THE
ANTICHRIST OF SCRIPTURE
The kingdom of the
world belongs to Satan. (Luke 4:6)
This includes every
nation on earth.
The Antichrist comes
from this kingdom.
As Christ Jesus, The
Son Of God, came from God Almighty,
So, The Antichrist, The
Son Of Satan, comes from Satan.
As Christ Jesus is the
Savior of the world for those who believe;
So, The Antichrist is
the false savior of the fallen world.
Those who receive
Christ Jesus as Savior receive Eternal LIFE.
Those who receive the
Antichrist as “savior” receive eternal death.
Scripture gives the
Antichrist two additional names:
“The Beast” and
“The Man Of Lawlessness.”
A predominant
characteristic of the Antichrist is that he and the ten kings,
Who give their
authority to him, make war against the Lamb, Christ Jesus.
(Revelation 17:14)
I believe that the
Antichrist will be unknown until he is revealed
And there is no mistake
as to who he is.
Just as Judas was
unknown as a betrayer of Christ Jesus
Until Satan enter into
him at The Last Supper. (John 13:27)
The prophet Daniel sees
the Antichrist waging war against the saints
And defeating them.
(Daniel 7:21)
'He (the
Antichrist) will speak against the Most High and oppress his
saints
And
try to change the set times and the laws.
The
saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time.'
(Daniel
7:24-25)
He
(the Antichrist) will
become very strong,
But
not by his own power (the power
of Satan).
He
will cause astounding devastation and will succeed in whatever he
does.
He
will destroy the mighty men and the holy people.
He
will cause deceit to prosper, and he will consider himself superior.
When
they feel secure, he will destroy many
And
take his stand against the Prince of princes
(Christ Jesus).
Yet
he will be destroyed, but not by human power
(by Christ Jesus).
(Daniel 8:14-25)
And he shall speak
words against the Most High [God],
And shall wear out
the saints of the Most High,
And think to change
the times [of sacred feasts and holy days]
And the law;
And the saints shall
be given into his hand
For a time, two
times and half a time [Three and one-half years].
(Daniel 7:25 AMP)
The
Man Of Lawlessness (2
Thessalonians 2:1-12)
Concerning
the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ
And
our being gathered to him, we ask you brothers,
Not
to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or
letter Supposed to have come from us,
Saying
that the day of the Lord has already come.
Don't
let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come,
Until
the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed,
The
man doomed to destruction.
He
opposes and exalts himself over everything that is called God or is
worshiped, And even sets himself up in God's temple,
Proclaiming himself to be God.
Don't
you remember that when I was with you
I used to tell you these
things?
And
now you know what is holding him back,
So
that he may be revealed at the proper time.
For
the secret power of lawlessness is already at work;
But
the one who now holds it back will continue to do so
Till
he (the Holy Spirit)
is taken out of the way.
And
then the lawless one will be revealed,
Whom
the Lord Jesus will over throw with the breath of his mouth
And
destroy by the splendor of his coming.
The
coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work
of Satan Displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs
and wonders,
And
every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing.
They
perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
For
this reason God sends them a powerful delusion
So
that they will believe the lie
And
so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth
But
have delighted in wickedness.
According to the
apostle Paul,
The Great Day Of The
Lord will not come until The Man Of Lawlessness,
The Beast, The
Antichrist is revealed.
At that time the Holy
Spirit is taken out of the way
And Satan has complete
rule over mankind.
Just prior to this, the
rebellion within the Church occurs,
And the Beast sets up
his “image” in the Church of God,
Claiming to be God and
deceiving mankind
With counterfeit
miracles, signs and wonders.
God allows this
powerful delusion for those who have delighted in wickedness.
THE BEAST
OUT OF THE SEA
Revelation
13
And
I saw a beast coming out of the sea.
He
had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns,
And
on each head a blasphemous name.
The
beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear
And
a mouth like that of a lion.
The
dragon gave the beast his power and his throne
And great authority.
One
of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound,
But
the fatal wound had been healed.
The
whole world was astonished and followed the beast.
Men
worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast,
And
they also worshiped the beast and asked,
'Who
is like the beast? Who can make war against him?'
