How are the Devil and Antichrist related or connected and do they interact in the Bible?

Answer 1

There is no Bible prophecy that mentions any great leader in the end time called, "The Antichrist." This is an invention of men that "sells books."

John is the only one who uses the term "antichrist" in the Bible a total of five times... and only in his letters... not in Revelation. Of antichrist, in his day when John wrote, he says:

"...as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, EVEN NOWARE THERE MANY ANTICHRISTS..." (I John 2:18).

Nowhere does John write and prophesy of some great end time world leader called the Antichrist, that so many men today are selling to the public.

John is referring to the "false Christianity" that Jesus tells us to beware of as one of the signs to watch out for in the end time. Actually... it's the very FIRST sign Christ lists:

"TAKE HEED THAT NO MAN DECEIVE YOU. FOR MANY SHALL COME IN MY NAME, SAYING, I AM CHRIST; AND SHALL DECEIVE MANY." (Matt.24:4-5)

As John informs us... these "antichrists" were false teachers who broke away from God's True called-out-ones... spouting untruths, or things "anti" [AGAINST] the Truth of Christ.

ANTI [against] Christ.

"THEY WENT OUT FROM US, but they were not OF US; for if they had been OF US, they would no doubt have CONTINUED WITH US: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all OF US." (I John 2:19)

From this fragmentation from within God's True early church resulted the hundreds of confused and confusing modern professing Christian denominations... just as Jesus warns.

Antichrist is a "rebellious SPIRIT that works against the Truth of Christ."

"...this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and EVEN NOW ALREADY IS IT IN THE WORLD." (I John 4:3)

The relation between the Devil and "antichrist" is that he is the ORIGINATOR OF THE REBELLION AGAINST GOD's Truth.

"...BECAUSE THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for HE IS A LIAR, and THE FATHER [originator, progenitor] OF IT.

"And because I tell you the Truth, ye believe Me not." (John 8:44-45)

Satan the Devil was the very first one to rebel AGAINST[anti] CHRIST [Jesus Christ, the Creator God of the universe - John 1:3 & 10]!

Satan is the leader of the fallen angels who fought against God's universal Government in the beginning. Angels are "spirit beings."

Therefore... if anyone can be said to be "THE ANTICHRIST"... it has to be Satan the Devil, himself -- the god of this world who has been guiding and influencing the course of man's history, ever since Adam and Eve obeyed and followed the "spirit of antichrist" in the beginning. Maligning Christ, spreading falsehoods and lies about Him.

"Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world. They [those who obey the spirit of antichrist] are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

"We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the SPIRIT OF TRUTH, and the SPIRIT OF ERROR [the spirit of antichrist]. (I John 4:4-6)

Satan the Devil and the Antichrist don't "interact" with each other... they are ONE AND THE SAME!

The interaction of the Devil [the spirit of antichrist] is "with men"... deceiving them... leading them in the ways of error, evil, death and destruction.

Indeed, the Bible does prophesy of TWO MEN in the last days who shall jointly rule the coming one-world government system called the BEAST, which will be the final resurrection of Daniel's "fourth beast," the Roman Empire.

The government leader is called the Beast in the Bible [not the Antichrist]... and he is probably this prophetic figure upon whom men have slapped the label, "the Antichrist"... though the Bible never calls him that.

The Bible clearly reveals that this "Beast" shall be "possessed of Satan the Dragon" [Rev.13:2-4].

HERE IS INTERACTION between the real Antichrist [Satan] and the coming Beast [whom men call the Antichrist]. It's a misunderstood truth that keeps this world's concept of "the antichrist" lost in deception and confusion in the hearts and minds of men.

And if that's not confusing enough... there is also "another beast" [Rev.13:11].

This is the SECOND member of the coming "joint-leadership" duo of the Beast's government. He shall be a powerful "religious leader" who shall serve to bind the world to the Beast, "SPIRITUALLY!" RELIGIOUSLY!

He causes the people of the world to WORSHIP the Beast:

"...he had two horns LIKE A LAMB [he appears to the world Christ-like], and he SPAKE AS A DRAGON [but he utters untruths about God in the spirit of antichirst]. And he exerciseth all the [Satanic] power of the FIRST BEAST before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to WORSHIP THE FIRST BEAST..." (Rev.13:11-12)

The Bible calls these two future world leaders: the Beast and the False Prophet [see Rev.19:20]. THEY ARE BOTH ANTICHRIST in spirit -- given their power by the Dragon, Satan the Devil [Rev.12:9].

We are told that the Beast is the one possessed of the Devil:

"...the Dragon GAVE HIM HIS POWER, and HIS SEAT, and GREAT AUTHORITY." (Rev.13:2)

And we are also told that the "other beast" [the False Prophet] performs his miracles and lying wonders always IN THE PRESENCE OF THE BEAST:

"...he exerciseth ALL THE POWER OF THE FIRST BEAST BEFORE HIM..." (Rev.13:12).

"...the Beast was taken, and with him the False Prophet THAT WROUGHT MIRACLES BEFORE HIM..." (Rev.19:20).

This suggests that the False Prophet's supernatural powers will be "channeled" through him from the "possessed" Beast, who stands with him when he does his miracles.

THIS is the biblical "interaction" prophesied of the coming Beast and the "spirit of antichrist" [Satan the Devil].