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Prophetic Signs of the End
and Christ's Second Coming

- by Rhett Totten, MDiv - (c) 2009




[ continued ]

4. Antichrist will Arise as the Virtual Dictator of the World


"Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour" ( 1Jn.2:18 ). Although anyone who opposes Jesus Christ (and supplants Jesus' authority) is one of "many antichrists", there will come an individual person who is "the antichrist."

-----The title of "Antichrist" is found only five times in the New Testament : two times in the above verse, and three more times in John's letters ( in 1Jn.1:22 ; 1Jn.4:3 ; & 2Jn.2:7 ). We then learn more about this individual when he's spoken of under other titles in both the Old and New Testaments. In Daniel 7:8 he's the "little horn"; in Daniel 9:26 he's the "ruler (prince) who is to come"; in Mat.24:15 he is "the abomination that causes desolation"; in 2Thes.2:3 Paul calls him the "man of sin (lawlessness)" and the "son of destruction"; and also, in Rev.13 he is the first "beast."

What will the Antichrist be like? Some have imagined that he will be a person actually fathered by the devil ...but there is no Scripture to verify such a notion. Rather, the Antichrist will be a human being, because Rev.13:18 says his number is that of "a man." Though he will be a man, the devil will give authority and spiritual power to him ( Rev.13:1-4 ). He will be a "stern-faced" individual, with great and "boastful" speaking skills, with which he will blaspheme the one true God. Rev.13:3 seems to indicate that he will apparently rise miraculously from a mortal wound. At that time, the leader of a new world-wide religion will rally virtually all of mankind to worship the Antichrist. Christians, however, will refuse to worship him, and he will wage war against them and murder them by the millions. He will command such military power, that no human force on earth will imagine that they could go up against him. He will establish his political power-base in the part of the world which is the revived Roman Empire, and which we now call the "European Union." Under Antichrist's world dictatorship there will be a world economic system based on a number-system built around the number "666", and no one will be permitted to buy or sell anything unless they have the mark (his number or name) of Antichrist tatooed either on his right hand or his forehead.

Where are we at today? Of course, we do not yet know who the Antichrist is, but Europe is stepping into center-stage in the world, and NATO is becoming the military arm of this growing political colossus. As all the corporations of the world are merging and consolidating, we are witnessing and ever-tighter one-world economy. This economy is driven by international computer networks, and retail sales of goods functions with the use of UPC bar-codes which are scanned into computers. It is highly interesting, that the first, middle and last pairs of bars in the bar-code (which extend down longer than the rest of the UPC symbol) ...those three bars stand for the number : "666". Of course we don't know for sure, but as we near the end, it seems highly probable that the control of the masses will be connected with the tatooing of some such computer-coding on people, and the Antichrist will attempt to control all of mankind using this system. ----The technology is out there now.


5. Two "Witnesses," Mighty Prophets, will Preach Jesus Christ to the World


In Revelation chapter 11, we read about the two "witnesses." They will prophesy and preach Christ, and perform powerful miracles, during the last 3 1/2 years before the Second Coming. They will be supernaturally protected from harm (until the very end of their ministries), and their tremendous signs and wonders will dwarf those done by Antichrist and the False Prophet and their cohorts. The nature of their deeds causes Bible scholars to speculate that the two witnesses will be ministering in the spirit and power of Elijah and possibly Moses (we don't know their names for sure). They will be the mouthpiece of God as various judgments and plagues ravage the earth, as the apostle John puts it : "These men have power to shut up the sky so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want" (Rev.11:6). At the end of the Great Tribulation, the Antichrist (empowered by the devil) will overpower them and kill them, but three and a half days later, they will rise up and stand on their feet, and be caught up into heaven a little while before the time of Christ's Second Coming, which occurs at "the Seventh Trumpet" ( Rev.11:15 ). When the ministry of the two witnesses occurs, it will be an unmistakable indication that Christ's Second Coming is a little more than 3 1/2 years away.



6. The Gospel Message will be Preached to Every Ethnic Group in the World


Jesus prophetically predicted : "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come" (Mat.24:14). In that verse, the word "nations," is a translation of the Greek word "ethnos", which is where we get our word "ethnic" groups of people. Therefore, the prophecy is clear, that on the day when every last ethnic group on earth has had their chance to hear the message of the good news (or "gospel") about the work of Christ to die for the sins of people who truly trust in him, then, the end will come.

So, today, how close are we to this goal? -----Missions experts now indicate that with further technological advancements (such as the internet), and with dramatic missionary pushes from Christians in parts of the world such as Africa and Asia, this prophecy of presenting the gospel message to every people-group (or ethnic-group) on earth, is possibly about 12 to 15 years away. Helping in this effort, the network of Christian gospel radio stations around the world, have now covered about 98% of the population of the earth. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association states that Christians "have the manpower and ability through use of modern technology to reach the entire world ...in the next decade" ( BGrahamEvAssn. Newsletter, Nov.,1999 ).
---Speeding this process up, it is now estimated that one language in the world is disappearing about every two weeks, and in addition, it is estimated that almost half the world's languages will go extinct within 50 years (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_endangered_languages ) ... thus, the overall task is quickly diminishing.

