ANTICHRIST

Many understand the leopard-bear-lion beast studied in the last panel to be a man referred to as "The" "Antichrist". There are only four verses in Scripture that contain the term antichrist (KJV quoted below):

1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

1 John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also].

1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that [spirit] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

2 John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

These verses indicate that antichrist is a SPIRIT, or THE spirit, that lives in the heart of anybody AND EVERYBODY that denies the Father and the Son, or denies that Jesus is the Christ, or denies that Jesus Christ IS come in the flesh. Clearly EVERY such person is antichrist, and also is an antichrist.

Since there are billions of antichrists - and no shortage from John's day forward - how can there be a single antichrist? Based on scripture we can see there wasn't in John's day, and certainly not today. An individual antichrist can only be just ANOTHER antichrist.

1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

How could the above verse make any sense if the first use of the term antichrist were supposed to be an individual person as "The" "Antichrist", when six words later we learn there are many antichrists? This is the only verse of those above that can be construed to indicate a single individual. Let's develop our understanding by looking to another verse that also uses the term antichrist in a singular fashion:

1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that [spirit] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

You can see the singular "that", "spirit", "it" in this sentence and singular "antichrist", just like the singular "antichrist" in 1 John 2:18. Let's consider the first use as referring to the spirit of antichrist:

John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

We can judge doctrine, in part, by it's fruit. Let's look at the fruit of this one. Some say "The" "Antichrist" was Nero. Perhaps suggesting "he" is over and done with. Others are looking for some future individual "The" "Antichrist" of the silver screen, yet to come. Others you can find on the Internet - of which there is no shortage - proffer guesses from a leader of Spain, to the Pope, to Ronald Reagan and more recently George Bush. Has the Church looking for some individual "The" "Antichrist", also made it look like so much buffoonery to those with a life outside of Christ?

The church's preoccupation with a specific individual - past or future - seems to preclude it from recognizing that there are 1.5 billion antichrists in Islam alone. This doesn't even count the atheist neighbor down the road where your kids go to hang out. The most important element in Islam is "shirk" - that is manifest specifically in a declaration that God has no Son. This is specifically "that spirit of antichrist".

"O you People of the Book, overstep not bounds in your religion, and of God speak only the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, is only an apostle of God, and his Word which he conveyed unto Mary, and a Spirit proceeding from him. Believe therefore in God and his apostles, and say not Three. It will be better for you. God is only one God. Far be it from His transcendent majesty that he should have a son."

"The Jews call 'Uzair a son of God, and the Christians call Christ the Son of God. That is a saying from their mouth; (In this) they but imitate what the Unbelievers of old used to say. God's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth! (Surah 9.30)

Genesis 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Islamic Hadith: “Jews will hide behind the rock and tree, and the rock and tree will say: oh servant of Allah, oh Muslim, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!”

Revelation 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

Consider that God may have had John write Revelation so much later to address the boatload of heresies that had already infiltrated the Church - even in John's day.

All of the "overcommeth"ing of Revelation Chapters 2 and 3 is about overcoming unsound doctrine not Satan - except as he is the author of unsound doctrine.

Even if there had been such a concept of as an individual antichrist in the first century Church, consider the wording: "...ye have heard...". Perhaps like "ye have heard that the moon is made of green cheese", but hearing it doesn't mean that it's true.

Matthew 5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 4 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

It is human nature to want to believe in concepts such as the silver screen "The" "Antichrist". What kid didn't take a flying leap to get into bed, so that what ever was under the bed wouldn't grab their ankles? Without the concept of a boogeyman Hollywood would go broke and the majority fiction novelists would be living in a van down by the river.

But here is how it would seem Satan succeeded the most. The term antichrist has been removed from the Christian vocabulary except when used to describe an individual. Who would casually refer to the atheist that lives down the block as an antichrist? How much more soul searching might that individual do if we did? Who have you heard refer to the 1.5 billion Muslims as antichrists? Yet "shirk" is the most important element in Islam. A term that should be a normal part of Christian vocabulary has been stolen by the enemy. Just ask the guy next to you in Church next Sunday "what is the antichrist?" to get an idea of how this term is understood in the Church.

