WHERE DOES THE ANTICHRIST COME FROM?

Grace unto you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. There has been lots of controversy in the body of Christ today concerning the Man of Sin also called the Antichrist, and concerning whom he really is and where he does come from. Many have preached that he comes from Rome in Italy ( Vatican) while some have said he comes from Europe within the EU. There are many other conjectures out there concerning this man, but then, what does the word of the Lord say? Is it not written in Heb 4:12 that the word of the Lord is sharper than any two-edged sword? And that it is perfect as written in Psa 19:7? And that it shall always accomplish that which the Lord hath sent it and shall never fall to the ground as in Isa 55:11? So then why would men not understand? Why do they not know the counsel of the Lord? Why have they not marked His words and heard it? Why have they not searched it out? The Lord has commanded us this day to make this seeming mystery known. Likewise, we beseech you also that shall read this letter to search the word of God by the Holy Spirit in you and prove that these words are true. If we truly are in the last days which we are, then we all must believe that the Man of Sin will be revealed very shortly. For surely, the Lord will do nothing but reveals His secrets to His servants the prophets.

For many of you, these words that we share today will cause your ears to tingle. Yet still, we beseech you all to believe, for these words are true and shall come to pass. God declares His word ahead of time and often times they cannot be deduced from recent events and happenings. This God does, so that men may believe in Him in the days that those things come to pass according as it is written in Isa 46:10 that He (God) declares the end from the beginning and from the ancients times the things that are not yet done. Knowing who the Man of Sin is and where he does come from requires wisdom and understanding from God ( Rev 13:18). We praise Him the Lord for giving us the grace to share this word. Now hearken and understand:

Dan 7:24 concerning the vision of the four beasts which we have written to you recently states that “ and the ten horns out of this kingdom (the 4 th, the Roman Empire) are ten kings that shall arise: and ANOTHERshall rise AFTER them (from within their midst); and he shall be diverse from the first (the 10 kings), and he shall subdue three kings (out of the ten)” . This will give him power over at least 3 of the 10 kings. The other kings will then agree to give their power to this little horn and he will form the 8 th and last kingdom of the earth before the second coming of our Lord as written in Rev 17:8-17. According to this word in Dan 7:24, it is clear that the little horn arises after the 10 horns (10 kings) and not before them. He does not arise until after the 10 kingdoms are fully formed. Now, we shall write to you in great detail concerning these 10 kingdoms in the days to come and you all shall know by the word of the Lord that it is impossible for this kingdom to be the EU. The United States is currently been used by God to prepare the way for these 10 kingdoms and they shall arise in due time. We testify of this by the Spirit of the Lord. That which is concealed shall be revealed in its time. A word is enough for the wise. The fact that these 10 kingdoms are not yet fully formed totally exclude the possibility of some ruler from the Vatican or any man now prominent in world affairs as being the Antichrist, for as it is written “he arises after the 10 kings” and not before them. The ten horns representing 10 kings are the last form of the old Roman Empire and are within the same territory. It is not the old Roman Empire but a degenerate form of it. The 10 horns were first seen on the beast before Daniel the prophet saw the little horn come out of the 10 horns (Dan 7:8). That the little horn is the Antichrist who also is the beast is proved by tons of scriptures (Dan 7:8, 20-24 & Rev 6:1-2, Dan 7:8, 20-26 & Rev 13:5, Dan 7:21-25 & Rev 13:7, Dan 7:20-25 & Rev 13:1, 17:12-14, Dan 7:11, 21-27 & Rev 13:1-7, Dan 2:44-45, 7:9-11, 18, 25-27 & Rev 19:11-21, Dan 7:25 & Rev 11:2-3, 12:6, 14, 13:5, 19:11-21, Dan 9:27 & Matt 24:15).

