Bible Questions Answered:
“What does the anti-Christ do during
the tribulation?...”
Nathan/ New York, New York U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
The anti-Christ will have full
controlling power over the revised Roman Empire.
Revelation 17:12,13 KJV
12 And the ten horns which thou saw
are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive
power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall
give their power and strength unto the beast.
He will make a 7
year peace pact with Israel, but break the agreement after 3 ½
years.
Daniel 9:27 NLT
The ruler (anti-Christ)
will make a treaty with the people (Israel)
for a period of one set of seven (7
years), but after half this time, he will put an end to the
sacrifices and offerings. And as a climax to all his terrible deeds,
he will set up a sacrilegious object (Revelation
13:15 Image of the beast.) that causes desecration, until
the fate decreed for this defiler is finally poured out on him.”
He
will try to destroy all of God's people.
Revelation
12:1-17 KJV
1 And there appeared a great wonder
in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet,
and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried,
travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3 And there appeared another wonder
in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten
horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part
of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the
dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to
devour her Child as soon as it was born.
5 And she brought forth A Man Child,
who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her Child was
caught up unto God, and to His throne.
6 And the woman fled into the
wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should
feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
7 And there was war in heaven:
Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon
fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was
their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out,
that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the
whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast
out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying
in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of
our God, and the power of His Christ: for the accuser of our brethren
is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by The
Blood Of The Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved
not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens,
and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of
the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath,
because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
13 And when the dragon saw that he
was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth
The Man Child.
14 And to the woman were given two
wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into
her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a
time, from the face of the serpent.
15 And the serpent cast out of his
mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be
carried away of the flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman,
and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the
dragon cast out of his mouth.
17 And the dragon was wroth with the
woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep
the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
The anti-Christ
will gain authority and total rule.
Revelation 17:17
NLT
For God has put a plan into their
minds, a plan that will carry out his purposes. They will agree to
give their authority to the scarlet beast, and so the words of God
will be fulfilled.
He will set himself
up as God, to be worshiped.
Daniel 11:36,37
KJV
36 And the king shall do according
to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above
every god, and shall speak marvelous things against The God of gods,
and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that
is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God
of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he
shall magnify himself above all.
II Thessalonians
2:4,11 KJV
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself
above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God
sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
11 And for this cause God shall send
them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
Revelation
13:11-18 NKJV (The False Prophet)
11 Then I saw another beast coming
up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like
a dragon.
12 And he exercises all the
authority of the first beast (Anti-Christ)
in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to
worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 He performs great signs, so that
he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of
men.
14 And he deceives those who dwell
on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight
of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image
to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.
15 He was granted power to give
breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should
both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of
the beast to be killed.
16 He causes all, both small and
great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their
right hand or on their foreheads, (Stigmata
?)
17 and that no one may buy or sell
except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number
of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has
understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number
of a man: His number is 666.
Revelation
14:9-11 NKJV
9 Then a third angel followed them,
saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and
his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand,
10 he himself shall also drink of
the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into
the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and
brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of
The Lamb.
11 And the smoke of their torment
ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who
worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his
name.”
The anti-Christ
will rule over all the nations of earth.
Psalm 2:1-12 KJV
1 Why do the heathen rage, and the
people imagine a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set
themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against The Lord,
and against His anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asunder,
and cast away their cords from us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens
shall laugh: The Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall He speak unto them in
His wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure.
6 Yet have I set My King upon My
holy hill of Zion.
7 I will declare the decree: The
Lord hath said unto Me, Thou art My Son; this day have I begotten
thee.
8 Ask of Me, and I shall give thee
the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the
earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod
of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10 Be wise now therefore, O ye
kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve The Lord with fear, and
rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss The Son, lest He be angry,
and ye perish from The Way, when His wrath is kindled but a little.
Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him.
The rule of the
anti-Christ, will come to an end at the end of the battle of
Armageddon.
Revelation
19:1-21 NKJV
1 After these things I heard a loud
voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation
and glory and honor and power belong to The Lord our God!
2 For True and Righteous are His
judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the
earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of
His servants shed by her.”
3 Again they said, “Alleluia! Her
smoke rises up forever and ever!”
4 And the twenty-four elders and the
four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the
throne, saying, “Amen! Alleluia!”
5 Then a voice came from the throne,
saying, “Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear
Him, both small and great!”
6 And I heard, as it were, the voice
of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of
mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For The Lord God Omnipotent
reigns!
7 Let us be glad and rejoice and
give Him glory, for the marriage of The Lamb has come, and His wife
has made herself ready.”
8 And to her it was granted to be
arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the
righteous acts of the saints.
9 Then he said to me, “Write:
‘Blessed are those who are called to
The Marriage Supper Of The Lamb!’”
And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.”
10 And I fell at his feet to worship
him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your
fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus.
Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is The Spirit Of Prophecy.”
(Christ on a White
Horse)
11 Now I saw heaven opened, and
behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and
True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.
12 His eyes were like a flame of
fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no
one knew except Himself.
13 He was clothed with a robe dipped
in blood, and His name is called The Word Of God. 14 And the armies
in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on
white horses.
15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp
sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will
rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the wine press of the
fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And He has on His robe and on His
thigh a name written:
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
(The Beast and His
Armies Defeated)
17 Then I saw an angel standing in
the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that
fly in the midst of heaven, “Come and gather together for the
supper of the great God,
18 that you may eat the flesh of
kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of
horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people,
free and slave, both small and great.”
19 And I saw the beast, the kings of
the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against
Him who sat on the horse and against His army.
20 Then the beast (The
Anti-Christ) was captured, and with him the false
prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived
those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his
image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning
with brimstone.
21 And the rest were killed with the
sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And
all the birds were filled with their flesh.
Also
see the blog posting: Anti-Christ's
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