I John, 2:18-20

Well, we are going to mind God's Word some more here. And we're going to look at these three verses today, 18, 19, and 20. And let's just read them quickly here. Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that Antichrist is coming, even now many Antichrists have appeared. From this we know that it is the last hour. 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 are all not of us. But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know." So we have pretty unique verses, and they're packed with different ideas and truths. So let's look at the first verse here. This is paideion, and it's just a term for a young child, a little boy or a little girl. It's a neuter noun, so it could be used for either a boy or a girl. And only John uses it.

Westcott, who's a Greek teacher and student that Vincent pulled a lot of his knowledge from, and then Wyss pulls a lot of his knowledge of the Greek language from Vincent. So Westcott wrote at the end of the 1800s, and he said, The Apostle addresses his readers with the authority of age and experience, and not as dwelling on the thought of spiritual kinship.

So, it's just his observation about this Paideion word. And Jesus uses this same word when He addresses His disciples after the resurrection. Remember when the disciples are out attempting to fish again, and Jesus shows up on the shore and talks to them. And so I have it here. It's a pretty neat story.

We won't read all of it. Simon Peter said to the other disciples, I'm going fishing. And they said, we'll also come with you. They went out and got into the boat and that night they caught nothing. They had to be real thin guys, you know. I don't think they ate very well.

But when the day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. So Jesus said to them, Children, you do not have any fish, do you? And they answered, No. So he says, Cast your net on the right side of the boat. Anyway, this term children used by Jesus is the same one that John uses here in 1 John.

So, children, it is the last hour. It is, is a me, to be. And of course, this is one of our, it's our chief word of 1 John. Used the most times out of any other word in the book. And it shows up like two other times this morning. It's the, to be. And it's also present tense. So, children, it is, present tense, right now and continuing, the last hour. And you want to try to translate this one? It is.

Okay, it is the last hour. We'll look at the two words last and hour separately and then we'll look at the phrase last hour together. Last is eschatos, just pertaining to be the last in a series of objects or events. It's an adjective. It's used only a couple times by John.

Hour is hora. And hour in the New Testament, this word hora, has different meanings. It can refer to a definite time or a season of the year, like spring, summer, fall, or winter. You would use that word, hora. It also refers to the day time. And it also refers to an actual hour of the day. The two o'clock hour, the three o'clock hour. Or it can also be used for any definite time, any point of time, a moment.

So it can be used in a lot of different ways. The phrase together, last hour, eschate hora, is anarthrous, and that's a funny way to say it doesn't have the definite article. We'll see the significance of that in a second. But this verse is the only place in the entire New Testament where this phrase, last hour, is found. Apparently John leaves off the definite article, the, to emphasize the character of the period and not the specific relationship of his hour to the end. The hour that John is describing is a last hour. It has the characteristics of being a last hour.

It's not the final hour, like the final literal hour in the church age or before the 70th week of Daniel kicks in, but it is a last hour. Does that make sense? So are you saying that was put in the, or is it something else? Because the is not there. Often times, if he would have put the in there, he could have been more specific, and could have said, hey, this is the final hour. And some Bible students do interpret it that way, and they say, okay, he doesn't have the definite article in there, but he still means it's the final hour.

And in a sense, he's right. That can be right, because the Lord could return at any second. And in that sense, it's always the final hour for the Christian, because the Lord, we're to expect His coming at any time. The rapture could occur at any minute. No. I don't believe so, because we'll see in a minute, in this same verse, he's talking about the Antichrist. I believe he's talking about the tribulation and the final period.

Is there a characteristic of this time period? Actually, I was reading a little bit too on this. The thing about it, John's saying that now, and now we're only 2,000 years from that time period, the last hour is characterized by... It would be a long period of time. It is. It is a long period of time.

The reason I ask is this. It usually tends to the Church as imminent, but the final graph, if you will, is preceded by a number of signs. That's right. So that's the difference between the two. And in the last hour, we're still seeing it. It's going on in his age. In fact, one commentator suggested that time, the prophetic clock, kind of clicked on linearly, and then when we come to the church age, now it goes vertically. It continued horizontally until the church age, then it's continuing vertically until the rapture and then the 70th week of Daniel kicks in. So it's that way again. So it's always the final hour in the sense that it could end at any minute.

