Overcoming The
12 Evil Strong Men
Overcoming evil spirits & demolishing strongholds of satan
which fights against the soul of man
The spirit
of the antichrist
Any person who doesn't believe that Jesus is The
CHRIST, “The Anointed One,” is antichrist. Also, whosoever that does not
believe that Jesus Christ is The Son Of GOD, is antichrist—such a person is a
liar against the Truth.
Who is the liar? It is
the man who denies that Jesus is The Christ. Such a man is the antichrist — he
denies
The Father and The
Son.
No one who denies The
Son has The Father; whoever acknowledges The Son has The Father also.
1 John 2:22-23 NIV
“The spirit of the antichrist” does not agree that
Jesus came in the flesh.
Many deceivers, who do
not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the
world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
2 John 7-8 NIV
We are now in “the last hour!”—‘the prophetic last
hour.’ And the rising of many false-christs [false-messiahs], and false
prophets, makes us all the more certain that the end of the world is near. Already
many such persons have appeared on the ‘world-scene.’
Dear children, this is
the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now
many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.
1 John 2:18 NIV
Verse 19 lets us to know that most of the
false-ministers are people who had once known and preached the Truth, or at
least had had the Gospel preached to them.
They went out from us,
but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they
would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged
to us.
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These "against-Christ" people used to be
members of the Church, but they never really belonged to CHRIST. They can’t
abide in Him, or else they wouldn’t have become antagonistic to Him. When they
left us it proved that they were not of us at all.
“The antichrist” is the man who will oppose Christ
in the guise of Christ. He will have a “deceptive outward appearance” [a false
outward appearance], which means, he will be a religious figure, and a man who
proclaims peace—but ultimately, his peace talks will oppose Jesus Christ, THE
PRINCE OF PEACE.
He
will be against Christ The Messiah.
Who is such a liar as he who denies that Jesus is
The Christ (The Messiah)?
He will do this because he is
the antichrist—the antagonist of Christ. He will be raised by satan to
habitually, consistently deny, oppose, and refuse to acknowledge GOD THE FATHER
and GOD THE SON. He will be an anti-messiah.
But here is what the Bible says,
This is how you can
recognize The Spirit Of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ
has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge
Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have
heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
1 John 4:2-3 NIV
It is “the spirit of the antichrist” that speaks
against CHRIST. It never acknowledges Jesus Christ, and is already in the
world.
“The spirit of the antichrist” is a world-ruling
evil supernatural force which rules and controls the minds of many people.
Our Lord Jesus made very important statement about
how this spirit will accomplish the interest of satan against man, and oppose
GOD in a time of the greatest distress in the world.
"So when you see
standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of
through the prophet Daniel — let the reader understand— then let those who are
in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the roof of his house go down to
take anything out of the house. Let no one in the field go back to get his
cloak. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing
mothers! Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath.
For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the
world until now — and never to be equaled again. If those days had not been cut
short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be
shortened.
Matt 24:15-22 NIV
In the continuing verses He said:
At that time if anyone
says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it.
For false-christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and
miracles to deceive even the elect — if that were possible. See, I have told
you ahead of time.
"So if anyone tells you, 'There he is,
out in the desert,' do not go out; or, 'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not
believe it.
Verses 23-26 NIV
And concerning His glorious coming He said this:
For as lightning that
comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the
Son of Man.
Matt 24:27 NIV
Apostle John saw in a vision, ‘a strange beast,’
that looked like a leopard, with feet like those of a bear, and mouth like that
of a lion. That’s “the beast out of the sea”—a multinational and conglomerate
empire rising out of a multitude of people of diverse languages, races and
culture.
And the dragon stood
on the shore of the sea.
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.
Rev 13:1-2 NIV
In John’s vision, this beast came out of the sea;
and yet, by the description of it, it would seem more likely to be a
land-monster; but the more monstrous thing about it is that it will set forth “the
mystery of iniquity” and tyranny.
This world ruling empire will operate with a mixture
of the styles of the ancient Greek Empire [leopard] Dan. 7:6, Medo-Persia
Empire [bear] Dan.7:5, and Babylonian Empire [lion] Dan.7:4.
Ancient Babylon was known for fierceness like the
lion; the Medes and Persia for strength like the bear, and Greece for swiftness
like the leopard. The beast out of the sea has a constitution of all of them,
just as presented in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream.
