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Perhaps no figure
looms larger in our
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prophesied future than
the Antichrist.
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Your Bible is clear that
he is coming, and that
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a level of destruction,
persecution, and death
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arrive with him--such as
the world has never seen
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before or will
ever see again.
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And there is cause to believe
that he is alive today.
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Certainly, his tools of deception are already
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in place and already
impact the lives of most
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who consider themselves
"Christian" today.
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Will you be among the few
to recognize him when he
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steps onto the
world stage?
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Most won't--but you can.
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Join us for this episode
of Tomorrow's World,
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as we reveal Seven Signs
of the End-Time Antichrist.
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♪
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Greetings, and welcome
to Tomorrow's World--
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where we help you make sense
of your world through
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the pages of the Bible.
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Consider this list of
famous--or infamous--men:
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Ronald Reagan, King Juan
Carlos (of Spain),
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Saddam Hussein, King
Charles III, Bill Gates,
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Henry Kissinger,
and Klaus Schwab
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of the World
Economic Forum.
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What do they
have in common?
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Well, each, at one time or
another, has been accused
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of being the Antichrist--
that dark and mysterious
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figure foretold
by Bible prophecy.
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Some of these
men are dead.
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Some are still alive.
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None of them fit the
Bible's description.
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Today, we will reveal
seven signs of the
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end-time Antichrist,
as detailed by Bible
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prophecy, that will enable
anyone to identify who the
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final Antichrist is.
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Now, in our world of
high-tech wonders and
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modern comforts, talk of an
"antichrist" might seem archaic.
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"Doom and gloom" preaching
in an age that has moved
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beyond scriptures
and prophecies.
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But the opposite is true.
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Time hasn't left prophecy
behind--rather time has
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finally caught up to
prophecy, and only now do
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the times in which we
live fit the circumstances
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describing the end-time
stage onto which the
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Antichrist will enter.
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For instance, Matthew 24
and verse 22 says that in
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those prophesied days, it
would be possible that
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"no flesh would be saved" from
mankind's destructive capacity.
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That has only really been
true since we entered the
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era of weapons of mass
destruction, capable
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of eradicating humanity.
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And Daniel 12:4 describes
the end-times of prophecy
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as an era when many "run
to and fro" and "knowledge
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shall increase"--ancient
words that describe
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our modern world, in
which global travel is
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commonplace and we are
beginning to suffer from
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a daily deluge
of information.
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No, the prophecies of the
Antichrist are not dusty
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old writings, irrelevant
for our modern age.
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They were written for our
modern age--inspired by
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the God who declares the
end from the beginning.
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And His warnings about the
final Antichrist are vital.
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Because his rise is
profoundly connected to
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more death, destruction,
and human suffering
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than humanity has ever before
experienced--a period called
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in the pages of Scripture,
the Great Tribulation.
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During the lives of most
of you watching this today,
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the Antichrist will
rise to power and deceive
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the vast majority of
humanity--subtly and
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seductively swaying men
and women around the world
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to willingly accept
a false and demonic
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counterfeit Christianity.
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In fact, that version of
Christianity is already
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present on the earth,
possessing great influence.
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Many of you watching,
right now, are already
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under its sway, making you
all the more vulnerable to
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this future tyrant.
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Imagine the full
complement of modern
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warfare--the almost
limitless destructive
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capacity of mankind--
available at the
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beck and call of a man
under the direct influence
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of Satan the Devil,
devoted to destroying
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true Christianity--and true
Christians--from the
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face of the earth, ensuring
that it is replaced with a
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religion that sounds like
true Christianity, and
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uses the name of Jesus
Christ, but which
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represents the very
opposite of the
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Christianity of
Jesus Christ.
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That individual is coming.
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Whether or not you will
be able to recognize the
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Antichrist will be a
matter of life and death.
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And prophecy is plain:
Most will not recognize him.
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But you can recognize him
with the seven signs
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that we will reveal on the remainder of today's program.
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Before we begin, let me
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questions about this
shadowy figure, soon to
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appear--such as the
connection between the
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Antichrist and modern
Catholicism and
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Protestantism, the
connection between the
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Antichrist and the
Beast of Revelation,
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the deceptive teachings of the
Antichrist and why so many
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fall for them.
