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<!-- Image with inadequate rationale removed: [[File:Lord Asriel.jpg|250px|right|thumb|[[Lord Asriel]] as the Antichrist in the series ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' by [[Philip Pullman]]]] -->
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'''[[Antichrist]]''' characters have been the continuing subject of speculation and attraction, often explored in fiction and media, and the character has developed its own fictional mythology apart from biblical scripture. For example, the [[Book of Revelation]] does not say the Antichrist will be the son of Satan (it doesn't even mention him), but the idea was made popular in at least two movies, ''[[The Omen]]'', and its sequels, with the evil child, Damien, who grows up with the destiny to rule and destroy the world, and ''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]'' with her son, Adrian.
'''[[Antichrist]]''' characters have been the continuing subject of speculation and attraction, often explored in fiction and media, and the character has developed its own fictional mythology apart from biblical scripture. For example, the [[Book of Revelation]] does not say the Antichrist will be the son of Satan (it does not even mention him), but the idea was made popular in at least two movies, ''[[The Omen]]'', and its sequels, with the evil child, Damien, who grows up with the destiny to rule and destroy the world, and ''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]'' with her son, Adrian.


In fact, the five uses of the term "antichrist" or "antichrists" in the [[Johannine epistles]] do not clearly present a single latter-day individual Antichrist. The articles "the deceiver" or "the antichrist" are usually seen as marking out a certain category of persons, rather than an individual.<ref>{{cite book|first=Robert|last=Yarbrough|title=1-3 John|publisher=[[Baker Publishing Group|Baker Academic]]|location=Ada, Michigan|ISBN=9780801026874|page=344|date=2008|quote=The articles in front of "deceiver" (ὁ πλάνος, ''ho planos'') and "antichrist" (ὁ ἀντίχριστος, ''ho antikhristos'') should be seen as marking out a certain category of persons (Wallace 1996: 227–30). This is a common Johannine usage (1 John 2:23)}}</ref>
In fact, the five uses of the term "antichrist" or "antichrists" in the [[Johannine epistles]] do not clearly present a single latter-day individual Antichrist. The articles "the deceiver" or "the antichrist" are usually seen as marking out a certain category of persons, rather than an individual.<ref>{{cite book|first=Robert|last=Yarbrough|title=1-3 John|publisher=[[Baker Publishing Group|Baker Academic]]|location=Ada, Michigan|isbn=9780801026874|page=344|date=2008|quote=The articles in front of "deceiver" (ὁ πλάνος, ''ho planos'') and "antichrist" (ὁ ἀντίχριστος, ''ho antikhristos'') should be seen as marking out a certain category of persons (Wallace 1996: 227–30). This is a common Johannine usage (1 John 2:23)}}</ref>
{{quote|Little children, it is the last hour: and as you have heard that Antichrist cometh, even now there are become many Antichrists: whereby we know that it is the last hour.|1 John 2:18 [[Douay-Rheims]]}}
{{blockquote|Little children, it is the last hour: and as you have heard that Antichrist cometh, even now there are become many Antichrists: whereby we know that it is the last hour.|1 John 2:18 [[Douay-Rheims]]}}


{{quote|Many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh; any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist!|2 John 1:7 [[NRSV]] (1989)}}
{{blockquote|Many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh; any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist!|2 John 1:7 [[NRSV]] (1989)}}


{{quote|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.|1 John 2:22 NRSV (1989)}}
{{blockquote|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.|1 John 2:22 NRSV (1989)}}


{{quote|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. 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.|1 John 4:2–3 NRSV (1989)}}
{{blockquote|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. 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.|1 John 4:2–3 NRSV (1989)}}


