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With the Bible teaching about  antichrist made clear, let&rsquo;s return to the idea that the phrase &ldquo;one week&rdquo;  in&nbsp;Daniel 9:27&nbsp;refers to the final seven&nbsp;<em>years</em>,  or supposed seven &ldquo;prophetic days,&rdquo; before Christ returns. The prophetic  understanding of rapture theorists is false! Let&rsquo;s first examine the verse:  &ldquo;And he shall confirm the covenant with many for&nbsp;<em>one week</em>: and in  the&nbsp;<em>midst of the week</em>&nbsp;he shall cause the sacrifice and the  oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of&nbsp;<em>abominations</em>&nbsp;he  shall make it&nbsp;<em>desolate</em>&hellip;&rdquo;<br>

This verse&nbsp;<em>actually</em>&nbsp;refers  to the &ldquo;abomination of desolation&rdquo; (Dan. 12:11), when occupying armies end the Jews&rsquo; daily  sacrifice at the Temple.  (This is covered later. The prophesied coming abomination of desolation  is&nbsp;<em>much</em>&nbsp;bigger&mdash;and&nbsp;<em>much</em>&nbsp;more crucial to  understand&mdash;than you think.) This passage also addresses the&nbsp;<em>final week</em>&nbsp;of  the 70 weeks prophecy and shows Jesus Christ would  be cut off in the middle of the &ldquo;week,&rdquo; after the 3&frac12; &ldquo;days&rdquo;&mdash;actually 3&frac12;&nbsp;<em>years</em>&mdash;of  His earthly ministry and mission. The antichrist&mdash;and therefore any supposed  7-year reign by him 2,000 years later&mdash;is not the subject of this verse! There  is simply no prophesied &ldquo;7-year reign&rdquo; of the antichrist that supposedly begins  when he signs a &ldquo;treaty&rdquo; with the Middle-Eastern nation of Israel. The  Beast (a final antichrist) will not suddenly throw off his cloak to reveal his  true colours&nbsp;<em>halfway through</em>&nbsp;his &ldquo;reign,&rdquo; thus ushering in the  3&frac12; year Great Tribulation and Day of the Lord (which indeed&nbsp;<em>are</em>&nbsp;biblical  periods totalling 3&frac12; years, as we have seen and will later conclusively prove  in a crucial, fuller context).<br>

Consider. It should not be surprising  that those who teach the&nbsp;<em>doctrines</em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>anti</em>christ  cannot even correctly discern when&nbsp;<em>Jesus</em>&nbsp;Christ  is the subject of a passage!<br>

Daniel&rsquo;s amazing prophecy in chapter 9 in fact reveals the exact  year that the Messiah would begin His ministry, and how long it would last. It  points to one major event that He would fulfil&mdash;His sacrifice!&mdash;as the beginning  step in God&rsquo;s Plan of Salvation. It further shows that the final segment of  this prophecy is yet to be fulfilled! While somewhat technical, this&nbsp;<em>series  of events</em>, when studied carefully, can be understood for the inspiring&mdash;and  truly fascinating&mdash;fulfillment of prophecy that it is! But this is not our  subject here.<br>

<strong>The &ldquo;Rapture&rdquo;&mdash;Antichrist Connection</strong><br>
While the &ldquo;rapture&rdquo; falsehood is  systematically disproven in its own later chapter, it is necessary here to  examine its connection to the doctrine of antichrist. This false teaching  purports that only those who are &ldquo;saved,&rdquo; &ldquo;born again,&rdquo; and have &ldquo;accepted  Jesus in their hearts&rdquo; will be secretly whisked away without warning&mdash;regardless  of where they are or what they are doing&mdash;to the safety of heaven. This supposed  event, signaled by the sudden vanishing of millions &ldquo;whooshed off to heaven,&rdquo;  it is said, will &ldquo;shock the world.&rdquo;<br>

All &ldquo;unbelievers&rdquo; remain to suffer the  Great Tribulation. The antichrist will rule those who are &ldquo;left behind,&rdquo; who  missed out on their chance to be &ldquo;vacuumed&rdquo; into heaven at Christ&rsquo;s  so-called&nbsp;<em>secret</em> second coming. All believers are thought to&nbsp;<em>escape</em>&nbsp;the  antichrist by going to heaven. The rapture theory also states that the  antichrist will allow the Jews to build a temple in Jerusalem, which, 3&frac12; years into this  tragically&nbsp;<em>mistimed</em>&nbsp;&ldquo;tribulation,&rdquo; he will turn on and  destroy.<br>

At the end of this period of turmoil,  Christ will return&mdash;<em>supposedly</em>&nbsp;in effect now His&nbsp;<em>third</em>&nbsp;coming&mdash;but  this &ldquo;third&rdquo; time He will bring final defeat to the antichrist and his forces.<br>

Why is this teaching so dangerous?<br>

When you come later to understand the  rapture &ldquo;theology,&rdquo; you will realize that those who believe in a secret rapture  will escape&nbsp;<em>nothing</em>&nbsp;because God&nbsp;<em>nowhere</em>&nbsp;promises  this kind of protection! Put another way, the very means by which millions hope  to escape the coming final antichrist&nbsp;<em>does not exist</em>&mdash;leaving them  among the most obvious candidates for deception!<br>

<strong>Ripe for Deception</strong><br>
Understand. The spirit of antichrist  already blankets the world as mankind continues to&nbsp;<em>rely on itself</em> to bring world peace, justice and prosperity&mdash;while at the same time&nbsp;<em>denying</em>&nbsp;the  power of Christ and<em> rejecting</em>&nbsp;His help and rule in their lives.<br>

As the end of Satan&rsquo;s  reign draws near, the&nbsp;<em>power</em>&nbsp;of&nbsp;his&nbsp;spirit will culminate in the rise of two men&mdash;the  Beast and False Prophet. Neither will be&nbsp;<em>the</em>&nbsp;antichrist, but  both will&nbsp;<em>embody</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>represent</em>&nbsp;the  ultimate&nbsp;<em>spirit</em>&nbsp;or attitude of antichrist!<br>

More religious deceivers will arrive  throughout Christendom. Some will perform miracles. One, the final mesmerizing  False Prophet, will use&nbsp;<em>great</em>&nbsp;miracles (Rev.  13:13-14) to lead the world to worship the  Beast (recall&nbsp;Revelation 16:13;&nbsp;19:20)! We saw their deception will be so seductive, so  persuasive, so widespread, and so great, that this evil tandem will even  deceive mankind into fighting Jesus Christ at His  Second Coming. (So say&nbsp;Revelation 13:4;&nbsp;16:9,&nbsp;13-16&nbsp;and&nbsp;17:13-14.)<br>

When the Beast and the eastern  hordes&nbsp;<em>gather</em>&nbsp;at Armageddon, the False Prophet will feverishly  work his final miracles to delude the masses. The &ldquo;battle&rdquo; will be one-sided. Christ and the resurrected, spirit-born saints will destroy  this army right where it stands, before it can even think about fighting. Read&nbsp;Zechariah  14:1-3.<br>

The&nbsp;whole world&nbsp;is foretold in&nbsp;Revelation  16:14&nbsp;to sell out to these antichrists,  and only Christ&rsquo;s &ldquo;little flock&rdquo;&mdash;His true Church&mdash;the one you have come in  contact with&mdash;will&nbsp;<em>not</em>&nbsp;be deceived, and will be protected.<br>

Like players on a stage, personalities  are quietly moving into position. The seeds of events that will stagger all  nations have been planted&mdash;they will soon sprout!<br>

Therefore, the first big order of  concern is&hellip;<br>

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