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OPENING

There is an Antichrist Agenda that is beginning to take shape in our world today.

The Antichrist Agenda is not something new.

The details are recorded in the Bible and have been known for at least 2,000 years.

However, the pieces of the puzzle are coming together in our day today and the picture of The Antichrist Agenda is lining up just like the Bible said it would in the last days.

What do the current climate change crisis, emergence of digital currency and universal identification, governmental mandates, and geopolitical uncertainty all have in common?

They are all part of The Antichrist Agenda and are indicators that we are Living in the Last Days!

SCRIPTURE

MESSAGE

The Bible says that in the last days, during the time referred to as the 7-year Tribulation period, that there will be a one-world political, economic, and religious system that will be under the rule of a single dictator, called the Antichrist.

There have been many antichrists since the time of Jesus Christ, but there is coming a final Antichrist that will arise in the last days.

There has been a lot of interest surrounding the Antichrist and countless attempts have been made to try to determine his identity, but all have failed.

The Bible doesn’t give us a specific name, but does give us a lot of information about the type of man he will be and his agenda.

The Political Antichrist Agenda

In the last days, the political Antichrist agenda will be to unite the world under a one-world governmental system.

Various dictators throughout history have tried to “take over the world,” but all have failed.

However, God will allow the Antichrist to succeed, for a limited period of time, during the 7-year Tribulation.

In the book of Daniel, God gives Daniel a vision of this future kingdom under the rule of the Antichrist and how it will come to pass.

In Chapter 7, Daniel is given a prophecy concerning four beasts, that represent four kingdoms.

The four beasts in Daniel represent four successive empires or kingdoms that would rule the earth.

The first beast (which was a lion) represented the Babylonian Empire.

The second beast (which was a bear) represented the Medo-Persian Kingdom.

The third beast (which was a leopard) represented The Greek Empire.

The fourth beast (nondescript) is different from the other three.

Here is how Daniel describes the fourth beast:

Fortunately, we don’t have to guess what the beast and the horns represent.

God gives Daniel (and us) the interpretation:

The fourth beast is a yet future kingdom that will be ruled by a dictator that is referred to as the “little horn.”

This leader takes control of the other 10 nations and, in effect the entire world, for “a time and times and half a time.”

This phrase is a Hebraic way of saying three and a half years (a time = one year, times = two years, and half a time = a half a year).

This period of time of three and a half years is repeated over and over again throughout the book of Revelation as the duration of the Great Tribulation and the duration of the Antichrist’s dominance over the world.

Take a look at John’s vision in the book of Revelation and how it parallels Daniel’s vision of the four beasts:

So the “little horn” of Daniel 7 is none other than the Antichrist.

The ten horns on this fourth beast and the ten heads and ten crowns on the beast in Revelation represent 10 kings or world leaders that will lead a revival of the Ancient Roman Empire.

But the “little horn,” which represents the Antichrist, will “uproot” or subdue three of these leaders and take control of this end times kingdom.

The Antichrist will initially come on the scene as an intelligent, charismatic leader who will seem to have the answer to all of the world’s problems.

He will initially come in as a man of peace.

In fact, the Antichrist will broker the greatest peace agreement that this world has ever seen and that some people would consider impossible.

The Antichrist is going to confirm a 7-year peace agreement between Israel and her Islamic enemies.

In fact, this event, the signing of this covenant is what will mark the beginning of the 7-year Tribulation, not the rapture of the church.

For the first three and a half years (time and times and half a time), the Antichrist will be a man of peace, but he will be setting things in place to reveal his true nature and agenda.

At the midpoint of the 7-year Tribulation, three and a half years into the peace agreement, the Antichrist will break the covenant by committing what is referred to in Daniel and by Jesus in Matthew 24 as The Abomination of Desolation.

Speaking about the abomination of desolation, Jesus says:

The Abomination of Desolation will usher in the last half of the 7-year Tribulation which is referred to as The Great Tribulation.

The Religious Antichrist Agenda

The Abomination of Desolation also reveals the religious agenda of the Antichrist.

At the midpoint of the 7-year Tribulation, three and a half years after the 7-year peace agreement with Israel has been confirmed, the Antichrist will enter the Holy of Holies in the Temple, desecrate it, and set himself up as a god to be worshipped.

The Antichrist will desecrate the Temple by stopping the daily sacrifices in the Temple and perhaps offering some sort of forbidden sacrifice.

This was prefigured by a Greek leader by the name of Antiochus Epiphanes in the second century B.C. Antiochus Epiphanes raided the temple in Jerusalem, set up an altar to Zeus, and sacrificed a pig on the altar.

