he was just a man--nothing more ......not the son of god/etc
Is not a grand thing that we live in such nation that allows free speech and false judgements? I find it amusing that those who are totally ignorant of the actual content of the Holy Scriptures and the faith of Christianity want to reserve the right to pass judgement upon those of faith. And that's another grand thing.........is it not comforting to know that the very words they are denying will be the very thing that judges everyone....The Words of Christ? I am grateful that its the word that will pass judgment and not the opinion of these bigots.
"He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day." -- John 12:48
Another "antichrist"? The world is filled with antichrists. As the scriptures declare, anyone that denies Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God is an antichrist and the world has been populated with such since the 1st century. There is nothing new under the sun....the term simply means AGAINST CHRIST. (Eccl. 1:9)
1 John demonstrates the antichrist to be a doctrine or false ideology.....not a single person but a classification of many such people. (1 John 2:18) This passage also makes it clear that there were many antichrists already existing in the 1st century at the time John was recording this passage.
A person who is not with the Christ is against Him (Matt. 12:30). The apostles and the ideological doctrine they taught were "with Christ" or in support of His Doctrine. They represent the Christ and the one true faith (Luke 10:16)
Only by obeying the commandments can we know Christ. (1 John 2:3-6). Thus, antichrists are generally ignorant of the teachings of Christ and promote false doctrines.
The antichrist denies Jesus is the one and only Son of God .......and should be worshiped as deity (1 John 2:22-23).
The antichrist denies that Jesus came to earth as God incarnate in the flesh. (1 John 1-3, 2 John 7).