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BIBLICAL ANTICHRISTWHO IS ANTICHRIST
Christianity Oasis provides this Biblical Antichrist Bible study on the Antichrist Bible verses. Who is Antichrist and where is the Antichrist empire going to be? We look into that and all aspects of the End Times bringing forth truth, understanding and peace as you prepare for the End Times.
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Welcome to our Christianity Oasis End Times Bible study program. This is our tantalizing, thrilling and thought provoking Biblical Antichrist Bible study taking an extremely deep look into the Antichrist Bible verses as to discover Who is Antichrist, just where is the Antichrist empire going to be set up and how Antichrist affects Christians today. The powerful and persuasive message within this will truly enLIGHTen your be-YOU-tiful Christian walk. Let's look into this together.
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ANTICHRIST AND HIS EMPIRE
Let us begin, shall we? Many have heard of the Antichrist, but everyone wants to know who is going to be the Antichrist and what will be the signs of Antichrist's arrival? The title ... Antichrist has the ability to strike curiosity, wonder and even fear into the minds and hearts of those who have heard of him, because of his hatred for Christians and his evil plans for the future.
This individual, known as Antichrist, will be a sinister world leader who rules the Earth, during the End Times. He reigns terror for three and one half years. He will be the leader of a powerful ten unit empire. He will be powerful and is even able to perform miracles which deceive many. His powers will come from Satan.
The Biblical Antichrist and his sidekick, the false prophet (You will learn more about him later) will deceive the world. These two will cause everyone in the world to take a mark in their right hand or in their forehead. Nobody can buy or sell anything without this mark. They will also create an image and all must worship it ... Or die. The number one mission of Antichrist is to get the entire world to denounce Jesus and worship him as their lord. If they choose not to, they will be killed in horrible ways. It will truly be HELL on earth.
Let's find out more about Antichrist and who he is Antichrist as we continue with our Biblical Antichrist Bible study, by finding out who he was before he died, and was brought back from the dead found within the the Antichrist Bible verses. Yes, you read the words correctly ... He was a past evil king who hated Israel, died and will be resurrected from the dead and reign terror for three and a half years. The Bible gives us all the clues to find out all we need to know, as to be prepared for his arrival and to know who the Antichrist will be, what Antichrist will do, his intent and what regions he will control.
Let's start with the book of Revelation. The book of Revelation was written by John who received a vision from Jesus.
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Revelation 1:9
I John, who also am your brother, and
companion in tribulation, and in the Kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ,
was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the
testimony of Jesus Christ ...
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John was imprisoned on Patmos Island. This was about 90 AD. So, all the references that John makes, are based upon that year being the starting point. In Revelation, Chapter 17, John shares with us some information on where the Antichrist came from ... His origins.
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Revelation17:8
The beast that thou sawest was and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
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The beast (Antichrist) was alive before 90 AD and is not alive (In 90 AD) and yet will be brought back to life.
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Revelation17:10
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. |
7 kings ...
5 have fallen and
1 is and that
1 is yet to be.
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Revelation17:11
And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and
is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. |
This Biblical Antichrist will be the 8th king and yet is ONE of the 7 past kings who hated Israel. But, which seven kings are being referred to? Let's do a lil math ... This means that as of 90 AD, Antichrist had already been alive. He died and will be brought back from the dead. Since there were 5 evil kings up to 90 AD and the one that "IS" in 90 AD (Caesar) and one was yet to be (After 90 AD) means Antichrist was one of the 5 evil kings prior to 90 AD.
But, which one?
Before we continue on with the Antichrist Bible study on the Antichrist Bible verses, you may be saying to yourself "Let me get this straight. Antichrist was dead and will come alive again?"
The answer is YES.
The Bible makes it very clear. How can we doubt the possibility? With the advancement in DNA science and the cloning of animals and even the evidence of the cloning of people. Who can doubt this Biblical claim?
Our Biblical Antichrist journey to find the truth of this matter, will take us back and forth through time and we will use the Bible to find the facts. We will begin back around 587 BC, when a king of Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar) had a nightmare.
