Getting Ready for the anti-Christ: the Short Version

  BASIC SIGNS TO IDENTIFY THE ANTI-CHRIST

These are the basic signs that will herald in the rule of the anti-Christ. He will be a world leader who is possessed by satan and is also referred to in the Bible as the Beast.

This is far from a comprehensive study and I urge you to take these signs only as a starting point to study these things for yourself. I have attached only one or two Bible verses to go along with each statement, but there are so many more throughout the Old and New Testaments that I hope this will motivate you to dive into them.

My comments are seen in bold blue. LL

One World Government

Currently known as the "Great Reset". It is a blatant and out in the open agenda of fascism to be immediately and quickly implemented.

 "The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast." (Revelation 13:3)

Cashless Society

We all know what this looks like and on the surface it sounds like a great idea. Nobody will ever be able to take your identity or credit card, but it will mean horrible things when it is demanded of every person and part of worshipping the Beast.

And everyone who gets the mark of the Beast will never enter heaven.

"It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name." (Revelation 13:16-17)

NOTE: Think finger print and facial recognition now used on most mobile devices.

Rebuilding the Temple in Jerusalem

There is currently no temple, just one small, old portion (the Wailing Wall) so it will need to be rebuilt. Everything is ready, waiting, and prepared for this. With modern technology, it is estimated the Temple can be built in about one year.

"So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand." (Matthew 24:15)

 "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."                             (2 Thessalonians 2:7)

People don't care about the truth

"Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth." (Revelation 13:14)

People just don't care about God nor each other.

Total anarchy and Lawlessness

Pretty self-explanatory. Just look outside your window.

"Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, " (Matthew 24:13 )

"For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way." (2 Thessalonians 2:7)

Rapture of Christian Believers

This is one of the most disputed parts of End Times Bible Prophecy. Is the Rapture a separate event taking place at the beginning of the Great Tribulation or the same event as the "Second Coming" of Jesus at the end of it. Because it is such a divisive and hot topic among Christians, I will devote more time for it later to discuss in more detail. Here I just give the three main reasons why I believe it is a separate and imminent event that will happen at any moment.

"In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him. (Daniel 9:27)

The "seven" referred to here (and other places in both the Old and New Testaments) is a seven-year peace treaty between the Beast and Israel. It is according to the Jewish calendar of 360 days per year. EXACTLY seven years after this treaty is signed Christ (the real one) returns.

"But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only." (Matthew 24:36)

This is the main reason I believe the Rapture is separate. If the Bible tells us the EXACT day of Christ's return, then we would know the day. But it says here we don't know the day or hour, so this is a separate event.

"After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever."

 (1 Thessalonians 4:17)

We are told here we go to meet the Lord in the air, yet in the Second Coming described at the end of Revelation and Jeremiah (and many other places) it says Jesus will touch down on the Mount of Olives.

"And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,Which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From east to west, ..."       (Zechariah 14:4)

For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way." (2 Thessalonians 2:7)

I mention the Rapture as a sign of the anti-Christ because the Restrainer must be removed before satan can be revealed to the world. From a myriad of verses in the Bible, Christians who comprise the Body of Christ on the earth are referred to as the current restraining force of Jesus on the earth. 

We get "caught up" in the "twinkling of an eye" and only then can the anti-Christ show his ugly, evil mug. As long as we are still here, he is in hiding.

There are many, many more verses in the Bible about this leader, but what you really want to know is "who is he?".

I don't have the foggiest notion. Nor am I going to waste my time to figure it out. I will be Raptured before then so I don't need to know. I'll be watching all of the Tribulation safe and sound with Jesus. That's why the Bible tells us to 

"Comfort each other with these words." (1Thessalonians 4:18)

However, if you don't know Jesus personally and haven't made Him the Lord of your life, you are in heaps of trouble. You WILL need to be able to identify him so you can refuse him and his mark. The moment you get his mark you will never see heaven and be cut off from God's goodness forever.

I STRONGLY suggest you talk to Jesus and get that worked out between the two of you because there is very little time left.

Come back for more information later. For now what you need to know is ...

"If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved." (Romans 10:9-10)

Speaking the truth, with love,

Always, Laura-Lee