will not be done away with so easily, for the passages in the Bible that talk about the antichrist do not readily lend themselves to this enterprise. This results in a curious situation. If ever certainty, clarity, and the possibility of recognition seem to be necessary, it is here. After all, Scripture is very real and serious in its treatment of the antichrist. It is as if we are armed against an imminent danger that approaches from among human existence. In the same way that the community must