occurs 1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 7, only. An antichrist is any person who sets himself to oppose Christ. The Antichrist is a person spoken of in prophecy and elsewhere, Dan. 9:26-7; John 5:43; 2 Thess. 2:8; Rev. 13:11-18. He is called the false prophet, and forms one of the infernal trio (Rey. 16:13) that will appear after the rapture of the Church (2 Thess. 2:8) and before the appearing of Christ (Rev. 19:20), and present self to the Jews as their Messiah; who, having rejected Christ, will then receive the Anti-Christ. He will deceive at first, but in the midst of the week (seven years) will throw off the mask and seek to destroy all who oppose him.