The Antichrist Author(s): Pink, Arthur W. Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library Description: A.W. Pink was an English evangelist of Puritan and Calvinist background who lived in the 19th century. His work Antichrist is a complete collection of all the Bible©s references to an antichrist figure, from both the Old and New Testaments. Pink first describes the nature of the Antichrist -- who he will be like, what his purpose is, etc. Then he works through all of the names used to describe the Antichrist in scripture (The Lawless One, The Son of the Morning, The Prince that Shall Come). He notes the "genius and character" of the Antichrist, compares him to Christ, and even outlines his doom. Before conversion, Pink was a member of an occult gnostic group, and so shows special interest in this dark, speculative subject, but his work is studied and replete with Biblical references. Not for the faint of heart, this book serves as both an inform- ative study guide and a warning for modern Christians. Abby Zwart CCEL Staff Writer Subjects: Doctrinal theology Invisible world (saints, demons, etc.) i Contents Title Page 1 Foreword 2 Introduction 3 The Papacy Not the Antichrist 11 The Person of the Antichrist 21 I. The Antichrist Will Be a Jew 22 II. The Antichrist Will Be the Son of Satan 25 III. The Antichrist Will Be Judas Reincarnated 29 Names And Titles of the Antichrist 32 1. The Antichrist 34 2. The Man of Sin, the Son of Perdition 35 3. The Lawless One 36 4. The Beast 37 5. The Bloody and Deceitful Man 38 6. The Wicked One 39 7. The Man of the Earth 40 8. The Mighty Man 41 9. The Enemy 42 10. The Adversary 43 11. The Head Over Many Countries 44 12. The Violent Man 45 13. The Assyrian 46 14. The King of Babylon 47 15. Son of the Morning 48 16. The Spoiler 49 17. The Nail 50 ii 18. The Branch of the Terrible Ones 51 19. The Profane and Wicked Prince of Israel 52 20. The Little Horn 53 21. The Prince That Shall Come 54 22. The Vile Person 55 23. The Wilful King 56 24. The Idol Shepherd 57 25. The Angel of the Bottomless Pit 58 The Genius and Character of the Antichrist 59 1. He will be an intellectual genius 60 2. He will be an oratorical genius 61 3. He will be a political genius 62 4. He will be a commercial genius 63 5. He will be a military genius 64 6. He will be a governmental genius 65 7. He will be a religious genius 66 Comparisons between Christ and the Antichrist 67 Contrasts between Christ and the Antichrist 69 The Career of the Antichrist 71 The Doom of the Antichrist 81 Antichrist in the Psalms 90 The Antichrist in the Prophets 99 1. Antichrist in Isaiah 100 2. Antichrist in Jeremiah 102 3. Antichrist in Ezekiel 104 4. Antichrist in Daniel 105 5. Antichrist in the Minor Prophets 112 Antichrist in the Gospels and Epistles 113 Antichrist in the Apocalypse 124 The Antichrist in Revelation 13 136 Types of the Antichrist 142 Babylon and the Antichrist 152 iii Antichrist and Babylon 163 Antichrist and Babylon. (Rev. 18) 177 Israel and the Antichrist 186 The Antichrist 194 Conclusion 195 Indexes 198 Index of Scripture References 199 iv This PDF file is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library, www.ccel.org. The mission of the CCEL is to make classic Christian books available to the world. • This book is available in PDF, HTML, ePub, Kindle, and other formats. See http://www.ccel.org/ccel/pink/antichrist.html. • A free audio narration is available at http://www.ccel.org/ccel/pink/antichrist/mp3. • Discuss this book online at http://www.ccel.org/node/3406. The CCEL makes CDs of classic Christian literature available around the world through the Web and through CDs. We have distributed thousands of such CDs free in developing countries. If you are in a developing country and would like to receive a free CD, please send a request by email to [email protected]. The Christian Classics Ethereal Library is a self supporting non-profit organization at Calvin College. If you wish to give of your time or money to support the CCEL, please visit http://www.ccel.org/give. This PDF file is copyrighted by the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. It may be freely copied for non-commercial purposes as long as it is not modified. All other rights are re- served. Written permission is required for commercial use. v Title Page Title Page The Antichrist by Arthur W. Pink Author of Gleanings in Genesis, The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross, Exposition of John’s Gospel, Why Four Gospels?, etc., etc. I. C. Herendeen, Bible Truth Depot Swengel, Pa., 17880 1 Foreword Foreword Foreword The