The Antichrist - Part 2

Undermined Christian lady asked the wound will be captivated by his charisma before being cut down by his rules. The empty course will deceive Williams on a scale never seen them. History today on Turning Point Jeremiah returns to Daniel chapter 7 and it's the picture of the Antichrist with tools to help you see him for what is the conclusion of this message, the anti-is, thank you for joining us today and we continue our discussion of the book of Daniel. Today in the seventh chapter were going to finish up what we started yesterday when we were talking about Christ then chapter 7 is a tremendous portion of God's word. The second book of Daniel.

You need to know chapter 2 chapter 7 chapter 9. We need to know what all those the key chapters in the book and chapter 7 introduces us to this person who fills the minds of prophecy students and is debated over and over, and sometimes people try to identify him.

I remember someone tell me one time that Christians have a sport called pin the tail on the Antichrist. Well, you know, when I tell you we as were here to tell you what you will be like and what the Bible says about it again after that. Just a moment when you finish up our discussion about the personality of the Antichrist today, tomorrow and Thursday when a talk about his reign of terror.

Right now, let's learn all we can about who he is. Remember some years ago, listening to the orations of some of the great political men and realizing that we like that these days. So when this man comes on the scene with his charisma in front of the cameras in front of the masses and is able to weld these masses into activity all the people will follow him. The Bible goes on to say that not only will you be a tremendous speaker, but there will be something about him physically that's attractive. It says in verse 20 that he is more stout than his fellows in the works.

There is a word which means to be abundant in size and rank, sometimes in the Bible it has to do with being a captain or chief or Lord is a man of high rank and impressive appearance like Saul in the Old Testament was head and shoulders above his fellows. This man when he walks into the presence of others immediately capture their attention there something about a music charisma as he speaks about his very person that will attract people by any human magnetism to follow him sleepy charisma clear. Secondly, I want you to notice that not only will you be a charisma clean up cleverly, this man will be the master politician of all history. The greatest diplomat who ever lived.

Verse 20 says he has eyes that phrase is a reference to his mental ability to his intellect to his cleverness, he will be able to solve the problems of the world with his cleverness with his wisdom, good illustration about verse it says in verse eight that he's going to rise up at the time of the 10 King Confederation and he will subdue three other kings and verse eight describes it graphically. It says I consider the horns, and behold, there came up among them another little horn before home. There were three of the firstborn, plucked up by the roots.

What this is talking about is that there are three other powers involved and that the Antichrist moves in and he replaces those powers in the Scripture says he plucks them up by the roots, which sounds rather cataclysmic, but it's not that at all. The phrase the plucked up by the roots means literally to squeeze out push out by subterfuge to come in and cleverly replace. So somehow, politically, diplomatically, cleverly, the Antichrist will move in and he will get three kings together and somehow he will politically maneuver them until the error gates the power they have to himself, replaces them, and he stands now in their place is a clever politician turn in your Bibles to the 11th of Daniel. Let me to show you another verse that illustrates his cleverness. Verse 21 of Daniel 11 says, at 1121 this about the Antichrist. It says, and in his estate shall stand up a bio person to whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom, but he shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by Flannery's that's a by Flannery's you take all of the malarkey you ever heard of a political rally all the baloney you've ever heard during political campaigns and all of the flattery that goes on when somebody's trying to get elected. You promise everything but his life to get in office. You take all that I want to tell you that the enterprise will be the master.

He'll be able to talk people into anything. I'm reminded of a passage of Scripture in the Psalms that says that God hates flattering lips and that ultimately he will take control of them and remove them.

He's a clever leader flattering politician, diplomat, the third thing I notice about in the seventh chapter is that is not only a charismatic leader and a clever leader is a cultic leader, a cultic leader.

He's a religionist is not just in the political realm is in the world of religion. He's a great religious leader. He's a cultic leader.

Verse 25 says this about him. Verse 25. In chapter 7 says he shall speak great words against the most high, and shall wear out the saints of the most high, and think to change the times and the law. The Bible says that he will stand up with his oratory and he will give great speeches against the most high God. The apostle Paul adds to our understanding of this and I will ask you to turn to it because you know it, but in second Thessalonians chapter 2 in verse four. This is what Paul says about him.

It says that he will oppose and exalt himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he is God sit within the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. What you do is try to take over for God is going to put himself in God's place. Think of it, the creature speaking against the creator.

He's going to ask people to fall down and worship him and bow down before you. One of the people were going to meet later on the book of Daniel, who is a type and historical type of the Antichrist is a fellow by the name of Antiochus epiphanies the fourth time this epiphanies illustrates this whole concept of the antichrist of self worship. I'm told that on the coins that survived from that day can be seen the figure of Zeus, whose features closely resemble those of Antiochus epiphanies and one of those coins which is been preserved, which is now the British Museum has this inscription on it of King Antiochus God manifest victory bear King Antiochus God manifest.

