Who Is the Antichrist?i

 BEWARE OF THE ANTICHRIST'S ACTIVITIES TODAY

What about today?  People and organizations making up the antichrist still oppose Christ and his teachings.  They deliberately spread lies and deceptions with the intent of confusing the identity of the Father, Jehovah God, and of his Son, Jesus Christ.  We have good reason to beware of such religious deceptions. Let us look at two examples. 

For centuries, the churches propagated the doctrine of the Trinity, claiming that the Father and the Son are part of the entity. The antichrist thus shrouds in mystery the identity of Jehovah God and Jesus Christ. This mystery hinders sincere people from imitating Jesus Christ and drawing close to God, as the Bible encourages them to. -1 Corinthians 11:1; James 4:8. 

The churches add to the confusion by promoting the use of the Bible translations  that omit God's personal name, Jehovah from the text.  They do this despite the fact that the name Jehovah occurs some 7,000 times in the original text of the Bible.  The result?  The identity of the true God becomes even more shrouded in mystery. 

On the other hand, knowing God's name, Jehovah has helped  many honest-hearted worshippers to draw closer to God. That was the experience of Richard, who recalls a conversation with two of Jehovah's Witnesses.   "They showed me from the Bible that the name of the true God is Jehovah," explains Richard.  "I was fascinated  by the thoughts that God has a personal name, something I had never heard before."  From that point on, he made changes in his life to conform to Bible standards and to please Jehovah.  "Learning God's name has helped me to develop a close relationship with him." 

For centuries, the antichrist has kept millions in spiritual darkness.  But by studying God's Word, the Bible, we are able to learn the true identity of the antichrist and be set free from the antichrist's religious lies and deceptions. -John 17:17

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From the Watchtower magazine, 2015