Monday, November 25, 2024

PT-3 "Introduction to Antichrists" (1 John 2:18)

 

EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 11/25/2024 9:17 PM

 

My Worship Time                                                        Focus:   PT-3 “Introduction to Antichrists”

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                         Reference:  1 John 2:18

 

            Message of the verse:  “Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.”

 

            I continue to look at the “Introduction to Antichrists” in this evening’s Spiritual Diary and want to pick up where I left off in my last SD from yesterday, as I continue to look at some New Testament verses that first of all speak of our Lord’s Olivet Discourse which comes from the 24th chapter of Matthew’s Gospel   In this discourse we see that Jesus made reference to the same Antichrist-related events as those already prophesied in the Old Testament, verses that we looked at last evening.

 

15 “Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16 then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. 17 “Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house. 18 “Whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak. 19 “But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20 “But pray that your flight will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath. 21 “For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. 22 “Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. 23 “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘There He is,’ do not believe him. 24 “For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. 25 “Behold, I have told you in advance.’”

 

            MacArthur writes “The recipients of John’s letter most likely also would have been familiar with Paul’s words, written four decades earlier, that clearly predicted the coming Antichrist.  He instructed the Thessalonian believers as follows:

 

1 Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, 2  that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God. 5 Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things? 6 And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. 8 Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; 9  that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, 10  and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. 11 For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, 12  in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.

 

 

            There is still some more verses to look at and I don’t want to overwhelm any who read this with too much to think about and so I will, Lord willing, finish this introduction in my next evening SD.

 

11/25/2024 9:33 PM

 

 

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