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Rise of the AntiChrist...
Could the rise of the Antichrist and a global tribulation be imminent, reshaping our world in catastrophic ways? Join me, JJ, as we scrutinize the dire predictions of end-time prophecies, discussing the chilling potential for a human toll that could reach billions. We don't just throw numbers around; we explore the roles of pivotal figures like the Antichrist and the false prophet, dissecting their influence on the world's political, religious, and economic systems. As we unravel these prophetic threads, I underscore the critical importance of discernment, especially when the truth is obscured by a smokescreen of deception.
The episode takes a darker turn as we consider Satan's undying ambition to dethrone God, despite his inevitable defeat. With references from Isaiah 14, we get a clear picture of his futile strategy and how he uses the Antichrist and the false prophet as pawns in his cosmic game. Furthermore, we delve into the biblical prophecies of 2 Thessalonians and Revelation 13, discussing the mark of the beast and its harrowing implications for commerce and survival. This isn't just about prophecy; it's an urgent call to comprehend the gravity of our choices in these critical times, reminding us that when crises arise, the truth becomes our most invaluable resource.
Hello everybody and welcome to today's episode of Walk With Me. I'm your host, jj. It's so good to have each and every one of you here. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you so much for taking a moment of your day to listen to this podcast. Thank you so much for referring other people, bringing them in and spreading the word. You know liking and sharing the post. Thank you so very much. You don't really have to do this, but you're doing it and I thank you. I know because you know the listeners. He tells us how many people who are listening and how many times it's downloaded, and that number's going up and it can't be because of me. So thank you each and every one of you. Thank God for each and every one of you, of all of you.
Speaker 1:We are going to jump right into the podcast today, which is our subject matter, because we have a lot to cover. As you know, we only have a limited amount of time. Thank you so much for our sponsors Exquisite Creations and Two Bars of Lyricism. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. We're going to go right into it now.
Speaker 1:We were talking about the end time prophecies because you know, a lot of people are always concerned about the end time prophecies, but I was doing the math after last week's episode, and the math came out to a staggering number. Now, what was the math I was doing? On today's population and based on the percentages that the Bible used, if the tribulation were to start today, how many people would die between now and the next seven years and we're not talking about, you know, natural deaths or anything like that as a direct result of the tribulation? How many people would die? And so the number was staggering. It literally came out to be close to 375 million people would die in the first three years. By the time everything's done, it would be close to 3 billion people, a little bit more. A little bit more. I would say close to 3.8 billion people would die, which is more than half the population. I was thinking it was a one in four chance, but it's going to be somewhere around 3.8 billion, 3.9 billion if the tribulation were to start today, which we hope is not, because we want as many people as we can to not have to go through this.
Speaker 1:With that being said, we're going to start going now into some details about things that are going to happen. We just kind of skimmed the surface. We want to go into some details of what are going to happen. We just kind of skimmed the surface. We want to go into some details of what's going to happen. A lot of people are still asking questions well, what about this and what about that? So today we're going to talk about we're only going to talk about the reign of the Antichrist.
Speaker 1:Everybody's so concerned about the Antichrist and it's good to be concerned Me personally, and I kind of hope for the believers that we get called out of here before all of this happens. The reason that I'm thinking this may happen is because of how everything will be played out. We're going to go through that Again. If you have any questions or comments or anything like that, or if you just want to send a shout out, you can go ahead and email us at walkwithmebiblestudy at gmailcom. Walkwithmebiblestudy at gmailcom. If you do not want your name used when questions are answered, do not put your name in the subject line. But if you don't mind me using, go ahead and put your name in the subject line or whatever code word or something, so that you know I'm directly answering your question, all right?
Speaker 1:That being said, we're going to talk about the reign of the Antichrist. Now, who is the Antichrist? Everybody wants to know, but we know who the Antichrist is. We just don't know the name of the Antichrist at this moment. And this is how you play words. We know that there's going to be a political leader. There has to be a political leader and we will be referring to him as the enterprise, because he's going to come forth, he's going to show up and he's going to dominate world politics during the tribulations. As a matter of fact, some people believe he's going to actually kick off the tribulation, but I believe it's going to come as a result of the rapture and the confusion that's going to happen after that. Okay, now he will also have the help of a false prophet. Now, the reason why that is is because a lot of people are not going to make the rapture. Who's going to know that it was the rapture? But if you have a quote-unquote religious leader to say, no, that wasn't the rapture, because, look, we're still here, then it sort of it will take the air out of the sails of people who knew that it was the rapture. It'll take the air out, and I've seen how political commentary can be used to create a narrative and sort of guide people away from the truth.
