UNMASKING THE BEAST
The Antichrist
Conclusion
Things the Antichrist will Do
that will Mark his Characteristics
SUMMARY
The
Antichrist operates in “the dark,” but the Light of God’s Word through Revelation
and Prophecy
will
expose him.
Everyone who does evil
hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will
be exposed. But whoever lives by the Truth comes into the Light, so that it may
be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."
John 3:20-21 NIV
But all things that
are reproved are made manifest by the Light: for whatsoever doth make manifest
is Light.
Eph 5:13 KJV
The antichrist will be a world ruler with ‘insight.’
“He shall prosper” in wickedness through “the mystery of iniquity.”
He is shrewd and intelligent, and a master of
intrigue.
I was considering the
horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before
whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this
horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man,
and a mouth speaking
pompous words.
Dan 7:8 NKJV
His appearance will be greater than his fellows.
And of the ten horns
that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three
fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great
things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
Thus he said, The
fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse
from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down,
and break it in
pieces.
And the ten horns out
of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after
them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
Dan 7:20, 23-24 KJV
He will speak great words as an adversary of The
Most High. He is blasphemous against GOD.
He 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.
Dan 7:25 NIV
The antichrist and his false prophet speaks
blasphemy against God (read Revelation 13).
The antichrist will be defiant against GOD and
against His Authority and Justice. He will assume himself to be infallible, and
declare his doctrine to be unerring.
He will try to make alterations in times and
seasons, and in the law.
He will intend to change GOD’s appointed feasts for Israel
which were instituted in the times of the Old Testament.
He will speak against
The Most High and oppress His saints and try to change the set times and the
laws.
Dan 7:25a NIV
The saints which are left behind after “the Rapture”
would be handed over to the antichrist for “a time, two times, and half a time”
and he will persecute and kill the saints that are left behind.
In this prophecy “a time” is one year; “two times”,
two years; “and half a time” represents
half of a year (or 6 months).
The tribulation saints will be helpless in the hands
of their adversary—“the antichrist” in “the Great Tribulation” 3 ½ years (or 42
months or 1,260 days).
The saints will be
handed over to him for a time,
times and half a
time.
Dan 7:25b NIV
He will issue a decree to his false prophet to kill
all the saints and people everywhere who refuse “the mark of the beast” and who
refuse to worship “the image of the beast.”
As Prophet Daniel watched in a vision in chapter 7
verses 21 and 22, “the antichrist” was waging war against the saints [the
tribulation saints] and defeating them, until “The Ancient Of Days” came and
pronounced Judgment in favor of the saints of The Most High.
The antichrist would not be able to reach the “the
Elect” which are the 144,000 sealed and protected, in the wilderness (within a
region in Jordan presently known as Petra).
The woman fled into
the desert to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of
for 1,260 days.
Rev 12:6 NIV
When the dragon saw
that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth
to the male child. The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that
she might fly to the place prepared for her in the desert, where she would be
taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent's reach. Then
from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and
sweep her away with the torrent. But the earth helped the woman by opening its
mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.
Rev 12:13-17 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.
He would be a “king of fierce countenance” who
understands “dark sentences” [trickery and craftiness].
And in the latter time
of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce
countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
Dan 8:23 KJV
He will be a rebel—he will come out of the midst of
rebels—he will rise from the midst of ‘the apostate Jews.’
And at the latter end
of their kingdom, when the transgressors [the apostate Jews] have reached the
fullness [of their wickedness, taxing the limits of God's mercy], a king of
fierce countenance and understanding dark trickery and craftiness shall stand up.
AMP
“The antichrist” would be a Jew—apostate Jew!
He will be mighty, but not by his own power;”
his
power is satanic. And his practice is of satan.
He will become very
strong, but not by his own power. He will cause astounding devastation and will
succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men and the holy
people.
Dan 8:24 NIV
He shall destroy wonderfully—he will destroy
astonishingly. He will destroy all who oppose him, for he shall have mighty
armies.
He will corrupt many honest people, which includes
many people in power: kings, princes, rulers, judges, diplomats, ambassadors,
generals and captains, scholars, and even clergymen.
He will prosper and do his own pleasure, he will destroy
the mighty men, and he will devastate God's people.
He will raise his hand against Israel.
Through his policy he shall cause trickery to
prosper in his hand
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. Yet he will
be destroyed, but not by human power.
Dan 8:25 NIV
He shall confirm a covenant with many [peace treaty
with Israel and the Arab states] for seven years but in the middle of it he
will break his pledge and bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And he shall confirm
the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall
cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of
abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that
determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Dan 9:27 KJV
Chapter 8 prophetically reveals him as “the little
horn” which magnified itself to be equal with “The Prince of the host”
He will set up the abomination of desolation. He will set himself in the temple of
GOD, and declare to the world that he is God. This will last for 2,300 evenings
and mornings.
He is a ‘defiler,’ and ‘desolator,’ his armed forces
will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily
sacrifice.
"His armed forces
will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily
sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.
Dan 11:31NIV
He will oppose and
will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that
he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
2 Thess 2:4 NIV
He is referred to as “the invader” who will do as he
pleases.
Revelation 13 reveals that “the false prophet of the
antichrist” will set up “the image of the beast” on his behalf, and with this
he will deceive multitudes in the earth.
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.
Rev 13:14 NIV
By flatteries [smooth words] he will turn to
godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant. But the people who know
THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY will stand their ground; they will stand firm, and resist
him. They shall do exploits.