But I think it's a good way to interpret this phrase to go ahead and see that John left the definite article off on purpose. And we'll see here in the next slide that John is usually very specific and exact, not always. But usually, he's specific and exact, and he uses the definite article, the, in his writing when he refers to the timing of events. For example, I have two examples.

Christ's crucifixion, when it shows up in John's Gospel, is often referred to by Christ as the hour. So Christ refers to it as my hour, but when he does, he says my the hour. So he's very specific. My hour has not come. But literally, it's my the hour has not come. talking about his crucifixion very specifically.

Also, in the Gospel, when the resurrection at the last day comes up, the definite article is always there as well. So, it's my opinion and interpretation that if John wanted the definite article included there before the last hour, he would have put it there. So, instead, John is saying that the present time period is a last hour. It has the characteristics of being the final period, but not the specific last hour in the first century when John wrote his letter.

And it's funny. I like to look at a lot of different commentaries when I study, if I have time. And I have a wide range. I have a lot of sound commentaries. So I'll study the passage myself, and then I'll look at the sound commentaries. But I also have several liberal commentaries, because they have good input at times, and I don't totally disregard their writings, but they say that John made a mistake here, and he thought it was the final hour, and John was just wrong. And of course, I'm sitting there hitting my head on the table. How can you say that about God's Word? Because they're just admitting that it has errors, and they don't have a problem with that.

Let's go on to the next section. And just as you heard, that Antichrist is coming. You heard is the verb akuō. We've seen this before. It's aorist tense, indicative mood, so it's just he's stating something that happened in the past, we heard. It's one of our key words, again, used 14 times. you heard that Antichrist is coming, Antichristos.

This definition is really good of Antichrist. One who is opposed to Christ in the sense of usurping the role of Christ. And apparently there's been a big debate over the years as to the definition of Antichrist. On one side, people say, well, Antichrist is one opposed to Christ, because anti means against. Then on the other side, people have said, well, no, Antichrist refers to one who takes the place of Christ, because anti can also mean instead of. But actually, the word Antichrist should include both of those definitions.

And that's what this definition does, it includes both. So it's one who is opposed to Christ, in the sense of usurping His role. It's used four times in 1 John, and then once in 2 John, and that's the only time this phrase shows up in the entire Bible. Now this is in Arthrus as well, no definite article. And here, the absence of the article shows that it had become, Antichrist had become current as a technical or proper name.

Okay, you ready to get technical? If we haven't been already. This is pretty neat, and so you have this in your notes, you can save this. This is talking about that definite article and names in Greek. It says, in narrative, when a participant is first mentioned, reference to him or her by name typically is anarthrus, no definite article. However, once he or she has been introduced, subsequent references to him by name within the same incident are arthrus. I guess that means that it has the definite article. And that's what's going on here in our phrase.

Just as you heard that Antichrist is coming, well it doesn't have the definite article, but it's because he's talking about a name. And then the other times that Antichrist does show up in 1 John, the definite article is there. So this fits real well with 1 John.

So we've said that the term antichrist is only used by John like four times. Twice in our verse, once in, I don't know, more than four times. Let me back up. Four times in 1 John and then once in 2 John. But in the scripture, the antichrist is referred to by other names and by other descriptions. So we're going to spend a few minutes looking at some of those. Jesus refers to him in John 5, he says, I have come in my Father's name, and you did not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

And it seems that Jesus is referring to the Antichrist. Again, he would come to the Jews, and they would accept him, because he will make a treaty with them for seven years, and break it in the middle, which we'll see. Now Paul calls the Antichrist the son of destruction, or the King James says the son of perdition. Paul also calls him the man of lawlessness or the man of sin.

We'll look at both of those passages here. Let no one in any way deceive you, for the day of the Lord will not come unless the apostasy comes first. And this is what Ben was talking about. The day of the Lord, the tribulation. there are definite things that will happen before the tribulation occurs.

And so that's why Paul writes them in Thessalonians, to clarify these things. Because a lot of the Christians were worried that the rapture had already occurred, and so Paul writes to clarify. So Paul says, the day of the Lord, talking about the tribulation period, will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God." And then later Paul says again, "...for the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way, referring to the Holy Spirit, then that lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will slay with the breath of his mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of his coming, that is, the one whose coming is in accordance with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.

