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Brief Meditation on the Antichrist

Started by Drew Tatusko · 10 months ago

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We hear over and over again from the school of premillenial dispensationalism that the Antichrist is a literal man who will come at the end of the age and wage war against God. Hal Lindsey can be credited (or accused) of making this theory very popular in th ... Continue reading »

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  • ReligionProf

    2 years ago

    Thanks for your reflection on idolatry - one of the biggest temptations facing Christianity today!

    Let's also not forget that, if one is thinking about the 'antichrist' as referring to the Beast in Revelation, then the clues within the book point firmly to Nero Caesar - both the number 666 and the number of emperors in chapter 17. This ties in with your warning about misuse of Scripture - it is the failure to take it seriously in its historical context that is often the first step towards an idolatrous "bibliolatry".
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  • Robert Griffin

    2 years ago

    Well put. This states, far more strongly than I've heard before, the case that much of American 'Evangelical' Christianity, or at least American Christian Fundamentalism, has been hijacked by something other than the Gospel.

    Be Well,
    Bob Griffin
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