And then sometimes
it looks like he is a counterfeit Christ.
I noticed just a
few of these comparisons in II Thessalonians chapter 2.
First, Jesus said
that all power is given unto him:
Matthew 28:18 And
Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All
power is given unto me in heaven and in
earth.
Then it says
that the antichrist comes with all power:
II Thessalonians 2:9
Even him, whose coming is after the
working of Satan with all power
and signs and lying wonders,
The apostles of
Jesus wrought many signs and wonders by the Holy Ghost:
Acts 5:12 And by the
hands of the apostles were many signs and
wonders wrought among the people; (and
they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
The antichrist
comes with signs and lying wonders, after the working of
Satan:
II Thessalonians
2:9 Even him, whose coming is
after the working of Satan with all
power and signs and lying wonders,
Jesus is called
the Word of God with a large "W":
Revelation 19:13 And
he was clothed with a vesture dipped
in blood: and his name is called The Word
of God.
The antichrist
is called that Wicked with a large "W":
II Thessalonians 2:8
And then shall that Wicked be revealed,
whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his
mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his
coming:
Jesus, who is
God, completely submitted himself to the Father,
willingly came down from that high position, totally
humbled himself:
Philippians 2:5 Let this mind
be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in
the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with
God:
7 But made
himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being
found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and
became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
The antichrist,
in echo of Lucifer's Isaiah 14:12-14, exalts himself, and
"robs" the title that really belongs to Jesus:
II Thessalonians 2:4
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is
called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God
sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is
God.
So, why is the
antichrist sometimes against Jesus, then sometimes a false
Christ, and then sometimes a counterfeit Christ?