THE ANTICHRIST
REVELATION 13:1-10
INTRODUCTION:
FOR THE LAST TWO OR THREE MESSAGES WE’VE BEEN LOOKING AT ELEMENTS OF THE LAST DAYS THAT WILL HAPPEN AROUND THE TIME OF THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH AND BEFORE
THE TRIBULATION. THE TRIBULATION PERIOD DOES NOT START IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH, AND DURING THIS TIME WE COULD SEE THE BATTLE OF GOG AND MAGOG, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW ROMAN EMPIRE, IN WHICH MOST OF EUROPE AND PARTS OF ASIA WILL BE DIVIDED INTO TEN DIFFERENT REGIONS WITH TEN KINGS.
THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE PERSON WHO WE WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT TODAY, AND HIS RISE TO POWER, IS THE THIRD AND FINAL ELEMENT THAT MUST BE IN PLACE BEFORE THE TRIBULATION PERIOD CAN BEGIN. THIS PERSON IS WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS THE “ANTI-CHRIST.
NOW A LOT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL, SOME FROM THE MOVIE SCREEN, AND THROUGH BOOKS AND SOME TELEVISION. I THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THAT MUCH OF THIS INFORMATION IS MISLEADING AND LEADS TO WRONG CONCLUSIONS. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO TODAY IS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS, AND GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES ON THIS ISSUE.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ONE MAN WITH THE POWER TO RULE THE WORLD. SOME HAVE COME CLOSE, AND RULED GREAT PORTIONS OF EUROPE AND ASIA, BUT NOONE HAS EVER COME CLOSE TO RULING THE ENTIRE WORLD. ONLY RECENTLY WOULD PEOPLE EVER CONSIDER THE POSSIBLITY EXISTED FOR SOMEONE TO RULE THE WORLD.
IN THE LAST THIRTY TO FIFTY YEARS THOUGH, OUR WORLD HAS INDEED BECOME MUCH SMALLER BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY. TODAY A PERSON CAN BE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD NOW IN JUST A FEW HOURS. WE CAN COMMUNICATE INSTANTLY THROUGH THE USE OF SATALLITES AND THE INTERNET. WE NO LONGER LIVE IN ISOLATION. THE POSSIBILITY OF A WORLD RULED BY ONE MAN NOW IS GREATER, AND DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IF HE COMES FROM EUROPE.
LET’S BEGIN BY TAKING CARE OF THE MAIN MISCONCEPTION ABOUT THE ANTI-CHRIST.
THE NUMERICAL IDENTIFICATION METHOD: NOW IN THE NUMERICAL IDENTIFICATION METHOD, PEOPLE FEEL THAT IF YOU APPLY THE PROPER NUMERICAL METHOD TO A NAME YOU WILL COME UP WITH A NUMBER. WHAT YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR IS THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO ADDS UP TO 666, WHICH IS GIVEN IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION AS THE MARK OF THE BEAST.
LET ME TELL YOU IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT NO SUCH METHODS EXIST. IT IS POSSIBLE TO TAKE ANYONE’S NAME, AND EVENTUALLY COMING UP WITH THE PROPER FORMULA TO GET THAT NAME TO EQUAL 666.
LET ME ILLUSTRATE. IN THIS FORMULA A=101, B=102, ETC, FOR THE REST OF THE LETTERS. SO USING HITLER’S NAME AS AN EXAMPLE H=107, I=108, T=119,L=111, E=104, R=117, AND THEY EQUAL 666. DO YOU KNOW WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS FORMULA. IT WILL ONLY WORK ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIX LETTERS IN THEIR LAST NAME. I CHECKED OUR CHURCH BY THE WAY AND NONE OF YOU FIT THE BILL. THERE ARE INNUMERABLE WAYS TO MAKE A NAME EQUAL 666. ADD A TITLE, SPELL IT IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE, MIS-SPELL THE NAME. ANYTHING CAN MAKE A NAME EQUALL 666 IF YOU WANT IT TO EQUAL 666.
ANOTHER MISCONCEPTION ABOUT THE ANTICHRIST IS THAT IT WAS JOHN F. KENNEDY. WELL, KENNEDY WON 666 VOTES AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN 1956 AND LOST. HE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD AS WILL HAPPEN TO THE ANTI-CHRIST. THERE ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVED THAT KENNEDY WOULD COME OUT OF HIS CASKET AS IT LAY IN STATE IN WASHINGTON.
