Response to a Question of Anti-Christ

According to Strong's Exhausting Concordance the word translated "antichrist" means "opponent of the Messiah." According to today's definition it can mean "against",  "opposite of",  or "in place of".

 

That would seem to indicate anti-christ is one who denies Christ has come and claim to be the Christ.

 

Also according to Strong's concordance John's first and second letters are the only place the term appears. For the first sixty or so years apparently Christians were not faced with such Spirits and until late in the first century were unaware the term. Apparently the spirits were taking one last shot before they became impotent as they are today.

 

When people resist the truth about God, will not receive the truth about God and act upon it God will send a strong delusion upon them that they may believe a lie and be lost. Delusions will be sent only to people who will not receive truth;  who do not love truth.  Those who are satisfied with the truth of the word of God can always learn enough of it to be saved by it. In the most simple terms God will ensure one finds what one loves. It is most important that we love truth.

 

By your definition of anti-Christ Paul was anti-christ until he was taught truth. So either the condition known as anti-christ can be corrected or just being a denier of Christ does ot make one anti-Christ. Paul apparently loved truth but had not been exposed to it in such a way he could understand it. As an apostle he used the scriptures to prove to people the Christ had to come and die and Jesus was the Christ. I wonder how such an educated man could not have understood the scriptures. If an educated individual could not understand the scriptures there must have been no hope of the uneducated understanding.

 

During New Testament times spirits were active. Possibly anti-christ was one of those spirits claiming to be Christ.. Anti-Christ was a spiritual power a wicked spirit.  That would suggest anti-christ does not exist today in our world.

 

As far as understanding plain English: a respeito de minha compreensão do inglês liso: como é claramente você que pensa?

 

I believe you know my thoughts on the United States being a Christian nation. The word Christian means follower of Christ. As with other church words the term has become vague and meaningless. Unless one is a follower of Christ one is not a Christian. The example we have in the New Testament in Acts the group Jesus established on Pentecost we call the body of Christ was made up of people who had been immersed for the remission of their sins. They were added to the group by God.  Therefore, if one has not been immersed for the remission of their sins they are not in the body of Christ, they are not following Christ therefore they are not Christian. Acknowleding Christ has come does not make one a follower. This country does not now nor has it ever followed Christ.