Consequently, attention for an individual Antichrist figure focuses on the second chapter of [[2 Thessalonians]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Jeffrey Alan David|last1=Weima|author-link1=Jeffrey A. D. Weima|first2=Stanley E.|last2=Porter|author-link2=Stanley E. Porter|title=Annotated Bibliography of 1 & 2 Thessalonians|publisher=[[Brill Publishers]]|location=Leiden, Netherlands|page=263|date=1998|quote=(2) Does the New Testament support the notion of an individual Antichrist in whom all the anti-Christian strife of all ages will be concentrated? 2 Thess 2 answers the second question in the affirmative: an individual Antichrist will bring evil to its ...}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Anthony A.|last=Hoekma|author-link=Anthony A. Hoekema|title=The Bible and the Future|publisher=[[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company]]|location=Grand Rapids, Michigan|page=[https://archive.org/details/biblefuture0000hoek/page/159 159]|date=1979|ISBN=978-0802808516|quote=Whereas [[Berkouwer]] states, "There is no reason to posit with certainty on the basis of the New Testament that the antichrist ... 2. particularly his statements about the "restrainer," compel us to believe that there will be a future, individual antichrist.|url=https://archive.org/details/biblefuture0000hoek/page/159}}</ref> However, the term "antichrist" is never used in this passage:
Consequently, attention for an individual Antichrist figure focuses on the second chapter of [[2 Thessalonians]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Jeffrey Alan David|last1=Weima|author-link1=Jeffrey A. D. Weima|first2=Stanley E.|last2=Porter|author-link2=Stanley E. Porter|title=Annotated Bibliography of 1 & 2 Thessalonians|publisher=[[Brill Publishers]]|location=Leiden, Netherlands|page=263|date=1998|quote=(2) Does the New Testament support the notion of an individual Antichrist in whom all the anti-Christian strife of all ages will be concentrated? 2 Thess 2 answers the second question in the affirmative: an individual Antichrist will bring evil to its ...}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Anthony A.|last=Hoekma|author-link=Anthony A. Hoekema|title=The Bible and the Future|publisher=[[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company]]|location=Grand Rapids, Michigan|page=[https://archive.org/details/biblefuture0000hoek/page/159 159]|date=1979|isbn=978-0802808516|quote=Whereas [[Berkouwer]] states, "There is no reason to posit with certainty on the basis of the New Testament that the antichrist ... 2. particularly his statements about the "restrainer," compel us to believe that there will be a future, individual antichrist.|url=https://archive.org/details/biblefuture0000hoek/page/159}}</ref> However, the term "antichrist" is never used in this passage:


{{quote|As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg you, brothers and sisters, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as though from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here. Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the lawless one is revealed, the one destined for destruction. He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God.|2 Thessalonians 2:1–4 NRSV (1989)}}
{{blockquote|As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg you, brothers and sisters, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as though from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here. Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the lawless one is revealed, the one destined for destruction. He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God.|2 Thessalonians 2:1–4 NRSV (1989)}}


{{quote|For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but only until the one who now restrains it is removed. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of his mouth, annihilating him by the manifestation of his coming. The coming of the lawless one is apparent in the working of Satan, who uses all power, signs, lying wonders, and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.|2 Thessalonians 2:7–10 NRSV (1989)}}
{{blockquote|For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but only until the one who now restrains it is removed. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of his mouth, annihilating him by the manifestation of his coming. The coming of the lawless one is apparent in the working of Satan, who uses all power, signs, lying wonders, and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.|2 Thessalonians 2:7–10 NRSV (1989)}}


Although the word "antichrist" (Greek ''antikhristos'') is used only in the Epistles of John, the similar word "pseudochrist" (Greek ''pseudokhristos'', meaning "false messiah") is used by Jesus in the [[Gospel]]s:<ref name=pseudochrist>{{cite book|first=Ulrich|last=Mauser|title=The Gospel of Peace: A Scriptural Message for Today's World|date=1992|page=70|quote=From Josephus's writings we collect, first of all, without much critical comment, some statements showing the close affinity of the … nowhere in his extensive accounts of the Jewish–Roman war uses the word "pseudo-Christ" (pseudochristos).}}</ref>
Although the word "antichrist" (Greek ''antikhristos'') is used only in the Epistles of John, the similar word "pseudochrist" (Greek ''pseudokhristos'', meaning "false messiah") is used by Jesus in the [[Gospel]]s:<ref name=pseudochrist>{{cite book|first=Ulrich|last=Mauser|title=The Gospel of Peace: A Scriptural Message for Today's World|date=1992|page=70|quote=From Josephus's writings we collect, first of all, without much critical comment, some statements showing the close affinity of the … nowhere in his extensive accounts of the Jewish–Roman war uses the word "pseudo-Christ" (pseudochristos).}}</ref>


{{quote|For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and produce great signs and omens, to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.|Matthew 24:24 and Mark 13:22 NRSV (1989)}}
{{blockquote|For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and produce great signs and omens, to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.|Matthew 24:24 and Mark 13:22 NRSV (1989)}}


