Who are the Antichrist...?
Deny the Christ came in the flesh, deny that He was just like the Father, and was the Father incarnate, that He was just a man that they may kind of love or be fond of, but not the Father incarnate, not the Messiah, not God the Father wrapped up in flesh, etc, also deny that He got His ideas or all He knew from any kind of God, or God the Spirit, or a Holy Spirit, and that He came up with all these ideas or these theories or the spiritual things He claimed to know about God and things all on His own, etc, also deny the resurrection and that He needed to die for people's sins, etc, may have a love for him, be fond of him, but also maybe think He was a bit deluded or deceived, etc, also may pity him, etc... But they are antichrist, etc...
Know not the Father or the Son... Because that kind of special revelation/knowledge only comes to those believing this (the above)... (or rather, the opposite of the above, etc)....
God Bless!
In other words, antichrists were never drawn to the Father in the first place.
To be drawn to the Father, you first love the orderly world controlled by His Laws.
Then you're drawn to the 10 Commandments: The entry-way.
Then you believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Then you do what Jesus says because you love Him.
Matthew 5:19-20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed [that] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case
enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 19:16-21 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have
eternal life?
17 And He said unto him, Why callest thou Me good? none good but one, God: but
if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 18 He saith unto Him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, 19 Honour thy father and mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? 21 Jesus said unto him,
If thou wilt be perfect, go sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come
follow Me.
John 12:44-50
Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on Me, believeth not on Me, but on Him that sent Me. 45 And he that seeth Me seeth Him that sent Me. 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on Me should not abide in darkness. 47 And if any man hear My words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth Me, and receiveth not My words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. 49 For I have not spoken of Myself; but the Father which sent Me, He gave Me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. 50 And I know that His Commandment is
Life Everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto Me, so I speak.
Matthew 7:24-27 Therefore
whosoever heareth these words of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which
built his house upon this rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon
this rock.
Matthew 16:15-18 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art
the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona:
for flesh and blood hath not revealed [it] unto thee, but My Father which is in Heaven. 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art
petros, and upon
this rock I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
petros = a (piece of) rock, (larger than lithos, a stone)
petra = a (mass of) rock
See what this is really saying?
ho = the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
So, the translations that say "a rock" are deceptive.
In Greek, "a" is either a negative particle or means union.
It's not the definite article that the English makes it.
