Beasts

By David Maas
{ANTICHRISTS AND DECEIVERS}

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{MAN OF LAWLESSNESS}
  1. Prophetic Disinformation - {PDF Copy} - (In Thessalonica, certain voices were disseminating false information about the Day of the Lord)
  2. Missing Events - {PDF Copy} - (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 - Two pivotal events must occur before the Day of the Lord - the Apostasy and the Man of Lawlessness)
  3. Son of Destruction - {PDF Copy} - (The Son of Destruction is modeled on the Little Horn that caused many in Israel to fall)
  4. Until Revealed - {PDF Copy} - (The Mystery of Lawlessness is working now to prepare for the unveiling of the Man of Lawlessness)
  5. Lawless One Destroyed - {PDF Copy} - (At his parousia, Jesus will destroy the Man of Lawlessness)
  6. The Little Horn - The Son of Destruction - {PDF Copy} - (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 - The “little horn” in Daniel is the model for the “man of lawlessness” described by Paul)

{THE BEAST}
  1. The Persecuting Beast - {PDF Copy} - (The Dragon and his servants wage war against the saints and not against nations or ethnic groups)
  2. Beast from the Abyss - {PDF Copy} - (The Beast first appears when he ascends from the Abyss to wage war on the Two Witnesses after they complete their testimony)
  3. Beast from the Sea - {PDF Copy} - (The Dragon begins his war on the seed of the woman by summoning his seed, the beast from the sea)
  4. The Beast at War - {PDF Copy} - (The language of war is employed to portray the assaults of the Dragon against the saints who follow the Lamb)
  5. Counterfeit Christ - {PDF Copy} - (The Beast from the Earth mimics the Lamb to entice the inhabitants of the earth to worship a false god)
  6. Beastly Mark - {PDF Copy} - (All men who refuse to follow the Lamb will render homage to the Beast and take its mark)
  7. Beastly Number - {PDF Copy} - (The number of the beast, 666, is based on the dimensions of the great image erected by Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon)
  8. The Mark of the Beast or the Seal of God? - {PDF Copy} - (In Revelation, “all” means “ALL.” All men and women that refuse to follow the “Lamb” will render homage to the “beast” and take its “mark”)
  9. Beast's Global Dominion - {PDF Copy} - (The kings and the inhabitants of the earth refuse to follow the Lamb. Instead, they give homage to the beast)
  10. War on the Saints - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 13:6-10 -The Beast from the sea is authorized to wage war on the saints for its overlord, the Dragon)
  11. Mouth Speaking Great Things - {PDF Copy} - (The mouth speaking great things in Daniel appears in Revelation in the description of the Beast from the sea and its war against the saints)
  12. The False Prophet - {PDF Copy} - (The Beast from the earth mimics the Lamb. It is the mouthpiece of the Dragon and the propagandist of the Beast from the sea)
  13. Ancient Serpent - {PDF Copy} - (The Beast from the sea is the latest incarnation of the ancient creature that has stalked the seed of the woman since the sin of Adam)
  14. The Abyss - {PDF Copy} - (The Abyss is the source of satanic attacks against the saints even though it remains under the authority of the Lamb)

{OPPOSITION AND PERSECUTION}
  1. The Restless Nations -{PDF Copy} - (In the New Testament, the conspiracy by the earth’s kings to unseat God's Son is applied to the plot to murder Jesus)
  2. Economic Warfare - {PDF Copy} - (The second Beast employs economic pressure to coerce men so they swear allegiance to the Beast from the sea)