Alfred Persson
2 Th. 2:3-4 does not say that the Son of Perdition becomes the "Chancellor" of anything, much less a revived Roman Empire that is not mentioned. A lion's mouth could indicate, the Macedonian Empire which is the oldest continuous nation represented by a lion and is Magog described in Ezekiel. The mid-week end to sacrifices and offerings in (
Dan. 9:27) is in the middle of a week long covenant that describes the Seleucids ending sacrifices on the Temple Mount and certainly does not indicate a week of 7 years at the end of times, then also how does that indicate the Man of Sin transforming into the beast at the beginning of 7 years when in your own description it is in the middle of the supposed 7 years? Then you say "The Man of Sin morphs into the Beast Son of Destruction Seed of Satan" based on (
Gen. 3:15). That verse tells of the serpent in the Garden of Eden and does not describe the Son of Perdition, rather the Dragon who empowers him. In fact he seeks to destroy all those who expose his evil and he hides behind Christianity. The empire that is the Beast is an evil one on the Earth who continually oppresses the nations. You won't become a saint by going to church and saying you are a Christian and the Son of Perdition hates you. The Man of Sin who is the Antichrist assumes dictatorship of the world to rule for 3 and a half years and seeks to conquer the world with his empire as he is of the Seven Nations of the Beast. You may refuse to spread the word of this evil and resolve to be a good Christian, but many will say to the Lord "I did all these works in your name" only to be told by the Lord "I know you not". You are a sleeping virgin. Do you even know the evils of this empire? It sacrifices people, drinks their blood, oppresses the nations. It must be stopped.
"Notice the change, Empire is now ruled by "the little horn" of Daniel (
Dan. 7:7-8;
8:9-12)"? Yes, but that is Alexander the Great. Daniel chapters before 12 speak of Gog and Magog's rise to power and how they amass into 7 nations. Read this,
Daniel 8:9 "And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land."
Alexander the Great is the exceedingly great little horn and his empire the Goat did conquer many, trampling the Ram, and expanded toward the South (Anatolia, Syria, Babylon, Israel), toward the east of that (Egypt), and toward the pleasant land of India. They formed 7 nations out of that land, and the Dragon that is the Spirit of their evil ancestors and Satan casted a third of the stars to the ground and became principalities of the air.
Therefore it is the same entity in Revelations 13 that you quote, however it is a different event and time as the little horn in Revelations is attached to the Beast later at a different time.
Now, the dead in Christ rise first in the middle of the Tribulation according to all Revelations.
"And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
(Half of the Tribulation these witnesses will prophecy)
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
(Olive branches mean Jews and Candlesticks or lamp stands mean Gentiles, meantioned elsewhere in the Bible so these are the saints including the 144,000 Jews and a great multitude of Every naton)
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
(These are the plagues released by the 4 horsemen at the orders and behest of the saints after they are sealed to begin the Great Tribulation.)
7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
(The Angel of the Abyss inhabits the image of the Antichrist and kills the saints, also it is said that the Beast kills the saints elsewhere in the Bible, and this happens in the middle of the Tribulation since that is the time given for the bottomless pit being opened elsewhere in Revelations)
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
(Again, after 3 and a half years of Tribulation including the times they prophecied and are dead, they are raptured by the Lord in the middle of the Tribulation.)
12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly."
(There is still another Woe to go in the Tribulation, that entails the 3 and a half year long Reign of the Antichrist and the second coming of Jesus followed by the Millennial Reign at the end of the Great Tribulation.)