We know that the wicked man prophesied in the Scriptures must make his appearance soon, as we are at the end of time and even in the last days. It is therefore legitimate, and even imperative to ask ourselves, as Christians in this last generation about the person of the Antichrist. Who is he? When will he make his appearance? How will it occur? Who is involved? These questions, with a lack of revelations, have left the majority of Christians sceptical in the face of very contradictory teachings.
The Scriptures were written based on true facts, where each story is a way for us to know God's plan for both our life and for humanity. Genesis tells us in the first verse of a beginning, and the Apocalypse tells us that He who is the beginning is the end. He presents himself as the Alpha and the Omega. It is the revelation of the Son of God that brings us into this history. So there is a beginning and there will be an end, and this is obviously not related to the dimension of God. This is because God was already at the beginning and even before, as He is eternal, but this is a beginning of the history of our world through which God wants to give us the opportunity to know him through the revelation of His Son. The Bible is the only book of interest, and the only one to offer us an overview of the entire history of mankind as well as a projection into the future. As to the realization of his prophecies, the background of the picture becomes the only moving scene. But many Christians remained gazing at the whole picture, as if they were instead different authors at the time, inspired by the Holy Spirit. They had no choice but to settle for a projection, in spirit, towards the finality. If the overview is actually essential for the understanding of the Scriptures, it is precisely to allow us to know what time we arrived, and which scenario or chapter in the history of our world is unfolding. Do we realize that we are at the last chapter of this story that was written by the Divine Author? If so, why not worry about the part where we are? Are we as believers like the generations who preceded us and who are now with the Lord - pending redemption of their body? Or are we involved in the story that is ours and that the Lord has written so that in the centuries to come, we have grounds to praise Him for the immense riches of His grace and His kindness toward us through Jesus Christ? How many of us have sought or requested the prophetic Spirit to search the Scriptures on this background in which we have come this far? I would like to draw your attention to a promise from the Lord:
"Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come" (John 16 : 13).
While some remained outside of the picture, others, on the contrary, were so inside the background decor that they took no step back, and are still in great confusion. They are on the lookout for all of the events that happen in their eyes to give them a Biblical interpretation, thinking to find the explanation of the prophetic books. It is surprising that the Christians of the last times sometimes unconsciously become false prophets; when they hear the information, for example on a new Russia, they immediately conclude that the war of Gog and Magog is about to happen, while the Bible is clear that this falls at the end of millennium, like the ultimate rebellion of Satan (Volume 2 p. 302-304). This is just one example among many others. So the question arises: do you seriously think that by playing the sorcerer's apprentice, the prophetic Spirit will reveal himself, in these circumstances with such a mind-set amongst the Christians there? In truth, the prophetic Spirit is at work in the world, but now with a very small number of Christians open to the things of God and who await His Moment ...
Again, we must define the term "release the prophetic Spirit." There is no question of prophetic ministry in the sense of Ephesians 4: 11, but a renewal of the manifestation of the Holy Spirit to reveal the mysteries contained in Christ, and announced by the prophecies of the Bible. These prophecies are reserved for the generation concerned by the events of the end of time. Let me tell you, if God delays in this revelation, it is because Christians do not seek His grace, and therefore do not recognize the prophetic Spirit in the Bible when the Spirit of Truth is in action. The story is already written, and prophecies of the Bible are the means that God gives to His children to prepare for them:
"We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghos." (2 Peter 1 : 19 - 21).
Those who walk in darkness do not know where they are going, unlike those who walk in the light, who see the path and know where they go. Prophecy is the only way (the lamp which lights) that is given to us to access the knowledge of God's plan for everything concerning the end of time, this expression "until the day dawns ". As the prophecies of the Bible did not proceed from the will of men, and cannot be the object of a personal interpretation, it is just conceivable that the author of these prophecies grants to us an understanding of this divine inspiration, as we are the children of God. If the people do not have knowledge in the form of revelations of Bible prophecies announced for centuries, how would God send a prophet to confirm these things? The prophet is inseparable from the revealed Word of God. Assuming a prophet announced today that Christ will manifest soon on earth to establish His Kingdom by syncretism of all religions of the world - as some believe - would it still be necessary to have prior understanding of the prophecies of the Scriptures by revelations of the Holy Spirit to exercise discernment of spirits? In this case, it would concern more likely the false christ.
I) The confusion between the term Antichrist and false christ.
Most people associate the image of the wicked man with that of the Antichrist, and it is a mistake not without consequence, because the reputation that precedes it is the case of Satan the dragon. It is not for nothing that Jesus speaks of one who comes in designating him differently. Jesus warns us against the great deception that is coming, pointing to the man who should appear by its very imposture: the false christ. There is a fundamental difference between the false christ, who as a usurper, takes the place of truth, and the idea that the world population has formed of the one we hear about negatively: the Antichrist. By definition, the term Antichrist has always had in the past - and still has today - very negative connotations. It’s paraded in movies which represent it as the despot, tyrant, cruel person who imposes his martial laws and dictatorship on the world it governs. If such a man today presented us with such an image of his person, for sure, it would be unlikely to have the approval of the world's population. The world is always looking for more humanism and freedom without limit, aspiring only to peace and security. Satan knows that the current inhabitants of the land would not welcome a type of Antichrist which would be in a form that may have existed in the past, like a Nero, a Napoleon, or a Hitler etc. We all await a hero, a saviour, a messiah, a man of the moment (who will actually create this need himself when the world will be delivered to him after the great distress of the disappearance of millions of Christians). His appearance, as we have already explained in the previous sections will be in two stages. This is what Jesus Confirms with insistence on the false christ in the Gospels of Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21, and what Paul says of his double appearance in 2 Thessalonians 2. The apostle John also reveals to us in the Apocalypse with on the one hand, the white knight of the first seal, which later became the Beast. This distinction is crucial because the way to consider this character allows us to understand how it will manifest itself and its intentions. What must be understood is that he is spoken of in the Bible in a very different way to what the world expects. The man of sin will take the habit of a messiah, such as a mercenary who masquerades as a shepherd, and that is why Jesus warns against the false messiah (who will use all of his manipulation exercised for thousands of years to attract the world's population). Only once he manages to subdue the crowds, politicians and economists by promising universal peace (unrealistically) will he show his true face as the Antichrist. He will be proven to be the Beast of the Apocalypse, a tyrannical despot who takes himself as a god.
