The Rise of the Antichrist

Revelation 13:1-10; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12

45% Americans believe in the Antichrist 20% Americans believe he is alive today

Over 20 different names in Scripture

• the little horn (Dan 7:8)

• the prince (ruler) who is to come (Dan 9:26)

• the lawless one or man of sin (2 Thess 2:3–8)

• the antichrist (1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 7)

(see below)

Anti – opposed to or in the place of

You will receive Jesus Christ or you will choose the Antichrist

The Rise of the Antichrist

1. Ancestry (13:1)
2. Authority (13:2)
3. Fame (13:3)
4. Worship (13:4)
5. Blasphemy (13:5-6)
6. Slaughter (13:7)
7. Admirers & Adversaries (13:8-10)

The End of the Antichrist

Revelation 19:20; 20:10

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1. He is “the god of this world” who blinds men’s minds (2 Co. 4:4).
2. He is “the prince of this world” (Jn. 12:31; 14:20; 16:11) and “the prince of the power of the air” (Ep. 2:2; 6:12).
3. He is Satan, which means the adversary (1 Chr. 21:1; Jb. 1:6; 2:1–6; Zec. 3:1; Mt. 4:10; Mk. 1:13; Lu. 4:8; Jn. 13:27; Ac. 5:3; 26:18; Ro. 16:20).
4. He is the devil, which means the slanderer (Mt. 4:1, 5, 8, 11; Lu. 4:2–6, 13; 1 Pe. 5:8; Re. 20:2).
5. He is the deceiver of the whole world (2 Co. 11:3; Re. 12:9).
6. He is the tempter (Mt. 4:3; 1 Th. 3:5).
7. He is the evil one (Mt. 6:13; 13:19, 38).
8. He is the father of lies (Jn. 8:44).
9. He is the accuser of the brethren (Re. 12:10).
10. He is a murderer (Jn. 8:44).
11. He is called Beelzebub (Mt. 12:24; Mk. 3:22; Lu. 11:15).
12. He is called Belial (2 Co. 6:15).
13. He is called Abaddon (Re. 9:11).
14. He is called the angel of the bottomless pit (Re. 9:11).
15. He is called Apollyon (Re. 9:11).
16. He is called the enemy (Mt. 13:39).
17. He is called the gates of hell (Mt. 16:18).
18. He is called the great red dragon (Re. 12:3).
19. He is called a lying spirit (1 K. 22:22).
20. He is called that old serpent (Re. 12:9; 20:2; see Ge. 3:4, 14; 2 Co. 11:3).
21. He is called the power of darkness (Col. 1:13).
22. He is called the prince of devils (Mt. 12:24).
23. He is called the ruler of the darkness of this world (Ep. 6:12).
24. He is called the spirit that works in the children of disobedience (Ep. 2:2).
25. He is called the unclean spirit (Mt. 12:43).
26. He is called the wicked one (Mt. 13:19, 38).