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{ESPAÑOL}
  1. Impostores Aulladores - {Copia en PDF} - (El Nuevo Testamento advierte repetidamente sobre la venida de engañadores y falsos profetas que harán que muchos se aparten de la fe)
  2. La Advertencia Repetida de Cristo - {Copia en PDF} - (Jesús proporcionó información vital a sus discípulos si deseaban evitar engaños de falsos profetas, falsos apóstoles y otros engañadores)
  3. Rumores y Desinformación - {Copia en PDF} - (Los rumores sobre el Día del Señor causaron alarma y confusión en la congregación de Tesalónica – 2 Tesalonicenses 2:1-2)
  4. El Hijo de la Destrucción - {Copia en PDF} - (Muchos santos apostatarán cuando el Hombre de la Anarquía, el Hijo de la Destrucción, se siente en el Santuario de Dios)
  5. La Apostasía - {Copia en PDF} - (Pablo advirtió sobre la futura Apostasía y la vinculó con la revelación del Hombre de la Anarquía, el Hijo de la Destrucción)
  6. El Espíritu del Anticristo - {Copia en PDF} - (El Espíritu del Anticristo obra para destruir la iglesia desde adentro, especialmente a través del engaño propagado por falsos maestros y otros engañadores)
  7. El Santuario de Dios - {Copia en PDF} - (El Nuevo Testamento aplica el lenguaje y las imágenes del Templo de la Biblia Hebrea al Cuerpo de Cristo, la morada del Dios Viviente)

{DECEIVERS AND BEASTS}

  1. Plundering the Divine Throne - {PDF Copy} - (Satan and the Rulers of this Age exalt themselves and usurp Divine prerogatives in contrast to the true Servant of God, Jesus Christ)
  2. Fleeting Power - (Only God’s kingdom will prevail and endure. All other political powers and regimes are fleeting. Already they are passing away) - {PDF Copy}
  3. The Decision - {PDF Copy} - (Disciples who give their unrestricted allegiance to the State are at risk of taking the Mark of the Beast)
  4. Prophetic Blunders - {PDF Copy} - (Time and again, popular preaching on end-time prophecy has propagated predictions and expectations that have failed to materialize)
  5. Beastly Mark - Considerations - (When we compromise with the values and ideologies of the existing world order, we begin to take the Mark of the Beast - Revelation 13:16-17) - {PDF Copy}
  6. The Beast's Number - (The Number of the Beast, 666, is based on the dimensions of the great image erected by Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon) - {PDF Copy}
  7. Counterfeit Messiahs - (Since the founding of the Church, Satan has sent many deceivers and false prophets to destroy it from within) - {PDF Copy}
  8. The False One(s!) - {PDF Copy} - (The presence of false teachers in the Assembly demonstrates that the period of the Last Days is underway)
  9. Howling Imposters - (The New Testament repeatedly warns of coming deceivers and false prophets who will cause many disciples to depart from the faith) - {PDF Copy}
  10. The True Lamb - (Jesus is the slain Lamb who redeems men, but both the Beast and the False Prophet mimic him to deceive humanity) - {PDF Copy}
  11. Embracing Leviathan - (The inhabitants of the earth willingly venerate the Beast and take its mark, although believers are not immune from its allurements) - {PDF Copy}
  12. Rendering Homage - (The false prophet uses every means necessary to coax or coerce men to render homage to the beast from the sea) - (PDF Copy)
  13. Mark, Number, Name - (The False Prophet coaxes and coerces men to take the Beast’s “mark,” its “name,” or “number”) - {PDF Copy}
  14. The Beast from the Abyss - (The Beast first appears when he ascends from the Abyss to wage war on the Two Witnesses after they complete their testimony) - {PDF Copy}
  15. Ascending from the Abyss - (Satan and his forces “ascend” from the Abyss to attack the men and women who belong to Jesus) - {PDF Copy}
  16. The Dragon's War - (Satan attacks the Lamb by persecuting his followers, the saints who have the Testimony of Jesus) - {PDF Copy}
  17. Global Dominion - (The Inhabitants of the Earth refuse to follow the Lamb, choosing instead to swear allegiance to the Dragon and his Beast) - {PDF Copy}
  18. The Beast is Rising! - (To identify the Antichrist, we must understand what the relevant scriptures say about him, his methods, and his agenda) - {PDF Copy}
  19. The Final Antichrist - (The Spirit of the Antichrist is raising up deceivers in the Church, but a final Antichrist will appear at the end of the age) - {PDF Copy}
  20. Four Beasts in One - (The single Beast from the sea in Revelation is related to but distinct from the four beasts that Daniel saw rising from the sea) - {PDF Copy}
  21. False Christ - {PDF Copy} - (Will the Antichrist be a global tyrant, or a false messiah sent by Satan to deceive and destroy the Church? )
  22. The Ancient Régime - (The Beast of Revelation embodies the ancient imperial power that has stalked the saints since the Tower of Babel incident) - {PDF Copy}
  23. The Antichrist Spirit - (The Antichrist Spirit works to destroy the church from within, especially through deception propagated by deceivers and false teachers – 1 John 2:18-22) - {PDF Copy}
  24. War Against the Saints - (The Beast from the sea is authorized to wage war on the SAINTS for its overlord, the Ancient Serpent, the Dragon – Revelation 13:6-10) - {PDF Copy}
  25. The Persecuting Beast - (The Dragon and his earthly vassals wage war against the saints, the followers of the Lamb, and not against other nation-states) - {PDF Copy}
  26. The Beast from the Earth - (The Beast from the Earth counterfeits the Lamb. It is the mouthpiece of the Dragon and the propagandist for the Beast from the Sea) - {PDF Copy}
  27. Antichrists in the Church - (Throughout the present age, the Church is being plagued by deceivers from within who are sent to destroy the Body of Christ) - {PDF Copy}
  28. Proclaiming Another Jesus - (Is Jesus still the Messiah who died on Calvary to save the world, or has he become a roaring Lion hellbent on taking vengeance on his enemies?) - {PDF Copy}
  29. The Beast Goes to War - {PDF Copy} - (In Revelation, the language of war is used metaphorically to describe the persecution of believers by the Beast from the Sea)
  30. Deceivers and Disasters - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus warned of coming deceivers who would mislead many and spread false information about his future return)
  31. Christ's Ominous Warning - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus provided information vital to his disciples if they wished to avoid deceptions from false prophets, false apostles, and other deceivers)
  32. Another Gospel - (The Judaizing faction proclaimed a message that deviated from the Apostolic Tradition and perverted the Gospel of Jesus Christ – Galatians 1:6-12) - {PDF Copy}
  33. Beastly Economics - (The Second Beast or Fale Prophet employs economic sanctions to coerce men, so they swear allegiance to the Beast from the Sea) - {PDF Copy}
  34. Final Battle - Armageddon - (At the end of the age, Satan will launch his final attempt to exterminate the church, the saints who have the testimony of Jesus) - {PDF Copy}
  35. Mouth Speaking Great Things - (The mouth speaking great things in Daniel appears in Revelation in the description of the Beast from the sea and its war against the saints) - {PDF Copy}
  36. The Abyss - (The Abyss is the source of satanic attacks against the saints even though it remains under the authority of the Lamb – Revelation 11:7) - {PDF Copy}
  37. Babylon Past and Present - (The story of Ancient Babylon’s demise is reflected in the Sixth Trumpet and the Sixth Bowl of Wrath in the Book of Revelation) - {PDF Copy}
  38. The Conspiracy Against Jesus - {PDF Copy} - (The conspiracy by the Earth’s kings to unseat the Messiah is applied in the New Testament to the plot to destroy Jesus – Psalm 2:1-6)
  39. The Coming Storm - {PDF Copy} - (The New Testament warns of a future apostasy caused by deceivers and the Lawless One before the Day of the Lord arrives)
  40. Worshipping the Beast - (The Empire’s propagandists encourage men and women to give allegiance and veneration to the Emperor, the Beast from the Sea) - {PDF Copy}

