Can We Know Who the Antichrist Will Be Prior To The Rapture?

 Can We Know Who the Antichrist Will Be Prior To The Rapture? – Bill Perkins - https://compass.org/can-we-know-who-the-antichrist-will-be-prior-to-the-rapture/ As we have pointed out in the past, there's a difference between the New World Leader (NWL) and the Antichrist (AC). The New World Leader is a man referred to as the Beast in Revelation. The NWL shows up out of nowhere immediately after the Rapture and orchestrates a peace treaty between Israel and 10 nations for seven years. This New World Leader appears to die at the midpoint of the 7-year Tribulation from a fatal head wound. I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast; Rev. 13:3 The Antichrist, or false-Christ, shows up halfway through the Tribulation when Satan is thrown to the Earth. Since Satan is a spirit being, he will need a body, so he takes over the slainbody of the New World Leader. The New World Leader will have lain dead for three days for the world to see. So when he rises from the dead, indwelled by Satan, he will claim to be the true Messiah, thus becoming the falseMessiah. He will then kill the two witnesses and the people of earth will rejoice. And their dead bodies will lie in the street of a great city [Jerusalem]. Those from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days,and will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth. Rev.11:8-10 There has always been great speculation as to who will be the New World Leader, the forerunner of the Antichrist. A recent hypothesis that's been making the rounds on social media is thatBarack Obama will be the New World Leader. CLICKHERE to watch what they suggest about Obama, but watch just the three minutes between the 6-minute and 9-minute mark. The video has major flaws, but it does correctly explain that one of the characteristics of the Antichrist is that he's a homosexual. He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the desire of women, nor will he show regard for any other god; for he will magnify himself above them all. But instead he will honora god of fortresses, a god whom his fathers did not know; Dan. 11:37-38a It has long been rumored that Obama is homosexual. And there is evidence that would lend credibility to that hypothesis. But the most interesting connection that the video claims is how Obama got his name. At one time Obama was Barry Soetoro. No comment on the "Foreign Student" ID card. Somewhere along the line Barry Soetoro changed his name to Barack Hussein Obama. The video, in a stretch, connects his new name to scripture. They use this verse as their proof-text: And He (Jesus) said to them, “I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning." Luke 10:18 The video claims that when translated into Hebrew/Aramaic, Jesus would have said Satan will "...fall from heaven like Barack Obama." Close, but no cigar. The Hebrew word for “lightning” is “baraq.” It does sound like "Barack." The Hebrew word for “high place” is “bamah.” But "heaven" is a different word. In Hebrew, “Waw" is used as a conjunction, but never "o." So the video is inaccurate and misleading at best. And there are other reasons the Antichrist is not likely to be Obama. A characteristic of the New World leader is that he will be a great military genius. Obama is no military genius. He didn’teven know how to pronounce “military corps.” And the best reason is the Bible says we will not know who the AC is until he is revealed AFTER the Rapture. … with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, (the Rapture) 2Th. 2:1b Let no one in any way deceive you, for it (the Day of the Lord) will not come unless the apostasy (the Rapture) comes first, and the man of lawlessness (the New World Leader) is revealed,the son of destruction, 2Th. 2:3 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains (God’s Holy Spirit) will do so until He is taken out of the way (VIA the Rapture). Then that lawless one will berevealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; 2Th. 2:7-8 Clearly, we won’t know who the New World Leader will be prior to the Rapture, and all speculation is fruitless.