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(Happenings Ahead) the Man of Sin
Willie Mullan

William “Willie” Mullan (1911 - 1980). Northern Irish Baptist evangelist and pastor born in Newtownards, County Down, the youngest of 17 children. Orphaned after his father’s death in the Battle of the Somme, he faced poverty, leaving home at 16 to live as a tramp, struggling with alcoholism and crime. Converted in 1937 after hearing Revelation 6:17 in a field, he transformed his life, sharing the gospel with fellow tramps. By 1940, he began preaching, becoming the Baptist Union’s evangelist and pastoring Great Victoria Street and Bloomfield Baptist churches in Belfast. In 1953, he joined Lurgan Baptist Church, leading a Tuesday Bible class averaging 750 attendees for 27 years, the largest in the UK. Mullan authored Tramp After God (1978), detailing his redemption, and preached globally in Canada, Syria, Greece, and the Faeroe Islands, with thousands converted. Married with no children mentioned, he recorded 1,500 sermons, preserved for posterity. His fiery, compassionate preaching influenced evangelicalism, though later controversies arose.
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In this sermon, the preacher emphasizes the need for action and urgency in spreading the word of God. He mentions the importance of reaching out to both men and women, and highlights the success of their mission in bringing 630 children to the church. The preacher then delves into a discussion about the book of Daniel and its relevance to current times. He mentions the vision of four beasts and interprets them as symbolic representations of different nations and their actions. The preacher concludes by emphasizing the need for believers to be vigilant and aware of the signs of the times.
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This evening, this series, that I've entitled Happenings Ahead. And for seven Tuesdays before the holidays, we were getting this series underway. You remember for three of those two days, we dealt with the last of the last days. We looked at these last days. And you remember I talked to you about the distinctive mark of the last days. The distinction of the last days. There's a special distinctive mark about the last days of the church history. Because we're going to see a great mighty image, just as firm as godliness. But that religious image, that firm, is going to deny the power of God. And I think you know it's beginning to do all around us. Now the distinctive mark of the last days, started with them saying, where is the promise of his coming? They deny the power of God, and they deny the coming again of the Christ of God. We've looked into all the denials of the last days and found quite a host of them in the New Testament. Then we looked at the demands of the last days. The Lord is making special, vital demands on every believer in these days. Then we looked at the dangers of the last days, looking to all that's with you just before the holiday. Not just the New Testament days, and the last days. But then we took a couple of Tuesdays, looking at our Lord's return. The great mighty moment when the saints go marching in. When the bodies of those who have died in Christ shall be raised again. We believers which are alive and remain at that moment. When we shall all be caught up together to meet the Lord in the earth. That mighty moment when the saints go marching in. And then we spent the last two weeks before the holidays, at the judgment seat of Christ. For we believers must all stand at the judgment seat of Christ. That every one of us may give an account of the deeds of service done in the world. And so many have come to me and said, you know the way that you cleared up that it wouldn't be our sins that would be examined, but our service. I've been a blessing to so many. I can never understand this argument of bringing up your sins again. When my Lord died in young Christ, the old good faith man he had by himself changed our faith. What do you think it means? It means he brought us the match. It means we are God. And the day that I put the hands of my faith around the Christ of God. God looked at me and took me by the hand and made a covenant with me. And the part of the covenant is your sins and your inequities. I will remember none of them. Don't you think it will ever be broken. The work of Christ will never be undone. And the covenant that God has made will never be broken. You'll never see your sins again. For sometimes your old mind and heart goes back and you regret what you have done. Ah yes, sometimes the old devil tries to resurrect them. The arch integral of Jehovah. Son of man. They are gone. Gone forever. No, we are going to stand at the judgment feet of Christ. And every one of us will give an account of the deeds. That these are deeds of service done in the body. And that's where we ended up before the holiday. The whole church had been lifted up to meet the Lord in the earth. We were standing before the judgment feet. But we must remember this evening that we left behind on this very planet. Nations. And multitudes. And sinners. Now dear friends we are going to have a look down from the standpoint where we are in our studies. And try to see the planet