Speaker 1:We've watched this over the last few years. These two individuals, the Antichrist and the false prophet, are going to create a world system. They're going to be under one central government. They're going to be in a world system. They're going to be under one central government. They're going to develop political and religious and economic areas of life. They're going to actually control three major aspects of your religious life, your political life, your economic life. That's what they're going to have to do. Because that's what they're going to have to do, because that's what their job is.
Speaker 1:Now, in 2 Thessalonians. You don't have to always go to Revelation to find out stuff about prophecy. As a matter of fact, there's prophecy all over the Bible. Here we're going to talk about 2 Thessalonians. They describe who the Antichrist is, or describe what he will do, and they call him the man of sin, the son of perdition. And how does it describe the Antichrist?
Speaker 1:It teaches six things. One he's going to oppose God. He's going to oppose God but everything anyone thought they knew about God. He's going to contradict God. Well, you know and I'm just throwing stuff out there hey, you know what. You don't have to worry about sin. All you have to do is say whatever, or you know they're going to come up with wonderful theories and wonderful things that sound really great but deep in the material of what they're speaking of is going to actually oppose God's word.
Speaker 1:And you see a lot of it. You see a lot of where people are talking and you know that what they're saying sounds really nice and really palatable, but they're lying. We see it a lot, especially in politics. We say politicians are the biggest liars, next to lawyers, and then we realize that most politicians are lawyers. Right, but the next thing this Antichrist is going to do, he is going to exalt himself above God. He's going to actually say he's bigger and stronger and more powerful than God.
Speaker 1:And there are certain things that are going to help create that narrative. As a matter of fact, he's going to go and sit in the temple and claim himself to be God, and it's the false prophet that's going to facilitate that narrative. The only problem is Jesus is going to destroy him at Armageddon, but before all of that happens, satan's gonna empower him. He's gonna uh, you know help him out with signs and wonders and get to deceive people. And people gonna say but did you see that miracle? He can't be the antichrist, he can't be just a guy. He did miracles like just like jesus did, and that's going to be a huge problem. This is why the church has to be out of the way, because it's going to be a. If there is no opposing voice to this, more people will be deceived easier.
Speaker 1:So you get that out of the way and it's easy for this, this sort of system, to take over in a vacuum. We see it in countries when we're talking about political power, for instance, we see countries like Haiti and when their government is gone, there's a power vacuum and then people flood in and things happen because of the power vacuum. We've seen it in the Middle East. We've seen it in the Middle East. We've seen it in a lot of places that have a lot of turmoil. Once the power vacuum is gone, once the authority is gone, things happen and things that you would never think would be the normal becomes the normal, and this will help the Antichrist to see people who don't have faith and don't love the truth. Now keep in mind what I just said they don't love the truth, which means these are also people who may have missed the rapture and I and we can talk more about that, and I know some of you guys are going to send me questions about it, and that's fine. We're going to talk about it not today, we won't be able to get to it today, but there will be people who are going to miss the rapture for no other reason than not loving the truth of the Bible, the complete truth.
Speaker 1:Let's talk about 2 Thessalonians 2, verse 3 to 10. Now, generally I only read one or two verses and I say, hey, listen, guys, always read verse 2 above and verse 2 below, preferably the whole chapter, because context is key In this incident. You definitely want to read the whole chapter because context is key In this incident. You definitely want to read the whole chapter. But let's start with verse three.
Speaker 1:Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day shall not come except there come a falling away first and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalteth himself above all that is called god or that is worship. Now we're talking about where he's going to exalt himself above living right. He's going to exalt himself above holiness. He's going to exalt himself above the differences between right and wrong. He may even come out and say there is no such thing as right and wrong, it's just whatever you think is good. He's going to turn everything on its head and he's going to appoint himself, or be appointed, as the authority. And anybody who's still on the planet is going to think that he appointed himself. But he did not.
Speaker 1:And verse 5 remember you not? When I was yet with you, I told you these things, and now you know what was told that he might be revealed in his time. And what Paul is saying here is there's something that's keeping the enterprise from being revealed, and this is why I believe that thing that is keeping the enterprise from being revealed, and this is why I believe that that thing that is keeping the enterprise from being revealed is the presence of the Holy Ghost. Built church, for the mystery of iniquity does already work. Only he who now let it will let until he be taken out of the way, until he be taken out of the way. When the church is taken out of the way, until he be taken out of the way.
