Daily Devotional for Saturday June 15, 2019

Is this man the anti-Christ?

(Revelation 13:2)

***DAILY PERSONAL PRAYER FOR YOU: Dear Lord, give me Your strength to stand for Your Truth no matter what the cost. It is easy to call myself a follower of Jesus, but when confronted, when challenged, when faced with persecution, will I still say I am a follower of Jesus? I love You Lord and ask for Your strength so no matter what I have to endure for my faith, I will stand firm. In the name of Jesus I pray...AMEN!

Is George Soros the anti-Christ? The Bible has much to say about this individual who will dominate the world in the last days. Throughout history there has been much speculation who this person would be. Each generation has had a person many felt was the anti-Christ. In recent history, Adolph Hitler was thought to be the anti-Christ, but proved to be just another of histories evil men. Over the years many speculated if former President, Barack Hussein Obama was the anti-Christ. I tried to explain to people who asked me that question, that he was not smart enough to be that person.

Before President Trump, it took roughly ONE BILLION DOLLARS to get elected President. It took an army of millions of people throughout all 50 states working for a campaign. This incredible machine of money and people is not something a single human being puts together, but instead, is already in place run by a few people whose names for the most part people will never know.

Who are these shadowy figures? They are extremely wealthy and powerful men who are like characters out of a Bond movie. They truly do have designs on influencing the world with their political and social ideology. One of these men is George Soros. Soros is a Hungarian born immigrant worth apx 15 billion dollars. He is a currency speculator, stock investor, businessman, philanthropist, and political activist. George Soros is also an avowed atheist and a tool of satan who opposes God at every turn.

Soros is best known in political circles for his funding of groups like MoveOn.org, the Center for American Progress, America Coming Together, and many other pro-Democratic and ultra-liberal groups. Soros spent tens of millions and worked tirelessly behind the scenes through various groups he funded to insure Barack Hussein Obama would win the Presidency in 2008 and 2012. He advocates an extreme liberal and socialist ideology that is a match made in heaven for those with an extreme liberal and socialist political view.

One of his current political “projects” is electing local prosecutors all over the nation. He is swamping with money local races for prosecutors, backing his candidates with 3, 4, 5x the money these types of races would normally be funded with. The purpose? The people he is backing or anti-law enforcement with a radical agenda to get rid of cash bonds and most alarming, using prosecutorial discretion to NOT even charge cases of theft, drugs, and many other types of crimes. The goal of course is to turn local jurisdictions into crime-free zones where people can commit many different crimes and not face prosecution!!!

While millions of Americans suffered during the economic crisis of 2008, NOT George Soros. It is estimated he has profited at least 1 BILLION dollars by shorting the markets prior to that crisis. Many claim he has pursued the destabilization of the dollar and the move towards socialism to not only profit handsomely, but see his socialist political ideology advanced. He has singe handedly helped influence more than any one man the political direction this nation has taken.

On top of his political involvement, Soros is an avowed enemy of God. He helps fund with his billions efforts to slaughter babies through abortion around the world, euthanasia, legalizing drugs, the radical homosexual agenda, and atheism groups. Soros is determined to use his great wealth to try and fight God and the Truth of the Bible at every turn.

Sadly in our current world, it is the tools of satan like Soros, who have had a greater negative impact on our culture than men of God who have invested in the Kingdom. While they have bought their favorite preachers planes and mansions, built buildings, and help fund the Christian trough, Soros has used his wealth to reach the masses in the marketplace with the lies of satan!

My personal thoughts are that while it is possible the anti-Christ is alive today, we still don't know who it is. However, as I shared over the years, the current global economic crisis in many parts of the world could easily lead to a one-world economic system. That of course give rise to a one-world government, followed shortly by a one-world religion. That will also give rise to the anti-Christ which will oversee it all as the last days of human history unfolds My friend, all of this, once thought not even remotely possible in our lifetime, is now not only very possible, but very probable!

I love you and care about you so much. The challenge of this message today is that time is very short, the end is not that far away, Jesus is coming at any moment. We have a brief, a very brief window left to see the glory of God once again before the final chapter of human history unfolds. We are living in the last days. This is our time to make our lives count for Christ and all eternity. May the Lord find us faithful at His coming!!!

Let me leave you today with the Biblical passages that lay out the characteristics of the anti-Christ.

1. He comes from among ten kings in the restored Roman Empire; his authority will have similarities to the ancient Babylonians, Persians, and Greeks [Daniel 7:24; Rev 13:2 / Daniel 7:7]

2. He will subdue three kings [Daniel 7:8, 24]

3. He is different from the other kings [Daniel 7:24]

4. He will rise from obscurity, a "little horn" [Daniel 7:8]

5. He will speak boastfully [Daniel 7:8; Rev 13:5]

6. He will blaspheme God, [Daniel 7:25; 11:36; Rev 13:5] slandering His Name, dwelling place, and departed Christians and Old Testament saints [Rev 13:6]

7. He will oppress the saints and be successful for 3 ? years [Daniel 7:25; Rev 13:7]

8. He will try to change the calendar, perhaps to define a new era, related to himself [Daniel 7:25]

9. He will try to change the laws, perhaps to gain an advantage for his new kingdom and era [Dan 7:25]

10. He will not be succeeded by another earthly ruler, but by Christ [Daniel 7:26-27]

11. He will confirm a covenant with "many", i.e. the Jewish people [Daniel 9:27] This covenant will likely involve the establishment of a Jewish Temple in Jerusalem [see Dan 9:27; Matt 24:15]

12. He will put an end to Jewish sacrifice and offerings after 3 ? years and will set up an abomination to God in the Temple [Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15]

13. He will not answer to a higher earthly authority; "He will do as he pleases"[Daniel 11:36]

14. He will show no regard for the religion of his ancestors [Daniel 11:37]

15. He will not believe in any god at all [except for himself] [Daniel 11:37]

16. He will have "no regard for the desire of women": He will either be asexual or homosexual [Dan 11:37]

17. He will claim to be greater than any god [Daniel 11:37; 2 Thess 2:4]

18. He will claim to be God [2 Thessalonians 2:4]

19. He will only honor a "god" of the military. His whole focus and attention will be on his military. He will conquer lands and distribute them [Daniel 11:39-44]

20. His arrival on the world scene will be accompanied by miracles, signs and wonders [2 Thess 2:9]

21. Either he, or his companion [The False Prophet], will claim to be Christ [Matt 24:21-28]

22. He will claim that Jesus did not come in the flesh, or that Jesus did not rise bodily from the grave [2 John 7]. He will deny that Jesus is the Messiah [I John 2:22]

23. He will be worshipped by many people [Rev. 13:8]

24. He will hate a nation that initially will have some control over his kingdom, but he will destroy this nation [Rev 17:16-18]

25. He will appear to survive a fatal injury [Rev. 13:3; 17:8]

26. His name will be related to the number six hundred and sixty six-but not necessarily in an obvious fashion [Rev 13:17-18].

27. He will be empowered by the devil himself [Rev. 13:2]

In His love and service,

Your friend, brother, and co-laborer in Christ,

Bill Keller