WHAT THEY DON’T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ARE THESE TWO IMPORTANT FACTS. THE ANTI-CHRIST WILL NOT BE NORTH AMERICAN. ALSO IF IT WERE KENNEDY THE TIMING IS WRONG. THE WORLD SHOULD HAVE ENDED 3 ½ YEARS AFTER HE WAS SHOT, WITH THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON, AND WE’ED BE LIVING IN THE MILLENNIUM NOW. NONE OF THIS HAS HAPPENED.
POINT ONE: WHAT THEN DO WE KNOW ABOUT HIM?
WELL LET ME START YOU OUT WITH A COUPLE OF TRIVIA QUESTIONS:
1. WHO ARE THE ONLY TWO CHARACTERS IN THE BIBLE NAMED “THE SON OF PERDITION?”
2. WHO ARE THE ONLY TWO CHARACTERS IN THE BIBLE THAT SATAN HIMSELF IS THOUGHT TO POSSESS?
THE ANSWER TO BOTH QUESTIONS IS THE SAME: JUDAS ISCARIOT (JOHN 13:26-27)
THE ANTI-CHRIST. (2 THESS. 2:3)
JOHN 13:26-27:
Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon. 27 As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. “What you are about to do, do quickly,” Jesus told him,
2 THESS 2:3-4:
3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4 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.
THE SON OF PERDITION MEANS “THE ONE DOOMED TO DESTRUCTION”, OR “AN ABANDONED CHARACTER, ONE UTTERLY LOST AND GIVEN OVER TO EVIL.” WHILE YOU WILL NOT FIND ANYWHERE IN SCRIPTURE A DIRECT STATEMENT THAT SAYS THAT SATAN DID INDWELL THE ANTI-CHRIST, SOME THEOLOGIANS DEFINITELY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN REVELATION CHAPTERS 12 AND 13.
THE NAME FITS BOTH MEN, AS JUDAS OPENLY REVOLTED AGAINST JESUS AT HIS FIRST ADVENT, AND THE ANTI-CHRIST WILL OPENLY REVOLT AGAINST CHRIST AT HIS SECOND ADVENT. THERE PUNISHMENT WILL BE THE SAME AS WELL. NOW UNFORTUNATELY THE WORLD WILL NOT KNOW HIM UNTIL HE IDENTIFIES HIMSELF AFTER THE RAPTURE.
2 THESS 2:5-8:
Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.
PHYSICALLY:
PHYSICALLY WE KNOW THAT THE ANTI-CHRIST WILL BE A MALE, OF EUROPEAN DESCENT, PARTICULARLY FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION. DANIEL’S VISION IN CHAPTER SEVEN RECOGNIZES A LITTLE HORN COMING FROM THE MIDST OF THE TEN HORNED CREATURE.
DANIEL 7:7-8:
After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.
8 “While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke boastfully.
PHYSICALLY WE ALSO KNOW FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION THAT THE ANIT-CHRIST WILL RECEIVE SOME FORM OF HEAD WOUND. SOME FEEL THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN CLOSE TO THE HALFWAY MARK OF HIS REIGN, OR MID-TRIBULATION PERIOD.
REVELATION 13:3:
And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. 2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. 3 One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was astonished and followed the beast.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT LITERALLY THIS WILL BE A “HANDSOME DEVIL”.
DANIEL 7:20: I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and about the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell—the horn that looked more imposing than the others and that had eyes and a mouth that spoke boastfully.
POINT TWO: WHAT ABOUT THE PERSONALITY OF THE ANTI-CHRIST?
HE WILL BE A CHARISMATIC LEADER:
DAN:7:7-8,25:
After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns. 8 “While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke boastfully.
25 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.
HIS PERSONALITY IS GOING TO BE ENHANCED BY HIS SPEAKING ABILITY. AN EXPRESSION THAT IS OFTEN USED TO DESCRIBE A PERSON SUCH AS THIS IS A “SILVER-TONGUED DEVIL”. HIS ORATORY SKILLS WILL BE ABLE TO SWEEP MILLIONS AND CATCH THE ATTENTION OF THE WORLD.
THE SCRIPTURES ALSO GIVE INFORMATION AS TO WHAT THE ANTI-CHRIST WILL BE SAYING. HE WILL SPEAK BLASPHEMIES AGAINST GOD.
REVELATION 13:5-6:
The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty-two months. 6 He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.
THE ANTI-CHRIST WILL PROMISE PEACE WHILE PREPARING FOR WAR. JUST AS HITLER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE EMOTIONAL CONDITION OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE THROUGH HIS SPEECHES, SO TOO WILL THE ANTI-CHRIST ARISE TO CONTROL THE WORLD.
