Primary Proof of the Bible: Types (Foreshadowings) of the Antichrist throughout History

ANCIENT INDIA:

-HINDUISM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti#cite_note-5

One type of depiction for the Trimurti shows three heads on one neck, and often even three faces on one head, each looking in a different direction

The Trimurti (literally indicating three forms or trinity), is the representation of the three projections of the Supreme Reality, each with a specific cosmic function.  These manifestations are that of Brahma (serving the cosmic function of creation), Vishnu (serving the cosmic function of renewal and preservation), and Shiva (serving the cosmic function of dissolution or destruction that precedes re-creation) [So do the persons of the Holy Trinity have specific functions: Jesus God the Son pays the "ransom" to God the Father for the sins of the world through His death on the cross; God the Holy Spirit is the person who bestows gifts such as prophecy (1 Corinithians 12) and "fruit" such as faith, love, and peace in humans (Galatians 5:22-23)]

 the different sects often conceived the Trimãurti as really the three manifestations of their own sectarian god, whom they regarded as Brahman or AbsoluteVaishnavism generally does not accept the Trimurti concept. For example, the Dvaita school holds Vishnu alone to be the supreme God, with Shiva subordinate. In Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Shiva is considered the best of devotee of Vishnu (vaisnavanam yatha sambhu) and also an aspect of Vishnu but not the same as Vishnu. In this view, Shiva is also viewed as subservient to Lord Vishnu, although it is still understood that he is above the category of an ordinary jiva (living entity). In one interpretation, Brahma is considered by Gaudiya Vaishnavites to be the highest of the jivas. [So is God the Son subordinate or "subject unto" God the Father (1 Corinithians 15:28, John 20:17: Jesus calls the Father "my God"), and God the Holy Spirit subordinate to both.]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatars: Avatar or Avatara (Sanskrit: ?????, IAST Avat?ra) in Hindu philosophy is the 'descent' or incarnation of a divine being (deva) or the supreme being (God) onto planet Earth. The Sanskrit word avat?ra literally means "descent" (avatarati) and usually implies a deliberate descent into lower realms of existence for special purposes. The term is used primarily in Hinduism for incarnations of Vishnu. [Truly was it said about God the Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity, that "The Word took on flesh." (John 1:14)]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman

The Supreme Cosmic Spirit or Absolute Reality called Brahman (not to be confused with the Creator god

Brahma) is said to be eternal, genderless, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, and ultimately indescribable in human language.

It can be best described as infinite Being, infinite Consciousness, and infinite Bliss.[All these qualities are shared by the three persons of the Christian Trinity]

Brahman is beyond the senses, beyond the mind, beyond intelligence, beyond imagination. [There is much about God that we cannot understand now, such as how He can be conscious of and rule in many places all over the world at the same time!]

If one seeks Brahman via true knowledge, Atman seeks truth and accepts it no matter what it is. Atman accepts all truths of the self/ego, and thus is able to accept the fact that it is not separate from its surroundings. Then Atman is permanently absorbed into Brahman and become one and the same with it.

in life everything is an expression of Brahman [So does God display Himself throughout all history, as I show in Parts Two and Three, and in many objects of nature such as the Sun, wind, water, etc., as I discuss in Part One]

---KRISHNA (CRISHNA):

-22 very uncommon similarities between Krishna (Crishna) & Christ: http://www.innvista.com/culture/religion/deities/crishna.htm

-http://mosesonmissions.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/sharing-christ-with-hindus/ : "Chandra was an evangelist among Hindu who would first listen to the Hindu point of view and appreciate what is good before sharing Christ. Hindus loved Chandra because he used examples from Hindu writings. He would highlight the Hindu principles and in suitable ways compare them to Christ. He was always referring to the life of Christ when he interacted with Hindus. When they invited Chandra to speak at Hindu gatherings he would tell about the Hindu saints and compare them to the life of Christ."

