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启示录生命读经 · 第43篇

从海中上来的兽（四）

The Beast Out of the Sea (4)
1我年轻的时候研读尼布甲尼撒王所梦见的大像，（但二28～，）就完全深信圣经是神所默示的书。大像的各部分─头，胸膛和膀臂，肚腹和腰，腿和十个脚指头─与历代以来属世权势的发展相符合。除了神自己以外，谁能给我们这样的说明？我们必须相信神曾经是且一直是主宰一切属世的权势，调配豫备牠们。神以人体的像来代表世上的权势，这真是奇妙。若不相信圣经是神圣的书，就太愚昧了。我们若想了解这本书的豫言，就必须有神圣的智慧。我们越有智慧，越进入这些豫言中，我们就越从其中得著滋养。从圣经中的豫言可以得著丰富的滋养。然而，许多对豫言的研究仅仅摸到诸如七头、十角、十个脚指头、三年半、四十二个月和一千二百六十天等事。这就好像只给你一碗鸡骨头，里面一点肉也没有。我们必须从神圣的话得著滋养。圣经都是神的呼出，（提后三16，）意思就是，圣经里的每一行都是神呼出来的气。圣经里的每一行，包括这些豫言的部分，都有生命的元素，有活的滋养。当我们读豫言的时候，应当得著骨头也得著肉。
1When as a young man I studied the great image Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream (Dan. 2:28-35), I became fully convinced that the Bible is a divinely 35 inspired book. The parts of the great image—the head, the breast and arms, the belly and thighs, and the legs with the ten toes— match the development of the worldly powers throughout the centuries. Besides God Himself, who could have given us such an illustration? We must believe that God has been and still is sovereign over all the world powers, having sovereignly prepared them in a certain way. How wonderful it is to see the world powers represented by the image of a human body. It is foolish not to believe that the Bible is a divine book. If we would understand the prophecies of this book, we must have divine wisdom. The more wisdom we have and the more we get into these prophecies, the more nourishment we shall derive from them. There is rich nourishment to be gained from the prophecies in the Bible. However, many studies of prophecy merely touch things such as the seven heads, the ten horns, the ten toes, the three and a half years, the forty-two months, and the twelve hundred sixty days. This is like being given a bowl of chicken bones without any meat. But we should receive nourishment from the divine Word. To say that all Scripture is God- breathed (2 Tim. 3:16) means every line of the Bible is the breath of God. In every line of Scripture, including these portions that are prophecies, there is some life element, some living nourishment. When we study prophecy, we should have meat as well as the bones.
2我们已经看过敌基督的七个重要方面：但以理七章的第四个兽，但以理八章的小角，但以理九章的王，但以理十一章的王，包罗一切的兽，无底坑的使者，和不法的人。在本篇信息中，我们要来看这一个奇特人物的其他几个重要方面。捌有撒但的能力和权柄
2We have seen seven significant aspects of Antichrist: the fourth beast, the little horn, the prince, the king, the all-inclusive beast, the angel of the abyss, and the man of sin. Now in this message we need to consider several other important aspects of this extraordinary figure. VIII. HAVING THE POWER AND AUTHORITY OF SATAN
3敌基督将有撒但的能力和权柄。启示录十三章二节说，『那龙将自己的能力、座位和大权柄，都给了牠。』在四节和五节我们看见，那龙『将权柄给了兽，』并且，『给牠权柄，可以任意而行四十二个月。』龙将自己的能力、座位和大权柄都给了兽，指明龙使兽与牠合一。主耶稣在地上的时候，曾在旷野受过魔鬼的试诱。马太四章八至九节说，『魔鬼又带祂上到一座极高的山，将世上的万国，和万国的荣耀，都指给祂看，对祂说，你若俯伏拜我，我就把这一切都给你。』主耶稣拒绝了，祂说，『撒但，退去罢！因为经上记著，当拜主你的神，单要事奉祂。』（太四10。）从那一天起，撒但就一直在寻找一个人，好将他的能力、权柄和国度的荣耀交给那人。他在敌基督身上找到他所要找的人；主耶稣所拒绝的，敌基督要接受。
3Antichrist will have the power and authority of Satan. Revelation 13:2 says, “The dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority.” In verses 4 and 5 we see that the dragon “gave authority to the beast” and that “authority was given to him to act forty-two months.” That the dragon gives his power, his throne, and great authority to the beast indicates that he makes the beast one with him. When the Lord Jesus was on earth, He was tempted in the wilderness by the Devil. Matthew 4:8 and 9 say, “Again, the Devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory; and he said to Him, All these will I give You if You will fall down and worship me.” The Lord Jesus refused, saying, “Go, Satan! For it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve” (Matt. 4:10). Since that day, Satan has been looking for someone to whom he could give all the power, authority, and glory of his satanic kingdom. He will find the one he has been seeking in the person of Antichrist. What the Lord Jesus rejected, Antichrist will receive.