He dreamed of a great statue and his dream was interpreted by a prophet of God, named Daniel.
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Daniel
2:32
This image's head was of fine gold,
his breast and his arms of silver,
his belly and his thighs of brass. |
Daniel is answering king
Nebuchadnezzar's strange request for
someone to tell him what a dream, that the king had, was and what it
meant.
Daniel told king Nebuchadnezzar that the dream
the king had was of a great statue with a gold head, chest and arms of
silver, belly and thighs of brass, legs of iron and feet of iron and
clay. Then, a stone cut without hands would hit the feet of the statue
and all the parts were destroyed together.
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Daniel 2:35
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the
gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff
of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them
away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that
smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the
whole earth. |
Wow ... What a dream.
What does it mean?
Daniel went further and interpreted the dream for the king.
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Daniel 2:36-45
This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation
thereof before the king. Thou, O king, art a king of kings:
for the God of Heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and
strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children of men
dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven
hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over
them all. Thou art this head of gold. And after thee shall
arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third
kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as
iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron
that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and
bruise. And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of
potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be
divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the
iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry
clay. And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and
part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and
partly broken. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry
clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but
they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not
mixed with clay. And in the days of
these kings shall the God of Heaven set up a kingdom,
which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall
not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces
and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the
mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the
iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the
great God hath made known to the king what shall come to
pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the
interpretation thereof sure. |
He says that Nebuchadnezzar's empire
Babylon (Modern day Iraq) was the gold head in the dream. That after him
another empire would arise, which was Medo Persia (Modern Day Iran) which is the silver part of the statue
and after that the next empire which would become Greece which is the brass would conquer and after that
the 4th empire would become Rome which was the iron. In other words ... Daniel, using the dream, projected the upcoming empires. We have 4 kingdoms. Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome.
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Daniel 2:38-40
And wheresoever the children of men dwell,
the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he
given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them
all. Thou art this head of gold. And after thee shall arise
another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom
of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. And the
fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron
breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that
breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. |
(Note: These are the countries that DID become the major power, one after another just as Daniel predicted.)
Daniel then said that the last empire, which was made of iron and clay would be a divided Kingdom and would be part
strong and part broken. They shall not cleave to one another. In the days of this empire, God will destroy it and set up an everlasting Kingdom.
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Daniel 2:41-45
And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters'
clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but
there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch
as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. And as the
toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the
kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And
whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall
mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not
cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set
up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the
kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall
break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall
stand for ever. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was
cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in
pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the
gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall
come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the
interpretation thereof sure. |
Now, we KNOW that God has not destroyed this part
iron and part clay kingdom as of yet, because God has not set up His
everlasting Kingdom ... YET. So, this part iron and clay, 10 unit (10 toes)
empire, is in our future and you will find out ... That it is
The Antichrist empire. LIONS AND LEOPARDS AND BEARS, OH MY
Again, in
Daniel, Chapter 7 ... Daniel himself had a dream, which was of 4 beasts
... A lion,
bear, leopard
and an iron toothed beast.
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Daniel 7:1-7
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a
dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote
the dream, and told the sum of the matters. Daniel spake and
said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four
winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. And four
great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
The first was like a lion, and
had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were
plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand
upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
And behold another beast, a second, like to a
bear, and it raised up itself
on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it
between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise,
devour much flesh. After this I beheld, and lo another, like
a leopard, which had upon the
back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four
heads; and dominion was given to it. After this I saw in the
night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and
terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great
iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and
stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse
from all the beasts that were before it;
and it had ten horns. |
The Antichrist empire is compared to the same
beasts by John in the book of Revelation.
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Revelation
13:2
And the beast which I saw was like unto a
leopard, and his feet were as
the feet of a bear, and his
mouth as the mouth of a lion:
and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great
authority. |
Remember this beast in Daniel's dream had 10
horns.
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Daniel 7:7
After this I saw in the night visions, and
behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong
exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and
brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of
it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before
it;
and it had ten horns. |
Among the 10 horns came up another smaller horn
and it plucked up 3 of the 10 horns. This little horn had eyes like a
man and spoke great things.
