is the time of the Antichrist!
article Henri Viaud-Murat.
The Bible teaches us that before the glorious return of Jesus Christ on earth, God will allow a man to be the incarnation of Satan, the Antichrist, has an absolute dictatorship in the world. What are the biblical characteristics of this man, and why do we say we are in the time of its manifestation?
Here is what the apostle Paul wrote to the Thessalonians:
"Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our meeting with him, we beseech you, brethren, do not leave you shaken in common sense, and not be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as us, as if the Lord's day was already there. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that apostasy must have happened before, and we've seen seem the man of sin, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts above all that is called God or is worshiped, sitteth in the temple of God, proclaiming himself God. Do not you remember I told you these things when I was still with you? And now you know what restrains him, he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already requires only that one who holds it has disappeared again. And then shall that wicked, the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming. The coming of the lawless one will be by the power of Satan with all kinds of miracles, signs and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish because they did not receive love of truth and be saved. Therefore God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie, so that all those who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. For you, brethren beloved of the Lord, we must always give thanks to God, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth. This is what he called you by our gospel, that you had the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ "(2 Thess. 2: 1-14).
We know that the "last days" began on the day of Pentecost, in the words of the apostle Peter to the Jews gathered in Jerusalem on that occasion:
"But this is what was said by the prophet Joel: In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh: and your son and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old shall dream dreams. And on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit and they shall prophesy "(Acts 2: 16-18).
The Spirit of God, since Pentecost, is spread over the world, as He had never been before. The Lord Jesus commanded His Church to be filled with His Spirit (Acts 1: 4-8), in order to testify the power of the Spirit.
is the Lord's church is the salt of the earth and light of the world in these dark times of late. If the "last days" began there nearly two thousand years, you can understand that we are today "at the end of the end" of time!
The Bible, in various locations, gives us many signs associated with the end times. All these signs are either made, are being fulfilled before our eyes.
The Lord Jesus compares those signs to the pains of childbirth. The pain increases in frequency and intensity, until of childbirth. That's what the world has witnessed over the last two thousand years: a steady increase in the number and intensity of the signs of the end times.
There have always been wars, famines, plagues and disasters. But their number and intensity never ceased to grow, reaching a climax today.
In this passage already quoted from his letter to the Thessalonians, Paul speaks of the last two signs which must immediately precede the rapture of the Church and the Antichrist:
"Let no man deceive you by any so, for it is that apostasy has happened before, and we've seen seem the man of sin, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts above all that is called God or is worshiped, sitteth in the temple of God, proclaiming himself God. Do not you remember I told you these things when I was still with you? And now you know what restrains him, he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already requires only that one who holds it has disappeared again. And then shall that wicked, the Lord shall consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming "(2 Thess. 2: 3-8).
These last two signs are: apostasy, and the beginning of the appearance of the Antichrist, here named "man of sin, the son of perdition, the adversary, and the ungodly."
Regarding apostasy, it is not necessary to be a prophet to say that Christianity is plunged into apostasy increasingly widespread.
"Apostasy" means "public and voluntary abandonment of the true faith Christian "or" abandonment of Truth. "
Most Christians who apostatize at the end of time, however, are persuaded to be good Christians! They have not "changed his religion." They can even defend their religion firmly Christian. But they abandoned the Truth. They no longer obey the Word of God, they generally know very little. They rejected the Spirit of Truth.
Paul said in the same passage, that "the coming of the lawless one will be by the power of Satan with all kinds of miracles, signs and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish because they received not the love of truth and so be saved. "
If they do not receive the love of truth and be saved because they took pleasure in sin and injustice, and they were hardened to reject the Truth God, when they heard it.
Therefore God Himself will eventually send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie and they are lost!
Beloved, it is crucial if we want to be saved, that we wished fervently in the bottom of our hearts, to know and keep the Truth! For Truth is God Himself is the Lord Jesus, and it is the Word of God, the Bible!
addition to the announcement of apostasy, Paul also says something very important: we'll look the Antichrist before the rapture of the Church!
We will not enter fully into the Antichrist's reign, but we'll look!
This means that at some point in the history of humanity, the Holy Spirit will reveal to His faithful church's existence and identity of the man that will manifest later as the Antichrist.
