Who is the AntiChrist? (Identifying Him)

[Davy]

Be wary brethren of those who cannot grasp that the coming Antichrist will be a singular person with the power to work "great signs and wonders", that IF it were possible, would deceive even Christ's very elect. Lord Jesus said if someone comes up to you and says, "Behold, Christ is here, or there", Jesus said to not believe it. (Matthew 24:23-26).

That reveals the matter of the Antichrist is about a specific entity to come at the end of this world playing The Lord Jesus Christ in Jerusalem.

In 1 John 2:18, Apostle John covered 2 antichrist clauses. The first clause is about a singular "antichrist" that the brethren had already heard shall come. When and where did they already hear that antichrist shall come? From what Jesus said to Apostle John that the prince of this world is coming, and has nothing in Him (John 14:30).

Then the last clause of 1 John 2:18 is about the idea of the "many antichrists", meaning the workers for the Antichrist. Thus both... the idea of a SINGULAR ANTICHRIST entity, and plural 'many antichrists' exist in that verse.

And we don't have to look very far to find who that 'singular' Antichrist figure is about, because it is a subject covered in several Books of God's Word. The Book of Daniel was one of the first places the subject about that coming Antichrist was mentioned, using titles such the "little horn", "vile person", "king of fierce countenance", "prince of Grecia", etc. In the Book of Isaiah, God used the title of the flesh king of Assyria as also 'type' for Satan coming in as a flood for the end per Rev.12.

In Matthew 24:23-26, Jesus specifically warned about the singular Antichrist as a 'false-Christ' (Greek pseudochristos which Dr. James Strong defined as "a spurious Messiah"). Jesus even warned that if some say, "Christ is here, or there", to not believe it, which is about the appearance of a singular false one claiming to be Christ.

In 2 Thessalonians 2, Apostle Paul specifically warned about the "man of sin", a singular title for a single false one, the Antichrist, coming to sit in a new built temple in Jerusalem and proclaiming himself as GOD, and even over all that is called... GOD, or that is worshiped. That certainly is not just about treating the antichrist term like some political movement, and definitely not something that happened back in past history.

The coming Antichrist figure, a false-Messiah that will try and play The Christ, working great signs, wonders, and miracles to deceive with, is set to appear at the very end... of this world, for the time of "great tribulation" Jesus mentioned. We are not in that time yet today.

 

[covenantee]

Be wary brethren of those who cannot grasp that the coming Antichrist will be a singular person with the power to work "great signs and wonders", that IF it were possible, would deceive even Christ's very elect. Lord Jesus said if someone comes up to you and says, "Behold, Christ is here, or there", Jesus said to not believe it. (Matthew 24:23-26).

That reveals the matter of the Antichrist is about a specific entity to come at the end of this world playing The Lord Jesus Christ in Jerusalem.

In 1 John 2:18, Apostle John covered 2 antichrist clauses. The first clause is about a singular "antichrist" that the brethren had already heard shall come. When and where did they already hear that antichrist shall come? From what Jesus said to Apostle John that the prince of this world is coming, and has nothing in Him (John 14:30).

Then the last clause of 1 John 2:18 is about the idea of the "many antichrists", meaning the workers for the Antichrist. Thus both... the idea of a SINGULAR ANTICHRIST entity, and plural 'many antichrists' exist in that verse.

And we don't have to look very far to find who that 'singular' Antichrist figure is about, because it is a subject covered in several Books of God's Word. The Book of Daniel was one of the first places the subject about that coming Antichrist was mentioned, using titles such the "little horn", "vile person", "king of fierce countenance", "prince of Grecia", etc. In the Book of Isaiah, God used the title of the flesh king of Assyria as also 'type' for Satan coming in as a flood for the end per Rev.12.

In Matthew 24:23-26, Jesus specifically warned about the singular Antichrist as a 'false-Christ' (Greek pseudochristos which Dr. James Strong defined as "a spurious Messiah"). Jesus even warned that if some say, "Christ is here, or there", to not believe it, which is about the appearance of a singular false one claiming to be Christ.

In 2 Thessalonians 2, Apostle Paul specifically warned about the "man of sin", a singular title for a single false one, the Antichrist, coming to sit in a new built temple in Jerusalem and proclaiming himself as GOD, and even over all that is called... GOD, or that is worshiped. That certainly is not just about treating the antichrist term like some political movement, and definitely not something that happened back in past history.

