Satan's Last Stand
by Jim Showers
Satan’s End-Times Strategy
Prevent Messiah from coming a second time and completing God’s plan of redemption
Satan’s Twofold Plan to Accomplish His Strategy
1. Use a counterfeit Christ to establish a political form of his kingdom on Earth
2. Use the political kingdom on Earth to eliminate Israel
•Without Israel, Messiah can’t return and sit on the throne of David (Isaiah 9:7)
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Genuine Christ
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Counterfeit Christ
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1. Had power to perform miraculous signs & wonders
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Will have power to perform miraculous signs and wonders
- Empowered by Satan (2 Thess. 2:9)
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2. Was able to communicate effectively to common people
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Will be able to communicate effectively to common people
-Satan will empower him with lying wonders and unrighteous deception
(2 Th. 2:10)
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3. Came, was killed, rose from the dead and will return a second time
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Will come, be killed, rise from the dead and return a second time
- Will come "according to the work of Satan" (2 Thess. 2:9)
- Will be killed at the midpoint of the Tribulation (Rev. 13:3)
- Satan will "resurrect him"
( Rev. 13:3-4)
- Will return to finish his work
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4. Is worshipped as a result of his death and resurrection
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Will be worshipped as a result of his death and "resurrection" (Rev. 13:4-8)
- False Prophet will act as the counterfeit Holy Spirit (Rev. 13:11-15)
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Israel's Near Destruction
The Antichrist will execute his plan to wipe out the Jewish people.
•This period is the "time of Jacob’s trouble" (Jer. 30:4–7; Mt. 24:21–28)
·Time of unprecedented persecution that will last for 3 ½ years
•Toward the end, the Antichrist will launch the military campaign of Armageddon
(Joel 3:9–17; Zech. 14:1–3; Rev. 16:14–16)
·He will gather the world’s armies to complete the elimination of the Jewish people
Israel’s Great Deliverance
•Israel will now find itself facing complete annihilation
•Israel will turn to God, repent, and call on Him for deliverance (Hos. 6:1–3)
·God will have mercy on His beloved people and send the Messiah (Zech. 1:14)
•Messiah will return to slay the Antichrist (Hab. 3:13; 2 Th. 2:8)
·Messiah will destroy the world’s great armies
(Joel 3:12–13; Zech.14:12–15; Rev. 14:19–20)
•Satan’s strategy will not prevail!
 James A. Showers is the executive director of The Friends of Israel.
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