What are the Signs of the antichrist?

Answer 1

The 27 Characteristics of the Anti Christ 1. He comes from among ten kings in the restored Roman Empire; his authority will have similarities to the ancient Babylonians, Persians, and Greeks [Daniel 7:24; Rev 13:2 / Daniel 7:7] 2. He will subdue three kings [Daniel 7:8, 24] 3. He is different from the other kings [Daniel 7:24] 4. He will rise from obscurity… a "little horn" [Daniel 7:8] 5. He will speak boastfully [Daniel 7:8; Rev 13:5] 6. He will blaspheme God, [Daniel 7:25; 11:36; Rev 13:5] slandering His Name, dwelling place, and departed Christians and Old Testament saints [Rev 13:6] 7. He will oppress the saints and be successful for 3 ½ years [Daniel 7:25; Rev 13:7] 8. He will try to change the calendar, perhaps to define a new era, related to himself [Daniel 7:25] 9. He will try to change the laws, perhaps to gain an advantage for his new kingdom and era [Dan 7:25] 10. He will not be succeeded by another earthly ruler, but by Christ [Daniel 7:26-27] 11. He will confirm a covenant with "many", i.e. the Jewish people [Daniel 9:27] This covenant will likely involve the establishment of a Jewish Temple in Jerusalem [see Dan 9:27; Matt 24:15] 12. He will put an end to Jewish sacrifice and offerings after 3 ½ years and will set up an abomination to God in the Temple [Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15] 13. He will not answer to a higher earthly authority; "He will do as he pleases"[Daniel 11:36] 14. He will show no regard for the religion of his ancestors [Daniel 11:37] 15. He will not believe in any god at all [except for himself] [Daniel 11:37] 16. He will have "no regard for the desire of women": He will either be asexual or homosexual [Dan 11:37] 17. He will claim to be greater than any god [Daniel 11:37; 2 Thess 2:4] 18. He will claim to be God [2 Thessalonians 2:4] 19. He will only honor a "god" of the military. His whole focus and attention will be on his military. He will conquer lands and distribute them [Daniel 11:39-44] 20. His arrival on the world scene will be accompanied by miracles, signs and wonders [2 Thess 2:9] 21. Either he, or his companion [The False Prophet], will claim to be Christ [Matt 24:21-28] 22. He will claim that Jesus did not come in the flesh, or that Jesus did not rise bodily from the grave [2 John 7]. He will deny that Jesus is the Messiah [I John 2:22] 23. He will be worshipped by many people [Rev. 13:8] 24. He will hate a nation that initially will have some control over his kingdom, but he will destroy this nation [Rev 17:16-18] 25. He will appear to survive a fatal injury [Rev. 13:3; 17:8] 26. His name will be related to the number six hundred and sixty six-but not necessarily in an obvious fashion [Rev 13:17-18]. 27. He will be empowered by the devil himself [Rev. 13:2]

Additional answer: The logical place to begin when searching for the identity of the antichrist is in The Bible, where the term appears five times.

The only Bible writer to use the word "antichrist" is the apostle John. How did he describe the antichrist? Note these words in the first letter bearing his name: "Young children, it is the last hour, and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared, from which fact we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of our sort . . . Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son."-1 John 2:18, 19, 22.

The apostle John understood the antichrist to be all who deliberately spread religious deception about Jesus Christ and Jesus' teachings. John mentioned "many antichrists," indicating that the antichrist is, not an individual, but a collective term. People or organizations making up the antichrist spread lies, deny that Jesus is the Christ, or the Messiah, and try to distort the relationship between God and His Son, Jesus Christ. Those who make up the antichrist claim to be Christ or his representatives, but since "they went out from us," they deviated from true Bible teachings. Furthermore, this group was present at the time when John wrote his letter, in "the last hour," presumably the end of the time of the apostles.

What else did John write regarding the antichrist? Speaking about false prophets, he warned: "Every inspired statement that acknowledges Jesus Christ as having come in the flesh originates with God. But every inspired statement that does not acknowledge Jesus does not originate with God. Furthermore, this is the antichrist's inspired statement that you have heard was coming, and now it is already in the world." (1 John 4:2, 3) Then, in his second letter, John reiterated this point: "Many deceivers have gone out into the world, those not acknowledging Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist." (2 John 7) Clearly, John understood the antichrist to be all who deliberately spread religious deception about Jesus Christ and Jesus' teachings. Ref 6/1/2015 Watchtower article