Revelation 13:1-10
“The World Is Ripe!”
Introduction:
“Thou must prophesy again...” (10:11) John’s focus is on the key players of the Tribulation period.
Is the world getting ready for the Antichrist? I believe this world is ripe for the Antichrist.
In Rev. 13:1-10 we see five characteristics of a world that is ripe for the Antichrist:
I. A RESTLESS WORLD 13:1
II. A REVOLTING WORLD 13:2
III. A RELIGIOUS WORLD 13:3,4
IV. A REBELLIOUS WORLD 13:5,6
V. A RUTHLESS WORLD 13:7-10
Is the world getting ready for the Antichrist? I believe this world is ripe for the Antichrist.
I. A RESTLESS WORLD 13:1
A. The Source of the Beast
(Dan. 7:3, 17)
B. The Sense of the Beast
(Dan. 7:24-28)
*5 are fallen (at John’s time): Greece, Persia, Assyria, Babylon, Egypt
* One is…Rome… one is yet to come…the Revived Roman Empire
*The Beast initially will be a leader in a 10 kingdom federation in Europe.
*He will rise to world prominence…empowered by Satan.
C. The Sound of the Beast
*On each head is emblazoned an unnamed name, designed solely to exalt man as
God.
*The world is restless. United Europe has 27 members…10 have full member
status.
Is the world getting ready for the Antichrist? I believe this world is ripe for the Antichrist.
II. A REVOLTING WORLD 13:2
A. The Significance of the Beast
*(Dan.7:4-6) 3 animals that represent: Greece/Persia/Babylon
*The Antichrist is part of each, but also part Devil (12:9)…his strength/his
strategy
B. The Strength of the Beast
1. Satan Energizes Him
2. Satan Enthrones Him
3. Satan Empowers Him
*The world is preparing for a despotic ruler.
*Democracy (rule of the people) won’t work in a greedy, self-centered
society.
*Anarchy, murder, rape, laws that bark, but have no bite. Terrorism..
*The champion on the white horse will one day come not by force, but at the
people’srequest.
Is the world getting ready for the Antichrist? I believe this world is ripe for the Antichrist.
III. A RELIGIOUS WORLD 13:3,4
‘They worship!’
A. The Wound 3a
*The European leader appears to be assassinated.
B. The Wonder 3b
*Key word: As it were…this looks like. This has the appearance of a death and
resurrection.
C. The Worship 4
*Islam is looking for the 12th Imam.
*Worship is the one thing that Satan has always wanted.
*They worshipped Satan Prior to the Rapture there will be a rise in various
forms ofancient occultism.
*Spiritism, astrology, witchcraft, eastern mysticism, Satan worship...all of these
are developing.
*The world is looking for a new ‘Star’. New Age…man is god. Here is ‘god’
in humanform.
Is the world getting ready for the Antichrist? I believe this world is ripe for the Antichrist.
IV. A REBELLIOUS WORLD 13:5,6
(Dan. 7:8, 20, 25)
*All that has been revealed in Christ is ridiculed by atheistic Antichrist.
*Blaspheme…defame, ridicule, mock… what has happened in 50 to 75 years?
**New Age teachers have been inspired by the spirit of Satan to declare there is no
personalGod in heaven who loves and cares of man.
**There is no God to fear and obey.
**Jesus was not who He and His disciples claimed.
**There is a growing practice of ‘channeling’ or communication with demon spirits:
Spirit of Jesus…Spirit of Jonah…Isaiah, Paul, John…has come to them while
they weremeditating.
Is the world getting ready for the Antichrist? I believe this world is ripe for the Antichrist.
V. A RUTHLESS WORLD 13:7-10
A. Some Will Die 7,8
(II Thes. 2:10-14)
*They will reject the true God, even though they no longer doubt His existence.
*They believe that this man and Satan are greater and more powerful than God.
Sothey worship him.
*Here is humanism gone mad.
**Being the pinnacle of the cosmic process of evolution, man himself is God.
**Then he must have a visible representation of mankind to be worshipped.
**In worshipping the world’s greatest man, he is worshipping himself!
*It is violence and death to those who cannot see the way of the majority.
B. Some Will Dare 9,10
*It will cost you something if you follow Jesus!
I believe the world is preparing for the Antichrist.
K.P.
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