These are all Bible titles for the coming Antichrist at the end of this world:
“little horn” of Daniel 8:9-12. He is the one who will end future sacrifices by the Jews in Jerusalem and instead place the “abomination of desolation” that Lord Jesus warned us about in Matthew 24:15.
“vile person” of Daniel 11:21-31. He comes to power as king in Jerusalem at the end using peace and flattery with a “small people” (i.e., small group of Jewish leaders). He ends the Jew’s future sacrifices and places the “abomination of desolation” Lord Jesus warned us about for the end.
“the king of Babylon”, Isaiah 14:4-20. God is using the “king of Babylon” title as a type for Lucifer there. He represents the final Antichrist that will come at the end of this present world.
“the Assyrian”, Isaiah 14:25; Isaiah 10; Isaiah 30:31-33. God uses the title of “the Assyrian” put for Satan. Only Satan and his angels so far have already been sentenced to perish in the future “lake of fire” per Matthew 25 and Revelation 20.
“Lucifer”; “son of the morning”, Isaiah 14:12. God mocks Lucifer who wants to be The Morning Star (Jesus).
“the prince that shall come”, Daniel 9:26. The people ‘OF’ the prince destroyed the city and the temple in 70 A.D. Jerusalem. But the “prince” in reality is put for the final Antichrist at the end of this world.
“the king of fierce countenance”, Daniel 8:23-25. He will come to power at Jerusalem at the end using Peace and Craft prosperity to destroy souls at the end, through deception in false worship of himself in place of Christ.
the willful “king” of Daniel 11:36-45. Apostle Paul repeated some of this about the coming “man of sin” per 2 Thessalonians 2.
“man of sin”, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4. He will exalt himself in a new Jewish temple in Jerusalem at the end, and proclaim himself as God, and over all that is called God, or that is worshiped.
“son of perdition”, 2 Thess.2:3. This is one of Satan’s titles because he only (with his angels) are the only ones so far already sentenced to perish at the future “lake of fire”. Thus the future Antichrist = Satan.
And one thing is for sure. God didn’t put those prophecies with all those titles for the final Antichrist at the end of this world for those who don’t bother to study those Bible Scriptures.
I’m merely suggesting that we read the Bible on its own terms.
No where does the Bible expressly offer various names/titles for “the final Antichrist”. That’s an interpretation rooted in conjecture by linking several statements in the Bible to the term “antichrist”–the Bible never makes those connections.
If you have a counter-argument other than “nuh uh” then you are welcome to demonstrate your case.
Where does the Bible expressly mention “the final Antichrist” as being called “little horn”. I don’t want your opinion about a passage of Scripture, I want you to supply a concrete, objective textual proof.
I want to be additionally clear–I’m not saying the passages in question can’t be referring to a future antichrist, only that it’s hardly a clear testimony of Scripture–it requires interpretive conjecture to reach that conclusion. If you disagree, then provide a counter-argument with textual proof.
I do love the online pugilism, poppycock, and all the other assorted linguistic shenanigans.
And pogonophile lovers.
Daniel 7:24–27Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)
And as for the ten horns coming from it, from this kingdom ten kings will arise, and another will arise after them. And he will be different from the earlier ones, and he will subdue three kings. And he will speak words against the Most High, and he will wear out the holy ones of the Most High, and he will attempt to change times and law, and they will be given into his hand for a time and two times and half a time. Then the court will sit, and his dominion will be removed, to be eradicated and … Read Daniel 7:24–27
Matthew 24:24Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)
For false messiahs and false prophets will appear, and will produce great signs and wonders in order to deceive, if possible, even the elect. Read Matthew 24:24
2 Thessalonians 2:3–12Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)
Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and who exalts himself over every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits down in the temple of God, proclaiming that he himself is God. Do you not remember that while we were still with you, we were saying these things to you? And you know that which restrains him now, so that he will be revealed in his own … Read 2 Thessalonians 2:3–12
1 John 2:18–22Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)
Children, it is the last hour, and just as you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen, by which we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us. But they went out, in order that it might be shown that all of them are not of us. And you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you … Read 1 John 2:18–22
2 John 7Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in the flesh. This person is the deceiver and the antichrist! Read 2 John 7
Revelation 13:1–10Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)
And I saw coming up out of the sea a beast that had ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns ten royal headbands, and on its heads a blasphemous name. And the beast that I saw was similar to a leopard, and its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like the mouth of a lion, and the dragon gave it his power and his throne and great authority. And one of its heads appeared as though slaughtered to death, and its fatal wound had been healed. And the whole earth was astonished and followed … Read Revelation 13:1–10
That’s what I do. I allow Bible Scripture to interpret Bible Scripture.
The titles become associated with the word “antichrist” because of two Biblical principles…
the actual meaning in the Greek of the word “antichrist”, which is…
from NT:473 which shows Greek anti can mean ‘the instead of’, or ‘in place of’.
and NT:5547 which is Greek christos and means ‘Christ’.
Thus per the Greek, the word “antichrist” actually means ‘the in place of Christ’ or ‘the instead of Christ’.