This man will probably already publicly known. But nobody outside of the Church, will suspect that he is the future Antichrist. Early in his life, it is likely that the man himself will not know what he will later, even if he can feel he has a great destiny.
In any case, the Church will recognize, because it corresponds exactly to the criteria defined by the Bible. So keep your eyes open, because we are in time for the appearance of the Antichrist!
Paul also says that the Antichrist will not manifest itself fully, as "that which prevents him" to occur has not "disappeared".
The only obstacle to the Antichrist is the presence on the land of the true Church, filled with the Spirit. Once the Church has "disappeared" from the earth removed in the air to meet his Lord, then nothing will oppose the manifestation of this "man of sin."
The Rapture of the Church must necessarily occur before the Tribulation of seven years, and that even this abduction that marks the signal of the beginning of the Tribulation.
In the Book of the Apocalypse, the apostle John received the last warning to the churches of Christ. These warnings are the subject of the first three chapters. Then, at the beginning of Chapter 4, we see that John was a kind of kidnapping, which foreshadows the kidnapping of the Church:
"After this I looked, and behold, a door was opened in heaven. The first voice which I heard was like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said up here, and I will show you what must happen in the future. Immediately I was in the Spirit. And behold, there was a throne in heaven, and on the throne sat "(Rev. 4: 1-2).
Moreover, when Jesus speaks to the faithful church of Philadelphia, He made the following promise:
"Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you (word- for-word "of") the hour of temptation which shall come upon the world to experience the inhabitants of the earth "(Rev. 3: 10).
It is unfortunate that James Version translation, which we reproduce here, renders not exactly the original Greek, which clearly states: "I will keep thee from the hour of temptation ..."
The temptation is great deception that will envelop the world, with the advent of the Antichrist. This coming will be the first major ruling of God in a godless world. The faithful church will be kept of the time, because it will be removed before!
Here's what Paul writes about the kidnapping:
"Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in an instant, a blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. Trumpet sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed "(1 Cor. 15: 51-52).
Some argue that this "last trump" is the last trumpet of the Apocalypse 11: 15. It is not possible, because this trumpet resonates long after the beginning of the Tribulation. Everyone knows at this time that the Tribulation is well underway, and there would be the surprise announcement by the Lord.
In fact, this "last trump" is the Feast of Trumpets, as I explained in detail in the article on the Feasts of the Lord, in this same blog.
Immediately after removal of the Church, the Antichrist will receive from God the power to reign on earth for a period of seven years. This period will be divided into two parts of three and a half years. Then the wicked will be destroyed by the Lord Jesus, by the breath of His mouth, His return to earth to reign for a thousand years.
The first half of the Tribulation will begin in a relatively "positive". The Antichrist will enjoy immense popularity. It will help to solve many economic, social, political and international particularly in the Middle East. It will rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.
But He also engaged in the establishment of a dictatorship over all the earth, with the active assistance of the United Nations, in order, of course, to ensure "peace and safety" world. However, the judgments of the Apocalypse will begin at the same time to hit the earth, the global situation became increasingly chaotic.
Antichrist will launch a fierce persecution against all those who are deemed "enemies of society and mankind," especially against all Christians who have not been removed, and who will not accept his mark. He will make war with the "saints" and those who keep the testimony of Jesus, and he will be given to overcome (Daniel 7: 25 and Revelation. 12: 17).
the middle of the Tribulation, he will appear in the rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem to profane it, and for there to be worshiped as God. Jews who have accepted it as their Messiah, will understand immediately that they were deceived. Most open their eyes. So begins the last Jewish Holocaust, the time of "Jacob's distress".
This second half of the Tribulation is called the "Great Tribulation." The divine judgments become cataclysmic. This period will culminate with a large global battle, the battle of Armageddon, which will take place in Israel. When Jerusalem and Israel will be destroyed by the Lord Jesus will return to ask his feet on the Mount of Olives with all His Church. The armies of the Antichrist will be destroyed, and himself be caught and thrown alive into the lake of fire and brimstone.
After a short period of "cleansing" and re-ordering, then begin the millennial reign of the Lord Jesus on earth.
What we can say that the Antichrist must exercise its power for seven years? For this, we must study the prophecies of Daniel.
Daniel received several visions and prophecies, which were to reveal the destiny of the great empires which were to succeed, from antiquity to modern times.
