One under the direct control of the Devil, who will lead the abomination in the end times
The word antichrist may mean either an enemy of Christ or one who usurps Christ's name and rights The word is found in only four verses of Scripture (1 John 2: 18, 22; 4: 3; 2 John 7), but the concept appears throughout Scripture It is evident from the way John and Paul refer to the Antichrist that they took for granted a tradition well known at the time (2 Thess 2: 6; 1 John 4: 3)
An individual whose appearance is prophesized in two books of the Christian Scriptures (1 John and 2 John) He is expected by some Christians to appear near the End Time, when he will act as Satan's chief representative Ronald Reagan, Bill Gates and many other people have been called the Antichrist So has at least one computer
(Christianity) the adversary of Christ (or Christianity) mentioned in the New Testament; the Antichrist will rule the world until overthrown by the Second Coming of Christ
in the Christian religion, a great enemy of Christ who represents the power of evil and is expected to appear just before the end of the world. Chief enemy of Christ who would reign at the end of time, first mentioned in the epistles of St. John. The idea of a mighty ruler who will appear at the end of time to fight against the forces of good was adapted from Judaism; the Jewish concept in turn had been influenced by Iranian and Babylonian myths of the battle of God and the devil at the end of time. In the Book of Daniel the evil one is a military leader modeled on Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who persecuted the Jews. In several books of the New Testament, the Antichrist is a tempter who works by signs and wonders and seeks divine honors. It was a potent concept in medieval Christianity that received the attention of many commentators including Adso of Montier-en-Der, whose work became the basic medieval treatise on the Antichrist. During the Middle Ages, popes and emperors struggling for power often denounced each other as the Antichrist, and during the Reformation, Martin Luther and other Protestant leaders identified the papacy itself as the Antichrist
A figure or figures mentioned in the Johannine literature who masquerade as Christ or as Christian believers but who are portrayed as devils in disguise Their presence signifies the time of the end before the return of the Messiah (1 John 2: 18, 22; 4: 3; 2 John 7)
A term used by the apostle John to identify an apostasy from the faith which involved a denial of the incarnation of Christ (1 John 4: 3) The presence of many antichrists was interpreted by John as a sign that the last hour had come (1 John 2: 18,19 - see Matthew 24: 10) Historically the Christian Church has expected the rise of a single individual who will embody opposition to God in the same proportion that Jesus embodied submission to Him This individual is usually associated with the man of sin in 2 Thessalonians 2 and it is usually believed that he will make his appearance just before Christ returns according to 2 Thessalonians 2: 8 Great excitement has been generated by this belief that the Antichrist is so closely associated with the Second Coming Many of the villains of history like Hitler and Stalin have been supposed to be the fulfillment of the prediction of the coming of Antichrist Some in our own day believe that the Antichrist is alive today and will soon be revealed
against Christ, or an opposition Christ, a rival Christ The word is used only by the apostle John Referring to false teachers, he says (1 John 2: 18, 22; 4: 3; 2 John 1: 7), "Even now are there many antichrists "
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{i} false messiah that will battle Jesus at his second coming; one who opposes Christ
A figure who opposes God The word is used to describe a spirit of rebellion against God, " the spirit of the Antichrist " (1 John 4: 3) and of a specific future person identified as the man of lawlessness (2 Thess 2: 3) He actively opposes Christ (2 Thess 2: 4) and when he arrives, he will be able to perform miracles (2 Thess 2: 9) Some believe he will be an incarnation of Satan and as such will be able to deceive many His number is 666 (Rev 13: 18) A further possible description of him might be found in Zech 11: 15-17)
The false Christ led and controlled by Satan that will be the great world leader during the tribulation, before the second coming of Christ His objective is to deceive people into following him He imitates Christ, trying to take the position of God Also called "The man of sin" He is not Satan himself, but is controlled by Satan At one point it seems that Satan actually enters him, so it is hard to separate the human man and Satan who controls him At the beginning of the tribulation he will sign a peace agreement with Israel, and possibly with the whole world, setting himself up as the head
Also known as the "Man of lawlessness " In teachings concerning the "Last Things," the Antichrist appears, beginning the time of the great apostasy and tribulation, as the climactic personification of the spirit of Antichrist, which has always been present This spirit (and the person himself) is continually working against the Gospel and tries to place himself in a position above God
The figure who acts as Satan's lead agent on earth during the end times Most Christian scenarios predict the Antichrist -- a sort of evil twin of Jesus in many ways -- will forge a one-world government through promises of peace When Jesus returns, he will expose the Antichrist as an impostor, defeat him in the battle of Armageddon, and reign with the Christian martyrs for a thousand years on earth