Then it is only a matter of looking at the type of EVENT of a coming false one to Jerusalem that will exalt himself in place of God, and thus The Christ. The best Scripture examples are 2 Thess.2, Matt.24:23-26, and Rev.13:11-14.
Jesus gave warning for the end about a pseudo-Christ that will appear in Jerusalem that the deceived will say is Christ having come, and Jesus said to not believe it. He associated that from the Book of Daniel which includes the “abomination of desolation” idol EVENT of Daniel 11:31 about what the “vile person” does.
Thus the titles are interlocked Biblically by the EVENTS the “antichrist” will do at the end of this world. The workings in Rev.13:4-8 by the “dragon” (Satan, per Rev.12:9) is linked to the workings by the “little horn” and the “king of fierce countenance” in the Book of Daniel… etc., etc.
And the Rev.17:8 Scripture about the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit, which the whole world will wonder at, except for those whose names were written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, is linked to the Rev.13:8 verse about those who worship the “dragon”, showing the whole world will except for Christ’s elect whose names were written in the book of life. Thus the Scripture is pointing directly to the worship of Satan by those whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world. Satan is that beast that will ascend out of the bottomless pit, as we are even shown that Satan is the king over the bottomless pit in the Rev.9:11 verse.
What that “little horn” of Daniel 7 and Daniel 8 does is repeated in the Revelation 13:4- 7 Scripture about the “dragon”, which is another title for Satan per Rev.12:9 and Rev.20:2. He will end sacrifices in Jerusalem and place the “abomination of desolation” that Jesus warned us about for the tribulation (Matt.24:15).
The Matthew 24:23 and Matthew 24:26 verses are in the SINGULAR TENSE about a single pseudo-Christ. Thus the CONTEXT there for that 24th verse is about a singular false-Christ. The KJV has it as plural, but Dr. James Strong noted that error the translators made from the Greek, as Dr. Strong was pulling from Greek manuscripts that use the word pseudo-Christos which is singular in the Greek. Greek Christoi is the plural form. Yet it’s still the context of the whole Scripture, from verse 23 through 26 that gives it weight as being singular, including the fact that Paul repeated the idea of the “man of sin” in 2 Thess.2 working those same great signs and wonders to deceive with. Thus the pointers to a singular coming false-Christ in those Scriptures are multitude.
Paul is actually repeating Christ’s warning about the coming pseudo-Christ that will exalt himself as God (i.e., also The Christ) in a new 3rd stone temple built by deceived Jews in Jerusalem at the end of this world. Satan’s workers have interjected false doctrines against this, claiming that “temple of God” Paul mentioned means Christ’s Church, which is an abominable idea not written there. (If Christ’s True Church of The Spirit could be corrupted, then it would mean we have no real salvation by Lord Jesus’ Blood shed upon His cross.)
Two antichrist objects in that 1 John 2:18 verse. The first is a singular antichrist the brethren had already heard shall come. Where did they first hear about that? Jesus told His disciples that, per John 14:30. The second “many antichrists” are about those through history that only claim to be Jesus Christ.
John’s meaning is about those who reject the idea of Jesus of Nazareth as God having come in the flesh. Immanuel is one of Lord Jesus’ titles, and means ‘God with us’, per the Matth.1:23 Scripture.
Two beast ideas taught in Revelation. A kingdom beast, and a beast king. The beast described coming up out of the sea represents the world kingdom beast over all nations and peoples. That’s what Jesus defined the ‘waters’ as per the Rev.17:15 verse. The “dragon” though, represents the beast king that ascends out of the bottomless pit.
You are partly right about the Greek forms, but your conclusion is overstated and your claim about the KJV is misleading.
In Matthew 24:24, the Greek is:
ἐγερθήσονται γὰρ ψευδόχριστοι καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται
egerthēsontai gar pseudochristoi kai pseudoprophētai
The key word is ψευδόχριστοι (pseudochristoi), which is plural, not singular. It means “false Christs” or “false messiahs.” The verb ἐγερθήσονται is also third-person plural, “they will arise.”
Matthew 24:23 likewise says:
ἐὰν τότε εἴπῃ τις ὑμῖν· Ἰδοὺ ὧδε ὁ χριστός…
“If anyone then says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ…’”
Here ὁ χριστός (ho christos) is singular because the hypothetical claim is, “Here is the Christ.” But that does not make the subsequent false Christs singular. Verse 24 explicitly switches to the plural:
ψευδόχριστοι καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται
“false Christs and false prophets.”
And Matthew 24:26 again says:
ἐὰν οὖν εἴπωσιν ὑμῖν
“Therefore, if they say to you…”
The verb εἴπωσιν is plural, “they say.”
So your statement that Matthew 24:23–26 is grammatically about “a single pseudo-Christ” does not hold up. The Greek actually gives us a mixture of singular and plural depending upon the construction, and Matthew 24:24 explicitly speaks of multiple false Christs.
There is an even more important issue with your appeal to Strong. Strong’s Concordance is not a Greek manuscript, nor did Strong establish a textual correction to the KJV here.
