EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 11/25/2024 9:17 PM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-3 “Introduction to Antichrists”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: 1 John 2:18
Message of the verse: “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.”
I continue to look at the “Introduction to
Antichrists” in this evening’s Spiritual Diary and want to pick up where I left
off in my last SD from yesterday, as I continue to look at some New Testament
verses that first of all speak of our Lord’s Olivet Discourse which comes from
the 24th chapter of Matthew’s Gospel In this discourse we see that Jesus made
reference to the same Antichrist-related events as those already prophesied in
the Old Testament, verses that we looked at last evening.
15 “Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF
DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy
place (let the reader understand), 16 then those who are in Judea must flee to
the mountains. 17 “Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things
out that are in his house. 18 “Whoever is in the field must not turn back to get
his cloak. 19 “But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing
babies in those days! 20 “But pray that your flight will not be in the winter,
or on a Sabbath. 21 “For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has
not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. 22 “Unless
those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake
of the elect those days will be cut short. 23 “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold,
here is the Christ,’ or ‘There He is,’ do not believe him. 24 “For
false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and
wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. 25 “Behold, I have told
you in advance.’”
MacArthur writes “The recipients of John’s letter
most likely also would have been familiar with Paul’s words, written four
decades earlier, that clearly predicted the coming Antichrist. He instructed the Thessalonian believers as
follows:
1 Now we request you, brethren, with regard to
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, 2 that you not be quickly shaken from your
composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if
from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 3 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, 4 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. 5 Do you not remember that while I was
still with you, I was telling you these things? 6 And you know what restrains
him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. 7 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. 8 Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord
will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of
His coming; 9 that is, the one
whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs
and false wonders, 10 and with all the
deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the
love of the truth so as to be saved. 11 For this reason God will send upon them
a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, 12 in order that they all may be judged who did
not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.
There
is still some more verses to look at and I don’t want to overwhelm any who read
this with too much to think about and so I will, Lord willing, finish this
introduction in my next evening SD.
11/25/2024 9:33 PM
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