I need help; I don’t get it!
Recently I’ve noticed a fair number of posts about “The Antichrist”, and I am having a great deal of trouble understanding something… In having a look at the posts over the past several days, I have learned that “The Antichrist” is not President Obama, and I must admit that I am relieved to hear that bit of news. I have also learned that “The Antichrist” is in the world right now, today, somewhere…
Before I go any further, I want to make it very clear that I am not criticizing the posts, the views or the authors of these posts, nor am I intending to be critical of their blogs, views or opinions; I just need a little bit of help to understand something.
The thing I don’t understand is this: Why would we care whether or not “The Antichrist” is in the world now, as opposed to being here in 10,000 years from now? Would it make any difference to how you go about your daily life?
OK, I can see one part of the answer; maybe I’m being too general. I suppose that if some evil person or persons gained power somewhere and started a great war or a great persecution or something along those lines, that it would have an impact on daily life, yes I get that part, but would we alter our focus? Would it mean the end of the world? Is there someplace in the Bible I can look to for a better understanding of these things?
It seems to me that Jesus gave us a command, or as many of us call it, a Commission to make disciples (Matt. 25:18-20). He also told us that we must be ready for His coming (Matt. 25), but I can’t find anything that says we should do something different when “The Antichrist” comes into the world.
So, dear readers, can you help me to better understand this?
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I, quite honestly, find this and most of the rest of prophesy confusing.
My opinion is that there are much more important things Christians should worry about anyway.
Not that this isn’t important (it is part of the Bible after all) I just never was too concerned about it.
Just my opinion, I could be way off the mark.
I’m not at all sure that you are off the mark at all. I’ve not really found prophesy all that difficult, to be honest, so maybe that’s where my confusion is… I just can’t seem to find where it says some of the things that I’ve read that it says, if you follow my meaning…
Aww Don! And there’s me thinking sin was everywhere all the time. Is this a new kind of sin I need to worry about?
(and a very quick search of this topic which had passed me by … I never realised the new Pope was viewed as a candidate! Thought his “travel with the boys” by bus after being poped was a christlike touch)
Well Paul, I don’t think so, but then I seem to find myself clueless on this subject… and if I remember correctly, way back in the fog and mists of the past…. way back there somewhere…. didn’t I write a doctoral thesis about this stuff….? Oh, why yes, I think I just might have, and yet I’m clueless!
We should not do anything different, we follow Christ, and the Bible says be always prepared! The Antichrist, as opposed to antichrists in general, is more a signal of the nearness of Christ’s return as well as a heightened alert of the dangers of falling for the temptations that we will face from ultimate evil that will masquerade as good! God bless you!
Yes, that sounds right, I think. Maybe it’s just “The Antichrist” that’s throwing me off… Thanks for the help!
I looked it up and found that The Antichrist is in Revelation, so I looked in Revelation (word search) and couldn’t find it there at all… now I’m confused too!
Hmm… that could be problematic!
Revelation 13 tells of the attributes of the final “Antichrist”, denier of Christ, against God. If you look at definition of antichrists, they deny that Jesus was the Son of God and that He was resurrected and there have been many throughout history and exist today. But the final one is empowered by Satan with abilities to perform miracles and fool many into thinking he/she is Christ returned.
Interesting, I’ll check into that, thank you very much for the tip!
Thank you, I really appreciate the explanation and I’ve just read Rev. 13. My only problem is that it didn’t say ‘antichrist’ so how do you know that’s what they mean? Sorry, I’m not trying to be difficult, I am a little confused.
Rob, I’ll step aside and see if he would care to answer back… We’re getting a nice little “chat” going
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Matthew 24 Jesus tells us what to expect in the last days, he warns us against falling those who claim to be Christ when they are actually against Christ, literally Antichrist. 2 These. 2 tells us that it will be an imposter pretending to be Christ but is in actuality against God. Rev. Barry Gritters has written several pamphlets on the Antichrist and are an excellent resource. If you would rather watch videos, I would recommend Pastor Perry Stone and you can find him on YouTube. God bless you and I hope this helps but if you are looking for something that says this is the Antichrist, if God wanted us to know ahead of time he would have told us. He gave us a description and instructions to seek answers.