The coming Antichrist figure, a false-Messiah that will try and play The Christ, working great signs, wonders, and miracles to deceive with, is set to appear at the very end... of this world, for the time of "great tribulation" Jesus mentioned. We are not in that time yet today.

Claims such as "workers for the Antichrist" are simply risible attempts to substitute private interpretation for clear Scripture. They are not "workers for the Antichrist". They are actual antichrists. 1 John 2:18

Antichrist appears nowhere in the OT. There is no OT Hebrew word for it. Claims to the contrary are simply dispensational delusion and deception.

There is no expression "the Antichrist" identifying a singular futurized end-time individual anywhere in the entirety of Scripture. That is a dispensational delusion and deception.

A singular futurized end-time "the Antichrist" was a fabrication by the "father of futurism", Jesuit Francisco Ribera, in an attempt by the apostate papacy's counter-Reformation to defeat the Protestant Reformation's proclamation of that apostate papacy as an antichrist.

The legacy of dispensationalism's "the Antichrist" is a legacy of apostasy.

What to believe?

1. The apostate papacy
2. The Protestant Reformation

Does anyone need a hint?

 

[Brakelite]

What does the term Antichrist mean? It means opposing Christ in a manner that replaces him. It is the establishment of an office or position that times in the hearts and minds as a counterfeit...a false Christ instead of the true. The Bible powerfully indicates that this power established itself within the church, and not from outside. It isn't an enemy outside the gate, but within. It is a traitor to the cause because he has established a counterfeit system of salvation...a counterfeit saviour...a counterfeit hope. The only entity in history that has accomplished this is the papacy, the Roman Catholic church.
Jesus came and demonstrated and/or revealed who He is, and what His purpose was in coming, and the manner by which he would accomplish that purpose. A threefold ministry if you will. Priest, Prophet, and King. Jesus did this in testimony against His enemies who were seeking to destroy Him. Note the following passages...
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.
Only one entity, the Roman Catholic church, has counterfeited these 3 ministries, replacing Christ Himself in the mind and hearts of their followers.
A They have created a counterfeit priesthood and earthly sanctuary instead of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary; through this they have created the confessional which replaces true repentance and confession to God with confession to a fallen mortal man, instead of Christ Who is the only Mediator between God and man:
B. A counterfeit system of prophetic understanding (preterism and futurism) replacing historicism, along with a counterfeit teaching authority (the curia and magisterium) replacing the ministry of Christ through the holy Spirit:
C. and a counterfeit kingdom on earth replacing the kingdom of heaven. Through the union of church and state the papacy seeks to establish a kingdom on earth, with the Pope as King, a man made system of dogmas and doctrines as the benchmark of morality, and a new set of commandments that replaces God's law, establishing by the use of the civil power a morality that meets the "common good" rather than the righteousness of Christ.
Nero did not do this.
Antiochus did not do this.
No-one but the Catholic church has even attempted to replace Christ. But this is the true spirit of Antichrist. And scripture in Revelation confirms this even more so as I will post shortly.

 

[Brakelite]

This post has some detail. If you don't care for a deeper Bible study, ignore the following. If however you want a better understanding of prophecy...


Dragon/Satan.
His place in heaven (Rev 12:3, 7, 8.)
He has a throne. (Rev 13:2; 2:13)
Gives throne, power, and authority to sea-beast. (13:2,4.)
He is worshipped. (13:4a)
Destroyed forever. (20:9,10)

Now compare:
God the Father
Dwelling in heaven (Rev 4, 5)
He has a throne. (4:5; 7:9-15; 19:4)
Gives throne, power and authority to Jesus. (Math 28:18 Rev 2:27; 3:21; chapters 4,5.)
Is worshipped. (Rev 4:10; 15:4)
Lives and reign forever. (4:9; 5:13; 11:15)

The Land-beast or false prophet.
Called the false prophet because he deceives people with regards to religious matters. (16:13; 19:20; 20:10)
Lamb-like. (13:11)
Exercises all authority of sea-beast. (13:12a)
Directs worship to sea-beast. (13:12b,15)
Performs signs. (13:13; 19:20)
Brings fire down from heaven (13:13)
Gives breath/life to beasts image (13:15)
Applies mark of beast. (13:16)

Now compare:
The Holy Spirit
Called the Spirit of truth guiding people. (Jn 16:13 Rev 22:17)
Christ-like, in fact is the very Spirit of Christ. (Jn 14:26; 16:14; Romans 8:9,10)
Exercises authority of Christ (Jn 16:13, 14)
Directs our attention to Christ (Acts 5:29-32)
Fire from heaven at Pentecost (Acts 2)
Instills life to us, the image of Christ, His character. (Romans8:11,29; 2 Peter 1:3,4.)
Applies seal of God. (2 Cor 1:22 Eph 1:13 4:30 Rev 7:3, 4.)


