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Originally posted by Byrd
And according to Jesus (Revelation), the "anti-christ" is anyone (and I mean ANYONE... all of them) who don't believe that Jesus is God.
Originally posted by Megaquad
it would be sin to kill anyone.
Originally posted by Maddas
posted on 3-5-2003 at 08:53 AM
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Originally posted by Byrd
And according to Jesus (Revelation), the "anti-christ" is anyone (and I mean ANYONE... all of them) who don't believe that Jesus is God.
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Can you please show me where the Bible teaches that?
Antichrist: Individual(Dan7:25; 8:10,13; 11:40) or group of peolple (Dan 7:7-28) who oppose God and his purpose (1 John 2:18,22; 4:3; 2 John 7).
Originally posted by another_one
Originally posted by Byrd
And according to Jesus (Revelation), the "anti-christ" is anyone (and I mean ANYONE... all of them) who don't believe that Jesus is God.
Can you please show me where the Bible teaches that?
Originally posted by Megaquad
Byrd you are talking nonsense. You can't take bible, especially revelations completely literally.
I believe that Antichrist will be a powerful human inspired by Satan, world leader.
Originally posted by Byrd
Originally posted by another_one
Originally posted by Byrd
And according to Jesus (Revelation), the "anti-christ" is anyone (and I mean ANYONE... all of them) who don't believe that Jesus is God.
Can you please show me where the Bible teaches that?
I was mistaken. It was John, but not Revelation. And actually Jesus (through John) brings this point up several times:
2 John 7: "7 Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist".
...and...
1John:2:22: "Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist--he denies the Father and the Son".
...and...
1John.2:18-19: "18 Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come.
Voila.
The Christian Satan seems to have done a rather dreadfully poor job of putting forth an Antichrist. 2,000 years of practice, hundreds of despots (including world leaders) various plagues and other ills -- and he hasn't made any inroads.
The Book of Revelation was quite controversial and was almost booted out of the Bible because it didn't meet some standards. It was removed from some later versions of the Bible because it was felt that the book's author (to put it in the vernacular) was probably tripping on illegal substances and that the book was very inaccurate (both Protestants and Catholics left it out of the Bible at various times.)
Anyway, most churches have decided that Revelation is simply a mystical experience and they don't study it and don't believe that it will happen. I agree with the various Catholic and Protestant churches that hold this stance.