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The official doctrine of the Antichrist is, that there is no Antichrist and that Islam is the beast.
That’s called ( Displacement ) 'shift' or 'move'- act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics.
( Smokescreen ) smoke screen to mask the movement of.
We should be looking closer to home for the rise of the Antichrist.
2 Corinthians 11:14And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Daniel11:21And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
22And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
23And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.