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"BEHOLD THE MAN!" or "HAIL CAESAR!"
TEXT: Ezek. 21:25-27
THESIS: To reveal the pictures of the Antichrist painted in the Scriptures.
INTRO:
A. The book of Daniel portrays 4 world Kingdoms and then presents the disintegration of the Roman Empire and the reign of the Caesars. Under Antichrist the Roman Empire will be revived and he will emerge as the Caesar.
💥We are living in the days when that Empire is being rebuilt in what is called the European Community or E.C. The words: "HAIL CAESAR!" may again be heard soon.
B. 👁🗨For 6000 years Satan has had opportunity to study fallen human nature and discover its weakest points. 👁🗨He knows full well how to dazzle men by the attraction of power and make them tremble at its terrors. 👁🗨He knows how to gratify the craving for knowledge (computers), 👁🗨entertain them (monies, VCR's, music, etc.). 👁🗨If he could transport the Savior from the wilderness to a mountain peak in a moment of time and present all the kingdoms of the world with all their glitz and glitter, 👁🗨he can surely allure and lure his victims today or tomorrow.
And he will!
💥The world will soon fall at his feet in the person of Antichrist and exclaim "BEHOLD THE MAN!" "HAIL CAESAR!"
TRANS.: Who is this Satanic counterfeit of the Christ, called the Antichrist?
💥The Scriptures present him as a man, but like Christ, more than a man. 💨He will be Satan's son and Christ was God's Son. 💨He will be a half-breed Jew like Judas and may in fact be Judas reincarnated. But 💨he will be much more; 💨he will be the new world ruler, the Caesar of the Revived Roman Empire... ANTICHRIST WILL BE...
I. AN INTELLECTUAL GENIUS:
Dan. 8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce cou-ntenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
Ezek. 28:3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
A. Surpassing Solomon:
1. The Hebrew word translated "dark sentences" in Dan. 8:23 is the same rendered "hard questions" where the Queen of Sheba came to Solomon to test his wisdom.
2. He will use all the technology of the computer age and beyond to all the occult secrets of the New Age.
BEHOLD THE MAN!
QUOTE: "The Antichrist", A.W. Pink: "His master mind will captivate the educated world. His marvelous store of knowledge, his acquaintance with the secrets of nature, his superhuman powers of perception , will stamp him as an Intellectual genious of the first magnitude." He will mimic the wisdom of Christ.
II. AN ORATORICAL GENIUS:
Dan. 7:20 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.
A. A Wizard of Words:
1. He will have a perfect command and flow of language, probably being fluent in many.
2. Here the Devil will imitate that One "who spake as never man spake."
3. As the people were astonished at Christ's doctrine (Mt. 7:28) and asked "Whence hath this man this wisdom?" (Mt. 13:54)
💥so will people be awed by Antichrist's oratory!
BEHOLD THE MAN!
III. A POLITICAL GENIUS:
Dan. 11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
A. The Last Great Caesar:
1. At first he is known as "the little horn" and the nations do not give him their cooperation, "but he shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries."
2. World powers will be united; conflicting forces will be unified; the Oriental and Occidental powers will come together. Rev. 13:1,2
3. So swayed by his hypnotic powers, the ten kings of the Roman Empire will "give their kingdoms unto him."
Rev. 17:17 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.
BEHOLD THE MAN!
NOTE: Here too he will mimic the Savior, who will be King of Kings and Who will assume worldwide political/Governmental power.
IV. A COMMERCIAL GENIUS:
Dan. 11:43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
Rev. 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Ezek. 28:4-5 4 With thy wisdom and with thine under-standing thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou in-creased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
A. Stock Market Superstar:
1. He will outshine Solomon in all his financial glory.
2. He will mimic the one who owns everything.
3. He will wield the scepter of financial power and control the World Bank.
ILLUS: Thru his mark on the hand or forehead he will produce the first real cashless society and control every purchase anyone makes. The technology is presently in place to accomplish this.
BEHOLD THE MAN!
V. A MILITARY GENIUS:
Dan. 8:24 And HIS POWER SHALL BE MIGHTY, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
Rev. 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and HE WENT FORTH CONQUERING, and to conquer.
