The Final Antichrist

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The Final Antichrist

There are many questions which arise regarding this figure known as “Antichrist.” Is it a force, a religious system, or an actual person who is in view?

If it is a person, is he a mere human being, or is he a supernatural character, perhaps even the offspring of the devil himself! Has this person already appeared on the stage of history, or should we expect to see him in the future? What does the Bible have to say about these questions?

These matters have been debated throughout the centuries. Indeed, there is tremendous curiosity and fascination among believers and non-believers alike on this subject of Antichrist.

Fortunately, the Bible gives us much detail about the origin, background, evil character, inglorious career and eventual doom of the final Antichrist, the coming Caesar.

This book will look at what Scripture has to say about this personage. Our goal is to discover exactly how we should understand the biblical references to the Antichrist.

Our Focus Is Upon Jesus

The ultimate goal, however, is not to focus on Antichrist, but rather upon Jesus Christ. Antichrist will appear for only a short time while our relationship with Jesus Christ will last forever. Consequently, we should always have this eternal perspective as we study this subject.

With this in mind, let us now look at what the Bible has to say about “The Final Antichrist: The Coming Caesar.”

The Ezekiel 38,39 Invasion

Many of the most often-asked questions regarding “last days” Bible prophecy concern the predicted invasion of Israel described in Ezekiel 38,39. Indeed, there are a number of issues that this passage brings up. This being the case, we have decided to write a book that deals with the major questions about this coming event. Our plan is as follows . . . We begin by looking at some important introductory matters concerning Ezekiel and the historical period in which he lived. This includes how this young priest got to Babylon, and how the Lord then called him to be a prophet. Next, we will give a background on the chapters leading up to the invasion (33-37). This will help provide a context for what follows. It is very important that we understand what was going on at that time in history before we examine these two chapters which predict this “last days” invasion. Then we do a verse by verse, word-by word, examination of Ezekiel 38,39. In addition to our comments on these two chapters, we have also added a number of appendices. Our first appendix deals with the complicated question as to the meaning of the Hebrew word Rosh as found in Ezekiel 38. Our second appendix lists some possible factors in determining the time of this invasion. Appendix three looks at some amazing predictions by two biblical prophets, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, where we document a number of specific predictions that each of them made as well as their fulfillment. We call this, “Undeniable Proofs That The Bible Is True.” Finally, appendix four looks at Russian invasion of Ukraine and what it means as far as “last days” Bible prophecy. We trust that this study will benefit all who desire to know the details about this predicted “last days” event. It is truly an exciting subject to study!

25 Signs We Are Near The End

Introduction 25 Signs We Are Near The End is the third book in our series on the study of Bible prophecy: past, present, and future. The first book was an introduction to the subject. We titled it God Wants Us To Know The Future: An Introduction to Bible Prophecy.Among other things, this book documented that the Lord, the God of the Bible, made specific claims, namely, He knew exactly what would take place in the future, that He was in control of the future, and to confirm this, He claimed to have given a number of specific predictions about the future that have been literally fulfilled. We also included an important appendix about why Abraham and his descendants help us understand why Bible prophecy should be interpreted literally. The second book, 50 Biblical Prophecies Made And Fulfilled, God’s Work In History documented a number of the biblical prophecies that have already been fulfilled in the past. We verified that the God of the Bible has supernaturally predicted events which have now come to pass. In doing so, we gave fifty examples of these predictions and their miraculous fulfillments. Furthermore, we discovered that these biblical predictions had about 250 specific details contained in them that were all literally fulfilled. In other words, the claims that the Lord made about knowing the future have been marvelously confirmed. Indeed, He has had a perfect “track record.” In 25 Signs We Are Near The End we look at predictions that the Bible has made about the distant future—the last days. In doing so, we consider twenty-five specific signs that the Bible gives that demonstrates that we are near the “time of the end.” By this we mean the time when the Lord Jesus returns from Heaven and sets up His everlasting kingdom. In this book, we will discover about 70 predictions about the time of the end already fulfilled with another thirty plus in the process of being fulfilled. For the record, we will not involve ourselves in any wild speculation that predicts the exact time the end will occur. This is not biblical, nor is it helpful. Instead, our goal is simply to lay out what the Scripture has to say about the subject, and then observe how its predictions about the last days have been literally fulfilled—setting the stage for the return of the Lord. Two Important Matters There are two important things that we must always remember in interpreting Bible prophecy. First, we are not to go “beyond that which is written.” Paul wrote: Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying: “Nothing beyond what is written” (1 Corinthians 4:6 CSB). In the Scriptures, God has revealed everything that is necessary for us to know about Him and His plan for time and eternity. Jude wrote: But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people (Jude 3 NLT). The faith has been “once and for all delivered.” God has told us everything that needs to be said. Therefore, we derive our information from the Bible and from it alone. We do not go elsewhere to discover what will happen in the future. Second, we are to read the Bible at face-value. In other words, we do not have to read between the lines to find hidden messages. Paul wrote: Our letters have been straightforward, and there is nothing written between the lines and nothing you can’t understand (2 Corinthians 1:13 NLT) The Amplified Bible puts it this way: For we write you nothing other than what you read and understand [there is no double meaning in what we say]. And I hope you will [accurately] understand [divine things] until the end (2 Corinthians 1:13 Amplified Bible) To sum up, we go to the Bible alone for our information about the future and in doing so we read the Scriptures in a straightforward manner. There are no hidden messages or any double meanings in the text. The Testimony Of Past Bible Commentators Not only will we look at what the Bible says—in a number of cases, we will consider the observations of past commentators of Scripture. We will discover that these commentators made certain predictions about the future based upon the Bible and the Bible alone. They did this at such a time when the predicted events looked impossible to ever take place. But they have indeed come to pass just as the Scripture said! In addition, we have included an appendix that provides even further documentation of the predictions of past commentators that have also come to pass. There are several other appendices in this book. One of them answers a number of objections about predictive prophecy and the “last days.” Another one looks at the one objective witness throughout the centuries that has continued to prove the truthfulness of the Bible—the miraculous survival of the Jewish people. This study should greatly increase the faith of believers who have any doubts as to whether or not God has spoken in the Bible. For unbelievers, this book will provide evidence that a God does exist who knows the future, is in control of the future, and has told us about certain events which will take place in the future. We only ask that all who read this book keep an open mind when examining the evidence that we put forward. With these thoughts in mind, let us now consider our third volume in our study of Bible prophecy—twenty-five signs that we are near the end. . .

