THE ANTICHRIST THE ANTICHRIST

DECRYPTING THE BACKGROUND THE ANTICHRIST

• SIX THOUSAND YEARS—

EXPERIENCE • UNDERCOVER AGENT• BRILLIANT—ALL DISCIPLINES • TRICKS AND TACTICS—ELECT• LEAVES NO CLUE—DECEPTION• EVIL BEING—ETERNAL DEATH

KINGDOM—SUBJECTS OF THE ANTICHRIST

HIS KINGDOM— PLANET EARTH • PRESENT—EDEN

• PRESENT—CHRIST’ BIRTH • PRESENT—THE END-TIME CHURCH

HIS SUBJECTS—MEDIUMS • SPIRTUAL AGENTS• HUMAN AGENTS

• INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS

• PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS

SCRIPTURAL TEXTS

READ2 THESSALONIANS 2:1-12

EZEKIEL 28:15-19 & ISAIAH 14:12-15

THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS

MATTHEW 24:30-31—24:23, 241 THESSALONIANS 4:16, 17

JOHN 14:1-31 JOHN 4:1-3

• IS JESUS GOING TO BE GATHERED WITH US?

• OR ARE WE GOING TO BE GATHERED WITH HIM?

AN EVENT WHICH MUST HAPPEN PRIOR TO THE SECOND COMING

2 THESSALONIANS 2:2, 3WHAT EVENT MUST TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO THE SECOND COMING

OF JESUS?

• WHO SHOULD NOT BE DECIEVED, ACCORDING TO THE TEXT?

• WHAT DOES APOSTASY HAVE TO DO WITH THE FALLING AWAY?

WHAT IS THE GREEK WORD FALLING AWAY?

APOSTASIA—AP-OS-TAS-EE-AH

DEFINITION• DEFECTION FROM TRUTH (PROP.

THE STATE) [“APOSTASY”]:--FALLING AWAY, FORSAKE.

• 2 THESSALONIANS 2:3

WHAT LED PAUL TO USE THIS WORD?

PICTURE A SHIP IN A PORT OF CALL. ITS ANCHORS ARE DOWN, JUST

OUTSIDE SHALLOW WATERS, WAVES CONSTANTLY BATTERING THE SHIP. SOON, THE SHIP BEGINS DRIFTING

FARTHER AND FARTHER AWAY. • EPHESIANS 4:14

• WHAT DOES THE FALLING AWAY HAVE TO DO WITH THE MAN OF SIN?

THE MAN OF SIN—LAWLESSNESS 2 THESSALONIANS 2:3, 7, 9

• WHAT IS SIN? 1 JOHN 3:4• THEN WHO IS THE “MAN OF SIN”?

DANIEL 7:25

• DOES THE MAN OF SIN (LAWLESSNESS) DO THE SAME THING AS THE LITTLE HORN IN DANIEL 7:25?

IS THE MAN OF SIN [MASCULINE] A PERSON OR A POWER?

MAN OF SIN—MASCULINE SINGULAR REVELATION 13 & DANIEL 7:25

1. THE MAN OF SIN IS PARALLEL TO THE BEAST OF REVELATION 13

2. A BEAST [IN PROPHECY] REPRESENTS A KINGDOM—NOT A PERSON

3. THE MAN OF SIN MANIFESTS HIMSELF IN THE DAYS OF PAUL (2 THESSALONIANS 2:7).

4. HOW COULD THIS [MAN OF SIN] PERSON STILL BE ALIVE TODAY? VS. 9

QUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERS

• HOW COULD THIS PERSON, IF HE WAS WORKING IN THE DAYS OF PAUL, LIVE THAT LONG, AND WILL BE DESTROYED AT THE LAST DAY?

• HOW COULD A PERSON LIVE, ACCORDING TO DANIEL 7 & REVELATION 13, FOR 1260 YEARS?

• DOES THE MAN OF SIN NECESSARILY MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON?

LET’S BREAK IT DOWN!

BIBLE EXAMPLES

1. HEBREWS 9:7 [A SUCCESSION OF PRIESTS]

2. 1 SAMUEL 8:11 [A SUCCESSION OF KINGS]

3. 2 TIMOTHY 3:16, 17 IS THIS TEXT REFERRING TO A

SPECIFIC MAN?

WHAT IS THE ANTONYM FOR THE WORD—REVEALED?

• THAT POWER WHICH WAS REVEALED IN PAUL’S TIME—WAS CONCEALED.

