WHO IS THE ANTICHRIST? THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE IS THE SON OF PERDITION. THE WORD "PERDITION" MEANS DESTRUCTION. THEREFORE I BELIEVE THAT HE WILL BE THE SON OF SATAN. THE ANTICHRIST IS REFEREED TO AS A BEAST, FOR HE SHALL BE BRUTAL, CRUEL, COLD BLOODED.

2Thes:2:2: That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

2Thes:2:3: Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

THERE IS BOTH THE MAN CALLED THE ANTICHRIST, AND THE SYSTEM CALLED THE ANTICHRIST. THE SYSTEM IS WITH US TODAY. EVERY SPIRIT THAT CONFESSES NOT THAT JESUS IS COME IN THE FLESH IS ANTICHRIST.

1Jn:4:2: Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

1Jn:4:3: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

SAINTS OF GOD, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO MEDITATE ON THIS QUESTION. SHALL THE LORD JESUS CHRIST RETURN FOR HIS BRIDE, THE CHURCH, BEFORE THE ANTICHRIST MAKES HIS APPEARANCE, OR SHALL THE ANTICHRIST APPEAR BEFORE CHRIST RETURNS? THE ANTICHRIST SHALL SURELY MAKE HIS APPEARANCE BEFORE JESUS CHRIST RETURNS. THE APOSTLE PAUL WAS INSPIRED OF GOD TO RECORD THESE WORDS,

2Thes:2:1: Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

2Thes:2:2: That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

2Thes:2:3: Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

2Thes:2:4: Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

2Thes:2:5: Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

SAINTS OF GOD THE ANTICHRIST SHALL MAKE HIS APPEARANCE BEFORE THE LORD RETURNS. JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, SHALL RETURN FOR HIS BRIDE THE CHURCH; AND HIS COMING SHALL BE AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT FOR THE CHILDREN OF SATAN. BUT JESUS SHALL NOT RETURN AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT FOR THE CHILDREN OF GOD. WE, THE SAINTS OF GOD, DO NOT KNOW THE DAY OR THE HOUR, BUT WE KNOW VERY CLOSE TO THE DAY.

1Thes:5:1: But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

1Thes:5:2: For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

1Thes:5:3: For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

1Thes:5:4: But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

1Thes:5:5: Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness

JESUS CHRIST SHALL KILL THE ANTICHRIST FORTY TWO MONTHS AFTER THE ANTICHRIST BEGINS TO REIGN. JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, SHALL KILL THE ANTICHRIST WITH THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING, AND WITH THE SPIRIT FROM HIS MOUTH.

2Thes:2:6: And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

2Thes:2:7: For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

2Thes:2:8: And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

2Thes:2:9: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

2Thes:2:10: And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

2Thes:2:11: And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

2Thes:2:12: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

COME INTO THIS KNOWLEDGE SAINTS OF GOD, THE ANTICHRIST SHALL REIGN FORTY TWO MONTHS BEFORE JESUS RETURNS. THEREFORE IF YOU WILL MARK THE DATE THAT THE ANTICHRIST BEGINS TO REIGN, AND COUNT FORTY TWO MONTHS FROM THAT DATE, YOU SHOULD BE VERY CLOSE TO THE DAY THAT JESUS RETURNS.

Rv: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?

Rv:13:5: And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

WHY SHOULD THE FALSE PROPHETS WANT YOU TO BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST SHALL RAPTURE THE CHURCH BEFORE THE ANTICHRIST APPEARS? IT IS THE FALSE PROPHET THAT SHALL LEAD THE PEOPLE TO TAKE THE MARK OF THE BEAST.

Re 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

FOR A PERSON TO GO THROUGH FORTY TWO MONTHS OF FAMINE THEY MUST MAKE PREPARATIONS. WHEN JOSEPH KNEW THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE IN EGYPT, THE BIBLE RECORDS THAT JOSEPH LAID UP CORN AS THE SAND OF THE SEA.

Gn:41:46: And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

Gn:41:47: And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

Gn:41:48: And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.

Gn:41:49: And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

SAINTS OF GOD, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR A MAN TO GET SO HUNGRY THAT HE WOULD SALE ALL THAT HE HAS, OR EVER WILL HAVE, FOR A BOWL OF SOUP? ESAU SOLD HIS INHERITANCE FOR A BOWL OF POTTAGE.

