(Happenings Ahead) the Man of Sin 2 — Willie Mullan

The Man of Sin and the Prophetic Timeline

One hundred and fifty-three. Second Thessalonians and after second chapter please. Four second letters of the Thessalonians and after second chapter. Just before we look into the chapter let me recapture something of last week's message just for a moment or two.

We looked up this planet of ours last Tuesday. After the church, after all the blood-bought born-again believers of this dispensation, after all the saints saved by grace of leftist, we were looking back at this planet when the church had gone and then the Holy Ghost had been taken away.

After the translation of the saints and the departure of the spirit we were looking at this planet. And we noticed this, that it was dividing itself as far as nations were concerned into four great amalgamations of nations.

In fact you know even tonight before the church has gone at all we can see this beginning to take place. We noticed that right out in the far east of this planet that the kings of the east were getting together.

I believe of course that China and Japan will amalgamate and I have a feeling from prophecy that India will throw in their lot with them. And you just try to imagine this evening the Chinese nation with all the power that she has just now and the Japanese and India thrown into the bargain.

It would be quite a formidable force. And then we noticed that right across the whole northern hemisphere that the Russian nation with all its satellites would make a bewildering force. Right in the south I can see Nasser doing his very best to gather all the Arab nations together.

He would like Lebanon and Syria and Jordan and Iraq and Egypt and indeed all the Arab nations to gather together. And I believe that this would compose the richest crowd on earth. They would be a mighty force.

But we can see quite clearly just now as we look back at this planet when the church is gone not only the kings of the east and the king of the north and the king of the south as you like but we can see already the ten toes of Daniel's image beginning to form.

This is the united states of Europe lying out in the west here. Britain and a few others are knocking at the door to get in and in they'll get. But as we look back at this planet and we could see these nations merged in together we could see this great united states of Europe, the common market if you will we could see its mighty parliament and out of its parliament arriving a president.

And right he will. He will be the man of sin. And we were looking at the man of sin last week. We were just looking at the time when he will be revealed. Not until Jesus comes and the saints go and the apostasy and relearness begin and the Holy Spirit is removed.

The scripture says, dead shall that which is one be revealed. And not a moment before. We looked at the time when he would appear and then we took time to look at the titles given to him in this book.

Mighty titles. He's called the man of sin. Called the son of perdition. He's called the wicked one. He's the little horn of Daniel. He's the king of the astounding. He's the beast of revelation. And some of the scholars have found 40 or 50 other titles in the book for him.

But we looked at his time and his titles. Now we're going to come closer to this character this evening because I believe that this will be Satan's superman. Satan is going to put a superman on this planet when the church goes and the Holy Spirit goes.

The Mystery of Iniquity in 2 Thessalonians

And we're going to look very closely at him this evening. We're here in 2 Thessalonians and we're reading in verse 3. 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 3 and Paul is speaking to these saints of Thessalonica and saying let no man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come except there come a falling away thrust and a toss to say and doth man of sin be revealed the son of perdition who opposes and exalteth himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God showing himself that he is God.

Remember ye not that when I was yet with you I told you these things and now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time for the mystery of iniquity doth already work only he who now let it will let until he be taken out of the way and then shall that wicked be revealed.

You see Paul was pretty sure that the devil even in that day was on the job and that he was looking forward to the day when he would put his superman on the fly. Paul uses a great phrase here when he says the mystery of iniquity doth already work.

There are many mysteries in this book. You remember once when we were going through the Corinthian letter that I took a note of all the mysteries mentioned in the New Testament. There is the mystery of godliness.

What is the mystery of godliness? It does God manifest in flesh. God walking on our planet covered in flesh. God manifests in flesh. You remember we talked about the mystery of the flesh. You remember Paul saying to the Corinthians behold I show you a mystery.

We shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed. There is the mystery of the translation and transformation of the body of believers. There are this many mysteries in this book. But you want to get this settled in your mind that because the big mystery is there this is not something you can't understand.

You see if the mystery was something you couldn't understand it would be folly for Paul to say to the Corinthians behold I show you a mystery. A mystery in this book is not something that the human mind cannot comprehend.

But it means this that the human mind would never have thought about this thing even in its wildest flight of imagination. If God had not revealed it you see you would never have thought for a moment that some of us would leave this planet without dying.

Neither we'd be saved. You know by the countless thousands who will never pass through the oracle of death. We shall not all sleep. We shall all be changed. You would never have thought that a poor sinner sunk and on down and on clean almost damned in sin.

