There are those under the altar who have been slain for their faith, who cry to the Lord asking how long will this continue.
........Revelation 6:11
"And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled."

"And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them:. . ."
....................Revelation 13:7
........It is clear that the Antichrist will persecute the saint of God.

....................Daniel 7: 25
"He. . . .shall wear out the saints of the most High."

....................Daniel 8:24
"He shall destroy the mighty and the holy people."
........This undoubtedly refers to the Jews.

Today, God and religion are sneered at in contemptuous ways.

............The Antichrist will send terrible curses against those who dwell in heaven and he will move with violence against any who dare to agree to the cause of Christ.

There is no doubt that there will be many left behind that will regret not being ready for the rapture; but who will faithfully teach and preach the true reason for the event and that people everywhere should repent.

.............They will warn others of the character and purposes of the Antichrist.

.......Such preaching will arouse a fury in him.

.......................But he will demonstrate his own miracles and lying wonders to confuse the people's minds.

The rapture of the Manchild children will be a worldwide subject of conversation.

..................Their mysterious disappearance is bound to be an embarrassment to the Antichrist.

And the Antichrist will rage against them with awful blasphemies.
Revelation 13:6
"And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heaven."

Three of the ten kingdoms apparently are hostile to the "little horn", the Antichrist.
.........................Daniel 7:24
"24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings."

..............They oppose him and make war against him; but he overthrows them proving to be a military genius.

...........................The other kingdoms quickly fall into line not wanting the same treatment. They accept him and "give their power and strength unto the beast." ............Revelation 17:13

When the Antichrist appears, the "ten horns" of Daniel 7 have come into power and there are crowns upon their heads.

....But the world is in chaos.
....The nations are looking for a deliverer.

...........This man is showing himself to be a superman and able to have his authority respected.

The Beast/Antichrist is the cursed Son of Perdition.

...................................Being inspired by Satan, he get his pleasure by blaspheming the name of God with horrible curses and accusations.

People will worship the Dragon/Beast/Satan/Antichrist.

...................Satan is completely identified with the Beast and will get those whose names are not written in the Book of Life to worship him.

The Antichrist will hide his true idenity from the world in the beginning by deceit and trickery.

.....................The world will believe in him, but they will believe a lie, 2 Thessaloninans 2:10-11.

............Later he will remove his mask and show himself as Satan's masterpiece, which means that he will show himself as anti-God and anti-Christ.

By this time, the mystery of the rapture will be forgotten.

.....................Jesus came to this world and offered himself as the Messiah and king, but was rejected and crucified.

................................Now the world is permitted to have a king of their choice. But it will not be long before they will learn the foolishness of their decision.

But more than anything else, is the supernatural element.

................In a mysterious way, the spirit of the Beast comes from the Bottomless Pit, with power beyond anything ever demonstrated in the world before.

..........................This mysterious element will deceive the crowds and draw their admiration and worship.

The fact that the Antichrist will get such great power from so small of a beginning, will amaze the world.

..........The nations are looking for a strong man, that will bring order out of all the chaos.

...............His ability to make war will make him as the man needed.

......................They will say, "Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?"
................................Revelation 13:4

The Antichrist secures his power of the nations by deception and deceit.

.........................In Daniel 11:21-45, there is a detailed account of the rise and fall of the Antichrist.

......He comes into the kingdom peacefully.
......He uses flattery to get his power.
......He will become strong with a small people.

The Antichrist accepts the proposition that Jesus refused.

................As a reward, Satan gives the nations of the world to the Antichrist,
................then, he, the devil through the Beast, receives the worship of "all those whose names are not written in the book of life."
.........................Revelation 13:4

Revelation 13:4 shows that the world will worship the dragon which gives power to the Beast.

....Just as God desires the worship of His people,
.........Satan desires the worship of the people.

.................Satan once offered the world to Christ, if He would but fall down and worship him.
.............................(Luke 4:6-7).
The Lord rejected the devil's offer and rebuked him.

Paul showed that the Man of Sin would come "with all the deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that parish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie."
..........................2 Thessaloninas 2:10-11

The world will believe in this monstrous deceiver;
........they will believe that this man who claims he is God can solve the problems of the world.

.........................................Because they refused to believe the truth, they will believe the Antichrist's delusion.