In Christian bible, "Anti-Christ" word doesnt appear in Revelations book, it appear in the quote who posted before in this thread, in a sense different that is understood in Islam, Antichrist is every single common person who denies Christ.
Beast appears in Revelations book and Daniel Book (Jewish too), and yes, in Daniel explains that Beast means Kingdom.
Christian eschatology uses the symbol of historical Jewish Babylonian Captivity to talk about the end of times, obviously it's just a symbol, because that happened centuries before that Christian prophecies had writtten.
Jewish religion doesnt take their own writings about the end of Babylonian captivity as a future prophecy, just a past thing, but Christianity take as a future prophecy about end of times.
That is a question solved in Christianity.
In Christian Bible, yes, God predestine people to follow them, before they born.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
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You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.
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Although I guess is not the same happy thing to be chosen to be a prophet, than to be a pure evilness figure
Yes, talk about the prophecies in Bible, not all are related to the End Times.
Some of them are already happened during Classic era.
Yes, that is true that everything in this world is already predestined.
Are you born to be a prophet and will be rewarded greatly at the end?
Or are you born to be a loser and will be punished greatly in hell.
Rich or poor, good or bad, handsome or ugly, etc.
Are you going to be a righteous bully who is bullying people, destroying their life, killing their family, and then will be rewarded greatly in heaven? Or are you going to be the loser victim, being bullied by everyone in your entire life, destroying your life and hard work, killing everyone you love, and then being punished in hell for being predestined as loser?
Yes, fate or destiny is real.
Most people who are born in today era, 99% are predestined to be tortured in hell.
If you are lucky enough not to be the 99%, but the rest of your family members will be tortured in hell. like your parents, your wife, your children, etc.
If God takes all the wisdom and religions from earth, and then you are being forced to be born in that era... If you are being asked, after you die, where are you going, heaven or hell? Definitely hell, it's predestined. It doesn't require to think, to question why, it's a sure answer.
But luckily, you are given a freewill to make a choice to change your fate or destiny.
But it required a great effort, not just daydreaming and assuming you have already changed just because you think so. Good people are not just simply doing 1-2 charity to a beggar, but it needs to change down to their soul, mind, and heart. You become a completely different person. It required a lot of learning, revealing mysteries of the universe, meditating, guarding your thoughts, and a lot of practice of doing good in the real world. The better you are the bigger the test. It's a real test, it's not a joke, it will shake you down to your soul, questioning your belief, it hurts so much like there's no tomorrow. You will be tested like losing everything to the level you don't have money to eat, tomorrow is bleak, every time you try to fix it, it will be destroyed again and again, it will shake your heart, questioning your belief, etc. If you keep standing, you will be tested by your life, are you willing to die for what you think is the right thing? If all are passed, then you will be tested with wealth, you may be thinking you are already won, you received a blessing from God, but it turns out it is another hard test.
If you are being forced to be born in the disadvantage's era, when wisdom and religion don't exist, sins are everywhere and normal things to do. Even the prophet says, any person who was born in that era will be tortured in hell. Predestined. Since you are given a freewill, you are given a choice to be a good person, despite not knowing what a good person is, since all wisdom and religion don't exist, what are you going to do?
If you pass the tests, what you feel is peaceful, inner peace. You become wise and knowledgeable, because you have been through. The world looks brighter, warmer, and smells good.