PROPHETIC IDENTIFICATION 6: THE ANTICHRIST 2 T(THE BEAST WHO WAS, IS NOT, AND YET IS) Grace, mercy, and peace unto you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Revelation 17:11 says, 'And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.' We concluded previously that the spirit of the Antichrist was once on earth, was then captured and bound, and will soon be released to possess and control the man who will be called the Antichrist. So when was this spirit ever on the earth? To understand this, we must first look at what will happen in the last days. We know there will be a one world government, a one world religion, and a one world economic system. When has this ever happened before? THE TOWER OF BABEL! Genesis 10:8-10 says, 'And Cush begat NIMROD: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was BABEL, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.' It is a widely held view by both Christian and Jewish scholars that Nimrod was the man who was the leader of this endeavour. At this point in human history, men were united in purpose. They spoke one language, and wanted to make a name for themselves by building a structure that went to the heavens. After the fall of the tower of Babel, the same spirit tried again with Egypt through Pharaoh, Assyria, Babylon and Nebuchdnezzar, Medo-Persia, Greece's Alexander the Great, Rome's various caesars, and the Ottoman empire. The spirit of Antichrist is an empire building spirit that aims to defeat the purposes of God. It tasted power through the Tower of Babel and is therefore Babylonian in purpose and character. Revelation 17:10-11 says, 'And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.' To understand THE EIGHTH and IS OF THE SEVEN, let's look at the following: The seven kings represent the kingdoms that enslaved the children of Israel: EGYPT, ASSYRIA, BABYLON, MEDO-PERSIA, GREECE, ROME, and REBUILT ROMAN EMPORE. At the time of writing, 5 had fallen (Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Greece). At the time of writing, 1 was, and that is Rome because the Romans were the globalising empire of the time. At the time of writing, 1 was yet to come, that is the rebuilt Roman Empire, and others say the Ottoman empire. Those are 7 empires that conquered Israel. The kingdom of the Antichrist will be part of the 7, however, his empire will be the 8th. In other words, his empire will be a continuation of the 7, however, it will be the 8th in the series. THE ANTICHRIST SPIRIT WILL AIM TO REBUILD THE TOWER OF BABEL ONCE AGAIN. THIS TIME IT WILL USE A DIFFERENT MAN. The purpose is for all of us to be the same again so that we're easier to control. That's why Christians will be persecuted and be put to death because we will refuse to conform to being one with the one world government. THE MARK OF THE BEAST WILL AIM TO MAKE HUMANS ONE AGAIN. IT WILL AIM TO MAKE US ALL THE SAME AGAIN, WITH ONE MIND AND ONE LANGUAGE SO THAT WE'RE EASIER TO CONTROL. THOSE WHO REFUSE TO BE PART OF BABYLON OR BABEL, WILL BE PUT TO DEATH. That's why the woman riding the beast is called Babylon the Great (and we'll identify her as well). She's one with the Beast kingdom or the Antichrist. She's a religious system that agrees with the Nimrodic kingdom of Babel. However, the Antichrist spirit has been on this earth before, first through the Tower of Babel, and then through other kingdoms in an attempt to rebuild that fallen empire. He's now about to try again. Glory to God! https://www.facebook.com/100068613729631/posts/pfbid0hUeLkAkqWXT9Uiak4wKooBcbR1bsS7QvpyNsmt2kRrf2CeokoU8xwfy8q6rsLtHJl/?app=fbl