I.THE PROMINENCE OF THE ANTICHRIST. The Illuminati is paving the way for the Anti-Christ. Its all in the Bible. A. The Antichrist is first alluded to as Satan’s “seed” in Genesis 3:15. 1. He will be cast into the lake of fire—Revelation 20:10. B. The Antichrist will be a man empowered by Satan. 1.There is a “spirit of antichrist.” 2.There are many types of antichrist. 3.The Antichrist is the beast, the man of sin, and the son of perdition —I John 4:3; Revelation 13:1-10. C.The Antichrist will be revealed after the overcoming Church is raptured —II Thessalonians 2:3,4,7,8. 1.God’s people are the salt of the earth which prevents the decomposition of the carcass (Satan’s evil imitation of the Body of Christ)—Matthew 24:28. D.After the Rapture, the Antichrist will quickly become a powerful world leader. 1.The Antichrist will affect the whole world to some degree, but he will not rule every country nor control every commercial market. 2.His power will be focused around the Mediterranean Sea. II.WHO IS THE ANTICHRIST?—PART I Following is a partial transcript of Marilyn’s dramatized “interview” with an actor portraying the Antichrist. Q. Who are you, really? A. Every spirit that does not acknowledge that Jesus came in the flesh is not of God. I’m not of God. That is what is meant by Antichrist—I John 4:3. Q. Where will you come from? A. The two witnesses say the beast will come from the bottomless pit. I am the beast—Revelation 11:7. Q. Who gives you your power and authority as the Antichrist? A. My father is Satan. Through his power people are going to say, “Who can stand against the beast? How great is the beast!”—Revelation 13:4. Q. When will you appear? A. If you look around, my secret power is already at work in the world. As a matter of fact, this current power is only temporary until the restrainer of the Church is off the scene. The Church is the salt of the earth, but it is poison to me because the Church holds me back —II Thessalonians 2:7. Q. You are going to be evidenced in great power. Who is going to help you and stand up with you when the church is gone? A. In Daniel, there is a dreadful and powerful beast with iron teeth and claws of bronze; a beast that will trample upon anything that’s left. It will be a beast like no other that has preceded it. It will have ten horns (or ten countries) that will be my confederacy. I am the small horn rising out of the ten, and I will uproot three of those countries. These ten countries will share their royal authority with me. Their sole purpose is to confer their power and authority on me—Daniel 7:7,8; Revelation 17:12,13. Q. You don’t conquer the whole world, do you? A. Let’s not forget, I’m exceedingly strong with the power to devour. Q. If we were to watch today to see where the Antichrist will come from, where would we look? A. Examine the old Roman Empire. Out of the four prominent countries there shall be a small horn that will rise up and show tremendous strength to the south and to the east and to the fairest of all lands (Israel) —Daniel 7:8; 8:8,9 Q. I notice you have your head covered and you have on a dark hat. All I can really see are your eyes and your hands. According to the Bible, you’ve got a wound in your head. How did you get it? A. You understand that I will be able to perform signs and wonders, great miracles. These will be used to deceive the inhabitants of the earth and they will adore me so much. They will create an image in my honor. You see, the wound is merely a counterfeit, something to take away from this death and resurrection of your Christ —Daniel 8:24; 11:37-39; Matthew 24:24; II Thessalonians 2:9; Revelation 13:2. Q. Who is the false prophet that’s going to help you? A. He too will be a beast that will come forth from the mouth of the earth with great power —Revelation 13:11-16. III.WHO IS THE ANTICHRIST?—PART II A. The Antichrist will have great ability to make war. 1: He will conquer three nations (Turkey, Egypt, Israel) which will frighten seven other nations into peacefully joining his new empire —Daniel 7:24; 8:9; Revelation 17:12,13,17. B. After he builds his empire, armies, and reputation, the Antichrist will focus his attention on Israel. 