FINAL WARNING: The Curtain Falls
and his seat, and great authority. 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? 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. And he opened his mouth in
blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his
tabernacle ... 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.” (Revelation 13:1-7)“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. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the
eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. And the ten
horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no
kingdom yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength
unto the beast.” (Revelation 17:10-13)The Scriptures have given us an excellent indication of the origin of
the man who will be known as the Antichrist. The term “Antichrist” is
first used in 1 John 2:18, and an indirect reference in 2 Thessalonians
2:4, refers to his opposition to God, which has given rise to the
prevalent thought that Antichrist meant “against” Christ, when in fact,
as Pastor Milt Maiman (formerly of the Messianic Hebrew Christian
Fellowship in Harrisburg, PA) pointed out to me, the prefix ‘anti’
doesn’t refer to the Latin which means ‘against’; but it is actually
derived from the Greek ‘ante’ which was used to indicate a contrast or
substitution, and means ‘to take the place of,’ or ‘in front of,’ or ‘before
or prior to.’Daniel 8:8 refers to the four powers who are Greece, Turkey, Syria, and
Egypt; and Daniel 7:7-8 speaks of the seventh world empire, consisting
of ten kingdoms, and the rise of another. The second chapter of Daniel,
which refers to the dream of Nebuchadnezzar, clearly points out that
the ten toes (kingdoms) are an extension of the previous world empire,
or Rome, which would then encompass all of the countries that fell