Many antichrists and the one Antichrist

1 John 2:18

Click for a description of the mark of the beast.
Click for a description of the image of the beast.

“Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.” 1 John 2:18

The “little children” includes all of us who live for Jesus Christ, we are the children of God. The “last hour” refers to living in an age where Jesus Christ has come and has been rejected by the majority of people. As the Savior of the world is rejected, there is not much hope left for the world.

The Apostle John speaks of the one Antichrist and also of the many antichrists that began to appear during the time of his writings. The “many antichrists” is referring to the masses of people around the world who do not believe in the Living God, feels no need for Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, and shuts out the Holy Spirit from being part of who they are. The many antichrists have made possible the appearing of the one Antichrist. Click here for a post on the global falling away from belief in God, the coming of the “man of sin”, and the “lawless one”.

The one Antichrist is in this world during the opening of the Seven Seals in Revelation 6, and also the events of the Seven Trumpets of Revelation 8, 9, and 11, and also the events of the Seven Thunders, and also the events of the Seven Plagues in Revelation 16. Obviously, the one Antichrist is not a flesh-and-blood person because no one on this earth will live long enough to rule through all 21 events. In present times, God does not allow for any one person to live much over 120 years on this earth, if that long. Global warming is just one of the 21 events and is the Fourth Plague of Revelation 16:8-9, which will be upon this world till the end of time. In fact, global warming leads to the destruction of the power center of the beast, [the source of the power of the Antichrist in this world] in the Fifth Plague and then comes the Battle of Armageddon in the Sixth Plague. The more powerful the United Nations becomes as the one world government, the more intense the heat of global warming becomes. Global warming is and will be a constant “headache” to this present world.

Also, defeating the Antichrist is not as simple as assassinating one person. We are in a spiritual warfare not one of flesh and blood. The Antichrist is defeated by the return of Jesus Christ not by flesh and blood force. On this earth, Jesus defeated Satan, his beasts, sin, and death at the Cross where He atoned for sin, was resurrected to life after three days, and now lives eternally in Heaven. By placing our faith in Jesus Christ, the battle has already been won through His Spirit and we inherit eternal life, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” Ephesians 6:12-13 Click for Scripture on the Armor of God.

Knowing that the one Antichrist is not a flesh and blood person, we can understand that the Antichrist is designed to destroy the human spirit and soul. By intending to destroy the conscience, spirit, and soul of human beings, the Antichrist is able to build a wall against Jesus Christ who lives within our spirit, soul, and conscience. The Antichrist functions as a non-spiritual and artificial entity to replace the human spirit and conscience by giving people what to think, feel, say, and do. That is what gives breath/life to the image of the beast to speak by speaking and living through people. The Antichrist exists through the image of the beast that is enlivened to speak and live through people. The global masses of antichrists in the world are groomed to the number, name, mark of the beast by what they are given to say and do. Click here for a post on the Antichrist in Revelation 13.

Satan copies everything that God does, including the Trinity. Satan wants to establish himself as being God within the temple of God, our body. Satan, which is referred to as the dragon, and the first beast are referred to in Revelation 13:2 Satan gives great power, authority, and his throne to the first beast. Satan does this to mimic God who has given great power, authority, and a Throne in Heaven to His Son Jesus Christ. In Revelation 13:11-131, the second beast [beast with two horns like a lamb] is mentioned and refers to Satan’s version of the Holy Spirit. This second beast exercises the authority of the first beast within the physiological world in the same way that the Holy Spirit exercises the authority of Jesus Christ within our spirit and soul. The second beast causes the inhabitants of the world to serve the first beast like the Holy Spirit causes people to serve Jesus Christ.

The trinity of Satan includes Satan, the first beast, and the second beast. The Trinity of God includes God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. “The devil…was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.” Revelations 20:10

The one Antichrist functions in the same way that Jesus Christ is one. Our Lord Jesus is one but has His power and authority within people through the Holy Spirit. In the same way, the Antichrist is one but has power and authority within the physiology of people. The Antichrist has power and authority through his beast that gives people what to think, feel, do, and say as it sits in the temple of God, our body, as if is God, The Antichrist is the one “… who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Click here for a post on the “man of sin”.

---

“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1