ARTHUR W PINK SHARES SOME INSIGHTFUL IMPRESSIONS AS HE WROTE:
SATAN HAS HAD FULL OPPORTUNITY AFFORDED TO HIM TO STUDY FALLEN HUMAN NATURE…. THE DEVIL KNOWS FULL WELL HOW TO DAZZLE PEOPLE BY THE ATTRACTION OF POWER…. HE KNOWS HOW TO GRATIFY THE CRAVING FOR KNOWLEDGE…. HE CAN DELIGHT THE EAR WITH MUSIC AND THE EYE WITH ENTRANCING BEAUTY…. HE KNOWS HOW TO EXALT PEOPLE TO DIZZYING HEIGHTS OF WORLDLY GREATNESS AND FAME, AND HOW TO CONTROL THE GREATNESS SO THAT IT MAY BE EMPLOYED AGAINST GOD AND HIS PEOPLE.
ONE DAY THIS CUNNING WORLD LEADER WILL USE HIS MANIPULATIVE ABILITY TO SUCCEED WHERE ALL DIPLOMATS HAVE FAILED. HE WILL RESOLVE THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT.
HE WILL HAVE AN INTIMIDATING PRESENCE:
NOW THE FOUR MAJOR KINGDOMS OF DANIELS GREAT STATUE IN CHAPTER TWO, ARE DESCRIBED AS ANIMALS IN CHAPTER SEVEN THE FIRST SEVEN VERSES. THE ANIMALS ARE A LION, BEAR, LEOPARD, AND THE FOURTH IS NOT NAMED. NOW IN REVELATION 13:2 ALL THESE CHARACTERISTICS ARE ROLLED INTO ONE.
REV. 13:2: The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
NOW SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, YOU REMEMBER WE HAD A CHIPMUNK IN THE SANCTUARY. EVERYONE NOTICED IT. HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU THINK WE WOULD BE INTIMIDATED BY A BEAST THAT HAD THE COMBINED CHARACTERISTICS OF A LION, BEAR AND LEOPORD.
IN PRESIDENT OBAMA’S ELECTION WE SAW CHARISMA AT WORK. NOW. DOES ANYONE TALK ABOUT ANY POLITICAL FIGURE WITH THE SAME EXCITEMENT AS OBAMA. PEOPLE FOLLOW CHARISMA AND INTIMIDATION. THAT’S WHAT MAKE A BULLY SO POWERFUL, AND WILL DO THE SAME FOR THE ANTI-CHRIST.
HE WILL BE A CRUEL LEADER:
LISTEN TO WHAT DANIEL SAYS ABOUT THE COMING WORLD LEADER.
DANIEL 7:23-25:
He gave me this explanation: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it. 24 The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings. 25 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.
THE “SILVER-TONGUED DEVIL” FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS THAT BROUGHT ABOUT PEACE IN THE MIDDLE—EAST, ALLOWED THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM ON THE VERY SPOT WHERE THE “ROCK OF THE DOME” NOW EXISTS, SAVED THE WORLD FROM “CRISIS” NOW BECOMES THE AUTHOR OF UNSPEAKABLE “CRISES” FOR THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS OF THE TRIBULATION.
DANIEL TEACHED THAT HE IS GOING TO DEVOUR THE WHOLE WORLD. HE WILL BREAK IT TO PIECES. WHAT CAUSES THE ANTI-CHRIST TO MAKE SUCH A CHANGE AND UNLEASH SUCH CRUELTY? I THINK THE MAIN ANSWER IS GOD.
REVELATION CHAPTER 12 SPEAKS ABOUT THE GREAT UPRISING IN HEAVEN AND SATAN AND HIS ANGELS ARE CAST FROM IT. NOW THE GREAT DEBATE ABOUT THIS PASSAGE IS WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN? I DON’T WANT TO ENTER THAT DEBATE NOW, BUT AN INTERESTING CONCLUSION DID COME FROM IT THAT IS NOT INFLUENCED BY THE TIMING OF WHEN IT OCCURRED.
IT IS SUGGESTED BY SOME THEOLOGIANS THAT SATAN ACTUALLY ENTERED THE BODY OF THE ANTI-CHRIST AND TOOK IT OVER. NOW SCRIPTURE DOES SPEAK OF PEOPLE BEING TAKEN OVER BY DEMONS, AND THAT THE DEVIL DID ENTER INTO JUDAS ISCARIOT AS WE SAW EARLIER, SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE ANTI-CHRIST AS WELL.
