Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.
(v18, NIV)
Who is the antichrist? Or, who are these antichrists? These people are false prophets and false teachers. These people do not hold fast to the truth and teach false doctrine. These people do not have fellowship with God, they walk in the darkness and the truth is not in them. These people may even claim to be without sin or to have not sinned. These people do not obey the commands of the Lord. Beware of the antichrist. They may try to deceive you. Do not be deceived.
The presence of the antichrists is also signs of the last hour. Their appearance and existence proves it is the last hour. They simply coincide with the last hour. It seems as if the forces working against God are in an uproar and pooling all their resources in order to deceive and fight against God. Regardless of the reason or how or why, they exist and they exist in the period of the last hour.
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