The spirit of Antichrist has been abroad in the world since the first century. It is the spirit of Christ-denial and of resistance to and rebellion against God's Word. The reign of the beast will bring to a full and dreadful climax man's rejection of God and His truth. As we look around us we are shocked today by the corruption and extravagance in almost every government. Executive, legislative, and judicial officials at all levels are often working chiefly to keep themselves in office and to increase their salaries, rather than to serve the voters.
Crime does pay - and it pays very well .
Add to the picture illegal business practices, corruption of labor unions, the drug traffic, drunkenness, immorality, and indifference of men toward God, and you will agree that we live in an evil world. But today's world condition will be like a prayer meeting when compared with the evil during the reign of Antichrist.