4因著撒但把他的能力和权柄交给了敌基督，敌基督就变成了一个特殊的人物，他的个性和性格特别强。
4Because Satan will give his power and authority to Antichrist, Antichrist will become an extraordinary person. His personality and character will be exceedingly strong
玖 被杀又复苏
IX. BEING KILLED AND RESUSCITATED
一 是罗马帝国要来的第七位该撒，将要被杀
A. Killed as the Coming Seventh Caesar of the Roman Empire
5敌基督要被杀，并要复苏。启示录十三章三节说，『兽的七头中，有一头似乎被杀至死，但那死伤却医好了。』十二节说他的『死伤医好，』而十四节说，那兽『受刀伤还活著。』兽七头中的一头，是指该撒中的一位，他要被杀至死，且要复苏。『那死伤却医好了，』意即他要从死里复苏；因此，全地的人都希奇，就要跟从那兽。敌基督可能是在末了七年的中间被杀，也许就是在撒但从天上被摔到地上的同时。我所以这么说，是因为按照启示录九章一节，无底坑使者的出现是紧跟在撒但─星─从天落到地上之后。约在这时，罗马帝国的第七位该撒要被杀。
5Antichrist will be killed and resuscitated. Revelation 13:3 says, “And one of his heads was as if it had been slain to death, and his death stroke was healed.” Verse 12 says that his “death stroke was healed,” and verse 14 says that the beast “had the stroke of the sword and lived.” “One of his heads” refers to one of the Caesars who will be slain and resuscitated. The word about the healing of his death stroke refers to his resuscitation. After he has been resuscitated, the whole earth will marvel after him. Antichrist will probably be slain in the middle of the last seven years, perhaps about the same time Satan is cast down from heaven to earth. I say this because, according to Revelation 9:1, the angel of the abyss emerges shortly after Satan, as the star, falls from heaven to earth. About this time, the seventh Caesar of the Roman Empire will be killed
二 凭堕落之第五位该撒─尼罗的灵复苏，成为第八位该撒
B. Resuscitated with the Spirit of the Fallen Fifth Caesar—Nero— to Be the Eighth Caesar
6撒但被摔下的时候，该撒尼罗的灵就从无底坑里被释放出来，进入被杀的第七位该撒的身体，使他的尸身复苏，成为第八位该撒。这第八位该撒将有第七位该撒的身体和第五位该撒的灵。这个复苏是冒仿基督的复活。人若没有基督的信心，必定会被这神迹奇事吸引。第七位该撒要出现在末了七年的前半；将近这七年的中间，他要被杀并且复苏，成为第八位该撒。所以在头三年半时他是第七位该撒；到后三年半时，他这复苏的敌基督要成为第八位该撒。第七位该撒要与犹太人坚定盟约七年，而第八位该撒要逼迫犹太人，并且高举自己是神。所以，敌基督的死与复苏标明了一个大转弯。在原则上，这几乎与基督的死和复活一样。基督在死而复活之先，在肉体里受限制，但在祂死而复活之后，一切的权柄和能力就都赐给了他。（太二八18。）撒但企图冒仿这事，为要向世人证明，他的敌基督和基督一样。所以，敌基督将有两个人位。当他是第七位该撒的时候，他并不是那么神奇、迷人、欺诈；但在他被杀又复苏之后，他就成了一个神奇的人物。他会令人著迷、欺诈人、诱惑人并迷惑人。只有那些有基督之信心的圣徒，才能抵挡他的迷惑和欺骗。他复苏以后，因有该撒尼罗的灵住在他里面，就变得更有才能、更聪明、更有能力。我们已经看过，这位被杀又复苏的敌基督，将有该撒尼罗的名。假申言者要『叫众人，无论大小贫富，自主的、为奴的，都在右手或额上，受一个印记。』（启十三16。）任何人要作买卖，都必须是『受印记的，就是有了兽名、或兽名数字的。』（启十三17。）启示录十三章十八节说，『凡有悟性的，可以计算兽的数字，因为这是人的数字，牠的数字是六百六十六。』假申言者要引诱人敬拜敌基督，同时也发明了一个方法，使他们受印记，或是有敌基督的名，或是有他名的数字。这个印记要放在他们的额上或右手上。有些圣经学者猜测，可能男人是印在额上，女人是印在右手上。这一个印记指明，有此印记的人是属于该撒尼罗。兽的数字是『人的数字。』这人是该撒尼罗，也就是要来的敌基督。（见新约圣经恢复本启十三18注2。）因为启示录这卷书写于罗马帝国时期，约翰就没有题尼罗的名字，却用数字指明，所以我们需要有智慧才能明白。我们用神所赐的智慧能断定，六百六十六这数字，就是指该撒尼罗。再没有别的名，其数目正好是六百六十六。
