The Anti-Christ

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The Anti-Christ

• How Will We Know Him???

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Who is He???

• For millennia people have talked about him and
  the mysterious number 666.

• People have speculated who he is and whether he
  is already amongst us.

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Many Candidates throughout History

• Caesar

• Napoleon

Even George W. Bush!!!

• Adolph Hitler

The Pope
Henry Kissinger
John F. Kennedy
Prince Charles
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How will we recognize him when he appears?
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Bible gives us his characteristic

• He is called the lawless one.

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Lawless One

• 2 Thessalonians 28-11

8 Then that lawless one will be revealed
whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His
mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of
His coming 9 that is, the one whose coming is in
accord with the activity of Satan, with all power
and signs and false wonders, 10 and with all the
deception of wickedness for those who perish,
because they did not receive the love of the
truth so as to be saved. 11 For this reason God
will send upon them a deluding influence so that
they will believe what is false, 12 in order that
they all may be judged who did not believe the
truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.
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Lawless - anomia

• the condition of without law
• because ignorant of it
• because of violating it
• contempt and violation of law, iniquity,
  wickedness
• Strongs 458

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Future Anti-Christ

• Not against laws, for he causes all to wear a
  mark and no one can buy or sell without the mark.
  Revelation 1316-18

• All dictators have restrictive laws.

• He is against Gods Law (Torah).

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How will we Recognize Him?

• He is anti-Torah (against Torah)!

• Abomination of Desolation

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Puts Abomination of Desolation in Temple
Matthew 2415-27

• Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF
  DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the
  prophet, standing in the holy place (let the
  reader understand)

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Daniel 1131

• "Forces from him will arise, desecrate the
  sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular
  sacrifice. And they will set up the abomination
  of desolation.

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Abomination of Desolation

• 3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will
  not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the
  man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of
  destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself
  above every so-called god or object of worship,
  so that he takes his seat in the temple of God,
  displaying himself as being God. 2
  Thessalonians 2

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There Already was Someone Like That!

• Antiochus Epiphanies

• Forced Jewish people to renounce Torah

• Tried to Hellenize the Jews.

• Put Abomination of Desolation in Temple

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How about Titus?

• In the year A. D. 70, Titus Caesar, the son of
  the Roman emperor, came against Jerusalem to
  besiege it. The siege lasted nearly seven
  months.

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Josephus said

• When the Roman soldiers brought their ensigns,
  images of Titus, and set them up in the temple,
  the abomination of desolation was thus set up. So
  the image of Titus set up in the holy place was a
  great abomination in Gods sight, because it was
  an image of an Antichrist in the very temple that
  was built to honor the Lord.

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• The Roman standard was raised in the ruins, and
  they sacrificed to their pagan gods in the Holy
  Place.

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Eusebius said

• Speaking of A.D. 70, "at last the abomination of
  desolation spoken of by the prophets was
  implanted in the very temple of God....
• "THE ESSENTIAL EUSEBIUS, Luibheid, Colm, New
  York, Mentor-Omega Books, 1966, p. 97, III, 51-7

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Preterist Thought

• A Preterist believes that the Scripture
  prophecies have already been fulfilled. So there
  is nothing further that has to be fulfilled (such
  as a future anti-Christ).

• The term preterism is derived from the word
  preterite, or past perfect tense it also has its
  roots in the Latin word præter, meaning "past."

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Thessalonians - 2 Thessalonians 21-10

• Date CE 50-51
• Thought that the Day of the Lord had already
  come. (Left Behind)
• Shaul seeks to reassure them that it has still
  not happened!

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• 1 Now we request you, brethren, with regard to
  the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our
  gathering together to Him, 2 that you not be
  quickly shaken from your composure or be
  disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a
  letter as if from us, to the effect that the day
  of the Lord has come. 3 Let no one in any way
  deceive you, for it will not come unless the
  apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness
  is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who
  opposes and exalts himself above every so-called
  god or object of worship, so that he takes his
  seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as
  being God.

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• 5 Do you not remember that while I was still
  with you, I was telling you these things? 6 And
  you know what restrains him now, so that in his
  time he will be revealed. 7 For the mystery of
  lawlessness is already at work only he who now
  restrains will do so until he is taken out of the
  way. 8 Then that lawless one will be revealed
  whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His
  mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of
  His coming 9 that is, the one whose coming is in
  accord with the activity of Satan, with all power
  and signs and false wonders, 10 and with all the
  deception of wickedness for those who perish,
  because they did not receive the love of the
  truth so as to be saved.

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Destruction by Titus 70 CE

• So, was the destruction of the Temple and the
  Abomination of Desolations in Titus time that
  Shaul writes about?

• No. Still the Revelation of John, which
  according to good scholarship, wont be written
  until after 90 CE.

