The antichrist is a Christian concept based on the belief of the believers in the New Testament and false prophecy. The New Testament explains about the antichrist that occurs in various gospel books such as the 1st John and 2ndJohn .The Christians believe that the Messiah Jesus will derive during the second coming of the earth to face the Antichrist figure that means false prophets in Christianity.According to Bernard McMinn explains that Jesus is the ruler of the humanities and his promises is to judge false prophets and sinners during the end time. In Islamic religious, they believe that Masih ad-Dajjah is the false messiah who revered as an anti-messiah figure that is also similar to the Christians concept of the Antichrist.The Islam believes that the anti-messiah will appear to deceive the humanity about the coming of Jesus and the judgment that will take place during the end time.
The Antichrist in New testaments mentioned to be like pagan who do not believe in the existence of the birth, resurrection and the second coming of Jesus.The individuals who believe of non-existence of Christ do spread the false information about the Christ to the Christians.New Testament explains that the believers should be aware of the false message from the Antichrist so as not to fall into the temptation.
The individual in some communities defines the Antichrist as the people with knowledge about the New Testament and that they spread the information according to the book of John. The Antichrist defined as the believers of their own biosphere and their strong religious that are difficult to be changed compared to the Christianity influenced. In some cultures, they consider the messages from the non-believers more important described as true prophets based on strong faith.
Work cited
McGinn, Bernard. Antichrist: two thousand years of the human fascination with evil . New york: Columbia University Press, 2004.
