THE ANTICHRIST'S GREAT PERSONALITY AND GENIUS

THE ANTICHRIST'S GREAT PERSONALITY AND GENIUS

In these respects he will be the most remarkable figure the world has ever seen (save One). What about the great saints. They are in a different sphere. The Saints fall in the sphere of holiness; the man of sin in the sphere of spectacular.

•  The antichrist will be different from all other men:

Rev. 13:4 "Who is like unto the beast?"

Dan. 7:24 with 7, 19, 23 "Diverse" - Just as the Roman Empire was different from all other kingdoms, so this king will differ from all who precede him.

•  The antichrist has High intelligence

Rev. 13:18 Number is 666; cf. with verse 2. "And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."
"And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority."
Eyes symbols of intelligence.
Dan. 7:8  "Eyes" This horn had eyes, therefore more intelligent than other horns.
Ezek. 1:18 "As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four."
Rev. 4:6 "And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind."

• The antichrist is a great orator. "Mouth speaking great things."

Dan. 7:8 with Rev. 13:5  "I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things."

"And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months."

 

• The antichrist is a philosopher of note. "Understanding dark sentences"

Dan. 8:23 "And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up."

Cf. 2 Chron. 9:1 "hard questions" "And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart."

2 Thess. 2:3-4 Opposeth and Exalteth--Falling away "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 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, showing himself that he is God."

 

• Revelation of the Man of Sin

1 Tim. 4:1 "Doctrine of Demons" "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;"

 The antichrist will be a crafty politician. "Through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand."

Rev. 17:12-13, 17 "And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast."

"For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled."

Dan. 8:25 R.V. marg. "By prosperity he shall corrupt many."

•  The antichrist will have a strong physical appearance

2 Thess. 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, showing himself that he is God."

cf. Rev. 13:3; 17:8 "And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast."

"The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is."

Dan. 8:23 "Fierce" (Heb.-strong) Countenance. "And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up."

Cf. Dan. 7:20 "stouter than his fellows." "And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows."

•  The antichrist will have military genius

Rev. 13:4 "Who is able to make war with him."

 The antichrist will be a wonder of the world.

"The world wondered after the Beast." Rev. 13:3-4

 

Conclusion: Yet beneath this glittering exterior, he is a "Beast" - Rev. 13:1

Word "Beast" (qhrion therion thay-ree'-on) means wild beast.