== Portrayals ==
== Portrayals ==
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*A nameless leader that assumes the reinstituted office of Roman Emperor, in ''The Tale of Anti-Christ'' by [[Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov|Vladimir Solovyov]]
*A nameless leader that assumes the reinstituted office of Roman Emperor, in ''The Tale of Anti-Christ'' by [[Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov|Vladimir Solovyov]]
*Jake Gray in ''[[Devour (film)|Devour]]''
*Jake Gray in ''[[Devour (film)|Devour]]''
*Jesse, a human/demon hybrid in the ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]'' episode [[Supernatural (season 5)#ep88|''I Believe the Children Are Our Future'']], is confirmed as the Antichrist by the angel [[Castiel (Supernatural)|Castiel]]. Unlike most personifications of the Antichrist, Jesse is neutrally aligned, able to be deterred from his "destined" path when [[Sam Winchester]] tells him the whole truth about his origins and capabilities.
*Jesse, a human/demon hybrid in the ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]'' episode [[Supernatural season 5#ep88|''I Believe the Children Are Our Future'']], is confirmed as the Antichrist by the angel [[Castiel (Supernatural)|Castiel]]. Unlike most personifications of the Antichrist, Jesse is neutrally aligned, able to be deterred from his "destined" path when [[Sam Winchester]] tells him the whole truth about his origins and capabilities.
* The talking ape [[Shift (Narnia)|Shift]] in [[C. S. Lewis]]' ''[[The Last Battle]]''.
*The talking ape [[Shift (Narnia)|Shift]] in [[C. S. Lewis]]' ''[[The Last Battle]]''.
*Stone Alexander (played by [[Michael York (actor)|Michael York]]) in the films ''[[The Omega Code]]'',<ref name="Stone Alexander 1">{{cite news| title =Movie Capsule Review, The Omega Code, (1999) (Providence, 99&nbsp;mins., PG-13)| publisher =Entertainment Weekly EW.COM| url =http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,271340,00.html| access-date =2007-11-27| date=1999-10-29}}</ref> and ''[[Megiddo: The Omega Code 2]]''.<ref name ="Stone Alexander 2">{{cite web| title =The Omega Code Home Page| first=David |last=Van Biema| publisher =Time | url = http://omegacode.tbn.org/newfiles/TimeMagReview.htm| access-date =2007-11-27}}</ref>
*Stone Alexander (played by [[Michael York (actor)|Michael York]]) in the films ''[[The Omega Code]]'',<ref name="Stone Alexander 1">{{cite news| title =Movie Capsule Review, The Omega Code, (1999) (Providence, 99&nbsp;mins., PG-13)| publisher =Entertainment Weekly EW.COM| url =http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,271340,00.html| access-date =2007-11-27| date =1999-10-29| archive-date =5 December 2008| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20081205004807/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,271340,00.html| url-status =dead}}</ref> and ''[[Megiddo: The Omega Code 2]]''.<ref name ="Stone Alexander 2">{{cite web| title =The Omega Code Home Page| first =David| last =Van Biema| publisher =Time| url =http://omegacode.tbn.org/newfiles/TimeMagReview.htm| access-date =2007-11-27| archive-date =20 February 2007| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070220152031/http://omegacode.tbn.org/newfiles/TimeMagReview.htm| url-status =dead}}</ref>
*[[Nicolae Carpathia]] from the Christian book series ''[[Left Behind (series)|Left Behind]]''.<ref name="Nicolae Carpathia">{{cite news| title =Popular Fiction| first= Ann |last= Banks| work=The Washington Post| url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A34143-2004Oct14?language=printer| access-date =2007-11-27}}</ref>
*[[Nicolae Carpathia]] from the Christian book series ''[[Left Behind (series)|Left Behind]]''.<ref name="Nicolae Carpathia">{{cite news| title =Popular Fiction| first= Ann |last= Banks| newspaper=The Washington Post| url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A34143-2004Oct14?language=printer| access-date =2007-11-27}}</ref>
*''Brother Bartholomew'' from Salem Kirban's 1970 novel, ''666''.<ref>[http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=4171&CFID=24515070&CFTOKEN=17742981 CatholicCulture.org], "Recycled Rapture," by [[Carl E. Olson]] (2001 - retrieved on December 29, 2009).</ref>
*''Brother Bartholomew'' from Salem Kirban's 1970 novel, ''666''.<ref>[http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=4171&CFID=24515070&CFTOKEN=17742981 CatholicCulture.org], "Recycled Rapture," by [[Carl E. Olson]] (2001 - retrieved on December 29, 2009).</ref>
