Rapture, Revelation, and the End Times - Conscious Evolution TV

92robin-bobin Rapture, Revelation, and the End Timesare in the first and second letters of John. Christians often haveidentified the author of these letters as the same person whowrote the gospel of John, but many biblical scholars now believethat the letters were written a little later, about 100 C.E., by oneor more people standing in the tradition of John. Thus, thegospel and letters of John all may not have been written bythe same person, but they were at least written by persons whosaw themselves representing a “Johannine tradition.” 28It is important to note a few details about the references toantichrist in 1 and 2 John. In all of the major English translations—KingJames, New Revised Standard, New International,and others—the word “antichrist” is never capitalized.Sometimes the phrase “the antichrist” is used, but once it is simply“antichrist” and once it is plural (“antichrists”). For yourexamination, here are the full texts of the biblical references:Children, it is the last hour! As you have heard that antichrist iscoming, so now many antichrists have come. From this we knowthat it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they did notbelong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would haveremained with us. But by going out they made it plain that noneof them belongs to us. But you have been anointed by the HolyOne, and all of you have knowledge. I write to you, not becauseyou do not know the truth, but because you know it, and youknow that no lie comes from the truth. Who is the liar but theone who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, theone who denies the Father and the Son. (1 John 2:18–22, NRSV,italics added.)Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to seewhether they are from God; for many false prophets have goneout into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God; everyspirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh isfrom God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is notfrom God. And this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which youhave heard that it is coming; and now it is already in the world.(1 John 4:1–3, NRSV, italics added.)Many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do notconfess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh; any such person isthe deceiver and the antichrist! (2 John 1:7, NRSV, italics added.)robin-bobin