I’ll check those out, thank you!
Thanks for the invite. Can’t resist.
Someone who has trod this path: http://christianity.about.com/od/endtimestopicalstudy/a/antichrist.htm
And their conclusion: “Is the Antichrist alive today? He could be. Will we recognize him? Perhaps not at first. However, the best way to avoid being deceived by the spirit of the antichrist is to know Jesus Christ and be ready for his return.”
Sounds about right to me. Oh Paul, i bet you can’t wait for me to get to the part where I say, “See how easy this is?”
But alas! I’m not spilling the beans today!
Tease! 🙂
Revelation 13 gives the attributes of the Antichrist
I fully agree with you. People get stuck on the one thing about the anti-Christ and I have been asked more times than I can count if I think that Obama is the anti-Christ… although I did not vote for him I do not think he is that… any of us that do not proclaim the good news of the Gospel are anti-Christ whether we admit it or not. I think that we should “occupy until He comes” , be good to our fellow man, try to point others to Jesus and His teachings. A lot of teachers, blog writers, traveling evangelists will focus on the controversial in order to gain attention and have people sitting jaw dropped waiting for the next “revelation”… how about we understand the first on… first! Long way of saying I agree, thank you! h
Well that’s kind of what I thought. Funny thing is, I’m old enough to recall reading articles speculating on whether or not JFK was “The Antichrist” In fact, every president is mentioned at one time or another, not to mention every Pope. It’s hard to keep track of, and I have a tough time understanding.
Funny! I also remember that but had forgotten! Thank you for accomplishing making me feel ancient of days today !!😄 blessings !
I don’t have my Bible in front of me right now but this is a question in everyone’s mind whether they want to admit it or not. The Apostle Paul preached and wrote letters that indicate Christ would return in his lifetime. They really believed he would. Because we will never know the time He will return our focus should not be on whether or not the anti-Christ is here but, like Paul, focus on that great commission of telling everyone we can as fast as we can as if He is returning in our day.
Rev 17 esp vs 14ff. the called and chosen and faithful. It is Gods plan. I recommend you read the book of Revelations.
Some say it’s too hard to understand. It really isn’t. Do some exegesis on it and you want believe what you will discover. If you are not sure how to do an exegesis let me know and I’ll be glad to help you with it. You can write me at my email address on my blog. God bless!
Thanks Andy, I appreciate that!
Years ago, it was suggested, tongue in cheek, that President Reagan was definitely the Antichrist; after all, just consider his name. Ronald (6 letters) Wilson (6) Reagan (6). But I totally agree with you – if we are in Christ, if we have confidence in His power and His promise to save us, the Antichrist should not be of great concern. Clearly, when the Antichrist power manifests himself, it will be a personage who is openly and defiantly AGAINST Christ; he will be an avowed, determined enemy who seeks to draw worship away from Jesus. To paraphrase, though: Antichrist is powerful, but Jesus is ALL-powerful.
Yes, I can remember all sorts of people saying that (name any president) was the Antichrist, and all of them looked foolish sooner or later. Ronald Reagan of all people! Yes, you are making a lot of sense, thank you!
Hi Don,
The “spirit of antchrist” is already in the world 1 John 4:3.
When the “Man of Sin” comes he will be of the same “Spirit of antichrist” but with more power and influence than we have seen before.
So even IF the “Man of Sin” is present in the world now our enemy is the same (Satan himself) and our need and the need of the lost is the same.
We need to put on the whole armour of God that we might withstand the wiles of the Devil, be fit to do battle, and to proclaim the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ as the only solution for guilty lost sinners.
We are to watch for the coming again of our Lord Jesus Christ, but it is my view that we can spend far to much time and energy discussing (speculating on) the finer details, which often have not been revealed clearly in scripture, rather than living a God honouring holy life and obeying the great commission of preaching the Gospel, which is very clearly our duty and privilege. Hope this might help and God bless you.