*Damian from the Flash game series Quickdraw.
*Damian from the Flash game series ''Quickdraw''.
*[[Damien Thorn]] from ''[[The Omen]]'' series. This movie was influential in that, in many of the "Anti-Christian" movies that followed, it was naturally assumed that the Antichrist would be [[Satan]]'s "begotten" son.
*[[Damien Thorn]] from ''[[The Omen]]'' series. This movie was influential in that, in many of the "Anti-Christian" movies that followed, it was naturally assumed that the Antichrist would be [[Satan]]'s "begotten" son.
*Angel Caine, played by Simon Ward, in the film Holocaust 2000 (aka The Chosen).
*Angel Caine, played by Simon Ward, in the film Holocaust 2000 (aka The Chosen).
*The animal Antichrist in the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "[[Woodland Critter Christmas]]", though at the end of this episode it is revealed that he was only part of a story made up by [[Cartman]]
*The animal Antichrist in the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "[[Woodland Critter Christmas]]", though at the end of this episode it is revealed that he was only part of a story made up by [[Cartman]]
*The 'Damien' Antichrist from the ''South Park'' episode "[[Damien (South Park)|Damien]]"
*The 'Damien' Antichrist from the ''South Park'' episode "[[Damien (South Park)|Damien]]"
*[[Adolf Hitler]], in [[Robert Van Kampen]]'s novel ''The Fourth Reich''. Hitler's spirit is released from Hell and enters an embryo created from his cloned DNA. He's then born in Russia and grows up to become that country's dictator, eventually revealing his true identity to the world before the UN General Assembly. Van Kampen also stated that Hitler "best meets all requirements to be the Antichrist" in his former book, ''The Sign''.<ref>''The Sign'', 3rd Revised edition (October 20, 2000) ({{ISBN|978-1581342321}}) p.224.</ref>
*[[Adolf Hitler]], in [[Robert Van Kampen]]'s novel ''The Fourth Reich''. Hitler's spirit is released from Hell and enters an embryo created from his cloned DNA. He is then born in Russia and grows up to become that country's dictator, eventually revealing his true identity to the world before the [[UN General Assembly]]. Van Kampen also stated that Hitler "best meets all requirements to be the Antichrist" in his former book, ''The Sign''.<ref>''The Sign'', 3rd Revised edition (October 20, 2000) ({{ISBN|978-1581342321}}) p.224.</ref>
*[[Randall Flagg]] from ''[[The Stand]]'' by [[Stephen King]]
*[[Randall Flagg]] from ''[[The Stand]]'' by [[Stephen King]]{{dubious|Randall Flagg|date=November 2023}}
*Joey Atkins from [[Strange (TV series)|Strange]]. He is the son of the demon Azal and is destined to take on his father's role.
*Joey Atkins from ''[[Strange (TV series)|Strange]]''. He is the son of the demon Azal and is destined to take on his father's role.
*'Pepito' from ''[[Squee!|Squee]]''
*'Pepito' from ''[[Squee!]]''
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*Quinn Dexter from [[Peter F. Hamilton]]'s ''[[The Night's Dawn Trilogy]]''. He is an avowed Satanist who tries to bring God's Brother (Satan) into the world to destroy all life in the universe.
*Adrian, from the film [[Little Nicky]].
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*Quinn Dexter from Peter F. Hamilton's [[Night's Dawn]] Trilogy. He is an avowed Satanist who tries to bring God's Brother (Satan) into the world to destroy all life in the universe.
*The demon Agares, from ''The Day After Judgement'' by [[James Blish]]
*The demon Agares, from ''The Day After Judgement'' by [[James Blish]]
*Julian Felsenburgh in ''[[Lord of the World]]'' by [[Robert Hugh Benson]]
*Julian Felsenburgh in ''[[Lord of the World]]'' by [[Robert Hugh Benson]]
*The European President in ''Father Elijah: An Apocalypse'' by [[Michael D. O'Brien]]
*The European President in ''Father Elijah: An Apocalypse'' and its sequel ''Elijah in Jerusalem'' by [[Michael D. O'Brien]]
*Adam Young from [[Neil Gaiman]] and [[Terry Pratchett]]'s novel ''[[Good Omens]]''<ref name="Adam Young">{{cite book| title =Terry Gilliam: Interviews | first1=Terry |last1=Gilliam |first2= David |last2= Sterritt |first3= Lucille |last3= Rhodes| publisher =Google Books.com| url =https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1578066247&id=jmdRVVamNu8C&pg=PA215&lpg=PA215&ots=XyZAhdUHCf&dq=%22good+omens%22+antichrist&sig=6uJ2AlG9-luU5Ljw2lROWdf5Smo| access-date =2007-11-27}}</ref>
