Q1. Antichrist

[Moises Percu]

The vision was too strong. So, he lost all his strength and he got confused, without understand the meaning of the vision. Spiritual work requires so much on us because we have to exercise a part of us that people usually don’t care so much.

[haar]

Q1. (Daniel 11:36-45)

 

Q. What do we learn about the character of this Antichrist figure?

 

A. He is lawless, arrogant, wages war against the holy ones of God.

 

Q. What seems to be his prime motivations?

 

A. To deceive and lead the children of God to destruction.

 

Q. What does he have to do with the land of Israel?

 

A. Israel is the ultimate battle ground of the last day between the children of God and those of the antichrist.

[Clelie]

The anti christ of Revelation and of Apostle Paul will come to deceive mankind who has not believed  Christ and fight against God’s people  . His motivation is to take the place of God in the temple. The land of Israel  belongs to God where the battle will be fought , This is the land he is after because it belongs to God and His people. 

[Krissi]

I'm writing in 2024, a time of war in Israel as well as a war between Western powers and Russia taking place in the Ukraine. 

I have no idea who the antiChrist figure could be and do not think he/she is in power now. There are many people who are living today, however, who fit the profile of the antiChrist: most of them are in the West and include the top leaders of Israel. Power-hungry individuals exist in every country though they seem most active in the secular West. 

Secularity is a godless religion of self-worship and perversion. it seeks to coerce other religions, particularly Christianity, into submitting to it's values and edicts. Unfortunately, most Western leaders are secular -- the era of Western Christianity has passed -- and are actively persecuting Christians who live and speak their faith. For this reason, Christianity has grown exponentially in non-Western countries. I have read that there are more Catholic and Protestant Christians in China, now, than in the West; furthermore, there is a religious and moral ethos within Orthodox Russia -- two Western enemies. So, unless there is an awakening or revival in the West, I would predict that the antiChrist will come our of a formerly Christian country that have turned away from God in vehement wrath. Like a woman scorned, many Western leaders hate the church and God Himself.

Regarding Israel, as the war progresses in Israel, the reputation of that country sinks. It is quite possible to win battles and lose the real war, that should be fought for God Himself. Genocide is not God's plan.