2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
* The mysteries are important for us to study because they lay the basic foundation of the christian faith
* The reason why many christians are not rooted and grounded In the word of God is because pastors and preachers do not teach this great subject of the mysteries of the word of God
* It is our duty to faithfully preach these mysteries in the word of God, so that these doctrines can strenghten and build them up so that they will never be shaken of their faith and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who would ask them for a reason for the hope that is inside of them
* It is important that we study these mysteries
* The next person the bible has so much to speak about other than Lord Jesus Christ is the antichrist
* Since God talks so much about the antichrist, we need to learn more about the enemy
* The spirit of antichrist is causing people to rebel against God. The greatest tool in the spirit of antichrist is deception
* When the final antichrist appers, he may not come as an outsider. He comes with flatteries, lies and deception.
* He may come as a part of the church
* They come with the spirit of rebellion and deception
2 John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
* The antichrist has to do with rebellion and deception
* The mystery is how can this angelic being called satan come in human flesh?
* Just as God came in a man, Satan will also come in a man
* The mystery iniquity is the opposite of the mystery of Godliness. The mystery of iniquity is satan’s incarnation in the flesh
a. The Serpent Is Said To Have A Seed And The Woman Is Said To Have A Seed
* God is talking about the seed of the woman that is Jesus Christ
* Eve got it wrong. A woman does not have a seed. Only a man has a seed.
* God was clearly talking about the virgin birth of Jesus Christ and interference from any human male seed but only the seed of the woman
* With this is mind, then it follows that the seed of the serpent would also be a physical seed and that would be the antichrist
* Many will find it difficult to believe because they find it hard to believe that angelic beings can reproduce. We know angelic beings interminggled with human woman in Genesis 6 and produce giant offsprings.
* so , the antichrist is none other than satan manifest in the flesh. That is the mytery
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
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.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
* there are antichrists since then but there will be one antichrist who comes at his appointed time to rule and reign after the church is taken out
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
* in the first part of the tribulation, he appears as a man of sin and in the 2nd part of tribulation, he appears as a son of perdition
a. Abaddon And Apollyon Means Perdition Or Destruction And Its Reference To The Antichrist
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
* He had a deadly wound, wounded to death (he died) and his wound was healed (he was brought back to life). When he comes back, he comes back as satan incarnate
a. Pharoah Is A Type Of Antichrist: He Is Wounded With A Deadly Wound
* Withered is used to describe someone's leg or arm when it is thin and weak because of disease or injury.
* In every major religion, their god is Nimrod.
Genesis 10:8-10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
* They deny the deity of Jesus Christ manifest in the flesh
* They also deny the gospel of Jesus Christ
* They deny salvation is by grace alone. They try to make salvation by works.
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
* Romans to Philemon is where we find the new testament doctrines for the church age today
* The mystery of iniquity deals with 2 things. the antichrists which were in existance during the times of the apostles but it specifically focuses in on that time period in which the antichrist will rule upon the earth
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
* Total = 70 Weeks
* 62+7 = 69 Weeks (Missing 1 Week)
* Final 1 Week (Week of Years) = 7 Years
a. The Jews Will Take Back The Temple Mount, Rebuilt It And Worship In That Temple And Then The Gentiles Will Take Over The Temple For 42 Months (3 1/2 Years @ The 2nd Half)
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
* Noticed verse 2: holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months (42 months = 3 1/2 years)
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
a. He Has A Deadly Wound As Though Wounded To Death That Was Healed
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
* How long will he be dead? Satan always imitate what Jesus does. He may probably be dead for 3 days and 3 nights
17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
* 3 parts to the mark of the beast: mark, name, number
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
a. Antichrist And False Prophet Both Will Be Cast Into The Lake Of Fire
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.