And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I 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. Revelation 13.1
“Anti-Christ” means opposition to our Lord Christ. The mission and purpose of the anti-Christ is to put himself in the place of Christ. He, therefore, opposes the Father and the Son (1 John 2:22; 4:3). He also denies that Jesus came in the flesh (2 John 1:7). There have been many antichrists (1 John 2:18), but there is also the coming of the antichrist”. In the end time, a man will arise to oppose Christ and His followers more than anyone else in history. Likely claiming to be the true messiah, the antichrists will seek world domination and will attempt to destroy all “careless” followers of Jesus Christ and the nation of Israel during the period of the great tribulation. The world is drifting at a fast lane towards the appearance of antichrist in full force. The antichrist will be revealed at the beginning of the period of the great tribulation – after the rapture. 2 Thess. 2:3-4.
There could not have been a better description of the antichrist than what Apostle John saw in his revelation. He said, “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.” Rev. 13:1
This blasphemous beast has the nature of a leopard, bear and lion. These three animals have been long age enemies of the sheep and lamb. Like the mighty Goliath, who could make war against him? 1 Sam. 17: 34-36, Rev. 13:2-4. But glory be to God, David killed both the bear and the lion and cut off the head of the leopard (Goliath). We have a Captain in the Son of Jesse and a Champion in the Root of Jesse, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. 1 Sam. 17:37; Romans 15:12
ATTRIBUTES OF ANTICHRIST
i. He is the imposing, boastful king. Dan. 7:25
ii. He established and broke covenant with Israel. Dan. 9:1-27
iii. He is the abominable king of desolation. Mark 13:14
iv. He is the lawless man. 2 Thess. 2:1-12
v. The impersonation of the man of peace. Rev. 6:2
vi. The beast from the sea. Rev. 13:1-9
vii. The little horn. Dan. 7:8
viii. The man of sin. 2 Thess 2:3
ix. False Christ. Matt. 24:24-25
x. The liar. 2 Thess. 2:4
xi. Son of perdition. 2 Thess. 2:3
xii. The deceiver. Matt. 24:4-5
xiii. Vile person. Dan. 11:21
xiv. The wicked. 2 Thess. 2:8
THE MISSION OF ANTICHRIST
i. He will receive power from Satan to rule the world. Dan. 7:25-26; Rev. 13:2
ii. He will work great miracles to deceive people. Rev. 13:11-13
iii. He will position his images in strategic and holy places and force people to worship them. 2 Thess. 2:4; Matt. 24:15
iv. He will speak great thing s and blasphemies. Rev. 13:5
v. He will make war with the tribulation saints.13:7
vi. He will persecute the remnant that will be faithful to God and kill them. Rev. 12:17
vii. He will speak and prophesy lies to confuse people. 2 Thess. 2:4
viii. He will take control of both the political and economic powers of the world. Rev. 13:16-17
ix. He will give identification number to those who will accept him. The number is 666. This number will allow people to buy/sell, access social amenities, and them for eternal destruction. Some of those who reject the number will be killed. Rev. 13:18
END OF THE ANTICHRIST
i. The antichrist and his followers will be bound and cast into the lake of fire towards the end of tribulation. Rev. 19:20.
ii. The antichrist will lose the kingdom to Christ and Christ will reign for ever and ever. Daniel 7:26-27.
iii. Christ will establish a millennial reign on earth. Rev. 20:6
The days of the Antichrist and his followers are fast approaching. Similarly, the day of Christ second coming is very near. prepared.
Believers should prepare to go with Christ when He appears, to avoid staying behind with Antichrist. So be prepared. God bless you as you read.