Now, after what has been said, I would like to draw your attention to the manifestation of the man that Satan chose to serve his interests, as it will be in three distinct and progressive phases:
II) The manifestation of the man of sin in three phases:
1) The first two phases of his appearance have been widely developed in the context of 2 Thess.2. 2-12. To summarize, his first appearance will be as false christ, expected just before the "day of the Christ", that is to say, before September 2015, and probably between June and August 2015 (this date is approximate, estimated over a chronology of all events). This is the first appearance concerning Christians today, those of the dispensation of the grace and of the end of time of the Church, before his ascension at the coming of the Lord in the air.
2) The second apparition, still as the false Christ, takes the appearance of a hero or saviour of a world in distress caused by the Rapture. This event should take place September 28, 2015 just before the last eclipse of the Tetrad of 29 September 2015. This second appearance differs from the first by his entrance. The first being for his unveiling, while the second is his appointment as a global leader.
3) The last event is almost mysticism, as the false christ will turn into the Antichrist during his last term when he makes his appearance (rather his reappearance) in the Beast of the Apocalypse, in the middle of the Tribulation (that is to say at the beginning of the Great Tribulation). This sudden change will come about when he receives a mortal blow after a military engagement as leader (Rev. 13: 3), but soon reappears by the power of the dragon, to hold the world in admiration of his miracles and wonders of which he will be the target (Rev. 13: 4 + 14). Except that in this resurgence, the Antichrist will be invested in the diabolical power, which presupposes that Satan will have him fully under his control (possessed), to try to accomplish his purposes. But it will be reduced to destruction by the revelation of Jesus Christ: the One True Messiah.
III) The false Christ in the Apocalypse
The false christ appears in the Apocalypse in the first seal to be opened during the second appearance of the man of sin, fifteen days after the Rapture.
"And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquervaincre." (Rev. 6 : 1 - 2)
The rider of the white horse is certainly not to be confused with Christ, because it is obviously the false christ, here are the reasons:
1° The Horseman set out to conquer, while Christ is already victorious;
2° This horseman receives a crown to rule over the people for a short time: 7 years (Rev. 13: 5, 17: 12-13), while Christ received it at His Ascension 2000 years ago;
3° This horseman has an arc to send fiery darts against his victims (Eph. 6:16); Christ has a weapon in His sword (Rev. 19:15) like that of Christians (Eph. 6:17);
4° This horseman precedes the other three horsemen of the Apocalypse that accompany war, famine, and death;
5° This horseman came forward conquering to defeat the "saints" of the Tribulation Da.7: 21: "I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them";
6° The white horse is of importance, because it means that the rider is a storyteller which replaces the personality of another, in this instance, the Messiah. He will go to Christ, the benefactor of mankind, to attract crowds until he shows the true face of the Antichrist to become the seventh head of the beast. This is the false Christ of the end of time that corresponds to the description of the wicked man, and the son of perdition (2 Th 2:3-10), and later the beast from the sea (Rev. 13 1), and the devastator in Da. 9: 26-27.
For other seals, including the three horsemen of the Apocalypse, see comments from Volume 2 page 159.
IV) The beast (Antichrist) of the Apocalypse
The verse begins by giving us an interesting clue. John says: "saw a beast rise up out of the sea". We have seen that the Bible uses the phrase "the sea" as a meaning for an evolving crowd in the system to which it belongs. For example: "a sea of glass" (Rev. 4:6 and 15:2) represents the elected in their heavenly glow. Conversely, when the sea evokes today's world, it represents the system by which it is governed: evil personified (1 John 5:19). So, the beast that comes from the sea is derived from that master of this world system.
A number of factors enable us to identify the first beast.
The ten horns are ten kings (Da. 7:24;. Rev. 17:12). The ten kings in question are the kings who receive a kingdom for one hour with the beast (Rev. 17:12). That is to say, during the short time of the Tribulation the beast will have the power of the dragon.
The seven heads are also seven kings. These seven kings (heads) have nothing in common with the ten kings (horns), as this is not the eighth king (the beast) coming out of the four kingdoms of the seven kings. It is the following verse that will enlighten us on the seven heads of the beast.
Verse 2 tells us: "The beast is like" an association of animals: a leopard, a bear and a lion. These animals also appear in Daniel's vision with more details. They are all treated as universal empires that dominated the world. You will notice the way they are listed in reverse order according to the books in Daniel as there is a prophecy that must be performed (to come), while in John it is already accomplished.
To identify the portrait of this beast, we must first examine the beings which it resembles, and highlight the common feature of each and apply it to its image.
"And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another."» (Da. 7:3)
1° The first animal: the Babylonian Empire
"The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.. " (Da. 7:4)
This is an allusion to Nebuchadnezzar, who is side-lined by God, by withdrawing his kingdom for seven years to live with, and like, the beasts of the field. After the appointed time, he came to his senses and gave glory to the God of heaven, who gives it to whom he pleases. Thus, after his humiliation, the king was restored to his kingdom, towering over all the earth (Da. 4:28 37). This is fully consistent with the interpretation of Daniel for the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar saw in a dream. The golden head of the statue represents the kingdom of Babylon (Da. 2:36-37).
2° The second animal: The Empire of Medes and the Persians
" And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh". (Da. 7:5).
In the statue the silver parts which are the chest and arms, are the kingdoms of Medes and the Persians (Da. 2:32 and 39).
The three ribs are a possible allusion to the tripartite structure of the second empire: Media, Persia and Babylonia (Scoffield). "A lot of flesh," ie Lydia, Babylonia, Egypt, etc..
3° The third animal: the Greek Empire
"After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it...”. (Da. 7:6)
In the statue, the third kingdom of brass will be Greece, "Like a leopard" because of its speed which is similar to the conquests of Alexander the Great.
4° The fourth animal: the Roman Empire
" After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns" (Da. 7:7)
This fourth and final kingdom is central to all of the concerns of the prophet Daniel. He holds his attention as he asks the angel kindly to give him the explanation (Da. 7:15-28). The explanation that provides the angel to Daniel is the complement of what has already been received by the interpretation of the statue above. Indeed, Daniel explained the dream of the statue by the intelligence that God gave him. This dream recall concerned the four kingdoms that would appear in their universal form marking the history of mankind, and then come the kingdom of God (Da. 2:44-45). The fourth kingdom is symbolized by the two legs of iron that pull everything apart (Da. 2:40) to finish in ten toes of mixed iron and clay (verses 41-42). What must be understood is that the last kingdom will be in two stages.
