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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: Will we be here once anti-Christ appears |
Bible Note: Part 1 of 2 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. If John were the only one that had ever mentioned the antichrist then these scriptures would be sufficient for telling the whole story. Since that is not the case you have to look at them all to understand. John did not say they were wrong for believing a long established doctrine from the prophets of a coming antichrist, but simply reminded them that the doctrine that this antichrist would teach was even now being taught by many antichrists. John is simply reminding them that this stratedgy of satan (which will give his authority to the antichrist) is what is behind these false teachers. John never says.. "you are wrong for thinking there is a one antichrist.. I tell you there are many" but that is the way people keep quoting him. He says, "ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists;" that is not a contradiction of the doctrine that One particular Antichrist will come. This doctrine that John knew they were familiar with is in many prophets. They grew up understanding it. Only they called it The Wicked Prince and names like The Man of Sin. It is in Ezek and Dan and also in other prophets. Daniel says much about him. Paul spoke of it as something the Thessalonians already knew about and reminded them that the falling away associated with the Man of Sin and the revelation of the Man of Sin (That Wicked) was something that we can mark as the sign that we have entered into the day of the Lord that final outpouring of judgements. We are in the last days and as a result there are many antichrist teaching that Jesus is not God in the flesh, but the final Day of the Lord has not began yet and we will know that it is upon us if the man of sin is revealed standing in the holy place, the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the Prophet. The book of Revelation goes into great detail about the Antichrist and does not spiritualize him as many but as one man. They began calling the prophecy of the man of sin or wicked prince the antichrist becuase they had more revelation after learning Christ that this man of sin would attempt to oppose the Second Coming. Ezekiel 21:25-27 And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. Mark 13:14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains: (continue on next post) |