6When Satan is cast down, the spirit of Caesar Nero will be released from the abyss and enter into the body of the slain seventh Caesar to resuscitate his corpse and to make him the eighth Caesar. This eighth Caesar will have the body of the seventh Caesar and the spirit of the fifth. This resuscitation will be a counterfeit of Christ’s resurrection. Anyone who does not have the faith of Christ will certainly be attracted by this miraculous occurrence. During the first half of the last seven years, the seventh Caesar will appear. After he has been slain and resuscitated, which will take place near the middle of these seven years, he will become the eighth Caesar. Hence, during the first three and a half years, he will be the seventh Caesar, and during the last three and a half years, he, as the resuscitated Antichrist, will be the eighth Caesar. The seventh Caesar will confirm a covenant with the Jews for seven years, and the eighth Caesar will persecute the Jews and exalt himself to be God. Thus the death and resuscitation of Antichrist will mark a great turn. In principle, it will almost be the same as with the death and resurrection of Christ. Before His death and resurrection, Christ was limited in His flesh, but after His death and resurrection, He was given all authority and power (Matt. 28:18). Satan will attempt to counterfeit this in order to prove to the world that his Antichrist is the same as Christ. Therefore, Antichrist will be two persons. During the time of his being the seventh Caesar, he will not be that marvelous, charming, and deceiving. But after his assassination and resuscitation, he will become a marvelous character. He will be charming, deceiving, alluring, and captivating. Only the saints who have the faith of Christ will be able to withstand his charm and deceitfulness. After his resuscitation, being indwelt by the spirit of Caesar Nero, he will become all the more capable, intelligent, and powerful. We have seen that the slain and resuscitated Antichrist will have the name Caesar Nero. The false prophet will cause “all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead” (13:16), and no one will be able to buy or sell unless he has “the mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name” (13:17). Revelation 13:18 says, “Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.” The false prophet will induce people to worship Antichrist. At the same time, he will devise a way to mark them either with the name of Antichrist or with the number of his name. This mark will be placed either on the forehead or on the right hand. Some students of the Bible have suggested that probably the men will be marked on their forehead and the women will be marked on their right hand. This mark will be the indication that the people bearing it belong to Caesar Nero. The number of the beast is “the number of a man,” Caesar Nero, the coming Antichrist. (See note 182 of Revelation 13, Recovery Version.) Because the book of Revelation was written during the time of the Roman Empire, John did not mention the name of Nero, but indicated it with a number. Therefore, there is the need of wisdom to understand it. With the wisdom given by God we can determine that the number six hundred sixty-six denotes Caesar Nero. No other name gives us the exact number of six hundred sixty-six.
