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Revelation calls the Antichrist "the Beast". Paul calls him "the Man of Sin, the Son of Perdition". Daniel has many names for him including "the Little Horn", "the prince that shall come", "the king of fierce countenance", etc. It does not matter since this man not only stands in opposition to Christ, but claims to be Christ and God. Hence antichristos (in place of, as well as in opposition to).

But carefully note what John said, and he himself indicated that "the Antichrist" would come (as opposed to the many antichrists throughout history).

Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that [the] Antichrist* shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. (1 John 2:18)

I have place [the] in brackets before "antichrist" and also capitalized that word, since for the majority of evangelical Christians (and even unbelievers) there will be such a person.

Strong's Concordance
*antichristos: antichrist, (one who opposes Christ)
Original Word: ἀντίχριστος, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: antichristos
Phonetic Spelling: (an-tee'-khris-tos)
Definition: antichrist, (one who opposes Christ)
Usage: antichrist, either one who puts himself in the place of, or the enemy (opponent) of the Messiah.


Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 500: ἀντίχριστος

ἀντίχριστος, ἀντιχρίστου, ὁ (ἀντί against and Χριστός, like ἀντίθεος opposing God, in Philo de somn. l. ii. § 27, etc., Justin, quaest. et resp., p. 463 c. and other Fathers; (seeSophocles Lexicon, under the word, cf. Trench, § xxx.)), the adversary of the Messiah, a most pestilent being, to appear just before the Messiah's advent, concerning whom the Jews had conceived diverse opinions, derived partly from Daniel 11:36ff; , partly from Ezekiel 38; Ezekiel 39.

So you are clearly mistaken in thinking that there will be no such person. Indeed God will give him and Satan 3 1/2 years (42 months or 1260 days, or time (1 yr) + times (2 years) + half a time (six months) to take TOTAL CONTROL of the inhabitants of the world. This will be the first half of Daniel's 70th week of years (7 years).

And they worshipped the Dragon [Satan] which gave power unto the Beast [the Antichrist]: and they worshipped the Beast, saying, Who is like unto the Beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
John says that the spirit of AntiChrist is already in the world (1 John 2:18; 4:3).
 

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Amen

I ask myself what am I doing here?

Nothing but conflict and attacking.
No joy joy here or happiness or laughter.

Time to move on to a happy place.

I have non-Christian friends I'd rather be with.

This place right now makes my heart sick.

Wondering why so many like the above, when a person disagrees with them, they call it an attack and go into martyr mode? Very thin skinned and cannot receive any challenge, knowing everything, then they put a person on ignore and throw rocks. Then make posts to receive sympathy?

Disagreeing, challenging beliefs is not an attack. Calling the ones who challenge "know it all's" simply because they do so? Really callow my man.
 
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Wondering why so many like the above, when a person disagrees with them, they call it an attack and go into martyr mode? Very thin skinned and cannot receive any challenge, knowing everything, then they put a person on ignore and throw rocks. Then make posts to receive sympathy?

Disagreeing, challenging beliefs is not an attack. Calling the ones who challenge "know it all's" simply because they do so? Really callow my man.
Isn’t this called contending for the faith?
 

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See your point.



Do you mean the flesh leads the flesh and they both fall into a ditch?
at first, the keyboard / or the screen/ put an "o" where I meant to put an "i",
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then,
after correcting it,
on second thought,
I changed it on purpose to an "o",
and the next occurrence also, making it "o" instead of "i",
for the blondes ....
then , your reply, puts it even better, thanks be to God our Father in Heaven !
as , yes, in perfect harmony with all Scripture, as you posted, the 'flesh' (almsot oy.. almost left it 'felsh' :) ) ... the flesh leads the flesh
and the whole world falls into the ditch (and a very very terrible, eternal ditch it is - the lake of fire designed for the devil and his angels, but men in the flesh are willfully and willingly going there today in their choices, who they follow ) ...
 