1° Initially, both legs are the same alloy: iron symbolizing strength. That part of the statue is the fourth universal kingdom as it will be the at beginning of its manifestation, that is to say, strong as iron, as well as iron breaks and subdues all ... (Da. 2: 40). But this kingdom after some time will separate into two like the two legs of iron. The last kingdom that tells our story is that of the Roman Empire which was divided into two in the year 293 by the emperor Diocletian: the Eastern Roman Empire administered by himself and the Western Roman Empire managed by his comrade Maximian.
Secondly , the Scriptures clearly suggest that the fourth kingdom shall be destroyed by Christ; this is indicated by the stone cut out of the mountain without the aid of any hand to break the whole statue (Da. 2:44 45). The fourth kingdom will be in the form of both legs, but under that, its extension will be represented by the ten toes. The ten toes will always be of the same structure as the two legs, that is to say of iron, but they will be mixed with the clay due to alliances between ten kings, as specified in the Scriptures (Da. 2:43). Thus, the ten toes are defined as ten kings (Da. 7:15-28), the same ten kings that John mentions in the Apocalypse. These belong to the beast at the end of the times of the Gentiles, and will rule an hour together (Rev. 17:12-14).
Daniel could not understand that the time taken to separate the fourth kingdom into both legs and one into the ten toes is nearly 1700 years. For the eternal purpose of the God of heaven and of all things in reserve, He cannot reveal the mysteries gradually due to the limitations of man. Amongst these mysteries, there was just the church and us in Christ, the Christians (who were not be disclosed at the time appointed by God [Eph. 3:6;. Col 1:24-26]). For my part, it took time for the Lord to make me understand and accept that the fourth kingdom began with the Roman Empire. It is obvious when we consider the first three empires across the world at that time. They are universal, in the sense of their extent and their power in the world. In addition, the world would continue to evolve until the time when all parts of the world are involved and able to communicate instantly with each other. Let us not forget that the first covenant was made with man when God asked Adam to propagate the human race and rule over all the earth (Gen. 2).
It is clear that the fourth universal kingdom in its future form is rooted in the origin of its constitution, because it depends on the history of humanity since the onset of the dominating empires of the world. That is why the apostle John implies that the fourth kingdom shall be that of the beast when he mentions three animals - leopard, bear and lion - as the first three kingdoms. If this requires much explanation, it is because a prophecy can sometimes consist of several steps before reaching its goal. That is why it is often necessary to try several times to better grasp the precise meanings and how they complement each other.
Recap: the beast:
1. It is similar to the three animals that relate to three empires exercising their dominance on the world stage, even the world that was limited to parts of the known world at that time (considering the most important: the Middle East , Asia, Africa and Europe).
2. Itself is a fourth Empire that is more terrifying than the first three empires.
3. The fourth beast shall have the characteristics of the first three:
Ø The leopard represents the speed of lightning conquest by the Macedonian king of Grecia: Alexander the Great;
Ø The bear symbolizes the tenacity of the Persians;
Ø The lion figure of the voracity of the Babylonians.
4. The fourth animal was different from all animals (Da. 7:7) as he inspired terror through his appearance and power "stamped the residue with the feet of it."
5. The seven heads are from the first three beasts of Daniel, who gave birth to the fourth world empire. The first Babylonian empire forms the first head, whilst the Medo-Persian Empire forms the second head. The third empire totals the last five heads and is composed as follows: Alexander is the third universal empire, a head (Da. 8:21), but that kingdom will break into four parts after his death, where 4 mentioned additional heads in Da. 7:6; 8:8; 8:22. In total we have seven heads for the first three empires.
6. The fourth kingdom shall also include seven heads since it has all the features of the other three kingdoms, especially since Rev. 17:10 tells us the composition of the fourth kingdom "And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space"
If Daniel does not mention the seven heads as John does, this is because the apostle speaks of certain facts which have already taken place in his time, in this instance, the first six heads. That is why we must make a leap into the past of John in the first century of our era. The apostle received his vision on the island of Patmos (Rev. 1:9) when he was taken prisoner during the persecution against Christians. So, we know that the writing of his prophetic texts is dated to around the year 95 *. Therefore, of the seven kings represented by the seven heads of the beast, six have existed from the time of John, and the sixth is still alive at the time when John wrote his book of the Apocalypse. To find the king in question, an important element must be taken into consideration: "and upon his heads the name of blasphemy" (Rev. 13:1). This is the distinction of the beast by the head it bears, as they all have this in common: blasphemy, who is to play God and proclaim or the claim during his lifetime, like the Antichrist will be the seventh head of him who is to come and stay short time (Rev. 17:10 ; 2 Thess. 2:4).
* The Apocalypse was written by the apostle John in the late 1st century
Most scholars of the ancient church attributed our Apocalypse to the apostle John. Irenaeus and Justin Martyr reported that the Apostle John would, return to Ephesus where he lived until the beginning of the reign of Trajan (that is to say until 98) after his captivity on the island of Patmos. Thus, writing our Apocalypse is located around 95 AD. At the time, a great persecution of Christians began under Emperor Domitian (also called the second Nero).
Domitian was a cruel despot. John is said to have been arrested and sentenced to forced labour on the island of Patmos to intimidate Christians. It would be during this exile that John received this latest revelation from Jesus Christ. It is mainly the church fathers, Tertullian and Hippolytus who are among the most important witnesses to the text of the Apocalypse by the apostle John.
Here is a bit of history to better understand John's vision of these heads.
1° The first head of the beast of the fourth kingdom of the Roman Empire: Emperor Julius Caesar.
The veneration of the Roman emperor, and therefore the celebration of the imperial cult, is created with Julius Caesar (46-44 BC), which he had learned from the Greeks. They had adopted this idea from the Egyptians and Babylonians. Caesar claims a divine origin to justify his ambition to achieve sovereignty for life. However, he will deceive by suggesting to be praised in his lifetime as a god descended from Venus. His excessive pride thus demonstrated, combined with the ambition of the Roman aristocracy, lead to his murder in a collective act led by senators Brutus and Cassius.
However, it did not take long for Caesars’ desire to be deified was filled. Indeed, his nephew and adopted son Octavian, later Augustus Caesar (27 BC -14AD), proclaimed his father Divus Iulius (Divine Julius). He then built a temple and installed his statue in the Pantheon of Agrippa among the gods of Roman antiquity.
