Comparing The Biblical Antichrist And The Mahdi

The Antichrist

Most people who haven’t even read the Bible have heard of the man known popularly as “The Antichrist.”  Simply put, according to the Bible, the Antichrist will be Satan’s primary human agent on the earth in the last-days.  Interestingly, in the Bible, the Antichrist is actually only referred to once by that specific name (1 John 2:18).  Using other names however, there are numerous references to the Antichrist found throughout the Bible.  Some of the various names that Scripture assigns to the Antichrist are “the Beast” (Revelation 13:4), “the abomination that causes desolation” (Matthew 24:15), “the desolator” (Daniel 9:27), “the man of sin,” “the man of lawlessness,” “the son of destruction” (2 Thessalonians 2) “the little horn” (Daniel 7:8), “the Assyrian” (Micah 5:5, Isaiah 10:5,14:25), “the oppressor’, “the king of Babylon” (Isaiah 14) and even the mysterious “Gog” (Ezekiel 38:1, Revelation 20:7).  There are several other names that Scripture uses to refer to the Antichrist as well.

But beyond all of his unusual names, who exactly is the Antichrist?  In this chapter we will review a few of the primary descriptions and actions that define just who the Antichrist is according to the Bible.  Our examination will also focus on several very specific similarities between  the Antichrist and the Mahdi.

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