3. An Experiential Exegesis of the “Anti-Christ” 1. He is against Christ 2. He wants to be the replacementChrist, the one who functions in place of Christ, as a counterfeit Christ
4. Thesis: The Bible declares the Antichrist will come during exactly the type of circumstances and structures we see right now.
5. Why the Beast Makes His Mark 1. Terrorists will make the states of the world need a common identification system to eliminate terrorism 2. The world will need a common identification system to maintain security control and order in society 3.After the rapture of the church, there will be such economic collapse that the world will need a common identification system to maintain the markets
6. Point 1. Of all the sins God hates, number one is pride because when you are proud you are functioning as a child of the Devil.
7. Definition: In the King James of 2 Thes 2:7, the word let means hindered or held it in check.
8. Point 2. The Bible teaches the snatching away of the church will be priorto the start of the tribulation, because the Antichristcannot be revealed and fully function until the restraining force of the Holy Spirit through our presence and prayers is gone.
9. Point 3. The people who are left after the rapture did not love the truth so as to be saved; therefore God will allow them to believe the big lie so as to be deceived.
10. Point 4. Even today many lost people believe all religions lead to the same destination, and all they do: to the Antichrist’s throne.
11. Conclusion: What the big Antichrist is going to do later, little antichrists are doing rightnow.
12. Lessons Learned from this prophecy 1. The further you drift from God and his word, the more open you are to deception and seduction
13. Lessons Learned from this prophecy 2. If you insist on believing a lie, God will validate the lie you insist on
14. Lessons Learned from this prophecy 2. If you insist on believing a lie, God will validate the lie you insist on 3. If you’re wrong about Jesus you’re wrong forever
