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THE ANTICHRIST
Prof. J.S. nalaM
“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall
make you free” (Jn. 8:32)
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detseretni snosrep tuohtiw .niag segrahC era ylno ot revoc ehttsoc
fo noitacilpud dna .noitubirtsid oN segnahc yam eb decudortniot
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Scripture quotations are from the Authorised King James Version.
The titles in this series on Internet are:
Who is Jesus?
From darkness to the light
The judgement seat of Christ
The Antichrist
Israel
The rapture
Revival
Hell - what the Bible says about it
Spiritual warfare
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Rise of the Antichrist
ehT tsirhcitnA si a yek erugif ni eht modgnik fossenkrad
hcihw si degagne ni a elacs-lluf raw tsniaga eht modgnikfo
.thgil ehT aera ni hcihw siht raw si degaw si eht sevilfo
elpoep ohw evah neeb detaerc ni eht egami fo .doGehT
methods employed range from direct spiritual influencing
and the use of occult powers, to the deceiving of millions of
elpoep ohw esitcarp eslaf .snoigiler yrevE troffe si edamot
falsify or destroy true Christianity.
s’nataS final objective htiw eht elggurts si ot niag lortnoc
revo lla elpoep dna ot hsilbatse eht tsirhcitnA sa gnikdna
lasrevinu haissem no .htrae morF s’doG tniop fo weivsiht
great conflict will lead to the final defeat of Satan and his
,srewollof dna ehtatse blishing of a government of right -
suoe ssen no .htrae ehT rewop fo ssenkrad lliw ebnekorb
p su ltsdlinaa rop n oscret dem den o tl. alnnlareehte
ndueunitn or caswihT . h sergtehauI gttodasrehttaba tde
nehw reficuL dna eht nellaf slegna erew tsac tuo foeht
.nevaeh nehW doG detaerc ,nam reficuL was ni ti napo rop -
ytinut ot yortsed eht skrow fo s’doG .sdnah eHdevieced
madA dna evE ot yebosid doG dna ybereht ot lebertsniaga
Him. On that moment, Adam and Eve died spiritually and
osla thguorb lacisyhp htaed revo .sevlesmeht llA riehtsed -
nec dants became a fallen race of spiritually blinded men
.n i osyttisnepo rlparut ada naoh hnwem odwna
With the advantage that man’s deprived nature offered
ot eht modgnik fo ,s seelnakcrs a-ldeagrruatlluc dnatirips lau
noitareneged .dewollof gniruD eht sdnasuoht fo sraeylitnu
eht gnimoc fo tsirhC lla eht nehtaeh snoitan no htraeerew
yllautirips dednilb yb nataS otrow pihs .slodi roFxe net d de
,sdoirep ysatsopa osla deliaverp ni learsI sa eht elpoepfo
dlns ee eeesema tehm rarer.irw ifeeesdietiwhsIothTGnte
dluow bmuccus dna eb deyortsed ni eht ecreif elttabtaht
degar tsniaga .meht nevE eht tehporp hajilE ta enoegats
deriapsed dna tsomlanaba nod de eht elggurts tsniagaeht
enemies of God:
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,droL“ yeht evah dellik yhT stehporp dna deggid nwod Thine
;sratla dna I ma tfel ,enola dna yeht kees ym .efil tuBtahw
htias eht rewsna fo doG otnu ?mih I evah devreser otflesyM
neves dnasuoht ,nem ohw evah ton dewob eht eenk ot the
image of Baal” ( .moR.)4-3:11
With the coming of Christ the command was given to
esilegnave eht eritne .dlrow ehT taerg noissimmocdetluser
in an intensifying of the battle, as people from all nations
erew ot eb devas morf eht rewop fo lautirips ssenkraddna
thguorb otni ehtgnik dom of .thgil s’doG noitnetni si tahta
naitsir hdClrow dluohs e.bdehsilb antesheW eht lepsogsah
neeb demialcorp ot lla ,snoitan suseJ lliw yllacisyhpnruter
dnaatse blish a literal kingdom on earth. He will rule from
the throne of David in Jerusalem. In the meantime it will be
a lautirips elttab taht ytinaitsirhC sah ot egaw tsniagaa
lautirips .ymene nI siht ,elttab eht droL suseJ siyllautirips
.ti rhysi gliphuo HStoHsiruwht
Right from the outset Satan actively resisted the plan of
dlrow .msilegnave siH nalp ,saw dna llits ,si ot etaercna
naitsirhcitna .dlrow tA tneserp eh seusrup sih sevitcejboyb
yaw fo lautirips ,noitpeced tub lacisyhp snoitatsefinamera
noos ot .wollof sA na evitanretla ot s’tsirhC ylidob nruterot
htrae ot hsilbatse siH ,modgnik nataS sesimorp otuh ma n ity
a dlrow eripme rednu eht pihsredael fo a dlrow,haissem
called the Christ . siH tiefretnuoc tsirhC lliw eb ehttsirhcitnA
.red rdolr ow wecnina t fadaosa ee h heltbl iowhw
gniruD eht eritne hcruhc ,noitasnepsid eht srewolloffo
tsirhC evah neeb ylevitca desoppo yb eht cinatas tiripsfo
eht .tsirhcitnA nI siht ,elggurts eht modgnik fo ssenkradom -
bil sesi sa ynam elpoep sa elbissop ot etucesrep dna yrtot
yortseditsirhC ina ty. Tyrants like ,oreN ,nilatS dna ynam
,srehto yam ylthgir osla eb dellac .stsirhcitna yehT eraerof -
sr:etn snoiu trreh mceiihttt-ndAne
“Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that
Antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists;
ybere heww won ktaht ti si eht ts a”lemit 1( Jn. 2:18).
