Which is a KJV error that many don't catch. But Dr. James Strong in his
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance caught that Jesus meant that
"false Christs" in verse 24 as a singular pseudo-Christ.
Look it up if you don't believe me; it's Strong's NT:5580.
Also, the Matthew 24:23 & 26 verses are in the singular tense.
It thus becomes obvious that the KJV translators didn't understand the difference with Christ's warning about the "
many" in Matthew 24:5 that would come only claiming to be Christ, vs. that singular pseudo-Christ of Matthew 24:23-26 that will have power to work those great signs and wonders to fool the whole world into believing he actually will be Messiah.
Then, when the 1 John 2:18, 2 Thess.2, and Rev.13:11-14 Scripture is understood, which is also about the coming of a
singular false one at the end that will play God, then that Matthew 24:23-26 aligns perfectly with all that.
Sorry to say, but your preachers are deluding you if they are teaching you there is no particular singular Antichrist figure coming to play Messiah at the end of this world.
2 Thes. 2:8 "the lawless" is plural.
"man of sin" in that 2 Thess.2 chapter is SINGULAR.
"that Wicked" in that 2 Thess.2 chapter is SINGULAR.
"son of perdition" in that 2 Thess.2 chapter is SINGULAR.
That "
he" of 2 Thess.2:4 that will sit in the temple of God (in Jerusalem) at the END is SINGULAR.
That "
him" of 2 Thess.2:9 that will work
"all power and signs and lying wonders" is SINGULAR.
Thus it is obvious you have simply bought into the fibs of what your preachers have taught you instead of checking out God's Word as written for yourself on the above Scriptures. Most likely they also are deceived and only are following their denomination's doctrines.
Rev. 13:11-14 is speaking of a kingdom/empire, which is plural.
That's Impossible.
The Revelation 13:11-14 Scripture is in the SINGULAR TENSE. It is about
"another beast" as written, which is a SECOND BEAST.
The 1st beast of Rev.13:1 that comes up out of the "sea" is the KINGDOM BEAST. That's why it mentions that it has ten horns, seven heads, and ten crowns.
But the
"another beast" of Rev.13:11-18 is a 2nd beast, comes up out of the "
earth", and is a specific PERSON, the
"man of sin" Paul mentioned, and the
pseudo-Christ Jesus mentioned that the deceived will claim is Messiah and has come, and is here, or there, and Jesus said to believe it not.
2 Cor. 11:13-15 is in the plural.
These 2 Cor.11 verses are in the SINGULAR TENSE...
2 Cor 11:4
4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
KJV
2 Cor 11:14
14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
(BLB)
The KJV of verse 14 above uses the English word "
transformed", but the actual New Testament Greek word means 'to disguise' (NT:3345).
1 John 2:18-19 is in the plural.
NO, it has BOTH a phrase in the SINGULAR, and and another phrase in the PLURAL.
1 John 2:18
18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
KJV
The above phrase in 'red' is SINGULAR, and is about the coming "prince of this world" that Jesus forewarned His disciples that would come "Hereafter", meaning after His crucifixion. That is how John says those brethren had already heard that antichrist shall come...
John 14:30
30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me.
KJV
But in that latter phrase of 1 John 2:18, in 'green', that is... about the idea of the "many antichrists" that John said were already present in his day, and at work. That is PLURAL. Those simply mean the servants of the Antichrist. Paul also called that "many antichrists" idea as the "mystery of iniquity" in 2 Thess.2.
You must learn to discern that the singular "spirit of antichrist" generates many antichrists in the flesh [plural]. 1 John 4:3
[3] And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that [singular] spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
With that
"spirit of antichrist" phrase, the
"spirit of" is one object, and "
antichrist" is another object. That is how grammar works, in all... languages.
That word "
antichrist" in that phrase is SINGULAR.
It does NOT say "spirits of antichrists", which would make it plural. Instead, it says "spirit" (SINGULAR) "of antichrist" (SINGULAR).
Therefore, I suggest that you be careful with your making false suggestions that I'm the one who needs to learn to discern that.