The Revelation and Destruction of Antichrist

Dual Plan

The Revelation and Destruction of Antichrist

The presence of "the Son of man" will reveal and consume, by the Spirit of his mouth and the brightness of his coming, (Greek, "parausia," presence) the antichristian power and representatives. Here it is necessary to understand fully the nature of the second revelation of the true Messiah. His presence is revealed to his followers by the brightness of his coming, the lightning sign, which, like flashes from heaven, consumes the opposers who rise against the movement that the kingdom of heaven brings forth on the earth at that time. As the two kingdoms, the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of this world, collide, consuming powers are employed by both; but that of the heavenly kingdom is superior; because, with the preaching of that kingdom follows a stream of lightning that consumes the antichristian power.

Daniel saw that wonderful process and describes it thus:

"I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit (the true Father takes the seat that by right belongs to him), whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame and his wheels (the movements of the throne) as burning fire. And a fiery stream issued and came forth from before him," etc.

(Dan. 7: 9, 10.)

The same movement is described by the Revelator in Rev. 10th chap., under the symbol of the mighty angel whose face is like the sun and whose feet resemble pillars of fire.

The apostle Paul refers to the same wonderful act when he says:

"The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels (representatives) in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; when he shall come to be glorified in his saints and to be admired in all them that believe," etc. (2 Thess. 1: 7-10.)

The representative of the antichristian body is also the representative of the "abomination of desolation." In Dan. 12th chap., we find a prophetic chronology relating to the setting up and the continuation of that power. The angel, in explaining

the final victory of the kingdom of God, says concerning the Desolator:

"And when he (the false Messiah) shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished."

And then he adds:

"And from the time that the daily ('Hatamid') shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days"—1290 years.

So many years should pass from the time the false father-power of the church was fully established until the time the kingdom of heaven should begin its work of gathering the dispersed. We will come to a detailed explanation of these important points later on, under the heading, "The Time of the End."