'Book of Daniel'
Dan 11:31 “And forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily (sacrifices), and place there the abomination of desolation.”
The Antichrist being the king of Persia (Supreme Leaders of Iran) will continue to deceive men (especially Christians and Jews) to damnation. So, having conquered Jerusalem for Allah, he will be considered a Prophet of Allah. He will then proclaim that Allah is happy that Jerusalem is now under Islamic rule. He now wants to live among His people in the temple of God.
they shall take away the daily [sacrifice]
The original text does not have the word [sacrifices]. It can be a daily ‘function’, or ‘chores’, or ‘prayers’. (Sacrifices) was added because only Jews offered daily sacrifices in the temple of God. The temple of God was completely destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD (2,000 years ago), and since then Jews could not offer any more sacrifice. Today, standing on the Temple Mount is the Al Aqsa Mosque, which calls Muslims to prayers (5 times daily).
(sacrifices) is best replaced by (call to prayer)
In order to rebuild the temple of God on the Temple Mount, the Muslims have to remove the Al Aqsa Mosque, thus stopping the daily 'calls to prayer for the Muslims'.
The New King Cyrus Of Persia
Dan 9:27a “Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; but in the middle of the week he shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering."
As the Muslim were removing the Al Aqsa mosque and the Dome on the Rock from the Temple Mount, the Antichrist will sign a seven year treaty for the Israelites to migrate back to Israel to rebuild the Temple of God with all expenses on the authority.
Immediately, Jews and unlearned Christians will proclaim the Antichrist as the anointed new King Cyrus of Persia sent by God to deliver Israel.
One World Religion
Since more than half of the wars were driven by religious conflicts, the Antichrist will form the ‘One World Religion’ to prevent future religious wars.
The committee will comprise of the heads of all religions, and it will formulate a new doctrine for this New Faith. All founders of religions are treated as prophets of God with no exception.
Rev 13:11 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.
Out of the earth - from within the church.
Two horns like a lamb
like a lamb - like a godly and faithful Christian
two horns
The Great Schism in 1054 AD officially divided the Christian Church into the Western Catholic Church headed by the Pope and the Eastern Orthodox Church headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch.
2 horns like a lamb - a godly Christian leader (Pope?) from either one of these churches.
The Protestant Church can be considered a branch (breakaway) of the Roman Catholic Church.
spoke like a dragon - he speaks lies and promotes distorted doctrines and heresies just like the Devil (dragon)
It looks like the Antichrist will empower a popular Christian leader (possibly the Pope) to lead the 'One World Religion' to deceive Christians to accept and worship him.
Rev 13:12 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Faith of the One World Religion'
All religious leaders must compromise their faith so that the ‘One World Religion’ will be a success with possibly the following doctrines:-
1. One God (Allah) – the God of Abraham, the Creator of heaven and earth.
2. One temple of God in Jerusalem for all religion.
3. All founders of religions are only prophets of God (not God).
Knowledgeable Christians will realize that this ‘One World Religion’ has destroyed Christianity by denying the divinity of Jesus and the propitiation of sins by His precious blood.
Note - Any Christian who accepts this new religion will lose his salvation.