7那些不信的人，在额上或手上将有尼罗的名，见证他们是属尼罗的；但所有得胜者的额上将有羔羊和父的名。（启十四1。）绝没有中间路线，你若非有神的名，就会有该撒尼罗（撒但化身）的名。有该撒尼罗的名，意即属于撒但；有神的名，意即属于神。身上没有兽印记的人就不能作买卖，这就叫人无法生活。今天有些共产国家的情形就趋向这样，你必须有许可证才能购物，因为经济是在政府严密的控制之下。在第八位该撒的国中，每一个人都必须受敌基督之名的印记，作为买卖的许可。今天世界上的情形，越来越是为敌基督作豫备。五百年前，那些研究圣经的人无法像我们今天一样容易了解这些事；但最近世界上发生的事，使我们更容易明白这些豫言所说的。
7While the unbelievers will bear the name of Nero on their forehead or on their hand, testifying that they belong to him, all the overcomers will have on their forehead the name of the Lamb and of the Father (14:1). There will be no neutrality. Either you will bear the name of God or the name of Caesar Nero, the embodiment of Satan. To bear the name of Caesar Nero means to belong to Satan, and to bear the name of God means to belong to God. Anyone without the mark of the beast upon him will not be able to buy or sell. This will make it impossible to live. Conditions in some Communist countries today are heading in this direction. You must have a permit to buy things because the economy is under strict governmental control. During the kingdom of the eighth Caesar, everyone must bear the name of Antichrist as the permit to buy and sell. In today’s world situation the way is being prepared more and more for Antichrist. Five hundred years ago, the students of the Bible could not understand these things as easily as we can today. But recent world events have made it easier to understand what the prophecies are talking about
拾 得著十王的能力、权柄和国度
X. RECEIVING THE POWER, AUTHORITY, AND KINGDOM OF THE TEN KINGS
8撒但可能在敌基督被杀之前，就将能力和权柄给了他；但十王可能只有在敌基督被杀并复苏后，才将能力、权柄和国度给敌基督。（启十七12～，17。）这样，所有的能力和权柄要集中在一个人身上。
8Satan probably will give his power and authority to Antichrist before he is slain. But it may only be after Antichrist is assassinated and resuscitated that the ten kings will give their power, authority, and kingdom to Antichrist (17:12-13, 17). Then every power and 13 authority will be concentrated in one person.
拾 壹任意而行四十二个月
XI. ACTING FORTY-TWO MONTHS
9启示录十三章五节说，『并给牠权柄，可以任意而行四十二个月。』这里与十一章二节的四十二个月，就是十二章十四节的三年半，也就是十一章三节，十二章六节的一千二百六十天，大灾难的时期。（太二四21。）在这世代的末了，敌基督要与以色列国立约七年；（但九27，）三年半后，他要毁约，终止犹太人对神一切的敬拜与事奉，（但九27，）逼迫圣徒，（启十三7，）并毁灭圣城三年半。（启十一2。）我要再次强调，大灾难并不是许多人所以为的，要延续七年之久；相反的，乃是三年半，四十二个月，或一千二百六十天。在这三年半中，敌基督要作许多事。
9Revelation 13:5 says, “Authority was given to him to act forty - two months.” Forty - two months here and in 11:2 are the three and a half years in 12:14 and the thousand two hundred and sixty days in 11:3 and 12:6, which will be the time of the great tribulation (Matt. 24:21). At the end of this age Antichrist will make a covenant with the nation of Israel for seven years (Dan. 9:27). Three and a half years after the covenant is made, he will break it, terminate all Jewish worship and service to God (Dan. 9:27), persecute the saints (13:7), and destroy the holy city (11:2) for three and a half years. Once again, I say strongly that, contrary to what many think, the great tribulation will not last seven years; it will be three and a half years, or forty- two months, or twelve hundred sixty days. In these three and a half years Antichrist will do many things.