contents of this book were first given out by the author at Bible Conferences, and then appeared in their present form in Studies in the Scriptures.1 As the subject of them is of such importance to students of prophecy, and as so little has been published thereon, we have deemed it advisable to issue them, complete, in book form. So far as the writer is aware, only two or three comparatively brief booklets and essays have appeared on this particular theme, though to their contents we are indebted for a number of helpful suggestions. Our aim has been to present as comprehensive an outline as our space would allow. Much of what we have advanced will no doubt be new to the great majority of our readers. Frequently we have been obliged to deviate from the interpretations of those who have gone before us. Nevertheless, we have sought to give clear proof texts for everything advanced, and we would respectfully urge the reader to examine them diligently and impartially. The subject is unspeakably solemn, and before each chapter was commenced we lifted up our heart to God that we might write with His fear upon us. To speculate about any of the truths of Holy Writ is the height of irreverence: better far to humbly acknowledge our ignorance when God has not made known His mind to us. Only in His light do we see light. Secret things belong unto the Lord, but the things which are revealed (in Scripture) belong unto us and to our children. Therefore, it is our bounden duty, as well as holy privilege, to search carefully and prayerfully into what God has been pleased to tell us upon this, as upon all other subjects of inspiration. Fully conscious are we that we have in no wise exhausted the subject. As the time of the manifestation of the Man of Sin draws near, God may be pleased to vouchsafe a fuller and better understanding of those parts of His Word which make known “the things which must shortly come to pass.” That others may be led to make a more thorough inquiry for them- selves is our earnest hope, and that God may be pleased to use this work to stimulate to this end is our prayer. May He deign to use to His glory whatever in this book is in harmony with His Word, and cause to fall to the ground whatever in it is displeasing to Him. 1 A monthly magazine, true to its title. Each issue contains two or three lengthy articles by the writer. $1.00 per year. Address Studies in the Scriptures, Swengel, Pa. 2 Introduction Introduction Introduction Across the varied scenes depicted by prophecy there falls the shadow of a figure at once commanding and ominous. Under many different names like the aliases of a criminal, his character and movements are set before us. It is our intention to write a series of papers concerning this one who will be the full embodiment of human wickedness and the final manifestation of satanic blasphemy. Many others have made reference to this mysterious personage in their general expositions of prophecy, but so far as our examination of the lit- erature on this subject has carried us (and we have endeavored to make it as thorough as possible) there seem to have been very few attempts made to furnish a complete delineation of this Prince of Darkness. We do not know of any exhaustive treatment of the subject, and for this reason, and also because there is no little confusion in the minds of many concerning the character and career of the coming Man of Sin, these papers are not submitted to the attention of Bible students. For upwards of twelve years we have studied diligently and prayerfully what the Scrip- tures teach about the Pseudo-Christ. The deeper we have carried these studies, the more surprised we are at the prominent place which is given in the Bible to this Son of Perdition. There is an amazing wealth of detail which, when carefully collected and arranged, supplies a vivid biography of the one who is shortly to appear and take the government of the world upon his shoulders. The very fact that the Holy Spirit has caused so much to be written upon the subject at once denotes its great importance. The prominence of the Antichrist in the prophetic Scriptures will at once appear by a glance at the references that follow. The very first prophecy of the Bible takes note of him, for in Gen. 3:15 direct reference is made to the Serpent’s “Seed.” In exodus a striking type of him is furnished in Pharaoh, the defier of God; the one who cruelly treated His people; the one who by ordering the de- struction of all the male children, sought to cut off Israel from being a nation; the one who met with such a drastic end at the hands of the Lord.