路二一34～36 你们要小心，恐怕因酗酒、沉醉并今生的思虑，累住你们的心，那日子就如同网罗忽然临到你们，因为那日子要这样临到全地面上一切居住的人。但你们要时时儆醒，常常祈求，使你们得胜，能逃避这一切要发生的事，得以站立在人子面前。

　　Luke 21:34-36 But take heed to yourselves lest perhaps your hearts be weighed down with debauchery and drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day come upon you suddenly as a snare. For it will come in upon all those dwelling on the face of all the earth. But be watchful at every time, beseeching that you would prevail to escape all these things which are about to happen and stand before the Son of Man.

　　马太二十四章三节：“耶稣在橄榄山上坐着，门徒暗暗地到祂跟前来，说，请告诉我们，…你的来临和这世代的终结，有什么兆头？”主在下文的回答中，首先答复的就是关于敌基督的事。…这要确定的应验在这世代末了的三年半，就是大灾难期间，也就是末七的后半；敌基督的像，要当作偶像立在神的殿里。

　　帖后二章三至四节保罗也说，“不要让任何人用任何方法诱骗你们；因为那日子以前，必有背道的事先来，并有那不法的人，就是灭亡之子，显露出来；他是那敌对、且高抬自己超过一切称为神，或受人敬拜者的，甚至坐在神的殿里，展示自己，说他就是神。”这给我们看见，在这世代终结之前，敌基督必须先出现；他是末七的一个主要角色。

　　启示录十三章一节指出，那表征敌基督的兽出自于地中海…，他要从地中海周围一个外邦国家出来，得着十王的拥护，统合成一个大帝国，就是复兴的罗马帝国。他要与以色列立七年之约，允许他们自由敬拜神。过了三年半，这敌基督要暂时被杀，然后罗马帝国第五位该撒（尼罗）死了的灵要从无底坑上来，进入他的尸体里，使他复活成为第八位该撒。他要毁约，开始逼迫以色列人和基督徒，并在圣殿立起他的偶像（太二四15，帖后二4），直到所定之完全的毁坏倾倒在那使圣地荒凉者—敌基督的身上（但九27）。

　　今天这末七还未出现，因为罗马帝国还未复兴，但看看世局的发展，似乎是快了。…我们都看见世局的大变动，远超我们想像之外。首先是苏联进行改革，宣布扬弃共产主义。它的卫星国纷起效尤，如今东西德已经统一，整个欧洲的形势正朝着圣经预言的方向推进，为着罗马帝国的复兴。到那时候，敌基督就要出现了。

　　圣徒被提

　　在大灾难之前，得胜者要先被提，留下尚未成熟的大体信徒，在地上经过大灾难。马太二十四章四十至四十一节说，“那时，两个人在田里，取去一个，撇下一个。两个女人在磨坊推磨，取去一个，撇下一个。”这指明当世人沉迷于物质的事物，对要来的审判毫无感觉之时，有些清明、儆醒的信徒要被取去…。所以，我们要小心，恐怕因酗酒、沉醉并今生的思虑，累住我们的心（路二一34），而无法被提（神命定之路最新的陈明与基督来临的兆头，五○至五一、五四至五五页）。

　　〔照着启示录十四章〕十五节和十六节…地上的庄稼就是神在地上的子民，在基督里的信徒。…那最先成熟的，要在大灾难之前被收割，作初熟的果子献给神，如一至五节所指明的。大体的信徒要借助于大灾难期间的苦难得以成熟，并在大灾难末了被收割，就是被提（启示录生命读经，六四二至六四三页）。

　　Matthew 24:3 says, "And as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, Tell us…what is the sign of Your coming and of the consummation of the age?" In His reply in the succeeding verses, the Lord first spoke concerning Antichrist. In verse 15 the Lord said: "When therefore you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him who reads understand)." This will definitely be fulfilled in the last three and a half years of the present age, the time of the great tribulation, the second half of the last week. At that time Antichrist's image will be set up as an idol in the temple of God.

　　In 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 Paul also said, "Let no one deceive you in any way; because it will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or an object of worship, so that he seats himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself that he is God." This shows us that before the consummation of the age, Antichrist must first appear; he will play a leading role in the last week.

　　Revelation 13:1 points out that a beast, which signifies Antichrist, will come up out of the Mediterranean Sea…he will come from one of the Gentile nations around the Mediterranean Sea. He will have the support of ten kings, and they will unite to form a great empire, which will be the revived Roman Empire. He will make a covenant with Israel for seven years and permit them to freely worship God. After three and a half years, Antichrist will be slain temporarily; then the spirit of the fifth Caesar (Nero) of the Roman Empire will come up out of the abyss and enter into the dead body of Antichrist to resurrect him to be the eighth Caesar. Antichrist will break the covenant and begin to persecute the Israelites and the Christians. He will also set up his image in the temple (Matt. 24:15; 2 Thes. 2:4), until the complete destruction that is determined will be poured out upon the desolator, that is, upon Antichrist (Dan. 9:27).

　　Today, this last week is not yet manifested because the Roman Empire is not yet revived; but as we observe the world situation, it seems that the restoration of the Roman Empire will take place soon…Today we all have seen the great change in the world situation, a change that is beyond our imagination. First, the Soviet Union is proceeding with a reformation and has declared her renunciation of communism. Then a number of her satellite countries have risen up to copy her action. Now East Germany and West Germany are unified. Thus, the entire situation in Europe is pushing toward the direction prophesied in the Bible for the restoration of the Roman Empire. When that time comes, Antichrist will appear.