一 说夸大的话，亵渎神并祂的帐幕以及那些住在天上的
A. Speaking Great Things and Blaspheming God, His Tabernacle, and Those Who Tabernacle in Heaven
10启示录十三章五节说，『又给他说夸大、亵渎话的口。』六节又说，『兽就开口向神说亵渎的话，亵渎神的名、并祂的帐幕、以及那些住在天上的。』我不知道敌基督要说甚么夸大的话。无疑的，他必是说一些无人会想像过，令人惊异的话。他要亵渎神、并神的帐幕、以及那些住在天上的。我信，『那些住在天上的』是指得胜者，他们要被提到神在天上的帐幕里。我虽然不晓得敌基督要说甚么夸大的话，但原则上他必是这么说，『你们听说过这位所谓的神作了这个，作了那个；现在我要告诉你们，我能作更大的事！』他要说这一类夸大的话来亵渎、侮辱神。到那时候，可能有许多世上的人会知道，得胜的基督徒已经被提了，因为这必定是报纸上的头条新闻。许多人要说，『我的表哥突然不见了！』『我的妻子被提了！』或者『我的室友昨晚还在那里，但是今天早上我醒来他已经走了！』不仅如此，留在地上的基督徒要开始传讲这些事；然后，敌基督可能要起来，利用传播媒体演讲，宣称他要作更大的事。他也许说，『听我说，我要作比这更大的事。』他可能要用太空技术作一些特出的事。我再重复一次：在敌基督被杀并复苏之前，得胜者要被提到诸天之上。他们到了天上，就命令把撒但摔到地上。这话一宣布，天使长米迦勒就带头与撒但争战。约在这时，第七位该撒，就是敌基督要被杀。当撒但降到地上的时候，尼罗的灵就从无底坑里被释放出来，进入被刺杀的第七位该撒里面，使他复苏成为第八位该撒。当这些事发生之时，在地上的每一个人都将在谈论被提，那些仍留在地上的基督徒也要见证这事；然后这复苏的第八位该撒要说夸大的话，欺骗住在地上的人，承诺要作比神所作更大的事。这就是他所要说的亵渎话，用以亵渎神，并祂的居所，以及那些已被提到神居所的得胜者。
10Revelation 13:5 says, “And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies,” and verse 6 says, “And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle and those who tabernacle in heaven.” I do not know what great things Antichrist will utter. Undoubtedly, he will speak things that no one has ever imagined, things that will surprise people. He will blaspheme God, God’s tabernacle, and those who tabernacle in heaven. I believe that “those who tabernacle in heaven” are the overcomers who will be raptured to the tabernacle of God in heaven. Although I do not know what great things Antichrist will speak, in principle he probably will say, “You have heard that the so-called God has done this and that. Now let me tell you that I can do greater things than He.” In this way he will utter great things to blaspheme and insult God. At that time, probably a good number of the worldly people will know that the overcoming Christians have been raptured, for this will certainly be on the front page of the newspapers. Many will be saying things like, “My cousin has suddenly disappeared”; “My wife has been taken away”; or “My roommate was there last night, but when I woke up this morning he was gone.” Furthermore, the Christians remaining on earth will begin to preach. Antichrist may then rise up and use the mass media to give a lecture in which he will claim to do something greater. He may say, “Listen to me. I will do greater things than this.” It may be that he will use space technology to do certain outstanding things. To repeat, before Antichrist is slain and resuscitated, the overcomers will be raptured to the heavens. When they arrive, they will command Satan to be cast down to earth. As soon as this word is pronounced, the archangel Michael will take the lead to fight against Satan. About this time, the seventh Caesar, Antichrist, will be slain. When Satan descends to earth, the spirit of Nero will be released from the abyss and enter into the assassinated seventh Caesar, resuscitating him to be the eighth. While all this is taking place, everyone on earth will be talking about the rapture, and the Christians still on earth will testify about it. Then this resuscitated eighth Caesar will speak great things to deceive the earth dwellers, promising to do greater things than those God has done. This will be the blasphemy he will utter against God, His dwelling place, and the overcomers who have been raptured to God’s dwelling place
