Today’s Topic: The Antichrist: Abominations and Desolation
Scripture: Daniel 9:24:27; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12; Matthew 24:15-16
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
Now to understand how bad this will get we need to define these words, Abomination and Desolation. Abomination is defined as extreme disgust and hatred. Desolation is to lay waste and to deprive of inhabitants.
So we are not talking about anything good when we discuss the Antichrist and the abomination and desolation he will bring to the world. But there is one particular abomination that he will do that will utterly blaspheme God and we will discuss this. But, isn’t it amazing that when you read the scriptures for yourself, there becomes clarity to many of the myths that are floating in the church about the return of the Lord and in particular the rapture, or gathering. Now up unto this point we have not mentioned anything about a gathering or the rapture because, it has not happened yet. But we will discuss the doctrine of rapture in due time. But as we know there are frightening things coming out of the church about the return of the Lord and people have been in panic once in 1999 and now coupled with the fact that people do not read the Bible now there is a large cloud of uncertainty in the church pertaining to this issue. However, God did not intend for there to be uncertainty and He is giving us signs to show us that we are progressing to the end. But, Paul ran into this problem over 2,000 years ago in Thessalonica and the Holy Spirit through Paul deals with this panic that is going on about the return of the Lord. See this panic we see is an old panic but it is progressively getting worse. Let’s look at 2 Thessalonians 2.
Now to prove that this is an old panic from the times of Paul, look at the first address to the Thessalonians in chapter 2. He beseeches them or begs them to pay attention about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and by our gathering together unto Him. Now Paul tries to calm them down in verse 2 telling them not to be troubled by a spirit, nor by a word, nor by a letter as if it was from us, professing that the day of Christ is at hand. See God gives Paul revelation to this matter to calm the confusion and I pray that these messages calm the confusion within the church. Paul starts off in verse 3: “Let no man deceive you by any means”. Now where have we heard that from? When the disciples asked what would be the sign of the return of the Lord in Matthew 24:3 and Jesus responded first, “Take heed that no man deceive you”. So Paul says the exact same thing but now he is going to present the evidence of how you will know the timing of the Lord’s return. What signs will there be? Paul continues in verse 3 with this powerful sign: “..for that day (return of the Lord) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.” This is in your Bible! Do we see this? The Lord will not return until there is the great falling away and the Antichrist is revealed for who he really is. Now the question we should be asking is what causes this great falling away and what is this falling away? Remember when the Global Kingdom hits the Earth and the Antichrist comes and rules it, in order to participate and receive benefits from the Global Kingdom, you have to take the mark of the beast. Taking the mark of the beast is your personal sacrifice of yourself to Satan. Now let’s see what the Antichrist will do to make this great falling away happen. 2 Thessalonians 2:4 tells us this.
“Who (the Antichrist) opposes and exalteth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he is as (just like) God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God”
Now there is a lot here that we need to dissect and we will have to continue this into the next message because of the wealth of information. But the Antichrist in a nutshell will sit in the temple of God just like God would and declare that he is God. This is the highest form of blasphemy that will be done. But this is not new to God because it has been attempted before. Please continue to study with me as we look further at the Antichrist and the abominations and desolations he will cause on the Earth.
At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.