This beast which is a sort of composition of those
three is a horrid and hideous monster with an allusion to Daniel's vision of four
beasts, which represented the four historical world ruling monarchies (Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome).
This beast had ten horns and seven heads, with ten
crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. And written on each
head were names that blasphemed God.
The antichrist will carry-out his evil work through
his false prophet.
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.
Rev 13:11-18 NIV
In this chapter, “the false prophet of the
antichrist” [the beast coming up out of the earth], is portrayed as a second
‘strange animal’ with two little horns like those of a lamb but with a fearsome
voice—like the voice of the dragon—like the voice of satan. He will exercise
all the power [spiritual and political] of the first beast before him. “The false
prophet” will exercise satanic authority passed on by “the antichrist.” He will operate his power on his behalf, and
will dominate and control national armies of most world countries.
“The false prophet” will be deputy of the
antichrist; as his agent and representative, he will act on his behalf.
“The false prophet” will also appear on the
religious scene in the world, that’s why the second beast [the beast out of the
earth] had two horns like a lamb—‘humble like a lamb but with oratory like
satan the ancient dragon (v.11). He will unify the religions of the world into
a “global religion” and force people everywhere to worship the beast [the
antichrist].
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 (v.12).
He will cause the inhabitants of the earth to deify
and worship the first beast—“the false prophet” will idolize “the antichrist.”
“The antichrist” will put an end to sacrifice and
offering by the Jews, and will set up an abomination that causes desolation
through his false prophet—he will erect a statue (an image) in honor of the
beast. This enemy of GOD shall utterly defile the sanctuary of GOD, and this
will be ‘the climax of idols.’
He will confirm a
covenant with many for one 'seven.'
In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an
end to sacrifice
and offering. And on a
wing [of the temple] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation,
until the end that is
decreed is poured out on him."
Dan 9:27 NIV
GOD warned the people of Israel against the prophets
who lead them into idolatry and stated to them the punishment of apostates and
false prophets (read Deut 13:1-5).
With satanic power, “the false prophet of the
antichrist” will perform signs, miracles, great wonders—by which he will
deceive many people on the earth.
Note that, our adversary, the devil—“the dragon,”
devised his “satanic trinity” — satan himself is the head of it, and next in
line is the antichrist, and then, his false prophet. The antichrist receives
satan’s authority, throne, and power (see Rev. 13:2) and he delegates this
power to his false prophet (v. 12). The authority and power of satan ‘the
dragon’ will be activated in the personality of “the false prophet of the
antichrist” –the man who will exercise ‘the authority of the beast’ on his
behalf. This is the means by which satan will unleash his wrath upon the earth.
In verse 15, “he had power to give life to the image of the beast.” Notice that
[he] was used in this verse, referring to “the false prophet” [the beast out of
the earth], and [it] for “the image of the beast.” The “image” which was
revived by “the beast out of the earth” will then, speak for itself.
To unmask “the beast,” we must identify what this
“image” is!
In Daniel 3:1-5 people of every nation and tongue
where commanded to worship ‘the image of gold’ setup by king
Nebuchadnezzar. Now, remember that, because
of the signs (miracles) which the second beast was allowed to perform on behalf
of the first beast, he deceived those who inhabit the earth, commanding them to
erect a statue (an image) in the likeness of the beast who was wounded by the sword
and yet lived.
In 2 Corinthians 4:4-5 we see that,
The god of this age
has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the Light of the
Gospel of the Glory of Christ, Who is the Image of God.
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Jesus Christ is The Image of GOD.
And because the devil tries to copy everything GOD
does—but he copies it only for an evil purpose. Therefore, the “image” which
decrees death sentence in Revelation 13:15 is “the antichrist,” who is “the
image of the dragon.”
“… and made the earth and its inhabitants worship
the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed” (v.12b).
The second beast made the inhabitants of the earth
to worship the first beast [the antichrist]. The antichrist is the incarnate of
satan.
When this man comes on the world scene, he will be a
‘representation of the dragon’; ‘a type of satan’ who is yet another conspicuous
example of the appearance of satan—that may be called ‘the exact carbon copy’
of his god and father—satan, the devil, so that he becomes “the man of sin.”