Speaker 1:When the church is taken out of the way, this thing is going to happen, and then that the wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. That coming is going to be the day of Armageddon, verse 9. Even him whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all powers and signs and lying wonders Verse 10. And with all deceitfulness and unrighteousness in them that perish because they receive not the love of the truth that they might be saved, one of the things that we have to understand as people who are trying to make it to heaven, people who are tempted of this life, things like that, people who are tempted and deceived, all of these things. Anytime we deal with the devil, we have to keep one thing in our minds, one footprint of our minds, all the time this devil that we have to keep one thing in our minds, all the time, this devil that we have to deal with this Satan, this Lucifer, whatever you want to call him.
Speaker 1:This fallen angel has the same desires now as he had when he was in heaven. Now, what was that desire? He had the desire to be God, and when he found out he could not be god, things went horribly awry. Isaiah 14, and they shall speak. The state of the earth now become weak. The pump is brought down to the noise of thy fire, the worm is spread under thee, the worm is covered in thee, and thou art fallen from heaven. O listen, for some of the morning. Thou art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations, for thou hadst said in thy heart I will ascend into heaven and I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. Wait what?
Speaker 1:This devil still has, that same desire, after being kicked out of heaven, to get back into heaven and take it over. Now he knows he lost when Gabriel and Michael teamed up against him and he was cast out. But in his mind, his plan is to have as many souls as he can. I don't know Now. The author is speaking here. Jj, the author is speaking here. Maybe his plan is to have as many souls to try to combat the angels that are up there. I mean, it's a losing plan. It doesn't make any sense. So if you know that angels are stronger than man, but his goal is still to try to get as many more souls worshipping him than God, because he feels that if he has more souls worshipping him and God has angels, he somehow wins.
Speaker 1:Now this is out of the book of JJ. You won't find scripture to back that up, so don't look for it. This is out of the book of JJ. But remember now this is the devil still speaking In Isaiah, chapter 14. For thou hast said in thy heart I will ascend into heaven. Wait a minute. He was ascending into heaven with me. He's already kicked out. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will also sit upon the mount of the congregation the size of the door. This is this. Is someone saying the devil saying that, hey, I was kicked out, but I'm gonna win? He's still thinking he's going to win.
Speaker 1:This is why he came. He personally came to tempt jesus because he knew that Jesus was in the flesh and he figured that this God that was in the flesh now there's no, that was and flesh was easily tempted by Satan. He figured he had God at his weakest point and if he could just get God to worship him, he would have won. This is why he didn't send a demon, he didn't send a low-lying devil. He came directly himself.
Speaker 1:Yet in verse 15, yet thou shalt be brought down to hell to the size of the pit, and they that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee and consider thee, saying Is this the man that made earth tremble and did shake kingdom? When we become glorified, when we're in heaven, when we see all this happen devil cast into the pit we're going to be like. This is the guy that caused so much trouble. This is the guy that caused wars. This is the guy that caused famine. This is the guy that caused all the trouble I went through in my life. This is the guy that caused me to, to gave me the idea to make all the bad decisions that I made. This is the guy. This, this little worm right here. But this is gonna happen. But this is the point that he was making here is that devil will be defeated, but until he's defeated, he's going to use the end of Christ and the false prophet in order to try to sway as many people to his side as he can.
Speaker 1:Now the issue that we have and a lot of people don't realize it and a lot of people will deny it, but the Bible says that if you don't love the truth, that God will allow you. As a matter of fact, he will help you believe a lot. 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2, 11-12. For this cause, god shall send them strong delusions that they should believe a lot as well, that they might be them who believe not the truth but have pleasure in unrighteousness. God ain't going to make you go to heaven. If you don't love the truth, that's it. That's your problem. I mean, god's going to allow you an opportunity to figure out or, you know, get the information. Hey, you know what? This is the truth, this is the whole truth. I do have to do these things and I have to believe these things and I have to behave this way and I have to live this way in order to make it to heaven. But if I look at something that's in the Bible and say in the Bible and say I don't have to do all that, what grandma told me, what granddad told me, that's not what your job is, you're going to be in a whole world of hurt because now you believe in a lie and you're okay with believing that lie, and God's going to say, okay, fine, you want to follow that solution, go right ahead.
