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The antichrist is the chief opponent of Christ. The antichrist is expected to come at the end of the world to deceive and lead many followers of Christ astray. The first time that the term "antichrist" was applied was in John's epistles. This was the first time the term had been used, but not the first time in history that a reference had been made to the opponent of Christ. The term "lawless one" (2 Thessalonians 2:3) was used in a letter that had been written before John's epistles. The only two works in the Bible that contain the word "antichrist" are the first two letters of John. In these, John says that the antichrist has come and is already active in everyone who denies that "Jesus is the Christ".
The antichrist is an eschatological figure. This means that it is involved with the Jewish and Christian ideas of the end of the world and the events leading up to it. The idea of an antichrist was originally a Jewish one. Over time many people have accused others as being the......

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