What in the world is going on? by David Jeremiah

Author:David Jeremiah
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2010-10-04T04:00:00+00:00

SEVEN

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When One Man

Rules the World

WHEN I FIRST BEGAN STUDYING PROPHECY NEARLY FORTY YEARS ago, I encountered the Bible’s prediction that one man would eventually take control of the entire world. Frankly, I could not imagine how such a thing would ever happen. But since the Bible presented this as a major part of the end-time landscape, I believed it, and I preached it even though I could not comprehend it.

Today it is much easier to envision the possibility of such a world ruler. Technology has given us instant global communication. CNN is seen everywhere in the world. The Internet and satellite cell phones reach every country on the face of the earth. Air transportation has shrunk the planet to the point where we can set foot on the soil of any nation in a matter of hours. I am told that there are now missiles that can reach any part of the world in fewer than thirty minutes. Men and nations no longer live in isolation.

There are also other factors that make the ascendance of a global leader more plausible than ever before. The Bible predicts that worldwide chaos, instability, and disorder will increase as we approach the end of this age. Jesus Himself said that there would be wars, rumors of wars, famines, and earthquakes in various places (Matthew 24:6 –7). Just before these tensions explode into world chaos, the Rapture of the church will depopulate much of the planet. As many as seventy million people could suddenly disappear from our nation alone.

The devastation wrought by these disasters will spur a worldwide outcry for relief and order at almost any cost. That will set the stage for the emergence of a new world leader who will, like a pied piper, promise a solution to all problems. He will negotiate world peace and promise order and security. This leader, who will emerge out of the newly formed European Union, is commonly referred to in the Bible as the Antichrist.

The very word antichrist sends a shudder through the hearts of Christians. All have heard or read of him, and the fear that some feel at the mention of his name comes largely from misunderstandings and confusion about who he is, when he will appear, and what powers he can exercise over God’s people. In this chapter I want to dispel those fears and clear up the confusion. I want to show you what is going on in the world as it relates to the biblical predictions and descriptions of the Antichrist and his work.

The word antichrist is used four times in the New Testament, each time by the apostle John, and it is found only in his epistles (1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; and 2 John 7). As the word suggests, the Antichrist is a person who is against Christ. The prefix anti can also mean “instead of, ” and both meanings will apply to this coming world leader. He will overtly oppose Christ and at the same time pass himself off as Christ.

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