Gold Tried in the Fire - Robert J. Wieland

symbols of "the little horn" and the "beast," a
power which professes to worship Christ and even
purports to bring revival and reformation to the
world. Daniel 7, 8; Revelation 13:1-17. This
includes of course a counterfeit justification by
faith.
D. The word antichrist means one who pretends
to stand in the place of Christ while actually
underhandedly opposing Him. Being a finite angel,
learning to perfect his deceptive skills as time goes
on, Satan assumes his most effective role as a
counterfeit high priest. His spirit becomes, of
necessity, a counterfeit "holy spirit," and he
perfects a technique of working miracles to
establish his claims to the worship of sincere but
badly deceived Christian people. Revelation
13:13,14. He is largely the source of the
wonderworking spiritual phenomena in the last
days, including miracles of healing. See Revelation
16:14; 2 Corinthians 11:15.
E. The division of the sanctuary into two
apartments with a daily and annual ministry of the
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