I love off topic threads...now I can finally ask this dead dry question.
If you beleive that these men are instruments of evil and followers of Satan, then you know in order for prohecies to be fulfilled they must inherit the power they are seeking. And the Beast and Antichrist will stand beside satan and lead these followers against god and his kingdom.
Then will come armageddon and Jesus will appear and kill them all with a few words, right? So what part do we play beyond that of onlookers?
Can't beleive half without beleiving the entire thing, right? Let them take over so Jesus can come kill them all and we can all be judged and move on to the next thing, earth is old, aren't we all bored with it?