Daniel received first (Daniel 2: 37-45) interpretation of the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar and his great statue, which announces the arrival of four empires: Babylonian, Medo-Persia the Greek empire, and, most terrible, the Roman Empire. He also announced that the Roman Empire will be much later, divided into ten "toes" or kings, whose alliances are fragile. Within days of these kings, God will raise up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, that of Jesus Christ.
This is confirmed by another prophecy of Daniel:
"The first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream, and visions of his head on his bed. Then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of things. Daniel spoke and said: I saw in my vision at night, and behold the four winds of heaven broke loose on the great sea And four great beasts came up from the sea, different from one another. The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings. Until I saw its wings were plucked, and it was lifted from the ground, and stood up on his feet as a man and a man's heart was given. And here's another, a second beast like a bear, and she stood on one side. And it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth and is told as follows: Arise, devour much flesh. After this I saw, and here is another-as a leopard had four wings and flies on his back and the beast had four heads, and domination was given. After that I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible and extraordinarily powerful, and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and crushed, and what remained it trampled with its feet. And it was different from all the beasts that were before her, and it had ten horns. I considered the horns, and behold another horn, a small, mounted in their midst, three of the first were plucked before it. And behold, this horn had eyes like human eyes and a mouth speaking great things "(Daniel 7: 1-8).
The explanation is then given to Daniel
"These great beasts, which are four, are four kings which arise from the earth and the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever and ever and ever. Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was different from them all, extraordinarily terrible teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; she devoured, crushed, and trampled with his feet that remained ; ... and touching the ten horns that were on his head, and touching the other which came up, and before whom three fell; that horn that had eyes and a mouth speaking great things, and whose appearance was greater than that of others. I looked, and this horn made war against the saints, and prevailed against them until the Ancient of Days came, and that the decision was given to the saints of the Most High, and the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom. He says this: The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom on earth will be different from all kingdoms, and devour the whole earth, and trample and crush. And the ten horns are ten kings ... that will arise in the kingdom. And another will arise after them; and it will be different from the former; and tear down three kings. And he shall speak words against the Most High, and devour the saints of the Most High, and think to change the seasons and the law and will be delivered into his hand until a time and times and half time. Sit and trial, and he will take away the dominion, to destroy and to destroy the rest. And the kingdom and dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him "(Daniel 7: 17-27).
These four beasts represent four great world empires also. The first beast, like a lion, is the empire of Babylon. The second beast like a bear is Medo-Persia. The third beast, like a leopard, is the Greek empire of Alexander the Great. The fourth beast, which will crush all the earth is the Roman Empire.
later, Daniel received a new vision, whose explanation is still given to him by the archangel Gabriel
"I'll teach you, what happens after the anger, because there is a time marked the end. The ram you saw, and which had two horns are the kings of the Medes and Persians. The goat is the king of Greece (Alexander the Great), the great horn between his eyes is the first king. The four horns that were raised to replace the broken horn, there are four kingdoms that will rise to this nation, but not with his strength. At the end of their kingdom, when the sinners shall be consumed, there will arise a king, insolent and artful. His power shall be mighty, but not by its own force, it will be incredible devastation, he will succeed in his undertakings, he will destroy the mighty and the holy people. Because its prosperity and success of his tricks, he has the arrogance in his heart, he will destroy many men who lived quietly, and rise against the chief of chiefs, but he shall be broken without the no effort to hand. And the vision of the evenings and mornings, he told is true. For you shut up this vision as it relates to remote times "(Daniel 8: 19-26).
Indeed, the death of Alexander the Great, his empire was divided into four kingdoms. The prophecy then announces the arrival of a "shameless and crafty king." The Syrian king Antiochus Epiphanes, who was also a figure of Antichrist, partially fulfills this prophecy. For the same prophecy also announces the arrival of another "shameless and crafty king" in "time away". This king is the Antichrist.
In Chapter 9 of the Book of Daniel, the prophet receives a special revelation of the end times, which confirms the revelations he had received previously.
