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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: It serves no purpose to argue this point too far because the fact is nobody really knows for sure when Revelation was written, or more importantly when the vision occurred. There is strong evidence in the text itself to suggest a pre-70AD date. The 95AD date is derived largely from some ambigious account from Eusebius, but Eusebius didn't even think that the Apostle John was the John in Revelation. There really is little hard evidence either way. As for future things, the New Jerusalem is the church, and yes while the church began at Pentacost, it still is now and forever. The church was going to need hope and help to make it through the period of persecution it would face in it's early history. John could have certainly been recounting past events to show how God is faithfull fo rthe benefit of the church. |