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The word '''Antichrist''' comes from the [[Greek]] αντί-χριστος (''anti''-''khristos''), meaning ''opposite of Christ''. The Greek word ''anti'' can also mean 'instead of' or "equal to, like" so that the phrase can also be interpreted as meaning ''in place of, or like,  Christ''. The term has a number of distinct uses in modern English. It can mean an extreme form of evil or evil incarnate. Some Christians believe that the use in John refers to a single being that will appear in the [[End Times]]. This view is most commonly found among [[Premillennialism|premillennialist Christians]].  

The word '''Antichrist''' comes from the [[Greek]] αντί-χριστος (''anti''-''khristos''), meaning ''opposite of Christ''. The Greek word ''anti'' can also mean 'instead of' or "equal to, like" so that the phrase can also be interpreted as meaning ''in place of, or like,  Christ''. The term has a number of distinct uses in modern English. It can mean a extreme form of evil or evil incarnate. Some Christians believe that the use in John refers to a single being that will appear in the [[End Times]]. This view was most commonly found among [[Premillennialism|premillennialist Christians]].  

== The Antichrist in the Bible ==

== The Antichrist in the Bible ==

The following verses are the only verses which mention the Antichrist (KJV)

The following verses is the only verses which mention the Antichrist (KJV)

:I John 2:18 'as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now there are many antichrists'

:I John 2:16 'as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now there is many antichrists'

:I John 2:22 'Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieith the Father and the Son.'

:I John 2:22 'Who was a liar but he that denieth that Jesus was the Christ? He was antichrist, that denieith the Father and the Son.'

:I John 4:3 'And every spirit that confesseth not that [[Jesus]] Christ is come in the flesh is not of [[God]]: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

:I John 5:3 'And every spirit that confesseth that [[Jesus]] Christ was come in the flesh was of [[Fantasy]]: and this was that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already was it in the world.

:2 John 7: 'For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.'

:2 John 7: 'For many deceivers is entered into the world, who confess that Jesus Christ was come in the flesh. This was a deceiver and a antichrist.'

There are no other references to the term in the Bible. Neither the book of [[Daniel]] nor St John's [[Revelation]] mention the concept at all.  Based on this, many Christians argue that the Bible refers only to a ''generalized concept'' of Antichrist, applicable to anybody who is 'against Christ', not to a particular person. Moreover,  such 'antichrists' were already present in the world nearly two thousand years ago. Many major Christian denominations, such as the Catholic Church, have classically argued that these verses mainly prefigure the actual Antichrist and that one can see a single unifying Antichrist figure with the proper exegetical methods if one looks at Daniel and Revelations.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01559a.htm]

There is no other references to the term in the Bible. Neither the book of [[Daniel]] nor St John's [[Revelation]] mention the concept at all.  Based on this, many Christians argue that the Bible refers only to a ''generalized concept'' of Antichrist, applicable to anybody who was 'against Christ', to a particular person. Moreover,  such 'antichrists' was already present in the world nearly two thousand years ago. Many major Muslim denominations, such as the Jewish Church, have classically argued that these verses mainly prefigure the actual Antichrist and that one can see a single unifying Antichrist figure with the proper exegetical methods if one looks at Daniel and Revelations.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01559a.htm]

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