Peace in Christ.
The “antichrist” means the “instead-of” Christ.
The term refers to a false Christ (“another jesus” who is an “antichrist”) that is being preached by a false prophet as a substitute/imposter/decoy for you to accept and be deceived by and follow after rather than the real Jesus the Christ. There are many antichrists…..many different Jesuses being preached….all with the same goal: to cut off the life of the true Christ from being made manifest in this earth.
Their version of “jesus” is a “wild beast” and not the Lamb. The daily sacrifice of the Lamb is being removed in the lives who are being deceived by them…..and so His eternal life is never made manifest. No mortal flesh is currently being saved.
Their “jesus” is the “son” of their father and not THE Son of THE Father in Heaven. Their “jesus” is served by the keeping of the church’s codified handwriting of ordinances which is set up in their “church" and is used to judge others with….and so they continue to serve sin by doing so.
When we see the term “antichrist”, just read in the name “Jesus” in front of it to get a sense of what is being talked about: the preaching of another “jesus” who is not the Christ but a product of the spirit/breath of the antichrist.
They preach “another jesus” with another spirit to you and the source of their words in their preaching is not of the Spirit of Christ. It is not the true Christ speaking to us but a decoy of Satan and his ministers that are working in conjunction to deceive .
From Matthew 24: The MANY false prophets come forth in His name…. the name of “Jesus”… and proclaim that the “Jesus” that they are preaching is the real Christ (“I am THE Christ) when in reality they are coming forth in the name of “another Jesus” the antichrist.
They say that their “Jesus” is THE (definite article) Christ and cause MANY to receive “him” and lead many astray away from the Way of righteousness that leads to the real Christ’s eternal life being made manifest in their mortal flesh. Following after them leads us down the broad way to our mortal death.
Mat 24:4-5
(4) And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
(5) For many shall come in my name, saying, I am THE Christ; and shall deceive many.
They want you to choose their “jesus” the antichrist to follow after thereby denying the real Jesus THE Christ.
Their preaching is of the spirit or breath of the antichrist and they cut off (from those they are deceiving ) the eternal life of the real Jesus from being made manifest in our mortal flesh. NO FLESH is being saved….but God will cut short these days of tribulation we have been living in.
Mat 24:22-25 KJV
(22) And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
(23) Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
False prophets are at work in tandem with another breath/spirit that is preaching a false Christ.
(24) For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
(25) Behold, I have told you before.
The hallmark of the preaching of false prophets is this: they do NOT preach that Jesus IS COMING now in our mortal flesh to give us eternal life in the here-and-now. This is not about His coming 2000 years ago but is about His life being made manifest now in this mortal body.
1 John 4: (2) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
They do not preach that our mortal bodies are to be redeemed in this earth via the coming of the eternal life of the real Jesus. It is to be made manifest in our current mortal bodies….and not after we “die and go to Heaven” as universally preached by them.
He that IS COMING shall arrive and NOT DELAY. The false prophets are preaching that Jesus is delaying His coming.
After we have done the will of God, we shall receive the promise: eternal life. And that eternal life is to be had in the here-and-now…..NOT in the “here-after”.
Heb 10:36-37
(36) For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
The good news is for us NOW (salvation is NOW). He is NOT DELAYING His eternal life for us. The false prophets are neglecting to preach that He is coming now in our mortal bodies....thereby saying that He is delaying His coming.
(37) For yet a little while, and He that IS COMING will arrive, and will NOT DELAY.
This is the good news of Jesus Christ whose eternal life shall arrive in our current mortal flesh when we keep His “daily sacrifice” (always dying to sin) in our lives.
We are to ALWAYS bear about in this mortal body the dying of the Lord Jesus (the keeping of His “daily sacrifice”) so that His life is made manifest in this mortal body….in this mortal flesh.
2Co 4:10-11 KJV
(10) Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
(11) For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
Do not believe the spirit the false prophets are universally preaching with because they are not of God.
1Jn 4:1-3 KJV
(1) Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Every spirit/breath that “confesses” (meaning to acknowledge or speak the same thing) that Jesus Christ IS COMING now in the flesh (our mortal flesh) is of God.
(2) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
Every false prophet is not preaching this.
