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CHAPTER XII,
Antichrist.
This name introduces to us one of the most solemn and
foreboding subjects in the Word of God. An antichrist
one absolutely opposed to Jesus Christ we are told, shall
come. 1 The spirit of antichrist is already in the world, de-
nying the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh, either in the
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past or in the future.
This spirit of antichrist, now possessed by many, will
culminate in one person, the Antichrist, who will deny both
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the Father and the Son.
That he is a single individual is plainly taught in 2
Thes. 2, where he is called "that man of sin" . . . "the
son of perdition" "that wicked," or properly, "the law-
less one."
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As Christ is the express image of God, so it appears
that antichrist is the culminating manifestation of Satan,
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"the prince of this world." His coming is "after the
working (energy, or inward working) of Satan, with all
power and signs and lying wonders and deceivableness of
unrighteousness."
(1) 1 John 2 :18. Little chil- This is a deceiver and an anti-
dren, it is the last time : and as Christ.
ye have heard that antichrist (4) 1 John 2:22. Who is a
shall come, even now are there liar but he that denieth that Je-
many antichrists; whereby we sus is the Christ? He is anti-
know that it is the last time. Christ, that denieth the Father
and the Son.
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(3) 2 John 7. For many (6) John 14 :30. Hereafter I
deceivers are entered into the will not talk much with you:
world, who confess not that Je- for the prince of this world com-
SUB Christ is come in the flesh. eth, and hath nothing In me.
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