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The Real Truth About the Antichrist

Anti-christ is a compound of two Greek words, Anti and Christos. The word Anti can mean either against or in the place of. It is found 20 times in the New Testament, 15 of which it is translated "in the place of." Christos is the word from which we get the English word "Christ". Thus, the Anti-Christ is a power that stands in the place of Christ, yet works against Him. 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4.

It is a professed Christian power which supposedly stands in the place of Christ. It has Christian names and forms, and even claims to be Christ's only true church; but in reality it works against Christ and is Satan's master counterfeit. It claims to be God on earth and demands all the world pay homage to it (Revelation 13:3, 8) under the penalty of boycott and eventual death. Revelation 13:15-17.

Revelation chapter thirteen opens with a composite beast arising out of the sea. In Bible prophecy we find a beast is a symbol of kings or kingdoms (Daniel 7:17, 23) and the sea is representative of "peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues" (Revelation 17:15). Thus, we have before us here a power that would arise out of the multitudes and nations of the world.

This beast of Revelation is identical with the "little horn" of Daniel chapter seven. In this prophecy Daniel is shown four beasts which represent the kingdoms of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. After Rome falls and is divided among the ten kingdoms, another power, a little horn, is to arise and destroy three of these ten and begin to war against God's people (Daniel 7:17-25). Therefore, what we have presented in this beast is a power that would arise to a place of prominence shortly after the fall of Rome and begin immediately to persecute those Christians who would not submit to her decrees.

To further substantiate that this beast and the little horn are identical we need only to draw a parallel between the two.

They are both a blasphemous power. Daniel 7:25, Revelation 13:5-6.
They both make war with the saints. Daniel 7:21, Revelation 13:7.
They both have a mouth speaking great things. Daniel 7:8, 20, Revelation 13:5.
They were to arise about the time of the fall of Rome. Daniel 7:23-24, Revelation 13:2.
They both were to reign supreme for 1260 years. Daniel 7:25, Revelation 13:5. (6) At the end of this time the saints were to be delivered from persecution and the power was to be led into captivity. Daniel 7:25, Revelation 13:10.

Since Daniel seven and Revelation thirteen both reveal powers that arise at the same time, occupy the same territory, reveal the same character, perform the same function, endure for the same length of time, and meet the same fate, they must of necessity be the same identical power.

It is also interesting to note that the animals which make up this composite beast are the same as those seen by Daniel in Daniel 7:4-6, the only difference being that they are given in reverse order. This difference is due to the fact that Daniel was looking forward, whereas John was looking back.

In Revelation 13:2, John informs us that this power is to receive "his power and his seat, and great authority" from the dragon. We discover in Revelation 12:9 that the dragon primarily refers to Satan and in a secondary sense applies to Rome, which was the power through which Satan conducted his warfare against Christ and His church. So here we find that this power was to receive "his power, and his seat (literally throne), and great authority" primarily from Satan and secondarily from the Roman Empire.

Not only was this blasphemous, persecuting power to arise about the time of the fall of Rome, but to actually ascend the throne of the Caesars, to receive its power and authority from Rome, and to eventually rise to a place of world wide prominence, for "all the world wondered after the beast."

The most frightening statement in this entire chapter is found in the fourth verse where it is declared that those who submit to the decrees and teaching of this power are thereby worshipping the dragon, or Satan. This is why God has given us such a strong warning in Revelation 14:9-11. This is the most fearsome warning found in the Word of God, and one of the last. Are you prepared to heed it?

1260 Years of Persecution

In Revelation 13:5-8 we read that this apostate religious power represented by the beast was to become an undisputed world power for a period of 42 months, during which time it was to make war against God's people. This period of time is mentioned more than any other in Scripture, and is found seven times in the books of Daniel and Revelation. In Revelation 11:2, 13:5 it is mentioned as 42 months, in Daniel 7:25, 12:7, Revelation 12:14 as three and a half times and in Revelation 11:3, 12:6 as 1260 days.

From Genesis 7:11, 24; 8:4 we discover that a month equals 30 days. Thus, the 42 months would equal 1260 days. A year of 12 months would equal 360 days, therefore three and one half years (3 1/2 times) would equal 1260 days. As can be seen, the 42 months and the 3 1/2 times are identical to the 1260 days. Since, in prophetic time, a day equals one year (Ezekiel 4:6, Numbers 14:34), these seven references to 1260 days would be 1260 prophetic years.

