Examining the Antichrist

Prelude: Warning Difficult to Understand!
This is research to determine who or what may be the Antichrist today. Do not be deceived by the Antichrist Global System. Warning this article may be difficult to comprehend. If it is too complex and you are bothered by it; then exit out of this subject and leave it alone! Click to Return to Articles or Choose Arrow Back

Prelude: Warning Difficult to Understand!

This is research to determine who or what may be the Antichrist today. Do not be deceived by the Antichrist Global System.

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Examining the Antichrist in Detail
The Antichrist isn't a single entity. It is Global Governing System with corrupt and/or corrupted people that serve it and promote it, either willingly, by design or out of ignorance and/or greed. It is this Global System with it's Agenda for the world. It's plan is to enforce that Agenda upon all of humanity. This Global Agenda serves the Anti-Christ spirit and embodies it. Let's look at what John says about those who are Antichrist. 1 John 2:18 "Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that Antichrist shall come, even now are there many Antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time." 1 John 2: 22, "Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is Antichrist, that denies the Father and the Son." How do they deny Jesus and God the Creator? View: Daniel 7:25, "And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change the set times and the laws. And they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and one-half time." This Beast/Anti-Christ system is described in Daniel 2 as the 4th and final kingdom upon earth, with Global dominion, that Jesus comes back and utterly smashes. Daniel 2:31-45, "You, O king, looked—and behold, a great image! That great image, whose brightness was surpassing, stood before you. And its form was awesome. 32 This image's head was of fine gold; his breast and his arms were of silver; his belly and his thighs were of bronze; 33 His legs were of iron; his feet were part of iron and part of clay. 34 You watched until a stone was cut out without hands that struck the image upon its feet which were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken in pieces together. And they became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors. And the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. 36 This is the dream. And we will tell the interpretation before the king. 37 You, O king, are a king of kings, for the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 38 And wherever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all. You are this head of gold. 39 And after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you, and another third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, for as much as iron breaks in pieces and beats down all things, and as the iron that crushes all these, shall it break in pieces and crush. 41 And whereas you saw the feet and toes, part of potters' clay and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided. But there shall be in it the strength of the iron, because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly broken. 43 And whereas you saw iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mix themselves with the seed of men. But they shall not cling to one another, even as iron does not combine with clay. 44 Now in the days of these kings, the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed. And the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. 45 Because you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. And the dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure."

Examining the Antichrist in Detail

The Antichrist isn't a single entity. It is Global Governing System with corrupt and/or corrupted people that serve it and promote it, either willingly, by design or out of ignorance and/or greed. It is this Global System with it's Agenda for the world. It's plan is to enforce that Agenda upon all of humanity. This Global Agenda serves the Anti-Christ spirit and embodies it. Let's look at what John says about those who are Antichrist. 1 John 2:18 "Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that Antichrist shall come, even now are there many Antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time."

1 John 2: 22, "Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is Antichrist, that denies the Father and the Son." How do they deny Jesus and God the Creator? View: Daniel 7:25, "And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change the set times and the laws. And they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and one-half time."

This Beast/Anti-Christ system is described in Daniel 2 as the 4th and final kingdom upon earth, with Global dominion, that Jesus comes back and utterly smashes. Daniel 2:31-45, "You, O king, looked—and behold, a great image! That great image, whose brightness was surpassing, stood before you. And its form was awesome. 32 This image's head was of fine gold; his breast and his arms were of silver; his belly and his thighs were of bronze; 33 His legs were of iron; his feet were part of iron and part of clay. 34 You watched until a stone was cut out without hands that struck the image upon its feet which were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken in pieces together. And they became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors. And the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. 36 This is the dream. And we will tell the interpretation before the king. 37 You, O king, are a king of kings, for the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 38 And wherever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all. You are this head of gold. 39 And after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you, and another third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, for as much as iron breaks in pieces and beats down all things, and as the iron that crushes all these, shall it break in pieces and crush. 41 And whereas you saw the feet and toes, part of potters' clay and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided. But there shall be in it the strength of the iron, because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly broken. 43 And whereas you saw iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mix themselves with the seed of men. But they shall not cling to one another, even as iron does not combine with clay. 44 Now in the days of these kings, the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed. And the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. 45 Because you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. And the dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure."