• THAT POWER WHICH WAS WORKING IN THE DAYS OF JESUS’ TIME THROUGH KING HEROD—WAS CONCEALED.

• THAT POWER WHICH PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS THROUGHOUT ITS 1260 YEARS REIGN—WAS CONCEALED.

HARMONIZATION: 2 THESSALONIANS 2:3 &

REVELATION 1:11. APOCALYPSE, n. apoc'alyps. [Gr. from to

disclose; and to cover.] Revelation; discovery; disclosure. Source: Webster’s

2. The name of a book of the New Testament, containing many discoveries or predictions respecting the future state of Christianity, written by St. John, in Patmos, near the close of the first century. Source: Webster’s

3. APOKALUPSISAP-OK-AL-OOP-SIS; disclosure, appearing, coming, lighten, manifestation, to be revealed, revelation. Source: Strong’s Dictionary

WHAT “APOKALUPSIS” IS GOING TO BE REVEALED IN THE LAST DAYS?

2 THESSALONIANS 2:3

THE SON OF PERDITION: JOHN 17:12While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

WHAT DOES THE SON OF PERDITION [JUDAS] HAVE TO DO

WITH THE APOKALUPSIS?

JUDAS HAD AN INSATIABLE APPETITE FOR POMP-PRESTIGE-AND POWER:

• JOHN 12:4-61. POSITION2. POWER

3. COVETOUS4. KINGDOM

5. PRIDE

THE ANTICHRIST: TRUTH AND LIESJOHN 13:26-29 &

2 CORINTHIANS 11:3, 4, 13-15

SON OF PERDITION IN2 THESSALONIANS 2:3 SPOKESMAN: MAN OF

SIN1. POWER2. POSITION3. COVETOUS4. KINGDOM5. DECEPTION6. BETRAYAL7. AN INSIDER

8. PRIDE

SON OF PERDITION IN JOHN 17:12

SPOKESMAN: JUDAS1. POWER2. POSITION3. COVETOUS4. KINGDOM5. DECEPTION6. BETRAYAL7. AN INSIDER

8. PRIDE

BOTH JUDAS AND THE MAN OF SIN ARE INSTRUMENTS OF THE

ANTICHRISTTRAITS AND CHARACTERISTICS

• BOTH WERE CONCEALEDLUKE 18:2-5; LUKE 22:47, 482 THESSALONIANS 2:3, 4, 7

• BOTH WERE AGENTS OF ANTICHRISTJOHN 6:70, 71

JOHN 13:27 [SATAN ENTERED JUDAS]

QUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERS

• WAS JUDAS THE DEVIL HIMSELF?• DID JUDAS PERSONALLY OPPOSE

CHRIST?• DID JUDAS CLAIM TO BE GOD?• DID JUDAS CLAIM THAT HE

COULD FORGIVE SINS?• DID JUDAS OCCUPY GOD’S

POSITION IN EARTH?• DID JUDAS ALLOW ANYONE TO

BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP HIM?

SO THEN, BY WHAT MANNER IS HE (JUDAS)

THE “SON OF PERDITION”?•EZEKIEL 28:12-19

•ISAIAH 14:12:15

DAVE HUNT—GLOBAL PEACE, pp. 6-8.

While the Greek prefix “ANTI” generally means against, or opposed to, it can also mean in place of, or a substitute for. The antichrist will embody both meanings. He will oppose Christ, while pretending to be Christ. Instead of a frontal assault against Christianity, the devil will pervert the church from within, by posing as its founder. He will cunningly misrepresent Christ, while pretending to be Christ. If the antichrist will indeed pretend to be Christ, then his followers must be Christians. The church of that day, will without descending voice, hail him as its leader.

BIBLE EXAMPLES—ANTI

• MATTHEW 2:22WAS JOSEPH ANTI TO THE RULERSHIP OF KING HEROD AND ARCHELAUS?

• 1 CORINTHIANS 11:15 WAS PAUL ANTI WOMEN HAVING

LONG HAIR?• LUKE 11:11

WAS LUKE ANTI FATHER?

WHERE DOES THIS EXALTATION [MAN OF SIN]

TAKE PLACE?2 THESSALONIANS 2:4

IN THE HEAVENLY TEMPLE?LUCIFER WAS CAST OUT!

• IN THE JEWISH TEMPLE?JESUS SAID—BEHOLD, YOUR HOUSE

IS LEFT UNTO YOU DESOLATEMATTHEW 23:38; 27:50, 51;

JOHN 19:30; MATTHEW 21:12, 13

SO THEN, WHERE IS THIS TEMPLE?