Thanks, I appreciate your thoughts, you are making good sense…
If all the time (that is wasted writing, talking, speculating and obsessing about anti-Christ) would be used to live a life of compassion and love and follow Jesus, this would be a much better world. I like to focus on Jesus! 🙂
You and I are in lock-step together!
Anyone who does not believe is against Christ and we are to prepare for Christ’s coming. I looked in the New Living Translation and found: 1 John 2:22 And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ. Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist.
Quite so, Amen!
The New Living Translation can provide a more simple explanation that other versions, I like this version to reach others on Facebook…
You quoted faster than I could but that was the verse that came to mind as I read Don’s post. We need to be focused on Jesus instead of worrying about the future. God already has that covered. Let us focus on the One who is the way, the truth and the life so we can see the way, know the Truth and live the life.
Hi Don,
I almost forgot one point you raised, You Said “I need help; I don’t get it”
I wonder how much you really need ?
Hear is a little basic help.
If you are studying this subject you will need to consider the following passages
2 Thess. 2:1-10
I John 2:18 2:22 4:3 and 2 John 1:7
Revelation Ch 12 Ch 13 and Ch 17
Daniel 7
But I suspect you know this already.
In my previous comment I realise I might have, (by calling the “Man of Sin” “he”) given the impression that “The Antichrist ” is a definitive person. While this may or may not be case as some believe, there are many that believe “The Antichrist” is a ecclesiastical or secular power or organisation. Some also equate the ” Babylon of the OT with the Antichrist of the NT.
Some systematic theologies will discuss these issues, ( e.g. Hodge, Berkof, Hoeksema, Berkouwer (Studies in Dogmatics :The Return of Christ) also Biblical Encyclopaedias / Historical Theologies often sum up and discsuss the issues.
Don, I am not giving you answers, I know, but pointing you and any other readers in the direction of personal study.
I really appreciate your help. Don’t worry about not giving answers, for there are some questions that may not have a better answer than “here’s where to look” and this may be one of them. Of course my question was actually along the lines of ‘why should I care.’
You might be right that I don’t need much help on the ‘what’ and ‘how’ part, but I’ll tell all in a different post. It’s the “who cares” part I don’t understand. (I don’t mean to be flippant, by the way) When I say “who cares” that’s referring to being all “into” figuring out who it is and when the time would be…
Hey Rob! Here ya go! This will get you started, it’s a very good reading list.
Thanks again, jgmtheo, I appreciate the help!
“Who Cares”
Literary history is littered with the results of those who have tried to figure out in order the “last things” *, but time has showed how wrong many of them they were.
“Who Cares”
We all should care about the approach of the Lord’s coming and any seeming progress in Satan earthly kingdom (which is but for a moment in the great scheme of things) but to me it’s how we respond to HIS coming and Satan’s activity both personally and corporately in the life of the Church, rather than vast efforts trying to “figure it all out” .
The Lord is coming, Satan is active; do we care, yes, we should be driven to repentance for our sins, importunate prayer, and urgent evangelism !
*Thomas Goodwin’s exposition of Revelation for e.g A godly man and a great help in many of his works but very unwise in this exposition.
Yes, for our Lord did teach us that whenever he comes, we must be ready! Excellent point, and that we should be ready will of course be true on any given day, for He might decide to come for us at any time! Yes sir, I think we’re on to something here… and it has little to do with speculations on the End, if I’m getting this right!
Thanks!!
Dear Don,
You may not believe what I’m gonna say… * prepares to express a painful statement , and hears drum roll begin *…
“I have not got the slightest idea of words that can shed any light on your question.” Period. Full Stop.
You’ve NEVER heard me make such a statement regarding scriptural truth, and therein lies the only topic on which you likely ever will. And I make that statement without hesitation or apology, for a very specific reason. (Please feel free to laugh at this.)
I’ve shared before that I am a lifelong “Recovering Omniscient” (an arrogance of heart and intellect that does not just go “poof” upon enlightenment, but a ready source of temptation). That God is ever about the work of bringing forth and transforming me into my True Self as Child of God, FROM my fallen False Self… “Brat of God”, or what Bro. Paul of England might call a “prat”. One of the childhood graces I always knew was God’s readiness to show, teach, explain Biblical truth to me when I asked, and that one such question led me eventually to “enter in to a community worship experience” of Him.
