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4.2.6 - Christ versus Antichrist

Pink provides an extensive comparison between Christ and Antichrist.1

Contrasts between Christ and Antichrist
ChristAntichrist
called the Christ (Mtt. ) called the Antichrist (1Jn. )
the Man of Sorrows (Isa. ) the Man of Sin (2Th. )
the Son of God (John ) the Son of Perdition (2Th. )
the Seed of woman (Gen. ) the seed of the Serpent (Gen. )
the Lamb (Isa. ) the Beast (Rev. +)
the Holy One (Mark ) the Wicked One (2Th. )
the Truth (John ) the Lie (John )
Prince of Peace (Isa. ) profane Prince (Eze. )
glorious Branch (Isa. ) abominable Branch (Isa. )
the Mighty Angel (Rev. +) the Angel of the Bottomless Pit (Rev. +)
the Good Shepherd (John ) the Idol Shepherd (Zec. )
the number of His name (the gematria of “Jesus” in the Greek) 888 the number of his name 666 (Rev. +)
came down from heaven (John ) comes up out of the bottomless pit (Rev. +)
came in Another’s Name (John ) comes in his own name (John )
came to do the Father’s will (John ) will do his own will (Dan. )
energized by the Holy Spirit (Luke ) energized by Satan (Rev. +)
submitted Himself to God (John ) defies God (2Th. )
humbled Himself (Php. ) exalts himself (Dan. )
honored the God of His fathers (Luke ) refuses to (Dan. )
cleansed the temple (John , ) defiles the temple (Mtt. )
ministered to the needy (Isa. ) robs the poor (Ps. , )
rejected of men (Isa. ) accepted by men (Rev. +)
leads the flock (John ) leaves the flock (Zec. )
slain for the people (John ) slays the people (Isa. )
glorified God on earth (John ) blasphemes the name of God in heaven (Rev. +)
received up into heaven (Luke ) goes down into the Lake of Fire (Rev. +)


Notes

1 [Arthur Walkington Pink, The Antichrist (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, 1999, 1923), s.v. “Comparisons between Christ and the Antichrist”] (We do not necessarily agree with every Scriptural identification of the Antichrist made by Pink.)


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