....A certain kind of Christian, sometimes dubbed "armchair apocalyptists" or "newspaper exegetes," seems especially inclined to cast their foes as agents of the Archenemy. The Antichrist they identify, scholars say, often reflects the era's deepest anxieties. For many modern Christian apocalyptists, fears of big government are embodied in an Antichrist who will unite nation-states in a totalitarian One World Order....
....In the modern era, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, U.S. presidents, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, England's Prince Charles, and even megachurch pastor Rick Warren have all made the Antichrist list....Prophecy may not be the best career option, however. Jerry Falwell's Liberty University closed its Tim LaHaye School of Prophecy just one year after it opened in 2002.
Contrary to popular belief, the Antichrist dreaded by so many Christians will actually usher in a new era of peace and prosperity, a maverick theologian contends. "The Antichrist's rise to power is nothing to fear," declares Bible scholar Jon Hornsworth of Atlanta. "He will be a unifying figure whose sound policies revitalize the global economy and put an end to international conflict."Related thread:Most people familiar with End Times prophecies in the Book of Revelation assume the Antichrist will be an evil dictator. But that's dead wrong, the expert says. "Nowhere in the Bible is the word 'evil' used to describe the Antichrist," Hornsworth notes. "For that matter, 'Antichrist' isn't in there either -- the Bible calls him the Beast. That suggests a being like the one in the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast -- fearsome and misunderstood, but ultimately turning out to have a heart of gold. "I anticipate a figure like Julius Caesar -- a strong but fair leader. He'll impose stability over much of the world."
-- from the thread Antichrist (you read it right) will be peace and prosperity on Earth
666, THE ANTI-CHRIST:
[Dt 17:15-17] “He whom you set over you as king must be your kinsman....But he shall not have a great number of horses;
nor shall he make his people go aback again to Egypt to acquire them, against the Lords’ warning that you must never go
back that way again. Neither shall he have a great number of wives, lest his heart be estranged, nor shall he accumulate
a vast amount of silver and gold.”
So there are at least 3 major things a king must never do:
1) great number of horses -——————war chariots/large army.
2) great number of wives -——————worship false idols/gods
3) accumulate vast amt. gold/silver——gold/silver—> greed;
King Solomon was a prototype of a great King who had gone bad of which the entirety of 1 Kgs Chps 10&11 detail very nicely:
[1Kgs Chps 10 &11]
GREAT # HORSES: LARGE ARMY
[1 Kgs 10:26] “Solomon collected chariots and drivers; he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand drivers.”
GREAT # WIVES: WORSHIP FALSE IDOLS/GODS
[1 Kgs 11:1] “King Solomon loved many foreign women besides the daughter of Pharaoh, from nations which the Lord had forbidden
the Israelites to intermarry, “because” he said “they will turn your hearts to their gods”. But Solomon fell in love
with them. He had several hundred wives of princely rank and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart.”
ACCUMULATE VAST AMT. GOLD/SILVER: GREED
[1 Kgs 10:14] “The gold that Solomon had received each year weighed six hundred and sixty-six gold talents.” (666 and listed first within 1 Kings 10&11)
666 WITHIN REVELATION
Look at the above quote, ‘this calls for wisdom’. ‘WISDOM’ is a reference to Solomon(Solomon was renowned for and prayed for wisdom) in [1Kgs Chps 10 &11] who
was a prototype for a king who went bad and whom in [1 Kgs 10:14] taxed his people 666 talents of gold per year. So it would seem that the beast or Anti-Christ
is typically a national or even a larger world stage figure(through conquest) with large armies, vast amt. of gold/silver or greed, and who is against(anti) Christianity
and/or worships false gods. This certainly applies to Nero. Moreover, this figures within the 20th century with Hitler, Stalin , Pol-Pot, and Mao.
Which are all anti-christs leading up to the final anti-christ of the end times. So thus, the general and precise meaning of what John and Revelation are getting at.
What John wrote about in Revelations and 666 is not really about counting up letters in a name, that is rather an insignificant part.
“The Antichrist’s rise to power is nothing to fear,” declares Bible scholar Jon Hornsworth of Atlanta. “He will be a unifying figure whose sound policies revitalize the global economy and put an end to international conflict.”
Well gee, then I guess Christ won’t need to return for the 1,000 year reign. I wonder if anybody has told him yet?
Interesting how people who disagree don’t just disagree, they attack.
I think it’s obvious Islam is evil. And where they get that the anti christ comes from Rome. I believe he’ll surely come from the Middle East. And that, to me, means his ancestry is Middle East.
Finally, anything or anyone who is against Christians, is an anti christ. And we know there are plenty of them. And the one in our white house is certainly no friend of Israel. And neither were the “New World Order” Bushes.
I’ve never heard of Richardson. Lindsey’s book, “1980’s, Coundown to Armageddon” was the spark that led me to the Lord. However, I caught him in a bald faced lie in his book, “A Prophetic Walk Through the Holy Land”. IMO, LaHaye’s Left Behind books are dangerous. They so champion the flawed “pre-tribulation rapture” theory that a lot of people are going to be sorely damaged when they are “left behind”. I say that as a believer in “pre-wrath”. See here: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1164/5125780963_ccbd162473.jpg
I see what many call the “antichrist” as the beast. And as some say, he really will be perceived by most to be a blessing to mankind. Well, kinda like Hitler was seen as a blessing by many Germans, Jews and some others excluded, of course. And the bible even goes as far as to say the days will be cut short so the very elect is not deceived.
It is now what many who dabble in the subject believe. That being said, I have come to where I think the false religion in the end times may, in fact, be islam. But time will tell. Those watching carefully will know it when they see it.
He’s in the white house.
Anti-Christ is anti (against, opposed to) Christ, which would also mean opposite Jesus. Jesus is good, anti-Christ is evil.
However, he has a trait which causes people to not recognize him. He "appears" to be good.
And the fact that he fools so many people is what gives him so much ground in a relatively short period of time.
He is full of deceit and he fools people until the time that he is revealed.
I heard the anti-Christ was going to be from Winnipeg or Des Moines...
Interesting how people who disagree don’t just disagree, they attack.
I think it’s obvious Islam is evil. And where they get that the anti christ comes from Rome. I believe he’ll surely come from the Middle East. And that, to me, means his ancestry is Middle East.
Finally, anything or anyone who is against Christians, is an anti christ. And we know there are plenty of them. And the one in our white house is certainly no friend of Israel. And neither were the “New World Order” Bushes.
I heard an anti-christ theory on one of the local religious radio stations the other day. I thought I’d heard them all but this was a new one to me.
According to this guy, The Anti-Christ is actually Nimrod. He died 5,000 years ago and his tomb, somewhere in Egypt, has been guarded faithfully by a secret cult as the body of the god Osiris up until this day. This body will be given life and arise to become the Anti-Christ.
How the Antichrist reflects the era’s anxieties...
So true. It’s tough playing god when you know you’re not God.
The prince that would destroy the city was Titus and fuliflled in 70 A.D.. It has nothing to do with the other passages. The "he" in verse 27 which confirms the covenant and ends sacrifice etc. is refferring to the main subject of the passage Christ.
