Why do so many apostolics confuse beast with antichrist?
Compare the two uses in the bible:
ANTICHRIST
1 John 2:18-19 KJV Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are
there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. (19) They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us:
but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
1 John 2:22 KJV Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?
He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
1 John 4:3 KJV 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.
2 John 1:7 KJV 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.
That's it, the word ANTICHRIST is only used in THOSE 4 passages. Not once is it used in the entire Book of Revelation.
The lines I emboldened can describe millions of people. In fact, the only SINGULAR antichrist called "THE ANTICHRIST" in the bible is a SPIRIT that confesses Jesus did not come in the flesh. It is not a man! When it is in human form, it is ONLY MANY antichrists, never just one major one. The beast in
Rev 13 has NOT ONE TRAIT ABOUT IT that is found in John's words about antichrist. Nothing John said in
Rev 13 is mentioned in his epistles where he uses the term antichrist. NOTHING. John said antichrists were IN THE CHURCH BUT LEFT IT. How does that refer to the beast!? lol
BEAST
Revelation 13:1-4 KJV And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. (2) And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. (3) And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. (4) And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
Revelation 13:16-18 KJV (16) And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: (17) And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. (18) Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
What is there that is common between anything written about the antichrist (that is a spirit that manifests in people as antichrists, WHO LEFT THE CHURCH!!!) and the BEAST of
Rev 13?
NOTHING!
But that doesn't stop people from confusing over and over the antichrist with the beast.
That alone makes me highly question a person's eschatology if they cannot even see that difference. If they cannot see the difference in use of terms, how in the world will they be able to rightly divide the larger issue of the scriptures themselves?
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