The
beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies
And
to exercise his authority for forty-two months.
He
opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name
And
his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.
He
was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them.
And
he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.
All
the inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--
All
whose names have not been written in the book of life
Belonging to
the Lamb
That
was slain from the creation of the world.
He
who has an ear let him hear.
If
anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity he will go.
If
anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he will be
killed.
This
calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the
saints.
The apostle John
sees a Beast coming out of the sea;
He sees the son of
Satan coming out of the masses
Of the people of the earth.
As Christ Jesus is to
God the Father so the Beast is to Satan.
The Beast is The Man Of
Lawlessness
That the apostle Paul
speaks of in 2 Thessalonians 2.
He has ten horns and
seven heads,
Representing nations and heads of authority.
The Beast has ten
crowns on his horns,
And on each head a blasphemous name.
The crowns are
representative of authority over a specific people group
And the heads have a
name that speaks against God.
This Beast is a
composite of the beasts that Daniel is shown in Daniel 7:2-7,
Resembling a leopard
with feet like a bear and a mouth like a lion.
The dragon (Satan)
gives the Beast, the Antichrist his power, throne
And great authority,
Just as the God gave
Christ Jesus His power, throne and authority.
One of the heads of the
Beast seemed to be fatally wounded,
But the fatal wound was
healed,
Causing the whole
godless world to be astonished and to follow the Beast,
Ultimately to Hell.
This is Satan's attempt
to mimic the death, burial
And resurrection of
Christ Jesus.
The whole world
worships the Dragon (Satan) and the Beast.
The world cannot
comprehend anyone
Who can come against
the power of the Beast.
They have completely
forgotten the God of Heaven, the Almighty.
Satan gives his Beast a
mouth to utter proud words and to malign God,
Calling what is good
evil and what is evil, good.
They slander the name
of God, Christ Jesus, Heaven itself,
And those who live in
Heaven.
God Almighty gives
Satan and his Beast three and one-half years
To wreck havoc on a
world that has disavowed the true and Living God.
They are also given
power to make war against the remaining saints
And to conquer them.
Prior to this time they
did not have this power;
They were constrained
by the Holy Spirit.
Satan and his Beast are
given by God,
Authority over every
tribe, people, language and nation
Because they have
turned away from the God of Heaven.
Every person on earth
worships the Beast,
All those whose names
have not been written in the Lamb's Book of LIFE.
The Lamb who was slain
from the creation of the world,
To save all those who
turn to Him in faith.
Satan now has the
worship he wanted from the time he fell from God's grace.
He masquerades as an
angel of light and seduces the whole world,
Except those who belong
to Christ Jesus.
If anyone can hear the
voice of God, let him hear and respond.
Now is the time to give
your heart to the One
Who holds the keys to
death and Hell.
To the One who is the
Way, the Truth and the LIFE;
The One who offers
eternal LIFE to those who repent and turn to Christ Jesus.
Everyone else is lost
and destined for Hell.
Those saints who find
themselves in The Great Tribulation
Must patiently endure
what lies in front of them.
They will be killed,
but their faith, and their willingness to die for Christ,
Will save them from
eternal death.
THE BEAST OUT OF THE
EARTH,
THE FALSE PROPHET
Revelation
13:11-18
Then
I saw another beast, coming out of the earth.
He
had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon.
He
exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf,
And
made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast,
Whose
fatal wound had been healed.
And
he performed great and miraculous signs,
Even
causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men.
Because
of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast,
He
deceived the inhabitants of the earth.
He
ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast
Who
was wounded by the sword and yet lived.
He
was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast,
So
that it could speak
And
cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.
He
also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave,
To
receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead,
So
that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark,
Which
is the name of the beast or the number of his name.
This
calls for wisdom.
If
anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast,
For
it is man's number.
His
number is 666.
The
False Prophet Enters the Scene
The Apostle John sees
another beast coming out of the earth.
He had two horns like a
lamb, but speaks like a dragon.
He is the False Prophet
of the Beast and has all his authority.
The False Prophet
forces the people of the earth worship the Beast,
Whose fatal wound had
been healed.