*Adam Young from [[Neil Gaiman]] and [[Terry Pratchett]]'s novel ''[[Good Omens]]''<ref name="Adam Young">{{cite book| title =Terry Gilliam: Interviews | first1=Terry |last1=Gilliam |first2= David |last2= Sterritt |first3= Lucille |last3= Rhodes| year=2004 | isbn=9781578066247 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=jmdRVVamNu8C&q=%22good+omens%22+antichrist&pg=PA215| access-date =2007-11-27}}</ref>
*Christina in the TV series ''[[Point Pleasant (TV series)|Point Pleasant]]''
*Christina in the TV series ''[[Point Pleasant (TV series)|Point Pleasant]]''
*Franco Macaluso from various [[Cloud Ten Pictures]] movies
*Franco Macaluso from various [[Cloud Ten Pictures]] movies
*The titular character (occasionally referred to as [[Adam Kadmon]]) of the [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] album ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]''
*The titular character (occasionally referred to as [[Adam Kadmon]]) of the [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] album ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]''
*Santa Clause from [[Santa's Slay]], he is the polar opposite to Jesus in that he is the son of Satan instead of God's son
*Santa Clause from ''[[Santa's Slay]]'', he is the polar opposite to Jesus in that he is the son of Satan instead of God's son
*Danny Wormwood from ''[[Chronicles of Wormwood]]''
*Danny Wormwood from ''[[Chronicles of Wormwood]]''
*Lucy, from ''House in the Cerulean Sea'' by [[TJ Klune]].
*Christopher Goodman from the ''[[Christ Clone Trilogy]]'' by James BeauSeigneur
*Christopher Goodman from the ''[[Christ Clone Trilogy]]'' by James BeauSeigneur
*Lucy, from ''[[Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil]]''
*Lucy, from ''[[Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil]]''
*The Priest's assistant in "[[The Serpentine Offering]]" video clip from the album ''[[In Sorte Diaboli]]'' by [[Dimmu Borgir]]
*The Priest's assistant in "[[The Serpentine Offering]]" video clip from the album ''[[In Sorte Diaboli]]'' by [[Dimmu Borgir]]
*The United States President in [[Pat Robertson]]'s book ''The End of the Age''<ref>{{cite book| title =End of the Age| first =Pat| last =Robertson| ISBN =0-8499-3966-6| url-access =registration| url =https://archive.org/details/endofagenovel00robe}}</ref> Took power by following the suicide of one president and arranging the murder of his immediate predecessor as well as the murder of the president's killer.
*The United States President in [[Pat Robertson]]'s book ''The End of the Age''<ref>{{cite book| title =End of the Age| first =Pat| last =Robertson| year =1995| isbn =0-8499-3966-6| url-access =registration| url =https://archive.org/details/endofagenovel00robe}}</ref> Took power by following the suicide of one president and arranging the murder of his immediate predecessor as well as the murder of the president's killer.
*Iscarius Alchemy, a resurrected [[Judas Iscariot]] in Matthew Dickens' ''Shekinah Chronicles'' series, published by Destiny Image.<ref>{{cite book| title =Wayfarer| author =Matthew Dickens| ISBN =0-7684-2234-5| url-access =registration| url =https://archive.org/details/wayfarerbookoneo0000dick}}</ref>
*Iscarius Alchemy, a resurrected [[Judas Iscariot]] in Matthew Dickens' ''Shekinah Chronicles'' series, published by Destiny Image.<ref>{{cite book| title =Wayfarer| author =Matthew Dickens| year =2004| isbn =0-7684-2234-5| url-access =registration| url =https://archive.org/details/wayfarerbookoneo0000dick}}</ref>
*Azul Dante in the ''Prodigal Project'' book series written by Ken Abrham and Daniel Hart.<ref>{{cite book| title =The Prodigal Project| author =Ken Abraham, Daniel Hart| ISBN =0-340-86234-3}}</ref>
*Azul Dante in the ''Prodigal Project'' book series written by Ken Abrham and Daniel Hart.<ref>{{cite book| title =The Prodigal Project| author =Ken Abraham, Daniel Hart| year =2003| isbn =0-340-86234-3}}</ref>
*Baal in the novel ''[[Baal]]'' by [[Robert R. McCammon]]<ref>{{cite book| title =Baal| author =Robert R. McCammon| ISBN =0-671-73774-0}}</ref>
*Baal in the novel ''Baal'' by [[Robert R. McCammon]]<ref>{{cite book| title =Baal| author =Robert R. McCammon| date =October 1988| isbn =0-671-73774-0}}</ref>
*Immanuel Bernstate in Jonathan R. Cash's novel ''The Age of the Antichrist''.<ref>{{cite book| title =The Age of the Antichrist| first=Jonathan R. |last=Cash| ISBN =0-8158-0534-9}}</ref>
*Immanuel Bernstate in Jonathan R. Cash's novel ''The Age of the Antichrist''.<ref>{{cite book| title =The Age of the Antichrist| first=Jonathan R. |last=Cash| year=1999 | isbn =0-8158-0534-9}}</ref>