And we're going to keep looking at passages, and you'll see that Daniel and Revelation, John and Revelation, they're repeating the same truths about the Antichrist. It's pretty neat. Okay, now Daniel calls the Antichrist the Little Horn. Daniel also calls him the Beast.

And in Daniel 7, While I was contemplating the horns, and I inserted the ten horns of the fourth beast, because Daniel has visions of four beasts, each representing a nation, and the final nation, the fourth beast, had ten horns. So he beheld another horn, a little one, coming up among them. And three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it. And behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth uttering great boasts."

And a mouth uttering great boasts, we'll see, comes up. It went out on us. Timed out. A mouth uttering great boasts comes up in some of the other passages in Scripture to describe the Antichrist. He's real boisterous, he's proud, he's loud. Verse 11, then I kept looking because of the sound of the boastful words which the horn was speaking. I kept looking until the beast was slain and its body was destroyed and giving to burning fire. And we'll see in Revelation that's exactly what happens to the beast. He ends up in the lake of fire with the false prophet and Satan.

Hey guys, we're studying the dark antichrist. Okay, we'll skip this one. No, I'll read this one. Daniel 7, a little more. I kept looking and that horn was waging war with the saints and overpowering them. And he will speak out against the Most High, and wear down the saints of the Highest One.

And he will intend to make alterations in times and in the law. And they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time. And that, of course, if you're familiar with prophecy, is a reference to three and a half years. But the court will sit for judgment, and his dominion will be taken away, annihilated, and destroyed forever.

Now Daniel also calls him the king in 11. So far we have the son of destruction, the man of lawlessness, the little horn, the beast, the antichrist, and now the king. And we'll only read part of this passage Then the king will do as he pleases, and he will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and will speak monstrous things against the god of gods, and he will prosper until the indignation is finished, for that which is decreed will be done. He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the desire of women, nor will he show regard for any other god, for he will magnify himself above them all.

And then it goes to describe quite a bit more of his actions through the end of verse 45. Okay. And by the way, we're going to look at a lot of these passages, but these are only a sampling. So the Bible is full of references to this guy. So we're just going to look at a few verses. And a lot of the Old Testament minor prophets refer to him as well, but I didn't go there other than Daniel.

Now in Revelation, John first refers to the Antichrist as the rider of the first two horses in Revelation 6, the rider of the white horse and then the red horse. Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and this is the beginning of the Tribulation, chapter 6 starts the Tribulation period, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with the voice of thunder, I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. When he broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come. And another, a red horse, went out, and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another, and a great sword was given to him.

Then, throughout the rest of John, the Antichrist is referred to as the Beast. We'll look at some of these. When they, the two martyrs, have finished their testimony, the Beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them and overcome them and kill them. And then in 13, I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed.

And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast. They worshipped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the beast, and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him? It was also given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him."

Again, very similar to what Daniel was describing. Let's see, when did Daniel write? Not quite a thousand years before this, a little less than that. And then in 17, the ten horns which you saw, remember these are the ten horns that Daniel saw as well.

The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour. These have one purpose and they give their power and authority to the beast. And now we'll look at the end of the beast in Scripture. And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against him who sat on the horse, of course referring to Christ. and against his army, and the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet, who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and those who worshipped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire, which burns with brimstone, and the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of him who sat on the horse, again Christ, and all the birds were filled with their flesh. And then in 2010, we see that the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also, and they will be tormented day and night, forever and ever. Kind of a good ending to the beast story here.

And believe it or not, that's just a sampling of the Bible passages that talk about the beast. There's a lot more. And so what I didn't do was come to a lot of conclusions and outline about the different characteristics of the beast and the different things that he'll do. But he'll come up again in verse 22, so maybe Brad will do that, I don't know.

Okay, so just as you heard that Antichrist is coming, and his coming is Urkamai, simply means to come, to appear, to make one's appearance, to come before the public. It's present tense. And it's also a deponent. And for the Greek geeks, a deponent is simply a verb in the middle or passive voice, but it has an active voice and function or meaning. So that'll mean something to you if you're familiar with Greek. It's used five times in John.

