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Addendum
The
Antichrist
The prefix “anti”
is used to describe a person or organization that is against, or opposes, or
counterfeits something. So an “anti”
Christ would be a person or organization that is against, opposes, or
counterfeits Christ. In the Bible, the
term antichrist is not found in the book of Revelation. Here are some verses where you will find this
term.
“…just as you heard that antichrist
is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared…” 1 John 2:18
John, the same John who wrote Revelation, says there were antichrists in
his time so this term is not limited to one person at the end of time, as many
seem to believe.
“Who is the liar but the one who
denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is
the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.” 1 John 2:22
Here we see that an antichrist is one who denies that Jesus is the
Christ, the Messiah, and therefore an antichrist is one who denies God the
Father and Son.
“…every spirit that does not confess
Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have
heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.” 1 John 4:3
Even in John’s day there were people who said Jesus was just a man, or
just a good man, or just a prophet. They
denied then, and millions deny today, that Jesus is from God.
As you can see,
there have been antichrists for 2000 years.
There is no reason to use the term in any special way or as referring to
any special person in our study of end time events.
Addendum
Prophecy uses symbolic language to refer
to literal things and people. Here is a
list of what we covered in this chapter.
Also, see Appendix 2 for a more detailed explanation of these symbols
and their meanings.
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SYMBOL
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MEANING
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King of North/ United States of
America
Lamb from Earth
King of South/ Radical Islamists
Egypt
False Prophet US Protestant
Leader
Image of Beast Unification of
Political, Protestant and Catholic Powers
Mark of Beast Compliance with Demands
of Image of Beast
Babylon the Great False Church, Jezebel,
Catholicism