There are at least seventeen different distinguishing points that clearly identify this apostate power.

It is a power that was to arise during the time of the kingdoms which immediately followed Rome. Daniel 7:24.

It was to be a "diverse", or different, power than any of the previous kingdoms.

(That is to say it was to be a religious power as well as a political one). Daniel 7:24.

It was to ascend the throne of the Caesars'. Revelation 13:2.

It was to receive its power and authority from Rome. Revelation 13:2.

This power was to destroy three kingdoms in its rise to supremacy. Daniel 7:24.

It was to maintain its power for a period of 1260 years.

At the end of the 1260 years this power was to receive a "deadly wound". Revelation 13:3.

The "wound" would eventually be healed. Revelation 13:3, 12.

During this 1260 years it was to make war against God's people. Daniel 7:21.

It would speak "great things" against God. Daniel 7:25; Revelation 13:5.

It was to be guilty of blasphemy. Daniel 7:25, Revelation 13:5,6.

It would think itself able to change God's time and His law. Daniel 7:25.

The man at the head of this power exalts himself above God. 2 Thessalonians 2:4.

He claims to be God. 2 Thessalonians 2:4.

It would have the incriminating number 666, which is a man's number. Revelation 13:18.

It would be an amazing world-wide power. Revelation 13:5

It shall deceive multitudes into accepting its "mark" and following her into perdition. Revelation 13:16; 14:9-10.

Keeping these seventeen points in mind we must, out of necessity, look into the past, about the time of the fall of Rome, to discover what power emerged as the successor of ancient Rome and fulfills all of these points of identification.

A Deadly Wound

In order to learn the identity of this power one must but turn to any good history book and they will discover that the successor to pagan Rome was none other than Christian Rome. "Out of the ruins of political Rome, arose the great moral Empire in the giant form of the Roman church." F.D. Nichol, Ed., A Verse by Verse Commentary on the Book of Revelation, P. 817.

Professor LaBanca, professor of history at the University of Rome, states, "To the succession of the Caesars, came the succession of the Pontiffs in Rome." And in the American Catholic Quarterly Review, April, 1911, we find an article that contains the following statement. "Meekly stepping to the throne of Caesar, the Vicar of Christ took up the scepter to which the emperors and kings of Europe were to bow in reverence through so many centuries." J.P. Conroy, American Catholic Quarterly Review, April 1911.

As can be seen, the church of Rome did receive its power and authority from pagan Rome, and it did ascend the throne of the Caesars, but did it also destroy (or "uproot") three kingdoms in its rise to power? Again history reveals that after Constantine moved his capital from Rome to Constantinople, he gave to the head of the Roman church the authority to rule the western empire. "The Bishop of Rome, in the seat of the Caesars, was now the greatest man in the West, and was soon forced to become the political as well as spiritual head." A.C. Flick, The Rise of the Mediaeval Church, p. 168.

As the Bishop of Rome assumed control of the western empire he found strong opposition in the form of three Arian powers. These three kingdoms, the Heruli, Ostrogoths and Vandals all held beliefs contrary to those of the established church and were therefore considered enemies of the church and had to be disposed of. The first of these to fall was the Heruli in A.D. 496; the next to be destroyed was the Vandals in 534; and in 538 the Ostrogoths were dealt their fatal blow.

For a year and nine days this last opposing power was under a siege that brought about its destruction. Then, "in the month of March, 538, dangers beginning to threaten them from other quarters, they raised the siege, burned their tents, and retired in tumult and confusion from the city, with numbers scarcely sufficient to preserve their existence as a nation or their identity as a people." Uriah Smith, Daniel and the Revelation, p. 278.

From this point in time the Bishop of Rome was to reign supreme for a period of 1260 years, which would bring us to the year 1798. In that very year Christian Rome did indeed receive a deadly wound when the French general, Berthier, marched into Rome and took the Pope, Pius VI, captive. Having been stripped of both his civil and ecclesiastical power the captive pope died in exile at Valence in France, August 29, 1799. It appeared as if this great religious power was about to die, but the Word of God declared that the "deadly wound" would be "healed." This healing began March 14, 1800, when, with the permission of Napoleon, the College of Cardinals elected another pope.

