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In Christian eschatology, Antichrist refers to a kind of person prophesied by the Bible to oppose Jesus Christ and falsely substitute themselves as a savior in Christ's place before the Second Coming. [1] The term Antichrist (including one plural form) [2] is found four times in the New Testament, solely in the First and Second Epistle of John. [2]
Beast poetry, in the context of European literature and medieval studies, refers to a corpus of poems written in Latin from the 8th to the 11th century. These poems draw upon an ancient literary tradition of anthropomorphic animals dating back into antiquity and exemplified by Aesop .
The Great Whore and the same tenor who played the Scarlet-Coloured Beast, now playing the Lie, feature in Scene 5 Every Man Against His Neighbour along with a bass representing Hate, accompanied by a mixed choir representing demons. The Lie and the Great Whore argue over truth and power, while Hate intervenes in their squabble, while the world ...
He identified the Antichrist with Paul's Man of Sin, Daniel's Little Horn, and John's Beast of Revelation 13. [30] He sought to apply other expressions to Antichrist, such as "the abomination of desolation," mentioned by Christ ( Matt. 24 :15) and the "king of a most fierce countenance," in Gabriel's explanation of the Little Horn of Daniel 8 .
In 2 Thessalonians 2:3–10, the "man of sin" is described as one who will be revealed before the Day of the Lord comes. The Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus have the reading "man of lawlessness" and Bruce M. Metzger argues that this is the original reading even though 94% of manuscripts have "man of sin".
All popes hold the same office over the church and promote the same antichristian belief so they all are part of the reign of the Antichrist. The Bible does not present the Antichrist as one man for one short time, but as an office held by a man through successive generations. It is a title like King of England. [57]
The traditional account continues, in the immediate wake of this battle, Constantinople will be conquered by the Muslims(some say this conquest will be made by restoring sharia law in Turkey), which will be followed by the coming of the Antichrist, known in Arabic as Dajjal, which will be followed by the Second Coming – the descent of Jesus ...
Various Christian anarchists, such as Jacques Ellul (1912–1994), have identified the State and political power as the Beast. [ 10 ] Christian eschatological idealism is distinct from Preterism , Futurism and Historicism in that it does not see any of the prophecies (except in some cases the Second Coming , and Final Judgment ) as being ...