The Beasts (the Anti-Christ and the False Prophet) will be 2 powerful people who will be empowered by Satan.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4
The Anti-Christ will be a world government leader, possibly a dictator, but definitely a hater of the Jewish faith and people. He will target those who believe in Jesus. Daniel 11:32-35. The Anti-Christ will be his own religion but Satan incarnate.
The Anti-Christ will be a vile, evil person who will present himself as a replacement for Jesus. Scripture refers to him as the Lawless One and the Son of Perdition. 2 Thess 2:3, 8
Daniel 11:21 “And in his place shall arise a vile person, to whom they will not give the honor of royalty; but he shall come in peaceably and seize the kingdom by intrigue.”
See also Daniel 11:36 and 2 Thess 2:3-4
He will deceptively promise peace, but he will actually be in partnership with Satan. The Anti-Christ will sit in the rebuilt temple in Jerusalem and claim to be God and demand to be worshipped. Matthew 24, Revelation 11. We won’t know who the Anti-Christ is until the tribulation. The first 3 1/2 years of the tribulation will see the rise of the Anti-Christ, and the last 3 1/2 years will be the abomination of desolation.
The Anti-Christ will try to deceive people from trusting in and serving God, and there will be an outpouring of spiritual deception to get the world to rebel against God. 1 John 2:15-18
The Mark of the Beast will be submission to and recognition of the Anti-Christ as Lord and will be the basis of God’s wrath to be poured out, Revelation 16:1-2, 8-11, as well as the rejection of Jesus and the Bible, Rev 14:9-12.
The False Prophet will appear as a worldwide religious leader who will be able to do great signs and wonders. He will cause the entire world to accept the Mark of the Beast.Rev 13:11-18, Rev 19:20-21
People will be forced to take the Mark of the Beast in order to buy or sell, Rev 13:16-17.
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