2° The second head of the beast of the fourth kingdom: Emperor Augustus
He refused to allow Roman Italy to give him the divine honours accorded to his father, claiming not to be a god. However, he allowed his Egyptian subjects to recognize it as such and authorized the construction of temples in his name in the Eastern Empire. In these remote regions of Italy, He was then known under the name of "saviour" and "benefactor", which earned him to be revered.
Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Augustus
I read in the Milkweed Mendes Treaties (writer originally from Egypt) "on divine things," the mother of Augustus, Atia, having visited the temple of Apollo in the middle of the night for a solemn sacrifice. She had placed her litter in the temple and stayed asleep, while other women were leaving. However, a snake crept to her then retired shortly after. Upon waking, she purified as if from the arms of her husband. From that moment she had on the body the image of a serpent who could never fade, so that she would no longer appear in public baths. Augustus, who was born nine months later, thus passed for the son of Apollo. Before giving birth, Atia dreamed that her bowels were brought to the stars and embraced the whole extent of the earth and the heavens. Octavius, father of Augustus, dreamt of a ray of sun coming out the sides of his wife.
As Augustus himself was entitled "the son of the god Caesar," it was inevitable that the people of Rome would commits acts of sycophancy, and take the initiative to build on all sides, temples dedicated to Emperor Augustus, even before his death, and before official "deification."By a politic of humility and in order not to appear to the Senate and the Roman people as presumptuous, Auguste rarely allowed the construction of such temples, or at least he was supposed to learn that the building once the temple completed and dedicated. Augustus then modestly took the act as ‘fait accompli’. (The Temple of Solomon Could not Stand On its Water Tower, By N. Nata).
3° The third head of the beast of the fourth kingdom: Emperor Tiberius
The successor of Augustus, Tiberius (14-37), is reluctant to his deification, and has willingly given to his predecessor, referring to him as the "divine Augustus." However, during his reign, Tiberius appears as divus on some coins and was recognized "son of god" in a paper written in 37.
4° The fourth head of the beast of the fourth kingdom: Emperor Caligula
This is the next emperor, Gaius (37-41), also known as Caligula, who will take the final step and ask to be worshiped in Rome. A disease which occurred in the first days of his reign appears to have caused a mental imbalance in this emperor. Taking himself as Jupiter personified, the father of the gods, he proclaimed himself the incarnation of all Roman gods and goddesses past and commonly dressed in their image.
Angered by the refusal of the Jews of Alexandria to erect his statue and worship in their synagogues, Caligula ordered his legate of Syria to install a bronze statue in his image in the temple of Jerusalem. Even if this order was cancelled sometime after, he brings to mind the future Nero through his megalomania and egocentricity. One finds in these two emperors blatantly self-congratulation and delusions of grandeur.
5° The fifth head of the beast of the fourth kingdom: the emperor Nero
Towards the end of his reign, Nero, the Roman emperor with depraved morals (54 68 AD), opposes the construction of a temple celebrating him as divine as he believed it went against the social order of the time. Indeed, the veneration of their emperor is already part of the everyday life of the Romans and this trend seems to intensify. Does the refusal of Nero mean that humility has finally reached the cruel ruler?
Apparently not, and in more ways than one. As grounds for refusal, Nero invokes the general opinion that only emperors who have died can access the deity. However, ten years ago, he allowed the Senate to erect a statue of him to scale, alongside that of the god of war in the temple of Mars the Avenger. In addition, the coins minted during his reign are wearing the radiate crown of a deified emperor or in the guise of Apollo, the sun god.
If this does not prove the fascination of the emperor to the divine nature (he really thought he was divine or just aspired to be), some events during the visit to Rome of Tiridates, King of Armenia should convince the sceptics. Parthian Tiridates is a magician and a priest of Mithras. His submission to Roman forces allowed him to retain his throne as a vassal king, but by his role as magician that intrigues Nero. The latter considers him in effect as a magician; he is passionate about magic. Adding to the fascination, Mithra is the god of light, so often likened to the sun. When the Armenian king visited Nero in the year 66, he kneeled and addressed the emperor as "master" and "god." At that time Nero apparently really showed himself as near to divinity. According to the senator and the third century Roman historian, Dio Cassius, Nero said to the king: "You did well to come to me in person; it is in such a meeting face to face I can spread my grace on you. [...] I have the power to take over the kingdoms as I have that to give. "(Roman History 63.5.3). Shortly after, in a huge and carefully orchestrated public ceremony, the priest of the god of light repeats the formula of allegiance as dawn lights up the face of Nero, giving him all of the aspects of the new sun god.
Although Nero is probably interested in the gods in more ideological than religious terms, he is undoubtedly obsessed with the Sun. His identification with Apollo the lyre player, god of music, through Sol Invictus (Invincible Sun), god of horse racing, which leads to Phoebus Apollo who drives the sun chariot, during his life Nero will borrow several aspects of the sun god. In the year 60, we see the divine lyre player, singer and charioteer with golden hair. It establishes a Golden Age. Both new Apollo and Sol, he wears a diadem adorned with beams. However, he belongs also to men, fleeing any divine character, playing plays or singing in public.
With his sometimes ambivalent opinions about the divine nature, Nero is not so original, because the Roman imperial predecessors and successors have done the same: they both try to escape their claims of deity. The constant adulation appears both as a need for the governed and as temptation for the governor.
He was lent for motivation intended to immortalize his name by renaming Rome Neropolis. It was important for Nero to offer another object to this need to find a culprit. He chose for target a Jewish sect who took more space, and he amused himself by persecuting members of the Christians. He ordered Christians to be thrown to the lions in arenas, while others were crucified in great numbers and burned alive as torches. He was one of the greatest persecutors of the early Christians.
6° The sixth head of the beast of the fourth kingdom: the emperor Domitian
The sixth of these heads is that which "exists" (Rev. 17:10), which is present at the time of the vision that John had of the Lord. Domitian was in power from 81 until his death in 96. His portrait, ambitions, cruelty and pride all meet John’s criteria exactly for the sixth head of the beast.
At the beginning of his reign Domitian is shown to be liberal and fair. He is praised for his sense of justice and religion. However, his anxious nature, his tendency to see conspiracies everywhere, violence, authoritarianism and his excesses - he calls himself lord and god, holy emperor and even Jupiter- darken the end of his reign.
