According to the Bible?
What I've read...
1 John 2:22
Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.
1 John 4:3
and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.
2 John 1:7
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.
John seems to have a lot to say about the antichrist. Seems they will deny Jesus is Christ and there will be many of them.
Or am I missing some concept? I get the impression that many feel there will be one antichrist, or one main antichrist. So they can say the antichrist is this or that, assuming having identified the antichrist they can fight/defeat the foe they have identified?
Atheism, IMO, neither confirms or denies Jesus is Christ. Is this passive denial?
Does denial of Jesus require active denial? If so, who today denies Jesus is the Christ?
What I've read...
1 John 2:22
Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.
1 John 4:3
and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.
2 John 1:7
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.
John seems to have a lot to say about the antichrist. Seems they will deny Jesus is Christ and there will be many of them.
Or am I missing some concept? I get the impression that many feel there will be one antichrist, or one main antichrist. So they can say the antichrist is this or that, assuming having identified the antichrist they can fight/defeat the foe they have identified?
Atheism, IMO, neither confirms or denies Jesus is Christ. Is this passive denial?
Does denial of Jesus require active denial? If so, who today denies Jesus is the Christ?