Mystery Babylon Revealed in Detail
In Revelation, The Antichrist is known as the Beast that the Whore rides: Revelation17:1-3, "And one of the seven angels who had the seven vials came and spoke with me, saying to me, 'Come here; I will show you the judgment of the Great Whore who sits upon many waters {many people}: 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.' 3 Then he carried me away in the spirit to a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast that had seven heads and ten horns, full of names of blasphemy". Revelation17:5-7, "And across her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH: 6 And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints {not the elect}, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And after seeing her, I wondered with great amazement. 7 Then the angel said to me, 'Why are you amazed? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.' " Revelation 17:8-18, "The beast that you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into perdition. And those who dwell on the earth, whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, shall be astonished when they see the beast that was, but is not, and yet is. 9 Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.10 And there are seven kings; five are fallen, and one is, and the other has not yet come; and when he has come, it is ordained that he remain a little while. 11 And the beast that was, and is not, he is also the eighth, and is from the seven, and goes into perdition. 12 And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but shall receive authority as kings for one hour {a short time} with the beast. 13 These all have one mind, and shall give up their power and authority to the beast. 14 These will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb shall overcome them; for He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are called, and chosen, and faithful {the elect}. (This is where the 8th king in Revelation 17 comes in.) 15 Then he said to me, 'The waters that you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. 16 But the ten horns that you saw on the beast shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her with fire; 17 For God has put into their hearts to do His will, and to act with one accord, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God have been fulfilled. 18 And the woman whom you saw is the great city that has royal power over the kings of the earth.' " Five are fallen. One is and the other is not yet come. The 8th is of the 7 and goes into perdition. The five fallen kings are; Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, and Greece. The one that exists at the time of writing of Revelation is Rome. The one that is to come, (which already has, is prior to our time now). That one was; The Ottoman Turks. This is who dealt the deadly head wound. To whom did it deal the deadly head wound? To Rome, when Constantinople was sacked. This ended the Roman Empire. So who is the 8th king, the final one that is one of the 7? Is it the Roman Catholic Church today? Again, remember, at the time of writing of Revelation, Rome was in control. In our time again Rome controls, but more specifically, the Whore, Roman Catholic Church rules, which is now influencing Global affairs. Rome, via the RCC is again looking to dominate and rule mankind. Let's look at Daniel 7.1-8, "In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed. Then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters. 2 Daniel spoke and said, 'In my vision by night I was looking, and behold, the four winds of the heavens were stirring up the Great Sea. 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, different from one another. 4 The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings. I watched until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on its feet like a man. And a man's heart was given to it. 5 And behold another beast, a second, like a bear. And it raised itself up on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And this was said to it: "Arise, eat up much flesh." 6 After this I saw, and lo, another beast, like a leopard, which had four wings of a bird on its back. The beast also had four heads and dominion was given to it. 7 After this I looked in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, frightening and terrifying, and exceedingly strong. (the 4th and final kingdom in Daniel 2) And it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the rest with its feet. And it was different from all the beasts before it; and it had ten horns. 8 As I was considering the horns, behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before whom three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots. And behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.' " (This little horn is the birth of the RCC today. The three horns that were plucked up is the deadly head wound to Rome prior, up to and shortly following when Revelation was written.) (The same is a beast in; Revelation 17:3, Aligns with the 4th kingdom in Daniel 2 and The Beast in Revelation 17 that the Whore rides as mentioned above in this article). Except in Daniel 7 we see 3 horns are plucked up. These three horns are the three stages of Rome. View Link->: The Three Phases of Ancient Rome: From Kingdom, to Republic, and then Empire. The deadly head wound Rome received when Constantinople was destroyed, was "healed" through the Global spread of corrupt Christianity via the Roman Catholic Church. The "RCC" is the 8th king in Revelation 17:11 and is of the 7. More specifically it is the reorganized rebirth of #6, the Roman Empire. This Religious organization (the RCC) seeks to change times and laws and has perverted God's Commandments. It has done this by falsifying Christ's Crucifixion timeline, rejecting Christ's own testimony as to how long He would be in the tomb, and using their Friday Crucifixion lie to set up a false Sabbath (Sunday) in place of God's Commanded Sabbath (<-Link to the 7th day, Saturday). View: Catholic Church Admits Saturday is the Sabbath (<-Link). Hence the attempt at changing God's times and laws. The Antichrist is NOT USA President Trump. It's a Global religious/political system controlled by the Roman Catholic Church with a Global Agenda that it intends on helping enforce upon all humanity. View Link->: Holy See and the United Nations. Excerpt from said link: "The Holy See is not a member of the United Nations (not having applied for membership) but was granted permanent observer state (i.e., non-member state) status on 6 April 1964. In that capacity, it has the right to attend all sessions of the United Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Security Council, and the United Nations Economic and Social Council to observe their work. Accordingly, the Holy See has established permanent observer missions in New York and in Geneva and has been able to influence the decisions and recommendations of the United Nations." Religious entities in scripture are defined as women. Revelation 7:1-9, speaks about a great whore. The whore's daughters are called harlots. They are those that separated themselves from the mother whore, but kept the same false days as their mother, thus violating God's Commandments. They also choose to try to adulterate Christ's crucial time line, thus attempting to invalidate "… the sign of Jonah the prophet." (Luke 11:29-30).