7° The seventh head of the beast of the fourth kingdom: the Antichrist
The seventh King, « and the other is not yet come… » (Rev. 17:10) cannot be part of the ancient Roman Empire (that is to say, two legs) as well as the previous ones, even later Domitian. This is because it belongs to the fourth kingdom in its future form (ten toes) that must be destroyed by the stone (Christ) coming off the mountain without the aid of any hand (Da. 2:45). This head exactly meets the criteria of the first six, but it will make its appearance at a time that will be the end of the nation to make way for the eternal Kingdom. The Beast of the Apocalypse which bears ten horns is the fourth kingdom and like the first three (Rev. 13:2), has seven heads which represent the six former Roman Empire (two legs of the statue) and seventh head through its final configuration (ten toes). Given these details, we can identify the beast as the seventh head. This is the head which governs the ten kings who will receive ten regions of the world covering the entire surface of the earth. This beast is unique in the sense that it not only has all the characteristics of other kingdoms, but it embodies the negation of the eternal Son of God. The dragon Satan will give all his powers to the beast (Rev. 13:2), even those he boldly offered to Jesus when he tried in the desert (Matt. 4:8-9).
Verses 3 and 4 of Chapter 13
"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?"
In verse 3 : "one of his heads as it were wounded to death …". None of the six heads (kings, emperors) were mortally wounded. Caesar, Caligula and Domitian were assassinated, Augustus and Tiberius knew a natural death, and Nero committed suicide. There remains the seventh head, but to be sure whether it is he who has been injured, we must take all possibilities that the Bible gives us about this data. Firstly, remember again, we must keep in mind that the seventh head is the revival of the Roman Empire in its new form of several confederations dominating the world through its leader which will be the first beast (from the sea). This is evident in the extent that this head is designated as the one who is to come:"when he cometh, he must continue a short space" (Rev. 17:10).
Verse 3 of chapter 13 tells us that: "And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed".
In this case, it comes from the head and not the beast itself, i.e., it is indeed the king and not of the Empire. Only after his recovery, or should I say after his resurrection because he is mortally wounded, does the seventh head becomes the beast. From the moment it is written in verse 3: "Filled with admiration, the whole earth followed the beast." Now that we know that the deadly wound is allocated to the leader (head) and not the Empire, we must consider verse 14, because it tells us that it is a sword that is causing his fatal blow. The term "sword" means that this fatal incident happened after a war in which the head was engaged. Details provided to us in Rev. 17:8: the world will see the reappearance of the beast:"The beast that thou sawest was, and is not".
This therefore confirms another verse (Rev. 13:3). We are dealing with a major event which happens in the first part of the Tribulation, where the beast as the seventh head will experience death. However, his return will raise the admiration (Rev. 13:3) and amazement (Rev. 17:10) of those whose name is not written in the Book of life.
Why must this event happen in the first part of the Tribulation period (the end of the first phase of 3.5 years)? This is what we will see in the next verse:
Verses 4 and 5 of Chapter 13
"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? 5 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."
The seventh head, which remains of this universal empire of the fourth kingdom, became the beast itself. To respond immediately to the question above, verse 5 gives us this indication of any importance: it is in the second part of the Tribulation, for 42 months, he will receive all power of the dragon over all peoples and nations. As he receives this power after his deadly wound healing (resurrection), it is logical to infer that this deadly wound was inflicted during the first period (obviously at the end of 3.5 years of this period of 7 years).
Humanity will experience big changes from that time, as the worst changes are reserved for then. The true nature of the beast will be brought to light when it returns from the abyss. Indeed, before the Antichrist is mounted on a white horse in a way befitting of the false Christ (Rev. 6:1), he will rise as the beast from the sea and pretend to be the saviour of the world. After the return of the beast, John uses another expression to describe it: "He rose from the abyss" (Rev. 17:8). He who rises from the abyss is the devil. The beast is none other than the devil incarnate in the person of the Antichrist. That is why the beast "…was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies." The devil is the usurper who has used his craftiness to appropriate the power to rule over this world. He knows that his time is short since he was cast out of heaven by the archangel Michael (Rev. 12:7-12). This is why the event in Rev. 12:12-17 must be taken in parallel with the reappearance of the beast, where the dragon gives all power and great authority to the beast (Rev. 13:4) that will perform as great despot for 42 months (verse 5).
Since the fourth empire, the enemy of God used ante-christs to prepare his way, leaving us to predict his intentions. Paul has written the following:"For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thess. 2:7‑10).
The mystery of iniquity continued to act for centuries, it is necessary to return to the roots of Freemasonry to realize that the devil and his staff are constantly preparing for the coming of the new World Empire and its Antichrist. You will notice that this agent of evil is not openly presented as the Antichrist although there is no doubt that this is true. John foretold the coming (1 John 2:18), of the man of sin mentioned by Paul (2 Thess 2:2), but his first manifestation is described in the first seal of the Apocalypse: it appears as a rider on a white horse. Its purpose is obviously to win the trust of the people of the world, as we have already explained in the post-Rapture on the Day of the Lord. That is why his coming will include miracles and false satanic signs. This is deceptive, because he will come as a false christ to deceive the world, pretending to be the saviour Christ on his return to Earth. During this first period of the Tribulation - which remains a time of God's judgment by the first five seals - the false christ and false prophet will strive to exploit the gullibility of people who search for peace in these troubled times.
"For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not." (Matt. 24:24-26)
We are currently uncertain if the false Christ or false prophets are many and each will manifest itself in a part of the world, or if the Antichrist and his prophets will adapt around the world and appear as more. As most of the existing religions of the world are waiting for their messiah, it would not be surprising to see the reunification of all these beliefs manipulated by the Antichrist. It is even certain that his organization by the Illuminati is at work in this direction. God's Word warns us that his emergence is masterful. He will use signs and wonder to entice as many people as possible.
It is even possible that some elects (not already removed by the Church and poorly strengthened by the word of God), are also attracted because of the miracles, but those who love the truth will not be fooled by the Antichrist. John has said the following:
"Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time" (1 John 2:18).
The return of Jesus on earth will be different, and I say this especially for all those who will be present during this troubled period, so they will take courage;
"For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be" (Matt. 24:27).
Jesus Christ, the King of kings will return to earth with all of the removed saints of the Church and myriads of angels, and all will see him:
"Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen!" (Rev. 1:7).
