The Antichrist

Satan’s Man

Satan’s Instrument

• Habakkuk 2:4-5 best describes the attributes of the Antichrist when fully controlled by Satan, as follows: “See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright …indeed, wine betrays him; he is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and like death is never satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the peoples.”

Ruler to Come

• Dan. 9:26b-27, “The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood… He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven’. In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.”

Some Christians Trampled

• Dan. 8:10-12, “It grew until it reached the host of the heavens, and it threw some of the starry host down to the earth and trampled on them. It set itself up to be as great as the Prince of the host; it took away the daily sacrifice from him and the place of his sanctuary was brought low. Because of the rebellion, the host of the saints and the daily sacrifice were given over to it.” (Tsbach+Miramac.)

Earthly King

• Dan. 11:36, “The king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will say unheard of things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what is determined will take place.”

No regard-Jewish God

• Dan. 11:37-38, “He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the one desired by women, nor will he regard any god, but will exalt himself above them all. Instead of them, he will honor a god of fortresses; a god unknown to his fathers he will honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts.”

Antichrist Honors Satan

• Satan is a god unknown to his fathers, described as “god of fortresses”. Satan has never been worshiped by the Jewish people in any organized way.

• Eloheem is the term used for (KJV) “God of his fathers”. Implies that antichrist is a Jew.

The Beast

• Rev. 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. The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like that of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion.”

The Kingdoms

• Sea-unsaved world political systems.• 7 “heads” are 7 prior kingdoms leading up

to antichrist’s reign. 10 “horns”-10 kings. • 8 Kingdoms total: Egyptian, Babylonian,

Med-Persian, Greek, Roman, Revised Roman, 10 Kings/Antichrist, and ultimately Antichrist.

• “leopard” is symbol Greek Kingdom, “bear” for Persian, and “lion” for Roman empire.

The Prostitute

• Rev. 17:1b-2, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters. With her the kings of the earth committed adultery and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.”

• The “prostitute” is the “universal religious system” that is set up at the beginning of tribulation to attempt stabilization of things.

Beast Supports Her

• Rev. 17:3b, “There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven head and ten horns.”

Prostitute’s Headquarters

• Rev.17:9, “The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits.”

• Rev. 17:15b, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.”

• Rev. 17:18, “The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”

6th Kingdom

• The Revised Roman Empire, often referred to as the “prostitute”, which is its religious center, and is likely to be at the Vatican, where Catholic or “Universal Church” is currently located.

• The political authority will be located at Rome. Rome is called “Babylon” in 1 Peter 5:13.

• Early church used “Babylon” for “Rome”.

Fall of 6th Kingdom

• Rev. 17:16-17, The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.”

7th Kingdom

• Rev. 17:12-13, “The ten horns you saw are the ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast. They have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast.”

Beast Wounded

• Rev. 13:14b, “the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.”

• Zech. 11:17, “Woe to the worthless shepherd who deserts the sheep. May the sword strike his arm and right eye. May his arm be completely shriveled and his right eye totally blinded.”

Beast Appears to Die

• Rev. 17:8, “The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and will come up out of the Abyss and go to his destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life since the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because he once was, now is not, and yet will come. (?3 days in Abyss-mimic Christ)

Timing of Mortal Wound

• Rev. 13:3, “One of the heads of the beast appeared to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was astonished and followed the beast.”

• The beast was part of the 7th kingdom that he shared with the 10 kings, but when he had the apparent resurrection from death, the power was ultimately given to him.

Abyss Opened

• Rev. 9:1-2, “The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the Abyss. When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like smoke of a gigantic furnace.”

• Satan falls in second heavenly battle at this event. Antichrist rises up out of the Abyss with full power from Satan.

Kills Two Witnesses

• Rev. 11:7, “Now when they finished their testimony, the beast that comes out of the abyss will attack them and overpower them and kill them.”

• This occurs at the midpoint of tribulation period, so that the beast can rule for 42 months.

Eighth King

• Rev. 17:11, “The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.

Authority from Satan

• Rev. 13:2b, “The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.”

Beast’s Mouth

• 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. He opened his mouth to blaspheme God and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language+nation”

Antichrist from Dan

• Jer. 4:15-17+24-25, “A voice is announcing from Dan proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim. Tell this to the nations, proclaim it to Jerusalem. “A besieging army is coming from a distant land, raising a war cry against the cities of Judah.’…They surround her…I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying…there were no people; every bird… had flown away.”

Coming from Bashan

• Deut. 33:22, “About Dan he said: ‘Dan is a lion’s cub, springing out of Bashan.’”

• Amos 4:1, “Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and say to your husbands, ‘Bring us some drinks.’”

• Mount Samaria-Antichrist’s headquarters.

Dan as Judge

• Gen. 49:16-18, “He shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse’s heels, so that the rider shall fall backwards. I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.” (2nd Coming).

• “Shebet” and “diyn” for the manner of judging, and in context means “judging in harsh negative way with a club.”

2nd Coming-Bashan

• Ezek. 39:18+21, “You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as if they were rams and lambs, goats and bulls- all of them fattened animals from Bashan… I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the punishment I inflict and lay upon them.” (Ps. 24:12-14.)

After Jerusalem Attacked

• Zech. 14:1-4, “A day of the Lord is coming when your plunder will be divided among you. I will gather the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it. The city will be captured, the houses ransacked and women raped…Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights in the day of battle…his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives…will be split in two.”

Christ’s Mimic

• A Jew like Jesus and his ministry 3 ½ years, compared to 3 for Jesus. ?Age 30.

• Mimicked death and resurrection of Christ, but went down to Abyss; not heaven.

• Satan’s main man and given his power and authority, as God gave Jesus His.

• Last Babylon as mimic of upcoming Millennial reign of Christ; no comparison.

Antichrist’s Defeat

• Rev. 19:20-21, “But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet…The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning fire.”