Much confusion about the Antichrist

In Christendom, we can find lots of people who do not believe Jesus Christ is the sent one from God (the Word) having come in the flesh. Lots of people who call themselves Christian say that Jesus is God having come in the flesh. Today there are still millions of people (who claim to be Christian, but) who keep denying that Jeshua (or Jesus) is the Kristos or Christ. In the letters of John we find that such a person is called an antichrist — denying the Father and the Son. By not accepting the Words of God, that Jesus is His son, they in a way are also an antichrist of which the Bible speaks. When there is spoken about an antichrist there is not explicitly meant one person, but that antichrist can be many people. For the apostle John it is not about one evil person who is going to come at the End Times. He recognises that already in his lifetime there were antichrists going around. The world has known already several Antichrists (including absolutely everyone who doesn’t believe in Jesus). Also for Jesus it was clear that there would come more false Christs or that the antichrist consists of more than one, namely several “false messiahs and false prophets” (Matthew 24:24).

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Antichrist

Much confusion exists in most minds upon Antichrist by reason of the nonsense written by the blind prophet Baxter, of “Christian Herald” fame, and similar false teachers.

All the misunderstandings are cleared up by a careful reading of all the texts in which the word is found. They are as follows:

“Now are there many antichrists” (1 John ii. 18);
“He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son” (1 John ii. 22);
“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” (1 John iv. 3) ;
“Many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is that deceiver and an antichrist” (2 John 7).

F. G. J.

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“ 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.” (1Jo 2:18 GenevaBible)

“22 Who is a liar, but he that denieth that Jesus is that Christ? the same is that Antichrist that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. 24 Let therefore abide in you that same which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning, shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even that eternal life.” (1Jo 2:22-25 GenevaBible)

“And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God: but this is the spirit of Antichrist, of whom ye have heard, how that he should come, and now already he is in this world.” (1Jo 4:3 GenevaBible)

“For many deceivers are entered into this world, which confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. He that is such one, is a deceiver and an Antichrist.” (2Jo 1:7 GenevaBible)

“ For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders, so that if it were possible, they should deceive the very elect.” (Mt 24:24 GenevaBible)

 

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Preceding

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #1 Introduction: What is Prophecy? – Prophets, fortune-tellers and Prophecy

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #2 Shiloh

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #3 Job’s Redeemer

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #4 Judah — Gods Battle Axe

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #5 Evening Morning Period

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #6 Daniel’s Seventy Weeks

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #7 Toes of the Image

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #8 The Fourth Beast

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #9 Michael the Great Prince

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #10 Gog

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #11 King of the North

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #12 The Little Horn of the Goat

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #13 Antiochus Epiphanes

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #14 Tarshish

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #15 More about Tarshish

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #16 Weapons of War as Fuel

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #17 Temple of Ezekiel’s Prophecy

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #18 Shape of Ezekiel’s Temple

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #19 Annual Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #20 King of the South

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #21 Messiah the Prince

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #22 Micah’s Forty Years

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #22 Wounded in the House of My Friends

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #23 Elijah Before Christ

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #23 Riches of Egypt

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #24 One of a City, Two of a Family

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #25 Called My Son Out of Egypt

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #26 That it might be Fulfilled

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #27 Mount Olivet Prophecy

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #28 The Number of the Beast

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #29 The Sign of the Son of Man

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #30 Sacrifices in the Millennium

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #31 Transport to the Judgment Seat

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #32 Identity in the Resurrection

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #33 Sheep and Goats at the Judgment

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #34 Christ’s Appearing: Public or Private?

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #35 Clothing at the Resurrection

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #36 Children at Christ’s Coming

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #37 Sex in the Kingdom of God

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #38 Long Life during the Millennium

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #39 America in the Prophets

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #40 The Stone of Israel

Answers Concerning Prophecies and things future #41 Wheresoever the Carcase is

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Additional reading

1. How to Read the Bible (sequel 1)
2. An atoneless religious system or a hope giving religious system
3. Concerning Christ #1 A god or the God, a son of man and son of God
4. Concerning Christ #2 Divine source, connection and divine human being
5. Jesus son of God or God the son
6. Matthew 21:10-11 Who Is This? – a Question still posed today #2
7. People Seeking for God 7 The Lord and lords
8. The True Significance of Jesus’ Birth
9. Antichrist
10. The Song of The Lamb #3 Daniel and Revelation
11. Babylon is fallen
12. Matthew 16 Calvin’s view
13. Making the time ready for Jesus to return
14. Apocalyptic Extremism: No Longer a Laughing Matter
15. Christian fundamentalists feeding Into the Toxic Partisanship and driving countries into the Dark Ages… #2
16. Last days and destruction of the flesh

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