that we left behind. And we will see the nations all shipping up for the greatest common ship that this planet will ever have. There we will find Russia spreading right across the northern hemisphere. What a mighty, powerful, gigantic nation. And as we look carefully back at the planet. We will find that the kings of the east will all be getting together. China and Japan will have to shake hands. And all over Sweden and India will feel an allotment. And you just try figuring out getting China and Japan and India all together. And you have got quite a host. Right out of the east. And I think that Nasser is making a pretty good bid tonight. To join the Arab states in the south. And I think he will succeed to. Because we are not very far away from the day now. When the common market will be absolutely found. At the pinnacle of Daniel's image. The united states of Europe will be on the west. You know the stage is nearly set now. You can see this northern army. And this king of the south. And these kings of the east. And the common market is almost gone. And when we rise to meet the lords. And stand at the double seat it will be there alright. And you know this united states of Europe. It is going to be a great parliament. Of ten European nations. And mind you what we say this flatly. When you get Germany and France and Britain. And Italy. And the few of those all together. They are a mighty force. I know Russia is a mighty force. And I know putting the kings of the east together would be a mighty force. And I know putting all the Arab regions together. It is a mighty force. And when you get Germany. Well Germany may be quite the war on its own. Yes when you get Germany and France and Great Britain. You have got quite a handful haven't you. And the stage is set. Because when we get to common markets. We will have to have common policies among us. We will have to have a common parliament. And before we get very far in these studies we will have to have a common church. And I can see the united states of Europe appearing even at this moment. Britain of course is knocking at the door and she will get in. And I believe that out of this great parliament of Europe. There will come a president. Who will be a mastermind. Everybody is looking for a sort of mastermind. Some folks will be who say we will need one for us for this moment. But I believe that anybody who can come along and try to solve the problems. Would be taken by the hand. But there is a mastermind, a superman. Coming out of the united states of Europe. And this old book that we are dealing with calls him. The man of sin. And we are taking a glance in our studies since 1992. Looking at the man of sin. Trying to have a good look at him. Tonight we are only looking at the time. When he appears. And the titles shown in this book. That is why we are looking at that decision and it would be quite a loss for us. Just at the time. And titles. Of this trouble. And we are going to start our studies this evening. In 2 Thessalonians chapter 2. First letter to the Thessalonians. The second letter. And at the second chapter. And I would ask all the moms of the flock, all the young believers. Make sure you find the place. We will look on you. And to read it very carefully. We will do Bible readings of course. And we will make the Bible do the work. Now we are at 2 Thessalonians. And at the second chapter. Paul the great apostle writing to this young church at Thessalonica. Saying in verse 1 of the second chapter. Now we beseech you brethren. Lo and behold that lovely little word brethren. You can get the word brethren in the letter. I think it is just right and I think it is getting right. He never forgets for the moment that he is dealing with his brethren. I think this should be ever the teacher's attitude. I care not what flag you fly or how much you get there with me. You are my brethren and sister and I hope you as much as I can use your word of tongues. You will find it doesn't go after a while. Even when Paul was writing to the Corinthians. And they said everything they could about him. My I despise them. They belittle them. They took their speech out of godly pretence of nature. What we always called them brethren. And then he went a bit further and he said my beloved brethren. Good for you. That's the picture. But it also looks as though the preacher seeks beseeching. Because we see quite clearly that he is talking to believers. Do you know who he is talking to? He is beseeching believers. Young believers are settled amongst. He says now we beseech you brethren. He was making an appeal to them there. What was he appealing to them about? Miss the last part of the first verse and go to the first part of the second verse. He says now we beseech you brethren. That ye be not too shaken in mind or be troubled. You know we are glad that we've seen the thing. We are glad that the believers are settled in nature. Were shaken in mind and they were troubled. And he is beseeching them. He is beseeching them not to be troubled or not to be shaken in mind. Now what had troubled them and what had given them this tremble, fearful. He says now we beseech you brethren. That ye be not too shaken in mind or be troubled. Neither by spirit. Nor by word. Nor by letter as from