The Coming Empire Of The Antichrist!
Complied and edited by
David J. Stewart | May 2006
Conditioning the Masses
We are living at a time in which it is not only possible for a world dictator of unprecedented authority to emerge - the Antichrist - it is also inevitable. Look at the photo to the right. All those foolish people are committing idolatry by bowing to a statue, a graven image, of Mary--the Queen of Heaven. This is a great evil in the sight of God (Exodus 20:4,5; Isaiah 42:8). If people today are foolish enough to worship graven images, then they will surely worship the false prophet and the antichrist when they performs all their miracles. The Word of God states in Revelation 13:13-14, "And he doeth great wonders ... And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he (the false prophet) had power to do in the sight of the beast (the antichrist); saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast..." The masses are being conditioned to accept and worship the beast.
Catholics are so foolish that they blindly believe whatever the Pope says. Sister Faustina was canonized as a saint in 2000. Allegedly, Faustina had seen an image and hired an artist back in 1934, Kazimirowski, to paint it. The painting was called THE IMAGE OF DIVINE MERCY (pictured to left). Today, this image is worshipped worldwide by Catholics, because the Vatican claims that Sister Faustina saw Mary, who wants us all to worship this image. Nothing could be further from the Truth of God's Word. God explicitly forbids anyone from bowing to any image or idol. Exodus 20:4,5 states, "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God."
Yet, the Catholic religion has maliciously removed the 2nd Commandment in their official catechism to deceive people. The 2nd Commandment is Exodus 20:4,5. All around the world, people are being conditioned to worship the false prophet and the antichrist. Never before in the history of mankind have so many people praised musicians, singers, actors, psychics, magicians, false prophets, etc.. The antichrist will not appear with horns and a demonic look. Rather, he will appear as a good person, someone who cares, someone who has the answers, and the ability to lead the world. it will be this cloak of deception that will blind the foolish and ignorant masses. Even today, the average person is woefully ignorant concerning the truth!
A One-world System
One-world political government: Revelation 13:7, "And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations."
One-world economy: Revelation 13:17, "And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."
One-world religion: Revelation 13:11-12, "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed."
Again, we are living at a time in which it is not only possible for a world dictator of unprecedented authority to emerge - the Antichrist - it is also inevitable. God's Word states that only seven empires will exist in world history before Christ returns. The verse proving this statement is Revelation 17:10, "There are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space." The five fallen empires referred to by John in this verse are Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Greece. The one that ruled at the time John wrote the Book of Revelation was Rome. Rome gradually crumbled as a world power, and met their demise in 486 A.D. No one nation has ruled the entire world since Rome. According to Revelation 13:10, one more final empire would arise, but there would first be a long delay. That global power would be the last, the "ten toes" (Daniel 2:41-42), or the "Revived Roman Empire." It is clear from the events in the world today, that Satan is working relentlessly to revive a one-world system, a modern-day Babel, where men unite together in rebellion against their Creator. At Babel, all men united together in sin and rebellion, influencing one another for evil. God separated them for their own good. As the world comes together once again, apostasy abounds.
Take a look at the building in the photo to the right. It is the European Parliamentary building in Strasburg, France. The building was modeled upon the famous painting by Pieter Brueghel's 'The Tower of Babel' (pictured left). The European Community created the European Monetary Institute in January 1994, and it is now a single currency. One can easily see the power, threat, and influence of the euro. We are headed towards a "cashless society" where every transaction will be done without physical money. This will give the government unprecedented power over everyone. Christians will be labeled as "terrorists," for preaching against sin. Warrants will be put out for their arrest. They will not be able to buy food without being caught, prosecuted, and even killed (John 16:2). In addition to its growing economic prowess, the European Union has already formulated common foreign and security policies with defense issues. Soon, all defense policies will be made jointly. The European Union is rapidly dissolving the ideas of national sovereignty in a giant step toward globalism and one-world government. The exact same thing is happening in the United States. Uncle Sam is taking steroids, and he's as corrupt as can be. The Super-state is preparing the way for a more powerful central government, one that will eventually be headed by a world dictator.