Rev.13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who IS ABLE TO MAKE WAR WITH HIM?
A. Hitler II:
1. Ghengis Khan, Napoleon, Alexander the Great and Hitler will be forgotten in the light of his military achievements.
2. His military exploits will be universal; he is spoken of as the man who will "shake kingdoms" and "make the earth to tremble."
3. He will wage world war III and it will culminate in the Battle of Armageddon.
BEHOLD THE MAN!
NOTE: Here he will mimic our Savior Who is a Man of War. The Lord will not have to send in armies to destroy the Antichrist, but will destroy him with "the brightness of His coming"!
THESIS: To reveal the pictures of the Antichrist painted in the Scriptures.
INTRO:
A. The book of Daniel portrays 4 world Kingdoms and then presents the disintegration of the Roman Empire and the reign of the Caesars. Under Antichrist the Roman Empire will be revived and he will emerge as the Caesar.
💥We are living in the days when that Empire is being rebuilt in what is called the European Community or E.C. The words: "HAIL CAESAR!" may again be heard soon.
B. 👁🗨For 6000 years Satan has had opportunity to study fallen human nature and discover its weakest points. 👁🗨He knows full well how to dazzle men by the attraction of power and make them tremble at its terrors. 👁🗨He knows how to gratify the craving for knowledge (computers), 👁🗨entertain them (monies, VCR's, music, etc.). 👁🗨If he could transport the Savior from the wilderness to a mountain peak in a moment of time and present all the kingdoms of the world with all their glitz and glitter, 👁🗨he can surely allure and lure his victims today or tomorrow.
And he will!
💥The world will soon fall at his feet in the person of Antichrist and exclaim "BEHOLD THE MAN!" "HAIL CAESAR!"
TRANS.: Who is this Satanic counterfeit of the Christ, called the Antichrist?
💥The Scriptures present him as a man, but like Christ, more than a man. 💨He will be Satan's son and Christ was God's Son. 💨He will be a half-breed Jew like Judas and may in fact be Judas reincarnated. But 💨he will be much more; 💨he will be the new world ruler, the Caesar of the Revived Roman Empire... ANTICHRIST WILL BE...
I. AN INTELLECTUAL GENIUS:
Dan. 8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce cou-ntenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
Ezek. 28:3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
A. Surpassing Solomon:
1. The Hebrew word translated "dark sentences" in Dan. 8:23 is the same rendered "hard questions" where the Queen of Sheba came to Solomon to test his wisdom.
2. He will use all the technology of the computer age and beyond to all the occult secrets of the New Age.
BEHOLD THE MAN!
QUOTE: "The Antichrist", A.W. Pink: "His master mind will captivate the educated world. His marvelous store of knowledge, his acquaintance with the secrets of nature, his superhuman powers of perception , will stamp him as an Intellectual genious of the first magnitude." He will mimic the wisdom of Christ.
II. AN ORATORICAL GENIUS:
Dan. 7:20 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.
A. A Wizard of Words:
1. He will have a perfect command and flow of language, probably being fluent in many.
2. Here the Devil will imitate that One "who spake as never man spake."
3. As the people were astonished at Christ's doctrine (Mt. 7:28) and asked "Whence hath this man this wisdom?" (Mt. 13:54)
💥so will people be awed by Antichrist's oratory!
BEHOLD THE MAN!
III. A POLITICAL GENIUS:
Dan. 11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
A. The Last Great Caesar:
1. At first he is known as "the little horn" and the nations do not give him their cooperation, "but he shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries."
2. World powers will be united; conflicting forces will be unified; the Oriental and Occidental powers will come together. Rev. 13:1,2
3. So swayed by his hypnotic powers, the ten kings of the Roman Empire will "give their kingdoms unto him."
Rev. 17:17 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.
BEHOLD THE MAN!
NOTE: Here too he will mimic the Savior, who will be King of Kings and Who will assume worldwide political/Governmental power.