"I was speaking, I was praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication to the Lord my God, for the holy mountain of my God, I was speaking in prayer, when the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in a vision came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice . He taught me, and talked with me. He said: Daniel, I am now come to open your mind. When you began to pray, the word is out, and I come to announce to you, because you're a well-liked. Be careful to speak, and understand the vision! Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to stop the infringement, and put an end to sin, to atone for iniquity and bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Holy of Holies. Know therefore and understand, From the moment the speech was announced that Jerusalem will be rebuilt until the Anointed One, the driver, there are seven weeks in sixty-two weeks, the squares and ditches will be restored, but in a troubled time. After sixty-two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself. The people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary, and its end will come like a flood, it is decreed that the devastation will last until the end of the war. It will make a strong alliance with many for one week, and during half the week he shall cease to sacrifice and offering, the devastating commit the most heinous things, until the destruction and what has been resolved based on the devastating " (Daniel 9: 20-27).
As often happens in the biblical prophecies, the prophet in his vision encompasses two periods can be very distant from one another.
Today, the best teachers of the Bible are in agreement on the interpretation of this prophecy of Daniel. The "weeks" mentioned by the prophet are weeks of years.
The archangel Gabriel announced to Daniel that 70 weeks are determined upon his people of Israel and his holy city, Jerusalem, "to stop the infringement, and put an end to sin, to atone for iniquity and bring justice eternal, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the holy of holies. "
is the return in glory of the Lord who will stop all transgressions, to put an end to sin, to atone for iniquity, to bring universal justice on earth, to seal up vision and prophecy , and to anoint the Holy of Holies. These
70 weeks are divided into three parts: the first seven "weeks", sixty-three "weeks", and a final "week".
The first week begins from the moment a "voice" announces that Jerusalem will be rebuilt. This "word" is the edict of King Artaxerxes, allowing Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 2: 1 is used to precisely date this time: the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes.
The first seven weeks, or 49 years is the period that was necessary for the complete rebuilding of the walls and the city of Jerusalem.
this period then added 62 weeks of years or 434 years. At the end of this period, "Anointed" should be removed, and it must not have a successor.
The word "anointed" can also be translated as "Messiah." This prophecy is announcing the "entrenchment", that is to say the sudden death of the Lord Jesus on the cross.
From calculations, have thus demonstrated that between the year of the edict of Artaxerxes, and that of the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus, have passed exactly 483 years, or 7 62 = 69 weeks of years! What a wonderful accuracy of prophecy!
Calculations have shown that even those 483 years have made exactly the same day that the Lord Jesus entered Jerusalem, seated on a colt, to be cheered by the crowd when He was crucified a few days later.
If the doctors of the Law at the time of the Lord Jesus had known the prophecy of Daniel, they would have immediately recognized who this "Anointed One" foretold by the prophet!
The prophecy then announced that "The people of leader who will destroy the city and the sanctuary, and its end will come like a flood, it is decreed that the devastation will last until the end of the war. "
History teaches us that people are the people of Rome, and that the "prince that shall come" is the future Emperor Titus, who destroy the city and the sanctuary in 70 AD. Became emperor Titus was actually brutally taken away by the plague, "as in a flood, after two years of his reign only.
The word translated "head" could also be better translated as "prince". Indeed, Titus was the son of the Emperor Roman Vespasian, and was still the "prince" when he destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple. Similarly, the name "Prince" also applies to the Antichrist, who will be first "prince" before becoming the "king" referred to the Book of Daniel and the Apocalypse.
As for Jerusalem, it would never regain his freedom. Jews were being massacred and deported, as had been predicted the Lord Jesus
"They fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden underfoot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled "(Luke 21: 24).
The "times of the Gentiles" for Jerusalem that had been made June 7, 1967, when Israeli troops took control of the Old City, after the victorious war of six days. Until then, Jerusalem was indeed remained subject to all sorts of oppression and devastation, as announced by the prophecy of Daniel.
The end of the prophecy of Daniel last week announced a 7 year old: "He shall confirm the covenant with many for one week, and during half week it will stop the sacrifice and the offering and the devastating commit the most heinous things, until the destruction and what has been resolved based on the devastating ".
Antichrist begins his reign by making a "covenant with many for one week." The Hebrew term used would be better translated as follows: "it will confirm (or impose) a covenant with many for one week."
This means that an alliance had been concluded earlier, but was never actually implemented, and it will be the Antichrist who will confirm and realized in practice.
This alliance certainly concern the countries involved in the current conflict in the Middle East, especially Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Syria and Jordan.
It should be noted that agreements have been concluded between Israel and the Palestinians (the Camp David agreements of Oslo, Taba agreements, including agreements Annapolis), but these agreements have never been able to be applied nor to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian problem. Only the Antichrist will succeed in solving this problem.
