CHARACTERISTICS OF ANTICHRIST

We now have the benefit of Historic records at our fingertips today. History is behind us! We have PROOF the prophecies were fulfilled in the exact years as well as the exact manner the Bible said they would be. As Christians, we now need to take the advantage of these historic records. We need to USE history books to prove these facts so as to share with those that do not believe. It will bless them. It will open eyes. It will fill God's church. It will make Heaven that much better to have them there when Heaven starts.

Before investigating the prophetic symbols that describe the characteristics of Antichrist, we need to understand that the Word of God tell us how to define symbols in prophecy. 2 Peter 1:20 says that, "...no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation." According to the Word, Christians are told not to give our own opinion of what a prophetic symbol means. We must allow the Word of God to define it's own symbols. Our private interpretations are useless. Truth is, there are 404 verses in the book of Revelation. Were you aware that out of those 404 verses, 278 of them carry the bulk of the prophetic message of that book? Did you know that all 278 of those verses can be found almost word for word in all the other books of the Bible? In other words, THE BIBLE DEFINES ITSELF PERFECTLY! Don't let anyone give you their "opinion" or "interpretation." Let the Word define the Word! That's an easy way to expose false teachers. Just hear what they say, and then open a Bible and see if what they say matches up with what the Lord says regarding a certain symbol.

So... what does the Word of God have to say about all those symbols that define certain desires, characteristics, and plans of Antichrist? And does History confirm the prophecy authentic?

CHARACTERISTICS OF ANTICHRIST

Antichrist will destroy three complete nations out of the original ten of fallen Rome.

Daniel 7:24, "And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings." Daniel identifies immediately that the horns in this vision actually refer to kings. For further confirmation, later in Daniel 8:20 we see the two horns on the ram Daniel sees in vision are in fact the two kings of Media and Persia. When Pagan Rome fell in 476AD it resulted in the formation of TEN SEPARATE KINGDOMS. Three of these ten kingdoms rejected the idea of a "universal / Catholic faith" that was both religious as well as political so as to better control the people of the fallen nation of Rome. They were annihilated for protesting against such an evil entity. 1. Heruli nation was annihilated in 493AD. 2. Vandals in 534AD. 3. Ostrogoths in 538AD were the final of the three kings that would be subdued just as Daniel prophesied. With the fall of the Ostrogoths in the year 538AD the political entity we today refer to as the "Roman Catholic institution," began it's official reign as the last part of this fourth beast mentioned in the prophecy of Daniel.

THE TEN HORNS that came to be after Rome fell:

The Alamannis which is now called Germany

The Visigoths which is now called Spain

The Franks which is now called France

The Sueves which is now called Portugal

The Burgundians which is now called Switzerland

The Anglo Saxons which is now called England

The Lombards which is now called Italy

The Ostrogoths

The Vandal

The Herulis

Historic records reveal...

"The three divisions which were plucked up where the Heruli in 493 the vandals and 534 and the Ostrogoths in 538. Justinian, the emperor, who we see was at Constantinople, working through the general Belisarius, was the power that overthrough the three kingdoms represented by the three horns, and the reason for their overthrow with their adherence to Arianism in opposition to the orthodox Catholic faith." - the book of Daniel, page 109

"Vigilius...ascended the papal chair (538 A.D.) under the military protection of Belisarius." History of the Christian Church, Vol. 3, p. 327

Catholic emperors of the eastern empire found ways to help the pope by eliminating three of the Arian tribes. (These "Arian type" nations would not agree with the popes plans) The Catholic emperor Zeno (474-491) arranged a treaty with the Ostrogoths in 487 which resulted in the eradication of the kingdom of the Arian Heruls in 492. And the catholic emperor Justinian (527-565) exterminated the Arian Vandals in 534 and signifcally broke the power of the Arian Ostrogoths in 538. Thus were Daniels three horns - The Heruls, the Vandals, and the Ostrogoths - "plucked up by the roots." -C. Mervyn Maxwell, God Cares Vol. 1, p. 129

The Lord shows Daniel many years prior that after the fall of the pagan kingdom of Rome, or the fourth Global kingdoms, would arise another power that would seek to regain this Global kingdom for its own evil purposes. Daniel saw that when pagan Rome fell it would split into ten separate kingdoms. He even saw that three of the nations that were part of that split, wouldn’t go along with new plans to regain this global kingdom. What type of kingdom was this that was so evil that three nations were willing to die to prevent it's rise? We will discuss this in detail later. And just as Daniel was shown by the Lord, it all happened with perfect timing. History records perfectly every step of Rome in this regard. This is what's so amazing about studying prophecy in the last days. We have HISTORY to look back on! We can actually match historic events with prophetic utterances in the Word of the Christian God.

Antichrist is to receive its "seat" and authority from Rome.