PARABLE: FIG TREE [TREE WAS DRIED UP—ROOTS]

GOD IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL TEMPLE

• EPHESIANS 2:11-22• 1 CORINTHIANS 3:16, 17• 2 CORINTHIANS 6:14-18

THE MIDDLE EASTERN TEMPLE AND THE ANTICHRIST’ COUNTERPLAY

AMERICAN SUPERBOWLIN FOOTBALL, THE OFFENSIVE LINES RUN IN ONE DIRECTION, WHILE THE FIELD IS LEFT WIDE OPEN. AND THEN THE RUNNER GOES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND SCORES A TOUCH-DOWN. THIS IS CALLED THE COUNTERPLAY. PRETERISM AND FUTURISM ARE DIVERSIONS OF THE ANTICHRIST’ COUNTERPLAY

TECHNICALLY, THE ANTICHRIST’ COUNTERPLAY VEERS THE ATTENTION OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD TOWARD

THE MIDDLE EAST, DURING WHICH, HE HAS ALREADY MADE A

TOUCH-DOWN IN ROME .

•REVELATION 13:1, 2

•2 THESSALONIANS 2:4

WHO WERE THOSE WORSHIPERS IN THE TEMPLE

OF JERUSALEM?

JEWS—PHYSICAL—LITERAL BLOOD-BORN-BIRTH

GALATIANS 3:29JEWS—SPIRITUAL—

CHURCH WATER-BORN-BIRTH

WHERE WILL THE ANTICHRIST ARISE OUT OF?

• HE ARISES OUT OF A SPIRITUAL TEMPLE

• HE ARISES FROM AMONGST SPIRITUAL ISRAEL—WORSHIPPING

GOD• HE ARISES AMONG THE CHOSEN—AN

INSIDER • DANIEL 7:25—CHANGE THE LAW

• ACTS 1:6, 7—CHANGE GOD’S PROPHETIC CALENDAR—TIME-LINE

GOD’S PROPHETIC CALENDAR AND THE

COUNTER-REFORMATION

• Alcazar—Preterism: Bible prophecy [Antichrist] is

fulfilled in the past

• Rebeira: Antipas Epiphanies—Futurism: Someone will arise out

of the Middle East

Blasphemy is defined in Scripture as:

1. Claiming to forgive sins (Luke 5: 21)

2. Claiming to be God (John 10:33) Does the papacy fit this? Of course! The Catholic church claims that its priests can forgive sins and

receive confessions. This bypasses Jesus, who is our only High Priest and Mediator (1 Timothy 2:5). What about claiming to be God? Here is a quote from Pope

Leo XIII: "We [the popes] hold upon this earth the place of God

Almighty."

Before the Reformation, this is what most Preachers taught regarding Antichrist.

Date Name Reference Interpretation

c. 1379 John Wycliffe Antichrist

Abomination of DesolationLittle HornMan of Sin

Rev. 17 Harlot

PopePapacyPopesPapacyPapacy

c. 1412 John Huss Antichrist

Abomination of DesolationLittle HornMan of Sin

Rev. 13 1st BeastRev. 17 Harlot

Rev. 17 Babylon

PopePapacyRome

PapacyPapacyPapacyPapacy

During the Reformation...

Date Name Reference Interpretation

1522 Martin Luther AntichristAbomination of

DesolationLittle HornMan of SinRev. 13 2nd

BeastRev. 17 Harlot

Rev. 17 Babylon

PapacyPapacyPapacyPapacyPapacyPapacyPapacy

1543 Philipp Melanchthon

AntichristMan of Sin

Rev. 17 Babylon

PapacyPapacyPapacy

1547 John Knox AntichristLittle Horn

Church of RomePapacy

After the Reformation...Date Name Reference Interpretatio

n 1600 James I of

England AntichristLittle HornMan of Sin

Rev. 13 1st BeastRev. 13 2nd

BeastRev. 17 Harlot

Rev. 17 Babylon

PapacyPapacyPapacyPapacyPapacyPapacyPapacy

1727 Sir Isaac Newton

AntichristLittle HornMan of Sin

Rev. 13 1st BeastRev. 13 2nd

BeastRev. 17 Harlot

Rev. 17 Babylon

PapacyPapacyPapacy

W. RomeGreek Empire

PapacyLatin Kingdom

1764 John Wesley Man of SinRev. 13 1st Beast

Rev. 13 2nd Beast

Papacy also Antichrist

PapacyEast Empire

OOPS!

