168 The Revelation of Jesus Christ "man of sin." He will be supported by all the power of the Roman Empire; and his main mission will be to cause all those who dwell in the land of Palestine (the Jewish nation) to worship the beast, the final head of political power. Doubtless it will be through this man that the "man of sin" will make the covenant with the Jew for seven years, described in the latter part of the seventh chapter of the book of Daniel. This cove nant will give the Jew what he now desires above all other things-the land of Palestine as a national home-this in re turn for Jewish allegiance. No doubt this will be accomplished by the false prophet, a king who shall arise at Jerusalem. His ministry will be accompanied by the manifestation of superhu man powers: "And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth (the land). that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the i_mage of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as·many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed" (Rev. 13: 13-15). Paul speaks of this great blasphemy when he writes, in II Thes. 2:3-12: '"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that Is wor shipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God ... even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders. and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; 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: that they all might be damned (or '"judged,'" R.V.) who believed not the truth, but had pleasure In unrighteousness.'" There are thousands of men today who do not believe any of the miracles recorded in the Word of God, who do not even believe the miracles attributed to the Lord Jesus Christ. The tragedy is that in many theological seminaries, the miracles of the Lord Jesus are explained on a natural basis. The day will come, however, when men will believe in miracles. They will
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