Revelation 13 eight says that the whole world will worship the Antichrist and all who dwell upon the earth shall worship him, he's going to be a religious leader in God, if you will. Verse 25 goes on to say that in his cultic leadership. He will try to change the moral of the natural laws of the universe.

It says that he changes the times most people believe that Izzy messes around with the calendar he does away with a religious feast days.

Some think that perhaps even does away with the seven day week, which is a God ordered time and he changes it to attend a week like they tried to do back during the French Revolution.

He tries to change the calendar he does away with all the religious feast days and all of the opportunities the Jews have to worship gets rid of all those things. Just like our cultic leaders do today.

He tries the strip down everything that has anything to do with structure, anything that has to do with history and stability. As far as their own personal religious beliefs or concern. He just takes it all away and he starts all over from scratch and he deliberately starts his own religion to obliterate God out of the picture goes on to say that he not only does away with the times what he does away with the laws we were having trouble understanding what that's all about you, does away with the moral laws he creates his own morality so you don't have to follow the morality of God hears a new set of moral laws.

Along with that. We know that not only will he be putting himself in the place of God in changing the times and changing the laws and changing the seasons, but he's also going to be able to do great things you say to me pastor Jeremiah how a man like that ever get enough people to follow them so we can rule the world with the Scripture tells us again in second Thessalonians chapter 2 that he will be equipped by Satan to do great wonders and great lies and great signs and great he will heal, he will bring people back from the grave. I believe at least that will be the appearance of it. He will be able to do things this world has never seen.since Jesus walked upon the earth for thing I learned about the Antichrist in the seventh chapter of Daniel is not only a great charismatic leader is not only a great cultic leader not only a great clever leader but folks as you study what he does in the end of time. He is a cruel leader, a cruel leader to stay with me as we look at this verse 23 says of the end time of that kingdom, that he shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down and break it in verse 25 tells us he will wear out the saints of the most high, he will persecute the saints. Literally, he will wear them out you say what one of the saints doing in the tribulation whenever I hear people talking about the tribulation and they think that the church is going to go through it. There's always one thing that I noticed that is that they like the tribulation is just sort of like a little more trouble than got right now. I mean after all, if were enduring this is just a little more trouble than we got right now. Let me take some friend tribulation is more trouble than you can imagine in your wildest imagination is like anything you've ever dreamed of. You can put all and 666 and all of those things together with the greatest force in Hollywood can eject on the screen. It is not like anything that's going to happen in the great tribulation, my friend. The Bible says God has saved us from the wrath to come. And I believe that means the wrath of the tribulation period as well which relation is nothing more nor less than hell on earth and all of its fury. We learn something about that when we learn what the antichrist is doing during this time, the Scripture says he wears out the saints.

I want you to know that the people who were saved during the tribulation period become the target of this man and he determines to destroy them. The believer's life will be difficult it will be treacherous and particularly difficult after the antichrist is coming to full power.

During the last half of the tribulation. He will harass and afflict and persecute them without mercy.

Many of them will be martyred for their faith. During the last 3 1/2 years.

The suffering will be extremely severe. In fact, the word to wear out the saints is a word which comes out of the context of wearing out garments. It's not a matter that he comes and just snuffs them out, but the Scripture says he wears them out like you where out close.

He harasses them any stays on top of them. Every minute he won't let them breathe.

Some folks have said he's going to do that in a slow and painful wearing down of the people of God. It will be a cruel time of bloodletting. Saints, it'll be a kind of discouraging terrible painful experience for all who were alive during that time. In fact, I went back through the Scriptures and I discovered to my horror that the antichrist is personally responsible for killing two thirds of all the Jews. Revelation 1389 is responsible for conquering the city of Jerusalem.

Zechariah 14 wanted to is responsible for slaughtering myriads of Gentiles. Revelation 13 7 to 10 and the Scripture says he wears out the saints of the most high God. You say housing a worm out. Well, probably through public seizure, probably through economic squeeze that we know about the mark in the head on the hand, you'll starve. Some of them out as you study history and you see the person Antiochus epiphanies you have already said was a type and is a type of the antichrist and the Scripture clearly says that as you study them. You learn a little bit more about the cruelty little take place in that time. Some of these examples from his life when he was alive and raining. There was one day a big group of Jews who were caught in the cave observing the Sabbath and the entrance to that cave was sealed by Antiochus epiphanies and fires were set inside the cave to suffocate them. They died to mothers on occasion have circumcise their children, their sons following the Jewish right they were paraded about the city with the infants tied to their breasts and around her neck and finally they were taken up to the wall and thrown over and killed in front of the whole city Eliezer Iron Age described was put to death for refusing to eat swine's flesh. Nothing more repulsive than all the world to a Jewish scribe, a mother was forced to watch as her seven sons were tortured to death. According to one account, they were literally fried in gigantic frying pans while she watched. These are just a few of the horrors that were perpetrated on the Jews by Antiochus epiphanies, who was the first person in history as far as we know, persecute a people exclusively for their religious faith. That's what antichrist will do and he will make Antiochus epiphanies look like a kindergartner when it comes to torture and cruelty. That's how it will be when antichrist rules in the final days will be at charismatic leader. He will be politically clever.