It should be noted that the former Prime British minister Tony Blair was appointed in 2008 "special envoy of the European Union in the Middle East", with the mission to enforce the seven years the "roadmap for peace in the Middle East." This means that the previous peace agreements will be confirmed later in 2015, and they will be the Antichrist.
Here in Daniel 9: 27, that the Prophet's vision is transported directly to the end of time, making a jump of more than one thousand nine hundred years in time between the sixty-ninth and sixty- tenth week of Daniel.
This seventieth and last week is just seven years of the reign of the Antichrist. This rule must start from the rapture of the Church, and from the time the Antichrist will "confirm a covenant with many" for seven years.
It is as if, between the year of the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus, who is also the year of the beginning of the Church, and the year of the rapture of the Church, which is also the year of the coming of the Antichrist, the whole period of the Church was obscured, omitted, "skipped" in the prophecy of Daniel. For this prophecy For Israel and Jerusalem, not the Church.
The Church remained a mystery until the day of Pentecost. Only after that the mystery of Pentecost was fully revealed.
can give an explanation for the fact that Daniel has not received the revelation of the Church. Indeed, in the old covenant, it was Israel who was the principal object of the prophecy. But Israel, for the most part, as a people, did not recognize what it was announced by the prophecy, and rejected their Messiah, Jesus Christ.
As the prophecy received by Daniel announced what would happen to the people of Israel and his holy city, it "fails" the entire period of the Church, to take its course when the Church will disappear from the earth at removal.
Titus was also a figure of Antichrist. He belonged to the Roman people. Similarly, the real Antichrist, who "will make a covenant with many for one week," belong to one of the peoples of the New Roman Empire restored, none other than the current European Union.
The "ten toes" and "ten horns "symbolize the nations which compose this reconstituted Roman Empire. They are also "ten kings that will arise from this new empire at the end of time. These "ten kings" are especially top ten nations that would form the European Union, the final outcome of the Common Market created by the Treaty of Rome in 1958.
Note that another king "pop up" immediately after the first ten kings. He cuts three kings, and will have a tyrannical rule for three and a half years (a time, times and half a time).
This period represents the second half of the Tribulation seven years, which is often referred to as the "Great Tribulation", because this is the time that the Antichrist is revealed in his true satanic nature.
We can here refer to the interesting interpretation of this prophecy that gives an American Christian scholar, who testified that he had long prayed that the Lord reveals the true identity of Antichrist.
According to him, the Antichrist must "arise" is to say "born" on earth, immediately after the first ten "Kings" of the European Union have been established. In 1958, the first six founding countries of the Common Market were France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. In 1972, three other "kings" have joined the first: Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark. Then in 1981, it was the turn of Greece.
The researcher is convinced that the Antichrist, the false Messiah, was born immediately after, in 1982, and should begin to appear "around 2012" at the age of "about thirty years," age at which the Lord Jesus, the true Messiah began His ministry also. We will no doubt have occasion to return in more detail on the identity of the researcher and the interesting results of his research.
In Chapter 11 of the Book of Daniel, the prophet receives further confirmation of previous revelations. Verses 21-45 of this chapter announced both events relatives and events concerning the end times and the Antichrist. Indeed, several passages confirm that this vision is the "end times" (verses 35 and 40).
This is confirmed later by Chapter 12, which speaks of a "time of trouble, such as there had been a point that nations exist." It is indeed the Great Tribulation.
visions of Daniel are fully confirmed by those of the Apocalypse, so that one could define the Book of Daniel as "the Apocalypse of the Old Testament."
In Chapter 6 of the Apocalypse at the beginning of the Tribulation, John sees the Lord opened the first seal, and then appears "a white horse. Its rider had a bow and a crown was given him, and he went forth conquering and to conquer "(verse 2). Some
falsely claim that this is the Lord Jesus. But the Lord did not appear until Chapter 19, also mounted on a white horse.
Satan always tries to imitate God, and the false Messiah, the Antichrist will do everything to imitate the real! This vision marks the beginning of the reign victorious over the Antichrist. He wears bow, allowing it to uncheck the "fiery darts" of Satan (Ephesians 6: 16). While the weapon of the Lord Jesus is the sharp sword cuts both ways, coming out of his mouth (Rev. 19: 15).
