What does Ellen White write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "When you mention that Satan imitates Christ, do you mean that an Antichrist will actually appear physically among people?"
Answer
The provided documents do not answer the question of a physical appearance of the Antichrist unequivocally. They primarily describe the Antichrist as a spirit ('the spirit of the Antichrist') and recognize the papacy as an already existing form of the Antichrist. A direct connection between Satan's imitation of Christ and a future physical incarnation is not found in these excerpts.
Spirit of the Antichrist Instead of a Physical Appearance
»Then there are only two contending powers in the world—the power of Christ and the power of the Antichrist—the Spirit of Christ and the Spirit of the Antichrist. But who is the prince of the power of the air?—Satan. Then it is the spirit of Satan that urges on the children of disobedience.«
Form of the Antichrist Already in the World
»In the Roman Church we recognize a form of the Antichrist. ... 'Every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God; and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.«
Original Sources (English)
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