Difference between revisions of "Antichrist"

== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15325" /> ==

== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15325" /> ==

<p> [[Strictly]] means one opposed to Christ. [[In]] this sense, [[John]] says were already in his time many antichrists, many having the spirit of an antichrist; unbelievers, heretics, and persecutors, 1 John 2:18 4:3 . They were characterized by the denial of the [[Father]] and the Son, and of Christ's coming in the flesh, 1 John 2:22 4:3 . But the apostles and early [[Christians]] seem to have looked forward to some one great antichrist, who should precede the second coming of our Lord, and whom [[Paul]] calls "the man of sin, the son of perdition," 2 Thessalonians 2:3 . To this passage John alludes, 1 John 2:18 . [[Able]] interpreters agree that antichrist denotes an organized body of men, perpetuated from age to age, opposed to Christ, and which he will destroy, [[Revelation]] 11:1-19 13:1-18 17:1-18 . </p>

<p> [[Strictly]] means one opposed to Christ. [[In]] this sense, [[John]] says were already in his time many antichrists, many having the spirit of an antichrist; unbelievers, heretics, and persecutors, 1 John 2:18 4:3 . They were characterized by the denial of the [[Father]] and the Son, and of Christ's coming in the flesh, 1 John 2:22 4:3 . But the apostles and early [[Christians]] seem to have looked forward to some one great antichrist, who should precede the second coming of our Lord, and whom [[Paul]] calls "the man of sin, the son of perdition," 2 Thessalonians 2:3 . To this passage John alludes, 1 John 2:18 . [[Able]] interpreters agree that antichrist denotes an organized body of men, perpetuated from age to age, opposed to Christ, and which he will destroy, [[Revelation]] 11:1-19 13:1-18 17:1-18 . </p>