This advent will take place approximately 30 days after the Third World War of the sixth trumpet, when the armies of the beast have been completely decimated at Armageddon at the end of the seventh trumpet. In other words, to see the real appearance of Jesus Christ on earth, it takes about 7 years and 30 days after the signature of the Covenant of Peace (Da. 9:27). This will be signed between the Antichrist, Israel and other nations (probably Arab countries) just after the exceptional event of the Rapture. To these 7 years and 30 days, we must add the time between the Rapture and the alliance of the Antichrist with Israel, but the Bible says nothing about this, it is presumed to be a few days or weeks at most. Regarding the Rapture of the Church, I emphasize the importance of this event, as it will represent still a few million Christians. There will be severe anxiety and some chaos. A few million people does not seem that many in comparison to the seven billion people on the planet. The Bible states that many are called but only a few are chosen. Despite the shock waves that will be created by such an unprecedented event in the world, we must not underestimate the enemy of God, because he knows nothing of prophecy. He will have had ample time to prepare his plan, by which peoples’ minds are preoccupied with their future, so they forget their disappeared loved ones.
The surest way not to be fooled by the supernatural manifestations of the Antichrist and his deceptive seductions is to know it will be the same as the first Roman emperors, namely those that persecute the believers, those who love the truth and keep the testimony of Jesus Christ. The seduction of the beast will be foremost to believe in peace on earth and give hope to focus on one's own life. This, of course, is contrary to the mind of God:
"Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Matt. 16:24‑26).
Verses 6-8 of chapter 13 of the Revelation:
"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.. "
The Antichrist will appear after the Rapture in a particular environment, since the world will be entered into the stage of events that nobody even suspected in the scope or meaning of the "Day of the Lord." Even if it appears today in the eyes of non-Christians as a surreal scenario, the day that happens everyone will be placed before a fait accompli. Thousands or even millions of people will have disappeared, and the history of mankind will have entered its final phase. Everybody will seek an answer to the growing concern of many disappearances that the media will dwell on hour after hour, day after day. Not to mention that the most unbearable distress will be from families directly affected by this event. One will lose his wife, the other her husband, or worse, her child, even all his children. It is in this context that after a few days or weeks, when the situation is chaotic and hopeless, that the Antichrist will appear with signs and wonders. He will come on a white horse, and then the first seal will be opened. This indicates that a man will come in the moment to straighten this mess. The bow he has in his hands is a weapon of war, and verse 7 tells us that he will declare war and conquer the saints, i.e., the believers who have sided with God by taking a stand for Jesus Christ. Not the saints of the Church, but those who remain and will be converted to God. The arc has been subtly chosen as a precision weapon, the target is in his sights and the arrow reaches its goal: the first martyrs are numerous. Verse 6 tells us that his mouth shall speak blasphemies against God because he is adored by all who have preferred injustice to the truth (verses 4 and 8 of Rev. 13). He will be taken as the saviour of the world.
Verses 9 and 10 of Chapter 13
"If any man have an ear, let him hear. 10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints."
It will be a terrible time for believers who turn to Jesus, they will be considered as a conditioned sect who are accused of the disappearances of all those who were never found. They will be persecuted by the universal church, the spiritual Babylon on earth, called the great prostitute (Rev. 17:1), as the early Christians under the despotism of Caligula, Nero and Domitian. Worst of all, the saints of this period will soak up hope on High and the promise of the reward that will follow, because "Here is the patience of the saints" (verse 10).
VI) The Antichrist unveiled
Treating such a subject requires much thought and time spent with the Lord in prayer to receive the belief that we are in God's will, because we need the full inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Without this inspiration, all of this would be nothing more than a waste of time. I had the strong feeling that this book would not be complete without this part, because I had received from the Lord some revelations about the manifestation of the one who claims to be the Messiah. As I was doing my research and thinking on the subject, I got different side glimpses of the Holy Spirit, but also of the other oppositions of the enemy who are trying to prevent the truth from being revealed. My beliefs lead me to disclose that what follows, and was confirmed by the fact that the Lord informed me of specific future events, with the idea that it was high time for God's people to become aware of the revelations and urgency of the situation.
It is of course legitimate for every Christian to be entitled to ask whether the claims expressed in these pages reflect the full reality to come, or whether it is pure speculation on the part of the author. It is everyone's responsibility to check these sources to examine the question and to use discernment to retain what is good - and especially to seek confirmation of these things in the Lord. I encourage you to engage in an inner spiritual struggle as the Christian, because the Lord reveals things to His children who bother to focus on the prophecies. This is also evidence of his love of the truth, which has its own principles of piety."Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand" (Rev. 1 :3).
By experience, I know that after receiving the core beliefs of the Lord, we will be tested in our faith by various oppositions. The enemy will always try to make us doubt the validity of these truths, and in this case we must resist him and remain firm in our faith. When in doubt, the best weapon is still the offensive, thus to spread these truths. Besides, is it not the Lord's will for us, because we have received, and now become the communicating vessel, continually watered by Him.
I invite you to go directly to the heart of the matter with this question: is there some way that would allow us to assert the identity of the Antichrist? Think for a moment. Do you think we would know him as the manifestation of our Christian Messiah with certainty, and that the appearance of Antichrist will remain a mystery to those who prepare for his coming? Certainly not, and I will even say that the climax is known by them well before us, as we know the truth about these dates. Before we take knowledge of the means by which the illuminati became convinced of the identity of the Antichrist (the mystery of iniquity: see Volume 2 Part VI), we will focus on the way in which the Lord wants us call to let us know the truth.