You would never have thought that grace could have saved him in such a way that he would have become united to Christ so much. You could say that he was born of Christ born and flesh of Christ flesh. And that's the mystery of the church.

We are united with Christ in a unity that will never be dissolved. You will have to destroy Christ to break the unity. You know about the mystery of godliness. You would never have thought about it. You would never have thought that God who made the world would come into the world.

Yet it successed. He was in the world and the world was made by him. And yet the world remains in the world that he made didn't know him. Now. The mystery of iniquity is a strange one isn't it. You would never have thought about it.

You know it's just a man on this planet absolutely entirely continually without any reservations control by Satan somebody taking over completely by Satan. Satan superman. It's the mystery of iniquity.

See what Paul says here. He says the mystery of iniquity is of a ready work. Only he who now let us will let holy ghosts in the way. Yet until he be taken out of the way then shall that wicked be revealed.

Verse 9. Even him who is coming is after the waiting of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders. We are going to look closely at him this evening because he's got power. There will be wonders wrought by this satanic energized superman.

You know it has always been Satan's idea from the very beginning to be like God. Let's turn from where we are for the moment and go to the book of the revelation chapter 13 book of the revelation. And we're at chapter 13 and you can see this man of sin again.

The Satanic Trinity in Revelation

It's another picture of him because he's called the beast here. But we've already proved it's the same person John says. And I stood upon the sand of the sea and saw a beast rise up out of the sea having seven heads and ten horns.

And the beast which I saw was like onto a leopard. So on. And it says at the end of verse 2. And the dragon gave him his power and his feet and great authority. There's a tremendous lot in these little phrases because you know who the dragon is.

If you don't know who the dragon is just turn back into chapter 12. Satan. Verse 7. And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and the dragon fought and his angels and prevailed not.

Neither was there place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out. That old serpent called the devil and Satan. God's not going to let you make any mistakes about the dragon. All the names are there.

The dragon is the old serpent called the devil and Satan. And that's plain enough. Holy Ghost is very particular about these personalities. And you see here in the book of the revelation that the dragon the devil, Satan is giving to this superman his power just infusing him with his satanical diabolical power giving him his feet and great authority.

We'll get into that in a moment so that there are two great personalities there. And then when you go down to chapter 13 a little bit further it says this in verse 11 John says. And I beheld another beast that makes number three first beast and then the dragon the man of sin and the devil.

And now another beast comes into view. And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb and he speaks as a dragon. And he exercises all the power of the first beast before him and causes the earth and den which dwell therein to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed.

Now this third one he seems to be directing the attention of the whole world upon the second one trying to get them all to worship the first beast. Now isn't it a trinity now. And I say it's a satanic trinity.

You see the old devil has always wanted to be like God and now he has formed a trinity on earth. He is the anti-god. And of course the beast, the man of sin is the anti-Christ. And this third one is the anti-spirit.

Because the work of the Holy Ghost tonight is to get everybody to look at Christ. Jesus Christ said about the spirit of God when he is come he shall glorify me. That's how you know. Your preaching is right.

Because if the spirit is controlling you Christ will be exalted in the preaching. He is a satanic trinity. The anti-god, the devil the anti-Christ, the beast the anti-spirit, this false prophet because that's another name for him.

You see when the Lord Jesus comes to destroy these two see chapter 19, verse 19 John says I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse and against his army and the beast was taken with him.

The false prophet that wrought miracles before him with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worshiped his image. You know they were both taken alive and cast into the lake of fire.

That's a strange thing. And yet it's not so strange. You know if you look back across the pages of history there are two men who went to heaven without dying. Enoch went he didn't die, God took him and Elijah went, they both went into heaven without dying.

How well they would be treated down into hell without dying taken bodily alive put into hell. The beast and the false prophet. God would have just left them wouldn't he and dashed them into the lowest pit.

This is the satanic trinity. We shall return to that. But it's this superman this second person of this satanic trinity that we want to get caught up to this evening. We want to see him first of all as the wily politician as he's going to be in the parliament in the United States of Europe.

The Antichrist as a Blasphemous Political Ruler

I think he'd be the president. And what a wily politician he is. And we want to get this done very carefully this evening. It's the bouts of the book of Daniel and we're at the seventh chapter book of Daniel.