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Request your copy of "Who or What Is the Antichrist?"
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And I'll be back to show
you the first sign of this
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coming tyrant--a sign that
most get completely wrong.
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Welcome back.
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The Bible has much to say
about the End-Time Antichrist.
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Today, we're only
focusing on seven specific
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signs you can use to identify
him when he arrives.
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And this first sign
is one most get wrong.
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According to God's word,
the Antichrist is not
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a military or
political leader.
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Rather, the Antichrist
will lead a religion,
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a great false church.
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This mistake arises
because many confuse the
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Antichrist with the Beast
of Revelation, which is a
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military, political, and
economic powerhouse that
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will dominate the world.
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However, while they are
connected, the Antichrist
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and the Beast are
two distinct beings.
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Turn to Revelation 17.
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Here the Apostle John
records a vision, shown
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to him by Jesus Christ and
the angels under His command:
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"And I saw a woman sitting
on a scarlet beast which
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was full of names of
blasphemy, having
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seven heads and ten horns.
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The woman was arrayed in
purple and scarlet, and
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adorned with gold and
precious stones and
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pearls, having in her
hand a golden cup full of
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abominations and the
filthiness of her fornication.
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And on her forehead a
name was written: MYSTERY,
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BABYLON THE GREAT, THE
MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND
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OF THE ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH."
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There is much that is worth
noting in this passage,
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but I want to focus
on one particular point.
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The Beast here with seven
heads and ten horns,
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ridden by a prostitute,
is the end-time
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military-economic
juggernaut called
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the Beast of Revelation.
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But what of the woman?
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Normally a rider mounts
a beast to control it
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and influence its
movements--and this beast
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is being ridden, or
guided by a prostitute.
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If you've watched
Tomorrow's World for long,
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you know that we allow the
Bible to interpret its own
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symbols, and women in the
Bible are frequently used to
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picture different faiths and religious organizations.
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But rather than the chaste
virgin that God uses to
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symbolize His church
in passages like
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2 Corinthians 11:2 and
Revelation 19:7-8,
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the church that is riding
this powerful Beast
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is described as a
wealthy prostitute.
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Fornication, adultery, and
harlotry are often used by
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God to symbolize the
corrupting influence of
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religious compromise with
pagan practices and pagan
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worship, as in Jeremiah 3
and Ezekiel 16.
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The religious system of
the Antichrist is the
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Harlot riding this Beast.
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It is not the
same as the Beast.
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In fact, later in
Revelation 17:16, we see
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that the Beast will
eventually turn on
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the woman to destroy her.
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No, the Harlot rides the
Beast--manipulating it,
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influencing it, guiding
it for her purposes.
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This is why the Apostle
John, in 1 John 4:1-3
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speaks of the Antichrist
in the context of false
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prophets--because he will
be the ultimate false
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prophet--not a military
or political ruler, but a
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religious figure who will
control the most powerful
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church on earth.
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In turn, he and that
church will influence
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the military-economic
powerhouse known as the
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End Time Beast
Power of Revelation.
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What more can we
understand about the
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religious system led
by this Antichrist?
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That brings us to today's
second sign of the Antichrist:
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The Antichrist will appear
Christ-like and come in
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the name of Jesus Christ.
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In His powerful Olivet Prophecy
given on the Mount of Olives
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in the area of Jerusalem
and recorded in Matthew 24,
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Mark 13, and Luke 21,
Jesus Christ warned
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His disciples that many
would come practicing
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religious deception, and
come in His own name--
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that is, the name
of Jesus Christ.
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And they did.
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John reveals the spread
of that deceptive,
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counterfeit Christianity
even in the first century,
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saying in 1 John 2
and verse 18,
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"Little children, it is the
last hour; and as you have
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heard that the Antichrist
is coming, even now many
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antichrists have come, by
which we know that it
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is the last hour."
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Yes, many antichrists
had come by the time John
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wrote those words, and
the deceptive, counterfeit
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Christianity they wove, falsely
under the name of Jesus
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Christ, persists and dominates
world religions today.
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Many fail to recognize
that the word "antichrist"
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represents more
than a person.
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It represents a system of
belief that appears Christian,
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but is actually a counterfeit
to true Christianity.