And such as do
wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that
do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
Dan 11:32 KJV
He will act according to his will.
He shall exalt himself and magnify himself above
every god.
He will prosper only until the period of wrath is
over [till the wrath has been accomplished].
"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
This verse describes the antichrist as a “vile
king.”
He will be a vile person. He will be ‘odd-humored
man,’ rude, unruly, base, sordid, and immoral.
Verse 37 reveals that, he shall regard neither the god
of his fathers, nor have desire for women.
According to 2 Thessalonians 2:4, he 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).
He shall act against the strongest fortresses with a
foreign god, which he shall acknowledge.
He will honor “a god of fortresses,” “a strange god”
‘whom his fathers knew
not.’ And that is himself!
He will honor those who submit to him, appointing
them to positions of authority and dividing the land to them as their reward.
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).
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
Revelation 13 reveals the antichrist as “a
conqueror.”
Isaiah 16:4 reveals him as “the spoiler,” and “the
extortioner.”
II Thessalonians 2:3 exposes him as “the man of
lawlessness.”
In same verse in the King James Version, he is referred
to as “the son of perdition.”
Verse 27 reveals that “the secret power of
lawlessness is already at work.”
He will setup a ‘world government’ administration which
will be headed by a ruthless and salvage "ten horn dictators." His
"New World Order" will seize world-power.
The number of the beast is the number of a man and
it is six hundred threescore and six (666).
The false prophet of the antichrist will force both small
and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive the mark of the beast:
And he causeth all,
both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their
right hand,
or in their foreheads:
And that no man might
buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number
of his name.
Here is wisdom. Let
him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number
of a man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six.
Rev 13:16-18 KJV
The antichrist will slaughter "one fourth"
of the earth's population in just "three and half years" with a war
that is horrific than the mind of men can imagine.
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
Be warned!
The devil controls "the Illuminati"
through “the antichrist,” and through his “mystery of iniquity.” Several
organizations, government administrations, agencies, business groups, institutions,
religious groups, sects, and even churches are part of it.
They are after young talents, and people with skill.
They target the minds of people through entertainment and various social
events. Many have been lured into the kingdom of darkness through the media and
through sports.
“The little horn” which had a man's eyes is “the
antichrist,” as revealed in Daniel 7:8.
The “eye” used by “the Illuminati” as their logo.
Same as what they call ‘Ubique.’
Its meaning is "everywhere," or "we
are everywhere." Implicit in this Latin word is the connotation of “Big
Brother is watching you!” Their all-seeing eye is pervasive. By this, they
speak of a global dominion, and world government.
You may have heard or seen the word: “Big Brother,”
this is what it stands for—this is their aim, their goal—world government.
People in the occult and “the synagogue of satan”
use this same “eye” as their logo. The logo of any group, organization, or
corporation typifies and encapsulates the aims and goals of that group.
Therefore, if you want to know about the aim or objective of any group or
organization, take a look at their “logo” or “symbol.”
Several other mysterious symbols are used for
“unfruitful works of darkness.” Such can be seen in the logo of the Council on
Foreign Relations (CFR), which consists of a blackened circle, and inside the circle,
a naked man riding a white horse.
The Great Seal of the United States, printed on the
one dollar bill, depicts an eagle clutching in its talon arrows with which to
make war. Above the eagle's head are stars mysteriously arranged to form a six-pointed
Jewish Star of David—sign of the synagogue of satan.
Everyone who does evil things hates the light and
avoids it, so that his actions won’t be exposed.
Everyone who does evil
hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will
be exposed. But whoever lives by the Truth comes into the Light, so that it may
be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."
John 3:20-21 NIV
Do not be a part of any group or organization whose
aim or objective is not clearly moral. Your personal conviction alone is not
enough to help you make the right judgment. Seek God always, and let His Word
be the standard for your life.
Whatever is deception is usually contrary to
appearance.
Don’t get caught in the enemy’s deception!
Do not fall for his strong delusion!
The Light of God shines on that which is divinely prompted,
done with God's help or in dependence upon Him.
Be very careful, then, how you live; live purposefully
and worthily and accurately—not as the unwise and witless, but as the wise.
See then that ye walk
circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Redeeming the time,
because the days are evil.
Eph 5:15-16 KJV
Ephesians 5:11 says:
And have no fellowship
with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
God’s Word reveals all these things in prophecy.
But all things that
are reproved are made manifest by the Light: for whatsoever doth make manifest
is Light.
Eph 5:13 KJV
The Prophecy of God’s Word makes manifest. The Light
of His Word reveals all things before time. His Word is unmistakable; it makes
the unknown plain as the nose on your face.
Christ Jesus has promised that His saints who keep
The Word—those who keep His Command to endure patiently, He will keep from “the
hour of trial” which is coming on the whole world. God’s people who patiently
obey Him and long for the appearing of the Great Savior will escape satan’s
wrath which is rapidly moving to engulf this earth.
"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 TLB
WATCH AND PRAY THAT YOU MAY BE COUNTED WORTHY TO ESCAPE THE GREAT
TRIBULATION!!!
We
Must Work Out Our Salvation with Fear and Trembling!!
But ye, brethren, are
not in darkness, that that Day should overtake you as a thief.
For God hath not
appointed us to wrath,
but to obtain
Salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Who died for us, that,
whether we wake or sleep,
we should live
together with Him.
1 Thess 5:4, 9-10 KJV