The False Prophet gives
breath to the “image” of the Beast,
So that the “image”
can speak.
He also requires that
all who refuse to worship the “image” of the Beast
To be killed.
The False Prophet
forces everyone,
Regardless of social
status, rich or poor, free and slave,
To receive the “mark”
of the Beast on their right hand or forehead.
This “mark”
signifies the complete ownership of the person,
Body, soul, mind and
spirit, by Satan.
Now, no one can buy or
sell anything unless he has the “mark,”
Which is the name of
the beast or the number of his name.
This
Calls For Wisdom
The apostle John pauses
and says this calls for wisdom.
He says that if anyone
has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast.
This number has only to
do with man deceived by Satan
And nothing to do with
God.
The number itself is an
affront to God, as Satan intended.
It is man glorifying
himself and bringing damnation upon himself
As Satan intended.
Just as Christ Jesus
identified Himself with mankind for their salvation,
So Satan identifies
himself with mankind for their damnation.
Where
Does the Antichrist Come From?
If one believes, as I
do, that we are near the end of “Time,”
Then it would seem
obvious that the USA would play a role in it.
The USA is most likely
the Babylon of the Book of Revelation,
Because “Babylon”
must of necessity be the greatest of the nations;
The nation with the
greatest influence over all the other nations.
Babylon, the City,
would be New York City, “The Big Apple,”
The “Woman” riding
the Scarlet Beast in Revelation 17
And additionally described in 18
and 19.
It is the only city in
existence today that meets these descriptions.
Who is like the
Beast? Who can make war against him? (Revelation 13:4)
Today, who is the
greatest military power? The USA.
It is most likely that
the Beast comes from the USA.
The Beast, then,
combines the supernatural empowerment of Satan
And the military might
of the USA.
Today, we see the USA
leading the NATO Alliance in battle.
NATO could well
represent the 10 Kings of Revelation.
From Daniel Chapter 7
verse 8:
I considered the
horns, and behold,
There
came up among them another horn, a little one,
Before
which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots;
And
behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man,
And a mouth
speaking great things.
From Daniel Chapter 7
verse 20:
And concerning the
ten horns [representing kings] that were on its head,
And
the other horn which came up LATER
And
before which three of the horns fell,
The
horn which had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things,
And
which looked greater than the others.
The USA came out of the
European nations, later.
In its beginning, it
was virtually insignificant.
Then, by the hand of
God
It defeated the
greatest nation on earth of that time, England.
Later the USA wared
against France and Spain and won.
Today, the USA calls
itself the greatest nation on earth,
The only super power,
greater than all the other nations.
The USA also fits the
allegory of unfaithful Jerusalem of Ezekiel 16;
By the hand of God, the
USA was made great; the wealthiest nation on earth.
However, it then
trusted in its own beauty and became a prostitute.
It began to sacrifice
its own children to the idol of “self.”
The USA forgot that it
was God
Who brought it from nothing to its current state.
If the Time Of The END
is at hand,
The USA is the only
nation that fits the description
Of the “little horn” of Daniel and Babylon of the Book
of Revelation.
The USA becomes more
godless every day.
There is apostasy
growing in The Church of God;
It's government is
godless, it's education system is godless,
It's businesses are
godless, it's media is godless and we could go on and on.
The righteous are
fighting against this godlessness but are loosing the battle.
When the foundations
are being destroyed what can the righteous do?
(Psalm 11:3)
It is also important
that the Lord warns His people to come out of Babylon;
Come out of her
religious, social, political and economic morass.
Christ Jesus, speaking
of The Time Of The END:
'Let him who does
wrong continue to do wrong;
Let him who is vile
continue to be vile;
Let him who does
right continue to do right;
And let him who is
holy continue to be holy.' (Revelation 22:11)
The Spirit and the
Bride say, 'Come!'
And let him who
hears say, 'Come!'
Whoever is thirsty,
let him come; and whoever wishes,
Let him take the
free gift of the Water of LIFE. (Revelation 22:17)
'Yes, I am coming
soon!' (Revelation 22:20)
As God has written, so
shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
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