Chance (14 Oct 2018)
"The Identity of the Antichrist"


 
Hello John and Doves,

I have thought about Hitler being The Antichrist because of his mortal head wound, his extreme hate and persecution of the Jews, how well known he is even today, how popular Mein Kampf is in Muslim countries, etc.  And probably every grade schooler could recognize Adolph Hitler.

Seems these days we just can't get away from comments about Hitler/Nazis/Fascism - it's all over the news! In our face.

Maybe that's for a reason.  It certainly is keeping the 'spirit' of Hitler alive. 

In The Revelation there is a verse that is about the Antichrist being the 8th king - AND he is one of the 7 previous kings, so whomever this 8th king is, he is 'resurrected' from out of the 7 to become this 8th ruler.

Revelation 17:9“This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits. 10They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while. 11The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.  https://biblehub.com/niv/revelation/17.htm

Just an interesting thought on who The Antichrist could be...

Maranatha!

Chance


 "Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits, and they are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while. The beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction.” (Rev 17:9-11)

This passage begins with “Here is the mind which has wisdom,” which means we need to put our thinking caps on and think outside the box to decode this passage. The woman that sits on the beast is a false religious system that is associated with each beast kingdom. More about that later. The main point I want you to examine now is that the seven heads represent seven kings. Look closely at verse 9 where it tells us the heads are seven kings:

“The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits, and they are seven kings…” Rev 17:9

7HeadedBeastThe seven headed beast symbolizes seven “beast kingdoms.” A beast kingdom, as has been said, is a kingdom which Satan has used (or will use) to attempt to annihilate God’s people Israel. It is a kingdom that Satan infuses with his antichrist spirit. John said, “You have heard that Antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come.” Each of these seven empires has had an unholy hatred of the Jew and has taken action to destroy the race. All of them have been intensely anti-Semitic, pagan and worshiped false gods.

Attributes of a Beast Kingdom

  1. Persecutes God’s People with a strange supernatural hatred
  2. Characterized by false religion with emperor worship at its core
  3. A powerful militant dictatorial and cruel regime

The Identity of the 7 Beast Kingdoms

Now consider this line from the passage carefully:

“…five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while. (Rev 17:10)

Five have fallen.” This tells us that five beast kingdoms in John’s time had already come and gone. The Five were Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Media-Persia, and Greece. All of these kingdoms persecuted Israel and had fallen by John’s time.

One is…” This means that the sixth beast kingdom existed in John’s time, and that was Rome. Rome ruled cruelly over Israel and in AD 70 destroyed Jerusalem and the Jewish temple. Rome worshiped it’s Caesars, idols and various gods and tortured and fed Christians alive to lions while Roman citizens watched in glee. Roman soldiers crucified Christ on the cross and the Roman empire cruelly persecuted the Christian Church. Daniel 7:7 calls the Roman empire a “beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth.”

The other has not yet come…” This speaks of the Seventh Kingdom. Now here it gets real interesting. The mysterious coming beast kingdom had not yet arisen in John’s time. Has it come yet?

A Clue…

“…and when he comes, he must remain a little while.” (Rev 17:10)

The “he” refers to the king of the seventh beast kingdom. This is a clue as to the identity of the mysterious seventh kingdom. That kingdom won’t last hundreds or thousands of years. As kingdoms go, it will have a very short life. It will only be around “a little while.” Since this is the seventh and last beast kingdom, when it arises earth will be very close to the end of the age. Has this last kingdom arisen yet? Here are the clues..

The seventh kingdom will be a beast kingdom that comes after John’s time. Remember the 6th kingdom was the one that “now is,” which was Rome. So the 7th kingdom would be a kingdom after the fall of Rome. Since it is a beast kingdom, it will have the three trademarks of a beast kingdom, but being the 7th beast kingdom, it will have a fourth attribute. The 7th Kingdom would be a kingdom that…

1. Persecutes God’s People (Jews or Christians) with a strange supernatural hatred…

2. Characterized by false religion or philosophy with Caesar (dictator) worship at its core…

3. A powerful militant cruel dictatorial regime

4. A kingdom that has arisen for only a short while and then was gone. “…and when he comes, he must remain a little while.”  (Rev 17:10)

Have any kingdoms come since Rome that fit the criteria? Can you think of a regime that hated the Jews with unbelievable hatred? A regime, associated with a false religion, led by a fierce cruel deified dictator, whose reign lasted only a little while? Anything coming to mind?

You probably guessed it. The Nazi regime led by Adolf Hitler."

More at the link:  http://www.christiananswerman.com/hitler-will-rise-again/

Here is a youtube video on this: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUaMk4tk2y9h3UIojJB0Xm3Q&time_continue=15&v=kUV4W22usTE