We know that the Antichrist will be received by Jews as the Messiah they are waiting. It will therefore exert immense power of seduction to make them believe he is truly the Messiah. It also demonstrates the great spiritual decline of the Jewish people at that time, whose ignorance of the Word of God will make it unable to discern the great seduction to resist.
However, never accept the Jews as their Messiah a man who does not officially come down from the House of David. This will require that the Antichrist can "prove" it is a direct descendant of King David.
Further, the Antichrist is also called the beast rises from the abyss "(Rev. 11: 7). This clearly indicates the origin of the satanic spirit that will eventually have this man completely.
From the beginning, Satan has always sought to be worshiped as God. The manifestation of Antichrist, therefore, represent the culmination of a satanic plan millennium. Satan will one day fill the heart of this man, as he did to Judas at the Last Supper.
"And all the inhabitants of the earth shall worship him, whose name was not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the lamb that was slain" (Rev. 13: 8).
Where will the Antichrist in the Temple of Jerusalem rebuilt in the middle of the Tribulation, to be worshiped as God, then will be made Satan's plan. But he will not have the last word, we know, and his folly will soon be judged.
We find in chapter 13 a very accurate description of the Antichrist:
"Then I saw rise from the sea a beast that had seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. The beast I saw was like unto a leopard, his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death, but his deadly wound was healed. And all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshiped the dragon because he gave authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast, and who can fight against it? And he was given a mouth speaking arrogant words and blasphemies and he was given the authority to act for forty-two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. And there was given unto him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. And all the inhabitants of the earth shall worship him, whose name was not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the lamb that was slain. If anyone has ears, let him hear! If anyone leads into captivity shall go into captivity if anyone kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and faith of the saints. Then I saw rising from the earth a beast, which had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. She exercised all the authority of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in the sight of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he had power to do in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell in the land of make an image to the beast which had the wound of the sword and lived. And there was given to animate the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark in their right hand or on their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell without the mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast. For it is man's number and his number is six hundred sixty-six "(Apocalypse Chapter 13).
This first beast, the Antichrist, rises from the "sea". Often in the Bible, the "sea" is the image of nations and peoples. It may also mean that the Antichrist will be born in a country that actually is an island. If "rising from the sea," then there will not be born in Israel, nor in Bethlehem, even if it is to succeed in proving that he is a "son of David."
This "beast" must have a body of a leopard, feet of a bear and a lion's mouth. It combines in his person the characteristics of the kings of the great empires Ancient described by Daniel: youth, skill and agility of Alexander the Great, the ferocity of kings of Persia and Media, Power of the King of Babylon.
The animal must also be given to head a mortal wound, it healed supernaturally, by a sort of resurrection, or even a real demonic resurrection, to imitate, again, the resurrection of Christ.
This beast will also receive the throne of the dragon, who will give him great authority. This dragon is the "great red dragon" of Apocalypse 12: 3, which is also the "ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world "(Rev. 12: 9).
Satan the Antichrist will give the power to act for 42 months or for three years and half the duration of the second half of the Tribulation. Maybe Satan will take full possession of the Antichrist that from the moment he entered the temple to profane and to be adored.
Then the Antichrist will change completely in character, and fully revealed his true Satanic nature.
This same chapter also presents a second beast, which itself rises from the earth, which is called the False Prophet. In the Bible, the "land" is often associated with the land of Israel. Probably the False Prophet will be a prophet of Jewish origin, but converted to Christianity false, and that will be the leader of the Great Apostate Church of the Antichrist, the Great Prostitute, spiritual Babylon.
It is possible that this False Prophet is the last Pope of Rome, which could be born a Jew and later converted to Catholicism.
In any case, the False Prophet will attest the mission of "god" of the Antichrist. He will play for the Antichrist role played by the prophet John the Baptist for the Lord Jesus. It will bear a great power, and perform all sorts of signs and lying wonders.
He will lead an image of the beast and will kill all those who do not worship the image, and all those who do not accept the "mark of the beast."
The Greek word translated "mark" is the word "charagma," meaning "gall, small injury." The first letter of the Greek word is the X (chi), which resembles a capital X. This mark will be affixed by means of a small "scratch" in the forehead or right hand. It corresponds to the injection the micro-electronic chip implanted.