GOD created man in His own Image (Gen. 1:27).
The devil will fashion this “man of sin” after his
own likeness—having all the characteristics of sin, wickedness and evil in him.
The antichrist will be the ancient dragon personified—satan in the flesh, made
flesh, in a man.
Remember that satan copies the reality of GOD’s
Kingdom, and makes an imitation of it for evil.
All who do not belong to Christ will worship the
beast just as Revelation 13:8 says:
All 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.
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In verse 4, they also worshipped the dragon as they
worshipped 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?"
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“The false prophet” will command people all over the
world—of all race and country, gender and age, rich and poor [small or great],
the educated and the uneducated, free and slave (even prisoners) to receive
“the mark of the beast” in verse 16.
Just as Caesar Augustus ordered a census throughout
the ancient Roman world, in the time of Jesus birth. And everyone had to travel
to his own ancestral hometown to be accounted for (Luke 2:1-5)—so, in this
latter time, the world over, people will be ordered to undergo a personal identification
process. By this process, people will be coerced into receiving a mysterious
but diabolical mark—‘the mark of the beast.’
It is also an “economic mark,” so that no one could
for instance, get a job or even buy in any store without the permit of that
mark which is the code number of his name. The numerical values of the letters
in his name add to 666!
“The beast out of the earth” [the false prophet of
the antichrist] will influence and control electronic commerce and physical
enterprises around the world
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.
Rev 13:16-17 NIV
In Genesis 11 when the whole world had one language
and a common speech, men built a city with a tower that reached to the heavens.
Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that
reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be
scattered over the face of the whole earth" (v.4).
But when God came down to see the city and the tower
mankind was making. He said, “Behold, they are one people and they have all one
language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do, and now nothing
they have imagined they can do will be impossible for them” (see verses 5 and
6).
The mark, the name, and the number of the beast is like
puzzle.
His number can be counted, but wisdom is needed to
do this.
You must discern and interpret it!
The code of the beast can only be calculated by
wisdom. Daniel had such wisdom. It can only be decoded by insight and
knowledge.
It is the number of a certain man; and his number is
666 [six hundred threescore and six] as written in the King James Version.
The Great Tribulation would be a time of distress,
and persecution, and trouble in the whole world. A time of the greatest
distress that the world has ever known, because the antichrist will hold sway
the whole world politically, religiously and economically in 3 ½ years or
forty-two months shortly after the Rapture.
Apostle John saw in vision, three evil spirits that
looked like frogs, come out of the mouths of satan the dragon, the beast [the
antichrist], and the false prophet.
Then I saw three evil
spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out
of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Rev 16:13 NIV
How to
overcome the spirit of the antichrist
We are warned in II John to not receive people who
are disloyal to the teachings of Jesus. If anyone comes to you and does not
bring the doctrine of Christ, do not receive him [do not accept him, do not
welcome or admit him into your house] nor give him any encouragement.
Whosoever
transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that
abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both The Father and The Son.
If there come any unto
you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid
him God speed:
For he that biddeth
him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
2 John 9-11 KJV
Anybody who wishes such a one success, who
encourages him, wishing him a safe trip or successful endeavor is a partaker in
his evil doings.
“The spirit of the antichrist” already operates in
many of today’s churches.
Beware!
For they do not have The Father and The Son!
Remember, if anyone comes to teach you, and he
doesn't believe what Christ taught, don't even invite him into your home. Don't
encourage him in any way. If you do, you will be a partner with him in his
wickedness.
The Bible informs us that the antichrist will come
up out of the bottomless pit, and ascend to earth to deceive many people.
The beast, which you
saw, once was, now is not, and will come up out of the Abyss and go to his
destruction.
The inhabitants of the
earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation
of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because he once was,
now is not, and yet will come.
Revelation 17:8 NIV
In Revelation 17:18, Mystery Babylon is illustrated
as “a woman”—“a prostitute,” and “the great city” that rules over the kings of
the earth
The woman you saw is
the great city that rules over
the kings of the earth."
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And, in earlier verse 15, this prostitute is seen
seated over nations, and people, and languages
Then the angel said to
me, "The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples,
multitudes, nations and languages.
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This same city—“a mystical kingdom of iniquity” was
given power to defeat “the tribulation saints”
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.