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Paul writes in the Bible
of those who preached
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"another Jesus" and brought
a "different gospel."
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This system has been
in place since the
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time of the Apostles,
and in John's own day,
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many representing that
system, "many antichrists,"
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were already preaching.
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The final, end-time
Antichrist will be the
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culmination of this
deception--a great
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False Prophet representing
this false Christianity
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who will appear very
Christian on the outside.
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Turn to Revelation 13
with me, where we see the
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Antichrist described in
prophetic symbolism.
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Beginning in verse 11, we read
of a different beast rising
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from the earth--not the seven-headed Beast of Revelation:
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"Then I saw another
beast coming up
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out of the earth, and he
had two horns like a lamb
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and spoke like a dragon."
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Scripture consistently
uses the Lamb as a symbol
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for Christ but a Dragon
as a symbol for the devil.
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So this False Prophet
to come, this final
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Antichrist, will look like
the Lamb, Jesus Christ.
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He may seem kind, compassionate--he may
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seem to teach
from the Bible.
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Yet prophecy says he will
be speaking the words of
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the dragon, the devil.
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The Christianity he
teaches will be a subtle,
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twisted version of
Christianity--not the
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Christianity of Jesus
Christ, even though it
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will claim His name.
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We'll see more details
about some of those
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twisted teachings
later in our program.
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Before we do, let me
pause briefly to give you
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another opportunity to
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will gather so many
into his web of lies.
14:41.480 --> 14:42.481
Don't go away.
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14:48.153 --> 14:50.889
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One of the tools the
end-time Antichrist will
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use to deceive even the
skeptical and bring them
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into his twisted version of
Christianity is our next sign:
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He will eventually
work “miracles” and
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supernatural “wonders.”
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Staying in Revelation 13,
let's continue to read,
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beginning in verse 13:
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"He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire
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come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.
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And he deceives those who dwell
on the earth by those signs
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which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast..."
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This individual will have the ability to call fire from
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heaven, much like the prophet Elijah did in the Old Testament.
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How amazing will that be.
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In 2 Thessalonians, the
Apostle Paul describes
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this coming false prophet,
mentioning in chapter 2 verse 9:
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"The coming of the lawless one
is according to the working of
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Satan, with all power,
signs, and lying wonders."
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But the key to resisting
the appeal of supernatural
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signs, intended to
deceive, is to compare the
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"miracle worker's"
teachings to God's truth.
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Remember, the Antichrist
looks like Jesus Christ,
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but speaks like the subtle
dragon, Satan the Devil.
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That brings us to
the fourth sign:
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He will deny that Christ
continues to come in the flesh.
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This is a vital point, but
a subtle one--easy to miss.
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We dive into detail on
this crucial sign in our
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free booklet, but
let me summarize.
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This doctrine of the Antichrist
is described in 2 John 7...
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"For many deceivers have
gone out into the world
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who do not confess Jesus
Christ as coming in the flesh.
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This is a deceiver
and an antichrist."
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Now many think John just means
that antichrists didn't teach
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Jesus really came in the
flesh 2,000 years ago.
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And, yes, John condemns
such falsehoods.
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But read carefully: John
says that the deceivers
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do not teach Christ "as
coming in the flesh."
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That is a present tense verb--
continuing to come in the flesh.
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Dr. Charles B. Williams,
whose translation of the
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New Testament is praised
for its attention to the
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detail of the Greek
verbs in the original
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New Testament text, translates
this passage as saying that
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the antichrist does not confess
that Christ "continues to come"
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in the flesh.
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But what does that mean?
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It means that the
Antichrist does not
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teach that Jesus Christ
continues to live in
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Christians today, reliving
the life He lived 2,000 years
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ago, helping them to grow in
obedience and godly character.
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The Apostle Paul explained
this in a beautiful passage.
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Let's read it in the King
James Version, Galatians 2:20:
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"I am crucified with
Christ: nevertheless I live;
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yet not I, but Christ
liveth in me: and the life
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which I now live in the
flesh I live by the faith of
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the Son of God, who loved me,
and gave Himself for me."
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This is why Paul says in
Romans 5:10 that we're
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reconciled by His death,
but saved by His life.