THERE IS A RADICAL CHANGE IN CHARACTER IN THE SECOND PART OF THE TRIBULATION. HE IS ABLE TO PERFORM “COUNTERFEIT MIRACLES” THAT HE COULDN’T DO BEFORE. THIS WOULD ALSO INSTILL IN HIM AN INTENSE HATRED FOR GOD AND HIS FOLLOWERS.
WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE PEOPLE COME TO CHRIST DURING THE TRIBULATION, AND THE FULL POWER OF THE ANTI-CHRIST WILL BE TURNED AGAINST THEM. THERE WILL BE NO INTERVENEING POWER OF THE CHURCH TO PRAY IN INTERCESSION FOR THEM.
THE WORD “PERSECUTE” IN DANIEL 7:25 MEANS LITERALLY TO “WEAR OUT”. WE USE THE WORD TO DESCRIBE THE WEARING OUT OF GARMENTS. JUST AS CLOTHES WEAR OUT GRADUALLY THROUGH USE AND RELEGATED TO HEAVIER DIRTIER USE AS THEY GET OLDER, BECAUSE WE DON’T CARE IF THEY ARE DESTROYED, THAT SAME SLOW TORTUREOUS END IS GOING TO BE THE FATE OF MANY PEOPLE, IF NOT ALL , WHO COME TO CHRIST DURING THE TRIBULATION AT THE HANDS OF THE ANTI-CHRIST.
POINT THREE: WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW ABOUT HIM?
IF WE LOOK AT THE ANTI-CHRIST FROM A POLITICAL, NATIONAL, SPIRITUAL, AND PROVIDENTIAL VIEWPOINT WE CAN LEARN EVEN MORE ABLOTU HIM.
POLITICALLY:
POLITICALLY HE WILL BE INCONSPICUOUS AS HE RISES TO POWER. HE WILL BEGIN AS ONE OF THE MINOR POLITICIANS OR ECONOMISTS, SOME FIELD THAT WILL LEAD TO POLITICAL POWER. HE WILL NOT MAKE A BIG SPLASH. HE WILL BE THE LITTLE HORN THAT BECOMES THE BIG HORN.
REVELATION 13:1: And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.
NOW THE SEA IN BIBLICAL IMAGERY STANDS FOR A NUMBER OF THINGS. HERE IN REV. 13 IT STANDS FOR THE GENERAL MASS OF HUMANITY, OR MORE SPECIFICALLY THE GENTILE NATIONS.
REVELATION 17:15: Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.
THE ANTI-CHRIST WILL RISE OUT OF A SEA OF COMMON HUMANITY, JUST AS DID HITLER AND NAPOLEON.
SPIRITUALLY:
PAUL SPEAKS ABOUT THE BLASPHEMY OF THE ANTI-CHRIST IN 2 THESS. 2:4:
2 THESSALONIANS 2:4: 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.
NOW THE INTERESTING THING IS THIS. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BELIEVE HIM. REMEMBER HE WILL BE ABLE TO PERFORM “COUNTERFEIT MIRACLES”, HE WILL BE A SKILLED SPEAKER, WITH A CHARISMATIC PERSONALITY, AND NOT BAD ON THE EYES EITHER.
REVELATION 13:8: All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.
PROVIDENTIALLY:
SOMEONE ASKED MOTHER THERESA WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO SAY TO JESUS WHEN SHE SAW HIM. SHE REPLIED “I WILL THANK HIM FOR SAVING ME, AND THEN SAY YOU’VE GOT A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO.”
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT FEELS THAT WE WANT GOD TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE THINS HE DOES. WE DON’T UNDERSTAND HIS WAYS. WE ARE FINITE WITH FINITE MINDS AND CAN’T UNDERSTAND GOD’S WAYS. WE DON’T UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD.
THE FACT IS THAT GOD ALLOWS SATAN MOVEMENT ON THE EARTH. THE BOOK OF JOB TEACHES US THAT SATAN WENT TO GOD FOR PERMISSION TO TEST JOB. GOD ALLOWED THIS IN ORDER TO SHOW GOD’S SUSTAINING POWER.
THE ANTI-CHRIST IS NOT EQUAL TO GOD, AND DOES NOT HAVE ABSOLUTE POWER TO DO ANYTHING HE WISHES. TWICE IN REVELATION 13 WE READ THE WORDS, “AND HE WAS GIVEN,”
REV. 13:5-7:
The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty-two months. 6 He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. 7 He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.