11在这时候，那些仍留在地上的基督徒，若是明白这些事，就会大得帮助。得胜者被提之后，我们中间若有人还留在地上，就绝不会上敌基督的当。也息中所读过的。这些信息能帮助我们成为初熟的果子。但是那些没有成为初熟果子的人，也不会留在黑暗中。我们读了这些信息，对于敌基督，我们就不在黑暗中。我们必定看见了光。
11If the Christians remaining on earth during this time know about all these things, they will be greatly helped. If any of us are still on earth after the rapture of the overcomers, we would never be cheated by in these life-study messages. These messages can help us become the firstfruits. But those who are not the firstfruits will not be left in darkness. After reading these messages, we are no longer in darkness about Antichrist. We surely have seen the light.
二 与圣徒争战并且胜过他们
B. Fighting and Overcoming the Saints
12启示录十三章七节说，『又给兽允许与圣徒争战，并且胜过他们。』这里的圣徒就是十二章十七节所说妇人其余的儿女，包含守神诚命的犹太人和为基督作见证的信徒。这证明在大灾难期间，还有信徒在地上，未被提走。敌基督要逼迫敬畏神的犹太人和信基督的基督徒，他要与地上神的子民争战，并且胜过他们。正如十五章和二十章所指明的，这个时期会有许多人殉道。
12Revelation 13:7 says, “And it was given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them.” The saints here are the rest of the woman’s seed in 12:17, which consists of the God-fearing Jews and of the believers in Christ. This proves that in the great tribulation some believers will still be on the earth. Antichrist will persecute the God-fearing Jews and the Christ-believing Christians. He will war against God’s people on earth and overcome them. As chapters fifteen and twenty indicate, many will be martyred during this time.
三 与那两个见证人争战，并且把他们杀了
C. Fighting and Killing the Two Witnesses
13敌基督也要与那两个见证人争战，并且把他们杀了。（启十一7。）我们的神知道祂子民的软弱。因此，在末了三年半的时候，得胜者被提之后，神要差遣摩西和以利亚回来加强祂那些受逼迫的子民。敌基督要与这两个见证人争战，并把他们杀了。但正如十一章十一节所启示的，三天半之后这两个见证人要复活，并且被提到诸天之上。
13Antichrist will also fight and kill the two witnesses (11:7). Our God knows the weakness of His people. Hence, during the last three and a half years, after the rapture of the overcomers, God will send back Moses and Elijah to strengthen His persecuted people. Antichrist will fight against these two witnesses and kill them. But, as 11:11 reveals, after three and a half days the two witnesses will be resurrected and raptured to the heavens.
四 制伏各支派、各民族、各方言、各邦国
D. Ruling over Every Tribe, People, Tongue, and Nation
14启示录十三章七节又说，『也给牠权柄制伏各支派、各民族、各方言、各邦国。』因著敌基督得了撒但的能力和权柄，也得了十王的能力、权柄和国度，他必定有完全的权柄，制伏各支派、各民族、各方言、各邦国。
14Revelation 13:7 also says, “Authority was given to him over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.” Because Antichrist will receive the power and authority of Satan as well as the power, authority, and kingdom of the ten kings, he will certainly have the full authority to rule over every tribe, people, tongue, and nation.
