Antichrist

Scripture References


B'Resheet (GENESIS) 3:15
There is a direct reference to "The Serpent's Seed".

SH'MOT (EXODUS)
We have an unveiling and foreshadowing of the deifer of God in the person of Pharaoh.  Cruel beyond imagination, he ordered the destruction of all the male children, sought to cut off Israel from being a nation and ultimately meeting with Divine judgment by the miraculous and all-powerful hand of God.

B'MIDBAR (NUMBERS) 24:22
In the Prophecy of Balaam, Antichrist is referred to by the name of Asshur.

IYOV (JOB) 26:13
The Crooked Serpent

TEHILLIM (PSALMS) 5:6
The Bloody and Deceitful Man

TEHILLIM (PSALMS) 9:17
The Wicked One

TEHILLIM (PSALMS) 10:18
The Man of the Earth

TEHILLIM (PSALMS) 52:1
The Mighty Man

TEHILLIM (PSALMS) 74:10
The Adversary

TEHILLIM (PSALMS) 110:6
The Head of Many Countries

TEHILLIM (PSALMS) 140:1
The Evil Man and The Violent Man

YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 10:5
The Assyrian, the Rod of God's anger

YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 11:14
The Wicked

YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 14:11-20
The King of Babylon

YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 16:4
The Spoiler - Destroyer

YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 27:1
Again, he is called "The Crooked Serpent". Here he is connected with the Dragon, yet distingusihed from him.

IRMEYAHU (JEREMIAH) 4:7
The Destroyer of the Gentiles

YIRMEYAHU (JEREMIAH) 30:14,23
The Enemy, The Cruel One and the The Wicked

YECHEZK'EL (EZEKIEL) 21:25
The Profane Wicked Prince of Israel

YECHEZK'EL (EZEKIEL) 28:2-10
The Prince of Tyre

YECHEZK'EL (EZEKIEL) 38:2
The Chief Prince of Meshech and Tubal

DANI'EL (DANIEL)
Here the Prophet delineates his character and furnishes a complete outline of his career.

HOSHEA (HOSEA) 8:10
The King of Princes

HOSHEA (HOSEA) 12:7
The Merchant in whose hand are the balances of deceit and who loveth to oppress

YO'EL (JOEL) 2:20
The Head of the Northern Army, who shall be overthrown because he magnified himself to do great things

'AMOS (AMOS) 3:17
The Adversay who shall break Israel's strenght and spoil her places

NACHUM (NAHUM) 1:17
Refers to him under the name of "Belial" and tells of his destruction

HAVAKUK (HABAKKUK) 2:5
The Proud Man who enlorged his desires as hell and is as death and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples

Z'KHARYAH (ZECHARIAH) 11:17
The Idol Shepherd upon whom is pronounced God's woe and upon whom desends His judgment

YOCHANAN (JOHN) 5:43
Our Lord Himself spoke of him as the one who should come in his own name and who would be received by Israel.

2 THESSALONIANS 2
Paul pictures him as "That Man of Sin", "The Son of Perdition" who's coming will be after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders.

1 YOCHANAN (1 JOHN) 2:22
John mentions him by name and declares that he will deny both the Father and the Son.

The Affirmation of Christ
In Contrast to the Deception of Satan

We are told in Scripture that Christ goes forth to sow "good seed"
    Likewise, the enemy goes forth to sow "tares"

Scripture speaks of the "children of God"
    Likewise, we read of the "children of the wicked one" - MATT 13:38

God works in His children "both to will and to do of His good pleasure - PHIP 2:13
    Likewise, the Prince of the Power of the Air is "the spirit that now worketh in the children of
    disobedience - EPH 2:2

Scripture affirms the Gospel of God
    Likewise, Satan has a gospel - "Another which is not another" - GAL 1:6,7

Christ appointed "apostles"
    Likewise, Satan has his apostles - 2 COR 2:10

We are told that "the Spirit searches all things, yea, the deep things of God" - 1 COR 2:10
    So it is with Satan, for he too has his "deep secrets" - REV 2:24

God, by his angels, will seal His servants in their foreheads - REV 7:3
    Satan by his angels will seal his followers by setting a mark in their foreheads - REV 13:16

Our Father seeks worshipers
    Satan seeks worshipers as well - MATT 4:6

Christ is the Light of the world
    Satan is transformed as an angel of light - 2 COR 11:14

Christ is designated as "The Lion of Juda"  - REV: 5:5
    Likewise, the Devil is referred to as "a roaring lion" - 1 PETER 5:6

Christ is seated upon a Throne
    Likewise, Satan will take his seat upon a throne - REV 2:13

Christ has His Church
    Satan has his synagogue - REV 2:9

Christ has His bride
    Satan has his whore - REV 17:6

God has His vine
    Satan has his vine - REV 14:19

God has His city, the "New Jerusalem"
    Likewise, Satan has his city, "Babylon" - REV 17:5 & 18:2

There is a "mystery of godliness" - 1 TIM 3:16
    Likewise, there is the "mystery of iniquity" - 2 THES 2:3

Scripture speaks of God's "Only Begotten Son"
    While Scripture affirms that the seed of Satan is "The Son of Perdition" 2 Thes 2:3