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As opposed to Christ doing
it all at His crucifixion
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as many false preachers
teach, Christ lives His
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life in the converted
Christian daily, helping
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him or her to grow and conquer
sin now, in this life.
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The Antichrist will deny
this fundamental but
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often ignored teaching.
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And this connects directly
to our fifth sign:
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The Antichrist will
reject God's law.
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Remember: we read in
2 Thessalonians 2 that
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Paul called the final
Antichrist "lawless."
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But God isn't concerned
here with human laws.
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The Antichrist will
oppose the laws of God.
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In fact, he will replace
God's laws as revealed in
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the Bible with religious
laws rooted in
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human tradition and
pagan superstition.
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Daniel chapter 7 describes
this effort of the Antichrist.
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We see this end-time false prophet described in detail
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in verse 25:
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"He shall speak pompous
words against the Most High,
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shall persecute the
saints of the Most High,
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and shall intend
to change times and law.
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Then the saints shall be
given into his hand for
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a time and times
and half a time."
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He will "change times and
law"--he will replace the
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times of worship as God
designed them with a
20:08.640 --> 20:11.843
counterfeit set of worship
days, and he will replace
20:11.910 --> 20:15.747
the laws of God with
a different set of laws--
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laws that'll feel
Christian, but will not be
20:19.251 --> 20:23.355
rooted in the laws of God,
revealed in the Bible.
20:23.422 --> 20:27.159
The Antichrist will
promote man-made church laws
20:27.225 --> 20:30.729
and creeds, confessions,
and traditions and will
20:30.796 --> 20:33.432
claim the authority
to overrule the clear
20:33.498 --> 20:36.969
commandments and laws of
God revealed in Scripture.
20:37.035 --> 20:41.440
Church calendars with man-made
holidays will overrule
20:41.506 --> 20:45.811
the holy days and festivals
of God, found in your Bible.
20:45.877 --> 20:48.380
This coming "lawless one"
--the Antichrist--
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will claim authority that no
one but God Almighty has,
20:52.618 --> 20:55.754
attempting to change
the very law of God...
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And, frankly, many of you
watching today are already
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Welcome back.
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So far, we have discussed five
signs of the coming Antichrist.
22:40.992 --> 22:43.695
Among those signs are
false teachings that most
22:43.762 --> 22:46.631
who call themselves
"Christians" will accept
22:46.698 --> 22:50.435
wholeheartedly--indeed,
most of them already have.
22:50.502 --> 22:53.171
However, the Antichrist
will not be content with
22:53.238 --> 22:56.007
simply converting the
world to false teachings.
22:56.074 --> 22:59.377
He'll also want to deal
with the few who dare
22:59.444 --> 23:02.080
to believe the true
teachings of the Bible
23:02.147 --> 23:04.750
that contradict his
false doctrine.
23:04.816 --> 23:08.086
That leads to our
sixth, tragic sign:
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The Antichrist will
persecute true Christians
23:12.224 --> 23:17.229
We saw this mentioned in
Daniel 7:25, where we read that
23:17.295 --> 23:21.133
the Antichrist "shall persecute the saints of the Most High"--
23:21.199 --> 23:24.469
true followers of God
and those who keep His
23:24.536 --> 23:27.739
laws and His commandments,
not the man-made doctrines,
23:27.806 --> 23:30.542
holy days, and teachings
of the Antichrist.
23:30.609 --> 23:33.945
Jesus Christ warned of
this time when He told His
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disciples in John 16:2
that a time will come when
23:38.150 --> 23:41.286
those who kill true
Christians will think
23:41.353 --> 23:43.889
they're doing God a service.
23:43.955 --> 23:46.024
Think back to the
images you've seen of
23:46.091 --> 23:49.795
concentration camps and
the horrors of World War II,
23:49.861 --> 23:53.865
in which millions of Jews
were herded to their deaths.
23:53.932 --> 23:58.203
Now imagine such machinery
turned onto a new minority,
23:58.270 --> 24:01.940
those Christians Jesus
calls His "little flock,"
24:02.007 --> 24:04.409
who actually believe in
the Ten Commandments
24:04.476 --> 24:07.179
of God and in the
need to obey them.