Well, decades ago, back when I was yet Omniscient (a legend in my own mind), and an intern serving on staff under The Pastor, the Church was in a time of great upsurge in Media Ministry (televangelism, radio ministries, and such) that created this tremendous Revelation Fervor, and Eschatology was the Flavor of the Decade. It seemed that everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY, had their “pet theories” going full tilt. Millennialism, Postmillennialism, Premillennialism, yadda yadda ad infinitum. Now, my hands were certainly full enough learning to curb my own arrogance horses, becoming servant, learning ministry in both heart and hands, beyond just head.
But in this fervent revivalist atmosphere of interest in the Revelation of John, I found myself feeling a bit “out of it”. This was the one and only, singular, book of the Holy Bible wherein I could read, and have absolutely NO “special effects”. No lights flashing, bells and whistles, echoes, reverb… I mean, I could hear the “ring of truth” at truth of the Heart of God, yes… but it would “read” to me like it read to anyone… the symbology escaped me… the beasts, angels, symbols, smoke… words on a page, like a normal book. I could not “consume this book” into myself, as all other books of the Bible soaked into me.
I remember one day, long long ago, finally taking my “ignorance” to God and asking if something was wrong? Why didn’t I “get it”? Why didn’t I just “understand” and see the Book of Revelation unfold before me, as other books of the Bible did? And Jesus just sort of laughed at me gently, and asked if I could be more specific with my question. What did I really want to know? What did I want to see?
And I said I wanted to know and see the Second Coming. And in my prayer, my mind’s eye, I saw Him come, white horse and all, lightning, sky rolling up like scroll… He reminded me I’d seen this always, this was Gospel. Bu there was so much I DIDN’T understand… beasts, smoke, angels, 144,000, 24 elders, so on, so on…
Finally, He spoke to this in my life that settled my heart from then til now. He said, simply, “Little Monk, you want to understand the End Times. The How, Why, When… the specifics of what everything means that I showed to John. Well, you don’t. You can’t. You won’t. Not even John “understood” it all… he simply saw it, and wrote it down as commanded. NO ONE, understands all that, but the Father, the Spirit, and Me. Even the angels long to look into that, and they too will understand only as it unfolds. The Bible is perfect and complete. The Bible has to, and had to, include and encompass all of infinity and time between the covers… so, the End Times, along with Genesis, are addressed there, and the expression is accurate, yes, but ineffable as well.
“You… are NOT to worry, fret, or spend inordinate time seeking to unravel these mysteries. You are welcome to look, ponder, study… of course. It is Scripture, it is part of My Word, and you may spend whatever time and effort you are free, in that Book. AND… there are scholars that I have called and equipped to spend their entire careers, passionately focused on that Book, its translation, interpretation, and significance. YOU are NOT one of these ministers, but you will not judge or belittle them either, just because their ministry is different from yours.”
(Did I mention I struggled with “judging” and “arrogance” at the time?)
“Little Monk, you ask Me to show you all there is to know of the Second Coming. I cannot. The Father has not yet revealed that to man, nor even to angels, so… ‘No’. BUT! I ASSURE you, I PROMISE you! That’s ALL RIGHT! Because, you will be there. I promise! EVERYONE will be there. EVERYONE will see for themselves. And on that day, all questions will be answered and all your yearning to understand will be fulfilled.
“No Little Monk, I have NOT called you to help people understand my Second Coming. Frankly, there is little point indeed, in people becoming all fascinated and distracted by endless speculation regarding my Second Coming… until they have understood and embraced my FIRST. THAT is what I desire of you for your whole life. Lead people to understand and embrace My First Coming. Unless and until they do, like Goats among My Sheep, they will find themselves vastly disappointed and surprised at my arrival in the Second.
“So you focus on the First, Little Monk. And *I* will take care of the Second. OK?”
“OK, Lord.”
And I’ve often “passed through” the book since, but He relieved all my concerns about abstruse and arcane interpretations right there. As you pointed out, where is the “Gospel of the Now”? How do we follow His steps Today?
