UNMASKING THE BEAST
The Antichrist
Part 12
Things the Antichrist will Do
that will Mark his Characteristics
TWELVE
The
antichrist will act according to his will. He will exalt himself. He will prosper only until the
period of wrath
is
over.
"The king will do
as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will say
unheard-of things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time
of wrath is completed, for what has been determined must take place.
Dan 11:36 NIV
The Bible says, “the antichrist’ will act according
to his will. He shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god. He
shall prosper till the wrath has been accomplished.
He will utter monstrous blasphemies against GOD.
He will prosper only until the period of wrath is
over, for what has been determined must take place.
In this verse, the antichrist is referred to as
‘king’ because he will seize political power and rule as king, but his
government and rule will be against GOD’s divine Rule and Government. This
verse describes the antichrist as a “vile king.”
Verse 37 reveals that, he shall regard neither the god
of his fathers, nor have desire for women. He shall exalt himself above them
all.
According to 2 Thessalonians 2:4, “the antichrist”
will oppose GOD in every-way.
He shall honor a god of fortresses and a god which
his fathers did not know (Dan 11:38).
King James Version says,
But in his estate
shall he honour the god of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he
honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
He shall act against the strongest fortresses with a
foreign god, which he shall acknowledge. He will honor those who submit to him,
appointing them to positions of authority and dividing the land to them as
their reward (Dan 11:39).
And, the KJV writes this verse like this:
Thus shall he do in
the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and
increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall
divide the land for gain.
“The antichrist” will be a vile person. He will be ‘odd-humored
man,’ rude, unruly, base, sordid, and immoral.
He will honor “a god of fortresses,” “a strange god”
‘whom his fathers knew
not.’ And that is himself! This is why in verse 36; he will do as he pleases.
He will exalt and magnify himself above every god.
He will attack the mightiest fortresses, and at the
time of the end, the strongest nation in the Middle East (the king of the
South) will engage him in battle. He will invade many countries and sweep
through them like a flood (vv. 39-40). He will invade Israel [the Beautiful
Land]. Many countries will fall, but Turkey [Edom], Jordan [Moab] and the prominent
people of Ammon [Syria] will be delivered from his hand (v.41).
Egypt and many other countries and territories will
be occupied. He will capture all the treasures of Egypt, and the Libyans and Ethiopians
shall be his servants (vv. 42-43).
Today, some of the conflicts and wars that you see
on television, going-on in countries in the Middle East, especially in Syria,
Libya and Egypt were instigated by the ‘occult-diplomacy’ of the antichrist’s
international relations and agencies.
His regime in the earth will be “terror.”
Verse 44 in the NIV says,
But reports from the
east and the north will alarm him, and he will set out in a great rage to
destroy and annihilate many.
Dan 11:44 NIV
And in verse 45, he will pitch his royal tents
between Jerusalem and the sea at the beautiful holy mountain (the glorious holy
mountain). But while he is there his time will suddenly run out, and there will
be no one to help him.
Why would “the antichrist” pitch his royal tents by
the glorious holy mountain?
Because he knows that it is a representation of the Mount
Zion that is above—the New Jerusalem— “beautiful for situation, and the joy of
the whole earth.”
Beautiful for
situation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the sides of the
north, the City of the great King.
God is known in her
palaces for a Refuge.
Ps 48:2-3 KJV
“Mount Zion’ is beautiful in its loftiness; it’s
fair and beautiful in elevation.
In the time of David, king of Israel, physical Mount
Zion [Jerusalem] in the wilderness was known as “the city of David.” Our Lord
Jesus made reference to this (see Matt. 5:35). In this place (Salem),
Melchizedek, King of Salem [King of Peace], and King of Righteousness reigned
in the time of Abraham. Also, around this mountain, Abraham presented Isaac,
his only son for a burnt offering [Mount Moriah]. In the surrounding of this
same location, Solomon built a temple for God.
And more than that, the Mount Zion that is above is
the City of The Great King—Jesus Christ.
Great is The Lord, and
greatly to be praised in the City of our God, in the mountain of His Holiness.
Ps 48:1 KJV
A look at verse 3 in the New International Version
tells you:
God is in her
citadels;
He has shown Himself
to be her fortress.
NIV
The devil has always desired to receive praise from
men. “The antichrist” will force the inhabitants of the earth to worship him.
Daniel 11 speaks of prophecy of “the vile king”—“the antichrist.”
But to GOD ALMIGHTY alone belongs all praises; Him
alone is worthy of praise.
Great is The Lord, and
most worthy of praise,
in the City of our
God, His Holy Mountain.
Ps 48:1 NIV
Regarding “the Elect” of God, which we read of in
Revelation 12, Isaiah prophesied:
Let Mine outcasts
dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler:
for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are
consumed out of the land.
Isa 16:4 KJV
Moab [Jordan] will be a dwelling place—a place of
underground protection, concealed for “the Elect” for their escape from the
reach of “the serpent” for 1,260 days in the Great Tribulation.
The antichrist is “the spoiler,” he is “the
extortioner.”
Daniel chapter 12 verse 1 speaks of prophecy of “the
Great Tribulation.” It parallels with Jeremiah 30:7
Let’s read the prophecies of these two separate verses
of the Scripture, recorded by two different prophets, which reveal the same
thing:
"At that time
Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a
time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until
then. But at that time your people — everyone whose name is found written in
the Book — will be delivered.
Dan 12:1-2 NIV
How awful that day
will be!
None will be like it.
It will be a time of
trouble for Jacob,
but he will be saved
out of it.
Jer 30:7 NIV
At the end of all these events, then in Mercy and
Loving-Kindness shall Jesus Christ Return to establish His divine Government
upon the earth from David’s throne.
Apostle John saw the ultimate defeat of “the beast”
[the antichrist], and his false prophet, which will take place at “The Second
Coming of Christ”:
Then I saw the beast
and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war
against the rider on the horse and his army. 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. The rest of them were killed with the sword that came
out of the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves
on their flesh.
Rev 19:19-21 NIV