Who is the AntiChrist? (Identifying Him)

[Brakelite]

You are changing AC from a person to the RCC but not based on scripture but based solely on "cherished opinions and beliefs".

Not so. The prophecies themselves demand am institution... Kingdom... Union of church and state, beginning from Daniel 2 and consistently repeated through all subsequent prophecies.
The above is an interesting question. There is much debate over whether the Antichrist is an individual, as it is propagated in futurist circles, or a system. Following is my answer:

The Antichrist is revealed to us through scripture in several different ways. In Daniel 2 he is the mixture of iron and clay. In Daniel 7 he is the little horn. In 2 Thess the man of sin and son of perdition, and in Revelation 13 the first beast.
I have mentioned before that Nebuchadnezzar was the representative of the entire empire, so also with the 'man of sin'. Below is an excerpt from a sermon by the renowned preacher and writer Puritan Thomas Manton in the 17th century. Charles Spurgeon testified to Mantons works as being “a mighty mountain of sound theology”

But because he is called the man of sin, here it cometh fitly to be inquired whether Antichrist be an individual person? for 'that man of sin' would seem to be some single person. No; he is put for a society and succession of men, that make up the head of the apostate state. As one lion figured the whole kingdom of the Babylonians, and one bear the kingdom of the Medes and Persians, and one leopard the kingdom of the Grecians, Dan. 7, — and there the fourth beast is the fourth kingdom, — so one person that succession of men that head the revolters from Christ. So Dan. 8, a goat figured a succession of kings; so the Assyrian, Isa. 10:5, several kings in that empire; so Isa. 14:9, the king of Babylon, meaning not one but many. So this man of sin doth not note a single man, but a succession of men, a body politic or corporate, under one opposite head to the kingdom of Christ: so the 'man of God' is put for all faithful ministers, 2 Tim. 3:17; so 'honour the king,' I Peter 2:17, series regum. So o arciereus, Heb. 9:25, 'The high priest every year entereth into the holy place;' meaning not one, but the succession of the order; and in reason it must needs be so here. Because Antichrist, from his beginning to his end, from his rise and revelation, till his ruin and destruction, will take up such a long track of time, as cannot fall within the age of any one man, even from the time of the apostles till the end of the world. Antichrist is the head of the apostasy; for here the apostasy and the revelation of the man of sin are tied together; now the mysterious apostasy could not be perfected in a short time.

In this sermon, Manton, like many reformers before and after him, was applying the prophecy of 2 Thess. concerning the man of sin directly to the papal system.

Demonizing other Christians is a common tactic of the enemy which sadly controls most if not all denominations. Most seek to demonize the others, claiming themselves to be the one true church/people of God.

Demonizing? I criticise Christians because of their fanaticism and fascination with politics, and that's demonizing? Christian Nationalism might be popular, but that doesn't make it appropriate, biblical, or useful. More than that, if a Christian places his nation's spiritual future into the hands of a politician rather than obeying the directives of his Husband, is that not spiritual apostasy?

 

[Brakelite]

The person who becomes the Antichrist does so by being anointed the King of Israel thought-to-be messiah by the Jews

You would have a scripture that harmonizes with the rest of prophecy to confirm that yes?

 

[Brakelite]

I would like to clarify a couple of things about the meaning of 'Antichrist'.
Before we look at the antichrist, I want to look at the real Christ. Who is He? Let us go to the scriptures to find out what and Who He claimed to be.

Matthew 12:6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.

The temple, the priesthood, and the religious system of the Jewish nation go hand in hand. It was the mainstay and focal point of the life of Israel. Yet Jesus claimed to be greater. Greater even than the very High priest who no doubt would take great interest in hearing a report of these words. Greater even than the very law of God enshrined within. (Or at least it used to be). Only one person can be greater than any law of God, and that is the lawgiver.

38 ¶ Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

Jonah was the most powerful and successful of all OT prophets. In all 40 odd chapters of Jeremiah, there is no record of anyone at anytime taking the slightest bit of notice of anything Jeremiah said. Yet Jonah, on the strength of just one or two sermons, converted an entire city of the children of Ishmael totaling maybe 60,000 people. Nineveh. By any standards, that has got to be recorded as a very successful evangelistic campaign. Yet Jesus claimed to be greater than Jonah.

