The Path To 666

Revelation 13 The Signs of the Mark of the Beast.

What in the world is wrong with this country? As Russia threatens nuclear weapons on Ukraine. Biden says Putin will begin the risk of Armageddon. And Americans are losing hope. Is World War 3 coming?

We are headed for big tech tyranny. A cashless society, Frozen bank accounts, Political Chaos. None of these headlines are made up. They all describe real-time events happening in our day.

While I don’t usually write about doom and gloom. This is something we all facing in today’s world. But, it’s time to wake up our slumbering minds. Revelation is God warning us what’s about to happen.

If your a follower of Christ these events do scare you. Actually many as looking forward to it. If your not a follower of Christ your probably scared, of thinking “What’s the big deal?”

I’ve heard people say “something big is about to happen. Whatever it is we are headed toward dangerous, unstable times.

I think it is no exaggeration to say we are on the cusp of the further perfection of extreme evil, a evil whose possibility the spread well beyond the weapons of mass destruction handed to the nations-states, on to a terrible empowerment of extreme individuals.

We are headed toward technology that makes modern life so pleasant, but it is also paving the way for “the perfection of extreme evil” in the days to come.

The Holy Bible speaks of these days as perilous times. According to Timothy 31, “In the last days perilous times will come.” Jesus spoke of a time, so frightening man would faint for fear of what’s about to happen:

“There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars. On the Earth nations will be in anguish and perplexity. There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars. On the Earth nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. Manual fence from care, apprehensive of what is coming to the world.” Luke 21::25-26

But Jesus went on to explain what happens next:

“At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory“ Luke 22:27

Just as Jesus returns, the world will be in an unprecedented turmoil. Look at the uncertainty over the Middle East, multiply it by a factor of 10, and you have a situation Jesus is talking about.

So where are we on gods calendar? A sobering reading of the New Testament suggests that these are the next events ahead of us.:

• The Rapture of the Church (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
• The Worldwide Apostasy (2 Thessalonians 2:1-3
• The Rise of the Antichrist (2 Thessalonians 2-3-4

Let’s focus on the last item. The rise, reign, and ruin of the man called the Antichrist.

The Name Game

What do these names wall have in common?

• Nero
• The Pope
• Sam Donaldson
• Adolph Hitler
• Bill Gates

All of them have been suggested possible candidates for the Antichrist.

But, there are many more like, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini just a few.

Every recent president is on the list, including Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden.

We’ve been guessing for 2000 years, and so far, every guest has been wrong. Or at least, they haven’t been right yet.

I cannot, and will not attempt to identify the Antichrist.

In God’s time, he will be revealed. But you are free to make your own guesses.

Known And Unknown

When we comes to the antichrist, there are going to be something we know, and some things we don’t know.

• We know there will be an Antichrist. We don’t know his identity.
• We know, he rises from the Revived Roman Empire. We don’t know which part he comes from.
• We know he will work closely with the False Prophet. We don’t know the False Prophets identity.
• We know he will apparently die and come back to life. We don’t know how that will happen.
• We know he will control the world economy. We don’t know how he obtains that power.
• We know he requires his followers to where he is Mark. We don’t know the precise nature of that Mark.
• We know the number of his name is 666. We don’t know exactly what that means.

All of the things we know are in the Bible.

The Antichrist is given various titles in Scripture:

• The Little Horn (Daniel 7
• The Prince Who is Come (Daniel 9)
• The Man of Lawlessness (2 Thessalonians 2)
• The Antichrist (1 John 2)
• The Beast from the Sea (Revelation 13)

Throughout history, a survey of name suggest that the candidates tend to be political leaders. The ones we don’t like we call the Antichrist.

But things have changed.

Today, with the company that transcend all borders. Companies like Amazon, Facebook/Meta, Google, Apple and Microsoft.

These companies are fantastically, wealthy, and global in their reach. They depend heavily on the Internet. Taken together, they control a huge part of the world economy and global communications.

Perhaps we should consider the possibility the Antichrist May rise from the technology sector.

Back To The Bible

What does the New Testament say about this coming world dictator? Let’s look at two strands of teaching in the Bible.

The first one comes from 1 John2:18:

“It is the last hour if you have heard that Antichrist is coming, even now many Antichrists have come.” 1John 2:18

In every generation, you can find people with an “Antichrist spirit.” One day, the final Antichrist will ride to the center of the world stage.

This leads us to the second strand of the Bible teaching. We see it clearly in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4:

“The man of lawlessness will (be revealed) the man, doomed destruction, he will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up In God’s Temple Proclaiming himself to be God.”

Think about that for a moment. The Antichrist will enter the rebuilt temple in Jerusalem, stop the sacrifices, and proclaim himself to be God. he will then demand that the whole world worship Him. Remember, God never demands, He always gives us a choice.

So there you have it, the bottom line of the Antichrist. His spirit is with us in every generation. But he rises to power in the last days.

Antichrist : Rise And Fall

Let me briefly describe what we mean by the term “the Antichrist.” He will appear in the world seen in the last days, just born return of Jesus Christ to the Earth. He will be there very incarnation of evil, cleverly, disguised as a dynamic, charismatic, visionary leader. He will astound the world with his solutions to human problems.

His empire, will span every continent, and his rule will be the most demonic, the world has ever experience. He will rise to worlds domination by declaring himself a Man of peace, but will later purge the world into global war. Eventually, his true character will be revealed. He will oppose Jesus Christ, and he will offer himself to the world as a savior of humanity. He will control global economy and force his followers to receive a mark on their head or their foreheads. Most of the world will willingly follow him.

Those who do not receive the mark will be hunted down, and Many will be killed. For a short time, he will become the most powerful man on earth. When he is at the top of his power, he will launch an all-out attack on Jesus Christ at a place called Megiddo in the valley of Jezreel in the central region of Israel. We call this the battle of Armageddon. His reign of terror comes to a sudden end, when God destroys him as he returns to the earth to set up His Kingdom .

America Had Gone Insane

How close are we to seeing the Antichrist? Closer than you think.

Storm clouds are gathering on the horizon. America is in trouble morally and spiritually. No matter how much we argue about politics our deepest problems are spiritual.

Each year we are bored over 1 million babies. Sometimes those aborted babies are sold for baby parts. We legalized gay marriage, and now have hospitals performing gender, reassignment surgery on minors.- A form of legalized child abuse. We no longer know the difference between male and female. In a world with 50 genders, what does gender even mean?