![]() ![]() In 1 John 2:18, John also spoke of the Antichrist and many antichrists. In this sense the Antichrist will be a satanic messiah, instead of the true Messiah Jesus Christ. He will be the ultimate winner, and appear as an angel of light. The Antichrist will instead be more of an “instead of Jesus.” He will look wonderful, be charming and successful. This emphasizes the idea of the “opposite Jesus” too much. As much as Jesus spoke only truth, the Antichrist will speak only lies. As much as Jesus’ character and personality was beautiful and attractive, the Antichrist’s character and personality will be ugly and repulsive. Most people have focused on the idea of the “opposite Jesus.” This has made them think that the Antichrist will appear as a supremely evil person, that as much as Jesus went around doing good, he will go around doing bad. The prefix anti may mean “the opposite of” or “instead of.” The Antichrist is the “opposite Jesus” he is the “instead of” Jesus. We can begin by understanding what the title Antichrist means. But many are ignorant about this person called the Antichrist, except what they have learned from movies like The Omen. With this, John referred to an individual who has captured the imagination of many people, some who don’t even know the Bible. 1 John 2:18 is a good example: Little children, it is the last hour and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming. The word Antichrist only appears in the Bible five times in four verses ( 1 John 2:18, 2:22, 4:3, and 2 John 7). This likeness to Satan is just one of the things that identifies this beast with the one popularly known as the Antichrist. A bull with two horns is a powerful creature, but a beast with ten horns has that much more power - just like the dragon of Revelation 12:3. In Biblical imagery horns express strength and power. Any creature with seven heads would be hard to kill, because if you wounded one head, six still remained. He is not the dragon, but he is like him, because the dragon also had seven heads and ten horns ( Revelation 11:3). ![]() Having seven heads and ten horns: Though this beast is distinct from the dragon of Revelation 12, he is still closely identified with him. Because John calls him a beast and not a dragon (as in Revelation 12:3), this creature represents someone distinct from Satan who was represented by the dragon ( Revelation 12:9).Ĭ. The ancient Greek word translated beast here has the idea of a wild, dangerous animal. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea: From the place identified with evil and chaos and resisting God, a beast comes forth.
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