---Beyond that, according to world religious statistics, Christianity is the largest religion on earth, with 2 billion adherents, making it about twice as big as the runner-up (Islam). As a result, with a growth-rate of about 2.6% per year, Christianity is adding about 52 Million new adherents per year, and this could easily accelerate ( it's up to God ). -- There is serious work to do, however, since the world's population is adding about 110 million new people per year... HOWEVER, with the dramatic advancement in world communications and travel, all of mankind will fairly soon be in touch with one another.

Still, remember that it is not God's plan to convert or "christianize" all the people on earth, but only to give every group of people the opportunity to accept or reject Christ's offer of salvation through his taking the death-penalty for their sins ...and then the end will come.

But success still seems to be approaching, because 200 years ago only 0.7 percent of the world's evangelical Christians were found outside the Western countries, but now 58 percent are found in non-Western countries ...and Evangelical Christianity is growing 3.5 times faster than the rate of the world's population growth. (References: Click on this link to Global Statistics ...AND... Religion Today News, and "The Church Around the World", 1995, Tyndale House, Publ.) ---Amen! Come Quickly, Lord Jesus!



7. Armageddon: Armies From All Nations will Gather Against Israel and God


Although it is popularly thought that the Battle of Armageddon will be the greatest-ever World-War between the nations of the earth, this is an inaccurate image of it. Rather, as the Bible portrays it, Armageddon is a huge battle which will be instigated by the Antichrist along with all the armies of godless and deceived mankind, who will think that they have a chance to destroy Jerusalem, and then perhaps even defeat Christ himself at the Second Coming. Revelation 16:12-16 brings out that rulers from the whole world will gather their armies to Armageddon to do battle. Zechariah 14:1-3 tells of the same thing, adding that the nations will gather to fight against Jerusalem, and for a while they will be partially successful, capturing and ransacking the city, and taking half the population prisoner. But then the Lord himself "will go out and fight against those nations" ( v.3 ) .

Here's the way Revelation 19:11-16 describes Jesus Christ as he goes to war in the Battle of Armageddon : "I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. "He will rule them with an iron scepter." He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS." According to Zechariah chapter 14, the Lord will decimate the armies of the world by causing their flesh to "rot while they are still standing on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths" ( v.12 ) ...then, those forces will be struck with such a panic that they will attack each other. In Revelation 14:14-20, we see that the judgment and wrath of Christ against the ungodly will cause their blood to flow as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of 300 kilometers.

Thus, the Battle of Armageddon occurs at the time of the Second Coming of Christ, where Jesus is the prime combatant, and he will be devastatingly victorious.



8. There Will Be Great Portents (Signs) in the Sun, Moon and Stars


Just a short while ----maybe a day, or even hours---- before the Second Coming of Christ, Jesus said the following cosmic sign will occur :

"Immediately after the stress (tribulation) of those days, 'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.' At that time the sign of the Son of Man [Jesus] will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect [true Christians] from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other" ( Mat.24:29-31 ).

By the time those heavenly portents happen in the sun and moon and stars, there will be almost no time left, so, this would be the very last sign before the end.



Of course, it makes no sense at all to think you could wait to give your life to Christ because you would have these signs to warn you of what is coming ----rather, you should surrender your life to Jesus today, because none of us knows for sure that we will be alive one week from now. As the Scripture says, "now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation" ( 2Cor.6:2 ).


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Zechariah 12:3,9:
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"SCRIPTURE IS 'PRE-WRATH' BECAUSE IT SAYS THE CHURCH/BRIDE DOES NOT SUFFER THE 'WRATH OF GOD' OR THE 'WRATH OF SATAN'........."



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Dear Doves,



The Scriptures speak both of the 'wrath of God' and the 'wrath of Satan'. But none the Scriptures that speak to us about the wrath to come differentiate between the 'wrath of God' or the 'wrath of Satan' when telling us that we are not appointed to wrath. This means that we do not suffer any kind of wrath to come which means we are raptured pre-wrath.



Romans 5:9

"Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be SAVED FROM WRATH through Him." (pre-wrath)



1 Thessalonians 1:10

"and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who DELIVERS US FROM THE WRATH to come." (pre-wrath)



1 Thessalonians 5:9

"For God DID NOT APPOINT US TO WRATH, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ." (pre-wrath)



Revelation 6:17

"For the GREAT DAY OF HIS WRATH has come, and who is able to stand ? " (This is the pre-wrath sixth seal rapture, and only His Church/bride is able to stand.)



Revelation 12:12

"Therefore rejoice O heavens, and you ( His Church/bride) who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you (the left-behind), HAVING GREAT WRATH, because he knows that he has a short time (1,260 days/42 months)."



The Church/bride is raptured to heaven by Jesus on the 'Day of the Lord' which is the same day Satan is cast down to earth. That Day will be 1,260 days before the Second Coming of the Lord. The day Satan is cast out of heaven he gives his authority to the anti-Christ for forty-two months (1,260 days) until the Second Coming of the Lord.



Luke 21:23

"But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in THOSE DAYS! For there will be great tribulation in the land (of Israel) and (God's) wrath upon this people (of Israel)."



God focuses His wrath ONLY ON ISRAEL during "those days" of the shortened 30-day great tribulation of Israel that will end on the Day of the Lord rapture. Thus "these are they who have come out of the great tribulation." AFTER the rapture, the wrath of God and the wrath of Satan then spread to the whole world for forty-two months (1,260 days) which is the 'hour of trial' that tests those who dwell on the earth.





Come Lord Jesus!



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