*Sir Richard Grant Morrison in the novel ''We All Fall Down'' by [[Brian Caldwell]]<ref>{{Cite book | last=Caldwell | first=Brian | author-link=Brian Caldwell | title=We All Fall Down | publisher=Infinity Publishing (PA) | isbn=978-0-7414-0499-2 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/weallfalldown00bria }}</ref>
*Sir Richard Grant Morrison in the novel ''We All Fall Down'' by [[Brian Caldwell]]<ref>{{Cite book | last=Caldwell | first=Brian | author-link=Brian Caldwell | title=We All Fall Down | year=2000 | publisher=Infinity Publishing (PA) | isbn=978-0-7414-0499-2 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/weallfalldown00bria }}</ref>
*Chaos, [[Azathoth|the King of the Old Ones]].
*Chaos, [[Azathoth|the King of the Old Ones]].
*Adrian from the film ''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]''.
*Adrian from the film ''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]''.
*Slum King from ''[[Violence Jack]]'', a demonic undead samurai created by Ryo Asuka/Satan to punish himself for the murder of Devilman. The Slum King serves as the ultimate antagonist for Violence Jack.
*Johan Liebert from [[Naoki Urasawa|Naoki Urasawa's]] ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]''
*[[Set Abominae]] from the ''[[Something Wicked Saga]]''
*[[Set Abominae]] from the ''[[Something Wicked Saga]]''
*[[Woland]] from [[Mihail Bulgakov]]'s ''[[The Master and Margarita]]''
*[[Woland]] from [[Mihail Bulgakov]]'s ''[[The Master and Margarita]]''
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*[[Daniel Quinn]] in his book ''[[The Story of B]]''
*[[Daniel Quinn]] in his book ''[[The Story of B]]''
*[[Emmanuel Lewis]] is described as the Antichrist in the 1996 [[Bloodhound Gang]] song "[[Fire Water Burn]]", and it is presumed he will keep the singer company in Hell, along with several dead celebrities.
*[[Emmanuel Lewis]] is described as the Antichrist in the 1996 [[Bloodhound Gang]] song "[[Fire Water Burn]]", and it is presumed he will keep the singer company in Hell, along with several dead celebrities.
*Vikki Poormanin [[Five Points Washington]] in her portrayal of the all knowing savior.
*Laura Goodman in the [[Undead (series)|''Undead'' series]] by MaryJanice Davidson
*Laura Goodman in the [[Undead (series)|''Undead'' series]] by MaryJanice Davidson
*In [[Gore Vidal]]'s 1954 dystopian novel ''[[Messiah (1954 novel)|Messiah]]'' a new death-worshipping religion sweeps the world, completely displacing and destroying Christianity. After their victory, the new religion's adherents declare their Prophet to have been the Antichrist, meaning that as praise.
*In [[Gore Vidal]]'s 1954 dystopian novel ''[[Messiah (1954 novel)|Messiah]]'' a new death-worshipping religion sweeps the world, completely displacing and destroying Christianity. After their victory, the new religion's adherents declare their Prophet to have been the Antichrist, meaning that as praise.
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*The Swedish band [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]] makes portrayals of the birth of the Antichrist and then the life of him following on their two full-length albums.
*The Swedish band [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]] makes portrayals of the birth of the Antichrist and then the life of him following on their two full-length albums.
*Malachi in the 2005 UK [[Hex (TV series)|''Hex'' TV series]]
*Malachi in the 2005 UK [[Hex (TV series)|''Hex'' TV series]]
*Anung Un Rama, also known as [[Hellboy]], is a popular comic book and motion picture protagonist who is also the son of the Devil. Despite being destined as an Antichrist figure, being given an oversized right hand of stone which is to act as the key to unleash great evil upon the world, Hellboy has foresworn this burden and instead fights to protect the world from evil and darkness.
*[[Anung Un Rama]], also known as [[Hellboy]], is a popular comic book and motion picture protagonist who is also the son of the Devil. Despite being destined as an Antichrist figure, being given an oversized right hand of stone which is to act as the key to unleash great evil upon the world, Hellboy has foresworn this burden and instead fights to protect the world from evil and darkness.
*Earl Grundy in ''[[Rapture-Palooza]]''
*Earl Grundy in ''[[Rapture-Palooza]]''
*Madison Dellamea as Amy Calder from ''[[The Messengers (TV series)|The Messengers]]''
*Madison Dellamea as Amy Calder from ''[[The Messengers (TV series)|The Messengers]]''
