![]() ![]() In 1 John 2:18, John also spoke of the Antichrist and many antichrists. In this sense the Antichrist will be a satanic messiah, instead of the true Messiah Jesus Christ. He will be the ultimate winner, and appear as an angel of light. The Antichrist will instead be more of an “instead of Jesus.” He will look wonderful, be charming and successful. This emphasizes the idea of the “opposite Jesus” too much. As much as Jesus spoke only truth, the Antichrist will speak only lies. As much as Jesus’ character and personality was beautiful and attractive, the Antichrist’s character and personality will be ugly and repulsive. Most people have focused on the idea of the “opposite Jesus.” This has made them think that the Antichrist will appear as a supremely evil person, that as much as Jesus went around doing good, he will go around doing bad. The prefix anti may mean “the opposite of” or “instead of.” The Antichrist is the “opposite Jesus” he is the “instead of” Jesus. We can begin by understanding what the title Antichrist means. But many are ignorant about this person called the Antichrist, except what they have learned from movies like The Omen. With this, John referred to an individual who has captured the imagination of many people, some who don’t even know the Bible. 1 John 2:18 is a good example: Little children, it is the last hour and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming. The word Antichrist only appears in the Bible five times in four verses ( 1 John 2:18, 2:22, 4:3, and 2 John 7). This likeness to Satan is just one of the things that identifies this beast with the one popularly known as the Antichrist. A bull with two horns is a powerful creature, but a beast with ten horns has that much more power - just like the dragon of Revelation 12:3. In Biblical imagery horns express strength and power. Any creature with seven heads would be hard to kill, because if you wounded one head, six still remained. He is not the dragon, but he is like him, because the dragon also had seven heads and ten horns ( Revelation 11:3). Having seven heads and ten horns: Though this beast is distinct from the dragon of Revelation 12, he is still closely identified with him. Because John calls him a beast and not a dragon (as in Revelation 12:3), this creature represents someone distinct from Satan who was represented by the dragon ( Revelation 12:9).Ĭ. The ancient Greek word translated beast here has the idea of a wild, dangerous animal. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea: From the place identified with evil and chaos and resisting God, a beast comes forth. But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.You rule the raging of the sea when its waves rise, You still them. LORD God of hosts, who is mighty like You, O LORD? Your faithfulness also surrounds You.You divided the sea by Your strength You broke the heads of the sea serpents in the waters. For God is my King from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.Because ancient Israel was wary of the sea, it was a figure of evil and chaos that seemed to resist God, though the resistance was unsuccessful: While ancient Israel under Solomon had a navy, Hiram the King of Tyre supplied the sailors ( 1 Kings 9:26-27). Many people today love the sea, but as a whole the Jewish people in Biblical times regarded the sea as a wild, untamed, frightening place. Now the scene of his vision shifted to the earth, and in his vision he stood on the sand of the sea. Then I stood on the sand of the sea: In Revelation 12, John’s vision mainly had heaven in view. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.Ī. ( Revelation 13:1) John’s vision of a beast rising from the sea. ![]()
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