How long is the Antichrist going to reign? A seven-year period is the prevalent teaching among Christian churches. In contrast, I believe that the Beast is going to reign for 41.6 years and I will share how I arrive at this number.

It is interesting that the False Prophet doesn’t appear until 3.5 years after the Beast takes power. During this time the Antichrist will have to contend with two witnesses sent by God who will stand outside his palace in Jerusalem prophesying and bringing down judgment upon people in the kingdom of the Beast. This is going to destroy the credibility of Satan’s man as he is unable to get rid of these two men in his capitol and life is going to be miserable for him.

God will remove the protection at the end of the 3.5 years and the Beast will finally be able to overcome and kill them, leading to a global celebration as the world’s population sees this unfold on television. This short-lived party will only last for 3.5 days when God resurrects the two witnesses and takes them to heaven. A great earthquake will destroy a tenth of Jerusalem and 7,000 people will be killed.

With global television and the problematic two witnesses, the Beast won’t have much credibility with the earth’s population and this is when Satan ushers in the False Prophet, who can be likened to a political spin doctor. He will orchestrate amazing miracles that will dazzle the people and direct them to worship the Beast.

The Book of Revelation occurred some 1,900 years ago and John did not know about electricity and so Jesus had to speak in such a way that John could understand. It was not until the middle of the 20^th century that technology reached such a level that the words of Jesus made sense and we could finally understand that one of the things He spoke about was television.

Kings and emperors at the time demanded worship from their citizens but it always was localized. Meaning, there was no way to show a rally in Rome to the people living in Greece. But since the latter part of the 20^th century, this is now common practice amongst all news outlets. Everything Jesus predicted is taking place and it is both fascinating and frightening to see how close we are to the coming of the Antichrist.

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Yours in Christ,

Pastor John S. Torell