On-Line Bible Study

On-Line Bible Study

What If Christ Had Come Yesterday? -- Question 6
And what about the antichrist? Some expect an evil, powerful, political-religious leader to arise just before the return of Christ. Read what the apostle John wrote almost 20 centuries ago (1 John 2:18): "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"

Which statement most accurately describes what this passage teaches:

Just before Christ's return an antichrist will come.
John refered to his own time as the "last hour" because many antichrists has already appeared.
The antichrist is a myth, or a rumor, and will not appear.

Please choose another answer.

Notice that John says many antichrists had already appeared. He offered this as proof that Christ could return at any time: "from this we know that it is the last hour."