Today’s Topic: Composition of the Beast: The Antichrist
Scripture: Revelation 12 and 13; John 14:6
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
Who is the Antichrist? Well we know he is the false Messiah who comes and administrates Satan’s Global Kingdom (Revelation 13:2). But remember in our past messages he comes up and over throws the three of the four kings of the Religious system. He, with the False Prophet will rule over this new religion of the Antichrist which will be the religion of the Brotherhood of Man. The driving force behind this religion and how it will get pulled off is tolerance. When you have religious tolerance than you discredit the statement of Jesus in John 14:6 where Jesus says “I am the way, the truth and the life; NO MAN cometh unto the Father, but by me.” Jesus is the only way to the Father. But the Antichrist will mask and deceive the world by who he is. Now you may wonder how can he fool the Muslim, Jews, Christians, Buddhist and Hindus? With the world progression to global systems, especially protection and provision wise, mankind will be willing to forsake their beliefs for their survival. But let me show you this scripture to show you how he will pull this amazing thing off. Remember the demonic have power. Revelation 13:3 says that one of the heads look as if it were wounded to death and it was healed. But look at the last sentence here: “And the world wondered after the beast (Kingdom) and the worshipped the dragon (Satan) and the beast (Kingdom). So these demonic beings will have power on Earth. But what the Antichrist does is he uses this power to deceive the nations and the religions.
He deceives the Muslims into believing he is the Mahdi who has come. To the Buddhist and Hindus he will convince them that he is the Incarnated One, the Ascended Master who has returned. To the Jews he will convince them that he is the Messiah for whom they have longed for. And to the Christians he convince them that he is the Lord Jesus returned. See what it comes down to is are you convicted in truth about Jesus and what He is saying about the last days. But look at this in Revelation 13:13,14 about the Antichrist:
“He doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. And decieveth them that dwell on the Earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which was wounded by a sword.”
So the Antichrist will use power to deceive those nations and religions in being who they think he is. The hardest group he will have convincing is the Christians because for those who are grounded in truth, they will not fall for this trap. So with these true saints being the opposition in the Global Kingdom. Let me show you the result in Revelation 13:15:
“And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast; that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause THAT AS MANY AS WOULD NOT WORSHIP THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST SHOULD BE KILLED.”
This is a perilous time for believers because they will be greatly persecuted and killed for believing in the name of Jesus and Jesus being the Son of God and the Antichrist being the false Messiah. Now let me express to you that taking the mark of the beast is optional. It is not forced, you freely have to take it. But if you do not take it and oppose the Global Kingdom and the Antichrist then you will be persecuted. But let me show you this in scripture. During this perilous time in scripture, look what the scripture says about these saints which are the mature sons of God upon the Earth in Revelation 12:11:
“They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death”
Much like our Lord and Savior, all the way unto death, they will speak the truth. Can you imagine this, in the Global Kingdom the true saints who do not take the mark of the beast will not be able to participate and use any system of the world at that time. And I want to emphasize this here and now because if we do not get it right now, many upcoming generations may not even come into understanding and knowing the real truth because the gospel has been watered down so much. If the saints cannot use the world’s systems of getting needs met then how will they survive? Here is the key and do not miss this:
Matthew 6:33: But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness and all of these things shall be added unto you.
If you believe that scripture then you understand how their needs get met, but this scripture is not a reality for many believers today. This is why they rely currently in the world’s way, or system of getting needs met. The more you rely on the world, the more dependent you become and this pushes you closer and closer to the Antichrist and the Global Kingdom. I urge you and pray that you really evaluate how you get your needs met and if it is not by the Kingdom of God then I pray that you take the time to fast and pray about your life and who you truly depend on.
At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.
