In our last study we saw the 7th Trump Sounded...As Jesus Reclaimed His Kingdom on Earth! And Michael and his angels make war with Satan and his demons...Defeating them, and forever casting them from Heaven to earth! Because their right to accuse men before God has now passed! In rage and desperation...Satan pushes his Antichrist into a rise to world power... Symbolized by the Beast of Revelation who arose from the sea! With a body formed from a Lion, a Bear, and a Leopard...Illustrating that Antichrist's WORLD EMPIRE...Would embody ALL of the power, swiftness, and cruelty…Of these world empires before him combined...And giving a clue as to where this new Empire will rise up...Since all of the previous Kingdoms pictured by the animals.. Shared a common region of the earth...
And this beast had seven heads with ten horns and crowns...Seven heads (Learned from Rev 17), representing seven kings and world empires existent through all human history...Of which this Antichrist would be the final one! Ten horns and crowns representing ten nations or powers which will give their allegiance to this Beast in his final reign! This World Ruler, the Antichrist...Is quickly joined by another powerful religious leader known as the False Prophet in Scriptures...He comes with amazing supernatural power and signs...Not for self-glory... But to bring attention and tribute to the Beast! He points everyone to this Antichrist...And enforces worship of him with a Mark (Buy, sell, trade) Or they are killed immediately and without question! This Beast and his False Prophet quickly initiate… Several sweeping acts of blasphemy and rage In their initial takeover of the world...Of which, we will examine more closely today... For many years, scholars and pastors have speculated on the Ten Nations which would give rise to this world ruler in our day... Often guessing it to be a confederacy of nations from the European Union...I have parroted this in early years of ministry myself...But... For a number of years now...I have watched the world stage unfold...And learned more about alignments, cultures and religions of this area of the world...And although we must be careful not to be completely dogmatic about that which we cannot prove for certain...I absolutely believe with all of my heart... That what we are about to examine today... Is the most probable and powerful origin of the Antichrist's rise to power...And the key to how Satan will deceive and enslave the world! More and more scholars and pastors are beginning to see this undeniable connection... Nothing else fits detailed prophecies of Scripture so well... Nothing else involves the locations and alignments of the nations more perfectly... Nothing else reflects the attitude and hatred of Jews and Christians so accurately... Nothing else could so beautifully represent itself to the world…That it almost causes even the very Elect of God to be led astray! (Matt 24:24, Mark 13:22) Now... In order for us to see the complete picture of what we are about to discuss...Let's look at a concluding review of all we know the Antichrist will do in the Tribulation...He is portrayed in Revelation as a rider on a white horse…Who comes in the Last Days at the beginning of the Tribulation. Revelation 6:2 (NKJV) 2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. He comes as the greatest spiritual, political and military leader in the history of the world... Revelation 13:4 (NKJV) 4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?" He comes in a time of chaos in the Middle East...He offers a long awaited Peace in a Seven Year Peace Treaty with Israel... Daniel 9:27 (NKJV) 27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate." He makes his first appearance in an area of the world…Which encompasses parts of all of the previous Four World Empires which arose since the time of Daniel... (Babylon, Medo-Persian, Grecian, and Roman) Reviving the last… Which never was defeated! (Rome) 60%+ of the Old Empire is Islamic today…Much of Europe has strong Muslim presence & influence…Feet of statue (Antichrist) is a mix of iron and clay! Daniel 2:36-44, Daniel 7:7-12, Revelation 13:1-2 He makes a military move to take Jerusalem halfway through the seven years... Making this his HQ! Desecrating the Temple and proclaiming he is god from Jerusalem! 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 (NKJV) 3 ...the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. He changes the calendar and the laws of the whole earth... Daniel 7:25 (NKJV) 25 He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, Shall persecute the saints of the Most High, And shall intend to change times and law... His first and most malicious act of rage against God is to target and annihilate Jews and Christians particularly... Revelation 12:13-14, 17 (NKJV) 13 Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. 14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent... 17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Daniel 7:25 (NKJV) 25 Then the saints shall be given into his hand For a time and times and half a time. He will kill all those who resist him as god by beheading... Revelation 20:4 (NKJV) 4 ... Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. He has the False Prophet join him in Jerusalem…As one who does wonders and proclaims to the world… That the Antichrist is god! Revelation 13:12-13 (NKJV) 12 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. Now that we have an overview of every major aspect of the Anti-Christ's reign in the Tribulation...Let's do a direct comparison to the facts of our world today... Facts in culture, statistics and religion that paint an incredible picture! FACT ONE - The Muslim Religion is currently the fastest growing religion in the entire world...Muslims are now a majority in 49 countries worldwide... (1) 1 in every 4 people on the earth today is Muslim! (2) 1.2 billion – Outnumber Episcopalians in U.S. today!! In the decades to come, they are projected to grow more than TWICE as fast as the population on earth... (2) Soon surpassing Christianity as the world's largest religious group! (2) Under it's current growth... In less than 20 years...Islam will be 2nd only to Christianity even here in the U.S.! (3) (1) Pew Research Center, World's Muslim population more widespread than you might think, By Drew Desilver and Davidi Masci, January 31, 2017, Retrieved on 8-8-21 from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/31/worlds-muslim-population-more-widespread-than-you-might-think/ (2) Pew Research Center, Why Muslims are the World's fastest growing religious group, By Michael Lipka and Conrad Hackett, April 6, 2017, Retrieved on 8-8-21 from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/06/why-muslims-are-the-worlds-fastest-growing-religious-group/ (3) Pew Research Center, New Estimates show U.S. Muslim population continues to grow, By Besheer Mohamedt, January 3, 2018, Retrieved on 8-7-21 from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/01/03/new-estimates-show-u-s-muslim-population-continues-to-grow/ FACT TWO - Anti-Semitism is at a record high and growing exponentially in the U.S. and worldwide...Listen to the opening statement of a very recent Wall Street Journal article about social persecution of Jews, entitled The Rise of Woke Anti-Semitism... (May 24, 2021) "There’s something especially unsettling about the newest eruption of the oldest hatred. Anti-Semitism has been so routine and enduring a part of human history that it’s easy to become almost numb to fresh instances of it." (4) The entire world... Socially and Politically... Are on a blatant course against Israel and the Jews! In 2020, the U.N. condemned or criticized Israel through 17 Resolutions against them!! (5) Verses only 6 other Resolutions against all other countries in the entire world combined!! (5) Including the atrocities and human-rights violations of the many communist and Muslim countries of the world! (4) WSJ Opinion, The Rise of Woke Anti-Semitism, By Gerald Baker, May 24, 2021, Retrieved on 2-8-20 from https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-rise-of-woke-anti-semitism-11621881999 (5) Times of Israel, UN condemned Israel 17 times in 2020, versus 6 times for rest of world combined, By TOI staff, 23 December 2020, 10:30 am, Retrieved on 8-7-21 from https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-condemned-israel-17-times-in-2020-versus-6-times-for-rest-of-world-combined/ We could list countless articles about the massive increase in Anti-Semitism...But I will leave that to you for additional research if desired. FACT THREE: Christians are the NUMBER ONE most persecuted group in the world... A recent report from BBC News informs us: "Evidence shows not only the geographic spread of anti-Christian persecution, but also its increasing severity... In some regions, the level and nature of persecution is arguably coming close to meeting the international definition of genocide, according to that adopted by the UN." (6) And according to the 2021 World Watch List from Open Doors Ministry:There has been a 60% increase in the number of Christians killed just since last year... (since these genocide statistics were produced!) (7) Numerous countries (Africa/Asia) even refuse giving any aid to Covid patients who are Christian! (7) (6) BBC News, Christian persecution 'at near genocide levels', May 3, 2019, Retrieved on 8-7-21 from https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48146305 (7) The Guardian, Christian persecution rises as people refuse aid in Covid crisis - report, By Harriet Sherwood, 1-12-21, Retrieved on 8-7-21 from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/13/christian-persecution-rises-as-people-refused-aid-in-covid-crisis-report FACT FOUR: The Islamic Religion, almost inescapably...Seems to show us where and how…The Antichrist and False Prophet will arise to power...The Muslim faith has two main sources of inspiration and teachings...The Qur'an and Ahadith (Plural for Hadith)...Qur'an, the Muslim Holy Book... (Like Bible or Torah) Sunahs or Ahadith, narrative records of the sayings and customs of Mohammed...These writings are an integral part of every nation…At Center Stage of the End Time Events in the Middle East!! And all over the world... Leading the way in Jewish and Christian persecution...Growing exponentially worldwide...And containing writings in their eschatology…Which are so perfectly identical to everything written in the Old and New Testament... That it is undeniable...Even by their own scholars and teachers...EXCEPT THAT THEY ARE WRITTEN IN COMPLETE REVERSE! And it is THESE WRITINGS…WHICH FUEL AND LEAD THE MIDDLE EAST MOVEMENT… AND THE MUSLIM PUSH FOR WORLD DOMINANCE! They don’t want PEACE OR RICHES… Only the Mahdi! Please listen to their