This good news is absent from their words as they are not preaching that the eternal life of Jesus is to be made manifest in our mortal flesh. They do not preach that Jesus Christ IS COMING now in the flesh….our mortal flesh. They are not looking for His coming in that way.
They are not then preaching the doctrine of Christ but one of the “antichrist”.
Jesus DELAYS HIS COMING: They are preaching that Jesus SHALL COME some day in the future when their “jesus” is already here via the words they are preaching.
This is why John is making the contrast here. We have all heard via their preaching that Jesus SHOULD COME someday but “he” is already now in this world being preached via their spirit/breath that preaches error about the gospel.
They are preaching that Jesus “DELAYS His coming” (he should come) and are not looking for His coming in our current mortal flesh (the manifestation of His eternal life there).
Their deceived congregations are perishing in their mortal flesh while they are still “waiting” for their “prince” who shall come....another Jesus ....to arrive and have missed the true message of the gospel…the good news…for us in the here-and-now.
(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.
Again, MANY deceivers have entered the world and are not “confessing”….acknowledging…that Jesus Christ is coming in the flesh…our mortal flesh. The false prophet (the deceiver) is preaching instead “another jesus” who is the instead-of the true Christ.
2Jn 1:7 KJV
(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.
The many false prophets currently preaching in the world are the “people of the prince who SHALL COME” as they preach that Jesus is “delaying His coming”….which is NOT the gospel/good news of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The people of the prince that SHALL COME (as they preach that Jesus delays His coming) destroy the “sanctuary”. The “sanctuary” is the mortal body….the temple of the Spirit of God.
Dan 9:26 KJV
(26) And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Our mortal body is the “sanctuary” that is being destroyed by them…..by their preaching of “another gospel” and not the true good news of Jesus Christ who IS COMING now in our current mortal flesh which gives us His eternal life when He arrives there.
1Co 6:19-20 KJV
(19) What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
(20) For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
They cut off the Messiah. They actively cutting off the manifestation of the eternal life of the true Christ by the deception of another good news that they are preaching: Jesus supposedly shall come some day in the future rather than IS COMING now in our mortal flesh to give us His eternal life in this earth.
The “antichrist” means the “instead-of” Christ.
The term refers to a false Christ (“another jesus” who is an “antichrist”) that is being preached by a false prophet as a substitute/imposter/decoy for you to accept and be deceived by and follow after rather than the real Jesus the Christ. There are many antichrists…..many different Jesuses being preached….all with the same goal: to cut off the life of the true Christ from being made manifest in this earth.
Their version of “jesus” is a “wild beast” and not the Lamb. The daily sacrifice of the Lamb is being removed in the lives who are being deceived by them…..and so His eternal life is never made manifest. No mortal flesh is currently being saved.
Their “jesus” is the “son” of their father and not THE Son of THE Father in Heaven. Their “jesus” is served by the keeping of the church’s codified handwriting of ordinances which is set up in their “church" and is used to judge others with….and so they continue to serve sin by doing so.
When we see the term “antichrist”, just read in the name “Jesus” in front of it to get a sense of what is being talked about: the preaching of another “jesus” who is not the Christ but a product of the spirit/breath of the antichrist.
They preach “another jesus” with another spirit to you and the source of their words in their preaching is not of the Spirit of Christ. It is not the true Christ speaking to us but a decoy of Satan and his ministers that are working in conjunction to deceive .
From Matthew 24: The MANY false prophets come forth in His name…. the name of “Jesus”… and proclaim that the “Jesus” that they are preaching is the real Christ (“I am THE Christ) when in reality they are coming forth in the name of “another Jesus” the antichrist.
They say that their “Jesus” is THE (definite article) Christ and cause MANY to receive “him” and lead many astray away from the Way of righteousness that leads to the real Christ’s eternal life being made manifest in their mortal flesh. Following after them leads us down the broad way to our mortal death.
Mat 24:4-5
(4) And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
(5) For many shall come in my name, saying, I am THE Christ; and shall deceive many.
They want you to choose their “jesus” the antichrist to follow after thereby denying the real Jesus THE Christ.
Their preaching is of the spirit or breath of the antichrist and they cut off (from those they are deceiving ) the eternal life of the real Jesus from being made manifest in our mortal flesh. NO FLESH is being saved….but God will cut short these days of tribulation we have been living in.
