How would you know if he succeeded or not?
Would the mission of an Anti-christ be to start religious wars all over the world and break your economy?
Just wondering how worst it would be with an anti-christ at the helm.
The initial mission of the anti-christ will not be to start wars but to bring peace just when it seems no one or nothing can. Given our world today, that may be a soon-to-be realized scenario. As mentioned he will be someone with much charisma and a believable resume to accomplish that, although I believe he will also be a relative unknown. At first he will seem to succeed and will be given more power. An uprising will occur that he will put down ruthlessly, and institute draconian oppression culminating in setting himself up as god to be worhipped. To give credence to his claim of divinity, he will be able to do miraculous things and revive from fatal wounds. Those who refuse to worship him will be tracked down and killed. I believe that covers most of the main points of the prophesy.