Revelation 13:4, "And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?" Who is this dragon in prophecy? According to Revelation 12:9 it is Satan. And as we know, Satan never stands before man in his true form. He is not allowed this option. (1 Corinthians 10:13 explains why) So he must possess men to do his will. At this time the dragon was attacking the Christian faith, it was Rome it chose to administer it's hatred. This is not something anyone needs convincing of. It is an open fact of historic record. Fact is, even the Gospel portrays this definition of the true identity of the dragon at this time as well...

A ROMAN Official seeks to kill baby Jesus causing the deaths of many baby boys.

A ROMAN Governor condemns Jesus to die.

A ROMAN Soldier whips Jesus.

A ROMAN Band of Soldiers beat and mock Jesus.

A ROMAN Executioner crucifies Jesus.

A ROMAN Official seals the tomb of Jesus.

A ROMAN Squad of Soldiers keep watch on the tomb of Jesus.

A ROMAN Governor places all followers of Jesus in peril

A ROMAN coliseum is where Christians were fed to lions

etc

Rome most assuredly allowed the dragon's will to be enacted back then just as it does today. Rome is all the dragon can hope to become. Pagan Rome is his masterpiece. Looking at the Pope's of today, as well as times past, one can see absolute Roman rule runs through the veins of this hierarchy. The clothing, the architecture, the laws, the belief structure, the art, the lifestyles, the pharmacudical religiosity, the political savvy, the global reach. All of it proves this prophecy fulfilled in Roman Catholicism. In fact, Pope Pius IX couldn't have been more accurate when he said...

Pope Pius IX, in his "Discorsi" (I., p. 253), said: "The Caesar who now addresses you, and to whom alone are obedience and fidelity due."

This has to be the only thing I like about the leaders of Roman Catholicism. They are so blinded by their hatred of the truth (2 Thessalonians 2:10,11) that they actually make statements they have no idea allows the Remnant Christians a way to expose them in such an exacting manner. They truly have no clue when they expose themselves as Antichrist by admitting to doingthose things prophecy proclaims Antichrist will do. For that, I am forever appreciative. For I have seen MANY come out of Rome by merely showing them a prophecy, and then showing them a statement made by their very own leaders!

Speaking of the time, about 500 A.D., when the Roman Empire was crumbling to pieces:] "No, the [Catholic] Church will not descend into the tomb. It will survive the Empire . . . At length a second empire will arise, and of this empire the Pope will be the master--more then this, he will be the master of Europe. He will dictate his orders to kings who will obey them"--Andrea Lagarde, The Latin Church in the Middle Ages, 1915, p. vi

This statement penned in 1915 was boldly accurate of the desires of evil men. For the author stated, "he will be the master of Europe.." And today, this is an open and obvious fact! Soon this empire of Rome will spread all throughout the world.

Need anymore proof? The Pope declares himself CAESAR and then declares obedience and fidelity are due him and him alone? This is Caesar's heart incarnate! For the Caesar's of Rome truly believed they were god's on earth! And today, this is the case with the popes of Rome. I will prove that in graphic detail later. Another blunt fact is, Emperor Justinian gave the keys of Rome to the Pope when he decreed that a Pope should rule over all the Christian churches of the earth in A.D. 538, as well as the people of the world. Daniel's vision, and Revelation's woman on a beast was born that day.

WHO IS THIS VIGILIUS? WAS HE EVEN A CHRISTIAN?

As the ten kingdoms of Rome were falling apart, there was an emperor Justinian who was worried about his crumbling empire. He has a General Bellsarius under his thumb who he devises a plan with during the wars that resulted in the unrest of Rome's fall. They decided that if they can get into the city of Rome they will banish the bishop of Rome so as to allow for a takeover that would allow the new system of "ROMAN Catholicism" to be set up. They needed this system because they felt they had no more political power to control the people. So they devised a plan that would give them Religious as well as political strength. One fateful day while Bellsarius is fighting, the bishop of Rome proclaims that he will not allow any fighting within his city. This Bishop loves his people and proceeds to close the gates and refuses to have anything to do with the war just outside the city. The fighting on this day is particularly strenuous however. The Goths had pushed back Bellsarius and his fighters all the way to the walls of what was left of the city of Rome. It looked hopeless, it looked as if Bellsarius was going to be wiped out completely. So, Bellsarius scurried off a note to his superior Justinian, saying, "save us!" Justinian's wife is a Christian who happens to be a friend of the bishop of Rome. Justinian pleads with his wife to ask the bishop of Rome to open the gates of the city so that Bellsarius and his men can enter inside so as not to be wiped out by the Goth's. Out of respect for her bishop, Salverius of Rome opens the gates of the city to allow Bellsarius and his army into the city to spare their lives. Justinian and Bellsarius however had already agreed that once inside the city they would banish the bishop of Rome. So once inside they did indeed follow through on their plans. They banished the bishop and put their own man Vigilius who was not a Christian on the seat of bishop and proclaimed him Pope that very day. And there you have it, just as this prophecy of Revelation 13:4 predicted. In the year 538 AD the official beginning of the Roman Catholic church and state conglomeration prophetically began. -(Generalized Information taken from Hope Beyond 2000 Video series "Rise of the little horn of Daniel 7 -Kenneth Cox) (Disclaimer: This is "early" Kenneth Cox material. This ministry does not condone some of the recent material coming from the ministry of Kenneth Cox.