It is interesting that the American company that manufactures this chip just change the name of this chip. It was formerly called "VeriChip". It has been renamed "Xmark! We therefore used the capital X from the Greek word "charagma" associated with the word "brand"! This can not be more clear about the future intention of the inventors of this chip!
, no one can buy or sell without this mark. The whole world will be controlled by a diabolical system using all the latest technology. These technologies are fully developed now, and it's missing is the political decision to implement them.
Certain provisions of the draft Health Act promoted by the Obama plan, moreover, that the entire U.S. population will begin to receive the implantable chip from 2013. The reasons are, of course, reasons of security and public health.
Be certain that marketing and promotion of this chip will be particularly well cared for, so that the great mass of people will be happy to be "chipped"! Later, when the chip becomes mandatory, it does not ask problem for a minority of "antisocial refractory, particularly Christians who have not been removed. For the faithful church will be removed, of course, before that mark made compulsory for all. This
Chapter 13 ends with the revelation of the famous number 666, which is the "number of the name" the Beast. This means that the name (or name) of the Beast, transcribed in Greek, must represent the numerical value of 666. Indeed, the Greeks used letters of the alphabet, counting, and each letter is associated with a number. This will be another means of recognition the identity of the Antichrist.
It is well known now that the global bar code already includes the rag 666, which is encoded on all products currently on the market. This means that the perpetrators of this system knew very well what they were doing and who they worked!
Chapter 17 of the Apocalypse reveals another important aspect of the Antichrist.
"And the angel said to me: Why marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and the beast that carries her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. The beast that thou sawest was, and it is no more. It must rise from the abyss and go to perdition. And the inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life, marvel to behold the beast, because it was, and is no longer , and yet is. Here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. They are also seven kings: five are fallen, one is, the other is not yet come, and when he comes he must remain a short time. And the beast that was, and is not, is itself eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings one hour with the beast. They have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast. They fight against the Lamb and the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and called, chosen and faithful who are with him also shall overcome. And he said unto me, The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages. The ten horns you saw and the beast will hate the prostitute, to ruin and will bare, eat her flesh and burn her with fire. For God hath put in their hearts to execute his plan and execute one mind, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth "(Rev. 17: 7-18).
The Beast is given, supported by the "woman", which is described elsewhere as the Great Prostitute, spiritual Babylon, the false church of Antichrist. The fact
the false Messiah masquerading as the real implies an important consequence: that spiritual Babylon will necessarily apostate Christian Church, who will try to gather around her all the religions of the world, within a broad movement ecumenical.
The apostle John says elsewhere:
"Little children, it's the last time: and as ye have heard that Antichrist cometh, even now many antichrists whereby we know that this is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not ours because they had been of us, they would have remained with us, but this happened so it was clear that not all of us "(1 John 2: 18-19).
By this we can understand that the Antichrist will pose as a Christian, but eventually "get out of the middle" of true Christians. It was the same for him who gave Jesus, the apostle Judas. The Antichrist will be a modern Judas.
The greatest danger comes not only spiritual current of Islam, or any other religion, nor New Age. But the greatest spiritual danger is from the false Christian Church apostate.
No practicing Muslim will never bow to a man to recognize God. No Jew or any true Christian would not do either. In contrast, "false" Christians, "false" Jews and "fake" Muslims (that is to say all those who are lukewarm, non-practicing or apostate) can easily be deceived by the Antichrist, while at least initially, until they are also destroyed.
Indeed, in the future plan of the Antichrist, there are three people "annoying" to eliminate as a priority of the land: Christians, Jews and Muslims. For it is through these that the Antichrist will be most difficult to be worshiped as God.
It is also curious that the hatred of Satan is exerted primarily against the three families from Abraham. But in his Machiavellian cunning, the devil is in the process to work for a maximum of "Christians, Jews and Muslims kill each other, which will facilitate the future task of the Antichrist.
The (fake) "Christians" and the (false) "Jews" who control the New World Order are now understood to priority the Muslims, starting with the most radical Islamists.
Secondly, the "Christians" will turn against the "Jews" in an attempt to destroy them before the "Christians" of the spiritual Babylon were finally exterminated themselves by the armies of the Antichrist.
is one of the reasons for wars, Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan, have been or are being conducted by the leaders (Christians) of the New World Order, with the avowed aim eliminate the "Islamist terrorist threat . But the real objective, to facilitate the coming of the Antichrist is to destroy the power of peoples and countries radical Muslims.
