Must Read: ‘Disaster Plan For Antichrist’

I came across this on a Web site I visit frequently (TOH) and cannot argue with the words, but I know many others will try very hard and perhaps even totally miss the point. It’s from a Web site that describes itself as a post-tribulation site and declares that ‘Jesus will return after the 70th week of Daniel.’ I don’t know about that particular part, but the message is on point and I am still going through the Web site myself, so be forewarned.

Preface

This Disaster Plan will hopefully encourage a much needed discussion about the possible soon coming of antichrist. The plan is the collective effort of a small group of believers who feel their anonymity will lead to a more focused consideration of the subject. Permission is granted to faithfully reproduce or publish the plan in its entirety or in part.

Disaster Plan for Antichrist

I. Definition: Antichrist can mean either “against Christ,” or “instead of Christ,” or perhaps combining the two, “one who, assuming the guise of Christ, opposes Christ” (Vine’s Dictionary, 1985, page 30).

II. Premise: It is always best to prepare for the worst.

III. Purpose: To prepare believers to expect, recognize, resist, and endure the rise and reign of antichrist.

IV. Introduction:

• Premise: Most believers expect to see the soon coming of the true Christ and are generally unprepared for the possible soon coming of antichrist instead.
• Fact: There is nothing in the Bible that promises today’s believers that they will not be on earth for the rise and reign of antichrist.
• Fact: Those who teach that there is no way today’s believers will be on earth for the rise and reign of antichrist are false teachers.
• Assertion: Those who do not teach today’s believers that they could be on earth for the rise and reign of antichrist are not responsible teachers.
• Assertion: Because there is an abundance of Scripture suggesting that today’s believers could be on earth for the rise and reign of antichrist, it behooves believers to be prepared for that possibility.
• Conclusion: Believers prepared for antichrist today will be prepared for antichrist tomorrow.
• General Statement: Not anticipating and preparing for potential problems can result in disaster. People on the Titanic lost their lives not because their ship hit an iceberg, but because there were not enough lifeboats. Flight attendants today prepare passengers not only for a pleasant trip, but also for possible disaster. Noah was prepared for the flood, Joseph for famine, Jesus for the cross. They were all warned by God of coming circumstances, and they prepared accordingly. When the test came they were ready. Antichrist, by the Bible’s definition, is a disaster waiting to happen. Yet, even with all the Bible’s warnings, believers today are largely unprepared for his promised coming. Fortunately though, God has provided in Scripture everything we need to know about this coming disaster. When we take the time to read and heed what God is telling us, we come to understand that He has, in effect, given us a perfect disaster plan for antichrist.

IV. The Disaster Plan

A. Expecting Antichrist: Believers Must Be Ready.

2 Thessalonians 2:1-5 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 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. 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; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

• Premise: There is no good reason for today’s believers not to be ready for antichrist’s appearance at any time.
• Fact: Scripture does not promise believers that antichrist has already come and gone.
• Fact: Scripture does not promise believers that they will be raptured prior to antichrist’s coming.
• Fact: Scripture does not promise believers that antichrist is not already in the world today and ready to appear at any moment.
• Assertion: It only serves the purpose of antichrist for today’s believers not to be expecting him.
• Conclusion: It is judicious and wise for today’s believers to be prepared for antichrist’s coming at any time.

B. Recognizing Antichrist: Know The Genuine Christ.

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

2 Corinthians 11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

• Premise: The spirit of antichrist is in the world and is preparing the world to accept antichrist’s coming as the true Christ’s coming.
• Fact: Antichrist does not want believers to know how to discern the difference between the genuine Christ and the counterfeit christ.
• Assertion: Today’s believers must be prepared to discern the difference between the true Christ and the counterfeit christ.
• Assertion: The necessary circumstances and conditions concerning the true Christ’s coming are clearly defined in the Bible.
• Assertion: Today’s believers must know what the Bible says about the true Christ and the true Christ’s coming so they can discern the counterfeit coming of antichrist.
• Conclusion: If today’s believers know the facts concerning the true Christ and the true Christ’s coming, then they will be prepared to recognize antichrist when he appears.
• The True Coming of Christ: How We Know
  1. The True Christ Will Return in the Clouds, in the Heavens. Acts 1:11….this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.Mark 13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
     • Genuine: Just as Jesus departed into the clouds, into the heavens, he will return in the clouds, in the heavens.
     • Counterfeit: Antichrist and his representatives may manipulate circumstances to approximate Acts 1:11 and Mark 13:26, e.g., antichrist may come from the clouds, from the heavens, as he arrives in an airplane/aircraft.
     • Emphasis: The true Christ literally comes in the clouds, in the heavens. [ED: bodily and visibly]
     • Warning: There are other requirements that help define the true Christ’s coming.

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