THE ANTICHRIST!

THE ANTICHRIST AND ANTICHRISTS!

1 John 2:18-22 - Little children, it is the last time:  and as you have heard that (the) Antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.  They went out from (having fellowship among) us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us:  but they went out, that they might be made manifest (exposed) that they were not all of us.  But you have an unction (an anointing) from the Holy One,* and you know all things.  I have not written unto you because you know not the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.  Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ?  He is (an) antichrist, that denies the Father and the Son.

Note:  *  "The Holy One" - see John 14:26 which says - But the Comforter, Who is the Holy Ghost (Spirit), Whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

1 John 4:1-3 - Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God:  because many false prophets are gone out into the world.  Hereby know you the Spirit of God:  every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:  and every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of Antichrist, whereof you have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

THE FUTURE PRINCE OF ROME!

Daniel 9:24-27 - Seventy weeks* are determined upon thy people (Israel) and upon thy holy city (Jerusalem), to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.  Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the command to restore and to build Jerusalem, until the Messiah, the Prince, shall be seven weeks,* and threescore and two weeks:* the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.  And after threescore and two weeks* shall Messiah be cut off (killed), but not for Himself:**  and the people of the prince that shall come*** shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.  And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:* and in the midst of the week* he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

Notes:  * "Week" - These refer to periods of seven years.  We know this because the last verse above declares that the covenant will be broken halfway through the "week."  This halfway point is defined as being:  "1260 days" - Revelation 11:3; 12:6 - "42 months" - Revelation 11:2; 13:5 - "A time, times, and a half time" where "time" equals one year - Daniel 7:25; 12:7; Revelation 12:14.
** "Not for Himself" - see 1 Corinthians 15:3 - For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures....  Also see:  Romans 5:6-8; 2 Corinthians 5:14-15; 1 Thessalonians 5:10. 
*** "The prince that shall come" - Because he will be from the people who destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple in A.D. 70, the Antichrist will be from the former Roman Empire.

THE FIRST BEAST OF REVELATION THIRTEEN!

Revelation 13:1-9 - And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.  And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon (Satan - see Revelation 12:9; 20:2) gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.  And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed:  and all the world wondered after the beast.  And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast:  and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast?  Who is able to make war with him?  And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.*  And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, and His tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.  And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them:  and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.  And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.  If any man has an ear, let him hear.  

Note: * "To continue forty and two months" - Because this is in the "midst of the week" - see Daniel 9:27 - the Antichrist will finish his seven-year goal of ruling the world.  And like all those who oppose God, he will be destroyed!

Revelation 19:20; 20:10 - And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a Lake of Fire burning with brimstone. . . . And the devil that deceived them was cast into the Lake of Fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.

TRUST IN JESUS AND HAVE

YOUR NAME IN HIS BOOK OF LIFE!

REJECT JESUS AND SPEND

ETERNITY IN THE LAKE OF FIRE!