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9 Even him, whose [hos] coming [parousia] is [esti] after [kata] the working [energeia] of Satan [Satanas] with [en] all [pas] power [dunamis] and [kai] signs [semeion] and [kai] lying [pseudos] wonders, [teras]KJV-Interlinear
9 that is, the one whose coming
is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false
wonders, NASB
We saw that the anti-christ s reign is controlled by Christ. He seizes power when Christ removes believers
at the Rapture, and he loses his reign when Christ returns at the Second
Advent.
Here Paul teaches us
that the anti-christ has even less control over his
own life.His power on this earth is due
to the activity of Satan, and not from himself.
The anti-christ is a mere man.He has great arrogance and great contempt for everyone, but were it not
for Satan, he would have no ability whatsoever.
His power is that of
evil, or acts of a supernatural origin.The
signs that he performs, point to the man, himself, as people will be deluded
into believing in his abilities.His
wonders, point to the results of his actions.
And
the word for false, does not refer to the acts themselves, but to the
conclusions that people will reach when they see him in action.
The word for working
as in the working of Satan, or energeia, refers to
the one who actually performs the action.
Therefore, the anti-christ is a fraud through and through.His sign, as we have already studied in
Revelation, 666 is a tripling of the number of man.The tripling affect is for deity.
The anti-christ, who is a man, but resents all theology, all
philosophy, all living things, has no real power, has no real accomplishments,
can do nothing on his own, must rely on Satan, but presumes himself to be as
good as, if not better than, God, whom he rejects.He is the quintessence of arrogance, incompetence,
irresponsibility, and evil.
And when there is no
restraint of evil, then when all things good are rejected, disaster and
horrendous suffering are the only result.
Good results come only
from the pursuit of truth.Bad results
are the only possible results when truth is rejected.
Truth is rejected when
anyone attempts to modify it, exclude it, compromise it, replace it, or reject
it.
Everyone alive today,
has but two choices in life.The first
is to ignore all of this as nonsense, or adopt some other form of belief as
your truth.Or second, to study the
Bible with an open mind, adopt a position of a student without portfolio, and
learn through persistence and patience, and do this for all of ones life.
The first position will
get you nowhere in life, for one day your life will end, and your next
appointment will be standing before Jesus.
The second position
will gain you everything, once you learn that you are nothing more than a speck
of dirt, and your entire life depends on the grace of God.
When you stand before
Jesus, at some point in your future, will He smile on you, or shake His head in
disgust with you?
You have an opportunity,
now, to make your life into something phenomenal and beyond your imagination.
Most folks have dreams
and they are really nothing more than wishes that will never come true.
However, the spiritually
mature believer has dreams that one day, will not only come true, but he will
live his dreams and more.
The anti-christ will seize his dreams with evil and with false
pretenses, and will lose it all.
You as an advancing
believer merely need to study the scriptures, grow up in your spiritual life, and
in so doing maintain responsibility, and allow God to do all the work that will
shape your life into something that you alone will never be able to achieve,
ever.