The Bible Antichrist Witnesses

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The proper understanding of 1 John 2:18 about "antichrist" is not that difficult IF... you know what the subject is about, and linked with other witnesses in The Bible. And recall every word is confirmed with two or three witnesses (2 Corinthians 13). That applies to Scripture witnesses too.

1 John 2:18
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.
KJV


John used the word "antichrist" above in 2 WAYS, not one.

1. The phrase in red above is that he knew they had ALREADY HEARD that "antichrist" shall come. That use of the word "antichrist" in that phrase is SINGULAR in tense. It about a single Antichrist figure coming in the end of this world.

2. But the latter phrase in green is about the "many antichrists", and is PLURAL, pointing to the servants of the Antichrist.

So WHEN did they already hear that the Antichrist shall come? We need to ask ourselves that because it is giving us a place to further define what John was talking about. The first clue is below with what Lord Jesus said...

John 12:31
31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
KJV

Lord Jesus said the above just prior to His being delivered up to be crucified. It is often misinterpreted to mean Satan being bound at the time of the cross, which simply is not true because of 1 Peter 5:8. How did Lord Jesus mean it then? Smarten up and think for yourself. Just when... is that "judgment of this world" going to be, literally? At the time of His cross? No, it didn't happen yet, not in the literal sense, because Satan and evil still reigns upon this earth today. So when is the REAL judgment? That's right, at Jesus' future return when He will take reign over all nations, and then Satan will be locked in his pit prison so he cannot deceive during the "thousand years" Millennial time.

Likewise, with that casting out, when will that occur, and Jesus was pointing directly about the end of this world with that too, but when? Revelation 12:7-17 points to Satan and his angels being cast out of the heavenly dimension down to earth in our... dimension, and he knows he has but a short time (i.e., the tribulation at the end which Jesus said He shortened for the sake of His elect per Matthew 24).


John 14:30
30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me.
KJV

Then later in the Book of John, John writes the next clue Lord Jesus gave about antichrist coming. THAT... is where they had ALREADY HEARD that "antichrist" shall come, meaning The Antichrist single figure.

Let's see now, can we put those 2 CLUES together that our Lord Jesus gave His Apostles and us about the false one to come at the end of this world? Yeah! I think so! Did Jesus say a pope would be cast out? Nope! Did Jesus say an American President would be cast out? Again nope! Did Jesus say an Israeli prime minister would be cast out? Once again, nope! Jesus said the "prince of this world" would be cast out!, said he "cometh". Well just who is that brethren? The devil himself, in person!

So just by those two simple verses in the Book of John, Lord Jesus pointed directly to the devil being the one that is cast out for the end in prep for that judgment.

But don't we need at least one more Bible witness for this? Yes, and there's actually a couple more very important witnesses.

Matt 24:23-26
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, "Lo, here is Christ, or there;" believe it not.
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.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, "Behold, He is in the desert;" go not forth: "behold, He is in the secret chambers"; believe it not.
KJV

That was the 6th SIGN of the end leading up to Christ's future return that He gave His disciples (and us) while He was upon the Mount of Olives with them. It's called His 'Olivet Discourse'. That 6th Sign parallels the first part of the 6th Seal of Revelation 6 about the star that fell to earth, and the idea of 'untimely figs'.

The above Matthew 24:23-26 Scripture is SINGULAR in tense about a single false one to come at the end. The phrase "false Christs" is actually just two Greek words in the manuscripts, Greek pseudo which means false, and christos which means Christ (singular). By the 23rd and 26th verses it's easy to tell that is pointing to a singular false one the deceived will be claiming is Messiah, and Jesus said don't believe it. To further point out that coming pseudo-Christ won't just be a flesh born man, that false-Messiah is to have power to work great signs and wonders on earth, that IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, would deceive even Christ's 'very' elect. That means those which Jesus already 'owns' and has sealed by The Holy Spirit ad thus CANNOT be deceived at the end by that false one who will appear in Jerusalem.

So that's another witness to the singular "antichrist" that John said they had ALREADY HEARD that shall come. And obviously it is NOT about any flesh born man on this earth, but about a SUPERNATURAL ONE, "the prince of this world" like Jesus had already said.


Another strong witness is what Apostle Paul revealed in 2 Thessalonians 2...

2 Thess 2:3-9
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
KJV

First off, Apostle Paul is actually pointing back to the Book of Daniel about the "little horn" and "king of fierce countenance" that is to exalt himself in place of God (Daniel 7 & 8). He is to use peace to destroy many, and cause craft to prosper by his hand.

Paul is being more specific about that false one here though. Paul uses the titles "man of sin" and "son of perdition" to describe this coming false one to Jerusalem. Who did the very first sin? Nope, it wasn't Adam and Eve, for that was the first sin in the flesh. But who did the very first sin ever? That's right, the devil himself when he first rebelled in the old world by coveting God's Throne. In Isaiah 14, and Ezekiel 28 via parable, God showed how Satan was originally created perfect in his ways, until iniquity was found in him. Satan originally followed God! Then he fell. Apostle John said the devil sinned from the beginning, pointing to that very first sin against God, ever (1 John 3:8).

Another point, in Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 is where God calls the devil "thou art a man, and not God". Also in Isaiah 14, God says about the devil that once he is cast to the pit and can do nothing, others will look at him and say, "Is this the man... ", as that reveals Satan the devil also has the image of man like all angels do. So might Paul's title for that false one of "man of sin" be a good fit for the devil? YES! as that is exactly who Paul was pointing to there in 2 Thess.2:4, the devil himself.

