The counterfeit christ

Who will the Antichrist be? Over the centuries, people have gone so far as to assign numbers to letters to try to identify him. Many early believers thought that the Roman emperor Nero was the Antichrist. Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler have also been considered candidates. The truth is—we have no idea. He could be alive today—an adult, teenager, or child—or he may have yet to be born. While we don’t know who he is, today’s passage describes the Antichrist's characteristics.