The sea-beast or antichrist.
Comes from water to begin activity. (13:1)
Resembles dragon. (12:13 13:1)
Ten diadems. (13:1)
Ten horns (13:1)
Receives power throne and authority from dragon/Satan. (13:2,4)
42 months of activity in first phase. (13:5)
Was slain (13:3)
Resurrected (13:3)
Receives worship after healing (13:3,4,8)

Now compare:
Jesus Christ
Comes from water to begin ministry (Luke 3:21-23)
Resembles Father (Jn 14:19)
Many diadems (Rev 19:12)
Lamb has 7 horns (5:6)
Receives power throne and authority from His Father (Math 28:18 Rev 2:27 Chapters 4,5)
42 months of ministry in initial phase. (Gospel of John)
Appeared to be slain (Rev 5:6)
Was "resurrected". (Rev1:18)
Received worship after resurrection (Math 28:17)

The claim is that the papacy is the Antichrist. So how does the papacy match the above sea beast, and how does the Papacy meet the criteria for being a replacement for Christ on earth? A counterfeit? That's next unless someone else can see it.

 

[ewq1938]

Appeared to be slain (Rev 5:6)
Was "resurrected". (Rev1:18)

No resurrection is written. There was a wound and the wound healed. No death took place. All this happens to a mountain not a person so the wound and healing is symbolic.

In the verse "wounded" is in the perfect tense which means past tense so the wound already had happened before the ten horned beast rises to power. Likely it was healed prior also but the tense is one that doesn't pin point when it happens.

 

[covenantee]

This post has some detail. If you don't care for a deeper Bible study, ignore the following. If however you want a better understanding of prophecy...


Dragon/Satan.
His place in heaven (Rev 12:3, 7, 8.)
He has a throne. (Rev 13:2; 2:13)
Gives throne, power, and authority to sea-beast. (13:2,4.)
He is worshipped. (13:4a)
Destroyed forever. (20:9,10)

Now compare:
God the Father
Dwelling in heaven (Rev 4, 5)
He has a throne. (4:5; 7:9-15; 19:4)
Gives throne, power and authority to Jesus. (Math 28:18 Rev 2:27; 3:21; chapters 4,5.)
Is worshipped. (Rev 4:10; 15:4)
Lives and reign forever. (4:9; 5:13; 11:15)

The Land-beast or false prophet.
Called the false prophet because he deceives people with regards to religious matters. (16:13; 19:20; 20:10)
Lamb-like. (13:11)
Exercises all authority of sea-beast. (13:12a)
Directs worship to sea-beast. (13:12b,15)
Performs signs. (13:13; 19:20)
Brings fire down from heaven (13:13)
Gives breath/life to beasts image (13:15)
Applies mark of beast. (13:16)

Now compare:
The Holy Spirit
Called the Spirit of truth guiding people. (Jn 16:13 Rev 22:17)
Christ-like, in fact is the very Spirit of Christ. (Jn 14:26; 16:14; Romans 8:9,10)
Exercises authority of Christ (Jn 16:13, 14)
Directs our attention to Christ (Acts 5:29-32)
Fire from heaven at Pentecost (Acts 2)
Instills life to us, the image of Christ, His character. (Romans8:11,29; 2 Peter 1:3,4.)
Applies seal of God. (2 Cor 1:22 Eph 1:13 4:30 Rev 7:3, 4.)


The sea-beast or antichrist.
Comes from water to begin activity. (13:1)
Resembles dragon. (12:13 13:1)
Ten diadems. (13:1)
Ten horns (13:1)
Receives power throne and authority from dragon/Satan. (13:2,4)
42 months of activity in first phase. (13:5)
Was slain (13:3)
Resurrected (13:3)
Receives worship after healing (13:3,4,8)

Now compare:
Jesus Christ
Comes from water to begin ministry (Luke 3:21-23)
Resembles Father (Jn 14:19)
Many diadems (Rev 19:12)
Lamb has 7 horns (5:6)
Receives power throne and authority from His Father (Math 28:18 Rev 2:27 Chapters 4,5)
42 months of ministry in initial phase. (Gospel of John)
Appeared to be slain (Rev 5:6)
Was "resurrected". (Rev1:18)
Received worship after resurrection (Math 28:17)

The claim is that the papacy is the Antichrist. So how does the papacy match the above sea beast, and how does the Papacy meet the criteria for being a replacement for Christ on earth? A counterfeit? That's next unless someone else can see it.