{MAN OF LAWLESSNESS}
  1. Rumors and Disinformation - {PDF Copy} - (Rumors about the Day of the Lord caused alarm and confusion in the Thessalonian congregation – 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2)
  2. Two Pivotal Events - {PDF Copy} - (Two events must occur before the Day of the Lord begins - The Apostasy and the unveiling of the Man of Lawlessness)
  3. The Day of the Lord - (Jesus will arrive and gather his people on the Day of the Lord, and in the New Testament, this event becomes the Day of Christ) - {PDF Copy}
  4. The Great Gathering - (The saints will be assembled before Jesus on the Last Day, and the wicked will be collected for judgment and cast from his presence) - {PDF Copy}
  5. The Apostasy - {PDF Copy} - (Paul warned of the future Apostasy and linked it to the unveiling of the Man of Anarchy, the Son of Destruction)
  6. The Son of Destruction - {PDF Copy} - (Many saints will apostatize when the Lawless One, the Son of Destruction, seats himself in the sanctuary of God)
  7. Forerunner of the Lawless One - (The Little Horn in Daniel is the model for the Man of Lawlessness described by Paul to the Thessalonians) - {PDF Copy}
  8. Seated in the Sanctuary - {PDF Copy} - (The Man of Lawlessness will be unveiled when he seats himself in the House of God - 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4)
  9. The Sanctuary of God - (The New Testament applies Temple language and imagery from the Hebrew Bible to the Body of Christ, the habitation of the Living God) - {PDF Copy}
  10. Until Revealed - {PDF Copy} - (The mystery of lawlessness is at work even now preparing the way for the Lawlessness One)
  11. Lawless One Destroyed - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus will destroy the works of the Lawless One and paralyze him at his glorious arrival on the Day of the Lord)
  12. Stand Fast! - {PDF Copy} - (Believers prepare for the Apostasy and the coming Man of Lawlessness by committing themselves to the traditions received from the Apostles)
  13. Lying Signs and Wonders - {PDF Copy} - (The Lawless One will use lying signs and wonders to deceive saints into abandoning the faith)
  14. Mystery of Lawlessness - {PDF Copy} - (The Mystery of Lawlessness is preparing the way for the unveiling of the Lawless One who will cause many believers to apostatize)
  15. The Little Horn - (The description of the Little Horn fits the known history of the Seleucid king, Antiochus IV, who waged war on the Jewish nation) - {PDF Copy}
  16. Golgotha or Rome - (Jesus refused the political power of Rome when Satan offered it. So, why do we insist on seeking the very thing our Master rejected?) - {PDF Copy}


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