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821 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Antichrist.21
… ( 1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 1:7 ). From the first of these passages ("as ye have heard that antichrist cometh"), it is evident that the coming of Antichrist was an event …
822 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Antichrist.22
… of Antichrist receives a further development. If the traditional date of the Apocalypse is to be accepted, it was written when the lull which followed the …
823 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Antichrist.23
III. In Apocalyptic Writings. Antichrist in the Apocalyptic Writings:
824 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Antichrist.24
… the Antichrist occurs only in a few of the apocalypses. The earliest certain notice is found in the Sibylline books (1 167). We are there told that "Beliar shall …
825 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Antichrist.25
… the antichrist in the early decades of Christian history is to be found in the Ascension of Isaiah. In this we are told that "Beliar" (Belial) would enter into …
826 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Antichrist.26
IV. In Patristic Writings. Patristic References to Antichrist:
827 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Antichrist.27
… and Antichrist (On Christ and Antichrist, 4.14.15. 19.25). In this work we find the assertion that Antichrist springs from the terms of Jacob’s blessing to …
828 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Antichrist.28
V. Medieval Views. Much time need not be spent on the medieval views of Antichrist in either of the two streams in which it flowed, Christian and Jewish.
829 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Antichrist.29
… what Antichrist was to do, but without any attempt to label any contemporary with the title. He was to work miracles and to rebuild the temple at Jerusalem …
830 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Antichrist.30
… Talmudists Antichrist was named Armilus, a variation of Romulus. Rome is evidently primarily intended, but Antichrist became endowed with personal attributes …
831 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Antichrist.31
VI. Post-Reformation Views. Post-Reformation Theories of Antichrist:
832 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Antichrist.32
… the Antichrist and Beast of Revelation. On the other hand the Protestants identified the papacy and the Roman church with these, and with the Pauline Man …
833 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Antichrist.34
… , Der Antichrist; "The Antichrist Legend," The Expositor T, contains an admirable vidimus of ancient authorities in the subject. See articles on subject in Schenkel’s …
834 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature, 1.28
… the Antichrist is to be "three years, seven months and twenty-seven days," that is, on the Roman reckoning, 1,335 days. This would seem to be calculated from Nero’s …
835 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Belial.2
… for Antichrist (thus frequently in the Jewish Apocalyptic writings, e.g. in XII the Priestly Code (P), Book Jubilees, Asc Isa, Sib Or). In this sense Paul used the …
836 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Belial.3
See ANTICHRIST; MAN OF SIN .
837 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Eschatology of the New Testament, I-V.12
(2) The Coming of the Antichrist
838 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Eschatology of the New Testament, I-V.30
… the Antichrist is made to precede the final crisis. Without Jewish precedent, the New Testament links with the parousia as preparatory to it, the pouring …
839 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Eschatology of the New Testament, I-V.33
… the Antichrist: Among the precursors of the parousia appears further the Antichrist. The word is found in the New Testament in 1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 1:7 only …
840 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Eschatology of the New Testament, I-V.34
… the Antichrist will usurp for himself Divine honor and worship. Patristic and later writers gave to this feature a chiliastic interpretation, referring …