The fact that we know with certainty the manifestation of upcoming events (and in particular the universal Rapture, the Bride of Christ), is also an undeniable way to know - with as much certainty - the identity of the person who should appear on the same date as the global leader and false christ. Indeed, the date of the "day of the Christ" is known and certified by all the evidence revealed to us by the grace of God. This indication will allow us to recognize who is presented as false christ to curry favour with the greats of this world (as well as much of the population who will not like the truth). We now know that the "day of the Christ" followed by the "day of the LORD" will take place during the Feast of Trumpets scheduled between September 13 (twilight) and the evening of September 15, in 2015. It means that the Antichrist must appear as we have seen - in his first appearance - just before this date (which is the Rapture) and thus the eclipses of 13 September and 28 September 2015. If we add to this the fact that when he appears, he will - to be credible - be the age of Christ at His death, then we have the safest way to recognize the person behind this mysterious Antichrist. Do you understand? Then develop this a little. Some have falsely suggested that the Antichrist will appear at the same time that Christ began his ministry, that is to say at the age of about 30, but this reflects a complete misunderstanding of his intentions and strategy. This wicked man is primarily a usurper, so his purpose is to impersonate Christ or at least have us believe in our masses. But this is not imitating Christ to feign his earthly ministry, for he would be sure to be spotted immediately. No! Rather to enjoy the reputation of the true Son of God, built on the work of the Holy Spirit through the Church of all those centuries of evangelization. In effect all know that Christ must make His Return, despite the different doctrines in this regard. This is precisely what the false christ wants to take advantage of by appearing to make it happen for real. There are no Christians who await the Return of Jesus as Saviour, but people around the world are waiting for the Return of the Messiah, believers from all sides of all religions believe in the imminent return of their messiah, even if this is not the right way: all Christendom, Catholics, Jehovah's Witnesses, apostolic etc. In Judaism it is the Mashiach, the Mahdi to Muslims, for Buddhism it is the Maitreya, or Mirokou for Japanese, in Hinduism it is the Kalki Avatar. And, apart from the major religions, there are many less equally widespread faiths that await their Messiah: the nomads of Central Asia call him "white Burkhan", the Messiah of the Sufis is called "Khidr", the Shiite Messiah is called "the twelfth Imam", and the Orthodox Sunni Messiah is called "Muntazar". Even all of the satanic sects, especially all the great sorcerers and druids of the Illuminati, the branch of the preferred religion of the unholy trinity (also called "mystery of iniquity" in the Bible). Briefly! As you can see, the false christ will set the stage for his coming in all spheres of world religions and will be able to meet all their expectations. By being manipulative - through his knowledge of millennia - it will be easy for him to exploit the credulity of those whose heart is attracted to the sole satisfaction of the flesh - not the purity of truth and holiness of the Holy Spirit. It will give them a utopian peace, which will only be ephemeral, based on lies and deceit to achieve his goals: send the maximum number of souls to hell.
To do so, the usurper will use a trick, which is to assume the identity of Christ and try to fulfil as many conditions as possible to be recognized as Him, to confound all those who will not be armed with the Truth of the Word of God.
One of the conditions, which I feel is the most important, is to meet a requirement of Christianity: namely, the required age of Christ at His Return. This is what will allow us to unveil him. If the false christ wants to be consistent with the history of Christianity, he must appear to be the age of Christ when He was crucified, that is to say about 33 years of age. This is because it is the Return of Christ for Christians, and not the 30 years of age that Jesus was when He began His ministry.
After what has been said, we have here the best proof that the Antichrist is already in this world, as we know on the one hand, this need to be 33 years old when he first appeared - and on the other hand we know that he must do so before the Rapture and his second appearance (see study 2 Thess.2) on the world stage should be approximately 15 days after the Rapture, at the lunar eclipse on September 28. This means in other words, knowing his age and the precise moment of his appearance, we can know the time of his birth. If he should appear in 2015 at 33 years old, that means he was born in 1982. From the date of his birth, everything now becomes clearer (and it should be obvious to everyone), because now he is easily recognizable.
Indeed, which character do you think was born in 1982 and meets the maximum requirements to be a candidate for world leader? To answer this question we will compile a list of conditions that must be met by this character:
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He was born in 1982.
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There must be a king or a prince.
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It must have a great reputation and be known around the world.
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It must have a considerable influence in his own country.
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It must be part of a great world power.
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It must meet all the criteria of "messiahs", false religions of the world.
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It must meet the criteria of the false Christ, for the true Christians.
The only one in the world who meets the profile perfectly is...
I) The false prophet is announced
The fundamental difference between the Antichrist and the false prophet is that the former is taken for Christ by using seduction to deceive people, while the false prophet boldly claims he is sent by God to or issue a message from Him. In the case of the false prophet of the Apocalypse, the second beast will feature certain specialties. On one hand, he will prepare the ground of the Antichrist, as John did for his Master Christ. Secondly, he will work with him, as Aaron did with Moses. For both, the Antichrist and the false prophet are serving the dragon to extend his reign. All three end up in the lake of fire to be tormented forever and ever. There is another fact which we must take into account, which confirms that the false prophet will manifest before the false christ, because the people of Israel awaits the coming of Elijah according to the prophecy of Malachi:
" Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse" (Malachi 4 : 5 - 6 : the last two verses of the Old Testament).
These two verses are very revealing, because we know that the Jews rejected Jesus the Messiah at His first coming almost 2000 years ago. The consequences of this rejection is that they not only still waiting for the Messiah, but also the fulfilment of this prophecy that foretold the coming of the prophet Elijah - highlighting the fact that this occurrence should happen before the "day of the LORD". It seems clear that this event must occur before the first manifestation of the Antichrist, since in reality this Elijah that Jews expect is none other than the false prophet that is represented by the second Beast of the Apocalypse coming from the earth. In explanation, contrary to what I heard in Christian circles - for those who think that the spirit of Elijah is resting on one of the prophets of God to the end of time - this prophecy has already been fulfilled with the coming of one that Jesus himself indicated. That is, the coming of John the Baptist!
"10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? 11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. 12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. 13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist" (Matt.17 : 10 - 13 ; see also Mark 9 : 11 - 13).
"But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. 14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb; 16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.; 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord" (Luke 1 : 13 - 17).
Malachi's prophecy concerning the return of the prophet Elijah is already accomplished. However, the Jewish scribes do not know because they rejected the Messiah, and do not believe the New Testament. They are still waiting for the fulfilment of this promise. This will doubly benefit the usurper, the false christ. Firstly because he will appear as the Messiah as Jesus predicted:"I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive" (John 5 : 43), and secondly, to be credible in the eyes of the people of Israel, Satan will send the "Elijah" they expect in the person of the false prophet (false Elijah). In this way, it will be easy for the fake messiah, once the path has been prepared by the false Elijah, to be accepted as the Messiah - supposedly - of the lineage of David.
The trick is knowing when the prophet should appear. Two hypotheses are possible:
1° Either the false prophet must occur before the first appearance of the false christ, i.e., very soon, to prepare the way for his master, impersonating Elijah of the Holy Scriptures, with lies, but also simulation with the same miracles that could be the true prophet in his time. In this case, it means that Prince William will be revealed publicly as the Messiah from the line of David, which seems quite unlikely as the Church is still on earth.
