The responses from the presented sources do not contain a direct assertion that the prohibition of religions itself is a harbinger of the anti-Christ’s arrival.

The Anti-Christ and the Transformation of Faith

The responses from the presented sources do not contain a direct assertion that the prohibition of religions itself is a harbinger of the anti-Christ’s arrival. Instead, the materials depict a future in which the anti-Christ intends to abolish traditional systems of belief and establish a unified religious doctrine in which only he and a false god are worshipped. For example, one source states:

"The anti-Christ equalizes and unifies all existing global religions. He will offer an averaged version of a unified world religion, combined into a 'purely spiritual' church that will not teach idolatry or spiritism, nor call for the worship of Satan. All the old gods will be abolished, [...]" (source: link txt).

This excerpt emphasizes the idea that the anti-Christ will destroy traditional forms of worship, replacing them with a new centralized religious system, rather than instituting a general ban on religions even before his arrival.

In another source, the spiritual activities of the anti-Christ are described as follows:

"The spiritual component of the anti-Christ's activity will include the destruction of every religion except one—false, centered solely on him." (source: link txt).

Here, the focus is on the fact that the anti-Christ does not merely ban religions, but rather destroys them in order to leave only his false system, which solely venerates him.

Thus, based on the presented materials, one cannot unequivocally assert that a wholesale prohibition of religions is the direct precursor to the anti-Christ's coming. Instead, the sources describe a process in which traditional forms of religion lose their significance, yielding to a new false cult led by the anti-Christ.