24:07.245 --> 24:11.283
Revelation 12 describes
the anger true Christians'
24:11.349 --> 24:16.922
obedience engenders in Satan the
Devil and how he will respond:
24:16.988 --> 24:20.058
"[T]he dragon was
enraged with the woman,
24:20.125 --> 24:23.028
and he went to make war
with the rest of her
24:23.094 --> 24:26.565
offspring, who keep the
commandments of God
24:26.631 --> 24:29.868
and have the testimony
of Jesus Christ."
24:29.935 --> 24:33.305
How does the Antichrist
accomplish this persecution?
24:33.371 --> 24:36.808
That power is connected
to our final sign:
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The Antichrist will point
the world to a revived
24:40.679 --> 24:44.149
"Roman Empire"-- a
political/military
24:44.216 --> 24:48.353
powerhouse of strength and
might such as the world
24:48.420 --> 24:50.222
has never seen before.
24:50.288 --> 24:54.626
Remember--the woman
rides the beast.
24:54.693 --> 24:58.263
Revelation 13 tells of
how the False Prophet will
24:58.330 --> 25:01.499
influence the people of
the world to support
25:01.566 --> 25:04.202
the coming Beast of
Revelation, and how the
25:04.269 --> 25:07.706
Antichrist will influence
the might of this Beast Power--
25:07.772 --> 25:12.043
an end-time, revived "Roman Empire" that will outshine
25:12.110 --> 25:15.547
even the power and might of
the United States today.
25:15.614 --> 25:19.551
He will direct the might
of the Beast against those
25:19.618 --> 25:23.588
who refuse to cast aside
the laws of God and the
25:23.655 --> 25:26.725
true worship of Jesus
Christ, and who refuse to
25:26.791 --> 25:31.029
accept the false Christianity
the Antichrist offers.
25:31.096 --> 25:34.833
The result will be a
modern-day inquisition on
25:34.900 --> 25:38.904
a horrific scale, never
before seen in human history.
25:38.970 --> 25:42.407
This unholy alliance
of false church and
25:42.474 --> 25:46.044
tyrannical state will
dominate the world
25:46.111 --> 25:48.513
in the end-times
just ahead of us.
25:48.580 --> 25:52.717
Even with their powers
combined, this most
25:52.784 --> 25:55.987
powerful of religious,
political, and economic
25:56.054 --> 26:00.892
and military entities will
still be no match for the
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returning Jesus Christ.
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He will return in their
days to glorify His faithful
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followers and to establish the Kingdom of God, forever.
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So, what do we do
about these things?
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Remember: The "Antichrist
system" that this final
26:18.843 --> 26:23.281
Antichrist will sell to the
whole world exists today,
26:23.348 --> 26:26.017
and most are already
deceived by it.
26:26.084 --> 26:28.486
We do not need to wait
until this religious
26:28.553 --> 26:32.857
despot appears on the
scene--we can act now to
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reject his system and his
Counterfeit Christianity.
26:37.395 --> 26:43.101
As Jesus admonishes all of
us in Luke 21 and verse 36,
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"Watch therefore, and
pray always that you may
26:47.539 --> 26:50.775
be counted worthy to escape
all these things that
26:50.842 --> 26:55.947
will come to pass, and to
stand before the Son of Man."
26:56.014 --> 26:59.284
Yes, Jesus does promise
protection for those who
26:59.351 --> 27:02.887
are not ashamed to reject
the false Christianity
27:02.954 --> 27:05.857
around them and who are
willing to embrace the
27:05.924 --> 27:09.361
fullness of His teachings
and life--allowing Him to
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live His life of obedience
to God's commandments
27:13.631 --> 27:16.434
in their lives today.
27:16.501 --> 27:20.238
We hope you will heed His
admonition and avoid the
27:20.305 --> 27:23.608
deceptions of the coming
end-time Antichrist and
27:23.675 --> 27:26.044
his religious system at
work in the world today.
27:26.111 --> 27:29.014
We also hope you will not
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And, finally, we hope you'll come back next time.
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When you do, Gerald Weston,
Richard Ames, Rod McNair,
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and I will be right here
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news of the coming
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Kingdom of God, the
meaning of the end-time
27:46.765 --> 27:49.267
prophecies of the Bible,
and the life-changing
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teachings of Jesus Christ.
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