42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.


Solomon was the wisest and wealthiest and most successful of any ruler of the ancient world. Yet Jesus claimed to be greater even than Solomon.

In the three startling claims as shown above, we have before us the threefold ministry of Jesus. Priest, prophet, and King.


It has been said, and I think wisely, that the Bible must be understood grammatically before it can be understood theologically. Anti- as in antichrist, according to Strong's concordance, and like other words having the prefix 'anti', means at it's most basic form "in the room of", "instead of", or "in the place of".
In other words, 'antichrist' stands as a substitute. We all know that Satan works by deception. Yet many would claim the 'antichrist' will be one who will charge in on a black horse guns blazing with fury and hatred directed at all things Christian and opposing with great force the church. Pray tell me, how will the world be deceived by such a tactic as this?
In 2 Thess. 2:1 we are told that there was to be a falling away first, which will reveal the antichrist, or as Paul describes him, the man of sin or son of perdition. Now falling away in this instance is a falling into apostasy; divorce.
Any divorce necessitates a prior favourable relationship. The only other example of a 'son of perdition' is Judas Iscariot. Did Judas openly and with force oppose Christ? Did he attack His teachings and disagree with Jesus claims to divinity? Did he argue and debate everything Jesus stood for and seek the destruction of His followers? No. Not by any means. Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss. He betrayed Him with an act of apparent love, fellowship, and friendship. He undermined and betrayed Jesus at the same time as claiming Him to be his friend!! This squares perfectly with the meaning of antichrist. He is not an opposer, but a subtle imposter. A counterfeit. An imposter of Jesus Christ. A false copy, or forgery of the true.
Antichrist is therefore a person or power who impersonates the offices of Priesthood, the Prophet or spokesmanship, and the Kingly rule of Christ. The office that ministers for God, speaks for God, and rules for God.
Satan has many counterfeits. Now counterfeits are almost identical to the true. You do not get counterfeit 99$ notes. You get counterfeit 100$ notes. And unless you get trained and disciplined to know intimately the true 100$ note, you will not recognise the false. It has been estimated that every person in America who has regularly handled 100$ notes, has had pass through their hands a counterfeit at least 4 times a year! And not known it!!!! Unless you are intimately acquainted with the true Jesus, how will you recognise the counterfeit?
So how does Antichrist counterfeit the threefold ministry of the true Christ, as Priest, Prophet and King? Is there an entity in the world today who claims to do just this? Is there one like Judas who is betraying the Master with a kiss, all the while claiming to be a friend? Is there in the world today a religious system or religious ruler who claims to be the earthly representative of Christ as His priest, claiming to be a mediator between God and man? Claiming to forgive sin even?
Does this entity also claim the prerogatives of a prophet? Does it claim to speak for God in spiritual matters? Does it claim to stand as Gods spokesman on earth and claim that only through it's authority can salvation be found?
And finally, does this entity also claim to be a king? Does it claim authority as a secular power? Does it exercise authority and power within the auspices of a church/state relationship?

I think you all know the answer is yes.There is an entity in the world today who claims all the above Godly prerogatives which belong only to Jesus Christ. Priest, prophet and king.This entity has set itself up as counterfeit and thus can be affirmatively identified as the antichrist, the impostor and impersonator of the true. And this entity can be found in the Roman Catholic church system.

In Roman Catholic theology is also the embedded principle of 'replacement' or 'displacement' of Jesus.The entire sacramental system is based on the premise that only through participation in the sacraments as administered by Rome, can anyone hope for eternal life. Rome does not recognise any path to eternity apart from that which she has ordained through the priesthood under the headship of the Roman bishop. Thus Rome has implemented a system of works that men must do, or tasks that men must accomplish, be it confession to a priest, penance, participation in mass, partaking of the Eucharist, pilgrimages to shrines or basilicas, recitation of the rosary, or prayers to Mary or the saints and many other 'religious' acts, all for the purpose of salvation. The Protestant principle of 'sola fide', faith only, is anathema to Rome.

