The Antichrist Pattern

The Bible says that “antichrist” names one who denies that Jesus is the Christ, denying the Father and the Son (1 John 2:22). Another passage says that many antichrists have come, alongside the statement that antichrist comes (1 John 2:18). In 2 John, deceivers who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in the flesh are called “the deceiver and the antichrist” (2 John 1:7). Separately, 2 Thessalonians describes one who opposes and exalts himself above every object of worship and displays himself as God in God’s temple (2 Thessalonians 2:4).