The Abomination of Desolation - St. Marys Coptic Orthodox Church

190 IS ANTICHRIST ALREADY IN THE WORLD?
The second important point here is the fact that we were not told by the
Lord to resist him but rather to avoid him and run away from him, as
we are instructed in Matthew 24:15-18:
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of
by Daniel the prophet, .... (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.
We have explained this sufficiently throughout the series that we
published over the last five years, and which is now available in book
form for the benefit of those who would like to learn more about
surviving Antichrist and the Great Tribulation.
Now we are left with the million dollar question, Is Maitreya the
Antichrist? I am not so sure. I have my doubts. Mainly, because he is
following the script given to us by the Fathers, so closely. There are no
variations or twists. The plot is so simple and unsophisticated. Perhaps
I am mistaken. Perhaps the spiritual ignorance in the world has reached
such a degree that even this simplistic plot will work.
But, if he is not the real McCoy, who is he and why is he here? I can
offer two theories to explain this.
THE WEATHER BALLOON THEORY:
When governments want to introduce a controversial piece of
legislation or implement a controversial project, they sometimes leak
the information to the press, in order to gauge the reaction of the
people. Like scientists who release “weather balloons” to find out which
way the wind is blowing. Satan may be using Maitreya to find out the
reaction of people to the idea, and then use the information gained in
doing a better job on the real thing.
THE FALSE ANTICHRIST THEORY:
Throughout the series, I tried to present as much as possible the
complete sayings of the Fathers concerning Antichrist and the end of
the world. I have however, omitted some sayings because they were
against the Biblical facts. As an example, are the medieval “prophecies”
that spoke of Antichrist as a horrible person, who will kill the Pope of