![]() ![]() Together they deceive the world and draw people into false worship. He is portrayed as a Beast coming from the sea who is aligned with Satan, the great Dragon, in his plot to rule the world. The book of Revelation describes the Antichrist as a powerful leader who will control the world and its economy. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. The Apostle Paul warned the church about a leader who would not only oppose Christ but would entice people to worship him as god. ![]() Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 1 John 2:18Ĭhildren, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. These leaders were called antichrists because they opposed Jesus and his followers. While some Jewish writers applied this prophecy to the Hellenistic ruler of Palestine, Antiochus IV, other early Christian writers applied Daniel’s prophecy to the Roman emperor Nero and other political leaders who persecuted Christians. He will "speak great words against the most High and wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws" (Daniel 7:25). The idea of a worldly ruler who opposes God and persecutes his followers is first found in the book of Daniel. He will be powerful and he will control the entire world. The Antichrist will appear as a man who claims to be God. ![]()
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