When the Antichrist emerges on the scene
Many antichrists have and are already emerging on the Christian scene. Like small businesses being started and failing on a daily basis.
Just before the Lord's return, there will be one more last world-wide antichrist Christian cult leader. Many Christians and even unbelieving Jews will believe he is Christ come again from the dead in the flesh.
he will make a peace treaty between many nations and Israel and become the leader of the anti-Christian Woke Progressive movement throughout the world.
Woke is not real. An antichrist is. He'll be like the first one that preached legalist Judaism to Christians. That's why he'll win over many zealot Jews. And yes, it will be a world-wide organization of Christian-Jewish churches, with secular power given them by converting national and regional leaders. The tribulation for honest saints at that time will include persecution for not being proselytized to the faith of the beast.
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. (Rev 14)
When this occurs every cult member and disingenuous believer, except those who will genuinely believe in Jesus during the time of the Antichrist, will cease to even mention the Bible in fear of being arrested and fulfill the falling away described in Matt.24.
Your characterization is correct; however, all antichrists and heretics quote the Bible in order to corrupt God's word and proselytize the unfaithful and/or ignorant believers.
As also in all
his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as
they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Unbelievers that reject the Bible as God's written word are not a threat to believers. Only the false prophets and teachers and apostles are a threat to the body of Christ.
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. (2 Peter 2)
They don't deny Jesus is the Christ, but deny Him His proper Headship over His own body of believers.
This idea is formed when we take into consideration that Dan 9 tells us the Antichrist makes a peace treaty at the beginning of the week and breaks it in the middle of the week when he and the False Prophet set up the abomination of desolation in Jerusalem.
True. The beast's organizational HQ will be in Jerusalem. He will rise up a leading star in Christian-Jewish religion, and then show himself as God Himself, without any more pretence of ministering to build of the churches of God, but rather to own them for His own power and godhead.
It's how all cult leading antichrist's rise up in their own power. First by deceiving with twisting of Scripture, and then by making his own word to be Scripture to the proselytized followers.
Once the church and body of Jesus Christ is taken out of the way in the rapture, then there'll be no holds barred for keeping up appearances any longer. At the end of every cult lifetime, the leader makes it plain exactly what he is, and only the most deluded faithful follow him to the grave.
Sort of like Jim Jones, but the last antichrist doesn't have any death wish. Not for himself anyway. The Lord will have to toss him into the LOF to get rid of him and his second in command mouthpiece.
it occurs at a point in time when we Christians will be hated by all,
Faithful Christian saints will be hated by all Christian proselytes of the beast. All cult groups look outward at the whole world is deserving hatred, especially others daring to call themselves Christian.
It's sort of like OSAS Christians that begin spewing hatred and false accusation against any Christian saint preaching righteousness, and not just grace by faith alone.
The false prophets will most likely be the academics among the disingenuous Christians and cults, who will twist the scriptures in order to justify realigning their mores with the Woke Progressive anti-Christian mores.
I would rather say with the saved by grace while still sinning mores, combined with a legalism of self-righteous mores.
SOrt of like OSAS keeping sabbaths by law.
It's not that they are against the Bible, but only against taking God at His word, and not listening to the words of others.
And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. (John 10)
Scripture is the only written voice heard by them that Love Jesus from the heart, to obey Him in spirit and body.
This idea is supported by the fact that Dan. 7:25 tell us the Antichrist and the False Prophet will alter times and law.
Exactly. Antichrist heretics altar Scripture to fit their own leadership time and rule over the congregation of followers.
The False Prophet will most likely perform the Satanic signs described in Rev.13:13-15 in order to deceive his followers into thinking the Antichrist is the one the prophets in the Bible foretold would come.
The only thing Satanic about a Christian antichrist is destroying the faith of Jesus among those professing His name. They do so the same as Satan did in the garden, by corrupting the word and commandment of the Lord.
For such
are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
All antichrists are false prophets departing from the doctrine of God in Scripture, to establish their own rule and body of believers.
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (1 John 4)
Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. (1 John 2)
No false apostle of another gospel wrested from Scripture comes out openly as an unbelieving Satan worshipper of other gods and religions. They simply corrupt the body from within the heart and mind, to begin acting like one in worshipping and holding to another head and christ, than Jesus.
False christs deny the true Head of the body, by turning His word and gospel into that of another man.
