The Holy Bible tells us about the end of days when the Antichrist and the False Prophet arise upon the earth.
The Antichrist is a person, but the Antichrist is also a system: a system of many people who are opposed, or anti, to Christ.
Jesus said, For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. (Matthew 24: 5,24)
The False Prophet can just as easily be a person, such as the pope is Antichrist and is part of many Antichrists, but the False Prophet can also be a system of many false prophets.
Apostasy is a word that means "a falling away"; therefore, apostate Christians are those who have fallen away from having their faith in Christ to following other teachings and doctrines. For example, all of the Christian organizations that joined with Muslims to produce a new religion, Chrislam, in 2011, are apostates.
The False Prophet also includes all ministers, pastors, and preachers of Protestantism who are teaching false doctrines: doctrines that look true and sound true, but these teachings are not true.
Members of the clery of Protestanism who are teaching that there are other ways to heaven other than Christ as the only way are false prophets. They talk about "bad habits" instead of "sin". They talk about doing good instead of repentance.
The False Prophet of Protestanism are many who have successful radio and television ministries and they constantly ask for money. Send your generous offering of love. Make a sacrificial love gift. They sell CDs, DVDs, books, magazines, trinkets and toys. Send money and they will send you something absolutely free. They even pay the postage! Buying something from them creates an attachment, such as a religious relic creates an attachment to a person's religion. In a way, holding something in your hands is like an idol. In time, people will believe in that person more than they will believe in Christ. People will then follow that person more than they will follow Christ.
What, then, does the Antichrist and the False Prophet have in common? They worship the same god, for they are servants of Satan! As such, their responsibility is to deceive people from believing in Christ. They are suave and subtle. They look and sound like honest people. In a way, they may even appear to be holy! Just like in the Garden of Eden, false prophets are persuading people to pick fruit from the wrong tree because of words that sound good and sound true. Such people are allowing false prophets to tell them what the Bible says rather than studying the Bible for themselves.
In like manner, the Catholic Church forbids its members to read the Bible for themselves: for if people will read the Bible, they will learn the truth and turn to Christ. But if the Bible is treated as forbidden fruit, the people are afraid to read the Bible for themselves.
As it is written, And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. (Revelation 12: 3)
The Antichrist (or systems of Antichrist) and the False Prophet (or systems of False Prophets) are gaining converts for Satan instead of winning souls for Christ.
When Christ returns, however, the Lord will judge the Antichrist (and its systems), He will judge the False Prophet (and its systems), and the Lord will judge Lucifer, the great red dragon.
Please remember: the Holy Bible is the only book on earth that is declared to be the Word of the Lord and the Word of God. All other books are collections of dogmas, doctrines, philosophies, and essays written from the imaginations of men, and these writings are not holy.
If reading the whole Bible seems like a difficult undertaking, please allow me to suggest that you read the four gospels of the New Testament---Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John---which you can accomplish in less than two hours. If you do not own a Bible, you can go to www.bible.com and read online from the privacy of your home as well as with the privacy from your personal computer.
The Antichrist is a person, but the Antichrist is also a system: a system of many people who are opposed, or anti, to Christ.
Jesus said, For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. (Matthew 24: 5,24)
The False Prophet can just as easily be a person, such as the pope is Antichrist and is part of many Antichrists, but the False Prophet can also be a system of many false prophets.
Apostasy is a word that means "a falling away"; therefore, apostate Christians are those who have fallen away from having their faith in Christ to following other teachings and doctrines. For example, all of the Christian organizations that joined with Muslims to produce a new religion, Chrislam, in 2011, are apostates.
The False Prophet also includes all ministers, pastors, and preachers of Protestantism who are teaching false doctrines: doctrines that look true and sound true, but these teachings are not true.
Members of the clery of Protestanism who are teaching that there are other ways to heaven other than Christ as the only way are false prophets. They talk about "bad habits" instead of "sin". They talk about doing good instead of repentance.
The False Prophet of Protestanism are many who have successful radio and television ministries and they constantly ask for money. Send your generous offering of love. Make a sacrificial love gift. They sell CDs, DVDs, books, magazines, trinkets and toys. Send money and they will send you something absolutely free. They even pay the postage! Buying something from them creates an attachment, such as a religious relic creates an attachment to a person's religion. In a way, holding something in your hands is like an idol. In time, people will believe in that person more than they will believe in Christ. People will then follow that person more than they will follow Christ.
What, then, does the Antichrist and the False Prophet have in common? They worship the same god, for they are servants of Satan! As such, their responsibility is to deceive people from believing in Christ. They are suave and subtle. They look and sound like honest people. In a way, they may even appear to be holy! Just like in the Garden of Eden, false prophets are persuading people to pick fruit from the wrong tree because of words that sound good and sound true. Such people are allowing false prophets to tell them what the Bible says rather than studying the Bible for themselves.
In like manner, the Catholic Church forbids its members to read the Bible for themselves: for if people will read the Bible, they will learn the truth and turn to Christ. But if the Bible is treated as forbidden fruit, the people are afraid to read the Bible for themselves.
As it is written, And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. (Revelation 12: 3)
The Antichrist (or systems of Antichrist) and the False Prophet (or systems of False Prophets) are gaining converts for Satan instead of winning souls for Christ.
When Christ returns, however, the Lord will judge the Antichrist (and its systems), He will judge the False Prophet (and its systems), and the Lord will judge Lucifer, the great red dragon.
Please remember: the Holy Bible is the only book on earth that is declared to be the Word of the Lord and the Word of God. All other books are collections of dogmas, doctrines, philosophies, and essays written from the imaginations of men, and these writings are not holy.
If reading the whole Bible seems like a difficult undertaking, please allow me to suggest that you read the four gospels of the New Testament---Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John---which you can accomplish in less than two hours. If you do not own a Bible, you can go to www.bible.com and read online from the privacy of your home as well as with the privacy from your personal computer.
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