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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 the 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. For example, the term "many waters" in prophecy doesn't mean a large lake or ocean, the word "woman" does not mean an actual woman. They are symbolic images hidden in plain site so as to prevent the wicked from knowing the truth about the times we live in. If they knew it, they would be more effective in their attack against God's remnant people, and that much more effective in twisting God's Word.. Truth is, there are 404 verses in the book of Revelation, and 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! Each symbol in Daniel, Revelation, or any other prophetic book are defined in detail in God's Word. So, don't let anyone give you their "opinion" or "interpretation" when preaching such things. We must always let the Word define the Word! That's an easy way to expose false teachers. Just hear what they have to 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?
Verses
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Revelation 13:4: they worshiped the dragon because he had given ruling authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast too, saying: "Who is like the beast?" and "Who is able to make war against him?"
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Revelation 17:3: So he carried me away in the Spirit to a wilderness, and there I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
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Jeremiah 6:2: I will destroy Daughter Zion, who is as delicate and defenseless as a young maiden.
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Daniel 7:17: 'These large beasts, which are four in number, represent four kings who will arise from the earth.
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Daniel 7:23: "This is what he told me: 'The fourth beast means that there will be a fourth kingdom on earth that will differ from all the other kingdoms. It will devour all the earth and will trample and crush it.
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Revelation 17:9: (This requires a mind that has wisdom.) The seven heads are seven mountains the woman sits on. They are also seven kings:
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Daniel 7:25: He will speak words against the Most High. He will harass the holy ones of the Most High continually. His intention will be to change times established by law. They will be delivered into his hand For a time, times, and half a time.
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Revelation 12:6: and she fled into the wilderness where a place had been prepared for her by God, so she could be taken care of for 1,260 days.
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Revelation 13:5: The beast was given a mouth speaking proud words and blasphemies, and he was permitted to exercise ruling authority for forty-two months.
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Ezekiel 4:6: "When you have completed these days, then lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah 40 days - I have assigned one day for each year.
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Numbers 14:34: According to the number of the days you have investigated this land, forty days - one day for a year - you will suffer for your iniquities, forty years, and you will know what it means to thwart me.
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Revelation 13:3: One of the beast's heads appeared to have been killed, but the lethal wound had been healed. And the whole world followed the beast in amazement;
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Revelation 13:10: If anyone is meant for captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed by the sword, then by the sword he must be killed. This requires steadfast endurance and faith from the saints.
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Revelation 13:1: Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns were ten diadem crowns, and on its heads a blasphemous name.
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John 10:33: The Jewish leaders replied, "We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God."
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Mark 2:7: "Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
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Revelation 13:8: and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.
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John 17:11: I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.
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1 John 4:3: but every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world.
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2 Corinthians 11:3-4: But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!
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Revelation 13:17-18: Thus no one was allowed to buy or sell things unless he bore the mark of the beast - that is, his name or his number. This calls for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the beast's number, for it is man's number, and his number is 666.
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Mark 4:15: These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches the word that was sown in them.
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Revelation 17:5: On her forehead was written a name, a mystery: "Babylon the Great, the Mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth."
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Daniel 11:37: He will not respect the gods of his fathers - not even the god loved by women. He will not respect any god; he will elevate himself above them all.
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1 Timothy 3:2: The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,
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Revelation 18:23: Even the light from a lamp will never shine in you again! The voices of the bridegroom and his bride will never be heard in you again. For your merchants were the tycoons of the world, because all the nations were deceived by your magic spells!
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2 Thessalonians 2:3: Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.
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