Revelation 13:7 NIV
And "the mark of the beast" is a
mysterious but, diabolical code number of “Mystery Babylon.”
The only way to not take “the mark of the beast” is
to receive “the mark of Christ.”
Apostle Paul said,
“Finally, let no one
cause me trouble,
for I bear on my body
the marks of Jesus”
Gal 6:17 NIV
The people who truly in their lifetime served GOD
faithfully on the earth, shall be welcomed into His eternal dwellings, and they
shall behold His Face, and His Name shall be written on their foreheads
They will see His
face, and His Name will be on their foreheads.
Rev 22:4 NIV
But, all those who take “the mark of the beast” on
their forehead or on their right hand will not, and cannot receive The Name Of The
LORD on their foreheads and neither will they be sealed with “the mark of
Christ.”
The Name Of The LORD and "the mark of CHRIST"
are only for those who are born of GOD. This is the victory that overcomes the
world:
For whatsoever is born
of God overcometh the world: and this is the Victory that overcometh the world,
even our faith.
I John 5:4 KJV
Christ Jesus has promised that His saints who keep
His Word—those who keep His Command to endure patiently, He will keep from “the
hour of trial” which is coming on the whole world.
"Because you have
patiently obeyed Me despite the
persecution, therefore
I will protect you from the time of Great
Tribulation and
temptation, which will come upon the world
to test everyone
alive.
Rev 3:10-11 TLB
Here, The Lord speaks of "the Rapture
saints,"—"the Bride of Christ." He will protect His
‘Called-Out-Church’—‘the sheep of His pasture,’ from the greatest distress in
the world. He will do this because she patiently obeyed Him despite the
persecution in the Church Era.
But, on the other hand, "the tribulation
saints" are those who will go through the Great Tribulation, and be
victorious.
The tribulation saints were recorded to be
victorious over:
1.) the beast,
2.) and over his image,
3.) and over his mark,
4.) and over the number of his name
See Revelation 15:2.
“Those destined to go into captivity” will worship
the beast, in the time of “the Great Tribulation.”
“The tribulation saints” left behind, will endure,
and be patient, and faithful to suffer it.
All 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.
Rev 13:8-10 NIV
The fall of Babylon was revealed to John and he
accurately recorded it:
After this I saw
another angel coming down from Heaven. He had great authority, and the earth
was illuminated by his splendor. With a mighty voice he shouted:
"Fallen! Fallen
is Babylon the Great!
She has become a home
for demons
and a haunt for every
evil spirit,
a haunt for every
unclean and detestable bird.
For all the nations
have drunk
the maddening wine of
her adulteries.
The kings of the earth
committed adultery with her,
and the merchants of
the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries."
Then I heard another
voice from Heaven say:
"Come out of her,
My people,
so that you will not
share in her sins,
so that you will not
receive any of her plagues;
for her sins are piled
up to Heaven,
and God has remembered
her crimes.
Give back to her as
she has given;
pay her back double
for what she has done.
Mix her a double
portion from her own cup.
Give her as much
torture and grief
as the glory and
luxury she gave herself.
In her heart she
boasts,
'I sit as queen; I am
not a widow,
and I will never mourn.'
Therefore in one day
her plagues will overtake her:
death, mourning and
famine.
She will be consumed
by fire,
for mighty is The Lord
God who judges her.
Revelation 18:1-8 NIV
"When the kings
of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the
smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her. Terrified at her
torment, they will stand far off and cry:
"'Woe! Woe, O
great city,
O Babylon, city of
power!
In one hour your doom
has come!'
Revelation 18:9-10 NIV
So, this very "prophetic hour" GOD is to
His Church:
And I heard another
Voice from Heaven, saying, Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers
of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
For her sins have
reached unto Heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Rev 18:4-5 KJV
Seven Bowls of GOD’s Wrath reserved for those who
worship the beast and take the diabolical mark of his name, are foretold in
Revelation 16.
The beast [the antichrist] and his false prophet will
be cast into “the lake of fire.”
But the beast was
captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the miraculous signs
on his behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark
of the beast and worshiped his image. The two of them were thrown alive into
the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Rev 19:20 NIV
Also, satan the dragon will be thrown into “the lake
of fire” [lake of burning sulfur].
And the devil, who
deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and
the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for
ever and ever.
Rev 20:10 NIV