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To: ConservativeMan55

No. We all don’t agree.

BTW, the word “antichrist” appears four times in the Bible:

1John.2
[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.
[22] Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

1John.4
[3] And 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 that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

2John.1
[7] For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

From these four verses, we learn that:
1.) there are many antichrists
2.) antichrist is a spirit
3.) antichrists were in the world more than 2,000 years ago.
4.) the “last time” occurred 2,000 years ago. (so were the “last days” according to the Bible).

Your theology is flawed.


19 posted on 09/25/2012 2:45:11 PM PDT by stranger and pilgrim
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To: stranger and pilgrim
Greek έσχατη ώρα (eschate hora) can be interpreted as “latter time” too. What people should not be doing is conflating “antichrist” with “beast”.
104 posted on 09/25/2012 4:59:13 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: stranger and pilgrim

I agree with you. The word “antichrist” is misused and is never used in scripture as it is used in general modern theology.

That said, there is indeed scriptural basis for a particularly evil entity who escalates rebellion against Jehovah in the last days. I refer both to Daniel and to the passage in Thessalonians.

It is, I believe, also much clearer that the malevolent beasts in John’s Revelation refer to Islam, which came to power, was suppressed, and now is on the rise again (the fatal wound healed).

Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, seat of the Ottoman Empire, sits on seven hills (the prostitute, Rev. 17), and one of the sea inlets there is called the “Golden Horn” (Daniel reference).

Combine this with the Twelfth Imam/Mahdi escatology of modern muslims, and it makes too much sense to be ignored.


106 posted on 09/25/2012 5:11:53 PM PDT by Jedidah
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