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Antichrist
Against Christ, or an opposition Christ, a rival Christ. The word is used only by the apostle John. Referring to false teachers, he says (1 John 2:18, 1 John 2:22; 1 John 4:3; 2 John 1:1:7), “Even now are there many antichrists.”
(1.) This name has been applied to the “little horn” of the “king of fierce countenance” (Dan 7:24, Dan 7:25; Dan 8:23–25).
(2.) It has been applied also to the “false Christs” spoken of by our Lord (Matt 24:5, Matt 24:23, Matt 24:24).
(3.) To the “man of sin” described by Paul (2 Thess 2:3, 2 Thess 2:4, 2 Thess 2:8–10).
(4.) And to the “beast from the sea” (Rev 13:1; Rev 17:1–18).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