Then he says, even now, many antichrists have appeared. And this is the same word as before, antichrists. It's anarthrist, lacking the definite article. And the focus is on the character of many people who are like the Antichrist. And we spent some time before, April and Brad, showing that the Antichrist, the first time John refers to it in this verse, is the actual Antichrist. But now we're going to determine that, but many Antichrists have appeared. Antichrist now is referring to people who have the character of the Antichrist. And so in what way, how are these many Antichrists like the coming Antichrist?

Our definition of Antichrist was this, one who is opposed to Christ in the sense of usurping the role of Christ. So then these people that John's Christians know are like this. And we'll go ahead and look at a couple of other verses in 1 John before we answer the question entirely.

22 and 23, it says, Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, and the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. So here, the Antichrist is the one who denies the Father, denies that Jesus... I'm sorry, denies the Father and the Son, the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ or the Messiah.

And then in chapter 4, Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God. Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the Antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world. So, the spirit of the Antichrist is that which does not confess that Jesus is from God.

So, to answer the question, how are these people that John and the other Christians know like the Antichrist? It seems that they were this way because they denied that Jesus was the Messiah, And they denied that Jesus Christ came in the flesh, had an actual physical body. And remember, that was one of the teachings of the Gnostics, that Jesus didn't have an actual physical body, it just appeared that he had a body. Okay? You guys comfortable with that? So they were like the Antichrist in this way.

They denied that Jesus was the Messiah, and that he came in the flesh. And of course, if Jesus didn't come in the flesh, then He didn't die on the cross for our sins, and that's a problem. Many Antichrists have appeared, this is Ginnomai, to come into existence.

Perfect tense, which means, look at our diagram of the different tenses. Perfect tense is a completed action, a completed past action, with ongoing results into the present. So they appeared in the past, but the result of their appearing still is affecting John to this day. And it's another deponent verb, used only once in 1 John.

And then he says, from this we know that it is the last hour. We know gnosko. to know, to understand, to perceive. We know, present tense, it's also, gnosko is also one of our key words in the book, and would just be translated, we are knowing. From this, we are knowing that it is the last hour, And this is the exact same clause as we've already seen earlier in the verse.

So he just repeats the exact same thing. It is the last hour. And there is no definite article in this clause either. So in summary, verse 18, children, it is a last hour. And just as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many Antichrists, or persons like the Antichrist, have appeared. From this we know that it is the last hour.

Now verse 19, they went out from us, but they were not really of us. And this is where it gets kind of wild. 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. Let's look at it here.

They went out, Urkamai, to go or to come out of, airs tense, indicative mood. So it's something that happened in the past, as a matter of fact. They went out from us. Ex-Urkamai is used twice in 1 John. So who went out from us? And of course it's the many who are like the Antichrist. They went out from us. From is just a little preposition, x. Us is just a personal pronoun, hemon. They went out from us.

And who is us? and I believe it's just the Christians of Asia Minor to whom John is writing. Here's a map. Most likely, if you remember from our introduction class, John was writing from Ephesus. Church tradition says that's where he resided. And he would have been writing to the churches in the area. And then here are some of the main churches in the area. And of course, these are also the churches that the Lord addresses in the first three chapters of Revelation as well. Of course, written by John.

But they were not really of us. And Amy is, of course, the same verb we've already seen this morning. But it's imperfect tense. And if you remember what imperfect tense is, it's a continuous action in the past. So it's something that was ongoing in the past. It's not necessarily happening today, but it was ongoing in the past. So they were in the past, not really of us. for if they had been of us, and again, this is Amy, if they had been of us, they would have remained with us. And remained is meno, we've seen that before, it's also one of our key words of the book.

It just means to abide, to remain, to continue to be present. Now this is in the pluperfect tense, so this is why This verse is quite unusual. We've had present tense and perfect tense, and now we have pluperfect tense. And so I'll remind you what that is. Pluperfect tense is a past action, a completed past action that had results, but the results were even in the past. So the difference between the perfect tense and the pluperfect tense is that the perfect tense is a past action that's completed, but its results are ongoing into the present. Well, the pluperfect tense is a past action that's completed, and its results were ongoing into the past, but not necessarily the present. So that's what John is writing here. So they would have remained with us in the past.

And so it's used 24 times right there in our word list. And also, out of the 120 times where it shows up in the New Testament, John uses it 68 times. So this is one of John's favorite words. But they went out. So the text inserts, but they went out. And it's actually not even in the actual Greek text, but it's implied. So the translators go ahead and they put it in there for us. But they went out so that.