The Antichrist will not come into world prominence in any major sense until after the 10 kingdoms are fully formed (Dan 7:8, 23-24) within the old Roman Empire territories and until after the rapture of the church (2 Thess 2:7). This is according to the word of the Lord. He will come during the fulfillment of all the events of Rev 4:2-19:21 and just before the Second coming of Christ (1 Corinth 15:24-28, Eph 1:10, Rev 19:11-21).

In Dan 8:8-9, 21-23, Daniel the prophet saw the little horn coming out of one of the four divisions of the old Grecian Empire. Dan 11:1-4 and Dan 8:8-9 explained how the old Grecian Empire was to be divided after the death of Alexander the great. This we have already written to you concerning the vision of the ram and the he-goat. The kingdom then was divided into 4 regions which are known today as Greece(West),Turkey(East), Assyria(North),and Egypt(South). Now, Dan 11:4-34 explained in great detail a series of wars between the king of the north (Seleucus in Assyria) and king of the south (Ptolemy in Egypt). The record of this war is clearly documented in History books. Seleucus founded the Seleucid Empire in 312-280 B.C. which encompassed ancient Assyria and Babylon, a region known today as Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran. The Seleucid era was from 312-65 B.C. when the kingdom of Syria was reduced by Pompey to a Roman province. Ptolemy founded the Egyptian division of the Grecian Empire which continued 323-30 B.C. when Rome took over Egypt. Many today teach that Russia is the king of the North. This is impossible according to the word of the Lord. Russia was never a part of the old Grecian Empire that was divided as mentioned above, out of which the Antichrist must come. Russia was never also a part of the old Roman Empire from where 10 kings must arise and the Antichrist must rise after them. Russia is not even mentioned or referred to once in the wars of Dan 11:4-34 mentioned above. These wars were fought between ancient Syria and Egypt in a period of 150 years, ending with the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes.

In Dan 7, we have the Antichrist as the little horn coming out of some 10 kingdoms to be formed inside the old Roman Empire territories. But then we now have Dan 8 whose main purpose is to narrow down Antichrist’s coming, limiting it to only 4 of these 10 kingdoms. This vision of Dan 8 most assuredly limits the coming of the Antichrist to the old Grecian Empire which Rome eventually conquered, among 4 regions namely Greece, Turkey, Assyria ( Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Iran), and Egypt. So then, if according to the word of the Lord the Antichrist’s coming will be from one of these countries, then, it is most certain that he cannot come from Italy, Vatican, England, America, Russia, or any country of the world outside of these 4. This is the counsel according to the word of the Lord.

Now, the wars of Dan 11:5-34 were fought between the king of the north (ancient Syria) and king of the south ( Egypt). Dan 11:40 explained clearly that this old war between these 2 kingdoms will come alive again in the last days. Dan 11:40-43 clearly taught that at that time Egypt will be overthrown by the king of the north. It shall be in the last days. That Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon will escape him (the king of the north) as in Dan 11:41 prove beyond reasonable doubt that this king is the Antichrist. Dan 12:1-2 also taught that this shall be at the time of the Great Tribulation. So then, this put to rest the question as to where the Antichrist comes from. Heis the king of the north. He shall arise from ancient Assyria. He will fulfill Dan 7:8, 19-27, 8:9-14, 22-25, 9:27, 11:40-45, 12:1-7, Rev 6:1-8, 13:1-18, 16:13-16, 17:8-17, 19:19-21.

Dan 11:36-12:13 definitely identifies the Antichrist as the king of the north (ancient Assyria) at the time of the end. As it is written, the whole purpose of this vision was to show “ what shall befall thy people ( Israel) in the latter days ” (Dan 10:14) under the last Syrian king who is foreshadowed by Antiochus Epiphanes (Dan 11:21-34), and to narrow down the coming of the Antichrist geographically from the 4 divisions of the old Grecian Empire to only one. Which one? It is the Assyrian division, also known as the Seleucid Empire. The visions of Dan 2 and Dan 7 were given to show the formation of 10 kingdoms inside the old Roman Empire and reveal that the Antichrist would come out of one of these 10 kingdoms and lead these nations against Christ as His second coming. The purpose of Dan 8 was to give additional information to that of Dan 2 and Dan 7, to narrow down the coming of Antichrist, geographically from 10 kingdoms to 4 divisions of the old Grecian Empire. These 4 divisions will make up 4 of the 10 kingdoms of the Revised Roman Empire before Antichrist comes. Now, the purpose of the last vision in Dan 10:1-12:13 which concludes the book of Daniel, and which gives the last description of the Antichrist, was to finally narrow down the coming of the Antichrist from the 4 divisions of the old Grecian Empire to one of these divisions. This is the ancient Syriandivision. This vision completes the visions of Daniel concerning the last days and the reign of the Messiah.