After this election the church began to grow in strength, but only as a religious power, for its political power and prestige had been stripped from it. However, a most significant event took place on February 11, 1929, when Benito Mussolini and Cardinal Gasparri signed the Lateran Treaty in which temporal power was restored to the church. It was also given rulership of Vatican City, an area of some 108.7 acres in the city of Rome, making it a nation within a nation. When this treaty was signed the United Press came out in America with the words, "The Deadly Wound Has Been Healed." Imagine that. The very language of the Revelation.

War With the Saints

As we have seen, the church of Rome did indeed ascend the throne of the Caesars. In its ascent to power it destroyed three kingdoms and by 538 had become the undisputed power in the Western world. We also saw that it reigned supreme for a period of 1260 years, or until it received the deadly wound inflicted by the French general Berthier in 1798. But the prophecy also said that this power was to "make war with the saints." Again we must but look to history to discover that during this 1260 years (which will forever be known as the "Dark Ages") God's people suffered one of the severest persecutions ever known. In the sixteenth century Cardinal Bellarmine once proudly boasted that "almost an infinite number [of heretics] were either burned or otherwise put to death...that heretics were often burned by the church, may be proved by adducing a few from many examples." John Dowling, The History of Romanism, From the Earliest Corruptions of Christianity, p. 547

The highly renounced commentator, Albert Barnes, has recorded a few of these many examples for us.

"The Inquisition, the `persecutions of the Waldenses'; the ravages of the Duke of Alva; the fires of Smithfield; the tortures at Goa--indeed, the whole history of the papacy may be appealed to in proof that this is applicable to that power. If anything could have `worn out the saints of the Most High' could have cut them off from the earth so that evangelical religion would have become extinct, it would have been the persecutions of the papal power. In the year 1208, a crusade was proclaimed by Pope Innocent III against the Waldenses and Albigenses, in which a million of men perished. From the beginning of the order of the Jesuits, in the year 1540, to 1580, nine hundred thousand were destroyed. One hundred and fifty thousand perished by the Inquisition in thirty years. In the Low Countries fifty thousand persons were hanged, beheaded, burned and buried alive, for the crime of heresy, within the space of thirty-eight years from the edict of Charles V against the Protestants, to the peace of Chateau Cambreses in 1559. Eighteen thousand suffered by the hand of the executioner in the space of five years and a half during the administration of the Duke of Alva. Indeed, the slightest acquaintance with the history of the papacy will convince anyone that what is here said of `making war with the saints' (verse 21), and `wearing out the saints of the Most High' (verse 25), is strictly applicable to that power, and will accurately describe its history." Albert Barnes, Notes: Critical, Illustrative, and Practical, on the Book of Daniel, p. 328.

This attitude of the church is further revealed in a letter written by Pope Martin V to the king of Poland. In this letter we find the following instructions.

"Know that the interest of the Holy See, and those of your crown, make it a duty to exterminate the Hussites... turn your forces against Bohemia; burn, massacre, make deserts everywhere, for nothing could be more agreeable to God, or more useful to the cause of kings, than the extermination of the Hussites." Louis Marie de Cormenin, The Public and Private History of the Popes of Rome, Vol. 2, pp. 116-117.

Truly "it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them" (Revelation 13:7).

A Mouth Speaking Great Things

As we have discovered, the church of Rome did indeed persecute and massacre millions of Christians. However, this prophecy declares that not only would this "beast" persecute God's people, but would also speak "blasphemy against God" Himself (Revelation 13:6).

For a biblical definition of blasphemy we need only to look in Luke 5:20,21. Here we find Jesus saying "thy sins are forgiven thee" to which the Pharisees declare that Jesus "speaketh blasphemies" for "Who can forgive sins, but God alone?" Jesus was not guilty of blasphemy for He was indeed "God with us" (Matthew 1:23). But for a mortal man to claim this power is most certainly an act of blasphemy.

