Most people know about Damien, the character from "Omen" who is the Antichrist. But do most or all Christian religions and/ or sects believe that this antichrist will rule the entire world.
I know that Jehovah Witnesses believe it. As well as the fact that there will be one single monetary unit. It's also believed (just as it says in the Apocalypse) that whomever does not posses the mark of the beast in them, will not be able to buy or sell or do any commerce.
2007-10-28 07:11:28 · 11 answers · asked by 1-2informationalways 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe as this questioner pretends.
Jehovah's Witnesses understand "the antichrist" to be a class of persons who work to pollute true Christianity. Antichrists do not actually "rule the entire world", or even some part of it.
Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe the bible to teach that the world will use one single monetary unit. Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe that "the mark of the beast" is any literal barcode or similar.
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/dg/index.htm?article=article_09.htm
2007-10-30 06:43:12 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope you can see from Xyleisha and Ishvarlan's answers that Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in world domination by one 'anti-Christ'. The Bible says at 1 John 5:19 that "the whole world is lying in the [power of the] wicked one." To further back this fact up, Matthew 4:1-11 tells of when the Devil tempted Jesus and offered him all the kingdoms of the world. Luke 4:6 brings out," and the Devil said to him: “I will give you all this authority and the glory of them, because it has been delivered to me, and to whomever I wish I give it."
Armageddon is actually going to be when God steps in and rids the world of all of the wickedness that we see going on today.
For a more detailed explanation of what the Bible says about Armageddon, you will benefit from reading the following articles:
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20051201/article_01.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20051201/article_02.htm
2007-10-29 10:54:48 · answer #2 · answered by izofblue37 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses, and no, we do not believe in a single anti-christ who will rule over the world.
"The apostle John is the only Bible writer to use the word “antichrist.” In two of the letters bearing his name, the word appears five times, in both the singular and the plural." See 1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3 and 2 John 7
"Some of those identified as antichrist—
Persons who deny that Jesus is truly the Messiah
1 John 2:22: “Who is the liar if it is not the one that denies that Jesus is the Christ [or, Messiah, anointed one]? This is the antichrist.”
All who deny that Jesus is the unique Son of God.. apostates....those who oppose Christ's True followers.... Individuals and nations that oppose Christ as King or that themselves falsely claim the Messianic role.... "
Those are the anti-Christ.
(Information taken from Reasoning book and 2006 Watchtower- both published by Jehovah's Witnesses)
2007-10-28 14:25:10 · answer #3 · answered by Xyleisha 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Um, never watched the Omen, but then I am a Christian, one of Jehovah's Witnesses. The Bible tells us the whole world is lying in the power of the Wicked one, Satan. He is the one we believe rules the world.
2007-10-28 20:04:04 · answer #4 · answered by Ish Var Lan Salinger 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You seem to confusing a story produced by Hollywood to what the bible actually says.
The man of lawlessness represents satanic agents, false apostles, Antichrist, who exist as moles and saboteurs. Like Judas, they stand at the ready; destined by the word of God, to betray God's sons into the hands of Satan's imperial tyrant during the last hour. During the time of the denunciation, the Antichrist will have come, in order to attempt to mislead God's organization into destruction.
2007-10-30 10:17:21 · answer #5 · answered by keiichi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was 17 I mentioned that I had a vision of unifying the world as one country, one planet to a member of my church. Unfortunately he told my minister and my minister kicked me out of the church... I do not consider myself as the anti-Christ, and if I ever do follow my heart in the future I do not wish to be seen as one either... so please don't put the label of anti-Christ on me!!
2007-10-28 14:24:48 · answer #6 · answered by Geist König 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought "Omen" was a horror flick.
At least as I read the Bible, that is what I get. But it will not be quite like the movies.
2007-10-28 14:23:01 · answer #7 · answered by thankyou "iana" 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No "one person" will ever be able to rule over the entire world. It will NEVER happen.
2007-10-28 14:15:08 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
"There is no world anymore. It's just corporations" - Number 2
2007-10-28 14:16:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Complete world domination by one man alone is Dubya's wet dream....
2007-10-28 14:35:49 · answer #10 · answered by Adam G 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