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 against being unduly led
away by Adventism, Communism, or Infidelity; to give you an interest in
Providence and history. Do you ask if any will be led away by such a
false pretender? We answer, Yes—unless humanity undergoes some radical
change. Take a few instances:—
Our Shaker friends believed in Mother Ann Lee. This woman in 1770, while
living in Manchester, England, pretended to have a special revelation
from Heaven, making known unto her that she was the female side of
Christ—as Jesus was the revelation of the male side. As Eve was taken
out of Adam, the female principle separated from the male, so she was
separated from Christ. This, and much that is curious, do these sincere,
honest, and industrious people believe.
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