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7 It was also given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over
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every tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him.

This verse states he is given authority over every tribe and nation on this earth. We know that God gives him this
authority prior to the Temple being desecrated, which marks the period of forty-two months. We know that
before this time he was empowered to do evil by Satan who had been cast down to the earth. Daniel says that he
exalted himself above every god, after the “abomination of desolation” had occurred.

Daniel 11:31 “Forces from him will arise, desecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular
sacrifice. And they will set up the abomination of desolation.” 110

Daniel 11:36 “Then the king will do as he pleases, and he will exalt and magnify himself above every
god and will speak monstrous things against the God of gods; and he will prosper until the indignation
is finished, for that which is decreed will be done.”
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Many would say how could God give authority to such a person? It is much like God hardening the heart of
Pharaoh in Egypt during the Exodus of Israel. This was done to bring glory to God. It is similar to Christ’s
selection of Judas as His betrayer, to ultimately bring glory to His Name. This is God’s way of fulfilling His plan
for this world during the End Times. What is the significance to the number of the beast, the Antichrist?

Revelation 13:18 “Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for
the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.”
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Birth of Antichrist

Pleiades: Crown
37 Tauri .
Mercury

Gemini

May 2354 Birth of the Antichrist, eclipse of the sun with the planet Mercury

209 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Re 13:5–7). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

210 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Da 11:36, Da 11:31). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

211 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Re 13:18). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.