1. “All the names which in the Scripture are applied to Christ, by virtue of which it is established that He is over the church, all the same names are applied to the Pope.” Robert Cardinal Bellarmine, De Conciliorum Auctoriatate (On the Authority of the Councils) Bk 2, chap. 17
2. “The pope is of so great dignity and so exalted that he is not mere man, but as it were God, and the vicar of God. He is the divine monarch and supreme emperor, and king of kings. Hence the pope is crowned with a triple crown, as King of heaven and of earth and of the lower regions.” Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Bibliotheca, vol.6, art. “Papa II”
3. “We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.” Pope Leo XIII, in an encyclical letter dated June 20, 1894, The Great Encyclical Letters of Leo XIII, p. 304.

 

[Father Jim]

The bible never names a country of origin for the AC.

Yes it does. Assyria in Isaiah 10, 14, and 30. He will be an Assyrian and come from that ancient area.

 

[Father Jim]

Yes its a traditionally believed thing, which does make it an opinion. All the bible books datings are debatable.

Not all. The Revelation was definitely written in the 90's.

Christians living during 70 AD, as well as the church fathers, believed the Second Coming was a future event.

The oldest extra-Biblical Christian document known to exist is a document called The Didache. It was written around 80 AD and was cited by many of the church fathers like the Christian historian Eusebius so its early existence is well documented.

In addition to the Didache, early church fathers like…

• Papias

• Clement of Rome

• Ignatius

• Polycarp

• and Justin Martyr

…wrote of a future Second Coming.

The Book of Revelation was written in approximately 95 AD, long after the events of A.D. 70.

For the Preterist view to work, the Book of Revelation has to have been written sometime prior to A.D. 70, so they changed the date of the book.

But there is compelling evidence in the writings of the church fathers that the Book of Revelation was written approximately 25 years after the events surrounding the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70.

Consider Irenaeus. He lived from A.D. 120–202. He was the bishop in the city of Lyons in modern day France and grew up in Smyrna, one of the cities where the Book of Revelation was first circulated (Rev. 2:8). He was a disciple of Polycarp, who was a disciple of the apostle John - the author of Revelation!

Let that sink in...Polycarp was a disciple of the apostle John - the author of the Book of Revelation - and Irenaeus was a disciple of Polycarp. If anyone knew when the Book of Revelation was penned, it would have been Polycarp or Irenaeus!

In Irenaeus’s work titled, Against Heresies (13:18), he tells us when John had his apocalyptic vision. He says…

“We will not, however, incur the risk of pronouncing positively as to the name of Antichrist; for if it were necessary that his name should be distinctly revealed in this present time, it would have been announced by him [the apostle John] who beheld the apocalyptic vision.

Irenaeus (AD 120-202) believed that the “Antichrist” had still not been revealed. Well, that throws a wrench in the preteristic viewpoint. Why? Preterists, including Hank Hanegraaff, believe that the first century Nero was the Antichrist but that’s not what Irenaeus thought! Notice when Irenaeus says John had his apocalyptic vision…

"...For that was seen not very long time since, but almost in our day, towards the end of Domitian’s reign."

Irenaeus says John had his “apocalyptic vision (the things he writes about in the Book of Revelation) towards the end of Domitian’s reign."

Domitian was a Roman Emperor near the end of the first century and his reign didn't begin until A.D. 81 and ended with his assassination on September 18th, A.D. 96!

Irenaeus places the date of the authorship of the Book of Revelation sometime around 95 AD towards the END of Domitian’s reign, long after the events of A.D. 70 and the destruction of Jerusalem. This statement by Irenaeus is devastating to the preterist position.

Here are some others who affirmed the very same thing…

Clement of Alexandria, (who lived from about A.D. 150 to 215) also testified to a post A.D. 70 date for the writing of the Book of Revelation. He mentions that John was exiled to the isle of Patmos until after the death of the tyrant - another reference to Domitian who died in 96 AD.

Another source for a post A.D. 70 completion date for the Book of Revelation is Victorinus.

