Mary jane
"This is why I believe the need to be in the WORD and
walking with JESUS daily is so strong. If we know the real,
we will never settle for the imposter."
So may I humbly suggest that we get away from gueses and
imaginings - To the WORD
The following are the five main references to the end time
Beast and Antichrist. There are very many other smaller
references depending how we interpret scripture, but these,
I believe, are the major ones
1Jn 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is
the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and
the Son.
1Jn 4:3 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.
Rev 13:13-15 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh
fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of
those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the
beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they
should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a
sword, and did live.
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast,
that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause
that as many as would not worship the image of the beast
should be killed.
2Th 2:3-12 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;
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.
Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you
these things?
And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed
in his time.
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who
now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord
shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall
destroy with the brightness of his coming:
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with
all power and signs and lying wonder
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them
that perish; because they received not the love of the
truth, that they might be saved.
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,
that they should believe a lie:
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth,
but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Dan 11 vs 36 -38And 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.
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.
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.
Dan 7:23-25 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the
fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all
kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread
it down, and break it in pieces.
And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that
shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall
be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and
shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to
change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand
until a time and times and the dividing of time.
My only two comments at this point are
The antichrist is set on putting down all religion and other
gods, blaspheming the true God and setting up the beast as
the only one to be worshipped; all by the power of satan.
His ability to deceive even the elect mainly springs from
his Satan given power to work miracles.
David
