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THE ANTICHRIST REVEALED From Revelation 13:1-10 (cont)
9.
He
receives from the dragon [Satan]
his power [might], seat [throne],
and great authority [dominion]
10.
He had
one of its heads wounded to death [the mortal wound Rome
gave to Greece; the Antichrist will likely also receive a mortal wound (vs.
3)]
11.
His
deadly wound was healed [out of the Revised
Roman Empire will come the Revived Grecian Empire of the Antichrist
(Rev. 17:8-14); he may also be raised from the dead]
12.
He is
wondered after and worshipped by all the world (vs. 4)
13.
Many will
have both the desire to and the inability to fight him
14.
He was
given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies (vs.
5)
15.
Power was
given him to continue 42 months
16.
He opened
his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and
them that dwell in heaven (vs. 6)
17.
It is
given him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them (vs.
7)
18.
Power is
given him over all kindreds, tongues, and nations [peoples
is missing, as Israel is in the wilderness (vs. 7) (Rev. 12:6,
Rev. 12:14)]
19.
He is
worshipped by all upon the earth whose names are not written in the book of
life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world (vs.
8) From II Thessalonians — The Antichrist is Revealed in Two Stages
1.
He is
revealed to the Church when a Syrian
executes a 7-year peace treaty with Israel (Dan.
9:27)
2.
He is
revealed to the world when he breaks that treaty [by
desecrating the temple in Jerusalem]
after
3 ½ years (Dan.
9:27)
3.
He
opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped
(2
Thes 2:4)
4.
He sits
in the temple of God [the rebuilt temple in Jerusalem],
showing himself that he is God
5.
His
revelation is presently being restrained by an unseen force
[Michael, the archangel over Israel (Dan.
10:13, Dan. 10:21;
Dan. 12:1;
2 Thes.
2:6-7 - The Hinderer of Lawlessness)]
6.
He is
called the mystery of iniquity
7.
He shall
be consumed with the Spirit of the Lord’s mouth (2
Thes. 2:8)
8.
He shall
be destroyed with the brightness of Jesus’ coming
1.
He
was
[was the demonic presence ruling nations before John’s
time: the prince of Grecia
[(Rev. 17:8)
(Dan. 10:20
2.
He
is
not
[had
ceased from ruling during John’s day]
3.
He
ascends out of the abyss [the bottomless pit]
4.
He goes
into perdition [destruction]
5.
He is the
wonder of all the earth except those names were written in the book
of life from the foundation of the world
6.
He
yet
is
[during
John’s day this fallen angel was incarcerated in the abyss until his time
again comes to be loosed in the earth: the prince
of Grecia (Dan. 10:20)]
7.
He is the
demonic presence which shall rule the eighth world kingdom [
8.
He is of
the seven previous world kingdoms which have ruled Israel
9.
He
receives for a short space all of the power and strength of the 10-nation
confederacy of
Revised Rome
(Rev. 17:12)
1.
He brings
sorrow, fear, and hard bondage to Israel (Isa. 14:3)
2.
He is
referred to as the
King
of Babylon (Isa. 14:4)
3.
He ruled
the nations in anger (Isa. 14:6)
4.
He is
cast into hell (Isa. 14:9)
5.
He makes
no impression on anyone else that is also in hell (Isa.
14:16)
6.
He made
the world a wilderness (Isa. 14:17)
7.
He is
called the Assyrian (Isa. 14:25)
8.
His yoke
is destroyed and his burden removed because of the Anointing (Isa. 14:25)
9.
Through
the voice of the Lord the Assyrian
is beaten down (Isa. 30:31)
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