Title: 
End Times:  The Antichrist Defined

Word Count:
330

Summary:
If  one  was  going  to  consider  the  primary  points  about  the  ''Antichrist''  as  they  are  stated  in  the  Bible,  one  could  only  conclude  that  the  Antichrist  is  not  a  human  being  but  the  widespread  disbelief  in  God.


Keywords:
antichrist, dispensationalism, rapture, premillennialism, who is the antichrist, george w bush antichrist


Article Body:
If  one  was  going  to  consider  the  primary  points  about  the  ''Antichrist''  as  they  are  stated  in  the  Bible,  one  could  only  conclude  that  the  Antichrist  is  not  a  human  being  but  the  widespread  disbelief  in  God.

However,  there  are  some  theologians  who  insist  that  the  Antichrist  is  in  fact  a  man  who  at  present  exists  and  walks  among  us.  They  also  contend  that  the  Antichrist  will  ascend  to  power  and  become  a  global  tyrant.  Some have speculated that Hitler would come back, former presidents as well as George W. Bush.

To  somewhat  paraphrase  Hal  Lindsey’s  book  ''The  Late  Great  Planet  Earth,''  this  is  the  era  in  which  the  Antichrist  seizes  control  over  the  world  thereby  signaling  the  homecoming  of  Christ.

Yet, the Bible offers no foundations for Lindsey’s ideas.  There  are  example  after  example  in  certain  parts  of  the  New  Testament  that  clashes  with  Lindsey’s  interesting  but  whimsical  arguments.

In  1  John  2:18,  John  7  there  is  no  single  individual  that  is  designated  to  be  ''the  antichrist.''  What  John  proclaimed  instead  is  that  ''many  antichrist''  have  arisen.
Next  in  passage  1  John  2:18:4:3  counters  Lindsey’s  says  that  some  ominous  antichrist  will  appear  in  last  part  of  the  twentieth  century.  What  John  proclaimed  instead  is  that  there  are  a  lot  of  antichrists  ''in  the  first  century  and  that  even  now..  there are several antichrists. 

Although dispensationalism,  a  form  of  pre-millennialism  that  is  in  vogue  right  now,  have  much  to  say  about  Antichrist,  but  much  of  what  they  are  saying  is  inaccurate.  To  look  at  these  sentences  one  can’t  help  but  realize  that  when  John  mentions  ''antichrist''  it  is  used  in  connection  to being locked  in  a  state  of  unbelief.  They were former Christians or people who pretended to be Christians in John’s day.

Be careful when looking at 1 John 2:18 don’t take it out of context and try to apply the verse to the 21st century.  The  antichrist  is  not  a  human  being  but  a  human  emotion of disbelief.