The Antichrist is a false prophet and evil being who will set himself up against Christ and the people of God in the last days before the Second Coming. Saint John wrote that several antichrists existed already in his day, false teachers who denied the incarnation of Christ. The Antichrist's primary work is deception which is also characterizes Satan in its attempts to undermine the work of God in the world. Satan's deception began in the Garden of Eden and will continue until the end of time. - Gen. 3 -

The Dragon or Serpent of Revelation 12 is Satan, the Serpent mentioned in Genesis 3. Thus the thread of Satan deceptive work may be traced from Genesis through Revelation. That work reaches its climax in the enemy of God (Antichrist) who receives his authority and power from the dragon, Satan. - Rev. 13:4-10 -

The work of Satan through the Antichrist is clearly rooted in the prophecies of Daniel. Daniel spoke of a dreadful beast with ten horns and one little horn. The Ancient of Days will kill the beast and throw it in the fire. Then, according to prophet Daniel, one like the Son of Man will receive the everlasting kingdom. - Dan. 7:7-14 -

The enemy of God, the devil, the Beast(or Antichrist) and the false prophet form a kind of unholy trinity, counterfeiting the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. After much wickedness and suffering has been loosed against Christ and His people, the satanic rebellion will be crushed by the power of God. The beast or antichrist will speak arrogant, boastful words; and he will be aided by False Prophets who will make the entire earth worship him and receive his mark. Those who worship the Antichrist will experience severe and certain doom through the wrath of God. The Antichrist makes war against Christ and His army but he is captured and is "cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone". He is later joined by the Devil; together they "will be tormented day and night forever and ever".

Then I saw another angel, flying high overhead, sent to announce the Good News of eternity to all who live on the earth, every nation, race, language and tribe. He was calling, 'Fear God and praise him because the time has come for him to sit in judgment; worship the maker of heaven and earth and sea and every water-spring'.
A second angel followed him, calling, 'Babylon has fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen, Babylon which gave the whole world the wine of God's anger to drink'. A third angel followed, shouting aloud, 'All those who worship the beast and his statue or have had themselves branded on the hand or forehead, will be made to drink the wine of God's fury which is ready, undiluted, in his cup of anger; in fire and brimstone they will be tortured in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb and the smoke of their torture will go up forever and ever. There will be no respite, night or day, for those who worshipped the beast or its statue or accepted branding with its name'. This is why there must be constancy in the saints who keep the commandments of God and faith in Jesus. Then I heard a voice from heaven say to me, 'Write down: Happy are those who die in the Lord! Happy indeed, the Spirit says; now they can rest forever after their work since their good deeds go with them. - Rev. 14:6-13 -

Then I saw the beast, with all the kings of the earth and their armies, gathered together to fight the rider and his army. But the beast was taken prisoner, together with the false prophet who had worked miracles on the beast's behalf and by them had deceived all who had been branded with the mark of the beast and worshipped his statue. These two were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulphur. All the rest were killed by the sword of the rider which came out of his mouth and all the birds were gorged with their flesh. - Rev. 19:19-21 -

The second battle of the End. When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive all the nations in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, and mobilise them for war. His armies will be as many as the sands of the sea; they will come swarming over the entire country and besiege the camp of the saints which is the city that God loves. But fire will come down on them from heaven and consume them. The the devil, who misled them, will be thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur, where the beast and the false prophet are, and their torture will not stop, day or night, forever and ever. - Rev. 20:7-10 -

Although the apostle Paul does not use the term Antichrist, he surely had the Antichrist in mind when he wrote of the great apostasy or falling away, that would occur before the return of Christ. The Antichrist is also called the lawless one who empowered and inspired by Satan, will lead the final rebellion against God, but will be destroyed at the coming of the Lord Jesus. Saint Paul urges believers to stand firm in the faith and not to be deceived by the Antichrist who will display 'all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders'. - 2Thess. 2:1-12, 2:9-10 -

The main reason the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible discusses the Antichrist is not to encourage idle speculation but to warn believers not to be misled by Satan or Devil deceit.

And Jesus answered them, 'Take care that no one deceives you; because many will come using my name and saying, "I am the Christ" and they will deceive many............ - Matt. 24:1-14 -

If, then, they say to you, "Look, he is in the desert" do not go there; "Look, he is in some hiding place", do not believe it; because the coming of the Son of Man will be like lightning striking in the east and flashing far into the west. Wherever the corpse is, there will the vultures gather. - Matt. 24:26-28 -

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -