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master deceiver on earth. In him shall dwell all the fullness of
the Devil bodily. He will be the Superman who will appear ac-
cording to God’s prescription.
“For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so
that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned
who have not believed the truth, but have delighted in wicked-
ness”
(2 Thess. 2:11, 12). Jesus Christ said,
“I am the way and
the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through me”
(John 14:6).
We see why the apostle John selected the name the Anti-
christ (1 John 2:18). He is the Lie, in perfect contrast to Christ,
who is the Truth. God then will send the Lie, because the
Truth has been rejected. Christ confirmed this:
“I have come in
my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone
else comes in his own name, you will accept him”
(John 5:43).
The Lie, who will bring damnation, will unfortunately be
well received both by Israel and the rest of the world. In fact,
with the exception of Jesus Christ, he will be the most remark-
able person ever to appear in human history. The Antichrist
will be:
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An intellectual genius:
“…But you are a man and not a god, though you think you
are wise as a god. Are you wiser than Daniel? Is no secret
hidden from you? By your wisdom and understanding you
gained wealth for yourself and amassed gold and silver in
your treasuries”
(Ezek. 28:2-4).
Here we see that, in the future, great wealth will be ob-
tained in a revival of the value of precious metal. As the
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