We have seen that the church of Rome fits all of the other specifications of this prophecy, but does she claim to have the power to forgive sins? Indeed she does, as can be seen from some of her own publications. In the book Dignity and Duties of the Priest (a book primarily for the use of the clergy and which has the special apostolic blessing of the pope upon it) contains such statements as these.

"The priest holds the place of the Saviour Himself, when, by saying `Ego te Absolve', (I absolve thee) he absolves from sin. To pardon a single sin requires all of the omnipotence of God." Alphonsus de Liguori, Dignity and Duties of the Priest, p. 34.

"Were the Saviour to sit in one confessional booth and the priest in another, the Saviour would say to the penitent sinner, `I absolve thee,'and the priest would say to the penitent sinner, `I absolve thee,' both penitent sinners would go away equally absolved." Ibid., p. 36.

The Catholic Encyclopedia boldly claims that "this judicial authority will even include the power to pardon sins" Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 12, p. 265. In addition to this Pope Innocent III has written, "Indeed it is not too much to say that in view of the sublimity of their offices the priests are so many gods." Alphonsus de Liguori, Dignity and Duties of the Priest, p. 36.

There can be no doubt that this power does claim to have the ability to forgive sins.

In John 10:33 we find that still another act of blasphemy is for man to claim to be God. Does the church make such a claim for any of her leaders? Again let us look at her own writings.

"All the names which in the Scriptures are applied to Christ... all the same names are applied to the Pope." Robert Bellarmine, On the Authority of the Counsels, Vol. I, p. 266. "The Pope is of so great dignity and so exalted that he is not a mere man, but as it were God, and the vicar of God." Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Bibliotheca, Vol. VI, p. 26.

A further example of these blasphemous claims can be found in the letters of Pope Leo XIII where we find the claim "We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty." The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII, p. 304.

And finally we discover that not only does the Pope claim to be God on earth, but also declares he has this position in the heavenly kingdom. "The Pope is as it were God on earth sole sovereign of the faithful of Christ, chief of kings, having plentitude of power, to whom has been entrusted by the omnipotent God direction not only of the earthly but also of the heavenly kingdom." Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Bibliotheca, Vol. VI, p. 27.

Notice some of the blasphemous statements made by the Church of Rome concerning the high priestly ministry of Jesus in the heavenly sanctuary, as compared to the word of God.

"The merits of Jesus shall be dispensed through the hands and by the intercession of Mary." "God has chosen to bestow no grace upon us but by the hands of Mary." "Whoever asks and wishes to obtain graces without the intercession of Mary, attempts to fly without wings." Glories of Mary, p. 180,189 New Revised Edition. New York: P.J. Kennedy and Sons.

"Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." Hebrews 4:14-16.

"Mary is all the hope of our salvation." Glories of Mary, p. 195.

"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." Acts 4:12. (This passage is speaking of Jesus, not Mary).

"Thou [Mary] art the only advocate of sinners." Glories of Mary, p. 129.

"If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." 1 John 2:1; 1 Timothy 2:5.

"We ask many things of God and do not obtain them; we ask them from Mary and obtain them." Glories of Mary, p. 150.

"How much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask Him." "And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son." "Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, He will give it you." Matthew 7:11; John 14:13; 16:23.

"All those who are saved, are saved solely by means of this divine mother...the salvation of all depends upon preaching Mary." Glories of Mary, p. 19, 20.

"I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed." Galatians 1:6-9.

In addition to these, and many other Bible truths, the church of Rome has also "cast down the truth" of the complete and final sacrifice of the "Lamb of God" on the cross. The teaching that the sacrifice of Jesus at Calvary was not sufficient; but that he must be offered up anew each day through some ordinance or sacrament, is to say the least, blasphemous, for "Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many." Hebrews 9:28.

What glorious "good news"! Jesus has already paid the price for our sins, "for this he did once, when he offered up himself" and now He has "entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us." Hebrews 7:27; 9:12. Therefore, you may rest assured that "He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them." Hebrews 7:25.

As for the claims or the Church of Rome, I declare them all to be blasphemous, but more than this, I repudiate them as originating in the abysmal depths of the devil's kingdom. However, I want it to be known that I am not condemning or criticizing anyone for their religious beliefs. It is the system that is evil, not the people who are caught up in it. God has many people within this apostate power and always has had. But His call to them today is "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues" Revelation 18:4.

