Don't worry so much about who the antichrist might be or what the mark of the beast looks like. Focus on God and what he wants from you in your daily life. Study the Scriptures and learn to recognize God's patterns, and then just trust him.
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The LORD has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.
Proverbs 16:4 ESV
Not that each wicked person was specifically created by God to be destroyed, but that the wicked, as a category, are allowed by God, as part of his plan, to be the cause and focus of the "day of trouble".
When God hardened Pharaoh's heart, He just gave him more of what he already wanted. Eventually every knee will bow to #yeshua. From the greatest king to the lowest slave. God could have crushed Pharaoh at any time during the #10plagues, but God had a use for his continued life.
Like it or not, God is going to use you. Your choice is the easy way or the hard way. Conform your heart to God's, and the things you want will never harm you.
#exodus 10:1-3
Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.
To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!
Proverbs 15:22-23 ESV
Not just any counsel, but wise counsel. Don't take advise from people who love foolishness, despise their mothers, take the easy way, and don't fear YHWH. A wise man not only gives good counsel, but takes joy in being able to give it. He is also willing to say he doesn't know and to search out a matter that is unclear to him.