2° However, I would lean more towards the following scenario: the false prophet will manifest with power just after the Rapture to prepare for the second appearance of Prince William, knowing that the false christ must also be a conqueror. He will be the global leader in political and economic terms by introducing the new world order. It is in that context that the scene seems more likely, because the false prophet will appear dramatically with signs and wonders, to distract the world so distressed by the disappearance of millions (as some believe) of Christians at the Rapture. It is difficult to imagine the chaos that will occur in the world at this event that will cause the entire drop in economic power and amazement as ever among all the inhabitants of the earth.
Although this scenario seems surreal to you, remember that we are the final generation of the last days, and here again how the Bible describes this situation:
"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape" (1 Thess. 5 : 3).
This passage follows the explanation of Paul about the Rapture, as a consequence of what will happen when the "day of the Christ" arrives. So this unbearable distress will immediately lead to the first act of the "day of the LORD," that great and terrible day. This is confirmed by several passages of Scripture, including Malachi earlier, announcing the arrival of this Elijah (who will ultimately be the false prophet).
The false prophet will appear in a scene of chaos, but such miracles that succeed in subduing multitudes to bring the solution in the person of the false christ, prove that he is the Messiah expected by the people. Many argue that at this time of great trouble between the Rapture, and (second) appearance of the false christ, there could be supernatural manifestations such as UFOs. This would be in order to divert people's attention, finding them an explanation to this mystery of the Rapture of Christians, which would be a common enemy and start a fight to preserve the human species. It is certain - for a period of calm to this great disorder - that the false prophet will show some great strategies or cause sufficiently important phenomena to achieve his ends. In any case, it is predicted by the Scriptures that the apparitions of the Antichrist and the false prophet must be made by the power of Satan to bring the world into a new era. Seduction is at its height, to deceive even, if possible, those who know the truth.
Finally hereinafter is my study on the comments on the Apocalypse, taken from Volume 2 and on the false prophet.
II) The second beast of the Apocalypse
A second beast appears on the world stage. This time, the second beast rises from the earth, because he emerges from amongst the inhabitants of the earth. John on the other hand said: "They are of the world: therefore speak They of the world, and the world heareth them" (1 John 4. 5). This is the method of false prophets found in 1 John 4: 1. We have seen that the first beast is the primary because it gets all the power of the dragon to have shared all the kingdoms of the world (Matt. 4: 8 + 9; Rev. 13:2-4). The first beast, identified as the Antichrist, will be man as a political emperor, a despot, with a global governance system, because he comes from the sea. The second beast is the false prophet who comes from earth, because it comes from this world to attract inhabitants of the earth (Rev. 13: 14). That is why he speaks from the world to be loved and accepted by the world.
We need to clear up a misunderstanding about the two beasts. The book of the Apocalypse gives us more evidence about this second beast as well the false prophet, and that he should not be confused with the Antichrist. Indeed, the beast that comes from the earth cannot be the Antichrist as some claim, since the false prophet is separate from the main beast (Rev. 16: 13, 19: 20, 20: 10). Additionally, Rev. 19: 20 leaves no doubt that the false prophet is one who performs miracles and wonders in the presence of the (first) beast. This is confirmed by Rev. 13: 12.
This second beast has (verse 11) "and He Had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon." Both horns are unique to the second beast, and therefore have nothing to do with the ten horns (kingdoms) of the first beast. The two domains (kingdoms) of the false prophet are a bit special, because he has the appearance of a lamb - gentleness, purity and piety - but proved a tough authority, using hypocritical words, misdirection and deception and resembling a dragon.
Another element, which is not unimportant, we are told in Rev. 17: 16. The beast hates the religious Babylon and eventually even destroys it. We know that the false prophet is acting on behalf of the first beast, and therefore cannot be the religious leader involved in the great prostitute (religious Babylon). This is proved by the destruction of Babylon (Rev. 18: 2) before the captivity of the false prophet and the Antichrist (the beast) who will be thrown alive into the lake of fire (Rev. 19:20).
Both horns symbolizing two kingdoms (domains) have the particularity to wear the appearance of a lamb and the language of a dragon which fools no-one. In other words, the false prophet comes from a background in which it is exercised to appear someone good, pretending he wants the good of all, but his language reveals his true personality for those who are accustomed to discern the true from the false. And if these two kingdoms were areas from which it would come? Is it not that John the Baptist was to Jesus Christ, namely the messenger who prepares the coming of the Antichrist? Working on behalf of the beast, it can only belong to the mystery of iniquity linked to that of the Antichrist (2 Thess 2:7). Therefore, the two areas of activity represent the realm of finance and the realm of the occult. If it becomes clear that it has no direct link with the religious Babylon, conversely it is certainly common cause with Great Babylon: the mother of harlots (subject developed further in Rev 17 and 18). Maybe a druid of high degree in Freemasonry, which is a branch of the Illuminati?
Here again the vocation of the beast that rises from the earth: Rev 13 :
Ø It exercises all the authority of the beast in his presence (verse 12) ;
Ø It works miracles and even has the power to bring fire down from heaven. This attracts, undoubtedly, the attention of the masses, impressing and arousing admiration in order to sublimate the beast and hypnotise the world as to be able to manipulate it easier (verse 13) ;
Ø It exercises its power of seduction over all the inhabitants, to attract the worship of the beast (verses 12 and 14) ;
Ø It should promote the image of the beast and force all peoples to adhere to it (verse 15) ;
Ø It is responsible for execution of all those who do not worship the beast;
Ø It is responsible for affixing the mark, the name or the number of the beast on all humans, without which no commercial branded transaction will be possible, not even to buy bread.
CONCLUSION:
This revelation of the Antichrist may seem unrealistic and disproportionate to many, but what could be more natural, since only those who seek the truth with sincerity and place their faith in the Scriptures convincingly validate the authenticity of this prophetic scenario. Surely some will see this as a staging or a grotesque interpretation worthy of a fiction, but the fact remains that all that has been revealed (at least for the vast majority) will happen under the eyes of all those who will be living witnesses to this reality. I often wondered why the Lord did not allow these revelations to be released earlier and in a more demonstrative way. Again, the reason is given in the Bible:"…If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee" (Rev. 3 : 3). But again : "33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man" (Luke 21 :33-36).
The element of surprise, that's the reason. Those who should be concerned are those who did not watch, but only preoccupied themselves with things of the earth rather than the imminent Return of the Lord. What then should be our gratitude and demonstration of love to the Prince of Life, the Savior, the Lord, the Bridegroom, the Son of God who gave His life for us?