us. Of that the day of Christ is at hand. And there is some of the older manuscripts. That the Lord says like this. Of that the day of the Lord is at hand. Now this is what disturbed these young believers. Somebody had written a letter to them. Had sent them a special word as it might be said. And they had sent it in cold name. Ask on us it says. And it was written in the very spirit of power. How power would work. And it disturbed these young believers. Because it seems now that power was saying to them. The day of the Lord is at hand. And that troubled them. Because if the day of the Lord were at hand tonight it would mean. That the great day of his wrath is about to come on this world. The great day of his wrath is coming. That is the beginning of the day of the Lord. It is the day of his wrath and then it goes on into the day of his reign. Because we will deal with those nations that we have been looking at. In their acts. And then he will come back to this world and take the kingdom. And he will reign on this very planet for one thousand years. That is the millennial reign. And these young believers knew. That if the day of the Lord is at hand. We must submit to that too. And they are praying for still in the day. And they were troubled. Every life to be troubled. Because Paul taught them all about the rapture. Because they were also in their midst in some way. The Lord must have come to the world and not there. The day of the Lord is at hand. But do you notice that he not only made an appeal to them. And that he made an appeal to them about the troubled mind. And he knew that it caused it. This letter asked from him. In his own spirit is it well. Now here is what he appeals to them. This is the ground that they asked him to set their feet upon. Well he did not want to go there. Now he beseeched them. By the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. And by our coming unto him. That he be not soon shaken in mind. Well that is what he said. What is he getting all flustered about? Sure you know that Christ will come for us first. And we will gather down to him. He is appealing to these troubled young believers. Who have got a letter from somewhere. It did not come from Paul. Saying that the day of the Lord is at hand. And it troubled them. Which means we beseech you brethren. By the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. And by our gathering together unto him. That he be not soon shaken in mind of the trouble. You do not need to be troubled. The truth is that Christ will come for us first. And we will be gathered unto him. Long before the tribulation period comes. And before the day of the Lord commences. Yes it is a wonderful appeal isn't it? And then he went a little bit further with this. He said in verse 3. Let no man deceive you by any means. So somebody was deceiving these young believers. Writing these letters in 12 names. And with 12 very spirits. He said let no man deceive you by any means. For that day. The day of the Lord shall not come. Except there come a falling away fast. And that man of sin being revealed. Now I want you to get the hold of this. You know before we see this man of sin. Or before this world sees this man of sin. You know there must first of all be the translation. Of the truth. There must be first we must gather together unto him. And there must also be a degeneration among the religious folks. That is going to be left behind. You know we used to have all religious folks stuck in the churches. And for many years in my early godhood days. I don't think that at all. I know they were only religious. But now you know we have got a lot of old religious folks stuck in the churches. And in the pulpits. And they don't believe this book at all. You know they used to say. That religious Pharisee to apostate Presbyterian minister. You know they would say we don't believe in miracles. Didn't you? Well they should second. Of course we are going to have a degeneracy. Oh yes there is an apostasy coming. And we have to have a translation. And a degeneration among these religious Pharisees. Before the revelation of the man of sin comes. I get it in that order and you will never get out of it. Translation. We must be gathered together unto him. Degeneration. Then will come revelation. Man of sin shall be revealed. And he wants to procure. I don't think that you need to worry too much about that. I want you to notice this man of sin for the moment. That man of sin be revealed the son of tradition. Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God. Or that is worshiped. So that his God sits in the temple of God showing himself that he is God. If you come along to the place in this story you will have to deal with the temple won't you? Like God in one of these days. Where they are wearing the mask of woman. Else they are persuaded that the Jews did it. And they obey the temple law. And they are not too far off from Sicily are they? Never mind about that. He is going to sit in the temple of God showing himself that he is God. And Paul said to them remember ye not that when I was just with you I told you these things. You know you do this sometimes. You sit in the class and you try to settle them down and you try to talk to God. And then two days later you know after you have done tonight. Somebody will come down from the door and knock and say Mr. Mohamed. What was that you said about the man of sin? You know I could really eat the ears of somebody when you come down and tell them about it. You have to listen now and not sleep. Try and get it. Now if there is something that I mean that then you are puzzled about the chap that is here. Sitting there lining up there. And it was something that I had honestly omitted then. Then I was able to tell a man of sin. Now that is quite all right. That is my fault. But Paul had a thought like this. He said remember ye not that when I was just with you I told you these things. Then he points out to him. Now ye know that which holdeth. There is something keeping this man of sin back. That he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work. Only ye who know lettuce know that. You know the word lettuce means. Holding back. You have heard somebody saying you know he held on to me. He wouldn't let me go. He was holding me back. But there is someone holding this whole thing back to me. And this man of sin will not be revealed until ye who know lettuce know it. What is this? For the mystery of iniquity doth already work. Only ye who know lettuce will know it. Until he be taken out of the way. And then shall not Richard be revealed. There have been a whole lot of arguments about this. And I can't see them at all. You see when we get into the depth of study of the antichrist. The man of sin next week. And begin to see him as the politician and the leader and so on. You will find that he is a mighty character. With mighty power and great wisdom. Absolutely chiseled. Don't come to keep him back. Isn't anybody that I know to keep him back? The only person who could keep him back would be the Holy Spirit. And we are. And the Spirit is abiding in every believer. And we are united by that one Spirit from the heaven and heaven. By the Spirit of the church you see. He will never be revealed. Not until the Holy Spirit is taken out of the way. And then. When we have gathered. Under Christ. When the Spirit of the risen has come to our house. The Holy Ghost has left this world. Then. Shall our faith have been revealed. That's the time. Titles. Given to this man in this book that we are concerned with this evening. Because titles. Are the central thing. Dr. Baum has given me a manuscript once. On the side of the book set. And we have a title of Christ. For every day in the year. 365 of them. So I am going to write a little booklet below. With a page for every day in the year. And a title of Christ. And you know when you get all the titles of Christ together. You begin to see the wonder. And the glory. And the beauty. And the majesty. And the eternality of the person. These titles are like a divine. Picture. That we put together. And you begin to see. The person. And this is what we are going to do with the titles. Of the man who said. We are going to gather them together. And we are going to put them. So that we will see. This satanic superman. That's coming out of the United States of Europe. If you want to go into this very fully. You find the chapter. At the WP. At the little booklet. And it is entitled. The Antichrist. And if I have counted them correctly. He has thirty two titles. Of the Antichrist listed. In one chapter in my book. That's because I believe he is one of the greatest expositors. That ever lived. And yet I don't think that. All the titles he has gathered together in that chapter. There are names of the Antichrist as well. I think he is one of the many of them. So we allow this for a little bit. Some of his I would question. So I am only taking one this evening. That are absolutely beyond us. And I am questioning. I will show you one or two. A best of two. And one or two that I believe are quite right. Have a look at Sam 5 for the moment. These are the surface titles belonging to the Antichrist. That the ordinary reader would miss. Sam 5. And I will read the portion of the Sam. That will be with this. And then I will show you what he means. Sam 5 verse 1. Give ear to my words, O Lord. Consider my meditation. I can answer the voice of my tribe, my king and my God. For unto thee will I pray. My voice shall I hear in the morning, O Lord. In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee and will look up. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness. Neither shall evil dwell with thee. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight. Thou heekest all the workers of iniquity. Thou shalt distort them that speak leasing. The Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. And we believe that that is one of the titles of the Antichrist. The bloody and deceitful man. You see, he is taking a sign of bemoaning to the tribulation period. And he is taking some of the witnesses in the tribulation. He is praying to God every morning. And he is speaking in a sign that God will not sit up with the bloody and deceitful man. Now we believe that is one of the titles of the Antichrist. Is there another one that God proposes? Psalm 62. Now thy certain mistress, O mighty man. And he believes that is one of the titles. And he believes that the Antichrist will burst. About all the mischief that he has done. You see it, there is two. Thy kind, devisive mistress. Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. Thou lovest evil more than good. Lying rather than to speak righteousness. Thou lovest all devoid in words. O thou deceitful man. Dr. Pink has picked up the lack of these right through the book. And I think I am right in saying that he is about 30 or 40 percent. I don't expect to know. But I am going to pick a few out for you tonight. And there are no words about clearly belonging to the Antichrist. Let's go back to where we were there. We are at 2nd Thessalonians. And at the 2nd chapter. And in the middle of the 2nd verse Paul said to these Thessalonians in the tribunes. For that day shall not come. Except there come a falling away from it. And that man of sin be revealed. Now that is one of the titles of the Antichrist. He is called the man of sin. You know every man that ever died on this planet except our Lord Jesus Christ. Was a sinner. If by one man sin entered into the world. And all have sinned. And every man that ever died deserves a part from our Lord Jesus Christ. Was a sinner. But this one that is coming is called the man of sin. I think that this is a very significant person. You know it seems that the whole man is enveloped. And conquered. And dominated. And controlled by sin. I think his lips will be sinful. You will get into some of the things that he says in another night. I think his eyes will always be looking for sin. I think his whole mind, his imagination it will be dwelling on sin. His memory will be remembering sinful things. It is always standing. It will just go out for sin. This man is absolutely controlled by sin. Dominated. This is the man of sin. I think we are going to get the hold of this fact. And there is another one just a moment ago. He is not only the man of sin. He is the son of perdition. You know what perdition means, don't you? It means that you look at this man absolutely lost. Because you know that this belongs to Judas Iscariot too. He was the son of perdition in a certain sense. You know I think we want to get this tidied up for the young folks. Let me take a minute before I take this for the young folks. Here I think you see one funny thing. On the torch that Judas made. Judas Iscariot sitting at the top of the table opposite to our Lord Jesus. And he was planning the devil with what he was doing. He was planning to betray and to sell Christ. And the Lord Jesus bit the shackle and handed it to him and said. That's bad news. He put his arms and went out. Strictly said it was night. And he went about that diabolical business of selling Christ. For thirty pieces of... Now I talked about the choice that Judas made. He was very evil and mad. And friendly. Schoolmaster from the royal school. In our house. In the meeting he went to the Dutchman and said to me. I've never heard you talking nonsense until tonight. He was honest about it anyway. I said sit down. What sort of nonsense is this? He said Judas had no choice. As right now. Oh he said you know that word it said in the book of Psalms. That Judas would go to his own place. That he would do these things. And if God seven hundred years before the man was born. Said in the book of Psalms that he would go to his own place. Then he must go to his own place. I said master do I understand that you are telling me that God banned Judas without a choice. As it pertains. That he never had a choice. That's why I told you. But I can tell you right at this moment that you cannot see properly. So Lord you've got to explain it better. For the Lord. I think it's over with you. I'll pretend to be God. It was one half past nine on a Sunday night. I said I'm God. And I'm working things. I know the ends from the beginning don't I? Yes. Alright I've got to say. That two hours later. Half past in the morning. There will be two cars. In the main street. One coming in the main street. One in the main street. And there will be a crash. I'm practicing. So I said master you've got to understand. That because I'm God there's bound to be the crash. And the car won't come. And the other one comes without that. And there's a crash. And they can open up. And then they came for the police. And they knew God and they said look. These men are not to be involved. This fellow said it would be done. And it couldn't be any worse. I said do you know where they took you to? Oh I know. But I know where they took you. No my dear friend. You see God's full knowledge. Does not offer a man's responsibility. Any more than us the knowledge would offer it. You see man's full knowledge of the accident. Doesn't offer the wheels of religion. Nor does it pick the wheel out of either man's heart. They are just responsible. It's just that I happen to know what they are going to do. It isn't because God prophesied. It isn't. Do you know what it is? God prophesied. Because Judas. And if you learn the difference between wouldn't and couldn't. You'll be a man. A man going on to solve a new relation problem. God knew that Judas wouldn't. But he didn't make it that he couldn't. Oh no. When the Lord Jesus came to the nation. He said. I asked him. Would I have gathered you together as a hen that gather her brood on the road? He said he would not. He said he could