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Revelation 13

• 11 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the
  earth and he had two horns like a lamb and he
  spoke as a dragon. 12 He exercises all the
  authority of the first beast in his presence. And
  he makes the earth and those who dwell in it to
  worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was
  healed. 13 He performs great signs, so that he
  even makes fire come down out of heaven to the
  earth in the presence of men. 14 And he deceives
  those who dwell on the earth because of the signs
  which it was given him to perform in the presence
  of the beast, telling those who dwell on the
  earth to make an image to the beast who had the
  wound of the sword and has come to life. 15 And
  it was given to him to give breath to the image
  of the beast, so that the image of the beast
  would even speak and cause as many as do not
  worship the image of the beast to be killed.

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• 16 And he causes all, the small and the great,
  and the rich and the poor, and the free men and
  the slaves, to be given a mark on their right
  hand or on their forehead, 17 and he provides
  that no one will be able to buy or to sell,
  except the one who has the mark, either the name
  of the beast or the number of his name. 18 Here
  is wisdom. Let him who has understanding
  calculate the number of the beast, for the number
  is that of a man and his number is six hundred
  and sixty-six.

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Future Antichrist

• Has characteristics of previous types Antiochus,
  Titus

• Abomination of Desecration in Temple

• Ceasing sacrificial system

• Anti Gods Law

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Empowered by the Dragon

• Revelation 12 13

• Revelation 132 And the dragon gave him his
  power and his throne and great authority.

• Revelation 129 And the great dragon was thrown
  down, the serpent of old who is called the devil
  and Satan

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Not a Flesh Blood issue

• For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
  but against the rulers, against the powers,
  against the world forces of this darkness,
  against the spiritual forces of wickedness in
  the heavenly places.
• Ephesians 612

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The Ruler of Tyre

• 1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
  2 "Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, Thus
  says the Lord GOD, "Because your heart is lifted
  up And you have said, I am a god, I sit in the
  seat of gods In the heart of the seas' Yet you
  are a man and not God, Although you make your
  heart like the heart of God
• Ezekiel 28

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King of Tyre

• 11 Again the word of the LORD came to me saying,
  12 "Son of man, take up a lamentation over the
  king of Tyre and say to him, Thus says the Lord
  GOD, "You had the seal of perfection, Full of
  wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13 "You were in
  Eden, the garden of God Every precious stone was
  your covering The ruby, the topaz and the
  diamond The beryl, the onyx and the jasper The
  lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald And
  the gold, the workmanship of your settings and
  sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were
  created They were prepared. 14 "You were the
  anointed cherub who covers, And I placed you
  there. You were on the holy mountain of God You
  walked in the midst of the stones of fire. 15
  "You were blameless in your ways From the day you
  were created Until unrighteousness was found in
  you.

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Spirit Behind Future Anti-Christ

• 1 And the dragon stood on the sand of the
  seashore. Then I saw a beast coming up out of the
  sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his
  horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were
  blasphemous names. 2 And the beast which I saw
  was like a leopard, and his feet were like those
  of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a
  lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his
  throne and great authority. Revelation 13

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Same Spirit

• Same spirit behind the Anti-Christ as was behind
  the thrones of many kings

Satan
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Satan

• Anti-God and Anti-Gods Law (Anti-Torah)

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Anti-Torah was Already Happening at Shauls Time!

• For the mystery of lawlessness (anti-Torah) is
  already at work
  2 Thessalonians 27

• Where? In the World?

• No Always been anti-Torah in the World But
  In the Church

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• Even during Shauls time, there was an
  anti-Torah spirit at work in the Church

• People were twisting his writings and making it
  say something it didnt.

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Peter writes about these People

• as also our beloved brother Paul, according to
  the wisdom given him, wrote to you, 16 as also in
  all his letters, speaking in them of these
  things, in which are some things hard to
  understand, which the untaught and unstable
  distort, as they do also the rest of the
  Scriptures, to their own destruction. 17 You
  therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be
  on your guard so that you are not carried away by
  the error of unprincipled men and fall from your
  own steadfastness, 18 but grow in the grace and
  knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
  2 Peter 3

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Shauls writings used to Defend Anti-Law Position
of the Church

• Does this mean that he is anti-Law?

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Shaul disproved his being Anti-Torah - Acts 21

• 17 After we arrived in Jerusalem, the brethren
  received us gladly. 18 And the following day Paul
  went in with us to James, and all the elders were
  present. 19 After he had greeted them, he began
  to relate one by one the things which God had
  done among the Gentiles through his ministry. 20
  And when they heard it they began glorifying God
  and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many
  thousands there are among the Jews of those who
  have believed, and they are all zealous for the
  Law 21 and they have been told about you, that
  you are teaching all the Jews who are among the
  Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to
  circumcise their children nor to walk according
  to the customs.

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• Shaul Disproved his being Anti-Torah Acts 21

23 "Therefore do this that we tell you. We have
four men who are under a vow 24 take them and
purify yourself along with them, and pay their
expenses so that they may shave their heads and
all will know that there is nothing to the things
which they have been told about you, but that you
yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Law.
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Church has fallen under the Teachings of these
Unprincipled Men

• Called Early Church Fathers by the Church.