45 Common Mistakes About Last Days Bible Prophecy Cleared Up

Introduction This book is the fifth of a five-book series on last day’s Bible prophecy. This series can be summed up as follows: In the first book, God Wants Us to Know the Future: An Introduction To Bible Prophecy we answered a number of introductory questions about the subject of Bible prophecy. We began by paying attention to some of the specific claims in the Bible about God, His knowledge of the future, as well as His ability to correctly predict the future. We also examined some crucial questions about “last days” Bible prophecy. The truths that we learned in this book set the stage for the rest of the series, specifically the need for interpreting the predictions at face value, in other words, literally. The next book laid out the evidence, in detail, of God’s record of past predictions and fulfillments. It is titled, 50 Biblical Predictions Made and Fulfilled: God’s Work in History. Looking at these past predictions, as well as their fulfillments, demonstrated, beyond any reasonable doubt, that the God of the Bible knows the future, is in control of the future, and has told us certain specific things about future events. In fact, we found that over 250 specific details were contained in these fifty predictions. All of them were literally fulfilled! In our third volume, 25 Signs We Are Near the End, we looked at signs that indicate we are in end times. While many prophecies of Scripture have already been fulfilled, many still await fulfillment. This particular book examines the marvelous fulfillment of each of these “25 signs” in the “last days.” This is followed by our third volume; 25 Signs We Are Near the End. In this book, we record the biblical predictions of signs of the “last days” that set the stage for the coming of the Lord. In fact, we have discovered about 70 predictions about the time of the end that have already been fulfilled with another thirty plus in the process of being fulfilled. The fourth volume, Look Up! A Timeline of 50 Last Days Events, provides a chronological explanation of events that are still to come—beginning with the dead in Christ rising and the rapture of the church. We look at the biblically predicted coming events all the way up to eternity. This brings us to the present volume. When we look at the subject of last days Bible prophecy, we find that there are a number of common mistakes and misconceptions that need to be cleared up. This book has been written to clear up some of these errors. At the outset we want to make it clear that we do NOT consider everyone who make these mistakes, and teaches them to others, are either false prophets, insincere, ignorant, or lacking spirituality. The great majority who teach on the subject are none of these! What we are saying is this: all of us have “blind spots” that need to be cleared up with further knowledge and added study. Hence, when we bring up these inaccuracies, we are not belittling people who genuinely believe that these popular mistakes are what the Scripture teach about a particular subject. We can be sincere, but we also can be sincerely wrong. We can avoid making these mistakes by carefully studying what the Scripture actually says. In other words, let us be good Bible students and not make these mistakes that are often made.