How Satan Tries to Spoil God’s End-Times Plans 
Satan knows his time is short (Revelation 12:12). His ultimate aim? Derail the plan of God that ends with Jesus reigning from Jerusalem over a redeemed Israel and restored creation. From Genesis to Revelation, his strategies have the same target: the Messiah, His people, His land, and His throne.
Dr. Mark Hitchcock.
“If Satan can destroy Israel, he can destroy the credibility of God’s Word — because God has staked His name on the survival of that nation.”
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1. Destroy the Jewish People 
Why: Without Israel, there’s no covenant nation to fulfill God’s promises and no people to call for the Messiah’s return (Matthew 23:39).
Pharaoh’s slaughter of Hebrew boys (Exodus 1), Haman’s genocide plot (Esther 3), Herod’s massacre (Matthew 2), the Holocaust — and in the future, the Antichrist’s brutal persecution (Revelation 12:17).
“If the fixed order departs from before Me… then the offspring of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me forever” (Jeremiah 31:36).
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2. Corrupt Israel’s Worship
True worship in Israel testifies to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Satan wants that worship redirected toward himself.
Antiochus Epiphanes defiled the Second Temple (Daniel 11:31). The future Third Temple will begin with sacrifice to the LORD, but the Antichrist will hijack it, setting up the “abomination of desolation” (2 Thessalonians 2:4).
“He takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God” (2 Thessalonians 2:4).
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3. Unite the Nations Against Jerusalem 
God has chosen Jerusalem as His earthly throne (Psalm 132:13–14). Satan wants it to be a battlefield instead of the capital of the Kingdom.
Foreshadowed by ancient coalitions (Psalm 83) and prophesied in Ezekiel 38–39 — culminating at Armageddon (Revelation 16:14–16).
Israel’s growing diplomatic isolation, rising UN resolutions, and tightening military encirclement mirror these prophecies.
“Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations as when He fights on a day of battle” (Zechariah 14:3).
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4. Spread Deception in the Church 
Before the Rapture, the Church is God’s prophetic voice. Silence it or seduce it into error, and fewer are ready when the trumpet sounds.
Replacement Theology erases Israel’s prophetic role, prosperity teaching distracts from eternity, NAR/Kingdom Now theology shifts hope from Christ’s coming to man-made utopias.
“In later times some will depart from the faith” (1 Timothy 4:1) and “scoffers will come… saying, ‘Where is the promise of His coming?’” (2 Peter 3:3–4).
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5. Imitate the Messiah 
If Satan cannot stop the real Christ, he will offer a counterfeit. The Antichrist will mimic the Messiah’s power, promises, and even a false death-resurrection narrative — but for self-worship.
He will come offering peace (Daniel 8:25) but bring sudden destruction, performing lying wonders to deceive the masses (2 Thessalonians 2:9–10).
“The whole earth marveled as they followed the beast” (Revelation 13:3).
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6. Prevent the Kingdom from Coming 
The Kingdom begins when Israel as a nation turns to Jesus as Messiah. Satan’s strategy is to harden Jewish hearts so that moment never arrives.
Jesus said: “You will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord’” (Matthew 23:39).
How: Blinding minds to the gospel (2 Corinthians 4:4), fueling antisemitism to make the name of Jesus seem alien to Jewish identity, and distracting with political or military solutions instead of the Messiah’s reign.
“I will pour out on the house of David… a spirit of grace… and they shall look on Me whom they have pierced” (Zechariah 12:10).
Every one of these tactics is already in motion — rising antisemitism, UN hostility toward Israel, surging false teaching in the Church, Middle East “peace” deals setting the stage for betrayal. His defeat is certain (Revelation 20:10), and his time is running out.