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scientific infidels of the day. In this feature he will draw heavily
upon the Germans, and create quite a sympathy in England and this
country. "For some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and
to purge, and to make them white even to the time of the end" (Dan. xi.
35).

The Scriptures having pointed out the special features of his character,
we see that many of these features are already in the world. This is
Anti-Christ. This is the spirit of Anti-Christ. And when God withdraws
His restraining power, Anti-Christ will embody all these forces and
characteristics in himself. And all men having these features, will
sympathise with him, and aid him. God alone is now keeping back and down
this spirit of Anti-Christ until His own chosen time. "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 letteth will let until he
be taken out of the way (that is, till God withdraws Himself), and then
shall that wicked be revealed."

Anti-Christ means one opposed to Christ. Also it means one opposed to
Christ, and yet desires to be Christ--who wishes to be received as
Christ. And when the time comes, he will be received by many. The Jews
will be looking for, and expecting the coming of, their Messiah, hence
many of these will be deceived. Many radical Adventists and Millenarians
will accept him, because they are in haste in their expectations: many of
these will follow him. Indeed, the whole world seems ripe to furnish him
a quota. But who will he be? Answer: He will be a French Jew, who will
intermarry into the Bonaparte family. His title will be Napoleon I. of
Palestine. This word Napoleon, resolved into Greek equivalents, is equal
to Apollyon, and as a number stands for 666. "Here is wisdom. Let him
that hath understanding count the number of the beast, for it is the
number of a man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six" (Rev.
viii. 18).

Christ, when warning the Jews of Anti-Christ, said, "I am come in My
Father's name, and ye receive Me not; if another shall come in his own
name, him ye will receive." Here, and in other discourses, we have to
content ourselves at many points with mere statements, for to defend
every point would take too long a time, and would not suit our purpose.
It is our desire in all these discourses to incite you to study, to teach
you to examine for yourselves; to prepare you