Anti-Christ 101

For years, no, centuries, people have been looking out for the BEAST from the book of Revelation in the Christian Bible. Everyone looking, believes the Beast will be horrific looking, fierce, and easy to point out. Confidence has abounded for centuries with the certainty ANYONE would be able to recognize the Beast of Revelation.

With the climate in America of delusion, out-right lies, and several possibilities of truth, Americans turned to the Bible, Revelation to be exact, as an explaination for a President filled with corruption, vengence, racism, sexism, and sexual assault aligations. Since the introduction of Donald Trump as president, people have been saying HE is the Anti-Christ. This was something I was hesitant of saying. I mean the alarm has been sounded several times only to end in public humiliation and ridicule. I was not eager to join that list of dooms day sayers. That is until I reread Revelation for the 6th time in my life. There was something different this time though. I FINALLY understood this book. I was amazed! Am I now willing to stand and say this is the end of the world as predicted in the Bible?

So, what is all THIS End Time's talk anyway. Many scholars believe it has already occurred. As with everything with God, things repeat until He stops them from repeating. Thats why there have been so many times when people believed the end was near. It has repeated throughout history and different scholars can point to different times when it could have been believed Revelation had begun. This repeat and wolf cry is PART of the "No man will know the day or the hour the Lord will surely come." Makes sense, yes? But there were elements missing and people went by THEIR country's disasters and misfortune. Revelation is GLOBAL contastrophy. Global retribution/judgement by God. It's about humanity, but depends on Israel who is conducting an autroscious war at this very moment. I happen to be a person who believes Revelation is yet to come, a Futurist.

Futurist/Evangelical Perspective
In many literalist and dispensationalist end-times views, Israel's existence and future are absolutely central to the events in the Book of Revelation. In this framework.

• The Tribulation: A seven-year period of tribulation is largely focused on the redemption and protection of the nation of Israel. 
• The 144,000: Revelation 7 specifically references the sealing of 144,000 bond-servants, split evenly among the twelve tribes of physical Israel. 
• The Remnant: Prophecies such as Revelation 12 describe a "woman" (symbolizing Israel) who gives birth to the Messiah and is protected by God from Satan's persecution in the wilderness.
• Every time there is a conflict in or around Israel, many see it as a sign of the quickly approaching end times. The problem with this is that we may eventually tire of the conflict in Israel, so much so that we will not recognize when true, prophetically significant events occur.
• Trump is doing something different than in times past. He is THREATENING countries everywhere with one thing or another. Other countries are afraid of him. He is reaking chaos everywhere for NO reasosn except his own entertainment and feeling of power to HUMILIATE. What is most firghtening is him putting his name, image, and number (47) on everything he can imagine with the no END in sight. His name is on money, airports, prescription accounts, and more everyday. Soon, my name will be changed by presidential order to Donald Trump. People have known the number of the Beast, "666." But, is there more.
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The primary passage warning against taking the MARK, NAME, or SIGN of the antichrist (the "beast") is Revelation 14:9-11. It states that anyone who receives the mark on their forehead or hand will face severe eternal judgment. Now we have entered something totally different than other End Times scenareos. Trump is even taking over how information reaches the masses and what it is. Hitler wasn't as bad as Trump. Trump wants all other minorities ERASED from Earth. People at Risk: Up to 318 million people are experiencing acute crisis-level hunger across 68 countries. Highest Concern: Over 1.4 million people worldwide are facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity (Phase 5 of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification).

Yes, we have entered into a BEASTLY TIME. Whether you believe in Revelation or not, the ugly description of a monsterous evil person with no BOTTOM to his cruelty and thirst to humiliate and vengence extrodinare exists in the White House and possibly Israel. Their joining in war against Iran shows no regard for human life. Even Pope Leo had words. Oh, yeah, the EVANGELICALS have declared war on every religion except Christianity (even Catholicism). WHAT?

I don't know what we are living now with meteors falling everywhere, natural disasters that make you wonder, and earthquakes. The 3 ways throughout Revelation that God uses for punishment are FAMINE, EARTHQUAKES, PLAGUES. Robert Kennedy will issue forth the plague deal I'm sure.

In the Book of Revelation, these catastrophic events are central to the apocalyptic narrative. They appear a combined total of 31 times, with the specifics below detailing how often each is mentioned and where: 

• Earthquakes: Mentioned 6 times. They mark key transitional moments in God’s judgment, ranging from cosmic shifts to the final, unprecedented global event:
  • Revelation 6:12, Revelation 8:5, Revelation 11:13, Revelation 11:19
  • Revelation 16:18 (which describes a quake "such as was not since men were upon the earth") 
• Plagues / Pestilence: Mentioned 17 times in the original Greek translation (often translated as "plagues," "blows," or "stripes"). These occur across several sequences, including the plagues associated with the trumpets and the seven "last plagues" in the bowl judgments.
  • Highlighted chapters include Revelation 9, 11, 15, and 16. 
• Famine: The specific word famine (or hunger/starvation) is mentioned 8 times. Famine is fundamentally characterized as the primary consequence of the events surrounding the third horseman of the apocalypse.
  • Revelation 6:8 is a major reference where the rider on the pale horse (Death) brings famine

Someone is taking note. Yes, there has been a notable, documented increase in adult convert baptisms worldwide, even as traditional infant baptisms have generally declined. 

This shift is highlighted by several recent global trends:

• Mass Ocean Baptisms: Ministries like Baptize the World (formerly Baptize California) have spearheaded synchronized, large-scale water baptisms. Their global events have resulted in tens of thousands of people being baptized across dozens of countries, representing a major surge in public professions of faith. 
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: The faith recently reported the highest number of convert baptisms in its 195-year history, with every region globally seeing substantial increases. 
• Catholic Conversions in the West: While overall global Catholic baptism figures have largely stabilized alongside population growth, many Western dioceses are reporting significant spikes in adult baptisms. For instance, dioceses in France, Spain, and England have reported some of their highest rates of adult catechumen baptisms in decades. 
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  Where we are headed I do not know. Where I DO NOT want to head is VERY clear in my mind. NO MARK, IMAGE, OR NAME FOR ME to be on the safe side.