Mystery Babylon Revealed in Detail

In Revelation, The Antichrist is known as the Beast that the Whore rides: Revelation17:1-3, "And one of the seven angels who had the seven vials came and spoke with me, saying to me, 'Come here; I will show you the judgment of the Great Whore who sits upon many waters {many people}: 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.' 3 Then he carried me away in the spirit to a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast that had seven heads and ten horns, full of names of blasphemy". Revelation17:5-7, "And across her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH: 6 And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints {not the elect}, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And after seeing her, I wondered with great amazement. 7 Then the angel said to me, 'Why are you amazed? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.' "

Revelation 17:8-18, "The beast that you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into perdition. And those who dwell on the earth, whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, shall be astonished when they see the beast that was, but is not, and yet is. 9 Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.10 And there are seven kings; five are fallen, and one is, and the other has not yet come; and when he has come, it is ordained that he remain a little while. 11 And the beast that was, and is not, he is also the eighth, and is from the seven, and goes into perdition. 12 And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but shall receive authority as kings for one hour {a short time} with the beast. 13 These all have one mind, and shall give up their power and authority to the beast. 14 These will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb shall overcome them; for He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are called, and chosen, and faithful {the elect}. (This is where the 8th king in Revelation 17 comes in.) 15 Then he said to me, 'The waters that you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. 16 But the ten horns that you saw on the beast shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her with fire; 17 For God has put into their hearts to do His will, and to act with one accord, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God have been fulfilled. 18 And the woman whom you saw is the great city that has royal power over the kings of the earth.' "

Five are fallen. One is and the other is not yet come. The 8th is of the 7 and goes into perdition. The five fallen kings are; Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, and Greece. The one that exists at the time of writing of Revelation is Rome. The one that is to come, (which already has, is prior to our time now). That one was; The Ottoman Turks. This is who dealt the deadly head wound. To whom did it deal the deadly head wound? To Rome, when Constantinople was sacked. This ended the Roman Empire. So who is the 8th king, the final one that is one of the 7? Is it the Roman Catholic Church today?

