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1 | specific antichrist characteristics/desc | Matt 7:15 | aherbert | 209377 | ||
My intentions are not to offend anyone. I would just like to see this in Scripture for myself before I believe it. If anyone is offended, please forgive me. I keep getting these forwarded emails with "According to Revelation" in the subject box. This email describes the antichrist as a male of muslim descent, in his 40's, who will deceive nations with his persuasive language, and with a "MASSIVE Christ-like appeal." Of course this email is suggesting a certain senator running for president right now. My question is where are these people getting all of these specific details about the antichrist and where is it in Scripture? ah |
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2 | specific antichrist characteristics/desc | Matt 7:15 | Hank | 209378 | ||
Dear aherbert :: Usually questions and comments with a strong political overtone are discouraged or simply not allowed on Study Bible Forum. But your question is so worded that it clearly is not designed to elicit a political melee on this Forum, and I believe it deserves an answer. ..... I doubt that there is scarcely a reader of this Forum who has not received one or more of the junk e-mails that you describe in your question. You mentioned that the phrase "according to Revelation" is often employed as a preface to the outlandish text messages that usually follow in this kind of cyber-trash. It is doubtful whether there has ever been a book, divine or secular, that has been more ill used and misinterpreted than the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. False teachers galore have made a career, and often a lucrative one, of scaring gullible people out of their skins with dire threats that they attribute to the Book of Revelation. And this scare tactic about the mysterious "man from out of the East," this charmer, this charismatic "antichrist" is merely the dregs of the same sour old wine dressed up in new wineskins. .... You ask where all these people are getting these specific details about the antichrist. My answer is that there are a lot of people on the internet who have vivid imaginations and practically no knowledge of Scripture. .... You need to learn what the Bible says and doesn't say about antichrist. May I suggest you kick off your quest by reading the article "Who Is the Antichrist?" on the following website: http://www.gotquestions.org/antichrist.html ..... This is a conservative and responsible website. Next, read the "antichrist" entry in one or more good Bible dictionaries. Then, do an search of the word "antichrist" in an exhaustive Bible concordance. There is a free one right here on this website of the NASB. The editors of gotquestions.org recommend a source book on the antichrist which you may wish to check out when you read the article I've recommended. ...... The purveyors of false teaching rely for their success on the ignorance and gullibility of their readers and listeners, so let's not be slack with learning what the truth is by diligent application to the study of Scripture. You could do worse than to make 2 Timothy 2:15 your motto and high aim in life. ..... Welcome aboard the SBF website. --Hank | ||||||
3 | specific antichrist characteristics/desc | Matt 7:15 | azurelaw | 209382 | ||
Dear Hank, It happens that I belong to this scarce reader group :-) Shalom Azure |
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