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Welcome to the footnote¹ blog. Our goal each day is to examine a verse and give a short summary in commentary form or simply an encouraging note to help you remain faithful to God throughout the week. Either way we hope that the footnote¹ blog will comfort you through God's word and give you a better understanding of His will.
2 John
Who Is the Antichrist?
Tuesday, February 14, 20171 John 2.22 "Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son."¹
¹Since many in the religious world misunderstand the passages concerning the antichrist, there are many theories as to his identity. However, the answer is simple. The word antichrist simply means "against Christ". Read 1 John 2.18-23; 4.1-6 and 2 John 7-9. Notice that these passages help us to define the antichrist. Any person who does not confess Jesus is from God and any person who denies that Jesus Christ came in the flesh is the antichrist. Notice that "now many antichrists have come" (1 John 2.18). This proves the fact that the antichrist is not one specific individual, but multiple individuals. Further, we learn that antichrists are "in the world already" (1 John 4.3). Therefore, we are not awaiting some future devil-like creature that has horns and red eyes. It is anyone opposed to Christ coming in the flesh. Those who deny Christ now will be denied on the judgment day (2 Tim. 2.12). Are you for or against Christ?
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