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prophet, as well as all those lesser false Christs and false prophets who 

precede them. 

    Antichrist and the false prophet will work together to make the people 

abandon God's will and worship false gods. These two will be a perverse 

imitation of Moses and Aaron. Aaron was able to work powerful signs in 

the presence of Moses, just as the false prophet will exercise power on behalf 

of Antichrist. Moses and Aaron worked signs and wonders to serve God's 

purpose. Antichrist and the false prophet will work false signs and deceiving 

wonders to serve an evil purpose. 

    The two prophets of Revelation, who do God's will, will be the  holy 

adversaries of Antichrist and the false prophet. God will give the people of 

the world these two true prophets, who can work true signs and wonders, to 

assist people in recognizing that Antichrist and the false prophet are evil. 

Saint Paul's Description of Antichrist 

     Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come, unless 

the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of 

perdition, who opposes and exalts himself against every so called god or 

object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming 

himself to be God.  (2 Thess 2:3 4). 

    The man of lawlessness is Antichrist. He is called the son of perdition, 

meaning  the lost one.  The rebellion is not a civil rebellion against a 

government, but a rebellion against Christ, His Church, and His teachings. 

After this rebellion against Christianity, that is, after the world rejects Christ 

and His teachings, Antichrist will have power over the world for a brief 

time. The day which will not come until the rebellion and Antichrist have 

had their time is the day of the Lord Jesus Christ, described in the previous 

chapter (2 Thess 1:7 10). 

    Antichrist will sit in the Temple of God, meaning the Church's sanctuary 

in Jerusalem. Antichrist will claim that he is  God; he will try to take the 

place of Jesus the true Christ. Antichrist will claim to be the savior of the 

world. 

     The coming of the lawless one by the activity of Satan will be with all 

power and with pretended signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception 

for those who are to perish, because they refused to love the truth and so be 

saved.  (2 Thess 2:9 10). 

    The  Antichrist will have power to perform apparent miracles, signs, and 

wonders. Because he has power, many people will be deceived by him. The 

people who will go astray from God to follow Antichrist are those who have 

rejected truth, especially the truth of the teaching of Jesus' Church. Even so, 

many of God's faithful servants will remain true to Jesus Christ.