Speaker 1:Revelation 13 describes the end of crisis of beasts rising up out of the sea In Revelation 13 and 2,. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard and his feet were as the feet of a bear and his mouth was as that of a lion. The dragon gave him his power. Now, wait a minute. The dragon gave him his tower. Now wait a minute. The dragon gave this beast his house and his seat and great authority, and that one authority is going to be what we call the one world system, one world government. Now some people will refer to it and you will hear a lot of people who talk about property, who talk about a revival of a big empire like a Roman Empire, and the reason why they think this way is because of how the Roman government also was intertwined with the Roman Catholic Church and how they literally ran hand in hand for a long time. That one world system will be that way.
Speaker 1:Now Revelation 13 and 3 says and I saw one of his answers were wounded to death and his deadly wounds healed and all the world wondered after the beast. And that will actually cause people to start worshiping the beast, because what they're going to see is the miracle and not the sin behind the miracle revelation 13 and 4 and they worship the dragon, which gave power to the beast, because they're going to see the miracle and they're going to worship the beast and then someone's going to say, wait a minute, it was this dragon that did it. But do we think there's actually going to be a dragon that's doing it? I don't know. Somebody sent me a question a couple weeks ago and that's what started all this when we started talking about prophecy. Prophecy Will there actually be a dragon? We don't know.
Speaker 1:The word dragon May be a metaphorical term, just like the Term beast might be a metaphorical Metaphorical term. I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure that if I saw a griffin Come out of the ocean With parts of a bear and parts of a lion, I would not be worshiping that thing. But there may be a lot of metaphors here as far as how the world system is going to work with this individual. So we have to be very careful. We're already running out of time here and we have barely touched the surface of who the Antichrist really will be.
Speaker 1:But this Antichrist is going to be kind of presenting himself as the strongest parts of many beasts. This looks like we have the leopard and his feet are going to be the feet of the bear, which if you've ever really studied animals and things like that, you know the foot of a bear is what it kills with, not necessarily its jaws, but it kills with its hands and the mouth of the lion. The lion kills with its mouth and the dragon will give this beast power, so it's going to have the ability to control and to kill. This person will have that ability and the dragon is going to give him that authority. And then the dragon, which we call the devil, is going to set it up so that the people who are still around are going to fall for the lie. Remember, if you had not a love for the truth, the truth would have taken you out of here. But if you didn't have the love for the truth, then now you are easily deceived so that you believe a lie and that lie is going to cost you dearly. That lie is going to cost you your soul. That lie is going to cost you your peace. That lie is going to cost you your life.
Speaker 1:There was one scripture that Jesus said wo be to those who have children in those days. I mean, just think about it. We talk about the mark of the beast a lot. Now the mark of the beast can't be revealed until the beast is revealed, because it wouldn't make any sense. The Antichrist will be revealed and then the mark of the Antichrist will be there. Now just think about it. You're not able to buy and sell. We're going to talk more about this now, but I want you to think about this for next week. Let's just say this mark of the beast. It says you can't buy or sell anything. Now, will that be a government mandate? Will there be a group of people who can set up an underground system? I don't know, but the way Jesus spoke of it, he's going to force a lot of people all to take his mark. He's going to force them to take his mark and we'll be the children of those days. Because, even if you think it, if you are going to resist this Mark of the beast, and you're hungry and your wife is hungry, and then you look at the kids and your kids are hungry, and now you take the mark of the beast to feed the kids, or you take the mark of the beast to feed the kids, or you take the mark of the beast to save the life of the wife or for the soul. There will be many ways, many reasons where people who are left behind after the rapture will be forced to take the mark and even in their some people may even do it in their heart, thinking well, you know what? I still love God, I will take the mark. That's all the time we've got today.
Speaker 1:I hate to be a bunch of bad notes, but we're going to talk more about this. There's a lot to dig into when we're talking about scratching the surface on here. I didn't mention a lot to dig into. We're talking about we're just scratching the surface on here. I didn't mention A lot Because this thing is coming, this situation is coming, and I say all this and we're talking about this.
Speaker 1:Please understand it's not about scaring you by straight, because this ain't A lot of scared straight programs. If you've ever watched that show I've watched some of the good ones it's temporary. You know 9 times out of 10 the kids. They're straight for a little while and they go back. This is not about scaring your faith. This is about knowing what's coming and to get into the ark before the ark is sealed. Get into the ark before the ark is sealed. And I had to admonish everyone because I had to admonish myself. It was a huge revelation to me that Jesus talked about how. It was a huge revelation to me that Jesus talked about how it was going to be like it was in the days of Noah. But remember, forget about that movie. That movie is terribly inaccurate. When Noah went into the ark, god shut the door for seven days before the first raindrop fell. So there was a period of time when Noah sat in that ark and nothing happened. We'll talk more about that at a future time.
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