George W. Bush is appointing military leaders throughout his administration in America. FEMA is being completely restructured, allegedly because of the failures which occurred after hurricane Katrina. The truth is that The White House deliberately did nothing after Katrina, to give them an excuse to overhaul FEMA. Now they're going to militarize FEMA to accommodate their new American police state, and the American people are as naive and complacent as can be. Nationwide, America's local police departments are being militarized into thug squads. The days of officer friendly are over, now you get Darth Vader. 911 was deliberate, and George W. Bush had prior knowledge, which is why he sat there for 5 minutes after being told that the country was under attack. 911 gave the global monsters a pretext to attack Afghanistan, Iraq, and soon to be ... Iran. Americans have MUCH innocent blood on their hands as a nation. American's have already lost many of their freedoms via the Patriot Act, and laws are being passed regularly which are stripping away our rights. Americans are foolish to let this happen.
The United States is being maliciously EXPLOITED for the purpose of achieving a one-world government. Our top leaders are as corrupt as can be--filled with lies, stealing, killing, and deceit. Our federal debt is over $9,000,000,000 as of March 2006, and it's only going to skyrocket higher. Record trade gap imbalances with China (a $725,800,000,000 deficit just in 2005 alone) is destroying America's economic future. China is loaning much of that money back to Americans, and we OWE them. The Bible plainly states, "...the borrower is servant to the lender" -Proverb 22:7. Our days are numbered as a nation. You can't squander money, and recklessly spend, without judgment day coming due. The U.S. government will one day default on it's debts, and the only inevitable recourse will be to surrender total U.S. sovereignty and rights to the CFR, UN, and World Bank ... in return for a bail out. America as we've known it will be gone forever! In fact, I think we're already at that point. In addition, America's young people are being exploited as paid mercenaries to fight a war that has absolutely nothing to do with America's freedom. My advice to every parent in America, is to do everything possible to prevent your child from going into the military. I'm all for defending America; but, not for our young people being needlessly killed, for the agendas of the occult-inspired elite scum, who have zero loyalty for America.
The Antichrist and the End Times
In Daniel 9:27, we see this future Fuhrer making a peace contract with the nations of the earth for seven years. During the first half of this Tribulational period, the Antichrist is controlled by Satanic powers (Revelation 13:4). However, during the second forty-two months, Satan incarnates the body of this world dictator (Revelation 13:3). When Satan takes over the physical being of the Antichrist, he begins to call himself god, magnifying himself above every god (Daniel 11:36). How can we know with certainty that we are close to this historical moment?
The World Council of Churches was formed in 1948, which would help lay the groundwork for the one-world, Ecumenical - Ecclesiastical, false religious system, a counterfeit Christianity as described in Revelation 13:11 and 17:9. For more than fifty years now, the stage has been set for a world dictator to emerge, a man with power and authority far beyond the scope of Nebuchadnezzar or any of his successors. The world anxiously awaits his appearance. I have little doubt that this great imposter is alive and waiting in the wings. How close are we to the fateful day of his appearance? Here is what three citizens have said:
"We are in a leaderless world," Walter Cronkite.
"We have a rendezvous with a world dictator and his appearance may be soon," Julian Snyder.
The internationally acclaimed Dr. Paul-Henri Spaak said, "Europe is looking for a man so powerful that he will hold the allegiance of all the people. Be he man or devil we are ready to receive him."
However, it is not just a political leader for whom the world is looking. All the major religions discuss the emergence, in the last days, of a powerful and terrifying spiritual figure, someone who will ultimately proclaim himself to be God. Today's widespread New Age philosophy is laying the groundwork for the Antichrist's global religious system. Did you know, for instance, that John Randolph Price, one of the world's principal New Age gurus, says his spirit guide revealed to him that 2.5 billion people may need to be wiped off the face of the earth, for their utopian spiritual dreams to be realized (Revelation 6:8; 9:18; 13:15; 20:4)? Could such an organization claiming a billion followers produce the Antichrist? Definitely!
The New Age movement teaches that we are all "little gods." I believe the Antichrist will ride the crest of that belief and give it the credibility it does not deserve. However, the honeymoon for the Antichrist will not last forever. He will suffer a mortal head wound and come to his end, in a battle with Russia (Daniel 11:45). After being incarnated by Satan, he then rises from the dead and declares himself as the god of gods (Revelation 13:3). He demands that every human being worship him under penalty of death (Revelation 13:15). Is it not fitting that today's New Age leaders are already beginning to justify the mass slaughter that will follow?
The Antichrist will have more help, too, from someone known as "the false prophet." It is from the leadership of this false prophet, propped up by the revived European Empire, that all such latter-day prophecies emerge. Rome may again be the center of the world economically, politically, militarily, and spiritually. Those currently moving Europe in this direction seem inexplicably drawn to their fate. Perhaps you remember that in 1987, the Belgians minted the first ECU silver coins. Imprinted on them was the bust of Emperor Charles the Fifth, crowned head of the Holy Roman Empire in 1519. Why was Charles chosen to be immortalized on the first-ever European coin? Because of the striking geographical similarity between the European Community and the Holy Roman Empire.