In 538AD, the year when the Ostrogoths collapsed, it was out of the smoking ruins of the western Roman Empire and after the overthrow of the three Arian kingdoms that the pope of Rome emerged as the most important single individual in the West, the head of a closely organized church with a carefully defined creed and with vast potential for political influence. Dozens of writers have pointed out that the real survivor of the ancient Roman Empire was the Church of Rome. -E.G. McKenzie, "Catholic Church" p. 14.

Antichrist is both a political and religious power.

Revelation 17:3, "So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns."

In prophecy, a woman is defined as a church...

Jeremiah 6:2 says, "I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman."

We also understand the Church of Jesus Christ is considered to be the "Bride of Christ" because of many areas of Scriptures that describe her as such. It is also commonly understood that prophecy defines a beast to be a nation.

Daniel 7:17, "These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth."

Daniel 7:23, "Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces."

Even in today's world, nations are described as beasts? The USA is seen as an eagle. Russia is likened unto a bear, and China even carries the image of a dragon.

Many years ago Daniel was given a great vision about all the nations of the earth till the end of time. In this vision he saw the last beast to be "diverse from all the others." (Daniel 7:19) But how diverse would it be? According to Revelation 17:3 as we have already seen, this beast will have a woman riding it. Since prophecy defines a woman as a church, and a beast as a nation. Is there such an entity described in history? Is there a church and state mixed together as one some place today? Yes there is. Only one place on earth has ever done this. The Vatican of the Roman Catholic church has been established upon this type of union, and is now finalizing plans to use this prophesied church & state structure to obtain global rule in the place of pagan Rome.

Antichrist will have his church & state sit on 7 hills

Revelation 17:3, "So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns."

Now before I define these seven heads I would like to remind you that I am not giving my "private interpretation" of this prophetic symbol. The Word of God states we are never to do this. (See 2Peter 1:20) According to Revelation, that beast the woman is sitting on, that we already defined as the Vatican church & state conglomerate, will have seven heads. But how does prophecy define those seven heads? Look just a few verses lower to find out. The Angel that is showing John this vision actually tells him point blank what those heads actually mean.

Revelation 17:9, "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth."

Looking into the STRONG'S CONCORDANCE, how is that word "mountains" defined?

"It is within the city of Rome, called The City on Seven Hills, that the entire area of Vatican State Proper is now confined" The Catholic Encyclopedia, p. 529.

~"Geography.about.com" website answers the query... "What are the seven hills of Rome?"

Rome is known to be built upon seven hills. Rome was said to have been founded when Romulus and Remus, twin sons of Mars, ended up at the foot of the hill Palatine and founded the city. The other six hills are Capitoline (the seat of government), Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, and Aventine.

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"...group of hills on or about which the ancient city of Rome was built. The original city of Romulus was built upon Palatine Hill (#1) (Latin: Mons Palatinus). The other hills are the Capitoline,(#2) Quirinal, (#3) Viminal,(#4) Esquiline,(#5) Caelian,(#6)(#7) (known respectively in Latin as the Mons Capitolinus, Mons Quirinalis, Mons Viminalis, Mons Esquilinus, Mons Caelius, and Mons Aventinus)." – and Aventine

Understand first that Daniel 7:23 tells us this Beast will be "diverse from all kingdoms." How diverse you ask?As we define the prophetic symbols we understand this woman that is sitting on the beast is actually a church and a NATION combined. It is what Daniel said. There will be a kingdom that will arise that will be TOTALLY DIFFERENT than any other kingdom that ever existed on Earth. The Vatican fits this perfectly! Never was there a nation that was both a nation and a church that the same time! NEVER! And even if there was, did it have SEVEN HILLS to sit on as we see Rome Italy has being doing since its inception? Do a search online for "SEVEN HILLS' and you will see numerous pages with maps of the city of ROME!

Antichrist is to rule the world for 1260 years.

Daniel 7:25, "And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time."

Revelation 12:6, "And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days."

Revelation 13:5, "And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months."