According to Dan 9:27, the Antichrist arises at the beginning of the 70 th week of Daniel (the last 7 years of this age). In 31/2 years, he conquers the whole 10 kingdoms (the 10 horns) and rule them for the last 31/2 years of the 70 th week (Dan 7:23-25, 11:36-46, Rev 13:5, 17:8-17). Before he gets power over the 10 kings, they reign as independent sovereigns and form the 7 th kingdom of the Gentiles, also called Revised Roman Empire (Dan 2:40-43, 7:7-8, 23-24). After he gets control of them, they continue as subordinate kings under him for the last 31/2 years of the 70 th week. The Antichrist in control of these 10 kings in the last 31/2 years of the 70 th week is the last kingdom in the times of the Gentiles.

The Man of Sin is the only man that will fulfill all these prophecies. He must not partially fulfill them but wholly, for the word of the Lord is ABSOLUTELY true. No man has EVER fulfilled all these prophecies. No man! Not one! Unless a man arise and conquers after 10 kingdoms are formed inside the old Roman Empire territories (Dan 7:24), after the rapture of the church (2 Thess 2:7), comes from ancient Assyria, makes a 7-year covenant with Israel at Jerusalem (Dan 8:9-14, 9:27), he cannot fulfill these prophecies.

That the Antichrist will revive the old Grecian Empire within the old Roman Empire is in full accordance with all scriptures. Are these things not also written in the prophets? To seal this truth and revelation, Joel 3:6 and Zech 9:13 prophesied concerning the Grecian Empire in the last days under the Antichrist, proving beyond doubt that this Empire will be revived in the time of the end. This shall come to pass by the word of the Lord.

So then, if the Antichrist comes from ancient Assyria which took in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Iranin the ancient past, from which of these then does he come? By revelation from the Lord through the Holy Spirit, he shall come from Ancient Syria and shall have a kingdom in IRAQ which is also called BABYLON. He is called the ASSYRIAN in Isa 10:20-27, 14:24-27, 30:18-33, 31:4-32:20, and Micah 5:3-15. He is called the KING OF BABYLON in Isa 14:4. This is the counsel of the Lord of the whole earth concerning him therefore these words shall stand. They shall come to pass and none shall hinder them. The ANTICHRIST IS THE FUTURE KING OF BABYLON. HE SHALL HAVE A KINGDOM IN IRAQ. The current war in Iraq is God’s will. It MUST happen for it is a means to an end. Again, that which is concealed shall be revealed in its time.

Brethren, we beseech you by the mercies of the Lord to hearken to this testimony and believe. Prove by the word of the Lord that we have cited that these words are true. UNDERSTAND these things and KNOW that the day of Christ is near. Islam is coming to the world and it shall devour it in the days to come. Because the Wicked one shall arise, he shall make away many. It shall be after the catching away, after the former and latter rain had come, together. Now seek the Lord day and night not to partake of the coming evil. Work for the Lord today and remain steadfast in His love by doing all His commandments. For this cause we also do not cease to pray for you all that is of the truth, and to desire that you be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. That you might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God. Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness. Giving thanks unto the Father, who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light through our Lord Jesus Christ. Now continue in this light and remain fruitful to the end. The Lord cometh shortly. Prepare, Watch, and Be Ready. Grace be unto you all. Amen .