- Who is the Antichrist?
The Bible talks the Antichrist.
The Bible talks about the spirit of the Antichrist
and the man, Antichrist.
You know, Martin Luther thought that Pope was the Antichrist.
During 1940s people thought that Hitler was the Antichrist.
Some people thought that Obama was the Antichrist.
Some people thought that Trump was [the] Antichrist.
And so, each new leader that rises up in the world,
everybody thinks they are the Antichrist.
But let's dive into who actually is the Antichrist.
To understand this we have to understand first
that there is a spirit of the Antichrist.
The word Antichrist is used seven times in the Bible.
All of it is used in the epistles of John.
No other epistle or gospels mention the word Antichrist
except Gospel of John.
The term Antichrist simply means against Christ
or instead of Christ.
Antichrist is not an atheist, he is opposed to Christ.
It's a spiritual being.
First and foremost, it's a spirit of an Antichrist.
To understand the spirit of the Antichrist, let's look at
the three things that this spirit of the Antichrist is.
Number one is, Antichrist spirit denies The Father and The Son.
1 John 2:22
"Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ?
He is Antichrist who denies the Father and the Son."
So the spirit of the Antichrist is someone who denies
The Father and The Son.
Number two, the spirit of the Antichrist denies Jesus' coming.
1 John 4:3
This was 2,000 years ago.
John is saying this spirit is already in the world, okay?
So the Antichrist is not just someone who is coming,
that's the man Antichrist, but the Antichrist is a spirit
that's already operating. Who denies Jesus is coming.
Who denies the Son and the Father.
And number three, the spirit of the Antichrist is one and many.
1 John 2:18
So Antichrist is one; in the sense it's going to be
that final one that's going to come but it's also many because
there is a spirit behind the Antichrist that seeks to go
against Christ, seeks to go against the Father
and seeks to deny Jesus' coming on this earth.
Now let us look at the man, Antichrist.
What the Bible talks about the man Antichrist.
Who is going to be. We are going to look at ten truths
or facts concerning the man Antichrist.
Number one is that he will claim to be God
and will seek to be worshiped.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4:
So he will claim to be God and he will seek to be worshiped.
The second thing about the man Antichrist that is coming
is he will blaspheme God.
He will blaspheme God.
Revelation 13:6
So he will openly make fun, mock and blaspheme God.
Number three is that he will display miraculous powers.
Revelation 13:13
So full view of the people.
I wonder how that is going to happen.
I think that is going to happen through media
and through live-streaming.
Number four is Antichrist will come back to life.
In Revelation 13:14 it says:
Revelation 13:12 says
So there is going to be some kind of a miraculous
coming back to life, speedy recovery from fatal wounds
that will cause people even more to worship and adore
and to see him as like this Messiah figure.
Number five is the Antichrist will rule in full authority.
Revelation 13:5
In fact, God is going to be the one to allow that authority
for the Antichrist. He will gain full control of the earth.
He is going to have religion under his belt,
he's going to have world's economies under his fingertips,
and the whole world will be his.
But there will be people of course, who will resist.
There will be people who will cause some trouble because
they are not going to take on his mark,
they are not going to worship him as God,
and of course they will pay for that with their life.
Number six is the Antichrist will control the world's economy.
Revelation 13:16-17:
Now, it interesting. 2,000 years ago, the mark on your hand
or on your forehead was such a foreign topic for them.
What we understand today where our phones have chips,
our credit cards have chips, we have chips in our cars,
and now we are in a place today where we have a mandate
where vaccine passports are being mandated everywhere
and you are not going to be able to travel,
you are not going to be able to even probably go to eat
in some places. That's really the whole thing behind
the mandated vaccines is going into.
And while I don't think that the vaccine is the mark of the beast
but I do think that it's a practice,
it's a rehearsal for one world government - one world system.
I mean, look at how quickly the whole world kind of gave into that
during this pandemic.
Look at how quickly the whole world became united
and every country right now, everybody is concerned
about one thing: masks, COVID, and everything.
And I do not want to downplay the people who are struggling
with it and people who are vulnerable,
and people who even lost their life due to COVID
but I also don't want us to be oblivious to think that the devil
the enemy is not watching this and is not pulling the strings
and is not setting his kingdom eventually by using this
as a dress rehearsal for what he is planning to do on this earth.
Number seven, Antichrist will desecrate God's temple.
Matthew 24:15-21
So it's talking about the greatest tribulation that's coming
and it says that abomination of desolation
standing in the holy place. Meaning where the temple of God
will be desecrated. When the temple of God--
You know, and people have done this before
this is not like the only time when the temple of God was desecrated
but this is linking to a time also where there will be
a great tribulation that has never been seen in the world before.
And so, this most likely you know, different Antichrist
the spirits of this Antichrist that was operating through
different emperors and different kings who would you know,
sit and desecrate the temple of God and now this final dude
is going to come on the scene and he's going to make a mockery
he's going to put himself up as God in the temple,
he's going to be the abomination in the holy place.
And most likely probably going to offer pigs or something
like do something pretty bad to really provoke the Jewish people
to realize this guy is not the Messiah.
He's not who he claims to be.
Number eight is, the Antichrist attempted destruction
of Jerusalem or Israel. Satan and all under his rule
who have sought the destruction of the Jews.
So Antichrist will seek to destroy Israel.
Eventually, he will seek to destroy the Jews.
The devil's always hated the Jewish nation.
From the beginning all the way till now, there's always been
an attack and Antichrist will be no different.
You know, the rumour has it or some people speculate
that Antichrist will be the guy who will be able to bring peace
in the Middle East. The first guy who will be able to bring peace
and the Jewish people will be open to that because
nobody was really able to bring that peace until
the prince of peace, the real Prince of Peace - Jesus Christ
will come. So they will fall short.
They will think that this guy is going to sell them peace
and will accept him as their prince of peace.
And then of course they will be deceived because Antichrist
is not a prince of peace. He is just a fraud.
But let's read concerning this in Daniel 11:40-41.
We see that Satan will seek to destroy Israel.
He will seek to destroy Jerusalem.
He will put himself even in the temple as desecrating that temple.
Number nine is that Antichrist will cause the earth's armies
to fight against Christ.
Revelation 19:19 says:
The last and the final truth about the Antichrist
is his destination. His final destiny will be in the lake of fire.
And we see that:
That is the end for Antichrist.
So, I want to encourage you to give your life to Christ.
The reason why Satan creates an Antichrist is because
of his fear of Christ. Satan is a copycat.
He's not a creator, he's a duplicator.
Jesus Christ is the Savior. Jesus Christ is Lord
and He is coming again. He came first time to die for our sin
He's coming the second time to rule and reign.
He will establish His Kingdom on this earth.
And for those of you who maybe find this a little bit offensive
you know, He's going to come and impose His Kingdom,
it's His earth and He is the rightful King.
And we have a choice to surrender today,
get forgiveness of our sins,
or we will be forced to bow our knees but not in surrender
not voluntarily; and every knee will bow before Him.
But unfortunately, on that day, it could be too late.
And so, choose today to give your allegiance
your heart and your life to Christ if you haven't yet.
If you have, I want to encourage you,
the best days are ahead of you.
The whole Antichrist thing that he's going to build here
the beast, the false teaching and everything it has a shelf-life.
It is going to expire. It's going to come to an end.
He will be thrown into the lake of fire
and we will reign with Jesus Christ.
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