IV. A COMMERCIAL GENIUS:
Dan. 11:43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
Rev. 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Ezek. 28:4-5 4 With thy wisdom and with thine under-standing thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou in-creased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
A. Stock Market Superstar:
1. He will outshine Solomon in all his financial glory.
2. He will mimic the one who owns everything.
3. He will wield the scepter of financial power and control the World Bank.
ILLUS: Thru his mark on the hand or forehead he will produce the first real cashless society and control every purchase anyone makes. The technology is presently in place to accomplish this.
BEHOLD THE MAN!
V. A MILITARY GENIUS:
Dan. 8:24 And HIS POWER SHALL BE MIGHTY, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
Rev. 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and HE WENT FORTH CONQUERING, and to conquer.
Rev.13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who IS ABLE TO MAKE WAR WITH HIM?
A. Hitler II:
1. Ghengis Khan, Napoleon, Alexander the Great and Hitler will be forgotten in the light of his military achievements.
2. His military exploits will be universal; he is spoken of as the man who will "shake kingdoms" and "make the earth to tremble."
3. He will wage world war III and it will culminate in the Battle of Armageddon.
BEHOLD THE MAN!
NOTE: Here he will mimic our Savior Who is a Man of War. The Lord will not have to send in armies to destroy the Antichrist, but will destroy him with "the brightness of His coming"!
Ex. 15:3 The LORD is a man of war:
the LORD is his name.
A. W. PINK - THE ANTICHRIST
Antichrist
Big Tech has cancelled people and organizations deemed as dangerous or not sufficiently “woke.”
What The Bible Says
So what does the Bible say about all of this? The Bible says a time is coming when a global dictator will rule the world (Revelation 13:7). He will succeed in everything he does (Daniel 8:24). His power will be so great no one will be able to oppose him (Revelation 13:4). His control over the earth will be so complete, he’ll regulate the purchase and sale of everything (Revelation 13:17). For most of human history, this was impossible. As this is written, it’s probably still impossible. But that window of impossibility is closing fast. As technology continues to advance, every aspect of human life becomes reliant on and intertwined with digital payments and the Internet. If access to those utilities is cut off, an individual’s ability to participate in modern day society is also cut off.
This sets the stage for the Antichrist to control all buy/sell transactions on the planet (Revelation 13:17) and to determine at his whim who can or cannot participate in modern society. This is precisely the type of power Big Tech firms are consolidating today. The Surgeon General claims this is bad because “Modern technology companies have enabled misinformation to poison our information environment with little accountability to their users.” He’s wrong. What Big Tech is doing is enabling governments to limit, censor, and trample the rights and liberties of their citizens with little accountability to the ones they aim to rule. This is the road to dictatorship, and I have no doubt Big Tech will be a willing participant in the establishment of the ultimate dictatorship – the Antichrist’s global police state.
All this is yet another indication of the times in which we live. Jesus said when you see all these events take place, look up (Luke 21:28). So use what little time is left to spread the Gospel, because Jesus is coming soon!
So what does the Bible say about all of this? The Bible says a time is coming when a global dictator will rule the world (Revelation 13:7). He will succeed in everything he does (Daniel 8:24). His power will be so great no one will be able to oppose him (Revelation 13:4). His control over the earth will be so complete, he’ll regulate the purchase and sale of everything (Revelation 13:17). For most of human history, this was impossible. As this is written, it’s probably still impossible. But that window of impossibility is closing fast. As technology continues to advance, every aspect of human life becomes reliant on and intertwined with digital payments and the Internet. If access to those utilities is cut off, an individual’s ability to participate in modern day society is also cut off.
This sets the stage for the Antichrist to control all buy/sell transactions on the planet (Revelation 13:17) and to determine at his whim who can or cannot participate in modern society. This is precisely the type of power Big Tech firms are consolidating today. The Surgeon General claims this is bad because “Modern technology companies have enabled misinformation to poison our information environment with little accountability to their users.” He’s wrong. What Big Tech is doing is enabling governments to limit, censor, and trample the rights and liberties of their citizens with little accountability to the ones they aim to rule. This is the road to dictatorship, and I have no doubt Big Tech will be a willing participant in the establishment of the ultimate dictatorship – the Antichrist’s global police state.
All this is yet another indication of the times in which we live. Jesus said when you see all these events take place, look up (Luke 21:28). So use what little time is left to spread the Gospel, because Jesus is coming soon!
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