-According to a Christian missionary who has talked to many Hindus about Christianity, "Most Hindus esteem religion in general and are free and open to speak about it." (http://philosopher-food4thought.blogspot.com/2008/09/ten-ways-to-convert-hindu-shocking.html)

-BUDDHA (~560-480 BC)

The following paragraphs are from an address by Lars Adelskogh at the International Seminar "The Sanskrit and Buddhist Sources of the New Testament", Klavreström, Sweden, September 11, 2003 (final version).(http://www.jesusisbuddha.com/larsa.html)

Siddhârtha Gautama was born about 560 B.C. Just as Jesus he dwelled as a spiritual being in heaven before his birth. He incarnated voluntarily in order to save the world. His mother was Queen Mâyâ, a name that is reminiscent of Mary (Maryam, Miryam). Mâyâ was later regarded as a virgin. She was believed to have been impregnated by a divine being in the shape of a white elephant that penetrated her through her right side...The Buddha was therefore regarded as the Son of God (devaputra). Siddhârtha is not born in the royal palace at Kapilavastu but while his mother is on a travel. An angel (deva) announces that the child is holy and a future redeemer. The child radiates a dazzling light and receives homage from heaven. Wise men recognize in him the signs of a god or superman (mahâpurisa). He is sought after in wide areas and receives veneration. As a little boy he is revered by an old wise man, Asita, like Jesus was revered by Symeon. In the Gospel according to Luke (2:25-34) we read:

"…there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout… and it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, …, then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel… this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel…"

Now compare this with what is said in the Suttanipâta (689f) of the encounter of Siddhârtha and Asita:
"The long-haired wise man looked upon the child, and with a great joy he took him up… a man who now, filled with pleasure, raised his voice and said: This one is unique, the most prominent human being! In the same moment the hermit remembered that he would soon die - and this made him so sad that he began to cry … This boy will attain the perfect awakening, he who sees what is the most pure will set the wheel of the law in motion out of compassion for the salvation of the many; and his teaching will be spread afar."

Even as a young boy Siddhârtha is very wise, he is revered in the temple, and at school he proves to master all spoken and written languages. When travelling in company with adults, they lose him, and when they finally find him again, he is in deep meditation (Lalitavistâra 8, 10, 11). Even the baptism of Jesus in Jordan and his temptation in the desert have their direct parallels. Siddhârtha bathes in the river Nairanjanâ, then sits down under a tree and experiences an inner awakening that causes a great joy in heaven. "And Jesus, when he was baptized, went straightway out of the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." (Matthew 3:16f)

After a long fast Siddhârtha is tempted by Mâra, the Evil One, who promises to make him a world emperor, if he renounces becoming a world saviour. Just as Jesus, the Buddha resists the temptation, and he is praised as a conqueror by gods and animals, just as angels came and ministered to Jesus.

When Siddhârtha begins his mission he is about 30 years old. His first disciples are cowherds, and like Jesus he has twelve chief disciples of whom Ânanda is the most beloved one. His two first disciples are brothers, and he finds them sitting under a fig tree. According to John 1:48, Jesus finds his disciple Nathanael under a fig tree.Just as John the Baptist sends out two of his disciples to ask whether Jesus is the awaited one, Pokkharasâti sends out Ambattha to learn whether samana Gotama really is the Buddha. The Buddha is transfigured in the sight of his disciples, so that his body radiates a dazzling light. And he sends out his disciples into the world to preach his message.

Also the message of the Buddha has some strong resemblances to the message of Jesus, such as "Look upon yourself rather than blame others". The Buddha accepts an invitation to eat in the house of a prostitute, for which he is criticized by the prominent people of the town. The Buddha preaches using parables. He uses a language of rich imagery such as light and darkness, sun and rain, fertility and infertility.

