Agents of the Apocalypse: A Riveting Look at the Key Players of the End Times by David Jeremiah

Author:David Jeremiah [Jeremiah, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: RELIGION / Christian Life / Spiritual Warfare, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Prophecy, RELIGION / Christian Life / Spiritual Growth
ISBN: 9781414384757
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2014-10-07T00:00:00+00:00

When the Antichrist ascends the global stage, the world will be waiting to receive him in precisely this way.

So who exactly is the Antichrist? While there are more than one hundred passages of Scripture that describe him, the title antichrist is mentioned in only five verses in the New Testament —each time by the apostle John. Four of the five occurrences refer to opponents of Christ and His work in John’s day (1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 7). Only once does this term refer to the individual who is the focus of this chapter: “Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour” (1 John 2:18).

Here John contrasts the many antichrists (lowercase a) with the Antichrist (capital A). The spirit of the antichrist, which is at work in our world today, will one day be concentrated in one being.

The prefix anti can mean both “against” and “instead of.” Both meanings apply to this coming world leader. He will overtly oppose Christ and at the same time will try to insert himself in the place of Christ.

There are more than twenty-five different titles given to the Antichrist, all of which help to paint a picture of the most despicable man who will ever walk the earth. In the book of Revelation, he is referred to as the rider on the white horse (6:2), “the beast” (11:7), and the “beast rising up out of the sea” (13:1). Some people think he is Satan incarnate. We know for certain that Satan gives him his power, his throne, and his authority.

Here are some of the Antichrist’s other aliases:

The little horn (Daniel 7:8)

The king of fierce features (Daniel 8:23)

The one who understands sinister schemes (Daniel 8:23)

The prince who is to come (Daniel 9:26)

The one who makes desolate (Daniel 9:27)

The willful king (Daniel 11:36)

The man of sin (2 Thessalonians 2:3)

The son of perdition (2 Thessalonians 2:3)

The lawless one (2 Thessalonians 2:8)

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