Okay, do you remember what this is? This is going to be Hina. So that, in order that... Yeah, yeah. Let me back up. Yes. No, I didn't. Let's see here. Right there. For if they had been with us. You know, I didn't look at that. Okay, yeah, I didn't look at that. No, no, usually I look at that, but I didn't look at that. Okay, so that, again, it's hena, which is just in order of that to the end that.

We saw earlier that Hina plus a subjunctive verb comprises roughly one-third of all subjunctive verbs in the New Testament. And it answers the question why. They went out from us so that it would be shown. It would be shown as phanerao, to cause to become visible, and this is in the subjunctive mood, then to go with Hina. The other thing to notice here is that the verb is actually in the third-person plural. So, at the top, the New American Standard translates it, so that it would be shown, but actually it should be, so that they, because it's third-person plural, so that they might be made manifest. And also it's passive, so that they might be made manifest. So the ones that were like the Antichrist went out from these Christians so that they would be made manifest, so that their true character would be known. On that last phrase, they translate it so that it would be shown.

What do you have there? And again, possibly they're looking at a different text, but I'm using the text that the Numerican Standard uses, so I'm not sure why they did that. So they have that note in there. Oh, okay. So why didn't they just do that? They probably have a reason, and I don't know it. And there's probably a reason, I obviously don't know it.

So that it would be made manifested that they all are not of us, and they are as Amy again. All is pan, any, everyone, and all is referring to every single one, all of the many antichrist-like persons who went out from the Christians in Asia Minor. So in summary, and again this verse has a lot of phrases in it, and one that's just implied, 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 they might be made manifest, that they all are not of us.

And then I have a question. Is John talking about physically remaining with us or something else? What do you think? it would be physical as well. And I think that definitely doctrinally is I guess the catalyst or the reason that they left physically is that they were doctrinally different. If they're teaching that Jesus didn't come in the flesh, that Jesus wasn't the Messiah, wasn't God, then that's a huge doctrinal error.

Alright, now lastly we have this little tiny verse. But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. Okay, so first that was kind of odd, but let's see what's going on here, what happens here. But you have echo, to have or to possess. We've seen this before as well. It's present tense, so we are right now having, and that's actually significant. It's used 28 times and is one of the key words of the book. Number three.

And it's translated, you are having, right now and continuing on, you are having an anointing. Anointing is charisma, anything smeared on, ointment. So you have ointment from the Holy One. Alright, so that's pretty clear. Any questions? Alright, just kidding.

Alright, so this ointment was usually prepared by the Hebrews from oil and aromatic herbs. And then in the Old Testament, anointing was the inaugural ceremony for priests, for kings, and also sometimes prophets. And by it, they were regarded as endued with the Holy Spirit and divine gifts. And I put some references down there, you can take a look at those, a couple of pictures. This is actually, you guys are familiar with Indiana Jones, the movies that Hollywood put out. Well, they were actually made after an archaeologist, Vendel Jones. And this is an oil container that he found in Israel that's pretty ancient.

And I don't know the story behind it. I just found it last night before the New Year. But that's actually from Israel in the Old Testament times. Okay, so still we don't really know what John's talking about yet here. You have anointing from the Holy One. Alright, what's that? Well, this word is used only three times in the entire New Testament, and all three are right here in 1 John. So let's peek at those before we finish.

1 John 2.27 says this, As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him." So, that's sounding familiar now. The anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you, but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. So, any clues yet as to what this anointing is talking about?

Any ideas? Sounds like the Holy Spirit. Yeah. And we'll look at something else here. So it does sound like it's talking about the Holy Spirit. And then further, look at this, John 14, 26, Jesus says, But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. So again, very similar to what John just described in 2, 27. And then, of course, in 16, the Holy Spirit comes up again.

I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth. for he will not speak on his own initiative, but whatever he hears, he will speak, and he will disclose to you what is to come. He will glorify me, for he will take of mine, and will disclose it to you. All things that the Father has are mine, therefore I said that he takes of mine, and will disclose it to you.

So I think we can clearly conclude that this anointing is referring to the Holy Spirit. And this is our biggest clue right here, 227. The anointing which you receive from Him abides in you. You have no need for anyone to teach you, but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and just as it has taught you, abide in Him." So, yeah, clearly it's the Holy Spirit.

