Notes on "The Last Hour"

1. The Last Hour
1 John 2:18-22, 1 John 4:1-4 2 John 4

2. Congregation Reading
Please stand for the reading of God’s word

3. 1/5
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour

4. 2/5
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, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.

5. 3/5
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God;

6. 4/5
this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.

7. 5/5
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

8. School days
When will we ever use this?
Why do we have to learn this?
I’ll never need this!
9. Sticks and stones
Liars-Deceivers-Antichrists-Children of the devil-False prophets

10. The Gnostics
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, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.

11. Key phrase
 It is the last hour
 In that day
 Come to pass
 The day of the Lord


12. The Antichrist
The person-The power-The spirit

13. The Person of the Antichrist
Who is he?

14. Who he is not
* Ø A current major political leader
* Ø A Muslim
* Ø The Pope
* Ø A Westerner

15. Names
The Antichrist
The Lawless One
Man of Sin/Son of Perdition
The Beast The Little Horn
16. The Antichrist
ἀντί (Anti)-opposite, in place of, usurp
χριστος (Christos; Christ)-anointed one

17. Not the first use
Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction (perdition),

18. Names revel nature
Man of Lawlessness
Son of Perdition

19. The Antichrist
Man of lawlessness-complete disregard of the laws of society

 Outlaw
 Anarchist
 Dictator

20. Destruction
Son of perdition Judas Iscariot
Betrayer
Thief
Disciple
Possessed

21. Blasphemous
who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
22. Big ego
Supersedes all religions
Seats himself in the Temple
Calls himself God
23. The Powers of the Antichrist
What can he do?

24. Demonic powers
the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,

25. The Little Horn
While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth uttering great boasts.

26. Little Horn Little Power
An oratory genius Dan. 7:20
Great intelligence Dan. 8:23
Seizes power by intrigue Dan. 11:21
Gains great wealth by policy Dan. 7:25
Military genius who persecutes Dan. 8:24
Control world monetary system Dan. 11:43

27. The Beast
And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names.

28. Thirty references
The Greek a wild beast. This name “the Beast” contrasts the Antichrist from the
true Christ as “the Lamb;” The “Lamb” is the Saviour of sinners; the “Beast” is the persecutor and slayer of the saints.
The “Lamb” calls attention to the gentleness of Christ; the “Beast” tells of the ferocity of the Antichrist.
The “Lamb” reveals Christ as the “harmless” One (Heb. 7:26); the “Beast” manifests the Antichrist as the cruel and heartless one. Under the Law lambs were ceremonially clean and used in sacrifice, but beasts were unclean and unfit for sacrifices.
29. Christ and the Antichrist
Both will make a covenant with Israel
Both will be hailed “King of Kings”
Both are known for miracles
Public ministry for 3.5 years
Both rise from dead
Followers are sealed

30. Christ and the Antichrist
 Father, Son and Holy Spirit
 The Dragon, the Antichrist and False Prophet

31. Christ and the Antichrist
 Powered by the 7 Spirits of God
 Receives power from the 7 heads of Satan

32. Christ and the Antichrist
 Authority to opens the 7 seals
 Authority from the city on 7 hills

33. The careers
1. Christ came down from heaven (John 3:13); Antichrist comes up out of the bottomless pit (Rev. 11:7).
2. Christ came in Another’s Name (John 5:43); Antichrist will come in his own name (John 5:43).
3. Christ came to do the Father’s will (John 6:38); Antichrist will do his own will (Dan. 11:36).
4. Christ was energized by the Holy Spirit (Luke 4:14); Antichrist will be energized by Satan (Rev. 13:4).
5. Christ submitted Himself to God (John 5:30); Antichrist defies God (2 Thess. 2:4).
6. Christ humbled Himself (Phil. 2:8); Antichrist exalts himself (Dan. 11:36).
7. Christ honored the God of His fathers (Luke 4:16); Antichrist refuses to (Dan. 11:37).
8. Christ cleansed the temple (John 2:14, 16); Antichrist defiles the temple (Matt. 24:16).
9. Christ ministered to the needy (Luke 4:18); the Antichrist robs the poor (Ps. 10:8, 9).
10. Christ was rejected of men (Isa. 53:7); Antichrist will be accepted by men (Rev. 13:4).
11. Christ leadeth the flock (John 10:3); Antichrist leaveth the flock (Zech. 11:17).
12. Christ was slain for the people (John 11:51); Antichrist slays the people (Isa. 14:20).
13. Christ glorified God on earth (John 17:4); Antichrist blasphemes the name of God in heaven (Rev. 13:6).
14. Christ was received up into heaven (Luke 24:51); Antichrist down into the Lake of Fire (Rev. 19:20).

34. The spirit of the Antichrist
What should we look for?

35. Something for us to look out for
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.

36. Who has the spirit of antichrist?
One who denies that Jesus is from God
One that denies Jesus came in the flesh

37. Those who proclaim
Deny the existence of Jesus
Deny the divinity of Jesus
Many ways to God
Secrete knowledge required

38. The warning from 1 Thessalonians
…the apostasy comes first…
39. Apostasy to fall away
• Rise up in open defiance of authority
• Rejection of scripture
• Turning against God, as evidenced by abandonment and repudiation of former beliefs

40. End times warning
But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,
41. Similar warning
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.

42. The mystery of lawlessness
The system which produces the climate in which the antichrist can rise to power.
Social-Political-Moral-Spiritual

43. Warnings
Mystery of lawlessness (at work)
Spirit of antichrist (already here)
Many antichrists (have appeared)
44. Jesus warned us of the same thing
For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.
45. Check what you have seen
 Apostacy
 False Christs
 False prophets and teachers
 Mystery of lawlessness
 Deception
 Many antichrists
46. What am I to do?
Watch and be ready
Recognize the spirit of antichrist
Speak what is God’s truth
Know the Antichrist cannot hurt you



47. The Last Hour