II. Characteristics of the Antichrist and False Prophet, the Coming One-World Ruler
II. Characteristics of the Antichrist and False Prophet, the Coming One-World Ruler
1. He will brainwash people. “Wear out is the Hebrew “bela” and means to wear out in a mental sense only.|“And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High,... (Daniel 7:25 a)
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2. He will change times and laws.|“...and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.” (Daniel 7:25 b)|
3. He will make you obey, or be killed.
These are killed in the first 3 ½ years because they are Christians, the “Trouble-Makers.” Just like those who disappeared at the Rapture.|
“And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.” (Revelation 20:4)
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4. He speaks great things against God, to brainwash the people.|“I considered the horns (men in power), and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn (the Antichrist) were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.”- Daniel 7:8
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5. He will be a peacemaker.| “And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. (Daniel 11:21)
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6. .He will be an intellectual genius, “understanding dark sentences.”|“And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and UNDERSTANDING DARK SENTENCES, shall stand up. (“Daniel 8:23) |
7. He will be a miracle worker.
|Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all POWER AND SIGNS AND LYING WONDERS,” (2 Thessalonians 2:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:8-9)
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8. Doing miracles.|“For they are the spirits of devils, WORKING MIRACLES, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.” (Revelation 16:14)
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9. He is a murderer and a liar.|“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” (John 8:44)
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10. He will be a Jew.
|“I (Christ) am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if ANOTHER ( allos) shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.” (John 5:43) (“Allos” means "another of the same kind.”)|
11. He will not be married.
|“Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, NOR THE DESIRE OF WOMEN, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.” (Daniel 11:37) |
The Antichrist Will Be a Single, Jewish Man (Daniel 11:37 b).
He will remain single for the same reason the 144,000 Jewish Witness of Revelation, Chapters 7 and 14 are single. The 144,000 are single as they want to completely devote their time to “follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.” (Revelation 14:4) The Antichrist remains single as he knows he has but a short time, and it will be devoted to the modus operandi revealed in 2 Thessalonians 2:4,
“Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.” |
12. He will be part of the Unholy Trinity. The Dragon is Satan; the Beast is the Antichrist; the False Prophet is the Unholy Spirit.|“And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. ((Revelation 16:13)
For they are the spirits of devils (Greek – “demons”), WORKING MIRACLES, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.” (Revelation 16:13-14) |
13. He will use flatteries and be an oratorical genius.|“...but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.” (Daniel 11:21) |
14. He will be a military genius.|“And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he WENT FORTH CONQUERING, AND TO CONQUER.” (Revelation 6:2) |
15.He will be a religious genius.|“Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that HE AS GOD SITTETH IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD, SHEWING HIMSELF THAT HE IS GOD.” (2 Thessalonians 2:4) |
16.He is of fierce countenance.|“And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a KING OF FIERCE COUNTENANCE, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. (Daniel 8:23)
And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and SHALL DESTROY THE MIGHTY AND THE HOLY PEOPLE.” (Daniel 8:23-24) |
17. He will be a commercial genius.|“And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” (Revelation 13:17) |