Unleashing the Beast

T HE B EAST K NOWN AS THE A NTICHRIST / 15

interpretations or denominational traditions, and not entirely upon the Scriptures themselves. In fact, I will show that there is much more information referencing the Antichrist that has not been taught, than has been released in recent years. After 25 years of ministry and over 30,000 hours of Biblical study and research, I believe, and I will explain to you, the following:  The Antichrist will be a Gentile (of Islamic background) and not a Jew.  He will not rebuild the Jewish Temple; the prophet Elijah will.  He will control more than just the Common Market.  He will bring peace only to his followers, and death to those who resist. T HE A NTICHRIST : A G ENTILE , NOT A J EW During the second and third centuries, there was much animosity between Christian leaders and Jewish rabbis. Many of the early church fathers became very anti-Semitic in their theology. Some taught that the Antichrist would be a Jew from the tribe of Dan, which they based upon Jacob's prophecy about Dan in Genesis: Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward (Genesis 49:17). Early in the third century, Hippolytus, an early church