Note also Paul calls that false one by the title "son of perdition". The word 'perdition' comes from the Greek word 'apollumi' which means to 'destroy fully' (NT:622). One of the devil's proper names given in Revelation 9:11 as Apollyon comes from that same Greek word 'apollumi'. Now Judas Iscariot who betrayed Lord Jesus was also labeled by that "son of perdition" title (John 17:12). But Jesus also called Judas "a devil" (John 6:70-71). And we know not even Judas has been judged and sentenced to perdition in the future "lake of fire" yet, simply because God's Great White Throne Judgment and then those cast into the "lake of fire" perishing does not happen until AFTER Christ's future return, and after His "thousand years" reign of Rev.20.

 

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In reality then, NO FLESH BORN MAN has been judged and sentenced to 'perdition' yet; ONLY Satan and his angels so far... have already been judged and sentenced to perish in the future "lake of fire". That is very important to know and understand.

So is that "son of perdition" title fitting for Satan himself? YES! And that is exactly who Paul was pointing to, again! Not a pope, not a U.S. President, not an Internationalist in Brussels, not a Communist leader in the Kremlin, etc., etc., etc. He was pointing DIRECTLY TO SATAN HIMSELF coming to earth to sit in a rebuilt stone "temple of God" to exalt himself as God (once again!). And he is coming to sit in that STONE "temple of God" Paul mentions, which will be the future stone temple the orthodox Jews in Israel today already have plans to build with the materials already prepared to do it today.

And that is why Paul says that Wicked one's coming is according to the working of who? According to the working of SATAN "with all power and signs and lying wonders." Lord Jesus warned about that pseudo-Christ working those "great signs and wonders" also, didn't He? (Matthew 24:24).

The Revelation 13:11-14 Scripture gives us yet another view of that same false one coming to work great signs and miracles at the end of this world, and even raining fire down from heaven unto the earth, in the sight of men! That means doing those miracles right here ON EARTH in front of us. No flesh man has ever... done those things. Only GOD... caused raining fire down upon the earth from Heaven, you do realize that don't you? (during the time of Elijah the prophet, 2 Kings 1). It won't be any flesh born man to do that at the end per that Rev.13:11-14 prophecy. It will be the devil himself in plain sight here on earth doing that, not a pope.

Thus the Biblical evidence is clear that the coming Antichrist will be Satan himself, attempting to do what he tried to do at his very first rebellion in that old world, trying to be The GOD and desiring that all worship him in place of GOD. That coming Antichrist role is reserved ONLY for Satan, and not a pope nor any flesh born man. Now whether or not one wants to keep to the Scripture which clearly points to Satan as the Antichrist at the end, or listen to doctrines of men designed by Satan's workers to get you off of those Scripture witnesses that it is about Satan himself, then that is each person's choice if they wish to be deceived, or not. I choose to not be deceived, but I cannot ask any to follow me, but only to study The Scriptures on this and be careful of falling into the many traps from men's doctrines.

And what kind of traps are those from men's doctrines?

1. that only those born in the flesh have the image of 'man'. Not true, since that image of man comes from God's Own Image Likeness per Genesis 1:26-27. All the angels have that image of man too, as He gave them that image also. Thus Satan also has that image of man, even without a flesh body. The devil does not want you to realize this, as a way to keep you focused on searching for some flesh born man as the final Antichrist is what he wants you to keep thinking; takes Satan's powers of deception away once you understand he has that image of 'man' also, and can appear right here on earth with that image 'man' among us. Thus those on men's false doctrine from the devil try to use Paul's "man of sin", the 'man' word to mean it has to mean a flesh born man, and never an angel like Satan, when Satan is emphatically who Paul was pointing as the "man of sin" and "son of perdition".

2. Paul's "temple of God" of 2 Thess.2 --The devil's workers have created a false doctrine saying Paul's "temple of God" means the spiritual temple idea that He taught, pointing to Christ's Church. Paul was NOT speaking of Christ's Church being set over by a false one, like a pope. Paul was pointing directly to a STONE JEWISH TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM that Jesus revealed in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 that the "abomination of desolation" idol would be setup in. Jesus called it the "holy place" pointing to a stone temple in Jerusalem during the "great tribulation". That is what the traditional "temple of God" had always been in Paul's day. And furthermore, Christ's Spiritual Temple CAN NEVER BE CORRUPTED, simply because Jesus Christ is its Cornerstone, and its foundation the Apostles and prophets (Ephesians 2). One who falls away and becomes corrupt is simply 'cut off' from Christ's Church of The Spirit. Any true... Christian should EASILY know this! So when you hear someone push the devil's idea that the Spiritual Church is what Paul was pointing to, you know they are pushing the devil's LIE.

3. The "falling away" Paul mentioned he linked with the coming of that "son of perdition", the devil, working those signs and lying wonders to deceive the whole world with. Many today are already attempting... to apply that 'falling away' of 2 Thess.2:3 with those who leave the Faith since the Church began! They push that false idea onto 2 Thess.2:3 because they want you to believe the "man of sin" and "son of perdition" is about a pope that has been doing evil to cause people to fall away from the true Church by following the false Roman Catholic Church. NOPE! the falling away Paul was pointing to in 2 Thess.2:3-4 is not here yet today, and won't be until that "man of sin" shows up in Jerusalem, and no, he will NOT be a pope. It is the coming pseudo-Christ that Jesus warned us about for the end that cause the great falling away, because it means believers not REMAINING A CHASTE VIRGIN WAITING ON JESUS CHRIST TO COME. They will fall away thinking the devil coming as the pseudo-Christ will be Jesus instead. And this... is what the "strong delusion" is about that Paul warned of.