The wicked has been revealed as the antichrist. The spirit of lies who sits in the Holy place . There were many antichrists as there are today. They were there when the new testament was still being inspired . The word antichrist is clearly defined as a warning in 1 John 2:26-27.
The way I understand the warning to believers is that if any man seen insists we need him to teach us or we are in great danger with out him as a mediator between God and man we have had a run in with a antichrist run away. Those who stayed in Georgetown trusting James Jones as a antichrist mediator between God and man where part of a great deception of the god of this world
A beautiful portion of the gospel
These things have I written
unto you concerning them that seduce you.But the
anointing which ye have received
of him abideth in you, and
ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same
anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and
even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. 1 John1:26-27
Its how we know we are in the last days or last times indicated by the metaphor "thousands years" to represent a unknown . Twice he informs us we are I the last period of time before the Sun and moon the temporal times keepers are under the feet of His chaste virgin bride the church.
1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the
last time: and as ye have heard that
antichrist shall come, even now are there many
antichrists; whereby we know that it is the
last time.
Notice how the wording changes from antichrist singular to the plural form ….antichrists .It can help aid the understanding of a antichrist.
From what I understand there are some that want to make the holy place a place visible to the human eye and not as what the holy place does represent, the unseen glory of God, which will be the light in the new heavens and earth. There will be no night as darkness in the New heavenly Jerusalem .
Rather than using the scripture as a sign and wonder to seek after, seeing the last the sign was the sign of Jonas it has been fulfilled at the cross . look to the time period that reveals…. even
now are there
many antichrists;
Like you mentioned. What is his primary goal? To oppose and blaspheme God while he calls Himself God and Christ (hence Anti-Christ).
I don't think we have to look any further than Peter used as one of the many antichrists (plural) .He was was forgiven of his blasphemy as one who cooperated with the spirit of the antichrist (singular), Satan . We I would think from that lesson must learn to distinguish the difference between the unseen eternal "things of God" and the temporal "things seen of men" .It is that which offends our God not seen .Taking away his holy high place, the unseen eternal.
The church is given as a representative glory. The true comes as the light of the gospel. The glory of the unseen Lord
Remember we do not wrestles against flesh and blood (like Peter or any man) we do not know Christ after flesh and blood as that which he said profits for nothing. But do wrestle against the holy unseen place of spirits and principalities.(the glory of God) And not as f we are looking for a literal temple. None will appear the veil is rent .The time of reformation has come.
Below, the revealing of the motive of operation of the antichrist Satan, Peter blaspheming the Son of man. (forgivable) His goal to make the cross, the gospel of Christ without effect
Note.....
(purple in parenthesis) my added suggestion
Then
Peter took
him, and began to rebuke
him, saying, Be it far from
thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. But
he turned, and said unto
Peter, Get
thee behind
me,(eternal God, not seen) Satan: thou art an
offence unto me(eternal God, not seen) : for
thou savourest
not the things that be of God, but
those that be of men.
(the temporal seen) Mathew 16:22-23
Matthew 12:31-32 Wherefore I say
unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: (as that seen) but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost (not seen) shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, (seen)
it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost,
(not seen) it
shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world,
neither in the world to come.
Today now that the Son of man in respect to the temporal corrupted flesh named Jesus has departed never to appear again in the flesh (2 Corintiansa 5:16) Today seeing there is no longer the son of Man , blasphemy against the holy high place of our unseen God will not be forgiven. We walk by faith the unseen eternal not by sight the temporal as if it was the holy high place, our glorious God who remains without form.