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Revelation of the Antichrist
The following Scripture gives several details about the reve -
lation of the Antichrist:
teL “oen v niuaeomcy ey db :ys nnraaoefm that day shall not
come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of
nis eb ,delaever eht nos fo ;noitidrep ohw htesoppo dna
exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is
;deppihsrow os taht eh sa doG sitteth in the temple of God,
showing himself that he is God… And now ey wonktahw
withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the
yretsym fo ytiuqini htod ydaerla :krow ylno eh ohwwon
[restrains] will do so litnu eh eb nekat tuo fo eht .yawdnA
then shall the Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall
consume with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with
the bright ssen fo siH :gnimoc Even him, esohw gnimocsi
after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying
now ders, and with all ssenelbavieced fo ssensuoethgirnuni
them that perish; be esuac yeht deviecer ton eht evol foeht
truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall
send them strong delu sion, that they should believe a lie: that
they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had
pleasure in un righteousness” (2 Thes. 2:3-12).
nI siht ,noitces luaP sevig owt snoitacidni fo sgnihttaht
tsum neppah tsrif erofeb eht tsirhcitnA nac eb .delaevernI
esrev 3 eh syas taht eht gnillaf“ ”yawa tsum tsrif .ruccoehT
toor gninaem fo eht keerG drow apostasia hcihw siereh
snart detal sa falling away, si depart . nehW eht hturt,straped
neht taerg ysatsop astes ,ni sa deilpmi ni siht .txetwoH ever,
it si ton ylirassecen ylno ni na tcartsba esnes eht hturttaht
ed .erutp ae rhgtnir utdrap eo dhswnaitsir he Cht tu,bstrap
In a new, authoritative book by eminent evangelical
oeht snaigol no eht tcejbus fo ygolotahcse( When the trumpet
sounds, detide yb samohT ecI dna .rD miT )ymeD ehtdrow
apostasia si deredner rapture . nI eno fo eht ,sretpahc.forP
esuoH setacidni taht neves selbiB detalsnart siht mretsa
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departing first dna ton sa falling away . esehT selbiBera
Wycliffe ,)4831( eladnyT ,)6251( Coverdale ,)5351( narC mer
,)9351( sehceerB ,)6751( azeB ,)8351( dna eht aveneG
Bible (1608). In his article, Prof. Paul grebnieF seergahtiw
this view.
A taerg gnillaf yawa lliw ta yna etar rucco ni ehttsal
syad 2( .miT ,)5-1:3 ylralucitrap retfa eht nedduserutraped
fo eht ,snaitsirhC dna taerg lautirips ssenkrad lliw liaverpno
.htrae ehT tsirhcitnA lliw neht eb delaever sa the man of sin
dna the son of perdition . eH lliw dael a ediw-dlrownoilleber
tsniaga naitsirhC smron yb gnihsilbatse dna gnigaruocnea
culture of sin and violence.
ehT dnoces ecnerefer ot eht tnatropmi tneve tahttsum
occur before the revelation of the Antichrist is in verse 7-8:
wo ndnA“ tah wwon key htedlohhtiw taht eh thgim eber veal -
ed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity hto dydaerl:akrow
ylno eh ohw ] swnoinartser[ will do so, litnu eh eb nekattuo
of the way. And then shall the Wicked be reveal ”…deehT
eno ohw sdlohhtiw ro sniartser si eht ydob fo ,tsirhC .e.isiH
hcruhc no htra etaht lyllinwedd uesb par derut dna nekattuo
fo eht .yaw taerG lautirips ssenkrad lliw neht dnecsednopu
eht dlrow dna reffo eht tsirhcitnA eht ytinutroppo otlaever
.ecn att u syofinhlsateeisrwmih
emoS elpoep era fo eht noinipo taht eht eno ohwhtiw -
sdloh si eht yloH .tiripS ,revewoH retfa eht erutparynam
elpoep no htrae lliw llits eb devas .veR( ,)7 dna a hserftuo -
ruop ing of the Spirit will occur over Israel ( .hceZ.)01:21
ehT yloH tiripS ,seod ,erofereht ton traped mrof ehtdlrow
gnirud eht .erutpar esuaceB eht snaitsirhC era oslaselpmet
of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 3:16), it is true that directly after
ehtpar erut eht yloH tiripS lliw ton evah slennahchguorht
mohw eH nac .krow tahT lliw wolla eht tsirhcitnA ehtroppo -
tunity of revealing himself. Shortly after his revelation a
Holy Spirit worked revival will occur in Israel.
