Posted on 12/03/2023 5:52:37 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
There have been many times when I’ve been reading prophetic passages in the Bible, and I wondered how people do not realize that prophecy is being fulfilled right before their eyes. The rapture alone should be a dead giveaway that the last days are here.
It just seems that the Antichrist (AC) would have no ability to operate with the Bible describing his true nature. The removal of everyone with clear knowledge of the end times will be a huge help to him. People should still be able to gain fast insight by dusting off their Bibles and reading up on what is about to take place.
If someone comes on the world stage as the most powerful political leader of all time, you would think hordes of people would say, “Hey, Aren’t You the Antichrist?” Few people will make the connection because the Beast of Revelation is generally viewed as someone who is totally evil. The AC, at first, will be a man who solves the world’s problems. He will have incredible skills at deception.
“Through his cunning He shall cause deceit to prosper under his rule” (Daniel 8:25 NKJV).
Another way that the AC will win over the world is that he will have supernatural powers. This ability to perform miracles is probably the key reason why Israel will believe that he is their long-awaited Messiah. By the time Israel realizes that the AC is a fraud, he will be too powerful to resist.
“For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect” (Matthew 24:24).
Few Germans questioned if Adolf Hitler was the AC because he was on a massive political and military winning streak. After gambling and winning so many times, his people could only conclude that he was a genius. When he went to war with France, many Germans feared a repeat of the quagmire of World War I. It was a huge shock to the world when Hitler’s troops blitzkrieged their way to Paris in only a few weeks. It wasn’t until the onset of a cold winter at the gates of Moscow that Hitler’s luck ran out.
The stage is perfectly set for the AC because prophetic awareness is at a very low point. I can go back 120 years and find a series of books that drew the public’s attention to Bible prophecy. John Walvoord, Hal Lindsey, and Tim LaHaye are three key figures in my lifetime. For decades, we had a book on prophecy at the top of the best-seller list. Today, it has been over a decade since a prophecy book has been a major seller.
With most experts in the field of prophecy having died and few people rising to take their place, fresh end-time commentary is becoming hard to find. There will be plenty of supernatural events during the tribulation, but the AC will be free to provide his own interpretation. He may say that the rapture was God removing evil people from Earth.
One of the most repeated events in the tribulation is God pouring out His wrath on mankind and their refusal to repent. As the punishment gets stronger and stronger, the people of Earth will cling more stubbornly to their evil ways.
“Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk” (Revelation 9:20).
There will be a vast number of people who will repent and turn to God. Most of these people will suffer martyrdom for their faith.
People will not fail to turn to God because of a lack of knowledge. As the tribulation progresses, the world will know what is happening. They will be so committed to the AC that they cannot change their allegiance. They will first see him as their savior. When they take the mark, their fate will be sealed. Once people reject salvation, God will send them a strong delusion that will make them believe a deeper lie. When the tribulation draws to a close, people will be so desperate they will cry for rocks to fall on them.
The wonderful thing about this time before the rapture is that we can use it to avoid the tribulation by turning to Christ for salvation. After the rapture, salvation can only be achieved by a willingness to endure suffering. If any of you are unsure about your standing with God, you need to resolve your doubts. It is so clear to me that this world is run by the devil, and the only way someone could miss out on God’s offer of grace is through profound negligence.
“For He says: ‘In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you.’ Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (II Corinthians 6:2 NKJV).
Here is the theological theory about the Anti-Christ. Satan, like everyone else, does NOT know the time of the end-times. So, he has to keep someone ready over, what is now a 2000+ year span. So, he has always had an anti-Christ ready for that span, whether it was Hitler or Napolean or whoever. Christ Himself said there would be many anti-Christs come, don’t be fooled.
So the people in the 1940’s who said this guy Hitler sure looks like the anti-Christ, could have been correct, if the 1940’s was the period of the end times. But it wasn’t. So Satan has to develop someone else in case the end times are 2025-2035 or 2050-2060 or later.
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No one knows the day and the hour is not said for nothing.
I’ll go with 2060 ..
.U.S.A. is to Big to fail-—for now.
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Thinking outside the box-—I like it.
Seems satan is an opportunist, a rich kid that was given everything and never worked for a Thing but always wanted more. Then he went for God and Literally got Fired.
He will be chewing Brimstone for Eternity!
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No sympathy for the devil.
That’s an interesting perspective that I had never thought of.
The Paul Harvey clip...
XLNT !
Love to send to some libtards...
But
Well
You know The Thing.
Thanks!
Twice ten thousand (20,000) times ten thousand (10,000) would be 200 million.
The siege and attack lasted five months.
But the war lasted 7 years. The Temple was sacked and burnt at the midway point of those 7 years. (cf "the daily sacrifice shall end") During the sacking of the Temple, Titus and his men brought their regimental standards -- Roman regimental standards were idols, to Caesar and other pagan "divinities" -- into the Temple, and sacrificed to them. (cf "Desolating Abomination")
There were no heavenly signs.
Josephus categorically disagrees with you. I'm inclined to trust him; he was there and we weren't.
The world and the reign of men did not come to an end.
But "the world" of Second Temple Judaism certainly did.
As I say, prophecy has multiple fulfillments. None of this means it won't happen again, and on a bigger scale. But something of prophetic significance certainly happened in AD 70. AD 70 wasn't the end of the world, but it was a symbol of it.
I appreciate you taking to the time to spell it out.
They certainly blew that opportunity in time to usher it in.
That’s certainly a theory I can agree with.
The real time limit as to when time runs out for Satan is the fullness of the Gentiles (Romans 11:25).
Acts 15:13-18 goes into the order of it.
There is some number The Lord has in mind for Gentile believers during the Church Age of Grace that must be saved. It’s clearly in the billions - maybe north of 10 billion, who knows?
The convergence of Prophetic events suggests that we are almost to the end of this Age of Grace however. Every new believer in Christ is now, one more number closer to the “fullness of the Gentiles”.
Amen!
God Bless You!
A favorite text taken out of context by scoffers no doubt.
So according to you some know the day and the hour but that list says nothing to go.
Got it.
Do you even know what the rest of the verse states and what it previously describes?
Or are you just one of those “nobody knows the day or hour” types and roll your eyes at the rest of us?
I’ve met 10 year olds who have more of a desire to know than you weak minded types.
Insulting me. Yeah. You really sound like a follower of Christ.
When you scoff at Scripture expect pushback.
You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
What’s your fruit?
Scoffing, mocking, and judging is what it looks like to me.
You come here on a Prophecy Thread and mock prophecy.
Here’s one I’ll apply to you then.
Proverbs 26:4-5
Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.
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