2007-12-12 07:47:53 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There is no "THE Anti-Christ" in scripture. There are many who have the spirit of Anit-Messiah. It is anyone who denies the Messiah is come in the flesh. Now that hits almost all of what calls itself christianity. Because they believe in the so called 'virgin birth', their doctrine automatically denies the Messiah came in the FLESH, BLOOD, and NATURE of Abraham's seed line, like Heb. 2:14-16 teaches.
Since the pope believes the virgin birth of Babylon, he is possessed of the spirit of Anti-Messiah, but so is almost all others calling themselves 'christian'. They have DEFILE THE TEMPLE with their false Messiah as 2 Thes. 2 said they would do.
The idea of a final end-time 'the anti-christ' was started by a Jesuit Priest. Luther also mistakes the idenity and points solely at the reign of popes. Though he is wrong on the identity, the pope is a bad figure in scripture.
2007-12-12 07:56:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.
Biblical apocalyptic literature predicts the coming of "the" Antichrist, the name given to the one who will be Christ’s chief enemy. This will be just one person.
It is not uncommon for fundamentalist writers or preachers to attach the label to a currently living person. By calling a second (or third or fourth) person "the" Antichrist, they show that they were wrong when they applied the title to the first person.
Every Pope since the time of Martin Luther has been labeled "the" Antichrist by at least one anti-Catholic "Christian," making each one incorrect (so far).
The adjective "anti-Christ" does not refer to the person prophesied in the Bible. It may be applied to an attitude or action judged to be fundamentally opposed to Christ and his message, for example: Hating others is anti-Christ.
Pope Benedict XVI just wrote a wonderful book entitled, "Jesus of Nazareth." http://www.ignatius.com/ViewProduct.aspx?SID=1&Product_ID=3060&AFID=42
From a book review: Through his brilliance as a theologian and his personal conviction as a believer, the Pope shares a rich, compelling, flesh-and-blood portrait of Jesus and invites us to encounter, face-to-face, the central figure of the Christian faith.
How can someone who writes such a book be accused of being either the Antichrist or anti-Christ?
With love in Christ.
2007-12-13 00:53:51 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he's a type of the anti-christ.
2007-12-12 15:57:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Papacy which the Pope is the head of so Yes. Those that do not think so should do some digging into history and their Bible.
2007-12-12 16:18:15 · answer #4 · answered by Bride of Christ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thats the dumbest thing I've ever heard, and I've heard it A LOT. The Bible says that the antichrist "denies that Christ has come in the flesh". You can't pin THAT on the Pope.
2007-12-12 15:51:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Is the European Pope non-Biblical and therefore anti-Christian/anti-Christ, perhaps even the Anti-Christ?
Yes.
The English Bible.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/
2007-12-12 15:52:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
No. Benny Hinn or some other anti-evangelist is a more likely suspect
2007-12-12 15:50:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
it is possible a pope could be I think mohammed was personally.
2007-12-12 15:51:46 · answer #8 · answered by Mim 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
No. Charles Darwin is.
2007-12-12 16:05:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Short answer, yes. Luther, and many others said so, and there are persuasive arguments from scripture.
2007-12-12 15:54:45 · answer #10 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