Evasive Argument #3: The antichrist will only appear at the end of the world and will be destroyed by Christ’s coming unto judgment (2 Thess 2:8).
Answer: It is not true that he will appear near the end of the world’s existence. This is nowhere written in
WILHELMUS À BRAKEL, THE CHRISTIAN’S REASONABLE SERVICE, VOL. 2, 52-53.
Scripture. “The last days” refers to the entire New Testament dispensation (cf. Acts 2:17; Heb 1:1-2). The time of his
fall will come, and Christ will come with His judgments to destroy him even prior to His coming in judgment. If this
text is understood as referring to the final judgment, one ought to know that even after the destruction of the antichrist, which will occur prior to the millennium (Rev 19:20; Rev 20:4), his spirit will nevertheless prevail in many. He will only be destroyed when Christ comes in judgment.