"The whole world lies in the power of the wicked one" NWT
So then, is He who is anointed acting as anointed?
Logically the answer is no.
"What will be the sign?" I think the answer was "I will die". And he did die. But to answer and record "I shall die" is too simplified along with complicated. Because he would be put to death as designed, but that is for heaven to know. He would also be resurrected. That is for believers to know. So it went unrecorded. "Having answered" was what was written. The SIGN is HE IS DEAD. But he is dead to the World but alive to believers. That is the sign. Dead yet living. The sign is not bad world conditions. The sign is HOPE.
So who are the "many who come in the name of him saying (he) is the Christ"? I think it doesn't mean many individuals will come saying they are to replace The Christ. I think it means many together, many times, will come and say he will save us.
What's wrong with that? We are saved (only) if we obey him as Lord.
I do not know how to make sense of it. But I do know that it is not being talked about.
Simplified I think it means... We who obey are the "savior". He is the Leader. Earth is man's dominion. So Lars is right. Lars is the savior. So am I, so are you.
To obey is better than a sacrifice.