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Now you are stretching, because you definitely have not... covered all the Scripture evidences that I gave on the matter of the coming false Messiah to Jerusalem.
And in your post #19, all you did was try to use Greek as your reason for your interpretation against a singular antichrist figure in Matthew 24:24, when the context of the Matthew 24:23 & Matthew 24:26 verses that go with it are in the singular tense, about a specific false-Christ. In other words, you missed the forest for the trees. I side with Dr. James Strong, because he noticed that context and thus defined pseudochristos as being about a singular false Messiah:
NT:5580
pseudochristos (psyoo-dokh'-ris-tos); from NT:5571 and NT:5547; a spurious Messiah:
KJV - false Christ.
(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006, 2010 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
And that definition, "a spurious Messiah" just so happens to align with the warnings Apostle Paul gave in 2 Thessalonians 2:4 about the coming of a 'singular' false one to Jerusalem to play God, and also by Apostle John in Revelation 13:11 forward called the "another beast" which is about a singular entity that is to work miracles that will deceive the whole world at the end of this world.
What those who are against the Scriptures on this are doing is trying to keep brethren deceived about the warnings in God's Word for a particular false Messiah that is coming to Jerusalem at the end to play God, and have the power to work great signs and wonders that IF possible, would deceive even Christ's very elect, which is the very subject Lord Jesus was teaching in the Matthew 24:23-26 verses, and also Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4, and John in Revelation 13:11 forward.
So you can keep pushing hot air to try and fool... others here that's you've countered all this, but you have not.
Sorry Davy I respectfully disagree and have already shown from both the Greek application of Matthew 24:24 to being plural and not singular and also to chapter and scripture contexts that false Christs is plural application with supporting scripture that false Christs is not singular application but context and subject matter is to many (plural) also showing that not a single bible translation demonstrates singular application. So your out there by yourself on this one from what I can see. In this post all you have done here is to repeat yourself without posting anything else for consideration.
As posted earlier, the Greek word ψευδόχριστοι alone in isolation as a meaning alone from context for false Christs in Matthew 24:24 or false prophets in the same scripture which for "false Christs" ψευδόχριστοι (pseudóchristos | G5580) means a false Christ or spurious Messiah or someone who is a false pretender laying hold to the office of the Messiah. It's application in Matthew 24:24 and Mark 13:22 however is plural because it is ψευδοχριστοι is used here as a noun that is nominative plural masculine. This is the same with false prophets.
So the application here is plural and not singular which is the reason all bible translation (not one or two) have translated Matthew 24:24 to "false Christs and false prophets" plural application. This also agreeing with the scripture chapter contexts of Matthew 24:5 that says For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. All of Matthew 24 is future tense when Jesus was speaking to the disciples and subject matter was to the signs of the last days before the second coming and the end of the world *Matthew 24:3. So for me looking at all the context and the Greek here, I believe the application of Matthew 24:24 to "false Christs and false prophets" is a fulfillment of the scriptures today.
We have over 40,000 different religions all professing to by Christ true Church from some of the last consensus in regards to Christian religions. Now I am not sure how true this number is or is not but even if there were only 20 that is 19 too many. Today I believe we are seeing the fulfillment of false Christs and false prophets in the form of false Christian religions all professing to be the chosen of God but preaching a different Jesus as Jesus us the head of the body which is the church. There are too many difference heads in the world today in fulfillment of Matthew 24:24 so we know we are living in the last days. We could also talk about 2 Peter 2:1-3 and also Acts of the Apostles 20:29
The supporting scriptures go on to say elsewhere on the same subject matter which is also in support of what I am sharing with you here...
1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as you have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
I do agree that John (1 John 2:18) talks about both "the antichrist" (ἀντίχριστος (antíchristos G500) meaning opposed to Christ and also "many antichrists" plural
The context here is to 1 John 2:1-6 and that if we are in him we ought to walk the way Jesus walked. This is contrasted in 1 John 2:3-4 where we are warned that those who say they know God (false teachers) and do not keep God's commandments are liars and the truth is not in them *1 John 2:3-4. This is contrasted with 1 John 2:18 that says
1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as you have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
Application here to false teachings or being in the world and departing the faith as shown in the next scripture where it says..
1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
The application here is to "antichrist" or opposed to Christ is not to False Christs and false prophets as in Matthew 24:24 as the latter is pretending to uphold Christ while in action and teachings denying him while the former can be opposed to Christ in many ways that lead us away from God to the world for example we read further...
1Jo 2:22-24, Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denies the Father and the Son.[23], Whoever denies the Son, the same has not the Father: he that acknowledges the Son has the Father also. [24], Let that therefore abide in you, which you have heard from the beginning. If that which you have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, you also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
Application to antichrist here is to those who deny Jesus as the Christ (the Jews rejected Jesus as the Messiah) therefore their teachings were antichrist.
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CONCLUSIONS: According to John there are many antichrists. Any teachings that is opposed to the truth of God's Word is antichrist, just the same as any teaching that leads us away from God and His Word is against Christ and His Word. There is also "the antichrist" representing the devil and everything he uses to lead God's people away from God and His Word.
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