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The Antichrist will be much relieved to see that the Two Witnesses are gone . The Antichrist will sense his increasing power and will move to wipe out anything that stands in his way of world control . The greatest opposition still standing between the Antichrist and total worship will be Worldwide Religion .
As we saw in the previous chapter , the Antichrist had made an unholy alliance with Worldwide False Religion . John tells us that during this alliance Worldwide Religion will dominate the Antichrist . The Antichrist will resent this dominance and turn against the `prostitute ,' known as `Mystery Babylon .' In the prophecy he saw in heaven , John tells us what the Antichrist and his followers will do to the Worldwide False Religion in Revelation 17:15-17 —
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Revelation 17:15.17 ( NIV ) 15 ) " Then the at el said to me , `The waters you saw , where the prostitute sits , are eo les multitudes nations and languages . 16 ) Me beast and the ten i horn-slyou saw will hate the prostitute . They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked ; then will eat her flesh and burn her
17 ) For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to give the beast their power to rule , until God ' s words are fulled . "'
According to verse 16 , how does the Antichrist feel about the `prostitute ?' the wilt 4h ker — " M i m to s4v ' ire Iri s power w iN " owe
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