Challies on The Beast of Revelation
Tim Challies has an interesting post on The Beast of Revelation. I post it here mostly to draw your attention to this particular quote:
remember that we tend to misrepresent the meaning of the prefix “anti-” in the word “antichrist.” We most often think of the prefix “anti-” as meaning “against,” but in context of antichrist it actually means “in place of.” So these men were not looking for someone or something that sought to fight explicitly against Christ (such as the Muslim faith) but something or someone that sought to set itself up in place of Christ. Of course the two means lead to the same end, but a person who puts himself in place of Christ is likely to be far more subtle and may arise from within rather than from without the visible church. Those who look outside Christianity for antichrist may miss him altogther. This is the true sense of what the word means and this is the sense in which Christians used it in days past.
He also points out that we have a terrible track record in predicting who the antichrist is.
As for identifying the antichrist, a semi helpful passage: 1 John 2:18-26
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2 Corinthains 11:13-15
13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. 14And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.
Matthew 6:22-23
22″The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. 23But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
That reminds me of the quote “the road to hell is paved with good intentions.” I use to worry that I might be the anti-christ.
Yup. It’s Bono.
I’m pretty sure.