AntiChrist

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ. Today during my Bible reading, I looked at (1 John Chapter 2); John writes about the Antichrist and the glamour, the glitter of this world. If you read the chapter in its entirety you will see the reference he makes of the close relationship between this world and the AntiChrist. The glittering glamour, its sensual lust, this world’s is very enticing to the eyes as to what it offers. Satan wants you to be of this world, wants to keep you busy with the day to day tasks, wants to divert your attention from the actual purpose of your life and have it focused towards him. He wants you to lose your soul, your conscience in secularism of our society, where GOD is merely a fantasy of the religious fanatics. “Just be good to all and live by the rules of this world and all will be well” Humanistic ideology.

He wants to keep your eyes fixated on him, how much money you can make, how big of a house can you afford, how to acquire an imported luxury car, eat at finest restaurant, get to wear designer outfits, what latest technological gadgets can you acquire, he wants to keep you busy and away from the eternal prize of life i.e. Jesus and Heaven. Now, I don’t condemn the world and its usage we must not run or hide from this world, that would be quite extreme on our part. But, my point is to live in this world. However don’t become of this world. In Jesus' parables of the rich man, Jesus told him to sell his belongings and follow him, he told his Apostles to follow him without any attachment or belongings. Even to the extend he told his Apostles during their mission to take no clothing, money or sandals with them.

Now, let's explore the relationship John is trying to make here with the World, its glamour and the AntiChristic ideology. John in verses 18 through 23 makes ties to the heresies and schisms that were created to deny the Divinity of Christ. The false teaching that came about outside the Church (Mystical Body) that Christ founded. That brings me to the point that “Salvation without the Holy Church (Mystical body of Christ) is not possible” Because when different sects were formed outside the Church teachings, there creation was based on the notion of non compliance of faith or the futility. As it is written that many false prophets will came after him (Jesus) trying to teach his followers false and erroneous dogmas and doctrine.

26. I write you these things about those who would deceive you. (1 John 2:26)

Please do not be deceived by the Glamour of this world, the ideology of socialism. The doctrine of Nestorianism taught by other churches and their incorrect doctrines and lack the fulliness of faith, where they deny Christ in the Eucharist, the virgin birth and divinity of Christ . Follow the one and only creator of this world who resides in the tabernacles of the one true Church (Mystical Body of Christ). Who died on the cross for us, shed his blood for us and for our Salvation.

Verses that Support

Glamour of this World (AntiChrist)

15 Do not love the world or the things of the world. 7 If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, sensual lust, enticement for the eyes, and a pretentious life, is not from the Father but is from the world.
17 Yet the world and its enticement are passing away. But whoever does the will of God remains forever. (1 John 2:15-17)

Verses that Support Divinity of Christ

22 Who is the liar? Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Whoever denies the Father and the Son, this is the antichrist.
23 No one who denies the Son has the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well. (1 John 2:22-23)

18 Children, it is the last hour; 9 and just as you heard that the antichrist was coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. Thus we know this is the last hour.
19 They went out from us, but they were not really of our number; 10 if they had been, they would have remained with us. Their desertion shows that none of them was of our number. (1 John 2:18-19)

This clearly shows schisms’ and heresies that have been with the Church from the beginning. You can see in the Holy Scriptures the avoidance of truth and the formation of false teaching; dates back even during the time of Christ, when so many followers left him (Jesus) because they could not understand and weren’t willing to accept his teaching. After Jesus’ resurrection they broke off from the Church that Christ founded and came up with different sects or joined different sects. If you look through the letters of Peter,Paul, John and Jude as well as the first few chapters of Revelation where GOD addressed this issue. Even the Apostles teaching consistently spoke and wrote to the churches advising them to be steadfast in Christ and his teachings. (Ocran) –

26. I write you these things about those who would deceive you. (1 John 2:26)

27. As for you, the anointing that you received from him remains in you, so that you do not need anyone to teach you. But his anointing teaches you about everything and is true and not false; just as it taught you, remain in him. (1 John 2:27)

"As in Christ dwells the fullness of the Godhead so in Antichrist the fullness of all wickedness. Not indeed in the sense that his humanity is to be assumed by the devil into unity of person ..., but that the devil by suggestion infuses his wickedness more copiously into him than into all others." -St. Thomas Aquinas (Summa III:8:8)

"Yet many Christians will remember that this was all foretold of Antichrist for centuries past and perceive the fraud of Satan and refuse to be deceived. They will stand firm and enlighten the faint-hearted and console them." -Bernadine Von Busto

Reference: http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1john/1john2.htm (New American Bible)

AntiChrist by Yves Dupont (September 1975 AD)

St. Thomas Aquinas (Summa III:8:8)