Antichrist from the perspective of Zechariah 11

[Follower Of Christ]

Zechariah 11:15-17 "Then the Lord said to me, “Take once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd. For behold, I am raising up in the land a shepherd who does not care for those being destroyed, or seek the young or heal the maimed or nourish the healthy, but devours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs. “Woe to my worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye! Let his arm be wholly withered, his right eye utterly blinded!”"

Revelation 13:1-4 "And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”

Leopard refers to the four kingdoms after Alexander, namely Ptolemaic Kingdom (Egypt), the Seleucid Empire (Near East/Asia), the Antigonid Kingdom (Macedonia/Greece), and the Kingdom of Pergamon (Asia Minor/Turkey). Bear refers to the Persian Empire and Lion refers to the Babylon Empire.

Going to Daniel's interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's statue dream the two legs of iron ending at the feet of iron and clay is the Roman Empire divided between East and West. In latter times, EU will be a block of ten horns with diadems (10 kings) capturing that ideal of The Roman Empire. The last/seventh head is the Antichrist who according to Revelation 13 and Zechariah 11 shall be wounded severely but shall survive and rule over the 10 kings for 1260 days. And according to Daniel and Paul he will take his seat in Jerusalem during his rule.

 

[for_his_glory]

Daniel 7-8 the little horn/4th beast

The seven heads are that of the Babylonian Empire: (Iraq), Medo - Persian Empire: (Iran), Grecian Empire: (Greece, Turkey, Syria, Egypt), Roman Empire. The ten horns represent the nations the Roman Empire scattered to when the deadly wound was put upon them, Daniel 7:23-25.

These ten nations were the Anglo-Saxons (English), the Franks (French), Suevi (Portuguese), Visigoths (Spanish), Burgundians (Swiss), Alemanni (Germans), Lombards (Italians), Ostrogoths, Heruli, and the Vandals in northern Africa. The last three being Ostrogoths, Heruli, and the Vandals had already been destroyed by the Roman Empire before their deadly wound came in 1798.

Seven remaining nations that still exist today:

Babylonian Empire:
(Iraq) The lion represents the winged lions that guarded the royal places of Babylon.

Medo – Persian Empire:
(Iran) The ribs of the bear are part of the consuming greed that devours the first empire.

Grecian Empire:
(Greece, Turkey, Syria, Egypt) Four wings of the leopard described the swiftness of this empire that ran from 334-331BC. It wrestled world dominion from Medo-Persia. After the death of Alexander the Great the kingdom was divided into four minor kingdoms that continued as prominent factors in world politics until the Roman Empire gathered it back as one kingdom.

Roman Empire: (little horn, Daniel 8:9-14, 23-27)
Iron represents the stronghold this nation had. Daniel chapter 2 mentions the iron element of this empire that it to will be divided and broken as God will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed.

Rev 13 the beast rises up out of the sea as the sea here is symbolic of people and nations as in a sea of humanity, Daniel Chapter 7:1-8; Revelation 17:15. This beast is a Luciferian system comprised of economic, political, militant, environmental and a false religious system. This beast system that Satan works through gives its power to the beast out of the earth as the beast out of the earth appears as the Lamb of God, but is a false Christ being the son of perdition, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12 with two horns. The two horns represent the Old Roman Empire that received its deadly wound back in 1798 by General Berthier who made his entrance into Rome and abolished the Roman government and established a secular one. That caused them to scatter into the other ten nations (ten horns). The wound was healed in 1929 by Mussolini.

The modern day Ten Kingdoms of the NWO are listed below:

Kingdom 1: Canada, Mexico and the United States of America
Kingdom 2: European Union – Western Europe
Kingdom 3: Japan
Kingdom 4: Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Israel and Pacific Islands
Kingdom 5: Eastern Europe
Kingdom 6: Latin America, Central and South America
Kingdom 7: North Africa and the Middle East
Kingdom 8: Central Africa
Kingdom 9: South and Southeast Asia
Kingdom 10: Central Asia

 

[Follower Of Christ]

Thank you for your post for_his_glory. I have seen this line of explanation about the beast/10 horns/little horn from a variety of sources. I do not remain convinced though. Time will tell and in time I will write more about this.

From what I have discerned, the biggest mysteries and secrets in this world are dynamic, that is you must have a key across the space-time continuum to fully understand what is going on. We are in the same position as the prophets and righteous people of the OT waiting for the appearance of the Messiah. They had faith and believed in the promise of the future Messiah but regarding details they were left in the dark as they should have been. Otherwise, the enemy who can read the bible as well as we do, would take advantage.

In turn, we wait the second coming of Christ. We have the Book of Revelation to anchor our hopes and faith but yet there is much in the Book of Revelation that escapes full categorization as of now in terms of a perceived timeline of events. Yet Paul told us as you rightly mention that the Antichrist will take his seat in Jerusalem claiming he is above all. And yes, rebellion must take place first.

 

[for_his_glory]

Thank you for your post for_his_glory. I have seen this line of explanation about the beast/10 horns/little horn from a variety of sources. I do not remain convinced though. Time will tell and in time I will write more about this.

From what I have discerned, the biggest mysteries and secrets in this world are dynamic, that is you must have a key across the space-time continuum to fully understand what is going on. We are in the same position as the prophets and righteous people of the OT waiting for the appearance of the Messiah. They had faith and believed in the promise of the future Messiah but regarding details they were left in the dark as they should have been. Otherwise, the enemy who can read the bible as well as we do, would take advantage.

In turn, we wait the second coming of Christ. We have the Book of Revelation to anchor our hopes and faith but yet there is much in the Book of Revelation that escapes full categorization as of now in terms of a perceived timeline of events. Yet Paul told us as you rightly mention that the Antichrist will take his seat in Jerusalem claiming he is above all. And yes, rebellion must take place first.

Yes, we wait the second coming of Christ Jesus and the most important thing is to be prepared to be caught up to Him when He returns.

Studying the book of Revelation has been my greatest passion now for almost forty years as I am 71 now. Within those years I have heard so many various teachings about end time events as I questioned them as many contradicted what has already been written in the Bible, so I erased all those teachings and went straight to the scriptures praying and asking the Holy Spirit teach me. I not only study the scriptures, but also Biblical history. I've been wrong a few times when I let my own understanding get in the way, but the Holy Spirit always sends me correction when needed. I'm not smarter than anyone else and I certainly do not know everything, for who could ever know everything for we are ever learning.

 

[Follower Of Christ]

Yes, we wait the second coming of Christ Jesus and the most important thing is to be prepared to be caught up to Him when He returns.

Studying the book of Revelation has been my greatest passion now for almost forty years as I am 71 now. Within those years I have heard so many various teachings about end time events as I questioned them as many contradicted what has already been written in the Bible, so I erased all those teachings and went straight to the scriptures praying and asking the Holy Spirit teach me. I not only study the scriptures, but also Biblical history. I've been wrong a few times when I let my own understanding get in the way, but the Holy Spirit always sends me correction when needed. I'm not smarter than anyone else and I certainly do not know everything, for who could ever know everything for we are ever learning.

Same here, I read all kinds of commentaries about The Book Of Revelation in my past and now instead I just go straight to the bible and pray the Holy Spirit guide me through the pages of prophecy.

Thank you for your honest replies.

Blessings and peace!

 

[for_his_glory]

Same here, I read all kinds of commentaries about The Book Of Revelation in my past and now instead I just go straight to the bible and pray the Holy Spirit guide me through the pages of prophecy.

Thank you for your honest replies.

Blessings and peace!

Thank you for the good conversation we are having.