[geocentrism] Re: Fw: PASSING IT ALONG.....HOW IT ALL ADDS UP
- From: "Martin G. Selbrede" <mselbrede@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 09:24:03 -0500
On Aug 2, 2007, at 2:32 AM, philip madsen wrote:
Martin said..Antichrist isn't an individual human being, but a
heresy: the denial of the Incarnation.)
Martin..
You beaut.. Martin I was worried , not having heard from you for a
while.. I agree with you that there are many antichrists. a
prefigure perhaps. But as to whether this denies there is one
special man......
Yes, it does deny it. Two reasons, either one of which is sufficient.
"Just as... even so... " is a direct correlation/equation in the
Greek. "Just as ye have heard, antichrist is coming, even so many
antichrists are now here, already." In Greek, states the reality of
the consequent fully subsumes the content of the antecedent,
preceding phrase. "is coming" is set in future tense, but is
supplanted by the present tense in a compounded construction. The
singularity of "antichrist" is supplanted by the plurality of "many
antichrists."
Second, alleged prefigures of antichrist don't bring the "last hour"
with them -- but John says we know it is the last hour because many
antichrists are here ("whereby we know it is the last hour").
Precursors to antichrist don't bring the last hour. Only true
antichrists bring the last hour. The last hour was already in
progress in St. John's lifetime. So, insisting that the "many
antichrists" aren't the real final antichrist intended means that
John was wrong about his other point about antichrists. Which is a
remarkable thing for any commentator to allege, insofar as the ONLY
biblical writer to use the term "antichrist" is John (four times),
and here we are drawing conclusions that make some or all of those
four assertions to be erroneous. So, I'd have to say .... give me a
break!
Martin
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