Similarly, during the Tribulation, the False Prophet will joins forces with the Antichrist, and he will attempt to establish a one-world religion; his goal is that all worship the Antichrist. The False Prophet is revealed after the Antichrist declares himself to be god (Dan. 9:27; Mt. 24:15; Rev. 13:1-10), and he serves him as his enforcer. The Antichrist is mentioned by that title in 1 John 2:18, 22.
When one compares the False Prophet's description in Revelation 13:11-18, with Revelation 20:4 he finds that his chosen method of killing those who resist, will be by beheading them. He is the person who forces people to worship the image of the Antichrist, the future prince of the people who killed Jesus, and the one who breaks his covenant with Israel (Dan. 9:26-27). We know this by comparing the two passage below:
"And I beheld another beast (the False Prophet- Rev. 16:13; 19:20; 20:10) coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast (Antichrist - before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 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. And he 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 number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six" (Rev. 13:11-18).
"And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the Word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years" (Rev. 20:4).
Those of us who are born again believers in Jesus Christ, may never actually know the identity of the Antichrist or the False Prophet. The Antichrist will not be revealed until he confirms the seven year covenant with Israel (Dan. 9:27), and the False Prophet will not be revealed until the mid-point of the seven year Tribulation (Rev. 13). Believers will have been gone to be with the Lord before this in what is known as the Rapture (Jn. 14:1-3; 1 Cor. 15:50-55; 1 Th. 4:16-17)!
All who love the Jesus of the Bible, will He gather to Himself! Praise the Lord!
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