17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 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 2:17-18).
John is warning both about the temporary nature of the world and the coming of antichrist. There have been many in history that have opposed Christ and are therefore antichrists, but there is coming a time when one man will rise to power and oppose Christ like no other man in history. While we will not know the exact timing of the coming of the antichrist, we do know from elsewhere in scripture that his coming will be accordance with the works of Satan. We also know that John thought the time was near nearly 2000 year ago and we know then that the time is even closer now.
John is warning both about the temporary nature of the world and the coming of antichrist. There have been many in history that have opposed Christ and are therefore antichrists, but there is coming a time when one man will rise to power and oppose Christ like no other man in history. While we will not know the exact timing of the coming of the antichrist, we do know from elsewhere in scripture that his coming will be accordance with the works of Satan. We also know that John thought the time was near nearly 2000 year ago and we know then that the time is even closer now.
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