The Abomination of Desolation - St. Marys Coptic Orthodox Church

106 GREAT TRIBULATION
A major reason for the misery of the people who accepted Antichrist
as their God and saviour is their realization that they have been
deceived by the devil and that not only have they condemned
themselves to a life of misery on Earth but also to eternal damnation in:
When men have received the seal, then, and find neither food nor
water, they will approach him with a voice of anguish, saying, Give us to
eat and drink, for we all faint with hunger and all manner of straits; and
bid the heavens yield us water, and drive off from us the beasts that
devour men. Then will that crafty one make answer, mocking them with
absolute inhumanity, and saying, The heavens refuse to give rain, the
earth yields not again its fruits; whence then can I give you food? Then,
on hearing the words of this deceiver, these miserable men will perceive
that this is the wicked accuser, and will mourn in anguish, and weep
vehemently, and beat their face with their hands, and tear their hair,
and lacerate their cheeks with their nails, while they say to each other:
Woe for the calamity! woe for the bitter contract! woe for the deceitful
covenant! woe for the mighty mischance! How have we been beguiled
by the deceiver! how have we been joined to him! how have we been
caught in his toils! how have we been taken in his abominable net! how
have we heard the Scriptures, and understood them not! 1
It is not possible for anyone who accepts Antichrist to retract or repent,
for Revelation 14:9-11 tells us that these people have already been
warned by God about their fate, “And the third angel followed them,
saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image,
and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall
drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without
mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with
fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the
presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up
for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the
beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.”
And he will put his mark on their right hand and on their forehead, that
no one may put the sign of the honourable cross upon his forehead with
his right hand; but his hand is bound. And from that time he shall not
1 Hippolytus: Discourse on end of the World and on Antichrist