zer0netgain wrote:
The Bible says the Antichrist (the final one) will be insanely persuasive and people will follow him because of his power to deceive. He will be coupled with a "false prophet" who will be able to perform what appears to be miracles and will use that ability to get people to worship the Antichrist.
As far as "power?" He will have worldly power (will lead a global-scale system of government), but other than being incredibly charismatic and persuasive, it's not like he will be able to shoot lasers out of his eyes. He will wage wars against nations and groups that refuse to bow down before him (so his "power" won't be that impressive).
Thats my understanding.
His power would be through persuasion and would ulitmately be political/military not supernatural.
Nostradamus built upon the Bible and stated that weve already had two out of three "antichrists". The first two being Napoleon, and Hitler.
The next one will be a muslim figure who "wears the blue turban" and who will unite "greater arabia" into an empire.
On the other hand the chefs on the food channel claim that the finsl Antichrist is Rachel Ray, but the experts agree that he/her powers are of persuasion and charisma -not magical.
So get your antichrists right