• John Wycliffe—PAPACY—ANTICHRIST • John Huss—PAPACY—ANTICHRIST• Martin Luther—PAPACY—ANTICHRIST • Philipp Melanchthon—PAPACY—

ANTICHRIST• John Knox—PAPACY—ANTICHRIST • James I of England –PAPACY—ANTICHRIST• Sir Isaac Newton—PAPACY—ANTICHRIST• John Wesley—PAPACY—ANTICHRIST

• JESUS CALLED JUDAS A DEVIL. WAS HE WRONG?

• JOHN 6:70, 71; REVELATION 13:1, 2

WHAT’S RESTRAINING THIS KINGDOM POWER FROM

MANIFESTING ITSELF, YET?

• DANIEL 2

• DANIEL 7

• REVELATION 13

• 2 THESSALONIANS 2:7

TWO SECOND COMING: THE TRUE AND FALSE CHRIST

QUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERS2 THESSALONIANS 2:8, 9 &

MATTHEW 24:23, 24• WILL THIS ANTICHRIST MANIFEST

POWER, SIGNS, AND LYING WONDERS? REVELATION 13:13-15

• WAS JUDAS ENERGIZED BY THE ANTICHRIST WHICH LED HIM TO BETRAY JESUS CHRIST?

• WAS JUDAS A FALSE APOSTLE, WHOM THE ANTICHRIST ENERGIZED, AND USED AS A TRUE APOSTLE OF LIGHT? 2 CORINTHIANS 11:13

ANTICHRIST—SIGNS-LYING WONDERS-MIRACLES: ACTS 2:1, 2

THE FALSE CHRIST

APOSTATE CHURCH

• POWER• SIGNS• LYING WONDERS

• MIRACLES

THE TRUE CHRIST

TRUE CHURCH• POWER• SIGNS

• WONDERS• MIRACLES

HOW DO WE KNOW WHETHER THIS POWER

IS/NOT OF GOD?

• JOHN 17:17 & JOHN 5:39Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

QUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERS—MATTHEW 7:9-15, 23

• HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO KNOW BIBLE TRUTH?

• HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO LOVE BIBLE TRUTH?

• HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO FOLLOW BIBLE TRUTH?

• HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO BELIEVE BIBLE TRUTH?

• JOHN 6

WHAT WAS THE FIRST MIRACLE EVER RECORDED IN THE BIBLE?

READ GENESIS 3:1•A FALSE APOSTLE

DISGUISED AS A TRUE APOSTLE.

WHEN MIRACLES CONFLICT WITH THE WORD

[BIBLE TRUTH], WE SHOULD CHOOSE THE

WORD OVER MIRACLES. 1 JOHN 4:1-3 & ISAIAH 8:20

IN HEAVEN, WAS THERE AN APOSTATE LEADER?

1. ANGEL OF LIGHT2. ANGEL OF DARKNESS• IN THE LIGHT—THE

ANTICHRIST DAZZLES• BUT IN THE DARK—HE

DECEIVES

TWO MYSTERIES: PHILIPPIANS 2 &

2 THESSALONIANS 2:41. THE MYSTERY OF

GODLINESS—GOD HUMBLES HIMSELF—

MAN

2. THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY—WHEN A

CREATED BEING EXALTS HIMSELF ABOVE GOD

THE ANTICHRIST IS IN THEATRES NEAR YOU!

WHO BOMBARDS OUR MINDS WITH THE DIET OF COVETOUS BEHAVIORS?

READ•1 SAMUEL 15:23

•2 THESSALONIANS 2:4, 10• 1 TIMOTHY 4:1, 2• 2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5

IS THE SPIRITUAL TEMPLE A THEATRE—BATTLEGROUND—

ANTICHRIST? EPHESIANS 6:12-18

The Saviour's life of obedience…proved that the law could be kept in humanity, and showed the excellence of character that obedience would

develop. All who obey as He did are likewise declaring that the law is "holy, and just, and

good." Romans 7:12. On the other hand, all who break God's commandments are

sustaining Satan's claim that the law is unjust, and cannot be obeyed. Thus they

second the deceptions of the great adversary, and cast dishonor upon God. They are the children of the wicked one, who was the first rebel against God's law. No man who willfully disregards one principle of the law shall

enter the kingdom of heaven. {DA 308.4}

THE ANTICHRIST HAS TWO PERSONALITIES:

1. AN APOSTLE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

2. AN APOSTLE OF DECEITFULNESS

• 2 CORINTHIANS 11:13-15• GENESIS 3:1-7