It is this author's limited experience that when a Muslim is labeled as an antichrist he begins with an aggressive offense invoking how he believes Jesus is a great prophet. As the scriptures from the Bible, and the verses from the Quran are revealed, the attitude changes to one of being defensive. If enough time is allowed to further explore comparative verses, the attitude becomes more of being convicted.

"The folly of interpreters has been to foretell times and things by this prophecy [Revelation], as if God designed to make them prophets. By this rashness they have not only exposed themselves, but brought the prophecy also into contempt. The design of God was much otherwise. He gave this and the prophecies of the Old Testament, not to gratify men's curiosities by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after they were fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event, and his own providence, not the interpreters', be then manifested thereby to the world. For the event of things predicted many ages before will then be a convincing argument that the world is governed by Providence." - Sir Isaac Newton

2 Timothy 4:3-4 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

It is fun to study God's Word with the modern tools we have at our fingertips. Word and phrase searches appear instantly for us to dive into and study their context. The Bible turns into one big beautiful, virtually completed, tapestry. My two favorite tools are Blue Letter Bible and Olive Tree, found on the following links:

These also contain commentaries, presented right there with the relevant verse, but I would avoid any commentaries from the last century or two. The Bible instructs that we look to the "former age" and do a search of their "fathers" so it would seem that this indicates going further back than the last couple hundred years.