 

[ewq1938]

Not so. The prophecies themselves demand am institution... Kingdom...

Let's see them because MAN OF SIN and ANTICHRIST and FALSE PROPHET are all people not institutions or kingdoms. They shall have a kingdom, the whole world, but those names/terms are for one single individual.

 

[Douggg]

You would have a scripture that harmonizes with the rest of prophecy to confirm that yes?

John 4:25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

thus, Christ = Messiah

The Jewish concept of the Messiah is a special coming King of Israel, descended from King David - he has to be Jew. Is the pope a Jew ? No.

Jesus, the true messiah.

John 12:12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

John 5;43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. i.e. the Antichrist.

The person who becomes the Antichrist does so by being anointed the King of Israel thought-to-be messiah by the Jews . The pope does not fit.

Are the Jews looking for their messiah, someone other than Jesus, to be anointed the King of Israel ? Yes they are. And it will happen right after the Gog/Magog event of Ezekiel 39.

The Antichrist will then confirm the Mt. Sinai covenant for the 7 years cycle in Deuteronomy 31:9-13 - by having the law read to the nation of Israel from the temple mount - freed up because of the Gog/Magog event from Muslim control. And the Jews will begin building their next temple.

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About 3 years into the 7 years, the Antichrist will reveal that he is the man of sin and not the messiah as the Jews will have initially thought. It will be the end of his stage of being the Antichrist, the King of Israel, thought-to-be messiah.

After being revealed as the man of sin, he will be killed and comes back to life to become the beast-king - dictator of the EU because in Revelation 17:17, the ten kings hand their kingdom over to him.

 

[quietthinker]

You don't realize that you are doing exactly that yourself. First, antichrist is a person. John said there were many AC's and also spoke of a singular AC that was yet to come. All of them were people. You are changing AC from a person to the RCC but not based on scripture but based solely on "cherished opinions and beliefs".





Demonizing other Christians is a common tactic of the enemy which sadly controls most if not all denominations. Most seek to demonize the others, claiming themselves to be the one true church/people of God.

We will no doubt see how the cookie crumbles.....however, resisting what one doesn't understand is something I'm not prepared to do.

 

[Brakelite]

Let's see them because MAN OF SIN and ANTICHRIST and FALSE PROPHET are all people not institutions or kingdoms. They shall have a kingdom, the whole world, but those names/terms are for one single individual.

Read again post 443. Understand the meaning of the word Antichrist. Understand how the character or spirit of Antichrist has manifested itself in human history since the time of the apostles. Understand who Satan has used throughout Christian history to undermine, destroy, and replace the truth of the ministry of the true Christ with a counterfeit. Understand that in prophecy, God specifically used beasts as a metaphor or type in order to characterise or describe kingdoms and empires. Understand that the Antichrist of scripture is a beast/the horn of a beast/ and can only be an institution/kingdom, and it's leader both King and priest and prophet. Understand that it is physically, spiritually, and biblically impossible for any individual to meet the criteria as given in prophecy. For example. How can an individuall today grow out of the Roman pagan empire and uproot 3 nations of the original 10 that replaced Rome and that no longer exist?

 

[covenantee]

Let's see them because MAN OF SIN and ANTICHRIST and FALSE PROPHET are all people not institutions or kingdoms. They shall have a kingdom, the whole world, but those names/terms are for one single individual.

2 Timothy 3
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

Single individual?

If so, who is he?

 

[TribulationSigns]

2 Timothy 3
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

Single individual?

If so, who is he?

Indeed. Any born again Christian is the man of God just as any professed unbelieving Christian is the man of sin.
First we need to understand exactly what is the "mystery of iniquity?"

Specifically, or simply put, it is "iniquity that is secret, hidden, or concealed." Just as the iniquity of those who are deluded is sin that they are unaware of--because they are deceived. Often deceiving themselves. I have found when studying Scripture, the words themselves, in context, usually give the definition when we allow the Bible to be its own authority, its own interpreter, and its own dictionary. 2nd Thessalonians 2 is the only place in the Bible the term is mentioned, and the context is the Lord's Holy Temple (here, a synonym for the church). Here, instead of being ruled by the man of God, it is now ruled by the man of sin or lawlessness. Eg. the false prophets and christs. The reason is because its members would not receive the truth in love, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. For example, they didn't love God and so didn't "really" want to hear the truth. They loved the world more than Christ. Therefore, God "gives them up" and allows them just what they want. The word of the man who is lawless ruling over them instead of the WORD of God. The people are greatly deceived by the sinful man in God's house ruling them--deceived meaning, they don't know they are committing iniquity. q.e.d., it's is the mystery or secret iniquity in the Lord's building.