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Daniel 7:8
I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among
them another little horn,
before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up
by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the
eyes of man, and a mouth speaking
great things. |
You know, we do NOT have to guess at what these
symbols stood for.
Daniel's dream was interpreted for us.
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Daniel 7:16-18
I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. But the Saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. |
The 4 beasts are 4 kings which shall arise. Daniel asked about the 4th beast with iron teeth, brass claws and 10
horns with the smaller horn that came up.
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Daniel 7:19-22
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron , and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. I beheld, and the same horn made war with the Saints, and prevailed against them; Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the Saints of the most High; and the time came that the Saints possessed the kingdom.
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Did you catch that? The small horn will make war with the Saints and he will prevail ...
The book of Revelation reveals the same TRUTH when speaking of the Biblical Antichrist:
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Revelation 13:7
And it was given unto him (Antichrist) to
make war with the Saints,
and to overcome them: and power was given him over
all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
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Remember that we also read that the Saints will win in the end and God's
Kingdom would be set up so Antichrist prevails against the Saints, for a time then ... God takes control.
The Antichrist empire has 10 parts as well, as we see:
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Revelation 13:1
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. |
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Revelation 17:7-13
And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I
will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast
that carrieth her, which hath the
seven heads and ten horns.
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend
out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they
that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not
written in the book of life from the foundation of the
world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and
yet is. And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven
heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 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 as
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. |
The 10 horns are 10 kings that will arise out of this kingdom and the small horn
shall be a king that comes up after them and subdues 3 of the 10 kings.
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Daniel 7:21-23
Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be
the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from
all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall
tread it down, and break it in pieces. And the ten horns out
of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another
shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the
first, and he shall subdue three kings. |
He will speak great things against GOD ... He will reign for a time, times and dividing of a
time (3½ years) but God will destroy him.
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Daniel 7:25-27
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and
shall wear out the Saints of the most High, and think to
change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand
until a time and times and the
dividing of time. But the judgment shall sit, and
they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy
it unto the end. And the kingdom and dominion, and the
greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be
given to the people of the Saints of the most High, whose
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall
serve and obey him. |
Now ... Let's take a look at what we have learned so far in our Biblical Antichrist Bible study researching the Antichrist Bible verses ... It is clear by both dreams that there are 4 empires and then comes
Antichrist empire. The 4 empires are Babylon, Medo Persia, Greece and Rome.
You may ask, were there not 7 kings according to John? Yes, Egypt (During Moses' time) and Assyria (Modern day Syria) were two past evil empires that overtook Israel and tormented them before Babylon, Medo Persia and Greece.
This means that the 5 past empires, in order of their appearance on the timeline of life are ... Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo Persia, and Greece. Note: Some of these countries have new names now. The 5 countries names are now ... Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Greece.
Let's recap ... As you recall, John said (In the book of Revelation) that that there are 7 kings and that 5 have fallen,
One is and one is yet to be.
Then we have the remaining two empires ... One which IS which means this empire was ruling at the time John wrote Revelation is Rome and the one that was yet to be meaning after 90 AD and after Rome ruled over Israel and they had to hate Israel.
All of these empires tormented and ruled Israel in one way or another. After Rome there was only ONE empire that attacked the Jewish people, because the Jewish people had no homeland after 70 AD when the Roman Empire completely destroyed Jerusalem. This 7th empire is Germany, and it's leader was Hitler. He hated the Jewish people so much that he had 6 million of them killed in a manner that I will not even discuss, but is known as the Holocaust.
The next verse says that the beast (Antichrist and his empire) that was and is not will be the 8th king and is one of the 7.
In layman's terms ... One of seven past kings will be resurrected and become the Antichrist. The 7 kings are 7 rulers that tormented Israel. Since the vision was given to John back in 90 AD we can determine what and who the 7 kingdoms and 7 rulers were. These seven nations and their rulers are ...
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Egypt - Pharaoh ... Enslaved them for 430 years.
