Spirit of Antichrist
The Antichrist Spirit works to destroy the church from within, especially through deception propagated by false teachers and other deceivers – 1 John 2:18-22. In popular preaching, the Antichrist is a political tyrant bent on world domination. However, Jesus and his Apostles expressed more concerns about the deceivers who would spread false teachings in the Church than world leaders. The New Testament applies ‘ Antichrist ’ and related terms to false teachers infiltrating the Body of Christ to distort apostolic teachings.