So it is likely that the Antichrist will repeat some sort of sacrifice that desecrates the Temple in addition to setting himself up as a god to be worshipped.

Although Antiochus Ephiphanes prefigured the Abomination of Desolation, we know that he was not the ultimate fulfillment and that there will be a yet future Antichrist figure since Jesus prophesied this event in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21.

If you are tracking along with this you might be thinking, how can the Antichrist desecrate the Temple and set himself up in the Temple as a god to be worshipped if there is no current Temple in Jerusalem?

Well, that is a great question because the 2nd Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 A.D. by the Romans.

So the answer is that these biblical prophecies cannot be fulfilled unless the Temple in Jerusalem is rebuilt.

You might ask, well how is that even possible, isn’t the Islamic Dome of the Rock built on top of where the Jewish Temple once stood?

The answer could be related to the 7-year peace agreement that the Antichrist will confirm with Israel.

It is possible that the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple could be part of the negotiations of this peace agreement.

We know from other prophecies in the Bible that there will be a Temple in Jerusalem during the Millennial Kingdom, so we know a 3rd Temple must be built at some point.

There are several organizations in Israel right now that already have architectural plans to build the 3rd Temple.

They have already replicated things like the brazen altar and all of the instruments needed to perform all of the sacrifices and Temple activities.

They have successfully bred a perfect red heifer.

They have identified Jews today who would meet the bloodline requirements to be considered a priest in the line of Aaron.

They have everything in place to build a new Temple and could do so very quickly.

They are just waiting on the place to build it.

Could it be that the Antichrist, initially coming on the world scene as a man of peace, could figure out a way to negotiate peace between Jews and Muslims that would allow the new Temple to be built?

Of course it would be with the plan to ultimately desecrate and take over the new Temple at the mid-point of the 7-year Tribulation.

Once the Antichrist has declared himself as a god to be worshipped, he will unite all of the religions of the world under a one-world religion.

He will require all of the world to worship him as god.

It is quite likely that many of those who stand for Jesus during the Great Tribulation will be martyred for their faith.

John saw many souls under the altar in heaven that had been killed for their faith during the Great Tribulation.

Although there are many who will miss the rapture and be saved during the Great Tribulation, this is going to be a very difficult path.

If someone is not willing to live for Jesus now while things are relatively easy, they will not be willing to die for Jesus later when things are much more difficult.

The Economic Antichrist Agenda

The Antichrist will setup a one-world economic system.

This would have been difficult in years past, but now with digital currency, this has become very feasible.

The Bible refers to the Antichrist’s economic system as the Mark of the Beast.

The Bible says that no one will be able to buy or sell anything without having the Mark of the Beast, or his name, or the number of his name.

The Antichrist will move the world toward a cashless society and to a digital currency so that every single transaction can be monitored, traced, and audited.

No one will be able to have a job without having the Mark of the Beast because salaries will be paid in the Antichrist’s digital currency.

No one will be able to buy gas, pay bills, own a home, buy a car, order at McDonald’s, buy seed to plant a garden from the feed store, go to the doctor, or be treated at the ER without the Mark of the Beast.

But the main issue with the Mark of the Beast is not that no one will be able to buy or sell anything.

The main issue with the Mark of the Beast is that it is connected to the worship of the beast, the Antichrist.

And, as a result, the Bible says that anyone who takes the Mark of the Beast has doomed their soul to hell for eternity.

CLOSING

The Spirit of Antichrist is Already in the World

We know for sure that we are not in the 7-year Tribulation and the Antichrist has not risen to power yet.

However, the spirit of antichrist is already in the world and has been since the time of Jesus’ earthly ministry.

We are beginning to see a shift in the political, religious, and economic systems of this world that are lining things up for the emergence of the Antichrist and the Antichrist Agenda to unite the world under a globalist society.

Look no further than the World Economic Forum.

The World Economic Forum is global organization based out of Davos, Switzerland that links the world’s richest private companies and leaders with the governments of the world.

The World Economic Forum was created in 1971 by Klaus Schwab.

The World Economic Forum’s agenda for 2021 was something they call “The Great Reset.”

You’ve probably heard this phrase in the last couple years.

Or maybe you’ve heard the phrase “Build Back Better” or “Agenda 2030.”

These all refer to the same thing.

The World Economic Forum believes that the major infrastructures of the world (social, political, economic, industrial, environmental) need to be reset.

They believe that the Covid-19 pandemic presents a once in a lifetime opportunity to completely reset our society.

They say:

“The pandemic represents a rare but narrow window of opportunity to reflect, reimagine, and reset our world.

The societal upheaval unleashed by Covid-19 will last for years, and possibly generations…Many of us are pondering when things will return to normal.