Assyria - Sennacherib ... Peeled the skin off of the Jewish people and hung them up.
Babylon (Iraq) / Nebuchadnezzar ... Destroyed the city, Temple and enslaved them.
Medo-Peria (Iran) - Haman ... Tortured Jewish people.
Greece - Antiochus Epiphanes ... Tortured the Jewish people for 3 and a half years.
Rome - Nero Caesar ... Crucified and beheaded Christian people for years.
Germany - Hitler ... Killed over 6 million Jewish people.
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FIVE HAVE FALLEN
John said the beast that was and is not will be the 8th king (Antichrist).
When John said the word WAS... That means the kingdom reigned before 90 AD, which eliminates Germany (Hitler) ... The words "IS NOT" eliminates Rome (Caesar), since Rome was ruling at that time.
This leaves us with 5 kings that had fallen, as he said ... Get Ready
In
Daniel, Chapter 11, it tells of
Persia (Iran) overtaking
Babylon and how
Greece overtook Persia, by Alexander the great
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Daniel 11:3
And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great
dominion, and do according to his will. |
If you were to get an encyclopedia or History
book, you can confirm that verses 4-20, have occurred, in the past.
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Daniel 11:21
And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they
shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come
in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. |
We are introduced to
Antiochus Epiphanes, the most evil ruler Israel has ever
encountered. He did so much damage in fact, that when he was finally
conquered, the Israelites made a celebration that is still carried out
to this day. It is called Hanukkah. As you read the prophecy in this
chapter regarding
Antiochus Epiphanes, starting at verse 21 and ending
at verse 45, you will find a startling fact. This man died in the history books at a certain time and yet the
Bible has the story continue on. History books has this man dying just before this point in time.
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Daniel 11:36
And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall
exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and
shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and
shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that
that is determined shall be done.
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Suddenly ... Antiochus is fighting against God and the story is in OUR future. As if he died and comes back to life.
Daniel 11:37
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the
desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify
himself above all. But in his estate shall he honour the God
of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he
honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and
pleasant things. Thus shall he do in the most strong holds
with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase
with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and
shall divide the land for gain. And at the time of the end
shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the
north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with
chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he
shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass
over.
He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many
countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of
his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children
of Ammon. He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the
countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. But he
shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver,
and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans
and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore
he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to
make away many. And he shall plant the tabernacles of his
palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet
he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. |
That is because he does, as predicted:
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Revelation 17:8
The beast that thou sawest was,
and is not; and
shall ascend out of the bottomless pit,
and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth
shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of
life from the foundation of the world, when they behold
the beast that was, and is not, and
yet is. |
Antiochus was a ruler of Greece and is one of the 5 past kings, he also reigned for 3 and½ years, as will Antichrist, he set up an abomination of desolation, as will Antichrist ... Both are called little horns. Even
his name Antiochus ... How many people have ANTI as the 1st 4 letters of their name or title?
Ladies and gentlemen ... Antiochus IS Antichrist !!!
Now, let us travel into the past in search for more evidence for our Biblical Antichrist Bible study on the Antichrist Bible verses to reveal the answer to the question ... Who is Antichrist as well as find out what countries he will control and what movements and changes in governments that we should be watching for. We will start where we left off, in the book of Daniel. As you recall, when Nebuchadnezzar had his statue dream, it said that in the days of these 10 kingdoms God would consume ALL of these kingdoms and set up His Kingdom, which will be eternal. Daniel
2:44-45
This means that these kingdoms are included in Antichrist's coming empire. Iraq, Iran, Greece and Rome and we also have another entity, known as
"clay"
Daniel
2:41-42
which are of the ten toes of the feet and also known as the ten horns/kings
Daniel
7:24
But they are called the 10 horns and 10 kings in another book in the Bible, Revelation. So, let us go back to Revelation,
Chapter 13 to find out more about Who is Antichrist ...