However, Bible prophecy shows that the Antichrist will not come from Islam, because it must be recognized as the Messiah of Israel. It must play its true role of "Judas" from the Lord Jesus.
The Antichrist will be a "son of David", falsely converted to Christ and Judas as renegade.
is also why the head of this "woman" (spiritual Babylon) is clearly located in the city of Rome. It is mentioned that this woman is "sitting on seven mountains, which are the seven hills of Rome. The last verse of this chapter also says that this woman is "the great city which reigns over the kings of the earth."
But at the time of the apostle John, this great city was the city of Rome. This city has taken great importance since the signing of the Treaty of Rome Treaty which began to restore the Roman Empire at the end of time, and also by the fact that Rome is the seat of the Vatican.
The same chapter states that the seven heads of the beast are seven kings: "Five have fallen, one is, the other is not yet come, and when he comes he must remain a short time. "
The meaning of this prophecy. The Beast is the heir to all the major world empires past. The five kings who have fallen are the five ancient world empires: the empire Egyptian, Assyrian Empire, Babylonian Empire, Medo-Persia and the Greek empire. The king "who are" at the time of John, the Roman Empire. And the king who has not yet come "is the Roman Empire of the Antichrist reconstituted in our time modern.
This last king, when he comes, will not actually that short time, that is to say, seven years before being destroyed by the Lord.
The Beast itself is an "eighth king". This means that it will arise from one of the countries that make up the 'seventh head, "the new Roman empire restored. The Beast will be supported by the "ten kings" who will receive the authority "for an hour with the beast," that is to say for a very short time scale of biblical chronology.
These ten kings and the Beast, after relied on the "woman" for themselves in power, will end up hating the Prostitute, and completely destroy before being destroyed themselves by the Lamb of God, His return to earth.
At the end of the battle of Armageddon, the Beast and False Prophet will be taken and thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur (Rev. 19: 20). They will be joined by the devil at the end of the Millennium (Rev. 20: 10).
In conclusion and in summary, we can trace the outlines of a sort of "biblical portrait" of the Antichrist:
It must be born in one country of the present European Union, immediately after the onset of ten "early kings' of this Union.
It must first be a prince who became a king. We must take this statement literally.
must claim a direct lineage back to King David, which will allow it to be recognized as the Messiah by the Jews.
It must also be a member of the Christian Church apostate, on which he will use to access the global power after the rapture of the Church faithful. But it will eventually destroy the apostate church that has supported.
His personality must refer to the nature of a leopard, a bear and a lion vivacity, intelligence, cunning, ferocity, irresistible power, skill, courage, impetuosity ... It will be even before his reign, very People.
must receive all the supernatural power of the great red dragon, the devil, who will eventually own it completely.
must exercise great authority over the world, and show great political skills, military and diplomatic point of confirming and impose at the beginning of his reign, which had an important alliance not been applied so far. It must receive
head a mortal wound which he miraculously heal.
It must allow the rebuilding of the Temple of Jerusalem, where he will be proclaiming God. It will then undertake the annihilation of the Jews who refuse to worship.
It must be defeated at the battle of Armageddon, and be thrown alive into the lake of fire and brimstone.
We are convinced that the Church of Jesus Christ, right now, seeing the forthcoming Antichrist. It is therefore possible, even probable, that the first four points of this list are already made today. This means that the Holy Spirit will confirm very soon to all the faithful church what is the real identity of the Antichrist!
We're on the eve of great changes and new world, whether in terms of climate, in terms of natural calamities, disasters, calamities and wars, in terms of the explosion of occultism , New Age and immorality.
This year 2011, barely begun, has already seen and will probably still many confirmations of the proximity of the return of the Lord Jesus. Let us hear the voice of the Holy Spirit! Watching world events! As time goes by, more things will be clear to the church that has eyes to see and ears to hear!
Above all, we still insist on the urgent need for all Christians, to sanctify and prepare for the very next Lord's return. Jesus is coming off a bride without wrinkle or blemish, or any such thing! He alone was able to create in this state, granting him a new birth, and He alone can keep it that way, before making it appear before God His Father!
"May the God of peace sanctify you itself entire, and that your whole spirit, soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ! He who calls you is faithful and he will "(1 Thessalonians 5: 23-24).
To God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, all the honor and glory through the Holy Spirit!
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