Characteristics of the Antichrist

In an effort to answer a question, I will discuss the coming antichrist and some of his characteristics.

There are two false prophets that will be on the earth in the last days, the antichrist and the false prophet. They will counter the two great witness sent by God to witness to all the earth. The problem we have is that both will have supernatural powers; so, it will not be easy to tell them apart in the beginning.

When will the antichrist show up?

Daniel 9:27, "He will confirm a covenant with the 'many' (the Jewish people) for seven years. I believe that this covenant will be the peace treaty that will divide Jerusalem in half so that the Palestinians will used Jerusalem as their capitol and in return the Jews will receive access to the Temple mount in order to rebuild the Temple. So, the antichrist will be here from the beginning. What does it mean to "confirm" the covenant? This means that he does not have to make the treaty, just be there an show support for it.

Satan will possess the antichrist when he is cast to earth. This happens at the third trumpet, Revelation 8:10, "and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of waters, and the name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood and many men died from the waters because they were made bitter." The star represents Satan and also has a literal interpretation. In the fourth trumpet, 1/3 of the stars, sun and moon were smitten. These are the 1/3 of heavens angels that followed Lucifer when he was kicked out of heaven in the beginning. It is easy to see that I am not making stuff up when you read Revelation 9:1, "and the firth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heave which had fallen to the earth; and the key to the bottomless pit was given to him." See the star is Satan, and he receives the keys to the bottomless pit. Why? There are the most evil angels locked up there and they will be released on the earth to torment anyone who doesn't follow the antichrist.

Personally, I believe that the first four trumpets will sound very close to the beginning of the seven years of tribulation.

The two great witnesses will receive power from God to witness to the world for 3 and 1/2 years and after that the antichrist will kill them. This happens in the "hour" that I talked about in a past blog. This is the 30 day period between the 1260 days and the 1290 days. After the 1290 days, the antichrist will establish what is called the abomination of desolation. This is when the antichrist will stop the temple mount worship and place himself on the Temple mount as god. He will make everyone take the mark of the beast, the 666, and anyone who does not will be killed (if caught).

How does the antichrist get into power of the whole world?

The earth is going to chance because of the trumpet judgments. To give you an idea, how do you get rid of 1/3 of the sun and moon. The only way is to make the earth spin faster so the days and nights are shorter. It takes an big impact to make that happen. Can you say sunami or even spell it correct? Not sure I did. Anyway, that is why in Daniel 7:25, "he will change times and law" Why would you need to change time? If the days are different. Change law? If we are in a one world government. No more land of the free. We are almost there now. The world will be divided into 10 economic regions of the world according to the club of Rome. They have already established some of them, China, Russia, European Union, and now they are going to make the North American Union, which will be Canada, US, and Mexico.

The funny thing is the antichrist will not be in control of any of the 10 regions.
He will come out of obscurity (Daniel 7:8, the little horn that is not one of the ten) and he will subdue three of these kings or regions and he will become one of eight. Revelation 17:11-12; "and the beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction, and the ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for "one hour"

The seven are Assyria, Egypt, Babylon, Medio-Persia, Greece, Rome, and the antichrist system of the last days. These are all enemies of Israel. Revelation 13:3, " and I saw a beast(government system) coming up out of the sea (gentiles) having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten crowns (kings) and on his heads were blasphemous names. And the beast which I saw was like a leopard (Greece), and his feet like those of a bear (Medio-Persia), and his mouth like the mouth of a lion (Babylon), and the dragon (Satan) gave him his power and his throne and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth followed after the beast."

What does it mean that his head wound was healed?

What does the heads stand for? The answer is previous empires that hated Israel.
It was also called the wound of the sword, which would mean cut into. Lets see, what previous empire was cut into? The only choice is Medio-Persia because it was created out of two kingdoms. Most believe that the antichrist will come from Europe. These verses seem to indicated that he will come from the middle east. Afterall, Persia is another name for Iran/Iraq. It seems that there will be a kingdom that will be established in the middle east again and seems to be getting closer each day.

The most important verse to know is 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3. It says the the gathering together with Jesus Christ in the clouds will not happen before the man of lawlessness is revealed." Hello, are you listening, the rapture can't happen before we see the antichrist revealed. He will be revealed when he puts and end to the Temple worship and puts himself on the throne as God. This happen 1290 days into the tribulation. Wake up people, we are going to be here!!!
Be ready to be a witness and stand up for your faith.

God bless, Dean