“Anti-Christ”

Friday, January 06, 2017

“Anti-Christ”

Jarrod Jacobs 

How many times have we heard our friends or neighbors talk about the “end times” and about the “anti-Christ” that is supposed to come in a future time? It seems every time a war happens or some catastrophe (natural or man-made) happens, we hear folks speaking about the “end times”, the “anti-Christ” and similar things. They talk of the “anti-Christ” as if this is a specific person (perhaps a specific political leader, or other person). The truth is that the word “anti-Christ” simply means an “opponent of the Messiah” (Strong’s Hebrew/Greek Lexicon). In truth, this spirit of anti-Christ has been around since the first century! How can I say this? Let us let the Bible speak.

John said, “Every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist.” He continued his thought by saying, “Which you heard was coming and now is in the world already” (I John 4:3). The Holy Spirit even inspired John to write that there are “many anti-Christs” (I Jn. 2:18)!

Therefore, to say that “Anti-Christ” has not come, and we must look for this in the near-future is completely foreign to the Scriptures. “Anti-Christ” has been around since the first century! As we noted above, “anti-Christ” is anything or anyone that opposes or contradicts Christ and His teachings! With this in mind, are you acting in a way that is opposed to Christ and His will? Let us beware! (I Cor. 10:12)

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