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You didn't answer the question: where is the post in which I supposedly agreed with you?
I really wish people would just let the rich and the famous, the movers and the shakers, have a life without pegging them as "the Antichrist," or even preliminary to that. We all deserve a life without undeserving attacks.
well... I am sure not one of them that considers ai as beneficial at least the way they intend to use it to control everyone totally inside out. if it was done to ease and help another story but it is not. I am speaking more about actions. and what is said. chipping people. no. if it stays on helping the ill. yes, but it is a bait. talking about chipping everyone and control. no. talking about ending humanity. no. wake up everyone
The word “Antichrist” gets thrown around often. Politicians are called it, dictators accused of it, and movies dramatize it. For some, it’s nothing more than a myth. Atheist writer Christopher Hitchens dismissed the Antichrist as “apocalyptic fantasy,” while Hollywood portrays him as a shadowy villain plotting world domination. But what does the Bible actually teach about the Antichrist, and how should Christians understand him today?
What the Bible says about the Antichrist
The New Testament letters of John first used the word. John warns that “you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come” (1 John 2:18). Right away, the Bible shows two realities: there is a final Antichrist still to appear, but there are also many “antichrists” already active in the world.
The word itself means both “against Christ” and “in place of Christ.” The Antichrist does not only oppose Jesus but also seeks to replace Him with a counterfeit version of truth. John explains that “every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God,” calling this “the spirit of the antichrist” (1 John 4:3).
Paul adds more detail in 2 Thessalonians, describing “the man of lawlessness” who will exalt himself and even sit “in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God” (2 Thess. 2:3–4). Revelation 13paints an even starker picture of a beast rising from the sea, wielding global power, performing miraculous signs, and demanding worship. Together, these passages describe the Antichrist as deceptive, arrogant, and dangerous—a figure who leads people into false worship and rebellion against God.
Different Christian views
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Who is the Antichrist?
The word Antichrist gets thrown around often Politicians are called it, dictators accused of it, and movies dramatize itwww.christianpost.com
I hear ya, but the book of Revelation is not about technology, which can be used for good or for ill. The book of Revelation is about being loyal to Christ in the face of an Antichristian Apostasy. Christian Civilizatioin is in the midst of an Apostasy. But I believe we're here to bear witness to the truth even when things get bad. In the meantime, I kind of like the technological advances, though I'm not going to go for the creepy things that get into my head or under my skin.
It comes from Daniel 7, where the "Little Horn" appears among a group of 10 nations to corrupt the Kingdom of God. God's temporal Kingdom has been on earth in the form of Christian governments, which are rapidly going away.Who is "the" Anti-christ? Honestly, I've never attempted to answer that question via reference to the definite use of a definite article.
Hi 2PhiloVoid,Who is "the" Anti-christ? Honestly, I've never attempted to answer that question via reference to the definite use of a definite article.
Apparently not because you showed some confusion over use of the definite article before the word Antichrist. If you recognized the connection with THE Man of Sin in Dan 7 there would've been no confusion. The use of THE is a reflection upon some prior specific use in this case. If you already knew that why did you raise the question?
No, what you seem to think was my "confusion" was a mere rhetorical flourish. You merely misinterpreted what I said and assumed that I must have meant what it is you think I meant. I assure you, I'm not confused and am not looking for 'teaching.' I already have more than ample teaching on the topic.
Actually, you just seemed to admit that you were doing what I thought you were doing, ie reducing "antichrist" down to some general, and not technical, use. In your case, it does seem to be a bit different, though, inasmuch as you see "antichrist" as some kind of typological construct, indicating a philosophy of a kind.
Its 10 Horns not 10 nations, its never called that. Horns = Powers and 10 = Completion. So, you have 10 Powers arising. Now think, God can never be wrong, so in am ever changing landscape He uses 10 to describes these Powers that arise out of Old Rome. So, in 1956 or so 8 Nations arose vis the Council of Rome, in the 70s it grew, in the 80s it grew etc. etc. It was 27 or more nations then the UK left, but you see with the number 10 God stated 10 (Completion) Powers or Horns arose and thus the E.U. took the place of old Rome. Its never 10, the 10 Virgins do not mean 10 Virgin women. The 10 Commandments are a stand in for the complete law. The 10 days of Tribulation Smyrna faced was the Complete Church Age.
Indeed, he has like 33 or so names, he's a Little Horn meaning a Power that is a man which God never allows to turn into a kingdom, like the four in Dan. 7:17 did, by passing their kingdoms on. He is also a Assyrian, but only by bloodline that kingdom is no more.
Read Return of the GODS, it explains why paganism is coming back into the culture in Europe & the USA.
10 Horns represented 10 kingdoms, which is synonymous with nations. I used the word "nations" because when you study the evolution of the 4th Kingdom, ie the Roman Empire, you see that kingdoms formed after it that in the modern age are referred to sometimes as "nations." They are nation-states that have leaders, whether called "kings" or "presidents" or "prime iministers." They are heads of state.
It is not said to be "completion," but okay. The number 10 relates to the number of toes on two feet. It relates back to Dan 2 where the Great Statue had 2 feet of iron mixed with clay.
Well, the number itself is interesting, but I think God views hands and feet as a set of 10. That is travelling and working, feet and hands.
I don't know that he's Assyrian--he's much more likely a Jewish or Christians apostate from Europe. The "Little" refers to the fact he is an individual king as opposed to an entire kingdom.