Strong’s entry 5580, ψευδόχριστος (pseudochristos), gives the singular lexical form “false Christ,” while the form appearing in Matthew 24:24 is ψευδόχριστοι (pseudochristoi), the plural. A lexicon normally gives the dictionary/lexical form, which is why one must distinguish the lemma from the actual inflected form appearing in the verse.
The KJV actually translates Matthew 24:24 quite straightforwardly:
“For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders…”
That is not a KJV translation error. It accurately reflects the plural Greek.
Now, there is a legitimate connection to 2 Thessalonians 2, but we need to keep the passages distinct. Paul describes “the man of lawlessness” (ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἀνομίας) as a singular figure who exalts himself and whose coming is associated with “all power and signs and lying wonders” (2 Thessalonians 2:9). That certainly gives us biblical grounds for discussing a singular eschatological opponent.
But we cannot therefore conclude that Matthew 24:24 itself means one singular false Christ. Matthew explicitly uses the plural ψευδόχριστοι.
There is also a fascinating connection with 1 John 2:18, where John says, if I may…
“Even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.”
Greek:
καὶ νῦν ἀντίχριστοι πολλοὶ γεγόνασιν
“and now many antichrists have arisen.”
So the New Testament itself can speak both of multiple deceptive figures and of a particular eschatological opponent, depending upon the passage.
I would therefore distinguish your claims this way:
Matthew 24:24 - multiple false Christs.
Matthew 24:24 - multiple false prophets.
2 Thessalonians 2:3–10 - one particular “man of lawlessness.”
1 John 2:18 - many antichrists.
The passages may be related eschatologically, but we shouldn’t erase the grammatical distinctions between them.
And one small correction to your wording: ψευδόχριστος (pseudochristos) is singular, while ψευδόχριστοι (pseudochristoi) is plural. The latter is the form Matthew actually uses in 24:24.
So if you are arguing from the Greek morphology, the morphology actually works against your argument. No offense.
Antichrist in Pauline Writings.
Origin of the Idea.
Nero as Antichrist.
The Modern Hypothesis.
The Greek manuscript Dr. James Strong used has Greek pseudochristos, not Greek pseudochristoi. That’s why Dr. James Strong defined Greek pseudochristos (pseudo & NT:5547, christos), as ‘a spurious Messiah’, singular.
It is also because Dr. James Strong noted the KJV context of verses 23 and 26 as singular with Greek christos (NT:5547, Christ, singular).
So you cannot just default to some philosophical argument of what the Greek ‘should’… be. We have to accept what the Greek actually is. And apparently it is not christoi in all Greek manuscripts.
Also, we don’t have to wonder too long if Dr. James Strong was correct in his definition to a singular ‘spurious Messiah’ for KJV "false Christs", simply because there are other NT Bible witnesses of that coming singular false-Messiah to Jerusalem to play God. Apostle Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2 gave one of the next strongest warnings about it after Lord Jesus did. And Jesus revealed it again through His Apostle John in the Revelation 13:11-14 Scripture about the “another beast” that works those great signs and wonders.
This word occurs about 2 x
Meaning (plural) false Christs (plural) false Christs
a false Christ, pretend Messiah, Mt. 24:24; Mk. 13:22*
Mat 24:24 For γὰρ false Christs ψευδόχριστοι and καὶ false prophets ψευδοπροφῆται, will arise ἐγερθήσονται and καὶ will give δώσουσιν great μεγάλα signs σημεῖα and καὶ wonders, τέρατα so as ὥστε to mislead, πλανῆσαι, if εἰ possible, δυνατὸν, even καὶ the τοὺς elect. ἐκλεκτούς.
Mat 24:24 For shall arise false christs and false prophets, and they will give [signs great] and miracles, so as to mislead, if possible, even the chosen ones.
Mat 24:24 εγερθησονται γαρ ψευδοχριστοι και ψευδοπροφηται και δωσουσιν σημεια μεγαλα και τερατα ωστε πλανησαι ει δυνατον και τους εκλεκτους
“For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets,” (egerthesontai gar pseudochristoi kai psudoprophetai) “Because there will be raised up (elevated, or exalted) false Christs (messiahs) Mat_7:22-23, and there will be raised up, elevated, or exalted by men false prophets.”
“And shall shew great signs and wonders;” (kai dosousin semeia megala kai terata) “And they will give or dole out great signs and, marvels,” fake miracles, even performing miracles by the power of the devil, by demon powers, 2Co_11:13-15; Rev_16:13-14.
“Insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive,” (hoste planesai ei dunaton) “So as to cause to err, if possible,” or lead away and deceive, 2Th_2:9-10.
“The very elect.” (kai tous eklektaus) “Even the chosen ones of Christ,” the church disciples, you all in particular, Mat_24:1; Mat_24:3; as in Mat_5:1-3; Mat_5:13-15; Mat_16:18-19, etc. The church is here referred to as The elect, as in 1Pe_1:1-2; 2Jn_1:1; 2Jn_1:13.
Show me here, why ψευδοχριστοι MUST be singular, according to James Strong brother.
I’m not going to play your word fallacy games. If you don’t understand what Scripture CONTEXT is also, you will have difficulty trying to find it with just scientific style translation methods. To understand God’s Word properly, it also requires help from The Holy Spirit, not word science.