*[[Guy Fieri]] in ''[[Homestuck]]''. In the alternate-reality Earth seen in the comic's sixth act, Fieri becomes known as the "third and final antichrist" after he joins the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] and assists the [[Insane Clown Posse]], the Dual Presidents of the United States, in exterminating humanity for the alien Condesce.
*[[Guy Fieri]] in ''[[Homestuck]]''. In the alternate-reality Earth seen in the comic's sixth act, Fieri becomes known as the "third and final antichrist" after he joins the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] and assists the [[Insane Clown Posse]], the Dual Presidents of the United States, in exterminating humanity for the alien Condesce.
*Lucius Wagner in the "[[Lucius (video game)|Lucius]]" videogame series.
*Lucius Wagner in the "[[Lucius (video game)|Lucius]]" videogame series.
*Griffith in ''[[Berserk (manga)|Berserk]]'' series.
*Angel Caine in the 1977 movie ''[[Holocaust 2000]]''.
*Angel Caine in the 1977 movie [[Holocaust 2000]].
*Anghela Sta. Ana or "NgaHela" in 2016 Filipino horror movie ''[[Seklusyon]]''
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*Charlie from ''[[Hazbin Hotel]]'' is the daughter of Lucifer and Lilith and the princess of Hell.
*Anghela Sta. Ana or "NgaHela" in 2016 Filipino horror movie [[Seklusyon]], played by child actress Rhed Bustamante, she is known to execute or exhibit healing powers which heals the sick, heal the wounded and turn the rotten bread into new one with an unknown black liquid coming out on her mouth, though innocent, childly, virgin and poor looking girl at first, some priests, friars and deacons questioned her ability as they continue to investigate, her true power is soon revealed that it didn't came from God, but from The Devil and her true purpose and nature was to use every past sins of young priests inside the convent so that to lure them into a trap and to make them praise her as a deity and enslave every human faith, but it soon backfired to her as one of the priest tries to stop her schemes. She is killed by a young priest by stabbing her multiple times so that her influence would not spread.
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* Charlie from [[Hazbin Hotel]] is the daughter of Lucifer and Lilith and the princess of Hell.
*Aion in ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' anime.
*Aion in ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' anime.
*[[Sabrina Spellman]] in the Netflix series [[Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV series)|Chilling Adventures of Sabrina]] is the daughter of Lucifer and is prophesied to bring about the apocalypse by performing satanic perversions of the miracles Jesus performed
*[[Sabrina Spellman]] in the Netflix series ''[[Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV series)|Chilling Adventures of Sabrina]]'' is the daughter of Lucifer and is prophesied to bring about the apocalypse by performing satanic perversions of the miracles Jesus performed
* Lucas from ''[[Little Evil]]'' who is the son of Samantha and step-son of Gary Bloom who is born on the 6th of June, a Satanist group plans to sacrifice him on his 6th birthday to open the [[gates of hell]] so the devil can possess him to commence the end of the world.
*Lucas from ''[[Little Evil]]'' who is the son of Samantha and step-son of Gary Bloom who is born on 6 June, a Satanist group plans to sacrifice him on his 6th birthday to open the [[gates of hell]] so the devil can possess him to commence the end of the world.
*Ricardo Montana from the Brazilian telenovela ''[[Apocalipse]]'' produced by [[Casablanca]] and [[Record TV]], based on the [[Book of Revelation]]. Ricardo is played by Brazilian actor [[Sérgio Marone]].
*Judas Iscariot (The Man from Kerioth) in ''The Angelic Human'' series by JD McCroskey.
* Bishop Uriah Leonard/Pope Sixtus VI in ''The Seven Last Years'' (1978) by Carol Balizet <ref>{{cite web | url=https://listverse.com/2015/01/05/10-sinister-antichrists-from-fiction/ | title=10 Sinister Fictional Tales of the Antichrist | date=5 January 2015 }}</ref>
*[[Antiochus IV Epiphanes]] (resurrected by Satan) in ''Titan, Son of Saturn'' (1905) by Joseph Birbeck Burroughs <ref>{{cite web | url=https://listverse.com/2015/01/05/10-sinister-antichrists-from-fiction/ | title=10 Sinister Fictional Tales of the Antichrist | date=5 January 2015 }}</ref>
*Jacque Catroux in Beast (1985) by Dan Betzer - <ref>{{cite web | url=https://listverse.com/2015/01/05/10-sinister-antichrists-from-fiction/ | title=10 Sinister Fictional Tales of the Antichrist | date=5 January 2015 }}</ref>
*Chrissy from ''Little Demon''