Mat 24:22-25 KJV
(22) And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
(23) Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
False prophets are at work in tandem with another breath/spirit that is preaching a false Christ.
(24) For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
(25) Behold, I have told you before.
The hallmark of the preaching of false prophets is this: they do NOT preach that Jesus IS COMING now in our mortal flesh to give us eternal life in the here-and-now. This is not about His coming 2000 years ago but is about His life being made manifest now in this mortal body.
1 John 4: (2) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
They do not preach that our mortal bodies are to be redeemed in this earth via the coming of the eternal life of the real Jesus. It is to be made manifest in our current mortal bodies….and not after we “die and go to Heaven” as universally preached by them.
He that IS COMING shall arrive and NOT DELAY. The false prophets are preaching that Jesus is delaying His coming.
After we have done the will of God, we shall receive the promise: eternal life. And that eternal life is to be had in the here-and-now…..NOT in the “here-after”.
Heb 10:36-37
(36) For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
The good news is for us NOW (salvation is NOW). He is NOT DELAYING His eternal life for us. The false prophets are neglecting to preach that He is coming now in our mortal bodies....thereby saying that He is delaying His coming.
(37) For yet a little while, and He that IS COMING will arrive, and will NOT DELAY.
This is the good news of Jesus Christ whose eternal life shall arrive in our current mortal flesh when we keep His “daily sacrifice” (always dying to sin) in our lives.
We are to ALWAYS bear about in this mortal body the dying of the Lord Jesus (the keeping of His “daily sacrifice”) so that His life is made manifest in this mortal body….in this mortal flesh.
2Co 4:10-11 KJV
(10) Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
(11) For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
Do not believe the spirit the false prophets are universally preaching with because they are not of God.
1Jn 4:1-3 KJV
(1) Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Every spirit/breath that “confesses” (meaning to acknowledge or speak the same thing) that Jesus Christ IS COMING now in the flesh (our mortal flesh) is of God.
(2) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
Every false prophet is not preaching this.
This good news is absent from their words as they are not preaching that the eternal life of Jesus is to be made manifest in our mortal flesh. They do not preach that Jesus Christ IS COMING now in the flesh….our mortal flesh. They are not looking for His coming in that way.
They are not then preaching the doctrine of Christ but one of the “antichrist”.
Jesus DELAYS HIS COMING: They are preaching that Jesus SHALL COME some day in the future when their “jesus” is already here via the words they are preaching.
This is why John is making the contrast here. We have all heard via their preaching that Jesus SHOULD COME someday but “he” is already now in this world being preached via their spirit/breath that preaches error about the gospel.
They are preaching that Jesus “DELAYS His coming” (he should come) and are not looking for His coming in our current mortal flesh (the manifestation of His eternal life there).
Their deceived congregations are perishing in their mortal flesh while they are still “waiting” for their “prince” who shall come....another Jesus ....to arrive and have missed the true message of the gospel…the good news…for us in the here-and-now.
(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.
Again, MANY deceivers have entered the world and are not “confessing”….acknowledging…that Jesus Christ is coming in the flesh…our mortal flesh. The false prophet (the deceiver) is preaching instead “another jesus” who is the instead-of the true Christ.
2Jn 1:7 KJV
(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.
The many false prophets currently preaching in the world are the “people of the prince who SHALL COME” as they preach that Jesus is “delaying His coming”….which is NOT the gospel/good news of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The people of the prince that SHALL COME (as they preach that Jesus delays His coming) destroy the “sanctuary”. The “sanctuary” is the mortal body….the temple of the Spirit of God.
Dan 9:26 KJV
(26) And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Our mortal body is the “sanctuary” that is being destroyed by them…..by their preaching of “another gospel” and not the true good news of Jesus Christ who IS COMING now in our current mortal flesh which gives us His eternal life when He arrives there.
1Co 6:19-20 KJV
(19) What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
(20) For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
They cut off the Messiah. They actively cutting off the manifestation of the eternal life of the true Christ by the deception of another good news that they are preaching: Jesus supposedly shall come some day in the future rather than IS COMING now in our mortal flesh to give us His eternal life in this earth.