Why do Christians use the greek translation and word "antichrist" when actually it should be "False Messiah" ?

Question

Christos (Christ) = Messiah

Jesus was the Jewish Messiah so the one that comes later and claims to be one is the FALSE Messiah.

Anti-christ or Anti-messiah is not as accurate.

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Answer 1

well the anti christ or false messiah is dead and gone but even if i gave you proof that the anti christ is a coded reference to the emperor nero you wouldnt believe me

thats what FAITH does to you makes you throw all logic and reason out the window for your particular delusion

i mean sure there is not one shred of proof we were made from a handful of dirt that some invisible man sneezed on and there is millions of proofs that evolution is true but facts be damned! you got faith

sure there is not 1 verifiable document of the millions we have that jews were slaves in egypt and were led by a man named moses

but you got faith who needs facts!

i mean the straight of gibralter was torn asunder by hercules and its still there does that mean hercules was a real person?

thats why it says let those who comprehend the number of the beast is the number of a man

666 is nero

it was a punishable offense to slander the emperor and john being imprisoned and not wanting to die wrote an allegorical story about rome at the time and it is called revelations

Answer 2

Christ and Messiah mean the same thing...however, anti-christ doesn't mean false Messiah..it means against Christ. There is no "anti-christ" world power guy. That is a myth purpetuated by Hollyweird and some really good (some not so much) fiction writers. The Book of John defines what the anti-christ are and as the new testament has been translated from greek that is the english adoption of that term.

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.

1 John 2:22
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
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
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.

This is the only book in the Bible that uses the term and also defines it as being anyone basically who is against Christ. The Beast as you are equating with "the anti-christ" is any world leader or nation that causes the believers in Christ to follow a false teaching or doctrine, such as the one you are conveying right now. Its technology, knowledge, the force that drives the economy and it gives a false sense of security and safety but could be used against people. There will be no "one world leader" to claim he is Jesus. The person you are thinking of has already been and gone several times...that would be the Pope..or the Vicar Of Christ. Love In Christ, ~J~

Answer 3

The reason that most English translations use the word "antichrist" is becasue the original Greek word is "antichristos". It is a single word, not the phrase "false Messiah". The prefix "anti" does not mean "false" but to be "opposed to", so it more correct translation would be "one opposed to Christ". While the greek word Christ is the same as the Hebre word Messiah, "Christ" is often used as if it was a proper name for Jesus, rather then a title, so it is normally "transliterated" rather then "translated", as are all names in scriputre.

Finally, if you read the scriptures in which the word is found - all in the writings of John - none of them refer specifically to a "false messiah" who will appear at the end of time, but rather to people who already lived and were in opposition to Christ, to a "spirit" (or attitude) that opposes Christ, etc. So the translated of it as "false messiah" would be wrong.

Answer 4

Messiah means: "anointed" (of the Lord). This is the word rendered in Septuagint as Gk. Khristos. A false Messiah is anyone whom pretends to spread the Lords teachings, yet does infact spread contradictory teachings to that of Gods.

So Christ means The one anointed by the Lord.
Therefore if you put the word anti before Khristos, it greek it means the exact opposite sense.
eg: One who is not anointed by the Lord (and by logic therefore, one who is against the Lord).
So evidently the anti-Christ and the false Massiah meaning the same thing.

Answer 5

The one they are getting it from is the one you mentioned above, the word used as hell when translated into some Bibles was gehenna or as you wrote, ge'en-na. Some of the dead in that day were piled up and burned. The wicked and some criminals were burned alive , experiencing pain and torment. This has somehow managed to be misconstrued as a place you go when you are bad. The dead do not experience pain so when you die it isn't logical that you would be tormented forever. I can not say what is intended for the wicked (in the last days of the wicked system of things) when they are no more, and what happens to them then. From what I have read, it says that they will be "torn from the earth" or thrown....

Answer 6

What difference does it make? Anyone who stands against Christ as the antithesis of His will is an "Antichrist" of sorts. The Scripture speaks about a "spirit of Antichrist" being present in the world even now, much less during the time when Satan will indwell his deceiver. "Anti" means "against", therefore a false messiah is as against Christ as the Antichrist will be!

Answer 7

Anti means not, and so does false, and as you said christ is messiah, so in essence they are the same thing.

Answer 8

Christ does NOT mean Messiah

The Greek "Kristos" means anointed one.

The Hebrew "Messiah" means savior, and usually refers to a great human leader, such as King David.

Answer 9

Actually, I think you'll find Jesus WAS NOT the Jewish messiah, thank you very much, ours is yet to come. Jesus is the Christian messiah.

Antichrist is more dramatic than false messiah.

Answer 10

That's okay, as long as we all know what we mean. Why quibble about wording? Jesus, Himself said to learn the heart of the law rather than the letter of the law