The Abomination of Desolation - St. Marys Coptic Orthodox Church

IS ANTICHRIST ALREADY IN THE WORLD?
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The next step was to do a search of the word “Maitreya” on the Net.
The shock came when “Yahoo” search engine churned out 89,500 sites,
not only in English, but also in French, Italian, Russian, Romanian,
Japanese, Korean, and a whole pile of other languages. What I saw on
these sites was mind boggling, and I intend to share with you some of
these things, adding my two pennies worth of thoughts, as I usually do.
A few sites attacked him outright as Antichrist, including an
influential Catholic site. One site tried calculating his name and came
up with 666, but the article is not very convincing. Some sites advertised
books about him, others CD’s or tapes. There were retreats offered and
youth clubs named after him, as well as all sorts of places where you can
buy water blessed by him. A pharmacy in France even had “water
tablets” made from springs he is supposed to had “magnetized”!
It was quite obvious that he had a powerful organization working for
him, promoting him as Lord, Saviour, Teacher and Christ. This is how
he is introduced to first time visitors to the sites:
Many now expect the return of their awaited Teacher, whether they call
him the Christ, Messiah, the fifth Buddha, Krishna, or the Imam Mahdi.
Few know that the Teacher who fulfills all these expectations already
lives among us now.
Although the names are different, many believe that they all refer
to the same individual: the World Teacher, whose personal name is
Maitreya (pronounced my-tray-ah). Preferring to be known simply as
the Teacher.
HIS SOCIAL AGENDA:
The world is portrayed to be in a hopeless condition and in need for
a great social reformer with a new agenda that caters to the needs of the
masses:
At this time of great political, economic and social crisis Maitreya will
inspire humanity to see itself as one family, and create a civilization
based on sharing, economic and social justice, and global cooperation.
He will launch a call to action to save the millions of people who starve
to death every year in a world of plenty. Among Maitreya's
recommendations will be a shift in social priorities so that adequate
food, housing, clothing, education, and medical care become universal
rights.
Under Maitreya's inspiration, humanity itself will make the required