WHO GAVE HIM THE POWER TO EXERCISE HIS AUTHORITY, AND TO MAKE WAR? CERTAINLY NOT SATAN, ALTHOUGH HE HAS GREAT POWER. IT’S A HARD THING TO UNDERSTAND, ESPECIALLY IN THE LIGHT OF THE CRUELTY OF THE LAST DAYS, BUT THESE DAYS ARE BEING ORCHASTRATED BY GOD, JUST AS HE HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF THIS WORLD FROM IT’S CREATION. THE ANTI-CHRIST WILL BE ABLE TO CREATE TERRIBLE HAVOC AND CHAOS, BUT ULTIMATELY GOD IS STILL GOD, AND NO ENEMY OF HIS WILL GO BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES HE SETS.
POINT FOUR: WHAT IS HIS PROGRAM?
HE WILL MAKE PEACE BETWEEN THE ARABS AND ISRAEL. HE WILL DO THIS DURING THE FIRST THREE AND A HALF YEARS OF HIS RULE. HE WILL THEN BREAK THE PEACE COVENANT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION.
HE WILL SET HIMSELF UP TO BE WORSHIPPED AND BE SEEN AS THE LEADER OF THE WORLD. HE WILL ASSASSINATE THREE OF THE TEN LEADERS OF REGIONS TO ESTABLISH HIS NEW POSITION.
HE WILL ESTABLISH “THE MARK OF THE BEAST”. ANYONE WHO DOES NOT BEAR THIS MARK WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BUY OR SELL IN THE WORLD’S ECONOMY. IF YOU ACCEPT THIS MARK YOU WILL HAVE CHOSEN TO FOLLOW THE ANTI-CHRIST, AND WILL HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER GOING TO HEAVEN. THE TECHNOLOGY FOR SUCH A MARK IS NOW AVAILABLE.
HE WILL DESCECRATE THE TEMPLE THAT HE WILL SET UP AS PART OF THE PEACE COVENANT WITH ISRAEL. THIS IS CALLED THE “ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION” AND WILL USHER IN THE GREAT TRIBULATION.
LASTLY THE ANTI-CHRIST WILL BE DESTROYED WHEN JESUS COMES TO BATTLE THE ANTI-CHRIST AND HIS ARMIES, AT THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON.
ALL THIS WILL HAPPEN DURING THE PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS THAT WE CALL THE “TRIBULATION”
CONCLUSION:
GARY FRAZIER GIVES THIS POSSIBLE SCENARIO THAT WILL ONE DAY COME TRUE, POSSIBLY EVEN NOW AS I SPEAK:
SOMEWHERE AT THIS MOMENT THERE MAY BE A YOUNG MAN GROWING TO MATURITY. HE IS IN ALL LIKLIHOOD A BROODING, THOUGHTFUL YOUNG MAN. INSIDE HIS HEART, HOWEVER IS A HELLISH RAGE. IT BOILS LIKE A CALDRON OF MOLTEN LEAD. HE HATES GOD. HE DESPISES JESUS CHRIST. HE DETESTS THE CHURCH. IN HIS MIND THERE IS TAKING SHAPE THE FORM OF A DREAM OF CONQUEST. HE WILL DISINGENIOUSLY PRESENT HIMSELF AS A FRIEND OF CHRIST AND THE CHURCH. YET…. HE WILL, ONCE EMPOWERED, POUR OUT HELL ITSELF ONTO THIS WORLD. CAN THE WORLD PRODUCE SUCH A PRODIGY? HITLER WAS ONCE A LITTLE BOY. STALIN WAS A LAD. NERO WAS A CHILD. THE TENDERNESS OF CHILDHOOD WILL BE SHAPED BY THE DEVIL INTO THE TERROR OF THE ANTICHRIST.
THIS SERMON SURE HASN’T GIVEN A LOT OF GOOD NEWS HAS IT. WELL HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS NOW.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE ANTI-CHRIST. THE SCRIPTURE TEACHES THAT HE WILL COME TO POWER ONLY AFTER THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH. IF YOU ARE A BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN NOW, YOU WILL BE RAPTURED INTO THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST AND ONLY BE AROUND THE ANTI-CHRIST TO SEE HIS DEFEAT AT ARMAGEDDON. YOU WILL BE PART OF THE ARMY OF GOD THAT WILL BE VICTORIOUS IN THAT GREAT BATTLE.
YOU HAVE A CHANCE NOW TO FOREVER CHANGE YOUR FUTURE. WHAT WILL YOU DO?
