1. Each rose to prominence in a period of rapid social upheaval.
2. Each was revolutionary and anti-traditional in his message and methods.
3. Each generated a charged atmosphere of excitement, even hysteria.
4. Each made total demands on his followers.
5 Each claimed moral superiority.
6. Each did "wonderful things" that gave him magical qualities in the eyes of his followers.
7. Each left a following with an unstable leadership--because its leadership had hinged on one man.

One distinctive difference of these four leaders is that one of them is still living.

The world is ready for the rise of a single leader who will offer to solve the economic and social problems of our times. This person will be a religious leader with global political power. The one-world banking system and one-world government will allow this leader to rule the world with complete and dominant control.

This leader will publish that Jesus was not God in the flesh...that He was "only" a man (II John 7).

This leader will try to put himself above God (II Thes. 2:4).

His army will at first rule the world and overcome the faithful witnesses (Rev. 11:7).

This leader will perform signs and miracles to persuade many that he has super-natural powers (II Thes. 2:9).

This evil leader and his followers will be suddenly and completely destroyed when the Son of God Himself returns in all of His Glory (II Thes. 2:8).

It is at this time that the nation of Israel and everyone upon the face of the Earth will recognize the Messiah as the True Son of God (Rev. 1:7). The wicked will be destroyed and the anti-Christ and his followers will be removed. Mankind will once again have peace upon the earth. Jesus Christ will reign upon His throne and He shall rule the "nations with a rod of iron" (Rev. 2:27).

Now is the time for each to decide whom to serve. Not to decide is to decide. In these last days, "whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved" (Acts 2:21). Any who align with the beast shall "be tormented with fire and brimstone" (Rev. 14:11) for ever and ever. "Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation" (II Cor. 6:2).

theosphos (1999)