What is the antichrist?

Answer 1

As much of the world knows, perhaps the most popular verse regarding Jesus Christ is John 3:16. This verse claims that God so LOVED the world that He sent Jesus Christ so that anyone who believed in *him* would not perish, but have everlasting life.

*the pronoun "him" here is not clear whether it represents belief in Jesus himself or in God in particular. As the thought within Christianity is generally that Jesus and the Father represent One God, there is really not a question but that the wisdom and Love of the Father was represented in the Christ. One may venture to go with "him" as representative of the Father without making a distinction also in light of Hebrews 11:6.

John 3:17 claims that our Creator did not send the Christ into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

Therefore, John 3:18 seems to imply that anyone who does not believe that Christ was sent by God to save the world would stand condemned - and thus carry the spirit of Antichrist - now please don't give up hope until you get to the end of this answer.

This concept of a lack of faith in the absolute Power of the Saving Grace of God to Save our world is carried forward in II Thessalonians 2:4 in that the second coming of this Prince of Peace (the Christ) is being held back by the "son of perdition" or destruction who opposes and exalts himself against every so called god or object of worship - thus, the spirit of antichrist would be any religion that set itself up in favoritism or partiality - two concepts constantly challenged in Biblical literature.

Revelation 13:18 states his number is 666. Although this is constantly equated with some human being everyone seeks and fears in some coming future, we generally will find answers to Biblical questions within the Bible itself. Without much effort on today's internet, one will quickly find the number 666 coincides with Solomon's Temple and the pride of Israel which was consistently challenged by God the Father and Christ. In fact, Christ said he would tear down their temple and build a new one in three days. Indeed, it was that culture and that statement that had a lot to do with His death. (reference 666 to I Kings 10:14 and II Chronicles 9:13.)

As the present Zionist movement reflects all these attributes of favoritism and partiality and stands in direct contrast to Christ with little if any mention of the name as attributed to this man who lived a couple millennium ago - plus the fact Zionism, Christianity, and Islam are leading players in the three demonic influences leading the world into battles in and around the area of Armageddon as reflected in Revelation 16:14, it would seem quite clear the Spirit of Anti-Christ is alive and well in all religious beliefs that claim you must be one of them and believe what they believe in order to be saved!

Now, don't just leave these houses of faith as they are still great places to worship our Father and celebrate His gift of salvation as we bear witness to the all encompassing Love of our common Creator whose very intelligence (witnessed in Proverbs 8:22-31) became flesh and dwelt among us, becoming our first born brother - and the new-born creation within whom we would all become one. He indeed did and will break down our dividing walls of hostility as noted in Ephesians 2.

However, as these religions are often found going to war to defend their beliefs without acknowledging the truth of John 3:16-18 which claim God sent the Christ into the world to save the whole world, not to condemn it - It would appear God did not make this such a complicated issue, man did as justification and provision too often leads to pride and prejudice. Thus, the human number.

The clearest verse of hope within the midst of this confusion just might be the often missed or avoided verse of Mark 3:28; "I tell you the truth, all the sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven them." (NIV)

Now, as this interpretation may be wrong, here are some other answers left here before my entry:

The antichrist is when a man is supposed to try to take god's place and gets people to worship him . then the real god and Jesus will come and the world will be over

The Antichrist, according to Christianity, is one who fulfills Biblical prophecies concerning an adversary of Christ while resembling him in a deceptive manner.[1] "Antichrist" is the English translation of the original Koine Greek ἀντίχριστος, pronounced än-tē'-khrē-stos. It is made up of two root words, αντί + Χριστός (anti + Christos). "Αντί" can mean not only "against" and "opposite of", but also "in place of",[2] "Χριστός", translated "Christ", is Greek for the Hebrew "Messiah" meaning "anointed," and refers to Jesus of Nazareth[3] within Christian theology. The term "antichrist" appears 5 times in 1 John and 2 John of the New Testament - once in plural form and four times in the singular. [4]

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An antichrist is any any individual or organization which teaches against there being a Christ or a God.

The antichrist is a Christian concept of the devil based on interpretation based on passages in the New Testament of The Bible. In traditional Christian belief, Jesus appears in his Second Coming to earth, to face the emergence of the Antichrist figure. In Christian belief, just as Christ is the savior and ideal model for humanity, his opponent in the End of Days will be a single figure of concentrated evil the antichrist.