when talking about antichrists john writes this...
1 john 2:19..."They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us."
for an antichrist to have 'gone out' from the church means that they were originally 'in the midst' of the church...though not actually -of- the true church as john points out...
i would expect the man of lawlessness to 'hide' in the midst of the church before revealing himself...paul writes in second thessalonians that the mystery of lawlessness was already at work in his time and would be revealed eventually...
1 john 2:19..."They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us."
for an antichrist to have 'gone out' from the church means that they were originally 'in the midst' of the church...though not actually -of- the true church as john points out...
i would expect the man of lawlessness to 'hide' in the midst of the church before revealing himself...paul writes in second thessalonians that the mystery of lawlessness was already at work in his time and would be revealed eventually...
That's a possibility. Put since we as individuals are the temples of God, where would he sit?