This character is mainly is stated in the books of Daniel, 2 Thessalonians and Revelation. But who is the antichrist and that his role in the end times?
First, let's first see how the Bible defines the Antichrist:
The Bible defines antichrist as the son of perdition, man of sin, as 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4:
"Nobody in any way deceive you, because it will not succeed unless the apostasy comes first and is the man of sin revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and stands against all that is called God or is worshiped , so that he sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself as God. "
It is very important to mention that "son of perdition" was also the term Jesus used to refer to Judas in John 17:12:
"While I was with them I kept them in thy name that you gave me, and kept, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled."
Coincidence? The Bible says that Judas Iscariot was possessed by Satan himself, as Luke 22:3-4:
"Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, and he was dealing with the chief priests and captains how to deliver him."
The Antichrist will also be possessed by Satan himself. So Paul says in 2 Thessalonians 2:7-10:
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only in there until it is put off;and then that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming;to that whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,and with all deceit of unrighteousness in them that perish because they refused to love the truth to be saved.So, Judas Iscariot and the Antichrist are the only ones to be possessed by Satan himself, according to the Bible. In 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 and 7-10 (above), the Bible shows us one of the main features of the Antichrist, which is to oppose everything that is from God, including Christians.
In Daniel 7:8,11,21 and 25-26 are also more characteristics of the antichrist. The Antichrist is described by Daniel as the "little horn":
8. I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom three of the first horns were uprooted, and behold, this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth speaking great things.11. I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain and his body destroyed, and it was given to be burned by fire.21. As I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;25. He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall devour the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand one time and times and half a time.26. But the court will sit in court, and shall take away his dominion, to destroy and to break through.
THE SPIRIT OF THE ANTICHRISTThere is one very important detail that needs to comment on this study. To reach the Antichrist on the world stage successfully, is a necessary psychological preparation of world population so that it is fully accepted upon arrival. Just as there is today spread in the media that the mark would be good, practical and attractive, the same happens in a subliminal way for the antichrist to be accepted as soon as elected leader.
So, as John describes in 1 John 4:2-4, the spirit of antichrist already operates today doing exactly this study, whose aim is to discredit the divinity of Jesus Christ. Some examples:
Teams that claim to have found the supposed tomb with the bones of JesusThe discovery of the "Gospel" of JudasPriests of the church itself by denying the Jewish Holocaust of World War IIThe word antichrist means opposed to Christ, or in opposition to the anointed one. From now on, will be increasingly common this kind of reporting. It is the intensity of the operation of the spirit of the Antichrist rising to culminate in the arrival of the Antichrist in person.
NATIONALITY OF THE ANTICHRISTThe nationality of the antichrist has been one of the biggest issues today. There are only guesses and clues. Let them. Revelation 13:1 says:
"And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rising from the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads a blasphemous name."
This refers to the sea of people who live around the Mediterranean Sea. Hence it takes to be a Gentile, not Jewish. Daniel 8:8-9 reads:
"And the goat waxed very great: but, being the most strong, the great horn was broken, and rose in its place four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. And one of them came forth a little horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south and the east, and toward the pleasant land. "
In Daniel 8, Daniel has a vision of the overlapping Greek Empire to the Persian empire, which suggests that the Antichrist (represented by smaller horn) has partly Greek descent.
Daniel 9:26 refers to the Antichrist as a prince who is to come, which will also mean that the family of the race that destroyed Jerusalem. In history, this lineage is the Roman empire, which suggests that the Antichrist will also have Roman ancestry.
"And after threescore and two weeks will cut the Messiah, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary, and its end will come like a flood, and till the end there will be war; the desolations are determined. "(Daniel 9:26)
Daniel 11:36-37 says that the antichrist will do if the gods of his fathers. The phrase "respect for the God of their fathers" suggests that parents follow the antichrist to Almighty God. This fact suggests that the Antichrist will also have Jewish lineage.
Note: Corrected True King James is the one that gives us the clue of Jewish descent, as it translates the verse to "... respect for the God of their fathers ...". Other translations, such as the King James Version and the NIV, suppress this information and translate the same verse as "respect the gods of his fathers ...", suggesting that the parents of the antichrist already follow false gods instead of God Almighty.
"And the king shall do according to his will, and will rise up, and magnify himself above every god will, and against the God of gods shall speak astonishing things, and shall prosper till the indignation be complete, because it that determined shall be done. Neither shall he regard the God of your fathers, neither shall he regard the love of women, nor regard any god, for he shall magnify himself above all. "(Daniel 11:36-37)
Therefore, the Bible suggests that the Antichrist will seed Greco-Roman-Jewish.