Attempting to Change Heaven's Law

This "little horn" was to "think to change times and laws." Satan has always been at war with the law of God and those who seek to be obedient to that law.

Exodus 20:4, 5 contain the second of the ten commandments, but when you ask the Church of Rome which is the second commandment their response is quite different. From Gierman's Catholic Catechism, page 49 we find the following.

Question - "Which is the second commandment?"

Answer - The second commandment is: "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain."

However, the second commandment is a prohibition against making and bowing before graven images. Because of the abundance of idolatry found in the Catholic church, they have taken it upon themselves to remove this commandment from the ten. Thus, all of the other commandments were moved up one (the third became the fourth, the fourth the third, etc.), and when they were finished there were only nine commandments. In order to solve this problem they simply took the tenth commandment and divided it into two; making the ninth commandment "Do not covet your neighbor's wife" and the tenth "Do not covet your neighbor's goods".

Truly, this power has thought it has the authority to change god's law.

Notice this brazen declaration from their own publications. "The Pope has the power to change times, to abrogate laws, and to dispense with all things, even the precepts of Christ." Decretal De Translat. Episcop. Cap.

Can you see the monstrous religious counterfeit this reveals? There has never been anything like it in all the annals of time. This great religious power, which claims the authority of God on earth, reaches into the very heart of God's law and changes it to suit her own idolatrous practices.

Daniel predicted the change and the church of Rome admits they did it.

Although the Lord has made the identity of this antichrist power most clear, He has still given us still another identifying mark in the last verse of Revelation thirteen. "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six." Revelation 13:18. Here we find that it has a number of 666, and that it is the number of a "man". Does this number apply to a man within the Roman Catholic church? As in each of the previous specifications, we shall once again let the church of Rome answer for itself with the following quotation from one of its official papers:

Question - "Is it true that the words of the Apocalypse in the 13th Chapter 18th verse refer to the Pope?"

Answer - "The words referred to are these `Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast. For it is the number of a man; and the number of him is six hundred sixty-six.' The title of the Pope of Rome is Vicarius Filii Dei. This is inscribed on his mitre; and if you take the letters of his title which represent Latin numerals (printed large) and add them together, they come to 666:

V I C ar I V s F I L I I D e I

5 1 100 1 5 1 50 1 1 500 1 = 666

Add these together and the results are 666." Our Sunday Visitor, Nov. 1, 1914.

Why they would ever have let such an amazing admission as this slip into their publications is most difficult to understand, but with her own mouth the Church of Rome pleads guilty before the bar of the universe that she is the antichrist of Bible prophecy. We must keep in mind, however, that the number 666 is only one of sixteen specifications which identify this power, and there is not anyone, anywhere able to find another power in all the earth, other than the Roman Catholic church which fills all fourteen of these biblical points.

God has many people today that are a part of this corrupt, apostate organization; and many more who are following her cunningly devised fables and devilish doctrines (1 Timothy 4:1). His call to them all is: "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of he plagues." Revelation 18:4.

Jesus said "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me." John 10:27. Can you hear Him calling you out of all error, superstition, vain man-made tradition?

A prayer asking for spiritual guidance, clear understanding, open heart and mind should precede every Bible study. ~ "But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." 1 Cor. 2:14 NKJV

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Six parallels which show that the "little horn" of Daniel and the "beast" of Revelation are the same Antichrist power.

1. Both are a blasphemous power ---- Dan. 7:25; Rev. 13:6

2. Both make war with the saints ---- Dan. 7:21; Rev. 13:7

3. Both have a mouth speaking great things ---- Dan.7:8, 20; Rev. 13:5

4. Both were to arise about the time Rome fell ---- Dan. 7:23-24; Rev. 13:2

5. Both were to reign supreme for 1260 years ---- Dan. 7:25; Rev. 13:5

6. After this the Lord's people were to be delivered from persecution and the power was to be led into captivity ---- Dan. 7:25; Rev. 13:10

Seventeen identifying points of the Antichrist

1. It is a power that was to arise during the time of the kingdoms which immediately followed Rome ---- Dan. 7:24

2. It was to be a "diverse" or different power than any of the previous kingdoms (it was to be religious as well as political) ---- Dan. 7:24

