Yes, that is the verse that I figured you were using. Notice that prior to that he is referring the "spirit of antichrist."
As I was saying, the spirit of the antichrist are those who deny that Jesus is the Christ. However, there is an individual person prophesied of who is to be revealed in the end times as that coming antichrist. So there are many who have a spirit like that of the antichrist, denying the Father and the Son. And there is a specific individual who will be thee antichrist who is prophesied of.
Well, I respect your honesty in this. It does take time in the word and prayer to understand these things, because it is the Holy Spirit who reveals them to us. For Jesus said regarding Him, "He will bring to your remembrance everything that I have told you and will reveal things yet to come."
Revelation 13 describes both the the first beast which is the antichrist and the second beast who is also referred to as the false prophet as revealed in Rev.16:13 & 19:20.
Another twist on this is the angel who is the beast who once was, now is not and yet will come. Where the antichrist is a literal man, this beast that comes up out of the Abyss is a fallen angel, as revealed in Rev.9:11 as the king of those demonic locusts at the sounding of the 5th trumpet. He's the same one that, after he has come out of the Abyss kills the two witnesses (Rev.11:7). He is also mentioned in Rev.17:8 & 11.
I believe that the antichrist/man of lawlessness, is the one who will establish his seven year covenant with Israel (Dan.9:27). And then when the beast, that fallen angel is released from the Abyss at the sounding of the 5th trumpet which is just prior to the middle of the seven years, he, that beast/angel will come up out of the Abyss and will be the spiritual power behind the antichrist which is when the antichrist breaks his covenant with Israel by causing the daily sacrifices and offerings to cease and sets up that abomination in the holy place within the temple. So I believe that there are two entities intertwined here, the antichrist who is a human being and the beast who is the angel of the Abyss who will empower him.
There are some who claim that Satan is the beast who comes out of the Abyss. However, that would mean that he would have been restricted in the Abyss from John's time to the present, which I do not believe. Satan will not be restricted in the Abyss until the Lord returns to end the age, which takes place after God's wrath has completed and which has not yet begun. In addition, Rev.13 states that Satan will give his power and authority to this coming beast/angel, which demonstrates that they are two individual fallen angels.
"And the dragon (Satan) gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
The second beast with two horns like a lamb, but speaks like a dragon, is the false prophet who will be the false religious entity of the group, who will perform miracles, signs and wonders on behalf of the first beast i.e. for the purpose of lending credibility to his claim of being God. I personally believe that this false prophet will be played by a future pope. I believe that the Roman Catholic church is that woman who rides the beast, i.e. that last day false religious system. Rome is that city that ruled over the kings of the earth at the time John was receiving that information from the angel. She is the one who sits on seven hills. And it states that the woman is dressed in purple and scarlet, which are the exact colors that the bishops and cardinals wear.