2nd Thessalonians 2:3

• "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin (lawlessness) be revealed, the son of perdition;"

The context is an apostasy in the church, with the mystery of iniquity being revealed in duped Christians. People in the church who "think" they are serving God but unbeknownst to them are secretly serving the Devil. THat is why God is NOT talking about supernatural man in Europe, Rome, or Israel who will some day be called "man of sin." No...

Now look at it this way. We know what the word mystery means--it's something secret, covert, unknown. In the Biblical context, it is "a religious truth that man can know only by the grace of divine revelation alone." And we also know that the word iniquity means, "that which is lawless, sinful, or a transgression." Put them together and you have your answer.

Transgressions or iniquity that is unknown or a mystery, to the unsaved professed Christians in the CHURCH!

Again, it is people of the church being deceived to "think" that their sin or iniquity is "not" really sin. They will think divorce and remarriage is okay. They will think that a woman pastor is okay. They will think that the worldly band and entertainment are okay. They will think that homosexual pastor is okay. They will think that the free gospel is okay. They will think that the dispensational doctrine is okay. Etc. etc. That's the mystery that escapes them. Look at the example of Revelation 17:7 where God says "I will tell thee the mystery of the woman." In other words, what she represented was a secret to them. They will deny that it is their CHURCH. But now here in Revelation, God is going to reveal to him (those who can receive Spiritual Truths) the knowledge of who this symbolic woman is--and when we have the Spirit of truth to receive God's word as its own authority, its own interpreter, and its own dictionary, we see she is the unfaithful church. prior to the Second Coming. Not Jerusalem in 70AD or today. Not Rome. Not New York. The church with the outward appearance of royalty and kingship, but inside we see what she is offering in her cup is the filth of her iniquity. For example, iniquity hidden and disguised by a golden cup. This is hidden iniquity standing in the place where it ought not.

Revelation 17:4

• "And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:"

She "appears" to be precious as she is decked in gold, royal apparel, and with a golden cup, but it is revealed that she is deceptive because hidden in that cup is the filth of her iniquity. In other words, they thought that Lakewood Church where Joel Osteen preaches in Houston looks like blessings from God but what is inside is false. Same with Hillsong church. They may looks okay, but her true nature and motives are clandestine / secret / a mystery, hidden by her outward appearance. ...just like the heart of man. EVERY man. Not one. Selah.

 

[covenantee]

Let's see them because MAN OF SIN and ANTICHRIST and FALSE PROPHET are all people not institutions or kingdoms. They shall have a kingdom, the whole world, but those names/terms are for one single individual.

King James' translators recognized the apostate papacy as the prevailing man of sin of their era in their introduction to the KJV:

And this their contentment doeth not diminish or decay, but every day increaseth and taketh strength, when they observe that the zeale of your Majestie towards the house of GOD, doth not slacke or goe backward, but is more and more kindled, manifesting it selfe abroad in the furthest parts of Christendome, by writing in defence of the Trueth, (which hath given such a blow unto that man of Sinne, as will not be healed) and every day at home, by Religious and learned discourse, by frequenting the house of GOD, by hearing the word preached, by cherishing the teachers therof, by caring for the Church as a most tender and loving nourcing Father.

They were not referring to only a single individual.

 

[ewq1938]

Read again post 443. Understand the meaning of the word Antichrist. Understand how the character or spirit of Antichrist has manifested itself in human history since the time of the apostles. Understand who Satan has used throughout Christian history to undermine, destroy, and replace the truth of the ministry of the true Christ with a counterfeit. Understand that in prophecy, God specifically used beasts as a metaphor or type in order to characterise or describe kingdoms and empires. Understand that the Antichrist of scripture is a beast/the horn of a beast/ and can only be an institution/kingdom, and it's leader both King and priest and prophet. Understand that it is physically, spiritually, and biblically impossible for any individual to meet the criteria as given in prophecy. For example. How can an individuall today grow out of the Roman pagan empire and uproot 3 nations of the original 10 that replaced Rome and that no longer exist?

