Atheists will worship the Antichrist and become theists during the Tribulation

[Mister Agenda]

Atheists will worship the Antichrist:

2 Thessalonians 2:7-12 (NKJV) 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains [will do so] until He is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. 9 The coming of the [lawless one] is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.


Revelation 13:4-8 (NKJV) 4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who [is] like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” 5 And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months. 6 Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. 7 It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Atheists become Theists:

Revelation 16:8-11 (NKJV) 8 Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. 9 And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory. 10 Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain. 11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.

Welsome, Preacher, hope you made an intro thread, or are planning to.

I don't think we're the 'they' you're thinking of. Atheists aren't big on worshiping anything. We'd annoy the heck out any antichrist, asking them to demonstrate their divinity and being unconvinced it's not advanced technology.

Revelation was one of the things that made it impossible for me to be a Christian. For one thing, it would finally be blatant evidence of something supernatural and an accurate prophecy that milllions of people are familiar with, but they'd go for the side predicted to suffer and lose the most? Doesn't track.

Here's an alternative explanation for Revelation (besides the mushroom hypothesis): coded language for Nero (the Beast) oppressing Christians; phrased in ways that would get past the Romans.

Revelation was one of the last books accepted into the Christian canon, and the Church of the East still does not include it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Re...al_history

PS: The trick with presenting scripture as evidence to atheists is that first you have to convince us it's true. Otherwise you're not practically different than someone warning you about Ragnarok and quoting the Eddas would be.