THE MARKS OF THE ANTICHRIST

By Bro. Manny, OTFS Chief Apologist

ANTICHRIST WILL NOT BE REVEALED UNTIL THE RESTRAINER IS REMOVED

The Apostles have warned us that the antichrists during their time was already at work. The work was evidently to destroy the Church because they the antichrists surfaced when the churches were already being built up in cities, towns and many places in the old world from 33 AD down to the early 100 AD. But they did not only surface, the even multiplied and continue to this day. There is no let up, the devil clearly has no intention of giving up while there is time for him to bring as many souls to hell. They are those who believed and followed the antichrists false doctrines.

St. John testified in his letter that the antichrists were already at work even in the early building of the church as it is written 1 John 2:18-19 "Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen; from this we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, in order that it might be shown that they all are not of us."

1. It is the last hour
2. We heard that antichrist is coming (singular)
3. Even now many antichrists have arisen (plural)

There are three things in the First Letter of John that we must take note, that an antichrist will come before the end of time, thus St. John mentioned that it is the last hour because he has seen that in fact antichrists have risen. When the end comes no one knows says the Lord, not even the Son nor the Angels but only the Father. However Jesus has taught the Apostles to observe the signs. This only proves that Jesus is correct, no one knows and thus in his First Letter, St. John has rightly observed that there already antichrists in the time he wrote the Letter who were teaching and preaching false doctrines about Jesus Christ. And so he equate this to be the Last Hour which is in fact not yet. There are many antichrists that will come for Jesus has correctly prophesied on them in Matthew 24:5 saying, "for many will come in my name claiming 'I am the Christ' and they will deceive many." So there will be many antichrists even then and much more today. This is a fact that there are false preachers and false prophets who deceived many out of the one true faith.

The many antichrists will come first then when the Last hour comes, the Man of Lawlessness the Destroyer Antichrist which is from the seed of the Devil will be known, he is the ultimate Antichrist, the leader of all antichrists the ultimate one. He is not known yet because he's been restrained. As heresies after heresies multiplied caused by the false teachings of the false preachers and false prophets they go deeper into the church which then let to the great apostasy not of the church itself as we will know later but of the great numbers of the elect that is why it is called the great apostasy. The great apostasy must come first for the ANTICHRIST to be revealed in time known only to God.

2 Thessalonians 2:1-15 has taught us about how the The Man of Lawlessness, the ANTICHRIST will be revealed before the end time "Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, brothers, not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter presuming to be from us and alleging that the day of the Lord has already come. Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness (the son of destruction) is revealed. He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

"Do you not remember that I told you these things while I was still with you? And you know what is now restraining him, so that he will be revealed at the proper time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains it will continue until he is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and abolish by the majesty of His arrival." Here in this passage, St. Paul gave a hint that he gave the Thesssalonians what he told them about what is restraining the ANTICHRIST. He reminded them that they taught him what was restraining the ANTICHRIST from coming out into the world at the time he wrote the letter and that he will come out and be known at the PROPER TIME.

"The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. For this reason, God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie, in order that judgment will come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness." Here in this passage, its clear that there are those who will not stay in the truth but would rather believe in the lie so that by refusing to love the truth they will be judged by their disbelief. There are indeed many today that have become blinded and deaf no longer able to love the truth because they want the truth to be what they want it to be.

Now listen to this all of you who believed in the lies and what does it say, STAND FIRM AND CLING TO THE TRADITIONS WE TAUGHT YOU, WHETHER BY SPEECH OR BY LETTER.

But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth. To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

We know that there are many antichrists that already came out but we can hardly identify them because they are too many however OTFS HAVE IDENTIFIED THEIR MARKS AND WE KNOW THEM BECAUSE OF THE MARKS. You too can learn of the identifying marks to free you from deception.

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THE FOUR MARKS OF THE ANTI-CHRIST the ebook in PDF format will soon be available. Its written by Bro. Manny, OTFS Chief Apologist, defender of Catholic Faith. The book is an important guide to let you know the deceptions, the false doctrines that can lead you directly to hell, and how you can spot them when you see them. Free yourself from them, they are the gates of the hell.

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