Who is the Antichrist and why does the Bible mention him? Let's be clear

The tradition of choosing someone in every generation and naming him 'Antichrist', implying that the person is the devil himself who will bring this world to an end, makes us Catholics seem stupid, in both the spiritual and physical sense.

Unfortunately, in fact, the stories about who the Antichrist is, what he looks like and what he should do, do not come from the Bible but from the movies and popularized by conspiracy theorists because they know that humans are more fascinated by evil than good and that the fastest way to get attention is horror.

Yet, the word Antichrist (s) only appeared four times in the Bible and in the sun epistles of John which explains what he means: antichrists are anyone who does not believe that Christ came in the flesh; who teaches heresies, who denies that Jesus is truly God and truly man. However, when we talk about Antichrist today, we mean something totally different to that.

The book of Revelation never mentions the word “Antichrist” and Revelation 13, which is often used to explain who the Antichrist is, has a different meaning from that described in the epistles of John.

To understand Revelation 13, you have to read Revelation 12.

In verse 3 of Revelation 12, we read:
"Then another sign appeared in the sky: a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns and seven diadems on his heads."

Keep these words in mind: RED DRAGON. SEVEN HEADS. TEN HORN. SEVEN DIADEMS.

This red dragon is simply waiting for a woman who was supposed to deliver a child so that she could devour him.

Verse 7 then speaks of the battle between the Archangel Michael and this dragon.

“Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon fought together with his angels, 8 but they did not prevail and there was no longer room for them in heaven ”.

Obviously Michelangelo defeats the dragon and it is there that the identity of this dragon was made known.

Revelation 12,9: "The great dragon, the ancient serpent, the one we call the devil and satan and who seduces all the earth, was cast down to earth and his angels were also cast down with him."

Hence, the dragon is simply Satan, the same Satan who tempted Eve.

Chapter 13 of the Revelation, therefore, is a continuation of the story of this same dragon with seven heads, ten horns, etc. which we now know as the Satan or the Devil defeated by the Archangel Michael.

Let's recap: the book of Revelation speaks of the Devil, the one who was defeated by the Archangel Michael, a former angel by the name of Lucifer. The Epistles of St. John speak of human beings as someone who uses the name of Christ to deceive.

Adapted from CatolichShare.com.