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The Revelation of Jesus Christ to us in various portions of the Scriptures. Satan always offers a counterfeit; and here he tries to imitate the Lord of Glory by having Him appear upon the stage of the world's last, tragic drama in imitation of Him who is "calJed Faithful and True" and will soon afterwards be revealed from heaven, riding upon a "white horse" ( Rev. 19: 11- 16). It is the counterfeit whom John saw when the Lord broke the first seal. And he it is for whom the nations wait. There is a strange spirit of expectancy charging the very atmosphere of the Old World. The nations are looking for someone to show them the way out of their difficulties, for someone who can cope with the conditions existing today and solve the political, economical and social problems which face the nations of the world. Millions are asking for a man like Mussolini. It is interesting, to say the least, that when the Democrats met more than four years ago for their convention, the editor of a leading Chicago paper made the statement that it might be the last great convention of that sort, because in four years' time it was possible that even America .would want a dictator. Today, after more than four years, many evidently do want a dictator, and many others are afraid they will have a dictator imposed upon them. The Word of God prophesies the rise of a dictator, a superman, .who will appear after the church has been trans lated, a man described in the Bible as "the man of sin." As soon as the church has been taken out of the world, then, says Paul the Apostle, "shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming" (II Thess. 2:8 ). To this man is given the name of Antichrist. He is the "little horn" which Daniel saw ( Daniel 7). He will be a man with the combined genius of a military leader and a leader in the financial world, as well as being versed in all branches of learning. He will be Satan's masterpiece. When the devil, "the prince of this world" and "the god of this world," took Jesus to a high mountain and offered Him the kingdoms of the world and their glory, if He would fall down and worship him, Jesus did not dispute the devil's abil ity to give Him those kingdoms with their power and glory. Instead, He said to him, "Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only
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