the Book of Nathan the Prophet, and a few others were taken by a group of Jews who left right before the Assyrian invasion of Israel about 722 BC. We can trace them today to the area of Cochin, India. The book of Gad the Seer is in that collection and it had already been translated into Dutch about a century ago. Scholars thought it was fake, but since then there was a copy found from the Vatican archives and fragments of it from a few other places. This gives more than enough evidence that we are dealing with a very old document.

Peck: Chapter 1 of Gad the Seer contains a very symbolic vision. Can you break it down and tell us where we might find Roman Catholicism and Islam?

Johnson: Gad chapter 1 tells us about a system that is an antisemitic replacement theology starting way back in the ancient days. In his vision, he sees a donkey and a camel that work together to bring iniquity into Israel. They represent two slightly different opposing antisemitic views. This can be seen with Pharisees and Sadducees and other groups like that. In the end times, it will be seen with Rome and Islam. The prophecy goes on to say that the Messiah, who is the Son of God symbolized as a lamb, comes and brings salvation for all.

Johnson: After that, the donkey and the camel morph into a different form. I think this can be easily seen by the demonic spirit that causes persecution and wars from the Pharisees and the Sadducees. This is also seen in the extreme parts of the Roman Catholic Inquisition and Islam. Gad then goes on to say this system is only destroyed when the Lamb comes back. So, we don’t destroy it; it’s destroyed at the Second Coming of Christ. It goes on to teach that the symbol for this is a crescent moon. Now, for normal Islam, the crescent moon has its points pointing up. However, for this end-time system, the crescent moon has its points pointing down. I believe we will see this in the near future as it becomes the symbol for “Chrislam” (a mixture of Christianity and Islam).

Peck: Chapter 2 also has some interesting prophetic details. Can you break that down as well?

Johnson: Gad chapter 2 is interesting. It begins with the regathering of the nation of Israel, which we’ve seen happen in 1948. It gives a sequence of events that describes Rome’s development, its theology, and its destruction before the time Michael stands up, which would begin the seven-year tribulation. Then it goes from there on into the Millennial Reign. The interesting thing about this prophecy is when we look at the development of Rome, the main point talked about is their replacement theology. Rome has the attitude that the Jews were evil and were dispersed and divorced by God. Now, according to this belief, Rome and Rome alone represents God and has His authority on Earth. Then, in the prophecy, God responds, “I suppose you can show me these divorce papers?” It then goes on and talks about the leader of the Roman religion. It asks the question: if the leader of the Roman religion cannot do any miracles himself, why would we listen to such a person? It then describes how Rome is destroyed. When we take this prophecy and add it to the prophecies of the Bible, the Ezra apocalypse, Enoch, and other Dead Sea Scrolls, we see a complete picture of what happens in the very near future.

Peck: Given what is said in these two chapters, what would you expect end-times Roman Catholicism and Islam to look like?

Johnson: Based on those chapters, Rome should become a powerful Empire, displace the Jews, and start teaching replacement theology. Then a new monotheistic religion would arise from somewhere south of Israel whose symbol would be a crescent moon, and it would also start teaching replacement theology. All of that has already happened. The way the text reads is that, in the near future, either those two religions or factions from those two religions combine to create the end-time religion. This matches the harlot church in Revelation.

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Excerpted from Peter the Roman: Has the Prophecy of the Popes Been Fulfilled? Book 1.