The Antichrist Empire
Revelation 13:1
The beast (Antichrist) empire will have 7 heads and 10
horns with crowns (these are the 10 kings we just read of in Daniel and is again proven in
Revelation 17:12
This empire will consist of the lion, leopard and bear (Babylon, Medo-Persia and Greece) which we read of in
Daniel
7: 4-6
... Revelation
13:2
The 7 Heads are 7 past kings, which we learned
earlier
Revelation
17:10and one of these 7 heads has a deadly wound, but
was healed
Revelation
13: 3
This is
Antichrist himself
Revelation 13:14 as Antiochus
before being brought back from the dead as we learned before. So the Antichrist empire includes all empires of the seven past kings and the 10 kings which are part iron and part clay which are not known to us yet. As you recall, the 7 empires were revealed ... Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Greece, Rome and Germany.
EGYPT - SYRIA - IRAQ - IRAN - GREECE - ROME - GERMANY
After diligent searching ... Our Biblical Antichrist Bible study on the Antichrist Bible verses is yielding much fruit. We now know who the 7 heads are, and the Bible has proven repeatedly, that they will all be a part of the Antichrist empire. But, what about the 10 horns/toes/kings that are part iron and part clay we read about earlier?
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Daniel 2:41-44
And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of
potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be
divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the
iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry
clay. And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and
part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and
partly broken. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry
clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but
they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not
mixed with clay. And in the days of
these kings shall the God of Heaven set up a kingdom,
which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall
not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces
and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
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We know that the iron represents the Roman
empire, because the empire just before the feet, on the statue, was iron
and was proven to be the Roman empire. So, the question is, what is the
clay? Did you notice that the metals on the statue diminished in value
as each empire came forth? From Gold to Silver to Brass to Iron and now
Clay.
Let us find out who the 10 toes / kingdoms will be ... Our Antichrist Bible study journey will now take a strange twist. There was a prophet named Ezekiel, which had many visions from God, but we will focus on one vision that he had in the book of Ezekiel, Chapters 38 and 39. These two chapters are about the Antichrist empire. I will give you a few pieces of evidence.
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Ezekiel
38:8
After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. |
It is saying that this group of countries will attack Israel AFTER they have returned from being scattered and after their land was laid waste. Since the Israelites were scattered and the land was laid waste from 70 AD to 1948 AD, this group of countries would have to be in our future, since it has not happened yet. It says in the book of Ezekiel that God will plead with them with pestilence and blood, and rain upon them great hailstones, fire and brimstone.
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Ezekiel
38:22
And I will plead against him with pestilence and with
blood; and I will rain upon
him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are
with him, an overflowing rain, and
great hailstones, fire,
and brimstone. |
This matches perfectly with the
6th Trumpet, in the book of Revelation.
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Revelation 9:18
By these three was the third part
of men killed, by the fire, and
by the smoke, and by the
brimstone, which issued out of
their mouths. |
In it is almost word for word for what happens at
"Armageddon" ...
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Ezekiel
39:17-20
And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD;
Speak unto every feathered fowl,
and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and
come; gather yourselves on every side
to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a
great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye
may eat flesh, and drink blood. Ye
shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of
the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of
goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. And ye
shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be
drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and
chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith
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Come, it gets more interesting as we sojourn in our Biblical Antichrist Bible study on the Antichrist Bible verses. This is what it says in the book of Revelation ...
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Revelation
19:17-18
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a
loud voice, saying to all the fowls
that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and
gather yourselves together unto the
supper of the great God; That ye may
eat
the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh
of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them
that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and
bond, both small and great. |
Up to this point in our Biblical Antichrist Bible study, we KNOW that this is indeed a prophecy of the Antichrist empire which is to attack Israel shared with us in the Antichrist Bible verses. Now, let us go look in chapters 38 and 39 of Ezekiel. We will look at the kingdoms which are mentioned as being a part of this END TIME Antichrist empire alliance.
In Ezekiel Chapter 38 ... It states that Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal will be the ones that attack Israel and that Persia, Ethiopia, Libya, Gomer, Togarmah and many others will join them in this attack.
