The Antichrist - Part 9
The Truth
Concerning
the Antichrist
Foundations Series
The Antichrist:
Part 9 of 12 Parts
1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of
Tiberius Caesar … (ASV)
Luke 3:1
28 … which came to pass in the days of Claudius
Caesar. (KJV Strong's)
Acts 11:28
At
the time John wrote the book of Revelation, Domitian, the sixth Caesar, was in
power. Before the reign of Domitian, there had reigned five Caesars who had
died unnatural deaths (are fallen) through murder or suicide. The first four of
these (in chronological order) were Julius Caesar, Tiberius Caesar, Caligula,
and Claudius Caesar. Physically, the Antichrist will rise to power suddenly as
the seventh Caesar over a revived Roman Empire.
3 And I saw one of his heads as though it had been
smitten unto death; and his death-stroke was healed: and the whole earth
wondered after the beast; (ASV)
Revelation 13:3
12 … And he maketh the earth and them that dwell
therein to worship the first beast, whose death-stroke was healed. (ASV)
Revelation 13:12
14 … that they should make an image to the beast
who hath the stroke of the sword and lived. (ASV)
Revelation 13:14
The
Antichrist, shortly after coming to power as the seventh Caesar, will die
physically from a fatal wound. The Antichrist is the one of the seven heads of
the beast that is wounded fatally this will not necessarily be a head wound Scripture
does not specify where he is wounded, only that it is a fatal wound inflicted
with a sword stroke. This possibly will, but may not necessarily, be a literal
sword stroke. It is much likelier that this is merely the symbolic means used
to indicate a violent death. The body of the Antichrist (probably after about
three days) will then be brought back to life by Satan as a counterfeit of the
resurrection of Christ. How does Satan do this?
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and
is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go into perdition. And they that
dwell on the earth shall wonder, they whose name hath not been written in the
book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast, how
that he was, and is not, and shall come. (ASV)
Revelation 17:8
10 and they are seven kings; the five are fallen,
the one is, the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a
little while. (ASV)
Revelation 17:10
In
speaking of the Antichrist physically (as the seventh Caesar), John says that
he is not yet come: the Antichrist has not yet appeared and we will not know
for sure who he is until his body is brought back to life. Yet in this verse
here, John says that at the time that he wrote this, the Antichrist had already
been on the earth but was not on the earth then, and would come out of the
abyss when he appears again on the earth. This seems to be a contradiction with
Rev. 17:10, where John says that He is not yet come.
What
is the reality here?
In the Next
Session: we will see that only one name corresponds to the numbers 666.
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