Revelation 13:5 speaks of this time as forty two months. These forty two months of Rev 13:5 and the "time, and times and dividing a time" of Daniel 7:25 equal the exact same thing. 42 months actually equates to 3½ years. Looking closely, one can see this, A "time (one year) and times (+ two years) and the dividing of time, (+ half a year ) That's a "time" + "times" + "dividing of a time", which equals 3½ years, or forty two months. (12+24 + 6 = 42 months) Revelation 12:6 confirms this calculation when it says that the church of Jesus would hide in the wilderness for exactly 1260 days. 42 months, or 3½ years equals 1260 days.

Still, some will say that 42 months does NOT equal 1260 days because all our months do not equal 30 days each. The fact here is, prophecy speaks of Biblical months. To understand the forty and two months, or the time, and times and diving a time, that the beast will reign, we must first find the method of time the Bible declares for prophecy. Looking in Genesis 7:11, we find the Bible says the rains of Noah started on the 17 day of the 2nd month, remember that date. In Genesis 8:3,4 we find the water receded at the end of exactly 150 days. Then it says the ark rested on the 17th day of the 7th month. That's exactly 5 months to the very day. If we divide the 150 days, by the 5 months, we will get 30 days per month. So 42 months multiplied by 30 equals 1260. And again, when you look in Revelation 12:6, it confirms the calculation to be valid. It actually says the children of God will be hiding in the wilderness for exactly 1260 days! However, we are not done. A day in prophecy actually equals a year. God says in Ezekiel 4:6 "I have appointed thee each day for a year..." and in Numbers 14:34 it says, "...After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, " So, according to Ezekiel 4:6, and Number 14:34, that's 1260 years that Papal Rome would reign, and during this reign it will kill many Christians.

And yes, some will say that this is just my opinion, or interpretation. They will say that the only way this "day for a year" idea can be valid is if history proves it out. So... does it? Well first we need to find out when the Roman Catholic church became a "woman on a beast" and capable of ruling in both the political as well as religious realm. Why? This is when she has her full power according to Revelation

Antichrist is to preach 'another Jesus' unto all

• 2 Corinthians 11:3-4, "But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him."

Is the Jesus of Rome the Jesus of the Bible? Notice a "few" of the teachings of Rome. Does this sound like they preach the Jesus of the Bible? It's truly this easy to see this prophecy fulfilled. All one needs do is open a Bible, then open a Roman Catholic Catechism book.

Do they preach Jesus when they GLORIFY Mary as Co-Redeemer?
Do they preach Jesus when their priestly ambassadors of Jesus are drunks, smokers, child molesters, thieves, and murderers?
Do they preach Jesus while killing 500 million Christians during the dark ages?
Do they preach Jesus while placing tradition over and above the Scripture?
Do they preach Jesus when they teach of Purgatory instead of Salvation in Jesus?
Do they preach Jesus when teaching you must suffer to be saved, making the cross insufficient?
Do they preach Jesus while going to man for forgiveness instead of God Almighty?
Do they preach Jesus when the Pope says "Evolution is fact" making Jesus the Creator a liar?
Do they preach Jesus when they teach gambling is acceptable Christ-like activity.
Do they preach Jesus when the Pope praises and embraces Buddhism on global News networks?
Do they preach Jesus when they preach that "Fellow believers" stoned Stephan on EWTN?
Do they preach Jesus when the Pope preaches "Mankind can protect you better than God"?
Do they preach Jesus when the Pope preaches you MUST be loyal to him to be saved?
Do they preach Jesus when they teach you must bow down to the Pope and kiss his feet? (Papal worship)
Do they preach Jesus while killing millions for merely reading His Bible?
Do they preach Jesus when they ignore Jesus example, and baptize babies as did Pagans?
Do they preach Jesus when they put His Bible on the list "forbidden books" back in 1229ad?
Do they preach Jesus when they "venerate" crosses, statues, images, relics, etc?
Do they preach Jesus when they sell indulgences making the cross insufficient?
Do they preach Jesus when they preach you must worship a wafer instead they parade before you?
Do they preach Jesus when they preach a cloth "scapular" will save you instead of Jesus?
Do they preach Jesus when they put books in the Bible, Jesus nor the Apostles ever quoted or used?
Do they preach Jesus when they say Mary was "utterly without sin"?
Do they preach Jesus when call the Pope infallible and Jesus' Word fallible?
Do they preach Jesus when the Pope himself states to all the world "He is god" on earth?
Do they preach Jesus when the Pope proclaims that the "church" is a must for salvation?
Do they preach Jesus when they make war with the Saints of Jesus as prophecy said Antichrist would do?
Do they preach Jesus when they slowly torture followers of Jesus to death?
Do they preach Jesus when they destroy entire nations?
Do they preach Jesus when they ABOLISH the Sabbath that Jesus kept and sanctified and adopt the Pagan day of the Sun?

Sometime in the near future, Satan is going to use government authority to try and force everybody to take the mark of the beast.

Remember the mark is not a microchip nor ID card, it is the new Sunday laws that will be in place sometime in the future.

YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!!!