He'll be a cultic religious leader and he will be the epitome of cruelty now. That's what the Scripture says he's like when we meet again will talk about his program and all of the things putting together but before we quit. I just want to share three things with you. Say, what difference does it make for me. If I'm to be gone mean after all, if I believe in the pre-tribulation rapture. Why should I worry about all this information about that across.

What is like to give you three things to hang your thoughts about this on as we closed the first thing I want you to notice this that already.

The stage is being set for the coming of antichrist. You read the Bible and you read the papers and you can see it. The stage is being set for the coming of antichrist. You know that the abject conditions of the economy in Germany after World War I helped to catapult Adolf Hitler and the power just give you little information that will help you understand what I mean.

The German treasury after World War I was low in gold. Her budget was unbalanced.

Sound familiar. Inflation went out of perspective.

In 1919, the German Mark was worth $0.25 within four years. It declined in value until 4 trillion were needed to equal one dollar and buying power is on real the German middle-class lost all their savings. The value of every pension was wiped out totally. All security was gone. The people were ready to listen to any demagogue who would help them solve their bitterness. Enter Adolf Hitler.

It was Lennon who said in one occasion that the surest way to overthrow an existing social order is to debauch the currency." What you think would happen in the United States of America. If a charismatic wonderworking leader were to walk across the American scene and say to us. I have the answer to the economic stress this country think anybody following I'm sad to say I know some Christians who following. I do share that with you to tell you that as you look around at your world.

The stage is being set for the arrival of a man like the man we've been talking about the second thing I want you to notice this the strategy of the Christian is not to look for the antichrist saving you told Ellis about it. Now you tell me I must was be looking for what I just want you to keep this in perspective, no place in the Bible do I read that my job as a Christian is to look for the antichrist but I do read in Titus chapter 2 in verse 13 looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ friends. I'm not looking around for the antichrist.

I'm looking up for the Christ. And when I see the things that signal his suit appearance. All it does is really focus my attention on the one who's coming in who my interest is Jesus Christ the coming King and Savior of all mankind. So you see, the antichrist might be alive today, he might be strutting on the stage of politics already, but speculation about him does not fit either of the two things God is told me to do in light of his coming. In light of the coming of Christ. You know those two things are just as simply as I can say at first what is occupied till I come occupied till I come. That's what the Scripture says Luke 1913 occupied till I come. That means first thing I'm supposed to do is work and then it says in Matthew 2513 watch ye therefore so my job in light of the fact that I looking for Christ is the work and to watch and when I see all these things happening to tell me antichrist is coming, it just makes me focus my attention on the coming Christ makes me want to work and watch better than I've ever worked watched one third thing.

The stage is being set for the antichrist and strategy for the Christian is not to look for him but for Christ, but the third thing I wanted to share with you.

To put this in perspective is that the Bible says that the spirit of antichrist is already here in the book of first John were told that many deceivers are entered into the world who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and a pseudo-Kristof antichrist, and first John chapter 2 verses 18 and 19 we read little children. It is the last time, and as you have heard that antichrist shall come, even now there are many antichrist whereby you know that it is the last time the gym Joneses. The moans all of the great cultic leaders. Just tell us that what John said was true that the spirit of antichrist is everywhere in the world today, the Messiah complex is everywhere in the world today. Everywhere false messiahs on every horizon. Bible says the spirit of antichrist is here so you say pastor Jeremiah what should I do, you need to be aware of that. God knows we need to be warning our young people against the inroad into their life of any of the crazy cultism that's going on in our world because friends the spirit of antichrist is here and if I understand the Scriptures right from the time when we see the spirit of antichrist appear which goes clear back to New Testament times until the time when he finally appears in his final person, the spirit of antichrist grows until finally it is epitomized in the person we know as the man of sin, the abomination of desolation. The willful King.

The king of fierce countenance, the prince that shall come. The little horn, I'm just thrilled beyond words to know that God has all of this in control and that, as he has it in control and I am his. He has me in control and that he has a plan that includes me. That doesn't include me, and the antichrist together someday soon will go to hear the shout trumpet will sound, to be caught up to medium well tomorrow will extend our discussion of this personality and talk a little bit more about what he is going to do and how that looks.

As we peer into the future and will be here for you tomorrow.

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