Again, remember, at the time of writing of Revelation, Rome was in control. In our time again Rome controls, but more specifically, the Whore, Roman Catholic Church rules, which is now influencing Global affairs. Rome, via the RCC is again looking to dominate and rule mankind. Let's look at Daniel 7.1-8, "In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed. Then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters. 2 Daniel spoke and said, 'In my vision by night I was looking, and behold, the four winds of the heavens were stirring up the Great Sea. 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, different from one another. 4 The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings. I watched until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on its feet like a man. And a man's heart was given to it. 5 And behold another beast, a second, like a bear. And it raised itself up on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And this was said to it: "Arise, eat up much flesh." 6 After this I saw, and lo, another beast, like a leopard, which had four wings of a bird on its back. The beast also had four heads and dominion was given to it. 7 After this I looked in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, frightening and terrifying, and exceedingly strong. (the 4th and final kingdom in Daniel 2) And it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the rest with its feet. And it was different from all the beasts before it; and it had ten horns. 8 As I was considering the horns, behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before whom three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots. And behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.' " (This little horn is the birth of the RCC today. The three horns that were plucked up is the deadly head wound to Rome prior, up to and shortly following when Revelation was written.) (The same is a beast in; Revelation 17:3, Aligns with the 4th kingdom in Daniel 2 and The Beast in Revelation 17 that the Whore rides as mentioned above in this article). Except in Daniel 7 we see 3 horns are plucked up. These three horns are the three stages of Rome. View Link->: The Three Phases of Ancient Rome: From Kingdom, to Republic, and then Empire.

The deadly head wound Rome received when Constantinople was destroyed, was "healed" through the Global spread of corrupt Christianity via the Roman Catholic Church. The "RCC" is the 8th king in Revelation 17:11 and is of the 7. More specifically it is the reorganized rebirth of #6, the Roman Empire.

This Religious organization (the RCC) seeks to change times and laws and has perverted God's Commandments. It has done this by falsifying Christ's Crucifixion timeline, rejecting Christ's own testimony as to how long He would be in the tomb, and using their Friday Crucifixion lie to set up a false Sabbath (Sunday) in place of God's Commanded Sabbath (<-Link to the 7th day, Saturday). View: Catholic Church Admits Saturday is the Sabbath (<-Link). Hence the attempt at changing God's times and laws. The Antichrist is NOT USA President Trump. It's a Global religious/political system controlled by the Roman Catholic Church with a Global Agenda that it intends on helping enforce upon all humanity. View Link->: Holy See and the United Nations. Excerpt from said link: "The Holy See is not a member of the United Nations (not having applied for membership) but was granted permanent observer state (i.e., non-member state) status on 6 April 1964. In that capacity, it has the right to attend all sessions of the United Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Security Council, and the United Nations Economic and Social Council to observe their work. Accordingly, the Holy See has established permanent observer missions in New York and in Geneva and has been able to influence the decisions and recommendations of the United Nations."

Religious entities in scripture are defined as women. Revelation 7:1-9, speaks about a great whore. The whore's daughters are called harlots. They are those that separated themselves from the mother whore, but kept the same false days as their mother, thus violating God's Commandments. They also choose to try to adulterate Christ's crucial time line, thus attempting to invalidate "… the sign of Jonah the prophet." (Luke 11:29-30).