五 为全地的人所希奇跟从，并且一切住在地上的人都拜他的像
E. Being Marveled After by the Whole Earth and Worshipped with an Image by All Those Dwelling on the Earth
15启示录十三章三节说，『全地的人都希奇，就跟从那兽。』十七章八节又说，『凡住在地上，名字从创世以来没有记在生命册上的，见那先前有，如今没有，将来还要有的兽，就必希奇。』因著那兽的『死伤』得了医治，全地的人都要希奇跟从牠。只有那些名字在创世之前就已经记在生命册上的人，才不希奇跟从牠。所有留在地上的真基督徒里面都有信心，他们许多人将从这些印出来的信息得著亮光，认得敌基督的特征，知道绝不可拜他。但是，『凡住在地上，名字没有记在从创世以来被杀之羔羊生命册上的人，（或作，名字从创世以来没有记在被杀之羔羊生命册上的人，）都要拜牠。』（启十三8。）在下一篇信息里，我们要看见假申言者强迫那些住在地上的人给兽作个像，并拜那个像。
15Revelation 13:3 says, “And the whole earth marveled after the beast,” and 17:8 says, “And they who dwell on the earth, whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life, shall marvel when they see the beast, how that he was, and is not, and shall be present.” Due to the healing of his “death stroke,” the whole world will marvel after the beast. Only those whose names have been written in the book of life before the foundation of the world will not marvel after him. All true Christians remaining on earth will have the faith within them. Many of them will receive the light from these printed messages, understand the features of Antichrist, and realize that they must not worship him. But “all those dwelling on the earth shall worship him, every one whose name has not been written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” (13:8). (“From the foundation of the world” may modify both “whose name has not been written” and “the Lamb slain.”) As we shall see in the next message, the false prophet will compel those who dwell on earth “to make an image of the beast” and to worship it
六 憎恨背道的罗马天主教，使她荒凉，且将她烧尽
F. Hating the Apostate Roman Church, Making Her Desolate, and Burning Her Utterly
16敌基督也要背离罗马天主教，憎恨她，使她荒凉。启示录十七章十六节说，那十角，就是十王，必憎恨这妓女，『使她荒凉赤身，又要吃她的肉，用火将她烧尽。』敌基督复苏之后，要逼迫各样的宗教，包括犹太教和天主教在内。
16Antichrist will also turn his back on the Roman Church, hate her, and make her desolate. Revelation 17:16 says that the ten horns, which are the ten kings, will hate the prostitute and “make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh and shall burn her utterly with fire.” After Antichrist has been resuscitated, he will persecute every kind of religion, including Judaism and Catholicism
拾 贰与主争战，
XII. FIGHTING THE LORD
被主击败、毁灭、
AND BEING DEFEATED, DESTROYED
并扔到火湖里
AND CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE BY THE LORD
17最后，敌基督要与主争战，并且被主击败。主耶稣要毁灭他，把他扔到火19:19-湖里。（启十七14，十九19～21，二十10。）在哈米吉顿的战争中，敌基督和跟随他的人要直接与基督争战；基督和祂的得胜者，就是那些被选作祂军队的人，要直接与敌基督争战。这将是一场空前的战争，基督与敌基督要彼此对抗。我们来到十九章的时候，要更详细的来看这事。在哈米吉顿的战争中，基督要击败敌基督和假申言者，把他们活活的扔到火湖里。那将是敌基督的最后定命。
17Ultimately, Antichrist will fight against the Lord and be defeated by Him. The Lord Jesus will destroy him and cast him into the lake of fire (17:14; 21; 20:10). In the war at Armageddon Antichrist and his followers will fight directly against Christ, and Christ and His overcomers, the ones chosen to be His army, will fight directly against Antichrist. This will be an unprecedented war, a war in which Christ and Antichrist confront each other. We shall see more of this when we come to chapter nineteen. In the war at Armageddon, Christ will defeat Antichrist and the false prophet and will cast them alive into the lake of fire. That will be the final destiny of Antichrist.