But what about the ten toes and the ten nations? Hasn't the European Union evolved past this stage? Yes it has. That is to be expected. Remember that we are speaking of an eventual world government, not a regional one. The European Union began as ten nations. In fact, Daniel 7:24 shows us that a very significant eleventh nation arises. That was Spain. As of May 2006, there are 25 member nations. The European Super-state, I believe, will provide the platform and the structure for this world dictatorship (Daniel 7:23; Revelation 13:7).
When Christ returns to establish His earthly kingdom, a grouping of ten kings, or ten divisions, or regions still remain (Daniel 2:44). Interestingly, all of the prime movers behind the globalist dream have divided the world into ten spheres. The Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Bilderbergers, the Club of Rome, and others that promote a one-world federation eventually break up the globe into ten regions. One way or another God's Word will come to pass. Only now, after two great European wars have been fought and reunification has occurred, could the promises of the Bible about a world government centered in Rome be possible. Likewise, only now, as we are already in the new Millennium, the 21-century, the computer age, could such a world-government hope to keep track of all the commercial activities of every human being on the planet (Revelation 13:16: 17). What an up-to-date Book is the Bible! With all the GPS (Global Positioning Systems) being implemented, security cameras being installed by the tens-of-thousands, RFID chips being placed into everything, microchips smaller than the human eye can see, wireless video cameras as small as a dime ... can you image what the next few decades will hold if the Lord doesn't return? The whole of man's knowledge doubles every 8 years; but, the wickedness of man never changes. Increased technology is a double-edged sword, and we will see Chimeras (half human/half animal) creatures in the near future on display for the public.
Soon the Rapture will occur, after which a time of unmitigated terror will engulf the globe. "Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble..." (Jeremiah 30:7). Daniel 12:1 describes it as a "time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation." Jesus used almost the exact words in Matthew 24:21, "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world." These things must happen. I believe they are right around the corner. But we should have no fear about them, not as True and Faithful Bible believers. Every believer will be raptured (caught up) into the clouds, to be with the Lord. This happens BEFORE the Tribulation Period occurs. This is termed a "Pretribulation Rapture," and it is Biblical. When these things come to pass, be not terrified (Luke 21:9). Why? Because Jesus said when these things come to pass, "Know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand" (Luke 21:31). This Scripture was spoken for those who will be saved during the Tribulation Period, and will turn to the Word of God for guidance.
We, the True and Faithful Bible believers who are prepared, will miss this horrendous hour. We will be gone before any part of the seven-year Tribulation Period begins. We will be caught up in the air to meet Jesus in the twinkling of an eye, according to 1st Corinthians 15:51-54. Then we shall return with the King seven years later to rule and reign (Revelation 20:4). Soon we will hear the shout "Come up hither"! (Revelation 4:1). Then eighty-four months later, the Lord returns with His heavenly entourage, to establish His Millennial Kingdom on earth (Jude 14; Revelation 19:14; 20:4).
My friend, the Rapture is near! Just read your daily newspaper or watch CNN or other stations, to see just how close we are to the "Blessed Hope."
The End is Drawing Nearer
From this final group of nations the figure known as the Antichrist emerges and reigns for a brief period--just eighty-four months (7-years). So the question: Is this period way off in the distant future? No! It must be around the corner. Although Jesus said that we wouldn't know the time of His return; He also said in Matthew 16:3...
"And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?"
Old Testament saints didn't know the exact time when Christ would come; BUT, it was obvious when it happened to those who wanted to see the truth. The world is on the brink of submission to this latter-day power. Take a look at the photo to the right. Why do people worship a statue of a sinful man? Pope John Paul II was a Hell-deserving sinner, like anyone else (Romans 3:10;23). So why do people worship him? It is because Satan, through false religion, has BLINDED the masses to believe many lies (2nd Corinthians 4:4). If people will worship the Pope, who does NO miracles; then they will surely worship the antichrist, who will.
The revived Roman Empire is presently assembling and organizing itself under the aegis of the European Union, a federal Super-state that will form the basis for the last one-world government. This dictatorship under Antichrist rules with supernatural power, advanced twenty-first century technological police-state know-how, and unthinkable terror. Is it in the making? Judge for yourself.