Hi Josho,
Will this do?
Mat 4:8-9 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. (9) And he said to Him, "All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me."
Nope not really.
As what we see here is a failed attempt by the devil trying to make himself above Jesus. And we know Jesus then goes on to reply.
10 Jesus said to him, “
Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”
11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
But in looking at this, I think we could both see how the Anti-Christ in the tribulation could be Satan in the flesh.
But then is it really a one world government? Or is it just the Anti-Christ trying to create a one world religion?
Either way we both know that the Anti-Christ will fail. Because a few will refuse to bow and receive the mark of the beast in those days, and these born again Christian people living in those times that refuse to bow to the Anti-Christ, are not under of the Anti-Christ in the tribulation.
But those born again Christians living in the tribulation that refuse to bow to the beast, are serving the one true God.
So is it really a one world government?
From a spiritual point of view, there is 2 in the Tribulation.
But from a natural point of view, it would look like Revelations 13 seems to suggest that there would be multiple governments serving the Anti-Christ in the Tribulation. (For example.. China, North Korea, Iran they all have separate governments.)
We should also realize though, in John's day, people that did not worship pagan gods before the fall of the western Roman Empire, were put to death, if they were caught.
Really we shouldn't be too dogmatic on our views.