As an elder and pastor of God’s Church, the Apostle John warned his congregation about the final appearance of the antichrist. He reminds the believers that the antichrist will for sure come, but before it happens, many antichrists have already appeared in numerous congregations then.
In 1 John 2:18–19, John pointed out one of the traits of these antichrists. He stated that these people originally belonged to some Bible-believing local churches, but they finally departed from these congregations. These former so-called believers were in fact false Christians. Not only they departed from the orthodox teaching of the Christian faith, they also devised distorted views on Jesus Christ and salvation. The saddest thing is that these false Christians go around and spread their corrupt beliefs. No wonder John identified these false believers as antichrists.
