Another writing about the antichrist sees him hating the people similar to the satanic hatred of the Jews back then. As the Jews spent seventy years in anguish, now then a period of seven years is appointed under the antichrist.
This writer refers to the duration of the antichrist's power over tribulation saints as exactly seven years. He is obviously referring to the prophecy of Daniel 9:27, "And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate."
In another early manuscript that confirms the Bible, Daniel 9:24-27, prophesied a final seven-year tribulation period under the antichrist at the end of this age.
Some recent critics of the pre-millennial and pre-tribulation rapture position have falsely described the concept of a future antichrist and seven year treaty period as a new theory; but the truth is that a large number of Christian writers from the early centuries clearly taught about it.
Some recent critics of the pre-millennial and pre-tribulation rapture position have falsely described the concept of a future antichrist and seven year treaty period as a new theory; but the truth is that a large number of Christian writers from the early centuries clearly taught about it.
The phrase that the antichrist "will act and speak in the name of the beloved and say 'I am God'" is the same warnings of Jesus. He said "I have come in My Father's name and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive" John 5:43.
The statement that the antichrist "will set up his image before him in every city" shows that the writer was familiar with Revelation 13:14, which declares that satan will deceive "those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast wounded by the sword and lived."
The statement that the antichrist "will set up his image before him in every city" shows that the writer was familiar with Revelation 13:14, which declares that satan will deceive "those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast wounded by the sword and lived."
The future antichrist is a man possessed by satan, "the king of this world," who will assume the position of a "great prince" and "lawless king."
He "will come with all the powers of this world" as stated in Revelation 13:13-14, "He performs great signs, so that even he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived."
He "will come with all the powers of this world" as stated in Revelation 13:13-14, "He performs great signs, so that even he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived."
There are some scholars whose materials relate to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
One gives some insight into the early Christian's understanding of the Antichrist and the Second Coming of Jesus.
He says that many in Jerusalem and in Judah, the antichrist, will cause the people to depart from the true faith. These are the days of the completion of the world and after that the great prince, the king of this world who has ruled it since it came into being, shall descend; he will come down in the form of a man, a lawless king, a slayer . . . This ruler will come in the likeness of a king and there will come with him all the powers of this world and they will hearken to him in all that he desires.
All that he desires he will do in the world; he will act and speak in the name of the Beloved and say that he is God and before him there has been none other. And all of the people will believe in him and serve him.
One gives some insight into the early Christian's understanding of the Antichrist and the Second Coming of Jesus.
He says that many in Jerusalem and in Judah, the antichrist, will cause the people to depart from the true faith. These are the days of the completion of the world and after that the great prince, the king of this world who has ruled it since it came into being, shall descend; he will come down in the form of a man, a lawless king, a slayer . . . This ruler will come in the likeness of a king and there will come with him all the powers of this world and they will hearken to him in all that he desires.
All that he desires he will do in the world; he will act and speak in the name of the Beloved and say that he is God and before him there has been none other. And all of the people will believe in him and serve him.