not. Oh no. Do you know God loves these sons of tradition. These men on the left hand. These men who are absolutely left. Because they want to go that way. Yes this is the son of tradition. I'll tell you this. There's a sinfulness about this man. He's the man of sin. And there's a corruptness. Absolutely corrupt. He's determined to give himself to the devil. I want you to notice this about this. Paul said to these people who he is. For the mystery of iniquity that already works. And we'll go into the mystery of iniquity in another night. You know what the mystery of godliness is. Don't you? Quick now. The mystery of godliness is God manifest in flesh. The mystery of iniquity is that the devil manifest in flesh. And it's already working for us. Only there's somebody keeping it back. And when he's taken out of the way. Then that wicked. And in the old original text. Then that wicked one. Shall be revealed. And that's another title. The capital W there. I want you to watch this. That wicked one. Whom the lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth. He shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. That is when he comes to the earth. And his feet stand in that day on the mount of oz. He will deal with this person. And when he talks about this wicked one again. Even him who is coming is asked for the working of satan. You know satan is going to show him his power. Cause he's going to be. Satan. Manifest in flesh. Now this is a tremendous thing. I want you to get this. Even him who is coming is asked for the working of satan. With all power and signs and lying wonders. Wonders of a lot of folks going for signs. And there's a lot of folks from London. Talk to me about wonders. And there's a lot of signs in London. That belong to the devil. And some of you youngsters. Getting ready for the missions. Won't reply like this too much. We've gone to many other places. And done the missions. We'd like to know you. Tell me how the Lord called you. He said you know what I'm going to do. I've just gotten the message you sent to the Lord. That you sent me next week. And I'm not going to spend time on it. I'll take it as a sign you want me to go. And I got it. Because the devil could send me. I don't think you should be getting that with the Lord at all. That does not belong. You should be sitting down at Christ's feet. And hearing it Lord. And when he talks to you. You'll know what he's saying. I think he judged you for it. Sure as well. There's a lot to our people. A lot to our past. Sometimes you're working under the devil's hands. But you have it now. I'll tell you there's a whole lot of wonders. That they talk about in some of these missionary magazines. And healing magazines. And the wonders of the Lord Jesus. They're lying in the verses in this book. And I don't think God does. And all the works he went to get for us. Now I want you to get this. Let's get the bones of this. Even when His coming is after the working of sin. And with all power and signs and lying wonders. And with all deceivableness. Of all righteousness in men that perish. Because they received not the love of the truth that the Lord bestowed. And for this God. God shall send them strong delusion. And strong delusion that they should believe. And the word should be in capital B.Y. Capital T. Capital L. Because this is one of the titles. He is the wicked law of Satan. He's the wicked one. And he's a liar like his master. But he's the liar. And it will be written that there will be no more judging him. Oh that's such a thing you see. It will be a terrible place. This world. When the Holy Ghost is gone. And the church has gone. And the light of the glorious gospel is gone. And the old devil has nobody to keep him back. And the man of sin, the son of perdition appears. That wicked one. The liar. Who will be energized by Satan for the sin. And on the top of that. God. Mind you when God starts to send delusion. That this world has gone. You are listening to this series. For the young people. Who are ready. You get the word send from one of these days. Now I'll give you something to start with. And you go on after that. Do you remember that John the Baptist. Was a man sent from God. Do you know what he was sent for? To prepare the world for its preparation. Remember the father sent the son. That's all. To be the son of this salvation. Remember the Lord Jesus talked about. The Holy Ghost. Who my father is the son. Remember it was for conviction. And remember it. The Paul had been. Inventing and unthinking with this word of salvation sent. The old message is a new message. And remember we can't teach it but you can. Evangelize. Or you'll just block up in a school of 10. And that. Will wash your face. In a school of 11. It may help you with your sin. But not with sin. But not sin with sin. That's for evangelizing. But watch this. I'll tell you this. God is going to create you. But people like to doubt. What a day it will be. This man of sin. This son of perdition. This wicked liar of sin. Here's another extract. We'll have a look at the book of the Revelation. Chapter 13. Revelation. We'll go on next week. John was getting a revelation. Where he said. And I stood upon the sand of the sea. And I think that when you come to deal with