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Ezekiel 38:1-6
And the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying, Son of man, set thy face against
Gog, the land of
Magog, the chief prince of
Meshech and
Tubal, and prophesy against
him, And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against
thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: And I
will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will
bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen,
all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great
company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling
swords: Persia,
Ethiopia, and
Libya with them; all of them
with shield and helmet: Gomer,
and all his bands; the house of
Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands:
and many people with thee. |
Now, when I first read of these places, I had no
idea where most of these places were because the names in the Bible are what these
places used to be called. So, we will now go to the history books again
to find out what these places are called today. The locations vary on exact locations, but they are all agree on the same general area. The locations are all over the Middle East and north of Israel up into what used to be called the Soviet Union.
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Gog:
The leader of these countries that attacks Israel. It is said that Antiochus
fulfilled some of Ezekiel's prophecy, but it was not completed. Well, we
know why, he is coming back as Antichrist to finish the job.
Magog:
Scythian nations (North of Caspian and Black sea)
Modern day Russia and/or the republics of the former Soviet Union. This area is now a member of the
commonwealth of independent states. Those that broke off from the Soviet Union.
Mesheck: Modern day Russia and/or the area which is a member
of the commonwealth of independent states. Those that broke off from the Soviet Union.
Tubal: Most believe that this is Modern day Turkey.
Persia: Is one of the 7 past evil empires and is known as Iran.
Ethiopia: Is still in same area and called Ethiopia today.
Libya: Is still in same area and is still called Libya
today.
Gomer: Modern day Southern Russia.
Togarmah: Some say it is Modern day Southern Turkey. Others say it is the area that is now known as Armenia,
another member of the commonwealth of independent states.
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Some of these places that will come against Israel in the End Times are from the Commonwealth of Independent States ... There are 11 of these "independent" states, if you do not count Russia itself, which used to be part of the Soviet Union, but are now independent states. (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikstan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan)
Let us go back to the book of Daniel. In Daniel
7:24
It says that 10 kings shall arise "out of this kingdom" and 1 after them. VERY interesting coincidence.
In addition, in
Revelation 17: 12-13
it says that they are not real kings because
they do not have a kingdom but receive power as kings with the beast
(Antichrist) and that they have one mind, just as these do.
We may have just found our other 10, part clay,
part broken horns.
THE ANTICHRIST EMPIRE ENDS
...
At the end of Antichrist's 3 AND A HALF years of terror ... It is time
to pour out the wrath of God on those on Earth that chose not to believe
in Jesus and/or accepted the mark and worshiped Antichrist and his
image. The events that follow are known as ... The Vials.
1st Vial:
Antichrist followers get sores.
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Revelation 16:1-2
And I heard a great voice out of the Temple saying to the
seven Angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the
wrath of God upon the earth. And the first went, and poured
out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and
grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast,
and upon them which worshiped his image. |
2nd Vial:
All oceans become as blood.
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Revelation 16:3
And the second Angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and
it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul
died in the sea. |
3rd Vial:
All freshwater becomes as
blood.
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Revelation 16:4-7
And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and
fountains of waters; and they became blood. And I heard the
Angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which
art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
For they have shed the blood of Saints and prophets, and
thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God
Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. |
4th Vial: The
sun's heat scorches men.
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Revelation 16:8-9
And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and
power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. And men
were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of
God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented
not to give him glory. |
5th Vial:
Darkness and pain will overtake the Earth.
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Revelation 16:10-11
And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon
the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness;
and they gnawed their tongues for pain, And blasphemed the
God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and
repented not of their deeds. |
6th Vial:
The Euphrates river dries up and the kings of the East are able to cross
it as to battle. Three unclean spirits come out of Satan, Antichrist and
the false prophet and they go to the kings of the earth to gather them
to battle against GOD in a place called Armageddon.
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Revelation 16:12-14
And the sixth angel poured out his
vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof
was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be
prepared. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come
out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the
beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they
are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth
unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to
gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. |
7th Vial: A great voice says ...
It is DONE. Voices, thundering and the biggest
Earthquake EVER.
