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The Anti-Christ is mentioned 4 times in the New Testament (NOTE: nowhere in the book of Revelation)
All 4 of these statements are from John, here:
1 John 2:18
Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
1 John 2:22
Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
1 John 4:3
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.
2 John 1:7
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.
Deductive logical reasonings should reveal the following (we have a sound mind to observe these matters: )
A.) There are MANY anti-Christs that were in the world then when John wrote those statements
B.) The anti-Christ is in fact a spirit, and one that is against or opposed to God and Jesus Christ
C.) Any 'man' in whom this 'spirit' resides show the SIGNS of that spirit being upon them as the 'activity' of that spirit is IN MAN.
To understand what that spirit against Christ is and does, one needs only to look at the statements of God or of His Christ and then see an OPPOSITE or OPPOSING statement.
Examples:
Jesus said I AM THE WAY
An anti-Christ spirit will DENY this as a fact
Jesus said I AM THE TRUTH
An anti-Christ spirit will DENY the Truth that Jesus Is
Jesus said I AM THE LIFE
An anti-Christ spirit will DENY that fact
One could take any 'I AM' statement of God or of His Christ...and that anti-Christ spirit will OPPOSE those statements or workings.
In this way there certainly ARE today MANY anti-Christ spirits speaking through MANY of mankind.
So why do I say there will be NO MAN as THE ANTI-Christ as many 'sensationalist' writings stipulate/postulate? Because there are NO SUCH PRESENTATIONs.
This working is a spirit that IS NOT MAN, but anti-Christ spirit. That anti-Christ spirit DOES speak through men, but as a spirit it can not logically BE a single man, as there are MANY such operations of 'that spirit' in MANY of mankind.
The 'working' itself is of a spirit IN MAN that is NOT the man in whom such operations are shown. These are, in effect, CAPTIVES of that spirit.
NO MAN is The Anti-Christ as that is a spirit that works against The I Am.
Let's look at HOW scriptures advise us to see ANY individual man:
Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
James 3:
8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Please, IF YOU CAN, by all means OBSERVE the simplicity of these matters.
We are to CURSE NO MAN. Men are made after the similitude of GOD HIMSELF as expressed in the form of Jesus Christ. We do not curse THAT which God Himself has MADE and FORMED...that being MAN.
This basic principle is shown again and again, many times, many ways:
Titus 3:2
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Obviously we CAN speak EVIL of the anti-Christ SPIRIT, but this again does NOT make A MAN that spirit. Seems fairly simple doesn't it?
Let's look some more:
Acts 10:28
And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
The anti-Christ 'spirit' is obviously UNCLEAN as it is against everything that God Is. But this still does not authorize us to slur ANY MAN on that basis, as it is the working of 'a spirit' in MAN that is NOT THAT MAN.
We should, in our RIGHT MIND see this working for what it is:
A CAPTIVITY of that MAN by that spirit. . There is 'a difference' between the CAPTOR and the captive.
The greatest measure of these matters? HOW are we supposed to treat ALL of our neighbors? This should be the very EASIEST matter to see in the text, but it is the LEAST practiced matter in 'believers: '
I am going to cite only a FEW of MANY such statements in the HOPE that you see this single fact as to 'how' we are to TREAT other people, MANKIND, as our neighbors:
Matthew 19:19
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew 22:39
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mark 12:31
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Mark 12:33
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Luke 10:27
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
I will contend that ALL MANKIND is in fact 'our' neighbors. Yet the practice of this matter is FAR FROM MOST believers. I will not elaborate...yet.
Finally, there is a very great WARNING given by John the Apostle to us as believers in relationship to the working of the Anti-Christ spirit...which I hope sinks DEEPLY into your own heart and mind:
2 John 1:
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.
8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
Any poster desiring to speak in these matters, please STICK to facts for 'exchange.' Fact over FANCY is the best form of communication.
Any not posting, but just reading, I hope you are BLESSED by the WORDS of God! You have my BLESSING as my neighbors regardless of YOUR state. I know the difference between MANKIND and that spirit.
God LOVES you. God does HATE that anti-Christ spirit that may have you presently COVERED. My prayer is that you HEAR the Word of God, and KEEP it in your own heart by HIS HOLY SPIRIT, and LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORS as YOURSELF.
enjoy!