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Oh, then sorry, what would say that the intent of this forum is about? Simply fellowship, for example?
A pastor (so named, so recognized, so posting) on another forum posted that the reason for the forums is to make money.

They got SOOOOOOOOO mad there ... (the mods) ..... they banned me for quoting the pastor, and deleted the pastor's post.
 

Marymog

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Hello

As Helen said in her post: -


Let me ask for the truth; who has the lead in the following two parables, Luke 19:11-27 and Matthew 25:14-30? Is it Jesus?

It will come down to knowing the truth and having the right understanding.

Shalom
Hi Jay,

No, Jesus does not have the lead in the two parables. He is the orator!

Mary
 
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VictoryinJesus

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Gen_3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Gen_3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked?

When people come to Christ, religions shows them there nakedness, than because of the fear they come under they try to hide from Christ as if He cant see them, and so they remain in religion because it keeps them at a distance from God, so instead of being clothed in His righteousness, they wear, religious garments stained, from religion and the many works of self. Because religion is as it has always being, about self and ones works.

I don’t know. Also considering the garden and why they hid themselves instead of coming out when He called. Did they lack one thing in knowing God is good (desiring mercy and not sacrifice) but instead they preferred hiding behind a tree eating abominable things. Is the schoolmaster not good in “to bring us to Christ.” Galatians 3:22-25 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. [23] But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. [24] Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. [25] But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

Romans 7:6-13 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held;(shut up, kept under) (to bring us to Christ)that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. [7] What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. [8] But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. [9] For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. [10] And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. [11] For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. [12] Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. [13] Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
 

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And Jesus said none was good but God..Jesus even implied to them he wasn't good
No, not at all.
He is God, and there is none good but God.
If someone calls Him good, they are willingly or not speaking the truth, even if they are mocking Him at the time, or don't believe Him.
 

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John says that the spirit of AntiChrist is already in the world (1 John 2:18; 4:3).
I have not denied that, and that's quite evident. What I have pointed out is that the coming Antichrist is actually a real person, which is what was being denied.
 

Joseph77

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I have not denied that, and that's quite evident. What I have pointed out is that the coming Antichrist is actually a real person, which is what was being denied.
Perspective. The many anti-christs were also people in the midst of the assemblies, already in the first century, when the NT was written and written about concerning this, right?
So the many anti-christs, billions of them, ever since then, they are all 'real people', in our midst, since the first century, right.

Oh, not speaking here of "THE ANTI-CHRIST", btw. That is also something revealed to little children in Christ Jesus, but it is not what I am asking about here.
 

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Perspective. The many anti-christs were also people in the midst of the assemblies, already in the first century, when the NT was written and written about concerning this, right?
You seem to have missed the point. The existence of the spirit of antichrist in the world does not negate the manifestation of the Antichrist (a man who opposes and also presents himself as Christ).
 
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Scripture, as you posted, the 'flesh' (almsot oy.. almost left it 'felsh' :) ) ... the flesh leads the flesh
and the whole world falls into the ditch (and a very very terrible, eternal ditch it is - the lake of fire designed for the devil and his angels, but men in the flesh are willfully and willingly going there today in their choices, who they follow

Yes. 2 Peter 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.



The vail: The flesh leading the flesh, the blind leading the blind, the blonde leading the blonde; everything false and deceitful needs to go in the fire and be consumed away the last destroyed death. The vail cast over the nations needs to go in the fire...which vail is done away with in Christ.
Isaiah 25:7-8 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. [8] He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
 

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You seem to have missed the point. The existence of the spirit of antichrist in the world does not negate the manifestation of the Antichrist (a man who opposes and also presents himself as Christ).
Not at all missed, but thanks for the reminder just in case.
So many anti-christs are <posting> on the internet, and present in the churches, people wonder how the truth about THE ANTI-CHRIST has been suppressed? Because most of the truth has been ignored, and rejected, by the churches.

i.e. all in perfect and complete harmony with all Scripture Says.