1.He will offer his help to make peace with Israel’s surrounding nations. 2.Israel will eagerly enter a seven-year covenant with the Antichrist —Daniel 9:26,27; 11:22. 3.The Antichrist will help the Jews rebuild the Temple. C. The Antichrist will there declare himself to be god. 1. He will set an idol of himself in the Temple —II Thessalonians 2:9. IV. WHO IS THE ANTICHRIST?—PART III A. The Antichrist’s personality is fundamentally opposed to Christ’s. 1.The Antichrist will exalt himself. 2.He will say great things, but he will not speak the truth. 3.He will be very experienced in commerce and making money —Psalms 52:7. B. Jesus’ personality shows He is the very Son of God. 1.Jesus humbled himself. 2.Jesus spoke the truth (the sword) to cut people free from their sins and let them know the truth. 3.Jesus became poor to make us rich. V.THE PERSON OF THE ANTICHRIST—PART I A. The Antichrist is Judas Iscariot reincarnated. 1. Psalms 55 is a prophecy of both Judas’ betrayal of Jesus and the Antichrist’s betrayal of Israel. B. Judas was more than a man (Matthew 26:24); he was the devil—John 6:70. 1. Jesus did not call Judas a demon. 2. The Greek word daimon denotes an evil spirit and is the English word“demon.” Demons are inferior pagan deities, spiritual agents that cause worship and sacrifices to idols, disseminate errors among men, and seduce believers. 3. The Greek word for “devil” is diabolos, which means “accuser, a slanderer” and is one of the names of Satan. There is one devil, but there are many demons. 4.The Bible contains no other passage where the word “devil” is applied to anyone but Satan himself. Judas, then, was the devil incarnate, just as the Lord Jesus was God incarnate. C. In John 17:12 Jesus called Judas “the son of perdition.” 1.Paul clearly calls the Antichrist “the son of perdition” in II Thessalonians 2:3. VI. THE PERSON OF THE ANTICHRIST—PART II A. The Antichrist is called “Death and Hell” —Revelation 6:8. 1. Jesus is “the Resurrection and the Life” —Isaiah 28:18. 2. The Antichrist will come from hell. B. The Antichrist will be “superhuman,” a man with a fallen and unclean spirit that has previously been on earth—Matthew 12:43-45. 1. The history of this unclean spirit is divided into three stages: First, it dwelt on earth as a man; second, it went out of a man and walked through dry places, seeking rest and finding none (this refers to his present dwelling place, hell); and third, he will return to his “house,”which is earth, and more specifically, Israel. C. In Revelation 11:7 the Antichrist is seen coming out of the abyss, which is the abode of lost spirits, the place of their incarceration and torment—Luke 8:31; Revelation 20:1-3. 1.The Antichrist is in the abyss because that is where he was sent when he died as Judas Iscariot. 2. Acts 1:25 says because of Judas’ transgression, he fell from his ministry and apostleship and went to his “own place.” 3.“His own place” was the abyss. D. Revelation 17:8 tells us four things about the Antichrist. 1.First, he was on the earth. At the time John received his revelation, the beast was not then on the earth but had formerly dwelled here. 2.Second, he is not now on the earth. 3.Third, he shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, where he is now. 4.Fourth he will go into perdition, which means he will be cast alive into the lake of fire which is the FINAL abode of the damned —Revelation 19:20; 20:10,15. E.Satan will be cast into the abyss at the end of the Millennium. 1.The Antichrist is already now in the abyss as Judas Iscariot. VII. NAMES OF THE ANTICHRIST—PART I A.Names are important because they have to do with a person’s character; titles show us a person’s relationship to us. 1.Antichrist” signifies that he will oppose and mimic Christ. 2.The Antichrist is called the “man of sin” and the “man of perdition.” 