THE GENIUS AND THE POWER OF THE ANTICHRISTIntellectual Genius (Daniel 7:20)Oratorical genius (Daniel 7:20)Political genius (Daniel 11:21)Trade Genius (Daniel 8:25)Military genius (Daniel 8:24)Management genius (Revelation 13:1-2)Religious genius (2 Thessalonians 2:4)
First, let's first see how the Bible defines the Antichrist:
The Bible defines antichrist as the son of perdition, man of sin, as 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4:
"Nobody in any way deceive you, because it will not succeed unless the apostasy comes first and is the man of sin revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and stands against all that is called God or is worshiped , so that he sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself as God. "
It is very important to mention that "son of perdition" was also the term Jesus used to refer to Judas in John 17:12:
"While I was with them I kept them in thy name that you gave me, and kept, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled."
Coincidence? The Bible says that Judas Iscariot was possessed by Satan himself, as Luke 22:3-4:
"Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, and he was dealing with the chief priests and captains how to deliver him."
The Antichrist will also be possessed by Satan himself. So Paul says in 2 Thessalonians 2:7-10:
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only in there until it is put off;and then that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming;to that whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,and with all deceit of unrighteousness in them that perish because they refused to love the truth to be saved.So, Judas Iscariot and the Antichrist are the only ones to be possessed by Satan himself, according to the Bible. In 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 and 7-10 (above), the Bible shows us one of the main features of the Antichrist, which is to oppose everything that is from God, including Christians.
In Daniel 7:8,11,21 and 25-26 are also more characteristics of the antichrist. The Antichrist is described by Daniel as the "little horn":
8. I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom three of the first horns were uprooted, and behold, this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth speaking great things.11. I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain and his body destroyed, and it was given to be burned by fire.21. As I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;25. He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall devour the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand one time and times and half a time.26. But the court will sit in court, and shall take away his dominion, to destroy and to break through.
THE SPIRIT OF THE ANTICHRISTThere is one very important detail that needs to comment on this study. To reach the Antichrist on the world stage successfully, is a necessary psychological preparation of world population so that it is fully accepted upon arrival. Just as there is today spread in the media that the mark would be good, practical and attractive, the same happens in a subliminal way for the antichrist to be accepted as soon as elected leader.
So, as John describes in 1 John 4:2-4, the spirit of antichrist already operates today doing exactly this study, whose aim is to discredit the divinity of Jesus Christ. Some examples:
Teams that claim to have found the supposed tomb with the bones of JesusThe discovery of the "Gospel" of JudasPriests of the church itself by denying the Jewish Holocaust of World War IIThe word antichrist means opposed to Christ, or in opposition to the anointed one. From now on, will be increasingly common this kind of reporting. It is the intensity of the operation of the spirit of the Antichrist rising to culminate in the arrival of the Antichrist in person.
NATIONALITY OF THE ANTICHRISTThe nationality of the antichrist has been one of the biggest issues today. There are only guesses and clues. Let them. Revelation 13:1 says:
"And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rising from the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads a blasphemous name."
This refers to the sea of people who live around the Mediterranean Sea. Hence it takes to be a Gentile, not Jewish. Daniel 8:8-9 reads:
"And the goat waxed very great: but, being the most strong, the great horn was broken, and rose in its place four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. And one of them came forth a little horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south and the east, and toward the pleasant land. "
In Daniel 8, Daniel has a vision of the overlapping Greek Empire to the Persian empire, which suggests that the Antichrist (represented by smaller horn) has partly Greek descent.
Daniel 9:26 refers to the Antichrist as a prince who is to come, which will also mean that the family of the race that destroyed Jerusalem. In history, this lineage is the Roman empire, which suggests that the Antichrist will also have Roman ancestry.
"And after threescore and two weeks will cut the Messiah, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary, and its end will come like a flood, and till the end there will be war; the desolations are determined. "(Daniel 9:26)
Daniel 11:36-37 says that the antichrist will do if the gods of his fathers. The phrase "respect for the God of their fathers" suggests that parents follow the antichrist to Almighty God. This fact suggests that the Antichrist will also have Jewish lineage.
Note: Corrected True King James is the one that gives us the clue of Jewish descent, as it translates the verse to "... respect for the God of their fathers ...". Other translations, such as the King James Version and the NIV, suppress this information and translate the same verse as "respect the gods of his fathers ...", suggesting that the parents of the antichrist already follow false gods instead of God Almighty.
"And the king shall do according to his will, and will rise up, and magnify himself above every god will, and against the God of gods shall speak astonishing things, and shall prosper till the indignation be complete, because it that determined shall be done. Neither shall he regard the God of your fathers, neither shall he regard the love of women, nor regard any god, for he shall magnify himself above all. "(Daniel 11:36-37)
Therefore, the Bible suggests that the Antichrist will seed Greco-Roman-Jewish.
THE GENIUS AND THE POWER OF THE ANTICHRISTIntellectual Genius (Daniel 7:20)Oratorical genius (Daniel 7:20)Political genius (Daniel 11:21)Trade Genius (Daniel 8:25)Military genius (Daniel 8:24)Management genius (Revelation 13:1-2)Religious genius (2 Thessalonians 2:4)
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