Gn:25:29: And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:

Gn:25:30: And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

Gn:25:31: And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

Gn:25:32: And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

Gn:25:33: And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

Gn:25:34: Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

CHILDREN OF LIGHT, YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN, THERE ROSE UP A RULER IN GERMANY THAT I BELIEVE BEWITCHED THE PEOPLE OF GERMANY. AND, CAUSED THE PEOPLE OF GERMANY TO MAKE WAR AGAINST THE JEWISH PEOPLE. BEFORE THE KILLING BEGIN, AS BEST I KNOW, FOR I WAS NOT THERE, THERE WAS A LAW PASSED THAT THE JEWS COULD NOT BUY OR SELL. THE JEWS WERE DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES, AND PLACED IN HOLDING PENS CALLED GHETTOS. THEN THE SLAUGHTERING BEGIN. FROM THE GHETTOS THE JEWISH PEOPLE WERE SENT TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS TO BE SLAUGHTERED. THE GERMAN PEOPLE COULD NOT KILL BUT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF JEWS PER DAY BECAUSE THEY COULD ONLY BURY, OR CREMATE, BUT SO MANY PER DAY. IF THEY HAD KILLED MORE THAN THEY COULD HAVE BURIED OR CREMATED THE LAND WOULD HAVE STUNK. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT MANY CHRISTIAN PEOPLE AT THAT TIME BELIEVED THAT THE ANTICHRIST HAD MADE HIS APPEARANCE, BUT NOT SO. THE GERMAN PEOPLE MADE WAR AGAINST THE JEWS, AND KILLED SIX MILLION. TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE SIX MILLION ARE, THERE WERE ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS IN 1990. THE ANTICHRIST SHALL MAKE WAR AGAINST THE SAINTS OF GOD. EXCEPT A PERSON TAKE THE MARK OF THE BEAST THEY SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO BUY OR SELL. THIS WILL PUT MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE AT THE MERCY OF THE BEAST; WHICH WILL BE MERCILESS. STARVATION IS A TERRIBLE WAY TO DIE.

Rv:13:16: And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

Rv: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.

Rv:13:18: Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. (KJV)

IF A PERSON TAKES THE MARK OF THE BEAST, THEY SHALL BURN IN THE LAKE OF FIRE DURING ETERNITY. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE HUMAN MIND CAN COMPREHEND HOW HORRIBLE IT WOULD BE FOR A PERSON TO BURN, TO BE TORMENTED, YEAR AFTER YEAR WITH NO END.

Rv:14:9: And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

Rv:14:10: The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

Rv:14:11: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

CHRISTIAN BRETHREN SHALL BE SLAUGHTERED WITH A GREAT SLAUGHTER; GREATER THAN ANY SLAUGHTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. THE APOSTLE JOHN SAW OUR BROTHERS, AND SISTERS THAT WERE SLAUGHTERED IN A VISION, AND SAID THERE WHERE SO MANY THAT A MAN COULD NOT NUMBER THEM ALL.

Rv:7:9: After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

Rv:7:13: And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?

Rv:7:14: And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Rv:7:15: Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

Rv:7:16: They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

Rv:7:17: For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. (KJV)

THE FALSE PROPHETS PREACH, AND TEACH THAT THE CHILDREN OF GOD SHALL BE RAPTURED BEFORE THE ANTICHRIST BEGINS TO REIGN. BUT THE FIRST TO BE GATHERED WHEN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST BEGINS TO REIGN ARE THE TARES, THE CHILDREN OF SATAN. THEY SHALL BE GATHERED BOUND IN BUNDLES AND BURNED.

Mt:13:29: But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

Mt:13:30: Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

AFTER THE TARES ARE GATHERED, AND BURNED, THEN WE, SAINTS OF GOD, SHALL RECEIVE OUR IMMORTAL BODIES, AND WE SHALL SHINE LIKE THE SUN IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

Mt:13:38: The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

Mt:13:39: The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

Mt:13:40: As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

Mt:13:41: The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

Mt:13:42: And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Mt:13:43: Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

WHEN THE LORD JESUS RETURNS FOR HIS BRIDE THE CHURCH, WHO SHALL RISE IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION? THE SAINTS OF GOD THAT HAVE BEEN BEHEADED DURING THE TRIBULATION.

Rv:20:4: And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Rv:20:5: But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

Rv:20:6: Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.