Time for you to "stumble into some truth". Madnessinmysoul is mostly right.
There is no such thing as "the Anti-Christ"......sorry. Not supported Biblically.
He's not coming. Only 25% of Christians believe in the rapture, last days, Anti-Christ, etc. It's mostly American Evangelists who've twisted
scripture, including the whole book of Revelation.
(from www.bible.ca)
Did you know.....
1. the word "antichrist" is only found in 4 Bible passages?
2. the word "antichrist" is not found even once in the book of Revelation?
3. All were penned by Apostle John?
4. All passages are within the books of First John and Second John?
5. The Greek word from which our English word "antichrist" is translated is very easy to understand?
6. It is a simple compound word and means "anti" + "Christ" = "antichrist"?
"Anti-Christ" is anyone who opposes Christ.
1 Jn 2:18-19-"Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen; from this we
know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us;
but they went out, in order that it might be shown that they all are not of us."
Question: When John wrote this book in about 85 AD, had the antichrist come yet?
Look closer please! 1 Jn 2:18-19
• "even now many antichrists have arisen"
• "They went out from us"
• "Children, it is the last hour"
Question: Is one antichrist going to arise or many?
Answer: Even now many antichrists have arisen.
1 Jn 2:18-19 - "Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also." 1 Jn 2:18-19
Question: Who does the Bible identify as the antichrist?
Answer: the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ?
James 2:19 says - "You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder"
• The Devil already knows that Jesus is the Christ
• The Devil believes in Christ more than many Christians
• The Devil shudders because he knows his destruction is near.
Who is the antichrist according to 1 John 2:22-23?
1 John 4:2-3 - "Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son."
"By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not
confess Jesus is not from God; and this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the
world."
Question: Who does the Bible identify as the antichrist?
Answer: The liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ.
Did you know that the term "the Beast" comes from the Book of Revelation, and the number 666 is that of Nero Caesar, not a future Anti-Christ. In
fact, as far as theologians and bible scholars can surmise, the Book of Revelation is about the destruction of Jerusalem in 35AD and the end of
ancient jewish times, as well as, the day of Pentecost in 70AD. This was a foretelling by John.
[edit on 14-5-2007 by iandavis]
