ASSASSINS
The sixth book in the Left Behind series is Assassins. It is the highly anticipated novel where the Antichrist, Nicolae Carpathia, gets assassinated by a wound to the head. I already read this book and I don't want to give anything away. I do however want to show you how Assassins fits scripturally in the End Times events of the future.
In Revelation 13:1 we see a beast coming out of the sea. It is my belief that this beast is the Antichrist, the future ruler who will come upon the world scene in the beginning of the Tribulation. John the Revelator notices something about this beast and tells us in Revelation 13:3:
I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast.
We see that the Antichrist suffers a wound to the head and it is fatal. It is so fatal that he dies. We know this because in Revelation 13:14 it says of the beast that he "had the wound of the sword and has come to life." If the Antichrist has come to life then he must have been dead before. How do we know this? Because Revelation 13:3 says that he suffered a "fatal wound." Revelation 13:14 identifies the weapon that will be used to murder the Antichrist. It is the sword. So finally we see from these two verses that:
The Antichrist will be wounded on the head
The Antichrist will be wounded by the sword
The wound will be fatal
The Antichrist will come back to life
When the world sees this, they will follow after the Antichrist and worship him. The False Prophet will initiate the worship of the Antichrist! Revelation 13:15-16 tells us that the False Prophet (the second beast who is from the earth) will make everyone worship the image (an idol) of the Antichrist (the first beast from the sea) and take a mark in order to show their complete allegiance to the Antichrist.
When will this happen? I do believe that it will happen very close to the end of the first half of the Tribulation, which is seven years. How do I know? Daniel 9:27 tells us that the Abomination of Desolation will take place at the midpoint of the Tribulation so the Antichrist's death and resurrection will take place very close to the midpoint of the Tribulation. If you want to know all the details about what happens in the Assassins then go out and read the book.
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