Here are some samples of his ethical teachings taken from Dhammapada, Majjhimanikâya, Udânavarga, and Saddharmapundarîka: "Think of others as of yourself. Conquer hatred with love, evil with good. If anyone would strike you with his hand, with a stick or cut you with a knife, you should restrain yourself and say no evil. It is easier to see the faults of another than those of oneself. The big cloud rains upon all, on high and low. The sun and the moon light up the whole world, both him that does good and him that does evil, both the high and the low." The Buddha possesses great powers and works miracles. He knows the thoughts and deeds of others in beforehand. He heals the sick, makes the blind see again, makes the deaf hear, the lame and the paralytic well again, and restores reason to the deranged, and casts out demons. Together with his disciple Mogallâna the Buddha feeds five hundred monks with bread baked from dough for one bread only. The Buddha walks on water, appears and disappears at will, walks through walls, and stills storms.

In Nidânakathâ, a noble virgin says, when seeing The Buddha: "Verily, that mother is blessed who has given birth to a man like this one" Luke (11:27) tells about a woman who praises the mother of Jesus, saying: "Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast suckled." Neither the Buddha nor Jesus acknowledges the praise, however.

In his teaching, the Buddha opposes traditional rigid laws, rebukes intolerance, dogmatism, ritualism, and priestly hypocrisy. He censors the unquestioning adherence to the Vedas and excoriates the bloody sacrifices of the Brahmins. Voluntarily he leads a life of utmost simplicity as a beggar - a life of renunciation - and mixes mostly with the lowly in society. The people call him prophet, master, lord. There is also a traitor, Devadatta, who tries to kill him but fails and meets a deplorable end. The Buddha turns a robber from his evil ways and makes him his devotee. The Buddha eats a last meal, dies, and attains nirvâna. His death is presaged by a great earthquake and a thunderstorm. After his death, the Buddha appears to his disciples...

[There is even a book written by Dr. Christian Lindtner  called:] The Secret of Christ - The New Testament is the Buddha's Testament...He [Lindtner] says: "Christianity is, in all essentials, an imitation of Buddhism. It is the matter of a very skilful imitation but also a very remarkable, free, and distorted imitation...In principle, it is possible to trace almost every word and sentence back to Sanskrit. Rather early it became clear to me that almost every word and sentence in Matthew was supported by the original Sanskrit texts. Matthew rendered now the sense, now the external shape of the words, now the number of syllables of the words or sentences. If the two texts, the Sanskrit and the Greek, were read aloud at the same time at the same pace, it often appeared that the rhythms coincided. Some times either the one or the other, seldom all parts at the same time. He cut the originals in small pieces, glued them together again, often the one part on the other, combined boundlessly; he reversed the original order of sequence. Viewed as a whole, his gospel is a mosaic. Therefore, it must be our task to "restore" his text, so that the original reappears in the light of day. To understand Matthew means, first and foremost, to understand how he worked using a pair of scissors, glue, and an abacus." [The correct conclusion to draw is rather that God made the original Sanskrit texts resemble the Gospel of Matthew so as to show that every word of the Gospel is true and inspired by the Holy Spirit, for the Holy Spirit inspired the Sanskrit authors to say essentially the same things!]

---TRIKAYA: made by God to symbolize the Holy Trinity

http://www.class.uidaho.edu/ngier/trinity.htm: Let us now move to Buddhism, which in its Mahayana school, developed a Trinity of the dharmakaya, the cosmic body of the Buddha, the nirmanakaya, the dharmakaya as incarnate in Gautama Buddha, and the sambhogakaya, the dharmakaya as the intercessionary Bodhisattvas, performing roughly the same work as the Holy Spirit.[16] Buddhist scripture and art also portrays a Buddha of the Past (symbolizing all the previous incarnations of the Buddha), the Buddha of the Present (Gautama Buddha), and the Buddha of the Future, the Maitreya Buddha, the Buddhist Messiah who will come to redeem the world. (See image from Tibet's Potala Palace on left.) While not orthodox, a very popular Christian belief, beginning in medieval times, was a progressive Trinitarian view of history with successive Ages of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.