From tyagi@bjt.net Thu Dec 26 20:47:23 1996 Return-Path: tyagi@bjt.net Received: from kudonet.com (kudonet.com [165.227.52.1]) by bitsy.hollyfeld.org (8.7.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA13230 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 20:47:21 -0500 Received: from kudo20.kudonet.com by kudonet.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id QAA02995; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 16:32:27 -0800 Received: by kudo20.kudonet.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id QAA25856; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 16:24:10 -0800 Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 16:24:10 -0800 Message-Id: <199612270024.QAA25856@kudo20.kudonet.com> To: tyagi@hollyfeld.org Subject: Christianity/9612.bookrev.h From: nagasiva@yronwode.com (nagasiva) Reply-To: nagasiva@yronwode.com (nagasiva) X-Status: Status: O >From: haphaestus@geocities.com (Haphaestus) >Newsgroups: alt.satanism >Subject: Re: Coming of the Anti-Christ >Date: 23 Dec 1996 14:23:45 GMT >Organization: Stygian Blacksmith Studios >Lines: 49 >Message-ID: <59m4lh$q73@news.ld.centuryinter.net> >References: >NNTP-Posting-Host: anxp41.wi.centuryinter.net >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII >X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.8 (x86 32bit) In article , stratthink@dot.wa.gov.au says... > >In christian mythology an AntiChrist is supposed to arrive at some time. > >I presume that the arrival of the anti-christ will mimic the arrival of >Christ - a birth from a human woman. > >Does anyone have any info on how and maybe when the anti-christ is to >arrive, how the woman is to be fertilised, where he is to arrive (it >states in Revelation that he is a he) and any other relevant information >that you may be willing to offer. > >Regards, Lance Chambers. From what I remember, the Anti-Christ is not referred to as the Anti-Christ in the Revelation of St. John; the closest would be the prophet of the Beast. This would imply that only in his relationship to the Beast would the Anti-Christ have any inverted characteristics of the Nazarene, at least out of necessity. The role would be parallel, but not necessarily anything else. However, there are three points to keep in mind about Revelation itself: (1). It was written in the historical context of Roman domination, and most likely was a political document, not an apocalypse per se; (2). The book was only accepted into the canon because of a mistaken belief in authorship. Originally, it gained credibility because theologians believed that it was written by the author of the Gospel of St. John, but it has now been attributed to one John of Patmos; technically, it's not even canonical; (3). Many passages in Revelations were taken (as similarly occurred in the Gospel apocalypses) from the prophecies of the Kethuvim [i.e., the books of the prophets] -- and according to the Neviim [i.e., the writings/histories], they had already occurred, as social, political, or military events. Regards, Haphaestus ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stgyian Blacksmith Studios "Don't quote Crowley, tell me what you think." Editor, The Stygian Forge _Mage: The Ascension_ http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/5380 Haphaestus E-mail with "Cypher" as subject for PGP 2.6.2 public key. Personal posts will be killfiled unless sent encrypted. ----------------------------------------------------------------