the sea here. You'll find it well permitted for any unseen. And of course that's bringing us. Out of the very shores of the common market. And I saw a beast rise up out of the sea. Having seven heads and ten horns. One of his horns changed hands. And upon his head was the name of blasphemy. Beast which I saw was like unto a leopard. And his feet were at the feet of a bear. And his mouth was the mouth of a lion. I'll show you that in a moment. And the dragon gave him his power. And his feet in great authority. Because the dragon was the old devil. So one of his heads had well wounded the devil. And his deadly wound was healed. And all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast. And they worshipped the beast's hand. Who was like unto the beast. Who was able to make war with him. And there was given unto him a mouth. Speaking great things and blasphemy. Oh yes he is the man of sin. His lips are filled continually with blasphemy. And power was given unto him which had been usurped him two months. And if you don't forget. And I don't forget that the Antichrist. You teach all that we have been thinking about over in 2 Thessalonians. Where you call to all that is called God. And that is blasphemy. You find his mouth. And you find his mouth coming into it all the time. Slap him two months. Yes you'll find that three and a half years. Are given to this mouth. This beast. And you know. Those who are left down here to be witnesses for God in those days. Are going to know a lot about his beastliness. You know sometimes when we. We hear about the world being lost too. And the stones falling and one thing after another. Somehow we get excited a little bit. And. And we get ready to do something we shouldn't do. And we say this to you. If you were one of the witnesses. That the Lord was leaving in the tribulation. You'll have a whole lot more to put up with than you have now. A whole lot more. So sit your head up like that. And we go grander than that. You know I believe that all our faiths will get on their knees. And when we pray out. We will do something for us. If you are one of the broken tongues. And your blood is boiling your tongues. It's time we have a bit of sense. You know we are supposed to be doing this. And have this. As the sons of God. In the midst of a tribulation. But I'll tell you if we were what we should be. We would make a bit of an effort. We would make an effort. None of us could have missed all the truth. There and again. Good God believe us. And get them on their faces before God. We should feel safe. I'll tell you this. There will be few. In the tribulation period. That don't belong to the church. The church will have gone. But God will have witnesses on them. And I'll tell you there will be a lot more than you will ever ask to be seen. A lot more. And so do I wish. And I trust that God is not. If you put your mind together. You can see the sinfulness. And corruptness. And beastliness. It's all about the book of Daniel for a moment. It is Daniel chapter 7. Now don't worry about the things we are talking about tonight. Because we are only getting the parcels. And we don't need to worry about the rest. Daniel 7. In the first year of God's sovereignty of Babylon. Daniel had a dream and vision. That is what the Bible does. And here's the vision. Daniel spoke and said. I saw in my vision by night and below. Four wings of the heavens spread upon the great sea. And because I believe in Daniel's plan. That the great sea was indeed the Mediterranean Sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea. Diverse one from another. First was like a lion. Never mind the rest of it. The second like a bear. Both size. The third was like a leopard. And you remember the beast in the revelation. That he was like unto the lion and the bear and the leopard. And they passed that down. And after this verse says. I saw in the night visions and below the fourth beast. Dreadful and terrible. Strong and exceedingly. With a great anger and peace. With desires and breaking pieces. And spent the rest of June at the peak of it. And it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it. And it had ten horns. And I considered the horns. And below they came up among them another little horn. That's coming up from among the ten. If you're considering it the way Daniel was. Before them there were three. Of the first horn pressed up by the lips. And below the next horn. Were eyes like the eyes of a man. And a mouth. Speaking great things. You'll find this mouth comes into it very often. Daniel prayed about this. He says in verse 15. I was only with peace in my spirit. In the midst of my body. And the visions of my head troubled me. I came near. And one of them that stood by. And asked him the truth of all this. So he told me. And gave me no interpretation of the thing. These great beasts which I thought I foretold. Which shall arise out of the earth. But the sense of the moustache was with the king. Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast. Which was diverse from all the others. That's 20. And of the ten horns that were in his head. And he's very particularly loved in it. And of the other which came up. And before him he fell. He had that horn that had eyes. And a mouth that spoke very great things. And I could hear the same horn made war with the saints. And prevailed against them. Verse 23 what he said. The fourth beast shall be the third kingdom upon the earth. Verse 24. The ten horns out of his kingdom. Upon kings that shall arise. And another shall arise after them. He shall be diverse from the first. And shall speak to the Jews. He shall speak great words against them of time. And shall wear out the sense of the moustache. And think to change times and laws. And they shall be given into his hands. Until a time and times. And the dividing of lands. And I think that the Lord Justin probably had times a year. And times was two more. Time and times. That's it. And the dividing the same happened for 42 months. And it's the same month and the same month and the same month. Only this time it's the little man. Did you find that he is coming out of the politician. Thinking to change times and laws. Well next week when we get here. We are going to drive and it's ready now. We are going to deal with the wily politician. He shall think to change times and laws. Understanding their senses. Through his policy. Isn't that a wonderful way to deal with this. Through his policy we shall make class to prosper. All over the country. That's what we are going to push forward with the lullabies. The wily politician. Then of course he becomes the warrior king. Oh yes he is the king of first countenance. Then he becomes the worship leader. Oh it's the bit he is getting through all the time. The political warrior business. He doesn't need to get to the place where they worship him. And the whole world will worship him. He becomes the wonder man. So. Let's get this quite clear this evening. You know you can see visually. When you get home it will be exactly as you'll get the king of first countenance. And you'll see a sickness. But I want you to get the hold of this. You know when you begin to see this thing. When you look at it. You can see this world getting into this great amalgamation. You can see quite clearly that we are heading for the common market. Now if this is falling almost before our eyes. And the line of sons coming up here are going to turn. They will not stop us. They are under there. I was sitting alone. Last week sometime. We were watching the Far East news. And out of the screen came an Arab figure. An Arab. That tells you the thing is. He was named. So he came from Syria. And he is rushing to be one of the super brains of the Far East. It shocked me. I can't remember the name. It bounced so quickly but it shocked me. I can't remember the name. It bounced so quickly but it shocked me. Because I know that the one to trust will come from Syria. And I know he will be a Syrian Jew. But I'm not so sure that I saw the one to trust. But maybe he could be. Maybe he could be alive now. And he is going to come. And then Christ will come and take the church from us. The man of sin be revealed. If we go this night or tomorrow night. We are going to leave a lot of our footprints. Who knows where? I don't know. But I will tell you this. I'm glad we've taken them. It's up to you and I. To do something about it. No. It's time we got back women from the women from the women. May we have the mission here again. And we took 640 children from that church. I don't know when we got there. And we took 640 children. And we say we are weaking. And more and more. And 640 more. We have got nothing you know. You are in the middle. You are sitting in the middle. You are not on center. Hell is not here. It's time we were on. It's time we were on the job. It's time we had our cool socks. And we launched. 640 children. Thank God that we are finished. Thank God that we are finished. We may activate you this evening. Friends, there are all those outside. I'd like to be gone. I will only look at the picture of the man. Let's look near to the politician and the warrior. And sit and sit and learn. See 500 and 90. 500 and 90. All thanks to the rock. That is higher than I. Now so many conflicts and quarrels with her. So sinful. So little. Van, Van ready. God bless rock of ages. 300 and 90. 300 and 90. Amen.
(Happenings Ahead) the Man of Sin
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William “Willie” Mullan (1911 - 1980). Northern Irish Baptist evangelist and pastor born in Newtownards, County Down, the youngest of 17 children. Orphaned after his father’s death in the Battle of the Somme, he faced poverty, leaving home at 16 to live as a tramp, struggling with alcoholism and crime. Converted in 1937 after hearing Revelation 6:17 in a field, he transformed his life, sharing the gospel with fellow tramps. By 1940, he began preaching, becoming the Baptist Union’s evangelist and pastoring Great Victoria Street and Bloomfield Baptist churches in Belfast. In 1953, he joined Lurgan Baptist Church, leading a Tuesday Bible class averaging 750 attendees for 27 years, the largest in the UK. Mullan authored Tramp After God (1978), detailing his redemption, and preached globally in Canada, Syria, Greece, and the Faeroe Islands, with thousands converted. Married with no children mentioned, he recorded 1,500 sermons, preserved for posterity. His fiery, compassionate preaching influenced evangelicalism, though later controversies arose.