Grace to thee — LM
NOBODY READ THIS, IT’S SECRET!
Little Monk, this is just so much FUN!!!
Here I thought that being a holiday (US) this would be a slow blogging day, and POOF! Busy, busy, busy! All I had to do was drop the word “Antichrist” and look at all the comments! The day is young, maybe I’ll have a new comment record… amazing!
I plan on spilling the beans tomorrow or the next day, but here’s a hint, just for you… nobody else read this! You said “The Revelation of John” but that’s a mistake. Oh it might be the traditional title, but it isn’t the book. It is really “The revelation of Jesus Christ.” (Rev. 1:1) Not the End, nor the Second Coming… Jesus Christ! (Oh those pesky premises again)
Oh, and who said anything about Revelation? I just asked why I should care if “The Antichrist” is in the world now? and what a wonderful bunch of comments we have to consider. I think there is volumes of research in these comments… maybe not entirely scientific research, I’ll admit…
I think your wonderful comment, along with several others have it nailed down pretty well: I shouldn’t care if “The Antichrist” is in the world now… or in 10,000 years, I should seek Jesus Christ and serve Him in love, and that’s the end of the story. And I know that we will be doing that side by side, in spirit and who knows, maybe lives will be changed for His Kingdom!
Don your last reply hit the nail on the head! As I read through all the other comments after reading your blog I kept thinking the same thing. Somehow in all the “left behind” fervor, most of the world seems to have forgotten the title of the book, the Revelation of Jesus Christ! I knew from your first sentence that you are far too knowledgeable about Scripture to be truly confused on this topic. I can hardly wait to see where you take this! Thanks for pointing so many to Him! I can only hope and pray that the Church starts to care more about Jesus and truly being His disciple than it does about plotting the trajectory of the so-called antichrist!
Fun comment, thanks! I only disagree with a tiny thing… I really am confused, but not by the Scriptures so much as our reaction to certain parts of it, thus the question I asked (as opposed to the one many are answering!)
We are told to look for the coming of Jesus (his return), but not so much to look for the coming of antichrist. I think part of the looking for antichrist in each generation is the notion (maybe erroneous) that Jesus could return at any moment (Imminence) and if his return is imminent then antichrist must already be here. I believe imminence may not be true, because there seem to be conditions for Christ’s return (like the ones he laid out in Matthew 24) that would not have been fulfilled in previous generations and may not have been fulfilled in ours.
You may well be right about that. It could be that people may look for antichrist assuming that it would indicate a forerunner of Christ’s return. Of course I suppose that would depend upon which of the theories one would lean towards regarding end times…
Thanks for you views, I appreciate them. Lots to consider!
Interesting thoughts. Think about II Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there be a falling away first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition who opposeth and exhalted himself above all that is God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple, showing himself that he is God.
Who originally wanted to be God? If Adam and Eve had given him the heave ho, things would be a lot different. The second Adam however has changed things for those who choose to believe him and all that God has made him. Jesus Christ is coming back for his saints (I Thessalonians 4:17) and then later he is coming back with his saints, meanwhile the son of perdition will move in to deceive those left and say he is God. There’s been somebody in every generation to take on this role, but the devil can only pull this off after the return of Christ in the clouds when Christ lifts away his church. He doesn’t know the date of that. We are not to be ignorant of Satan’s devices using prayer, boldness, the truth and love to do what we can do now for others.
OK, I must admit that I’m a bit confused here. Are you saying He’s coming back twice, or did I misunderstand? Sorry, I don’t meant to be dumb… I must have read it worong…?
Hmmm- I don’t think you are dumb nor confused! The word ‘coming’ is ‘parousia’ (a coming alongside, presence) He came the first time at his birth, then he died and was resurrected, came back and appeared. Did he appear to Saul/Paul? I referred to his coming in the clouds as a gathering together. How many times does Jesus Christ come up along side?
Thessalonians is a great book of comfort. I Thessalonians 1:9-10 9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols (faith) to serve the living and true God (love);10 And to wait (hope) for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
Thanks for the help! I appreciate your sharing these verses… surely I misread it before!
