do u belive the anti christ is already here?

Question

cause look around dosent it seem as the world it self has stoped but it still goes day to night

Answer 1

I think the anti-Christ has been here for a long time.

Martin Luther was not the first person to claim that the pope is the anti-Christ. John Wycliffe came to the same conclusion some 200 years before Luther did. Unlike Luther, Wycliffe had everything to loose and nothing to gain from proclaiming this, but he did it anyway because that is what he believed. Let us examine the facts.

What is the beast (the anti-Christ)? It is a religious power that rises out of Europe after the fall of Rome (and 3 of the tribes of the fallen empire are taken out) that acts as sovereign nation. It has much wealth and wants to change the laws of God.

"And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. “(Daniel 7:24 - 25 KJV)

The history of Europe settles the matter. There were 10 kingdoms that formed directly after the fall of Rome. After three kingdoms were taken out (the Vandals, Lombards, and Huns), the "Bishop of Rome" rose to power and formed what we now know as the Roman Catholic Church and this position is now known as the pope. With this power, the pope has changed God's times and laws. Many Christians no longer observe the Sabbath (God's time and God’s law) because the pope has instituted Sunday worship; the Roman Catechism even has a different set of Ten Commandments in it than the Bible's. It is also obvious that this kingdom represented by the little horn is different from all the others. The Vatican is a nation that has great wealth (the little horn wares an expensive crown earlier in Daniel chapter 7) but is very small (like a little horn among big ones) and is wholly ruled by a religious leader unlike any other nation in Europe today. The Vatican is a nation because the USA has an ambassador to the Vatican.

There are even more clues to point to the papal system as being the anti-Christ.

"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." (Revelation 13:3 KJV)

The pope was taken out of power and made prisoner (wounded) in 1798 by Napoleon. But, the pope was miraculously healed from his deadly wound in 1929, by Premier Mussolini if Italy who gave the pope all his power back!

The whole world has wondered after the pope. Just look at everyone that attended the funeral of the late John Paul II - leaders of almost every nation in the world!

Also, we find this of the anti-Christ. " And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. (Revelation 13:5 - 6 KJV)

What is blasphemy? "The act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God." (American Heritage Dictionary)

Does the pope blaspheme?

"Against this background of love towards Holy Church, 'the pillar and bulwark of the truth' (1 Tim 3:15), we readily understand the devotion of Saint Francis of Assisi for 'the Lord Pope', the daughterly outspokenness of Saint Catherine of Siena towards the one whom she called 'sweet Christ on earth'" (Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation VITA CONSECRATA, (On The Consecrated Life And Its Mission In The Church And In The World), March 25, 1996.)

"The Pope is of so great dignity, and so exalted that he is not a mere man, but as it were God. and the vicar of God." (Ferraris Ecclesiastical dictionary)

"All names which in the Scriptures are applied to Christ, by virtue of which it is established that He is over the church, all the same names are applied to the Pope." (On the Authority of the Councils, book 2, chapter 17)

"The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth." (Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Chapter XXVII, p. 218, "Cities Petrus Bertanous")

""To believe that our Lord God the Pope has not the power to decree as he is decreed, is to be deemed heretical." (the Gloss "Extravagantes" o.f Pope John XXII *** inter, Tit. XIV, Cap. IV. Ad Callem Sexti Decretalium, Paris, 1685)

I would say he dose! The pope also claimes to be able to forgive sins. The bible clearly says that this is blasphamy.

"Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?" (Mark 2:7 KJV)

I think the papal system matches up with the anti-Christ too much to be a coincidence.

Answer 2

In Biblical scholarship, an antichrist is defined as one who doesn't go along with Christ. Technically, that makes everyone who is not a Christian an antichrist. Christians even have a tendency to call other Christians antichrists. Martin Luther was convinced the Pope was one and vise versa! Accusing people of being an antichrist is old. Fun fact: the word “antichrist” isn’t even mention in Revelation, which most people use as a basis for Christian eschatology.

All the stuff about the anti-Christ being charismatic and such is a new idea made up from the Left Behind guys. They are pre-millennial dispensationalists, which is also a fairly new idea concerning Christian eschatology.

Answer 3

in accordance with awkward interpretations of a few very strange imagery in purely an exceptionally few Christian texts, there's a theory that somebody going approximately calling himself the Jewish Messiah will surely be the anti-christ. that's probable what you have heard. i'm going to easily say that there are easily different techniques to interpret the texts. a number of the Christian innovations relating to the anti-christ come from some the two weird and wonderful pictures interior the e book of Daniel, that's Jewish. Daniel writes some 'beast' and primary Jewish and scholarly concensus is that Daniel's imagery is all metaphor for the political subject around the Babylonian exile; Daniel's beast had already come and long gone. there substitute into an theory of an anti-Messiah floating some long term in the past, formerly the middle an prolonged time i think of, while there have been efforts to reconcile Muslim and Jewish ideals. It hasn't been retained and that i think of maximum Jews could be shocked to confirm that it substitute into there in any respect.

Answer 4

The Bible doesn't speak of a coming world leader known as the Antichrist. That's a combination of Hal Lindsey and Hollywood.

According to the Bible, there's not one but many antichrists, and they were there even in the first century AD.
1 John 2:18 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.

Answer 5

NO. Keep an eye on Jerusalem. You'll know that the antichrist or instead of Chris will be. He is going to look like Jesus, but his voice will be of the devil. If you see him, and, are not in the spirit; than that's not the true Jesus. Don't worship him. Soon after, the true Jesus will come. When the true Jesus comes you will be in the spirit.

Answer 6

Yes, I agree, somewhere waiting and watching! I heard a really awesome pastor speak about this and also, for many years Christians who are "end time" followers have said "this is it" however, the war with Israel now solidifies the end times!!

Answer 7

the moment catholic church was incorporated ,anti Christ was born.imagine the terror it had caused to the world.The world was in total darkness for many centuries until the arrival of Islam.

Answer 8

Nope...we need to unite under the AC and have 30 years of World Peace prior to the "end"...that's not going to happen. Of course since I don't believe in JC than I really don't believe in the AC. PEACE!

Answer 9

He could quite possibly be Bush.

Though, Bush isn't as charismatic as I would have thought the anti Christ to be.

Answer 10

he has to be revealed first. I hope it's not Bush. The Bible says of the antichrist tht even the "elect" get duped by him. I don't know. Whoever he is, he's already lost. Jesus has already defeated him.
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