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All 4 of these statements are from John, here:
1 John 2:18
Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
1 John 2:22
Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
1 John 4:3
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.
2 John 1:7
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.
Deductive logical reasonings should reveal the following (we have a sound mind to observe these matters: )
A.) There are MANY anti-Christs that were in the world then when John wrote those statements
B.) The anti-Christ is in fact a spirit, and one that is against or opposed to God and Jesus Christ
C.) Any 'man' in whom this 'spirit' resides show the SIGNS of that spirit being upon them as the 'activity' of that spirit is IN MAN.
To understand what that spirit against Christ is and does, one needs only to look at the statements of God or of His Christ and then see an OPPOSITE or OPPOSING statement.
Examples:
Jesus said I AM THE WAY
An anti-Christ spirit will DENY this as a fact
Jesus said I AM THE TRUTH
An anti-Christ spirit will DENY the Truth that Jesus Is
Jesus said I AM THE LIFE
An anti-Christ spirit will DENY that fact
One could take any 'I AM' statement of God or of His Christ...and that anti-Christ spirit will OPPOSE those statements or workings.
In this way there certainly ARE today MANY anti-Christ spirits speaking through MANY of mankind.
So why do I say there will be NO MAN as THE ANTI-Christ as many 'sensationalist' writings stipulate/postulate? Because there are NO SUCH PRESENTATIONs.
This working is a spirit that IS NOT MAN, but anti-Christ spirit. That anti-Christ spirit DOES speak through men, but as a spirit it can not logically BE a single man, as there are MANY such operations of 'that spirit' in MANY of mankind.
The 'working' itself is of a spirit IN MAN that is NOT the man in whom such operations are shown. These are, in effect, CAPTIVES of that spirit.
NO MAN is The Anti-Christ as that is a spirit that works against The I Am.
Let's look at HOW scriptures advise us to see ANY individual man:
Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
James 3:
8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Please, IF YOU CAN, by all means OBSERVE the simplicity of these matters.
We are to CURSE NO MAN. Men are made after the similitude of GOD HIMSELF as expressed in the form of Jesus Christ. We do not curse THAT which God Himself has MADE and FORMED...that being MAN.
This basic principle is shown again and again, many times, many ways:
Titus 3:2
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Obviously we CAN speak EVIL of the anti-Christ SPIRIT, but this again does NOT make A MAN that spirit. Seems fairly simple doesn't it?
Let's look some more:
Acts 10:28
And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
The anti-Christ 'spirit' is obviously UNCLEAN as it is against everything that God Is. But this still does not authorize us to slur ANY MAN on that basis, as it is the working of 'a spirit' in MAN that is NOT THAT MAN.
We should, in our RIGHT MIND see this working for what it is:
A CAPTIVITY of that MAN by that spirit. . There is 'a difference' between the CAPTOR and the captive.
The greatest measure of these matters? HOW are we supposed to treat ALL of our neighbors? This should be the very EASIEST matter to see in the text, but it is the LEAST practiced matter in 'believers: '
I am going to cite only a FEW of MANY such statements in the HOPE that you see this single fact as to 'how' we are to TREAT other people, MANKIND, as our neighbors:
Matthew 19:19
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew 22:39
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mark 12:31
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Mark 12:33
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Luke 10:27
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
I will contend that ALL MANKIND is in fact 'our' neighbors. Yet the practice of this matter is FAR FROM MOST believers. I will not elaborate...yet.
Finally, there is a very great WARNING given by John the Apostle to us as believers in relationship to the working of the Anti-Christ spirit...which I hope sinks DEEPLY into your own heart and mind:
2 John 1:
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.
8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
Any poster desiring to speak in these matters, please STICK to facts for 'exchange.' Fact over FANCY is the best form of communication.
Any not posting, but just reading, I hope you are BLESSED by the WORDS of God! You have my BLESSING as my neighbors regardless of YOUR state. I know the difference between MANKIND and that spirit.
God LOVES you. God does HATE that anti-Christ spirit that may have you presently COVERED. My prayer is that you HEAR the Word of God, and KEEP it in your own heart by HIS HOLY SPIRIT, and LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORS as YOURSELF.
enjoy!
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