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NASB | 1 John 2:18 ¶ Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 2:18 ¶ Children, it is the last hour [the end of this age]; and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming [the one who will oppose Christ and attempt to replace Him], even now many antichrists (false teachers) have appeared, which confirms our belief that it is the last hour. |
Subject: When will the Antichrist come ? |
Bible Note: How do you come to that conclusion when Scripture says that to deny Christ is antichrist? 1 John 2:22-26 (KJV) 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. 24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. 26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. If you want to apply this word to all cessationists then I have no problem with that. I prefer to believe the Scripture on this point and if millions of antichrists are out there, then the spirit of antichrist is thick in the world. They may have a love for God, but they are seduced and deceived to have a love for God and deny Christ. Contradictory, don't you think? Let them label me an antichrist. They have to bring their accusation to in accordance to Matthew 18:15. But just because they do not understand does not make me wrong. Israel had the same problem with prophets that God sent to them. The Church is no different. They murder the prophets God sends to them, too. |