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Revelation 16:17-18
And the seventh Angel poured out his vial into the air; and
there came a great voice out of the Temple of Heaven, from
the throne, saying, It is done. And there were voices, and
thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake,
such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an
earthquake, and so great. |
NEXT ... Babylon Destroyed:
Revelation 16:19.
God remembered Babylon and it is time to judge it. In Revelation,
Chapter 17, we learn of a new entity that will be a part of the End
Times. It is the great whore that sits upon many waters:
Revelation 17:1
...With whom the worldly people indulged in her ways:
Revelation 17:2
...
She sits atop of a beast
with seven heads and 10 horns (Antichrist empire) and is arrayed in
purple and red and is decked with jewels and wealth:
Revelation 17:3-4. On her head is written, "MYSTERY,
Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the Earth"
...
Who in the world is this woman? We are given every clue necessary to
figure out who she is in Chapters 17 and 18. We will begin our quest to
solve this "MYSTERY."
Now, since we have the answer to who is Antichrist ... We will continue on with our Biblical Antichrist Bible study seeking pieces to this spiritual puzzle shared with us within the mysterious Antichrist Bible verses. As I ponder on these clues to our "MYSTERY" many things continue to disturb me. Babylon is
Iraq. And with as much as is going on in Iraq at this time, it would
make for an easy scapegoat. However, the word ... "MYSTERY" and many other bothersome truths continue to
demand that we seek further. For example ...
Iraq is not a
place known for it's killing of Christians.
It does not sit on seven mountains or hills.
It does not control different nations and races nor rule kings of the
Earth.
It is known for oil, but not the merchandise mentioned.
It is NOT a sea port.
BUT, I do know
of a place that fits VERY well.
ROME/Vatican ...
It will be a part of the Antichrist empire, as we
found out earlier.
It's colors are purple and red.
It does sit on seven hills.
It is the only city that controls many nations,
peoples and kings, by way of the ... Catholic Church
It is known for all of
the merchandise mentioned.
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It has the most blood of
the martyrs of Jesus, they crucified and beheaded most of the Apostles
and martyrs there. As a matter of fact, they used to have these arenas
where they would all gather and have Christian children put on sheep
skins. They opened the doors to the arena, and the Christian children
would run out with the sheepskins on making the noises of sheep (bahhhhhhhh)
The Christian children were thinking it was a game, and did not know the
Romans had ravenous wolves waiting to devour them ... All for the
Roman's entertainment.
Since the writer of the book of Revelation, wrote this book on Patmos
Island, which is a Roman prison of sorts, I guess I can see why he would need to
write the word "Mystery" as to be
able to have the vision he was given, shown to other Christians and not
have it confiscated because the Romans did not like reading of their own
doom.
We are NOT pointing any fingers ... However, we should keep our eyes on
Rome and the Vatican, for they seem to fit the "Mystery"
woman description VERY well. I mean, is it not possible that the false prophet weasels his way into being deemed as Pope.
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VISIONS AND PROPHECY COMPARISON |
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If one takes all scripture presented with the on the Antichrist Bible verses, it becomes obvious that The Antichrist empire will be part iron (part Roman empire) lion, bear, leopard (Iraq, Iran and Greece) .... The Antichrist empire will be part clay which is part of the old Soviet Union and other Middle East countries. Keep your eyes on these nations:
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EGYPT
ETHIOPIA
GERMANY
GREECE
IRAQ
IRAN
LIBYA
ROME
SYRIA
RUSSIA
TURKEY
NATIONS FROM FORMER
SOVIET UNION
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As you can see after reading this Biblical Antichrist Bible study on the Antichrist Bible verses ... We must be aware and make others aware of who is Antichrist and what signs we are to watch for so that when he reveals himself, we will not make the eternal mistake of believing him. Some choose to suggest that Antichrist has already come and gone. The Bible clearly addresses this misconception:
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Thessalonians 2:1-12
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto Him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed
in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the TRUTH, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the TRUTH, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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JESUS WILL RETURN AFTER ANTICHRIST HAS REIGNED TERROR.
BE AWARE AND PREPARE !!!
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