Truth Matters 12 03 21: The Profile of the Antichrist

This is Truth Matters! Daily devotion with Dr. Cheryl Davis.

Truth Matters is a ministry of The Truth Project whose mission is to empower men and women in the Christian faith to teach biblical truth in the culture and the marketplace of ideas, using the Bible as a sacred trust of truth in sharing the message of Jesus. Learn more about the ministry of The Truth Project at www.projecttruthmatters.com. Today, our host discusses the profile of the Antichrist.

Here's Dr. Davis. So first we looked at the personality of the Antichrist. He'll be charismatic, he'll be clever, he'll be cruel, and he will be cultic. Let's look at the profile of the Antichrist.

Like we said last time in Revelation chapter 13, his wrath is a result of Satan empowering the Antichrist when he's thrown down to earth, when he comes to earth. But the Antichrist will rise to power in inconspicuousness. His rise to power will be inconspicuous, and what that means is that it will come up subtly.

It will not be obvious. Daniel 7 tells us that the Antichrist will gradually become more and more powerful. He will come out of obscurity, much like President Obama came out of obscurity. President Obama was unknown until his speech at the Democratic National Convention. Next thing you know, he's president four years later.

The little horn becomes the big horn and rises out of the sea. The Antichrist arises out of the fourth empire, Daniel Saul, that is Rome. The Roman empire was never fully extinct. The Antichrist is most likely a Gentile. So I want to read Revelation chapter 13 verse 5 and 7 again. And I know this is hard to understand, but know that Satan has access to the human race through the Antichrist. The Antichrist is never beyond the reach of God in anything that he does, however, God always has a leash on him, just like he has a leash on Satan.

So we talked about how his rise will be inconspicuous. His bearing is intimidating. The Antichrist will be extremely intimidating. Revelation 17 will tell us what this means, so we'll get to that later. But similar to all ancient kingdoms before him, he will be great and intimidating and terrible. The program of the Antichrist is mentioned in verses 3-4. Satan will use the death and resurrection of the Antichrist. The beast will be wounded, but then be healed and the whole world will worship him because they will think he is a deity because he was able to be raised from the dead. Imagine if JFK would have been brought back to life when he was assassinated.

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