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Antichrist
The word “anti” is used in the Greek language to talk about something that fights against something else. It can also be used to talk about something being in the place of something else. An “antichrist” is anyone who fights against Jesus Christ or claims to be the Christ.
See: Languages in the New Testament; Messiah (Christ)
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Only the apostle John uses the word “antichrist.” He taught that anyone who fights against Christ is an antichrist (see: 1 John 2:18). An antichrist says that Jesus is not the Christ. An antichrist rejects God the Father and the Son (see: 1 John 2:22). An antichrist also says that Jesus Christ was not a human. People who teach wrong things about Jesus Christ are controlled by the spirit of the antichrist (see: 1 John 4:3; 2 John 1:7). Jesus warned Christians not to be deceived by false christs even if the false christs are able to do miracles and other great things (see: Matthew 24:24).
John also taught that the antichrist is a specific person who will come some time in the future (see: 1 John 2:18; 4:3). This may be the same person that Paul wrote about in second Thessalonians 2:3-4, 8-9. It may also be the same person called “the Beast” in Revelation 13:1-10. This person will disobey God. He will oppose God and persecute God’s people. He will say that he is God and sit in God’s temple. He will do the things that Satan tells him to do. He will perform great signs and miracles.
Jesus Christ will defeat the antichrist when he returns to earth (see: 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Revelation 19:19-21).
See: God the Father; Son of God; Spirit (Spiritual); Last Days; Persecute (Persecution); People of God; Temple; Satan (The Devil); Sign; Miracle; Jesus’ Return to Earth