And we're at the seventh chapter and this twenty-third will be us. We've been through the other bits. Daniel 7 .24. And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise and another shall arise after them.

That's the little horn of Daniel. And we found out that he is the same as the beast and the man of sin. And he shall be diverse from the first and he shall subdue three kings and he shall speak great words against the most high.

This is one of the marks that God has given us in this book of identifying him. You can go into any of the great prophecies. And you'll always know if it's the antichrist that's before you on the page if you get this mark that God has given us like it's his mouth he's always speaking against the most high speaking blasphemies now but look at where we came from.

Sorry to take you back again but I think it's worth it. 2 Thessalonians. Did you mark it as we passed by. I've got to go back and forwards to teach the class. When he talked at the end of verse 3 about the man of sin the son of perdition.

You'll notice the next word in verse 4. 2 Thessalonians 2 verse 4 who opposes and exalteth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he as God sits in the temple of God. You'll find that he's opposing God and everything that belongs to God.

He's speaking great words against the most high. Did you see that beast in Revelation. Have a look at Revelation chapter 13 again and just see the mark. That's there Revelation 13. And you'll notice this person which says in verse 5.

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies. Did you get that. Yes this mouth comes into it all the time. You know he's speaking blasphemies against the most high. And I'll tell you this that this age that we're in is leading very slowly up to it.

You know Lord Suther. And I'm almost hesitating to take a shot and lay it on my lips. You know it was a book some years ago and in the midst of it you can read it for yourself. And then you'll know he said that the Lord Jesus flirted with Mary and Martha all the days of his life.

Somebody said to me once that's getting terribly near to blasphemy. I said that's not near blasphemy. That is blasphemy. How dare anybody say that my blessed Lord flirted with anybody. That's blasphemy.

And that has been a curse on the true name of the Methodist Church. And you Methodists you've got to face it. One of you peasants blasphemed my Saviour. And some of you never said a word about it. Some of you just smiled.

Some of you were just silent. Ah well God will hold you accountable. You can't go on with a day like that. You know now I'll tell you this that Leatherhead who is another Methodist he wrote a book recently and he said that Zechariah who was a priest in the temple and who was an old man.

He said that old Zechariah the priest got the young virgin Mary and he shut her up in the temple and he went in on to her every day and he chastised her until he nearer fled him. And that's where Christ came from.

That's another Methodist principle president. And he said hang your head in the bush for killing a child like that blasphemous. You don't want me to be happy with the Bible. Do you then we must damnously contend for the faith.

I won't stand up and let these men say this about the Lord without speaking up. Not on your life. I won't. I wouldn't have a slap like this if I did. I'm not worried whether I upset you or not. If you're one of these old cold miserable Methodists who haven't got the guts to stand up.

You deserve all you're getting. Oh my dear friend this is my Lord. I'm defending and I will not stand for it. That's for the moment. But you know this is just the lead up. Isn't it in the Episcopal Church in England now they need a new Bishop.

The other week the fellow who said a few weeks before Christ was a homosexuality. Christ played a homosexuality all the days of his life. He ran about with men thought they'd make him a Bishop. For that they know what I would do with him.

I wouldn't like to sell. You certainly wouldn't do that. This is the lead up. You know this is the lead up. This is the age we're living in. And the drift is on hold there any believer stand still and smile or even pretend to be silent.

When such blasphemies are spoken the Lord Jesus expects more of you. He loved you. He gave himself for you. Is that true? And you would let them blaspheme his name? You're not worthy of Christ. Yes. But there's a day coming.

You know the new superman will come out in the open in God and everything that belongs to God. These are only his forerunners that we're seeing. Yes he has a mouth speak great things against God. Have a look at Daniel 7 again.

The Antichrist’s Persecution of the Saints

Shall we see this character. Daniel 7 verse 25. And he shall speak great words against the Messiah and shall wear out the face of the Messiah. You know it's perfectly true that the church has gone. Ah.

But it's equally true that in that horrible day when this satanic diabolical superman from Satan is on the face of this planet breathing out his blasphemies against God in that very day God shall bring out of this world 144 ,000 witnesses for himself.

They'll be the saints of that day. And they'll have to take a lot. Sometimes we think we're taking a lot. We know nothing about it. He'll try to wear them out. I'll tell you this. There won't be one mission at the end of the three and a half years.

They'll all be there. And if God can keep 144 ,000 for three and a half years of tribulation under this blasphemer says God he can keep us most of the night. Yes he can. He can do it. We should be looking to God.