Summation
Christ is the stone that the builders have rejected. As Jesus said: " … 'The Stone that the builders rejected, this one has become the head of the corner." (Luke 20:17). A spiritual temple is happening of consecrated saints (holy ones who have the faith of Jesus and keep the commandments). A spiritual temple, not a physical temple, is being built: Ephesians 2:18-22, "For through Him we both have direct access by one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then, you are no longer aliens and foreigners; but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of the household of God. 20 You are being built up on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief Cornerstone 21 In Whom all the building {spiritual temple}, being conjointly fitted together, is increasing into a holy temple in the Lord; 22 In Whom you also are being built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit." Abraham's seed are blessed through Christ: Hebrews 2:16-18, "For surely, He is not taking upon Himself to help the angels; but He is taking upon Himself to help the seed of Abraham. 17 For this reason, it was obligatory for Him {Christ} to be made like His brethren in everything that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, in order to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For because He Himself has suffered, having been tempted in like manner, He is able to help those who are being tempted." We may ask for and receive help from Christ. 1 John 3:22, "And whatever we may ask we receive from Him because we keep His commandments and practice those things that are pleasing in His sight." Philippians 4:13 (YLT), "For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening {empowering} me." God is choosing some people to serve Him. The Apostle Paul quotes that Elijah 'mistakenly thought he was a singular chosen person': Romans 11:3-8, " 'Lord, they have killed your prophets, and they have torn down your altars; and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.' 4 But what did the answer from God say to him? 'I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed a knee to Baal.' 5 Now then, in the same way, at the present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 But if the election is by grace, it is no longer by works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work. 7 What then? What Israel was seeking through works, this it did not obtain. But the election {chosen ones} obtained it through grace, and the rest were hardened, 8 (According as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes that are not able to see, and ears that are not able to hear,") unto this day." We receive grace – unmerited pardon. We must carry the burden of "the cross" and have works. Matthew 16:24-26, "And Jesus said to His disciples, 'If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and let him take up his cross and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it; but whoever will lose his life for My sake shall find it. 26 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, but loses his life? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?' " We must have works: Revelation 14:12-13, "Here is the patience of the saints; here are the ones who keep {hold fast} the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. 13 And I heard a voice from heaven say to me, 'Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from this time forward. Yes, says the Spirit, so that they may rest from their labors; and their works follow them.' " Jesus said in Revelation 22:12, "And behold, I am coming quickly; and My reward is with Me, to render to each one according as his work shall be."
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Summation

Christ is the stone that the builders have rejected. As Jesus said: " … 'The Stone that the builders rejected, this one has become the head of the corner." (Luke 20:17). A spiritual temple is happening of consecrated saints (holy ones who have the faith of Jesus and keep the commandments). A spiritual temple, not a physical temple, is being built: Ephesians 2:18-22, "For through Him we both have direct access by one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then, you are no longer aliens and foreigners; but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of the household of God. 20 You are being built up on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief Cornerstone 21 In Whom all the building {spiritual temple}, being conjointly fitted together, is increasing into a holy temple in the Lord; 22 In Whom you also are being built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit."

Abraham's seed are blessed through Christ: Hebrews 2:16-18, "For surely, He is not taking upon Himself to help the angels; but He is taking upon Himself to help the seed of Abraham. 17 For this reason, it was obligatory for Him {Christ} to be made like His brethren in everything that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, in order to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For because He Himself has suffered, having been tempted in like manner, He is able to help those who are being tempted." We may ask for and receive help from Christ. 1 John 3:22, "And whatever we may ask we receive from Him because we keep His commandments and practice those things that are pleasing in His sight." Philippians 4:13 (YLT), "For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening {empowering} me."

God is choosing some people to serve Him. The Apostle Paul quotes that Elijah 'mistakenly thought he was a singular chosen person': Romans 11:3-8, " 'Lord, they have killed your prophets, and they have torn down your altars; and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.' 4 But what did the answer from God say to him? 'I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed a knee to Baal.' 5 Now then, in the same way, at the present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 But if the election is by grace, it is no longer by works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work. 7 What then? What Israel was seeking through works, this it did not obtain. But the election {chosen ones} obtained it through grace, and the rest were hardened, 8 (According as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes that are not able to see, and ears that are not able to hear,") unto this day."

We receive grace – unmerited pardon. We must carry the burden of "the cross" and have works. Matthew 16:24-26, "And Jesus said to His disciples, 'If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and let him take up his cross and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it; but whoever will lose his life for My sake shall find it. 26 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, but loses his life? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?' " We must have works: Revelation 14:12-13, "Here is the patience of the saints; here are the ones who keep {hold fast} the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. 13 And I heard a voice from heaven say to me, 'Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from this time forward. Yes, says the Spirit, so that they may rest from their labors; and their works follow them.' " Jesus said in Revelation 22:12, "And behold, I am coming quickly; and My reward is with Me, to render to each one according as his work shall be."

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Examining the Antichrist, research to determine
who or what may be the Antichrist today,
by Daniel Deonier, February 5, 2026

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