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== References ==
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Antichrist characters have been the continuing subject of speculation and attraction, often explored in fiction and media, and the character has developed its own fictional mythology apart from biblical scripture. For example, the Book of Revelation does not say the Antichrist will be the son of Satan (it does not even mention him), but the idea was made popular in at least two movies, The Omen, and its sequels, with the evil child, Damien, who grows up with the destiny to rule and destroy the world, and Rosemary's Baby with her son, Adrian.

In fact, the five uses of the term "antichrist" or "antichrists" in the Johannine epistles do not clearly present a single latter-day individual Antichrist. The articles "the deceiver" or "the antichrist" are usually seen as marking out a certain category of persons, rather than an individual.[1]

Little children, it is the last hour: and as you have heard that Antichrist cometh, even now there are become many Antichrists: whereby we know that it is the last hour.

— 1 John 2:18 Douay-Rheims

Many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh; any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist!

— 2 John 1:7 NRSV (1989)

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.

— 1 John 2:22 NRSV (1989)

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. 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.

— 1 John 4:2–3 NRSV (1989)

Consequently, attention for an individual Antichrist figure focuses on the second chapter of 2 Thessalonians.[2][3] However, the term "antichrist" is never used in this passage:

As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg you, brothers and sisters, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as though from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here. Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the lawless one is revealed, the one destined for destruction. He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God.

— 2 Thessalonians 2:1–4 NRSV (1989)

For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but only until the one who now restrains it is removed. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of his mouth, annihilating him by the manifestation of his coming. The coming of the lawless one is apparent in the working of Satan, who uses all power, signs, lying wonders, and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

— 2 Thessalonians 2:7–10 NRSV (1989)

Although the word "antichrist" (Greek antikhristos) is used only in the Epistles of John, the similar word "pseudochrist" (Greek pseudokhristos, meaning "false messiah") is used by Jesus in the Gospels:[4]

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and produce great signs and omens, to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

— Matthew 24:24 and Mark 13:22 NRSV (1989)

Portrayals[edit]

Antichrist characters portrayed in fiction and nonfiction include:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yarbrough, Robert (2008). 1-3 John. Ada, Michigan: Baker Academic. p. 344. ISBN 9780801026874. The articles in front of "deceiver" (ὁ πλάνος, ho planos) and "antichrist" (ὁ ἀντίχριστος, ho antikhristos) should be seen as marking out a certain category of persons (Wallace 1996: 227–30). This is a common Johannine usage (1 John 2:23)
  2. ^ Weima, Jeffrey Alan David; Porter, Stanley E. (1998). Annotated Bibliography of 1 & 2 Thessalonians. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Publishers. p. 263. (2) Does the New Testament support the notion of an individual Antichrist in whom all the anti-Christian strife of all ages will be concentrated? 2 Thess 2 answers the second question in the affirmative: an individual Antichrist will bring evil to its ...
  3. ^ Hoekma, Anthony A. (1979). The Bible and the Future. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 159. ISBN 978-0802808516. Whereas Berkouwer states, "There is no reason to posit with certainty on the basis of the New Testament that the antichrist ... 2. particularly his statements about the "restrainer," compel us to believe that there will be a future, individual antichrist.
  4. ^ Mauser, Ulrich (1992). The Gospel of Peace: A Scriptural Message for Today's World. p. 70. From Josephus's writings we collect, first of all, without much critical comment, some statements showing the close affinity of the … nowhere in his extensive accounts of the Jewish–Roman war uses the word "pseudo-Christ" (pseudochristos).
  5. ^ "Movie Capsule Review, The Omega Code, (1999) (Providence, 99 mins., PG-13)". Entertainment Weekly EW.COM. 29 October 1999. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
  6. ^ Van Biema, David. "The Omega Code Home Page". Time. Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
  7. ^ Banks, Ann. "Popular Fiction". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
  8. ^ CatholicCulture.org, "Recycled Rapture," by Carl E. Olson (2001 - retrieved on December 29, 2009).
  9. ^ The Sign, 3rd Revised edition (October 20, 2000) (ISBN 978-1581342321) p.224.
  10. ^ Gilliam, Terry; Sterritt, David; Rhodes, Lucille (2004). Terry Gilliam: Interviews. ISBN 9781578066247. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
  11. ^ Robertson, Pat (1995). End of the Age. ISBN 0-8499-3966-6.
  12. ^ Matthew Dickens (2004). Wayfarer. ISBN 0-7684-2234-5.
  13. ^ Ken Abraham, Daniel Hart (2003). The Prodigal Project. ISBN 0-340-86234-3.
  14. ^ Robert R. McCammon (October 1988). Baal. ISBN 0-671-73774-0.
  15. ^ Cash, Jonathan R. (1999). The Age of the Antichrist. ISBN 0-8158-0534-9.
  16. ^ Caldwell, Brian (2000). We All Fall Down. Infinity Publishing (PA). ISBN 978-0-7414-0499-2.
  17. ^ Searching for Haizmann Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine (IMDb).
  18. ^ "10 Sinister Fictional Tales of the Antichrist". 5 January 2015.
  19. ^ "10 Sinister Fictional Tales of the Antichrist". 5 January 2015.
  20. ^ "10 Sinister Fictional Tales of the Antichrist". 5 January 2015.
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