You know not the clock that would be a miserable creature to be looking to. He would be looking to God. He would act like the saints of God just the same. I want you to notice this that this character that's going to arise he shall speak great words against the Messiah and shall wear out the saints of the Messiah.

Now I want you to see him as a wily politician and think to change times and laws. I wonder did you ever give that any study at all. It's a very wonderful statement. You know I think of course the laws are just the social laws.

But I think that the times are divine times. Sometime when you get time you should study the times in the books it will show you this. Have a look at Acts chapter 1. This is the day that the Lord Jesus left the Mount of Olives went away back to heaven.

And just before he went in verse 6 Acts 1 when they therefore were come together they asked of him say Lord wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel. He was very anxious about this. And he said unto them it is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his own power.

You know like the corpse, the corpse of history. God hath had times for certain things. When Paul talked to the Thessalonians in 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 about the rapture he said you know I wouldn't like you to be ignorant about this.

But when he came to chapter 5 he said there is no need that I write unto you about the times and the seasons. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord shall show time. You see the day of the Lord is a period of this world's history that God has marked out.

It's for certain times. For when the Lord Jesus was to be born God had it marked out. And when the moment of the time was come when this character meets with his king God's calendar. Oh but he lost. You know that's how mighty he is.

He is going to change times and laws. So he thinks well I know that there is quite a lot that will help him to change the social laws. The last labour parliament we had in on the ocean. Oh they brought in the divorce law the far greater measure.

And then they brought in homosexuality. You get a license for it now. Oh they are changing laws because they brought in abortion. And that means he is a traitor. The traitor he threw out in the last election voted for abortion.

No wonder he got threw out. Oh we will just talk another word. That's all show me abortion the horrible thing. You know when God talked to Jeremiah he said this to him before I found thee in the belly I knew thee.

And when God formed a child in the belly God help you. If you put your hand to it you are not only murdering the child but you are going against God. And the labour government. Black teeth rags. No wonder they got pitched out time.

They were pitched out. There are no labour or unions or anything. And just a bible teacher. That's all friends. I want you to get the hold of this that this character that's coming to parliament he thinks that will change times and the law.

That's his idea. You've been going to have a good look at this while you are a politician this evening. This goes from Daniel 7 to Daniel 8. And this is the same person we can easily prove this he verse 23.

And in the latter time of their kingdom when the transgressors are come to the fore our king of fierce countenance and understanding dark sentences shall stand up. What would you think is meant by the phrase understanding dark sentences.

It's a mighty phrase isn't it. It's certainly not God's word that he's working. This God's word is life. And now I have a feeling that this fellow is going to get away with the devil. And he'll be able to listen in their rights.

He'll know every whisper.

Comes from the heart of his master Satan understanding dark sentences. I read in some book somewhere I don't remember the title. I read it about Hitler. In fact it was the local doctor who showed it to me.

Where in the last days of the war he would shut himself up for hours and seek the devil's help. How does the fellow want to do it better than him. He's coming. He's going to be a hard man to manage. He's got power you know to begin with the devil's.

And he's got ideas about changing God's times and social laws. And he'll understand dark sentences. What a character, you're beginning the season. I hope you're saved. And you never meet him friend. I want you to notice this.

Prosperity, Deception, and the Mark of the Beast

Have a look at this. We're at chapter 8. We might as well do it when you're there see verse 25. And through his policy also he shall cause class to prosper in his hand. You know that's devilish enough isn't it.

You know I believe of course when the common market gets going and the parliament is united both economically and politically and religiously I believe this character will get so much help from the devil that through his policy he may cause to prosper.

I believe the common market will prosper but it's just going to be an allurement from the devil. Many a good man the devil has destroyed for prosperity. Many a good man. Yes you know he's going to make things go.

Of course I don't think he would ever get the whole world behind him unless he prospered the people a bit. You know it's the side of things that he has to pay attention to. I preached with a great German preacher once we were both preachers at the big convention sitting in the little vestry waiting for to go on the platform.

I said did you fight with Hitler in the war. He said I did. I'm very sorry to say I didn't. I said did you really give your heart and soul to follow this character. He said I did. Really. I did. I said I need to learn.

Tell me what happens. They said as a young man 1928 about 18 years of age 1928 he said we had no work in the country and we were down and out and we were all in poverty. And then this fellow appears on the horizon.

