Is Juan Carlos The Antichrist?
Is King Juan Carlos the Antichrist? He is certainly a "gentleman" and a likable character. The Antichrist will also be a very likeable man as well. In fact, the Antichrist will be liked, it seems, by the whole world, (which will be very much "taken" by his charms). Could Juan Carlos therefore be the Antichrist?
Lets look a little deeper into this question. The Bible depicts the Antichrist as being strongly associated with the old Roman Empire. Was Spain a part of this old Roman Empire? Yes, of course Spain was. In fact, Spain is situated in Europe very close to the country of Italy, close to Rome, and therefore close to the Vatican as well.
This long and close relationship between Rome and Spain goes even deeper. Spain is considered a "Latin" country. The Latin language is no longer actually spoken in Spain, since Latin is now a "dead language". In fact, Latin is now pretty much only used in the Vatican for official business and in old-style Roman Catholic Masses. Nevertheless, Spain still does closely associate with Rome religiously. Spain has remained a devoutly Roman Catholic country for many centuries. The infamous Roman Catholic "Spanish Inquisition" emanated from Spain. So too, did the famous Spanish Armada, which was at least partially an attempt by the Pope to force England back under the yoke of Roman Catholicism.
The association of Spain with the Roman Catholic Church has gone on for centuries. Spain has worked with Rome, and in turn, Rome with Spain. As a consequence of this close relationship, when men from Spain conquered the "New World", much of the gold found in the Americas never made it into the European economy. Instead, much of it went right over to the Vatican in Rome. I have heard it said that, in at least one Roman Catholic Church in Rome, the ceiling was made of pure gold several inches thick. This gold was brought over from the Spaniards who, in turn, got it from the Indians of South and Central America.
Why is it significant that Spain has had such a long and intimate relationship with the Roman Catholic Church? Look at the photo (above) of King Juan Carlos. Juan Carlos is bowing himself down and humbly kissing the Pope's representative. The Roman Catholic Church will one day become the "Great Whore" in Revelation Chapter 17. This Great Roman Catholic Whore will have a close working relationship with the coming Antichrist. It is therefore conceivable that the Antichrist could also possibly come from Spain.
Still, it is reasonable to ask if King Juan Carlos is, in fact the Antichrist. There have been many rulers in Europe, as well as many kings of Spain in the past. None of them ever became the Antichrist. Nevertheless, we will one day know if Juan Carlos is the Antichrist because, if he is the Antichrist, he will soon prove it to the whole world.
Additionally, Juan Carlos is Catholic. The Catholic Church uses many statues and other images in its churches. We would therefore expect to see the Antichrist, (if he were a Roman Catholic like Juan Carlos), to place a statue or other image in the Temple in Jerusalem. The Bible says that the Antichrist will indeed one day enter into the rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem and "pollute" it with such an "image":
"And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate." (Daniel 9:27)
"And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate." (Daniel 11:31)
Jesus himself mentioned this prophesy by the Prophet Daniel, which Jesus referred to as "the abomination of desolation". Jesus declared that this act by the Antichrist of placing an image into the Temple in Jerusalem would become the start of the "Great Tribulation":
"When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened." (Matthew 24:15-22)
This day when the Antichrist enters into the Temple in Jerusalem, will be proceeded by a period of time of great deception and a falling away from the truth known as "The Great Apostasy". This will be a period of time when various religious leaders of the world will start to dialogue with each other and link up together into a great Ecumenical Movement as they continue to move back toward committing spiritual fornication with The Great Roman Catholic Whore.
We believe that that The Roman Catholic ("Great Whore") Church, under the protection of the Antichrist, will then start to murder all true Christians, many times by beheading, them in a similar manner to how many Muslims now behead Christians, Jews, and others in various parts of the world. (Koran: "Strike off their heads till ye have made a great slaughter among them" - Sura 47:4)
"So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth." (Revelation 17: 3-9)
Although many Bapticatholics, New Evangelicals, and others are now unashamed to link up with the Roman Catholic Church, they will nevertheless have their own heads removed at that time by the Antichrist and by his Roman Catholic Whore. This will happen to them unless they happen to have already died by that time; have been raptured; or else have taken the "Mark of The Beast", (and have therefore given themselves over to eternal judgment and damnation in the flames of Hell).
Is King Juan Carlos the Antichrist? We will only know for sure if he one day enters into the Temple in Jerusalem and then pollutes it, as prophesied by Daniel the prophet. Please keep in mind though, that this Temple in Jerusalem has not yet even been built, so such an act would obviously have to come some time in the future. There are billions of people living in the world today. Is the Antichrist one of them? Is King Juan Carlos "The Man of Sin"? Is he "The Antichrist"? We just cannot know for sure who the Antichrist is at this time.
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