3. It was to ascend the throne of the Caesars ---- Rev. 13:2

4. It was to receive its power and authority from Rome ---- Rev. 13:2

5. This power was to destroy three other kingdoms (Heruli, Ostrogoths, Vandals) in its rise to supremacy ----- Dan. 7:24

6. It was to maintain its power for 1260 years ---- Dan. 7:25

7. After 1260 years it would receive a "deadly wound" ---- Rev. 13:3

8. The wound would eventually be healed ---- Rev. 13:3, 12

9. During the 1260 years it made war with God's people ---- Dan. 7:21

10. It would speak "great things" against God ---- Dan. 7:25, Rev. 13:5

11. It was to be guilty of blasphemy ---- Rev. 13:5-6

12. It would "think" to change God's law and His time ---- Dan. 7:25

13. He exalts himself above God ---- 2 Thessalonians 2:4

14. He claims to be God ---- 2 Thessalonians 2:4

15. Its number "666" is the name or title of a "man" ---- Rev. 13:18

16. It would be an amazing world-wide power ---- Revelation 13:5

17. It will deceive mutitudes into accepting its "mark" ---- Revelation 13:16; 14:9, 10

The Man of Sin

His Power:

1. "The king shall do according to his will" ---- Daniel 11:36

2. "Think to change times and laws" ---- Daniel 7:25

3. "Power was given him over all... nations" ---- Revelation 13:7

His Self-Exaltation:

1. "He shall exalt himself" ---- Daniel 11:36

2. "Exalteth himself" ---- 2 Thessalonians 2:4

3. "Magnify himself above every god" ----- Daniel 11:36

4. "He magnified himself even to the Prince of the host" ----- Daniel 8:11

5. "He shall magnify himself in his heart" ---- Daniel 8:25

His Prosperity:

1. "Shall prosper" ----- Daniel 11:36

2. "Prevailed against them" ---- Daniel 7:21

3. "It practiced and prospered" ---- Daniel 8:12

4. "Shall prosper, and practice" ---- Daniel 8:24

5. "He shall cause craft to prosper" ---- Daniel 8:25

6. "Power was given him over all... nations" ---- Revelation 13:7

7. "All that dwell upon the earth shall worship him" ---- Revelation 13:8

His Persecution of God's People:

1. "They shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil many days" ---- Daniel 11:33

2. "Made war with the saints" ---- Daniel 7:21

3. "Shall wear out the saints of the Most High" ---- Daniel 7:25

4. "Shall destroy the mighty and the holy people" ---- Daniel 8:24

5. "Shall destroy many" ---- Daniel 8:25

6. "It was given to him to make war with the saints" ---- Revelation 13:7

7. "As many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed" ---- Revelation 13:15

His Blasphemy:

1. "Speak marvelous things against the God of gods" ---- Daniel 11:36

2. "A mouth speaking great things" ---- Daniel 7:8

3. "A mouth that spake very great things" ---- Daniel 7:20

4. "He shall speak great words against the most High" ---- Daniel 7:25

5. "There was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies" ---- Revelation 13:5

6. "He opened his mouth in blasphemy against God" ---- Revelation 13:6

His Opposition to God:

1. "Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers" ---- Daniel 11:37

2. "He shall also stand up against the Prince of princes" ---- Daniel 8:25

3. "Opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God,

or that is worshipped" ---- 2 Thessalonians 2:4

His Position as a False God:

1. "He shall magnify himself above all" ----- Daniel 11:37

2. "He as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself

that he is God" ----- 2 Thessalonians 2:4

3. "A god whom his fathers knew not shall be honour with gold, and silver, and the precious stones, and pleasant things" ---- Daniel 11:38

4. "And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast" ---- Revelation 13:4

His Destruction:

1. "Prosper till the indignation be accomplished" ---- Daniel 11:36

2. "The beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given

to the burning flame" ---- Daniel 7:11

3. "They shall take away his dominion" ---- Daniel 7:26

4. "He shall be broken without hand" ---- Daniel 8:25

5. "Shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God" ---- Revelation 14:10

6. "Was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone" ---- Revelation 20:10