I didn't know him then he said but you know he began to shove the masonic order about and this about and that about. And he began to get work going. And he said Willie by 1938 we were the best nation in Europe and we were earning tons of money.

Every man in the nation that was just the forerunner. Wasn't it led the nation to hell. That's what he did. He prospered them to go to hell. This is what the antichrist will be about. The devil's on the job here and I want you to look at this.

It says in verse 25. And through his policy also he shall cause class to prosper in his hand. And he shall magnify himself in his heart and by teeth shall destroy many. If you've got a good reference margin of bible you will find that the word peace in the margin is the word prosperity.

And by prosperity shall destroy many. That's what he's after. You know this is diabolical isn't it. Because when you go to the book of the revelation you see in other sides of this if you go to it now chapter 13 was there a moment ago.

But this is how we have to do it. Chapter 13. And you know this second beast this first prophet this anti spirit if you like it says in verse 16 he causes all those small and great and rich and poor and free and bond to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads.

And that no man might buy or sell save he that hath the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. It's in the understanding of the number of the beast for it is the number of a man number is 666.

You know he's going to have a mark anyway. You see he's a mighty character isn't he. He's got power and he's going to stand up. And he's going to blaspheme God to his face. He's going to try to wear out those who are witnesses for God.

And you know friends he's going to have a mark placed on every inhabitant of the world. And if you don't receive it then neither buy nor sell. He's determined to bless out everything that will be for God.

There have been so many things done with 666 that one wouldn't touch it. I just see it like this 6. Well it was the 6th day that man was made. He's just a man. 6 again is one less than 7. He's an imperfect man.

And the 6th commandment is thou shalt not kill. And this imperfect killer is going to scatter the blood of all who stand up for God. And unless you have the mark you will not live. So he says yes you can see this wily politician.

Can't you. But we want to do a little bit further than that. You know he's not only a wily politician but he's a warrior king. I want you to follow this as best you can. It will be difficult but please try to follow it.

The Antichrist as Warrior King

If you go back to Daniel chapter 7 Daniel 7 and we've already read 24 but we'll do it again 7 24. And the 10 horns out of this kingdom are 10 kings that shall have us the 10 toes of Daniel's image the United States of Europe if you like.

And out of the United States another shall arise after them. This is this king of the 5th continent. This is this man of sin. And he shall be divest from the rest. I want you to get this. He shall subdue 3 things.

You're going to have bother with them in the common market. They're going to all pull the line after he gets in. He'll block them off. Don't have bother with them in the common market. He's going to be a warrior king in there.

He'll let them know what's right now. I want you to go back to chapter 13 of Revelation. See I'm piecing it together. And I think this is the best way to do it. Chapter 13 speaking of. And again it says in verse 5.

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies. And power was given unto him to continue 40 and 2 months, 3 and a half years. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God the blasphemers name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heaven.

And it was given unto him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. Yes you know the common market is not only going to have trouble with them. I'll tell you this that all the witnesses for God are going to have trouble with them going to make war against them.

What a day it will be my to take your stand for God in that day will mean that you must be prepared to seal your testimony with your blood. This is where the text comes in. He that endureth unto the end shall be saved.

Don't bring it into the dispensation of grace. You know when the Philippine juror said what must I do to be saved. Paul didn't say endure unto the end. He said believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved.

Don't get the dispensation mixed up now. But let's see this warrior thing. Let's go back to chapter 8 of Daniel. I want you to see this bit because this is tremendous Daniel chapter 8 3 verse 9. Out of one of them came forth a little horn.

That's the same person if we examine it all through which wets the exceeding great toward the south toward the east, toward the pleasant land that would tell you where he came from. He doesn't come from the west, nor the east, nor the south.

He's coming from the north and it wets great, now watch this even to the host of heaven and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground and stamps upon them. Men giving angels are going to have trouble with us now.

That's a difficult one isn't it, you never dreamed of this. You can start to see him defeating the kings in the common markets. And you know that he can murder the saints but now he's leveling his power against the very angels the host of heaven throwing some of them down and stamping.

You see, you forget that he's got Satan's power and the old devil has made war with the angels before the day. And this man is going to have mighty power and then the angels in heaven are going to have trouble with him.

This is the mighty character, I want you to get the hold of it. I want you to see this. You see chapter 8, you see 25. You see his policy also, he shall cause class to prosper in his hands and he shall magnify himself in his heart and by peace shall destroy many.