DANIEL 7:7
7. After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. KJV
This is the last Beast or the Anti-Christ Spirit from Revelation 13. He is exceedingly dreadful and meaner than all who have preceded him. Satan knows he has a short time left.
Revelation 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. KJV
I have been receiving pieces of this puzzle from the Lord for the past 35 years. Lately they have picked up in speed and are rather disturbing. But that is what the 4th beast in Daniel 7 is, rather disturbing and worse than all the others. But the saints take away his authority gradually and receive the kingdom of heaven in the end. So, we know who wins.
I have been taught that the anti-Christ spirit does not use those who are outside the church. The reason being 7 more will come in the empty place of a Christian if he does not fill that place with the Holy Spirit and the Word of God. It is the Lord’s judgment. This is the ultimate 7 more.
They could be spirits of fear, envy, pride, hate, anger, murder or unbelief. It really is not important; we see that it is 7 times worse off than before. Everyone is waiting for the Anti-Christ to take his seat in the temple and proclaim that he is God. But what does the scripture say?
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4. Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. KJV
I believe it does not have to be one man because in 1 John, he says there are many. I believe there is a group of people that fit the profile. One man does stand out to me as being exceedingly evil. But will he go into a physical temple and say that He is God before the world?
The scripture from the King James Version is what we should only read. I have found that the newer versions have added words that changed the meaning causing many to believe a lie. We must make the stipulation of just what is the temple of God. We are under a new Covenant because of the blood of Jesus. We do not live by the Law, or we are lost.
We are the temple of God according to I Corinthians 6:19
19. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20. For ye are bought with a price therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. KJV
We are the temple of God because He bought us with His blood. Therefore, we should not be looking for Satan to take his seat in a rebuilt temple on the Dome of the Rock in Israel which is not ready to happen for probably quite a while. If it is in the heart of man, then Satan can enter a backslidden empty temple and tell himself that he is God. That is what the scripture says. And that has assuredly already happened.
Satan is so prideful; all he wants is to be God. So, he thinks he has won a mighty victory when he can enter into a man’s heart which belongs to God. Satan tells himself that he is God — not the world in a public manner.
This has many other pieces, and I have run out of time. I will finish with part 2.
The Lord is so good and is coming back to a people who are prepared for His return. One way we are prepared is by the Truth. There can be no falsehood in us. This is very important. We are sanctified by truth, John 17:17. Satan has planted many lies within the body of Christ. The Lord will have a clean house to return to!