own words…As they describe their Coming Messiah! Has anyone ever studied much about the "Mahdi" (The Guided) of the Islamic Faith? (Supposed descendant of Mohammad) In the Islamic Religion, there is an appointed spiritual leader position called an Imam...In Islamic Shia and Sunni...The 12th Imam is to be a spiritual savior of the world!! In Islamic history, there have been exactly 11 Imams...Right now, around the world, Muslims believe this Mahdi...This Messiah... This 12th Imam... Will rise as their redeemer in the end of times!! At any moment now! (Create violence in hopes) Now - Get ready for this... Look at the comparison of this Islamic messiah…To the Antichrist! Many Quran and Hadith writings... All THEIR own words!! The Mahdi comes riding a white horse (Symbolic or literal) A number of Islamic Leaders keep a white horse as a symbol of this status...Saddam Hussein had a mural painted in Baghdad, of him liberating Jerusalem on a white horse! "I find the Mahdi recorded in the books of the Prophets (Bible)… For instance, the Book of Revelation says: “And I saw and behold a white horse. He that sat on him…went forth conquering and to conquer... It is clear that this man is the Mahdi who will ride the white horse and judge by the Qur’an (with justice) and with whom will be men with marks of prostration on their foreheads." - Muhammad Ibn ‘Izzat and Muhammad ‘Arif in their book Al Mahdi and the End of Time. He comes as a political, spiritual and military giant…Who will lead a world revolution…And establish a new world order under Allah, at Jerusalem... Comes as, "Unparalleled spiritual, political and military world leader." - Al-Sadr and Mutahhari, prologue, pp. 4,5 He will rise at a time of great turmoil and suffering... Before the Last Hour, there will be commotions [fitna] like pieces of a dark night… - Quran: Hadith: Sunan Abu Dawud He will make a Seven Year Peace treaty with Israel…With a Jew of priestly lineage...The Mahdi will come to power in a coalition of nations in the Middle East...(Black flag with the word, "Punishment" will be flag of Mahdi) (Iran has black flags today) "If you see the black flags coming from Khurasan (in Iran)... join that army, even if you have to crawl over ice, for that is the army of the Imam al-Mahdi and no one can stop that army until it reaches Jerusalem.” .... [Narrated on authority of Ibn Majah, Al-Hakim, Ahmad] - Black Flags Of Jihad, Retrieved on 2-8-20 from https://schnellmann.org/mahdi-army-will-come-from-region-of-khorasan-primarily-afghanistan.html He will conquer Israel and make his world headquarters in Jerusalem... … Dear Prophet Muhammad Salallaho alayhay wa alay he wa sallam) said: Black Flags will appear from KHORASAN, nothing will stop them until they will be placed at Elya (The Holy Land of Jerusalem)" [Masnad Ahmad Volume 4, Hadith 1599] - Black Flags Of Jihad, Retrieved on 2-8-20 from https://schnellmann.org/mahdi-army-will-come-from-region-of-khorasan-primarily-afghanistan.html He will rule for Seven years and then die...He will cause Islam to be the ONLY religion in the world...He will establish Sharia Law and the Islamic Calendar worldwide...He will target the specific persecution of Jews and Christians with extreme hatred... "...he will break the cross, kill swine, and abolish jizyah (non-Muslim tax)." - Sahih Bukhari Volume 3, Book 43, Hadith Number 656 He will behead those who resist his reign... “I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.” - Surah 8:12-13 He will amass a great army to defeat the coming antichrist...He will be joined by another who will point the world to him! So we clearly see this Mahdi exactly and completely fulfilling the role of the Antichrist in the Last Days...But... As if ALL OF THIS weren't enough... Here is the ICING ON THE CAKE! This is the part that just blows me away personally!! This OTHER that will join him... The False Prophet...Who comes halfway through the Tribulation? At about the time he appears in Jerusalem, on the Temple Mount, to proclaim himself as god? The one with great power for signs and wonders? Who humbly points to the Antichrist, not himself, as god? Well as some of you may know... The Muslims believe very strongly in Jesus!! He is called Isa al-Masih...He is revered as a great prophet of Mohammed...But Muslims believe that our Scriptures are corrupt and in error about Jesus! Our Scriptures written 1400 to 2000 years before their writings...Our Scriptures written by those who lived with and knew Jesus...Our Scriptures even written by Jesus' own brothers...Our Scriptures with hundreds of exactly fulfilled prophecies concerning Christ, nations and the world…Our Scriptures attested to by Jewish and Roman historians...Attested to by Jewish and Roman official documents...Attested to through multitudes of archeological findings! They believe against all established evidence...Decided by one man... Over 600 years after the fact...That Jesus did not really die on the cross for our sins... But that another died in His place... And He lived on...Taken to Heaven like Elijah… Sitting at the right of Allah!Until He is called upon to return in the Last Days!! “…They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, but (another) was made to resemble him to them…” - Quran 4:157 And they adamantly reject that He was the Son of God... “O People of the Book (Jews and Christians)! Do not exceed the limits in your religion, and attribute to God nothing except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was only a Messenger of God... So believe in God and in His Messengers, and do not say: ‘God is a Trinity.’ Give up this assertion; it would be better for you. For God is indeed (the only) One God. Far be it from His glory that He should have a son...” - Quran 4:171 “And they say: ‘The Most Merciful (God) has taken (for Himself) a son.’ Assuredly you utter a hideous thing, whereby almost the heavens are torn, and the earth is split asunder and the mountains fall in ruins; That they ascribe unto the Most Merciful a son, when it is not suitable for (the Majesty of) the Most Merciful that He should take a son. There is none in the heavens and the earth but comes unto the Most Merciful as a slave.” - Quran 19:88-93 To them... Jesus was a misunderstood prophet of Allah...Who had another die in his place...And ascended to Allah...Until his time to return to earth in the Last Days has arrived...Where HE will be the one to find…The hidden writings… Near the Sea of Galilee…Which prove he was not the Messiah... (Torah & Gospels) And HE will be the one to offer prayers, allegiance and worship to the Mahdi... IN JERUSALEM!!! (False Prophet)(To prove Mahdi is above him!) Telling the Christians and Jews they were wrong, and to follow the Mahdi! "Jesus will descend from heaven and espouse the cause of the Mahdi. The Christians and the Jews will see him and recognize his true status. The Christians will abandon their faith in his godhead." - Al-Sadr and Mutahhari Their Jesus will turn against all who will not receive his corrective word... Mercilessly destroying those who resist as a radical Muslim! The overseer and enforcer of the Mahdi's worship! (False Prophet!) "The Son of Mary will soon descend among you as a just ruler; He will break the cross, kill swine, and abolish jizyah (non-Muslim tax)." - Sahih Bukhari Volume 3, Book 43, Hadith Number 656 HE (False Jesus) will gather and lead an army against the coming Muslim Antichrist...Known as ad-Dajjal...A one-eyed false Jesus, riding a Donkey! They actually proclaim a FALSE JESUS will return to fight the Mahdi's world army!! Let that sink in a moment! PLEASE TELL ME JUST HOW EXACTLY this fulfill the description of the False Prophet of Revelation...Who points the world to the Anti-Christ!! And leads the world's armies against Jesus when He returns! NOW... PLEASE, PLEASE listen again closely…To the incredible description God gave to us... About this False Prophet in the Book of Revelation!! Revelation 13:11-13 (NKJV) 11 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. Out of the "EARTH"... Not out of the SEA of nations as the Antichrist...This false Jesus (Isa), will not claim he arose from the people... But claim that he was already in existence from times past on the earth! Wow... Every Scripture seems to tell a story! And listen closely...I personally checked every usage of the word, "Lamb" by John in the entire Book of Revelation... NOT ONE TIME IS IT USED FOR ANY OTHER REASON...THAN TO PORTRAY JESUS CHRIST!!!! This is a picture of a False Jesus... Speaking lies of the Dragon!!! So Jesus will seem to RETURN... Just as many Christians are awaiting!! At the end of the ages... Just as many Christians are expecting...BUT... WITH A MESSAGE OF REPRIMAND AND CORRECTION FOR CHRISTIANS! TO FOLLOW THE TRUE GOD…THAT IS LEADING THEM AGAINST THIS EVIL ANTICHRIST WHO HAS BEEN PUNISHING THEM...AND WILL SOON RETURN TO ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW THE REAL GOD! Revelation13:12-13 12 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. Matthew 24:24 and Mark 13:22 say, "a false prophet will arise with signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect!!" What could deceive so many who were looking for Jesus in the end times...More perfectly than finding Jesus in the end times?! 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 (NKJV) 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. So I ask YOU... Does it not seem undeniable... That LONG before we could even understand the Writings... Jesus was telling us this False Prophet would mimic Him to the world?! Now we see how even those looking for Jesus could be led astray...Now we see how the armies of the world could come against Jesus and actually think they could win! Now we see why the coming antichrist will cause the world to hate Jews and Christians! Stop and consider the following... • Israel is in her land for the first time since Jesus Christ walked the earth... • The nations are aligned just as Written 2500 years ago... • The world longs for PEACE in the Middle East... • The Jews are eager to begin rebuilding the Temple... (Split Land) • The technology is literally here, NOW... For the Mark to function worldwide... • Jews and Christians are hated and persecuted... World-wide... • The fastest growing religion in the world... Is feverishly working to fulfill the EXACT plan for Revelation... But with their Messiah... Fulfilling the role of the Antichrist! LISTEN TO ME, PLEASE...Nothing else matters more than Jesus Christ... Relationships, jobs, wealth, education, aspirations... (All important) But JESUS CHRIST MUST BE FIRST! SOON WE WILL BE CELEBRATING TOGETHER IN A VERY DIFFERENT WORLD! SOON THIS WORLD WILL BE VERY DIFFERENT AND HORRIFIC! Today is the day…
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