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(2) The beast of the sea (commonly interpreted as the Antichrist) [2] [3] and (3) The beast of the earth (later revealed in the text to be the False Prophet). [4] However, many people have different beliefs about the meaning of these beasts. In Revelation 13:1–10, the beast of the sea rises "out of the sea" and is given authority and power by ...
The term Antichrist (including one plural form) [2] is found four times in the New Testament, solely in the First and Second Epistle of John. [2] Antichrist is announced as one "who denies the Father and the Son." [2] The similar term pseudokhristos or "false Christ" is also found in the Gospels. [3]
Nearly all commentators, both ancient and modern, identify the man of sin in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 as the Antichrist, even though they vary greatly in who they view the Antichrist to be. [4] The man of sin is variously identified with Caligula , [ 5 ] Nero , [ 6 ] [ 7 ] the papacy [ 8 ] and the end times Antichrist .
He identified the Antichrist with Paul's Man of Sin, Daniel's Little Horn, and John's Beast of Revelation 13. [30] He sought to apply other expressions to Antichrist, such as "the abomination of desolation," mentioned by Christ ( Matt. 24 :15) and the "king of a most fierce countenance," in Gabriel's explanation of the Little Horn of Daniel 8 .
All popes hold the same office over the church and promote the same antichristian belief so they all are part of the reign of the Antichrist. The Bible does not present the Antichrist as one man for one short time, but as an office held by a man through successive generations. It is a title like King of England. [57]
Beast slain A son of man ... the "Antichrist" of 1 John and ... The papacy that Protestants are now so ready to honor is the same that ruled the world in the days of ...
Then the world, under the leadership of Satan, anti-Christian government, and anti-Christian religion—the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet—is gathered against the Church for the final battle, and the need is greatest; when God's children, oppressed on every side, cry for help; then suddenly, Christ will appear on the clouds of glory ...
This judgment encompasses Christians who will be martyred for their faith in Christ during the Great Tribulation by not bowing down to the Antichrist and by not submitting to the global economic system that forces all people on the earth to receive the mark of the beast. Their deaths place them in good company of the righteous throughout the ages.