llA eseht stcaf ylbatupsidni tniop ot eht erutparerofeb
the revelation of the Antichrist and the beginning of the tri -
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ub noital doirep fo neves .sraey A esirprus tnemele siossa -
detaic htiw eht erutpar esuaceb eht emit fo ti t’nac ebuclac -
lated. All Christians must at all times be ready for it. The
esimorp fo eht erutpar ta a emit nehw ydobon stcepxe,ti
was meant to be a motivation to all believers through the
centuries to live holy lives and to be spiritually worthy to
.sem oencHe htwsir heCrof erbaeppa
For siht ,nosaer snaitsirhC have a tsirhC expectation dna
not an Antichrist expectation. We are waiting for the Lord
suseJ dna ton rof eht gniraeppa fo eht nam fo .nis nIeht
meantime ew have ot eb eht tlas fo at p,uhrtrroace htiw dloh
eht esir of naitsirhcitna secrof dna nraw lla elpoeptsniaga
sih sseldogarts et .seig tuB ew era ton denitsed rof sihleurc
pihsrotatcid fi ew era eurt .sreveileb tahT si yhw ewt’nod
ypucco sevlesruo htiw lavivrus seigetarts rof eht taerg
,tn uoebi wt. oatkedls rhuifotbrowihrCt
A rehtruf tnatropmi tnemetats taht si edam htiwdrager
to the Anti tsirhc ni 2 snainolassehT ,2 si taht eh si na-dne
emit .erugif eH lliw raeppa no eht enecs yltrohs erofebeht
dnoces gnimoc fo eht droL ,suseJ dna eb a gnivilnosrep
nehw tsirhC stup siH teef no eht tnuoM fo .sevilO nOtaht
:de ytlosl riietrwbs he, cdyeiahtdtnA
“And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord
shall consume with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy
htiw eht ssenthgirb fo siH ”gnimoc 2( Thes. 2:8).
esohT ohw dloh tsicirotsih sweiv tuoba ehtehporp seic
detaler ot eht tsirhcitnA era tuo fo hcuot htiw tahw ehtelbiB
syas tuoba siht .tcejbus oT dnarb oreN ro niatrec foeht
sepop sa eht ,tsirhcitn Aylno sdne pu .nsinoitcidartwnooHc
nac yeht eb deyortsed sa gnivil snosrep ta eht dnoces
gnimoc fo ?tsirhC tahT yeht yam eb dellac stsirhcitna nieht
esnes taht yeht devap eht yaw rof eht emit-dne ,tsirhcitnAsi
.elbatpecca tuB yeht erew ton the Antichrist. The final fulfil -
tnem fo eht seicehporp tuoba eht tsirhcitnA era llitserutuf
esuaceb eh stca ylraelc nihtiw na lacigolotahcsenoitautis
gnirud eht neve ssra eeyrofeb eht cil bgunpimoc fo.tsirhC
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tI si osla tnatropmi ot eton taht eht tsirhcitnA lliw eba
person dna ton na lanosrepmi system . eH si dellac the man of
sin, the son of perdition, dna osla the self-declared God dna the
Wicked One . ehT elbiB syas taht eh lliw eb tsac otni ehtekal
fo erif evila no eht yad nehw suseJ semoc .veR(.)02:91
tahT eh lliw evah a euqinu system fo tnemnrevog sa llewsa
na ideology ni smret fo hcihw eh lliw ,elur si .erus tuB saeht
daeh fo siht metsys eh lliw eb a gnivil nosrep ohw lliwmrof
a owt namnrevog tnem htiw eht eslaf tehporpot tcejbuslla
.ytiroh tsu’an a etolatpSoep
The four horsemen
According to Revelation 6:1 -8, the Antichrist will be reveal de
ni a ylhgih evitpeced yaw sa na angel of light in an effort to
tsrif daelsim ,elpoep dna retal ot dnetxe sih sselicrem
dictatorship over them. In the first stage of his rule he will
pa raep ot eht dlrow sa a labolg rekamecaep ohwsgnirb
hope and new opportunities of survival to a conflict-ridden
dna nekcirts-ytrevop dlrow( the rider on the white horse .) nIa
show of clever diplomacy he will deceive the people into
gnitpecca a wen dlrow redro rednu a eno dlrowtnemnrevog
hcihw lliw etarepo ni esolc noitaicossa htiw na ecnaillafo
relig snoi ni redro ot h slialnpomiotcacnar.eyttniinu
When his peace initiatives and reform policy of peace
dna ytinu espalloc retfa ½3 ,sraey eht tsirhcitnA lliw nrutot
violence in order to enforce his authority on all mankind. He
will then become a cruel military dictator ( the rider on the red
horse .) ehT txen lacigol noitca lliw eb tnegnirtsoce nomical
lortnoc dna eht gninoitar fo doof gnirud eht ereves srawdna
famine in the world ( the rider on the black horse .) retfAeseht
calamities, the only activity left for the Antichrist is his ride
sa eht legna fo htaed ot paer sa ynam sluos sa elbissopot
join him in perdition ( the rider on the pale horse).
