THE APOCALYPSE AND THE TEMPLE CODE

B. Six important points about the coming antichrist

1. The beast will rise up from the Mediterranean (great) Sea area (Dan. 7:2) 2. He will be great to the south, the east, and Israel (Dan. 8:9) 3. He will make war against many people (Rev. 13:4) 4. He will appear to take a defeat then come back (Rev. 13:3) 5. He will be strong in the Assyrian and Babylonian area (Isa. 14:4-25) 6. He will invade Jerusalem and seek to kill Jews (Rev. 12:13)

He will be Islamic. The antichrist fits the expectations of the coming Islamic Mahdi.

THE BEAST KINGDOM

Main verse: Daniel 7:4-8

A. The beast arises out of the sea (Daniel 7:3)

1. The beast reforms three past empires

a. The lion was Babylon

- Dan.7:4

John’s beast had a leopard body John’s beast had the feet of a bear

- Rev.13:2 - Rev.13:2

b. The bear was Media Persia - Dan.7:5

c. The leopard was Greece

- Dan. 7:6

John’s beast had the mouth of a lion - Rev.13:2

d. The leopard body is the Grecian Empire e. The bear feet are the Media-Persian Empire f. The lion ’ s heads are the Babylonian Empire

B. The beast controls these three regions

1. His “body” will rule from the area of the kingdom of Greece (India to Northern Africa) 2. His “mouth” (authority) will come out of the regions of the lion (Babylon) - Iraq and Iran 3. He will trample his enemies like a bear - the Persians Empire – Persia through Afghanistan

C . The Grecian Empire was divided among Alexander’s four generals

The name of the general

The region he took

The present area

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Ptolomey

Egypt and Northern Africa Egypt, Libya, and North Africa

Seleucis

Assyria, and Babylon

Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq Turkey and southern Russia Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania

Lysynachus Cassander

Turkey

Greece and Macedonia

D. The antichrist will arise out of one of these regions

1. The area of the Grecian Empire includes the following places:

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Afghanistan

Pakistan

Iran

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