Joh 9:4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
and Revelation 13
I think there is a general overreaction also but from what I can read many saints will be deceived by the beast (antichrist) and will lead people astray. The saints that are not led astray will also be killed. Basically it will be a spiritual night and normal gospel work will not be done.
Just my opinion but it is how I read most of the passages.
Also my very small opinion is that the anti-christ of anti christ is Benjamin Netanyahu the Israeli Prime Minister.
Benjamin = Son of the right hand
Nathan = given
Netanyahu = Nathan + God = given + God
Really? I hadn’t heard that one before… darn, I kinda like the guy. OK, more to consider, thanks a lot!
I finally found what I was really looking for.
Mat_24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
Mat_24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Mar_13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
Mar_13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
A Christian Israelite explained to me (and he could be wrong) that the ELECT in this context are the Jews not the Christians. The antichrist will be a Jew because only a Jew could deceive other Jews. False Christs and false prophets have arisen over the past 2000 years and deceived Christians but not the Jews so we will know we are in the last days when the Jews are deceived.
Again to answer your question, “How will that really effect what we do as Christians?” Well I think we will have trouble having a church since Christians will be rounded up and killed. Also since the world will be dying and sudden population decreases just may make a difference. but other than that things should be just dandy. LOL
Well, the way you put it I’m not sure it sounds dandy… but it does sound a little like the first century, only more so.
I can’t help but remember this scripture in Philippians 2:12 at a time like this; i think the focus ought to be Christ and a continual desire to reign with Him when He returns. I could be wrong.
Yes, you be, but then you also might just be right!
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.
20 He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.
Amen!
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I don’t see the evidence that he is here yet. When he arrives it is going to be a huge splash. Most of the world will believe he is Jesus Christ returned and will worship him. It will be the biggest revival- deception ever in all history.
I wrote a blog concerning this a while back, if you want to check it out.
Susan
Thanks Susan!
Jesus said of his return himself that only the Father knows the day of the second coming. We are to always be ready for that. To be ready means that we are not paying attention to those who are pointing to things other than Jesus, but we are paying attention to Jesus and following his commands to love God and our neighbor, and to make disciples of all nations. If we do those things we need not worry about whether or not the anti Christ is in the world. The spirit of anti Christ is always in the world.
Well said Robert!
Amen! Continually seeking Him, Sharon
Thanks Sharon!
Don, Most of it is a monumental waste of time. When Jesus said, “No man knows the hour,” I took him at his word. Christians have much better things to do than waste time on the speculative – serving Christ and neighbor is enough to keep me busy!
I quite agree!
The Book of Revelation 11-13; 17 and IIThessalonians 2; are chapters that talk about the Beast (Antichrist). The Antichrist wants to destroy Christ’s Kingdom, His Believers. His presence means danger, the persecution of Christ’s Church.
Thanks for your contribution! Who knows, that could be right…
Could be
I think your right, I don’t think it needs to shift our focus. In the end the power God will overcome the power of the Antichrist (anti christ just means against Christ any way) so why should we live different. I think much “doctrine” or ideas are born out of the fear of what those times will look like. But as Followers of Christ do we really need to worry? Espically when 1Thess. Describes the antichrist being over come by the SPLENDOR of His comming and BREATH of His voice, yea not much of a threat against God.
Nicely put, thanks!
One reason why believers need to know that the anti-Christ is in the world alive and active is to support a person’s faith. The Bible says it, we believe it now we need a little encouragement to hold onto that belief. A second reason would be to let believers know that they better grow up and get down to real spiritual business for time is short.
Great advice at any time, thanks!
…will be. Thanks for your support.
1 John 2: 18-22 “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. … Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.”
This pretty well cleared it up for me – straight from the the Word. There are numerous similar references explaining the “essence” that is “antichrist”.
Very true!
I think you hit the nail on the head. We can know some things about the future because they are in the Bible, but we are left with a lot of mystery. One older man told me “the best thing about our ideas for the end times is that we didn’t write them down.” Long ago many Christians were sure that Mussolini was the antichrist.
We know that we are called to obedience now, and that is no mystery.
Good message
Thanks!