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For a more in-depth discussion of these subjects please click here. Many understand the leopard-bear-lion beast studied in the last panel to be a man referred to as "The" "Antichrist". There are only four verses in Scripture that contain the term antichrist (KJV quoted below): 1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 1 John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also]. 1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that [spirit] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 2 John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. These verses indicate that antichrist is a SPIRIT, or THE spirit, that lives in the heart of anybody AND EVERYBODY that denies the Father and the Son, or denies that Jesus is the Christ, or denies that Jesus Christ IS come in the flesh. Clearly EVERY such person is antichrist, and also is an antichrist. Every person that denies the Son, has not the Father: 1 John 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also]. Jewish blindness, however, is a separate issue as per Romans 11. Here is a U-Tube of antichrists that will break your heart. Here is a group of antichrists graduating from kindergarten. Since there are billions of antichrists - and no shortage from John's day forward - how can there be a single antichrist? Based on scripture we can see there wasn't in John's day, and certainly not today. An individual antichrist can only be just ANOTHER antichrist. 1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. How could the above verse make any sense if the first use of the term antichrist were supposed to be an individual person as "The" "Antichrist", when six words later we learn there are many antichrists? This is the only verse of those above that can be construed to indicate a single individual. Let's develop our understanding by looking to another verse that also uses the term antichrist in a singular fashion: 1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that [spirit] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. You can see the singular "that", "spirit", "it" in this sentence and singular "antichrist", just like the singular "antichrist" in 1 John 2:18. Let's consider the first use as referring to the spirit of antichrist: John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. Finally: "ye have heard that antichrist shall come" "ye have heard that it should come" John 2:18 effectively saying "you've heard that antichrist is coming, but that spirit is already here!". THE FRUIT We can judge doctrine, in part, by it's fruit. Let's look at the fruit of this one. Some say "The" "Antichrist" was Nero. Perhaps suggesting "he" is over and done with. Others are looking for some future individual "The" "Antichrist" of the silver screen, yet to come. Others you can find on the Internet - of which there is no shortage - proffer guesses from a leader of Spain, to the Pope, to Ronald Reagan and more recently George Bush. Has the Church looking for some individual "The" "Antichrist", also made it look like so much buffoonery to those with a life outside of Christ? The church's preoccupation with a specific individual - past or future - seems to preclude it from recognizing that there are 1.5 billion antichrists in Islam alone. This doesn't even count the atheist neighbor down the road where your kids go to hang out. The most important element in Islam is "shirk" - that is manifest specifically in a declaration that God has no Son. This is specifically "that spirit of antichrist". Following is the blasphemy of the founding verses of Dome of the Rock: "O you People of the Book, overstep not bounds in your religion, and of God speak only the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, is only an apostle of God, and his Word which he conveyed unto Mary, and a Spirit proceeding from him. Believe therefore in God and his apostles, and say not Three. It will be better for you. God is only one God. Far be it from His transcendent majesty that he should have a son." It is obvious that Islam is the opposite of Christianity. "The Jews call 'Uzair a son of God, and the Christians call Christ the Son of God. That is a saying from their mouth; (In this) they but imitate what the Unbelievers of old used to say. God's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth! (Surah 9.30) Genesis 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. Islamic Hadith: “Jews will hide behind the rock and tree, and the rock and tree will say: oh servant of Allah, oh Muslim, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!” Revelation 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: Is the Quran - God's last book? Written over 500 years after the above verse was written. Consider that God may have had John write Revelation so much later to address the boatload of heresies that had already infiltrated the Church - even in John's day. All of the "overcommeth"ing of Revelation Chapters 2 and 3 is about overcoming unsound doctrine not Satan - except as he is the author of unsound doctrine. Even if there had been such a concept of as an individual antichrist in the first century Church, consider the wording: "...ye have heard...". Perhaps like "ye have heard that the moon is made of green cheese", but hearing it doesn't mean that it's true. Consider a similar verse: Matthew 5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 4 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; It is human nature to want to believe in concepts such as the silver screen "The" "Antichrist". What kid didn't take a flying leap to get into bed, so that what ever was under the bed wouldn't grab their ankles? Without the concept of a boogeyman Hollywood would go broke and the majority fiction novelists would be living in a van down by the river. But here is how it would seem Satan succeeded the most. The term antichrist has been removed from the Christian vocabulary except when used to describe an individual. Who would casually refer to the atheist that lives down the block as an antichrist? How much more soul searching might that individual do if we did? Who have you heard refer to the 1.5 billion Muslims as antichrists? Yet "shirk" is the most important element in Islam. A term that should be a normal part of Christian vocabulary has been stolen by the enemy. Just ask the guy next to you in Church next Sunday "what is the antichrist?" to get an idea of how this term is understood in the Church. It is this author's limited experience that when a Muslim is labeled as an antichrist he begins with an aggressive offense invoking how he believes Jesus is a great prophet. As the scriptures from the Bible, and the verses from the Quran are revealed, the attitude changes to one of being defensive. If enough time is allowed to further explore comparative verses, the attitude becomes more of being convicted. "The folly of interpreters has been to foretell times and things by this prophecy [Revelation], as if God designed to make them prophets. By this rashness they have not only exposed themselves, but brought the prophecy also into contempt. The design of God was much otherwise. He gave this and the prophecies of the Old Testament, not to gratify men's curiosities by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after they were fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event, and his own providence, not the interpreters', be then manifested thereby to the world. For the event of things predicted many ages before will then be a convincing argument that the world is governed by Providence." - Sir Isaac Newton * 2 Timothy 4:3-4 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. It is fun to study God's Word with the modern tools we have at our fingertips. Word and phrase searches appear instantly for us to dive into and study their context. The Bible turns into one big beautiful, virtually completed, tapestry. My two favorite tools are Blue Letter Bible and Olive Tree, found on the following links: http://www.blueletterbible.org/ http://www.olivetree.com/cgi-bin/EnglishBible.htm These also contain commentaries, presented right there with the relevant verse, but I would avoid any commentaries from the last century or two. The Bible instructs that we look to the "former age" and do a search of their "fathers" so it would seem that this indicates going further back than the last couple hundred years. * Please visit: israelinbibleprophecy.com beholdthebeast.com