How is the Antichrist mentioned in the book of John?

Answer 1

No. The word "antichrist" is mentioned only in John, but there are indirect references in other books of The Bible, including Daniel and Revelation, to some specific individual that some consider "THE antichrist", though others argue that the Bible describes no specific antichrist, but rather that "antichrist" is a description for anyone who denies Christ's teachings. The person described in Revelation as "the beast", with the number 666, is not identified in Revelation as "the antichrist", though some people feel this is splitting hairs, and feel he is anyway, in the sense that he's the most powerful of the anti-christs, with the power to create miracles, and thus to fool people into believing him to be a prophet. However, most conventional historians and scholars usually agree that the beasts described in Revelation, are allusions to Nero and other figures and institutions that existed at the time Revelation was written. One of the better descriptions of this is in the section labeled "Preterist view", at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_Revelation The events described in Revelation, starting with the appearance of the second beast, take place long after many other calamitous worldwide events, which don't fit the description of any events the world has seen so far. So, if the Book of Revelation were true, then the appearance of the beasts would not occur for some time to come, so that anyone becoming a worldwide leader, or tyrant, before the occurrence of the prophesied prior calamitous events, would not represent "the antichrist" anyway.

Answer 2

ANSWER:

"And every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist..." (1 John 4:3).

There is a generic type of gnosticism in which there is the belief that Christ didn't really feel pain, didn't suffer, didn't have any agony. Their idea is that he was just putting on an act to fulfill his role, and that he never was really flesh.

Is this a true view of Christ?

No.

"For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin" (Hebrews 4:15).

The idea that Christ was not a flesh and blood human is a false doctrine and the end time antichrist will exploit this idea to the point of blasphemy. In fact, blasphemy will be his trademark (Revelation 13:5-6).

Answer 3

Revelation doesn't contain the word "antichrist." It is mentioned only four times in the Bible: three times in I John (2:18 and 22; 4:3) and once in II John (v.7).