I said lets see them, but you did not show them (scriptures proving your view of the AC)

I am not surprised because no scripture shows the AC as an institution. You only have your zero scripture denominational narrative.

 

[The Light]

John 4:25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

thus, Christ = Messiah

The Jewish concept of the Messiah is a special coming King of Israel, descended from King David - he has to be Jew. Is the pope a Jew ? No.

Jesus, the true messiah.

John 12:12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

John 5;43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. i.e. the Antichrist.

This proves the Antichrist will not come in the name of the Lord. He will come in his own name.

The person who becomes the Antichrist does so by being anointed the King of Israel thought-to-be messiah by the Jews . The pope does not fit.

Are the Jews looking for their messiah, someone other than Jesus, to be anointed the King of Israel ? Yes they are. And it will happen right after the Gog/Magog event of Ezekiel 39.

Gog Magog happens after the 1000 years as the Word tells us in Revelation.

About 3 years into the 7 years, the Antichrist will reveal that he is the man of sin and not the messiah as the Jews will have initially thought. It will be the end of his stage of being the Antichrist, the King of Israel, thought-to-be messiah.

After being revealed as the man of sin, he will be killed and comes back to life to become the beast-king - dictator of the EU because in Revelation 17:17, the ten kings hand their kingdom over to him.

Revelation 17
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

The beast was and is not. That means the beast was before Johns time. This is the beast of the sea. Therefore He will not be killed in the future and come back to life. He was killed in the past and was the first king...............Nimrod. The tomb of Gilgamesh, who is Nimrod, who is Baal was found and a week later we were in Gulf war 2 chasing imaginary weapons of mass destruction. We went to the tomb of Gilgamesh. That is why the Jews are warned by Jesus.

Matthew 24
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

Nimrod will be brought back to life. He is an antichrist but is not the man of sin.

 

[ewq1938]

This proves the Antichrist will not come in the name of the Lord. He will come in his own name.

No. It is not about the Ac nor is it end times prophecy. Jesus is merely making a point that those people did not respect God because they reject those who come in God's name.

The Ac will claim to be God, which is usurping another's name and impersonating them.

2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Th 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.

 

[TheHC]

1 John 2:18

From this, we understand it’s not just *one* person.

 

[Douggg]

Gog Magog happens after the 1000 years as the Word tells us in Revelation.

Hi The Light, the Revelation 20:8 referral to Gog and Magog is not the Ezekiel 39 event. After the 1000 years and Satan deceives the nations once again, among those nations will be the same Gog/Magog nations listed in Ezekiel 38.

Gog/Magog Ezekiel 38/39, 7 years before Jesus's return.

then a thousand years later, the same Gog-Magog nations take part in attacking Israel once again.

8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

In verse 7 the angel tells a mystery about the scarlet colored beast. That beast is Satan. In Revelation 12, Satan is the red colored dragon.

So the mystery of the beast is centered on Satan. Verse 8 is presented in three parts, separated by the semicolons.

part 1. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not;
Okay, I agree with you that the beast was dead at the time of John. It is not Nimrod because at the end of his life Nimrod praised God. Daniel 4:37.

The beast is not Satan himself because Satan has not died.

Who was used by Satan though, in an major impactful way ? The serpent beast in the garden of Eden. That is who is in the bottomless pit, in spirit form.

part 2. and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition:

The serpent beast in spirit form - will come out of the bottomless pit to possess the end time person, who the world will marvel at when he is mortally wound to death and comes back to life. The end time beast-king will then also have a beast spirit.

part 3. and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

It is talking about the end times person, king 7, the little horn person, who will be killed and brought back to life as king 8 - the beast-king of Revelation 17:8.

The phrase "was, and is not, yet is" in part 3 is not an extension of the "was and is not" in part 1. Which confuses a lot of people - who try to figure out it must be referring to some ancient person coming back to life and suddenly appearing. I think that is part of your rationale of suspecting it is referring to Nimrod, yes ?