Victorinus was an early church bishop who suffered martyrdom around A.D. 304. He said in his commentary on the Book of Revelation, that John had his vision of the apocalypse while "he was in the island of Patmos, condemned to the mines by Caesar Domitian."

Another early church source is Eusebius…

Eusebius lived from A.D. 260 – 340. He is known as "the father of church history," due to his classic work Ecclesiastical History. Several times in his writings he also dates the Book of Revelation to the reign of Domitian.

In addition to these men, there was Jerome.

Jerome, the one who translated the Scriptures into Latin (The Vulgate), lived from 340 to 419. He states clearly in two places, that John was banished under Domitian, and that that is when he wrote the Book of Revelation.

These statements from some of the greatest, most reliable names in early church history. They build a compelling case that the Book of Revelation was written many years after A.D. 70 and the events surrounding the destruction of Jerusalem.

 

[Triumph1300]

Who is the AntiChrist?​

Oh, probably that sweet little girl knocking on my door for a candy during halloween.

 

[ewq1938]

Yes it does. Assyria in Isaiah 10, 14, and 30. He will be an Assyrian and come from that ancient area.

I don't see anything about the AC there.

 

[The Light]

The bible never names a country of origin for the AC.

Really? I think it does.

 

[The Light]

Why not learn how modernist dispensational futurism has been deceived and co-opted by the antichrist of the historic apostate papacy?

LOL. The blind........................are blind.

 

[ewq1938]

Really? I think it does.

Post it then.

 

[The Light]

FYInterest, 666 can derived from the names of both Nero and the popes. All qualify as antichrists, but none as "The Antichrist". That is a dispensational delusion (1 John 2:18) originating in the counterfeit Jesuit futurism of the historical apostate papacy's counter-Reformation.

For the popes, their Roman title was/is:

VICARIVS FILII DEI--Vicar of the Son of God

V = 5
I = 1
C = 100
I = 1
V = 5

I = 1
L = 50
I = 1
I = 1

D = 500
I = 1
---------
Total 666

Nah...........Vicar of Chirst.

 

[The Light]

Post it then.

Good Luck..............all you have to do is figure out who the king of the north is.

Daniel 11
21 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.

22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.

25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.

26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.

27 And both of these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.

29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.

30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.

31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.

34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.

35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.

36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.

37 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.

38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.

39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.

40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

 

[ewq1938]

Good Luck..............all you have to do is figure out who the king of the north is.

The king of the north is not the AC.

Daniel 11
21 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.

22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.

25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.

26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.

27 And both of these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.

29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.

30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.

31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.

34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.

35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.

36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.

37 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.

38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.

39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.

40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

 

[Brakelite]

No resurrection is written. There was a wound and the wound healed. No death took place. All this happens to a mountain not a person so the wound and healing is symbolic.

It's a deadly, and in some translations, mortal wound that is healed. And remember, it's about as close toa resurrection as Satan can counterfeit. But the parallel is certainly there.

In the verse "wounded" is in the perfect tense which means past tense so the wound already had happened before the ten horned beast rises to power. Likely it was healed prior also but the tense is one that doesn't pin point when it happens.

It's not past tense from when John is writing, but past tense from the position from which he is viewing, watching from a future perspective an ongoing action on the part of the beast, rising from the peoples, nations, and tongues, one head of the 7 being wounded as to appear to bring about the death of that power. Such was the reaction of the world as it took place in history.
Verse 10 in the original, and brought out in some translations, says the mountains are kings... Kingdoms... Which would have grown as a part of the beast power. Not to be confused with the 10 horns and/or national powers that grew from the 4th beast in Daniel 7, of which 3 were destroyed. The heads in Revelation 13 represent the 4OT empirical powers of Daniel 2 and 7, plus the 3 predominant spiritual global powers that are represented elsewhere by the dragon, the beast itself, and the false prophet. They are spiritualism, Catholicism, and apostate Protestantism. The prophecies often repeat and enlarge, giving greater detail as they progress through history, until I'm today's spiritual environment and perspective, they can be clearly K understood. It isn't guesswork. They are all there before us.

 

[covenantee]

Nah...........Vicar of Chirst.

Is that u?

 

[covenantee]

LOL. The blind........................are blind.

LEL. The deceived are fools.

 

[covenantee]

Yes it does. Assyria in Isaiah 10, 14, and 30. He will be an Assyrian and come from that ancient area.

The word "antichrist" does not exist in OT Hebrew.

That which does not exist comes from no ancient area.