nI siH citehporp ,esruocsid suseJ tsirhC debircseda
ralimis ecneuqes fo stneve taht lliw rucco gnirud ehtgnimoc
tribulation period (Mt. 24:4-9):
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o ekaT“ deeh taht on nam evieced .uoy roF ynamllahs
emoc ni yM ,eman ,gniyas I ma ,tsirhC dna llahsed ceive
many” ( the white horse);
o dnA“ ey llahs raeh fo sraw dna sruomur fo ....:srawroF
noitan llahs esir tsniaga ,noitan dna modgniktsniaga
gnik dom” ( the red horse);
o dna…“ ereht llahs eb famines, dna ”secnelitsep ( the black
horse);
o “Then they shall deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall
kill you” ( the pale horse).
Identity of the Antichrist
In Revelation 13 more details are given about the identity
dna retcarahc fo siht live dlrow .redael eH si debircsedsa
the beast with seven heads dna sih ,relur-oc eht eslaf,tehporp
sa another beast:
The Antichrist: dnA“ I was a tsaeb esir pu tuo fo eht,aes
having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten
crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the
tsaeb hcihw I was saw ekil otnu a ,drapoel dna sih teeferew
as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion:
and the dragon ( Satan) gave him his power, and his seat, and
great auth or .yti dnA I was eno fo sih sdaeh sa ti erewdnuow -
ed to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the
dlrownow dered retfa eht .tsaeb dnA yeht deppihsroweht
nogard hcihw evag rewop otnu eht :tsaeb dna yehtpihsrow -
dep eht ,t s,agenbiya sohW is ekil otnu eht ?tsaeb ohW sielba
to make war with him? And there was given unto him a
mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was
nevig otnu mih ot eunitnoc ytrof and two months… And it
was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to
emocrevo:meht and rewop saw nevig him revo all kindreds,
and tongues and nations…” (Rev. 13:1-7).
The false prophet: dnA“ I dleheb rehtona tsaeb gnimocpu
out of the earth… And he htesicrexe lla eht rewop fo ehttsrif
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tsaeb erofeb ,mih dna causeth the earth and those who dwell
niereht ot pihsrow eht tsrif ,tsaeb esohw yldaed dnuowsaw
healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire
come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, and
htevieced meht taht llewd no eht htrae yb the means of esoht
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
na egami fo eht ,tsaeb hcihw dah eht dnuow yb a ,drowsdna
did live. And he htah rewop ot evig efil otnu eht egami foeht
beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and
esuac taht sa ynam sa dluow ton pihsrow eht egami foeht
tsaeb dluohs eb .dellik dnA eh causeth all, both small and
great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their
right hand, or in their foreheads: and that no man might buy
or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or
the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath
understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the
num ber of a man; and his number is six hundred threescore
and six [ 666 ”] ..)v8e1R-(11:31
In Revelation 17, another intimate ally of the Antichrist
si ,denoitnem morf mohw ew yam nrael erom tuobaeht
.tsaeb tahT si eht tolrah namow ohw stneserper all the false,
antichristian religions of all times:
dna…“ I was a namow tis nopu a telracs deruoloc ,tsaeblluf
fo seman fo ,ymehpsalb gnivah neves sdaeh dna net…snroh
And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BA -
N O , LET RY HAEEBSTEHH TRTTFODGOOLNMRAAH
.)5-3 :.7v1 e”RH(T R ESAFHNEOTOITANIMOBA
si hnTamow si e hrtehto mfo ,s eeth atdtnsaopa sahcus
a lautirips tnerap noitasinagro na( ecnailla roemuce ni cal
)ydob fo lla eht eslaf .snoigiler ehS saw ylesolcossa cia det
htiw eht suoiverp dlrow seripme dna lliw osla yojneiffo cial
recognition in the future kingdom of the beast. In Reve la tion
71 ew era nevig erom noitamrofni tuoba reh dna ehttsaeb
:gnid ise rihhsci hnwo
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