That phrase means that the people of the earth will witnesses the little horn being killed and come back to life.

In Revelation 13:3, the king 7 transformation to being king 8 is as the mortally wounded/but healed head. In Revelation 13:4, Satan gives the beast-king his power.

In Revelation 17:10 it says the king yet to come, king 7, when he comes he must continue a short space. That short space will be as the beast-king, king 8, to rule for 42 months in Revelation 13:5

 

[Douggg]

The Ac will claim to be God, which is usurping another's name and impersonating them.

2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Th 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.

Go to Ezekiel 28:1-10, for the prophecy about that episode. God will have the revealed man of sin assassinated for his audacious act of having claimed to have achieved God-hood. Satan will have temporarily entered the Antichrist to carry out the act.

1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:

4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.

9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

Isaiah 14:15 picks up when the soul of the assassinated man of sin is in hell, mocked.

15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

God in disdain for the person, a Jew who betrays his own people, does not let his soul to remain in hell, and returns his soul to his lifeless mortally wounded body.... returning him back to life. When the person who's mortal wound is healed becomes the beast king.

 

[Douggg]

1 John 2:18

From this, we understand it’s not just *one* person.

18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

"antichrist shall come" is referring to one specific person.

 

[covenantee]

18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

"antichrist shall come" is referring to one specific person.

"ye have heard that antichrist shall come" was hearsay.

"even now are there many antichrists" was the correction of the hearsay.

 

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"ye have heard that antichrist shall come" was hearsay.

"even now are there many antichrists" was the correction of the hearsay.

I would add that the spirit of Satan is the spirit of lies, deceit, and hypocrisy that dwells within unsaved man. Not one man but many! Anyone who has not yet born again has the spirit of Antichrist. It is the spirit of the pseudo-Christ, or more aptly put, the spirit of the "Substitute" Christ. This spirit is of false Christians opposed to the true Christ of the Bible, but who worship a Pseudo-Christ. The word translated [anti] means "instead of," and in the context of antichrist means that which is in place of Christ, a Pseudo Christ. Since scripture is perfectly clear that there are many antichrists, and that they have been in the world since the days of the Apostles, and that they are those who "turn away" from the true Christ. For example, per context:

1st John 2:18-20

• "Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
• They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
• But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things."

Not about the coming of "one man". God is talking about professed Christians among us. They are people who fell away or apostatized because they were never truly regenerated in the Holy Spirit. We have the unction or anointing of the Holy Spirit, therefore we cannot be deceived where we have this spirit of Antichrist rule us. Clearly, antichrists are those with the spirit of Satan who fall away from the truth (and thus Christ), that they will believe the adversary's lies. Those people who reject God's truth and accept Satan's lies have this "Spirit of Antichrist," and it has been in the world for ages, and rules over the false prophets and teachers who have succumbed to unrighteousness, disobedience, and lawlessness. Thus we are warned to "try" the spirits.

1st John 4:1-3

• "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
• Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
• And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world."

This is why we are commanded to test (try) the spirits, so that we are not deceived or deluded by them to believe their lies. We try the Spirits by comparing their words, with the Bible, the word of God. The spirits that fail this test are antichrists. They are professing Christians who do not have the Spirit of truth, and so teach falsely to deceive "even the elect" if that were possible. But it's won't.

Sadly, there are many people like Douggg here who have misinterpreted many verses to believe that God is talking about the end time one man dictator who will some day rule the world. Not going to happen. He is looking in the wrong place! @Douggg

 

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Sadly, there are many people like Douggg here who have misinterpreted many verses to believe that God is talking about the end time one man dictator who will some day rule the world. Not going to happen. He is looking in the wrong place! @Douggg

Yea, it really makes me wonder what people are thinking when they claim the Antichrist will be a one world dictator. If Satan isn’t bound and he’s in control of this world right now, deceiving the nations, then why hasn’t he started stamping people with 666 yet?

I guess Satan is a benevolent guy, not willing that any should perish, that’s why he’s waiting to bring on the Antichrist one world dictator.