I think this is great, because honestly, when I was approaching this verse, I had never studied this before, so I didn't have a clue what it was talking about. So I saw Roger gave me this one, the anointing. What is that? But it's pretty neat. If you look at scripture, it interprets itself. I was supposed to be teaching this. It's there for us to mine out. Yeah, it's pretty exciting.

So you have an anointing from the Holy One. You have, and also notice this, that you have, remember the slide previously, we noted that have, echo, is present tense, which means right now and continuing. So we have the Holy Spirit right now and continuing.

From, you have an anointing from, a pa, just a preposition from, from the holy one, hagios. And of course, this is holy or set apart one from the holy one. It's an adjective, just hagios. It's an adjective used substantively. So it's all by itself. It has the definite article. So it's the holy one. And who is the holy one? It's not really fair asking a question if you haven't studied it, but what do you think? Who is the Holy One? Christ. Christ? Alright. Okay, oh, I had one more thought. We know the anointing is the Holy Spirit, so who sent the Holy Spirit? Oh, I had to throw that in there. Not Benny Hinn. And he has a book, of course, called The Anointing.

Well, from John 14 we see this, I will ask the Father, this is Christ asking the Father, and He will give you another helper, the Holy Spirit. So, I believe that the Holy One is talking about the Father. It's definitely for sure that the Spirit comes forth from both the Father and the Son. There is a progression. The Father sent the Son and when the Son leaves the Spirit comes. So there is a progression.

And I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away. Or if I do not go away, the helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. Scratch off. Well, yeah, but I specifically said the Father, so we've got to scratch that. Scripture specifically says the Father, not Josiah. And definitely not Benny. Okay, alright, so you can add Christ and the Father, and you know it's there. But there's also the progression idea, you know, that the father sent the son, and the son left, and the spirit came.

Yeah. So they're both, you know, both true. Yeah. Yeah. I think your statement is totally correct. Yeah. I don't think any of the specificity was quite thought of that way. Yeah. You guys are too kind. Okay, the Holy One. It's only used two times in 1 John, but it shows up quite a bit in other parts of Scripture.

And lastly, and you all know, know his oida. We've seen this before already, to know, to have knowledge of. It's in the perfect tense, but it actually has the present tense meaning, so it's in a regular verb. a little difference here between Gnosko and Oida. Gnosko frequently suggests inception or beginning of knowledge, or progression in knowledge, while Oida suggests the fullness of knowledge. And you all know, Oida is one of the key words of the book as well, and you all know.

So what is this verse saying, and why? Briefly, all the Antichrist-like persons who doctrinally left the Christians clearly did not know the truth. We've seen that in the preceding two verses. They did not know the truth. However, John's brethren are indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and as a result of his teaching ministry, all know the truth. And he makes a point to throw in all. And then Brad will teach more on knowing. Because the next several verses continue this theme of knowing the truth.

But we have to cut it off. Would that truth just be the knowledge or would it be Jesus himself? The truth? I don't know. Because it does say that in verse 21, it talks about knowing the truth. Of course, Jesus is the truth, I'm the way, the truth, and the life. But I didn't study it to see what he exactly was talking about.

Well Brad, it's very much interesting to note that the You know all things. Yeah, on this, at the end of verse 20. Yeah, that was confusing because you see right here, it says, and you all know. Well, some translate it, and you know all things. And so, I looked at that word, all, And it's masculine. And it was masculine right here as well. Where is it? Right here. They are not of us. So it's masculine here. It's masculine here.

And then in John, when the Holy Spirit talks about the Comforter teaching you all things, it's neuter. And in another occasion, it's feminine. So it seems like The all here is talking about people, whereas in John, when it's talking about teaching you all things, it's talking about actually the content of what's being taught. But again, I'm not a translator, so I don't know all the reasons why they do that.

Do you guys have anything to add? Because we're out of time. Alright, let's pray. Lord, thanks for letting us go over these three verses and review a little bit about the Antichrist that will come. And we thank you that because of our relationship to Christ and position in Him, being a part of the church, that we'll get to be dining with you when that all is going on down here. But please continue to teach us your word, and give Brad wisdom as he studies this week for next in Jesus' name, Amen.