• Non-Jewish men who introduced Greek thought into
  the Body of Messiah.

• Who taught that the Law was not applicable to
  believers in Christ.

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Spirit of Anti-Christ

• The spirit behind the Greek thought that came
  into the Church is what Shaul was talking about.

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The Great Deception
8 Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the
Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and
bring to an end by the appearance of His coming
9 that is, the one whose coming is in accord with
the activity of Satan, with all power and signs
and false wonders, 10 and with all the deception
of wickedness for those who perish, because they
did not receive the love of the truth so as to be
saved. 11 For this reason God will send upon them
a deluding influence so that they will believe
what is false, 12 in order that they all may be
judged who did not believe the truth, but took
pleasure in wickedness.

• How will these people be deceived?

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The Great Apostasy

• 3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will
  not come unless the apostasy comes first
  2 Thessalonians23

• Many believers are going to fall away from the
  faith.

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They did Not Believe the Truth

• they will believe what is false, 12 in order
  that they all may be judged who did not believe
  the truth
• 2 Thessalonians
  211-12

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What is Truth?

• The Word of the L-rd

"Sanctify them in the truth Your word is
truth. John 1717
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Need to Cling to Word of God

• All the prophets of God directed the people of
  God to Gods Torah!

• The prophets always cried for the people of God
  to return to the Torah!

• Not ONE of them ever said that Torah did not
  apply to them!

• Not EVEN Yeshua!

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Did NOT come to do Away with Torah

• 17 "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law
  or the Prophets I did not come to abolish but to
  fulfill. 18 "For truly I say to you, until heaven
  and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or
  stroke shall pass from the Law until all is
  accomplished. 19 "Whoever then annuls one of the
  least of these commandments, and teaches others
  to do the same, shall be called least in the
  kingdom of heaven but whoever keeps and teaches
  them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of
  heaven.

Matthew 5
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Torah has Brought the People of God through
Difficult Times

• In the Wilderness, where it was first given!

• In the Land, through times of prosperity and want.

• In times of adversity under foreign domination
  and oppression!

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• Through the last 2,000 years while we are
  scattered!

• Through tribulation and persecution!

• I believe also through the Great Tribulation!

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Song of Moses Song of the Lamb

• 1 Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and
  marvelous, seven angels who had seven plagues,
  which are the last, because in them the wrath of
  God is finished. 2 And I saw something like a sea
  of glass mixed with fire, and those who had been
  victorious over the beast and his image and the
  number of his name, standing on the sea of glass,
  holding harps of God. 3 And they sang the song of
  Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of
  the Lamb, saying, "Great and marvelous are Your
  works, O Lord God, the Almighty Righteous and
  true are Your ways, King of the nations! 4 "Who
  will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For
  You alone are holy For ALL THE NATIONS WILL COME
  AND WORSHIP BEFORE YOU, FOR YOUR RIGHTEOUS ACTS
  HAVE BEEN REVEALED."
• Revelation 15

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Moses, Another name for Torah

• "But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to
  Moses and the Prophets, they will not be
  persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.' "
  Luke 1631

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Luke 2427

• Then beginning with Moses and with all the
  prophets, He explained to them the things
  concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

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Luke 2444

• Now He said to them, "These are My words which I
  spoke to you while I was still with you, that all
  things which are written about Me in the Law of
  Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be
  fulfilled."

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Luke 1631

• "But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to
  Moses and the Prophets, they will not be
  persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.' "
  

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John 117

• For the Law was given through Moses grace and
  truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

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Acts 1521

• "For Moses from ancient generations has in every
  city those who preach him, since he is read in
  the synagogues every Sabbath."

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Acts 2823

• When they had set a day for Paul, they came to
  him at his lodging in large numbers and he was
  explaining to them by solemnly testifying about
  the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them
  concerning Jesus, from both the Law of Moses and
  from the Prophets, from morning until evening.

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2 Corinthians 315

• But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil
  lies over their heart

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The Entire Word of God

• I believe, in order for us not to be deceived
  through the Great Tribulation, we must grasp hold
  of the ENTIRE WORD of God, not just the Brit
  Chadasha, but Moses, the Prophets and the
  Writings (TANAKH)!

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Shaul to Timothy 2 Timothy 3

• 12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ
  Jesus will be persecuted. 13 But evil men and
  impostors will proceed from bad to worse,
  deceiving and being deceived. 14 You, however,
  continue in the things you have learned and
  become convinced of, knowing from whom you have
  learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have
  known the sacred writings which are able to give
  you the wisdom that leads to salvation through
  faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture
  is inspired by God and profitable for teaching,
  for reproof, for correction, for training in
  righteousness 17 so that the man of God may be
  adequate, equipped for every good work.