3.Sin is his character; but perdition shows his relationship to mankind as a destroyer, murderer, and thief—II Thessalonians 2:3. B.Other names of the Antichrist 1.The beast (the Greek word means “wild beast.”) The Antichrist will be cruel and heartless, unfit for sacrifice—Revelation 11:7. 2. Bloody and deceitful man—Psalms 5:6 3. Wicked one—Psalms 9:17 4. Man of the earth—Psalms 10:18 5. Mighty man—Psalms 52:1 6. Adversary—Psalms 74:10; Amos 3:11 7. Evil man—Psalms 140:1 8. Crooked serpent—Job 26:13; Isaiah 27:1 9. Spoiler—Isaiah 16:4 10.Assyrian—Isaiah 10:5 VIII.NAMES OF THE ANTICHRIST—PART II A.The names of the Antichrist show his role in the world and the end times. 1.King of Babylon—Isaiah 14:4,11-20 2.Rod of God’s anger—Isaiah 10:5 3.Profane and wicked prince of Israel —Ezekiel 21:25 4.King of princes—Hosea 8:10 5.Merchant—Hosea 12:7 6.Head of the Northern army—Joel 2:20 7.Proud man—Habakkuk 2:5 8.Idol shepherd—Zechariah 11:17 IX.THE GENIUS OF THE ANTICHRIST A.The world will accept the Antichrist because he will be a genius in seven areas. 1.Seven is the number of completion: the Antichrist will be completely evil. B.Intellectual genius—Ezekiel 28:3; Daniel 8:23 C.Oratorical genius—Daniel 7:20 1.Revelation 13:2 says the Antichrist will have a mouth like a lion, which is considered the “king” of the animals. D.Political genius—Daniel 11:21; Revelation 13:1,2; 17:17 E.Commercial genius—Psalms 52:7; Ezekiel 28:4,5; Daniel 8:25; 11:38,43; Revelation 13:17 1.The world is looking for someone to feed it (currently 60 percent of the world’s population goes to bed hungry). 2.People are looking for an answer to the world’s poor economy. The Antichrist will get people jobs. 3.His positive changes put him in control of most of the world’s economy, so he makes people wear his mark before they can buy or sell anything. F.Military genius—Isaiah 14:16,17; Daniel 8:24; Revelation 6:2; 13:4 G.Governmental genius 1.He will weld together opposing forces and unite conflicting countries. 2.He will create an empire out of the former Roman, Greek, Medo-Persian, and Babylonian empires (which currently cover Europe, the Middle East, northern Africa, and parts of Asia and the former Soviet Union). H.Religious genius—II Thessalonians 2:4; Revelation 13:3,14,15 1.As the son of Satan he will have the same command of the Scriptures and be able to pervert them for his own gain, just as Satan did with Jesus in the wilderness (compare Psalms 91:11,12 with Matthew 4:6). X.CONTRASTING CHRIST & THE ANTICHRIST A.Jesus’ names show His loving, warm, and caring character; and His titles show His humility— Philippians 2:8. 1.The names of the Antichrist show his rotten character; and his titles show how he will try to exalt himself and have an overpowering, manipulative relationship over mankind —Daniel 11:36. B.Jesus is the Son of God—John 1:34. 1.Antichrist is the son of perdition (perdition means “destruction”) —II Thessalonians 2:3. C.Jesus is the seed of the woman—Genesis 3:15. 1. Antichrist is the seed of the serpent —Genesis 3:15. D.Jesus is the Lamb—Isaiah 53:7. 1.Antichrist is the beast—Revelation 11:7. E.Jesus is the Holy One—Mark 1:24. 1.Antichrist is the wicked one —II Thessalonians 2:8. F.Jesus is the truth—John 14:6. 1.Antichrist is the lie—John 8:44. G.Jesus is the Prince of Peace—Isaiah 9:6. 1.Antichrist is the profane wicked prince —Ezekiel 21:25. H.Jesus is the glorious branch—Isaiah 4:2. 1.Antichrist is the abominable branch —Isaiah 14:19. I.Jesus is the mighty angel—Revelation 10:1. 1.Antichrist is the angel of the bottomless pit —Revelation 9:11. J.Jesus is the Good Shepherd who leads His flocks —John 10:3; 11; 14. 1.Antichrist is the idol shepherd who neglects his flock—Zechariah 11:17. K.Jesus came in God’s name—John 5:43. 1.Antichrist will come in his own name—John 5: 43. L.Jesus cleansed the Temple—John 2:15. 1.Antichrist will defile the Temple—Matthew 24:15. M.Jesus was slain for the people—John 11:51. 1.Antichrist will slay the people—Isaiah 14:20.
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