1 John 2:18-19 "Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen; from this we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, in order that it might be shown that they all are not of us."
How many times did we read this passage? We were taught that it was talking about someone who quit or disassociated themselves from the WTS and became an apostate. They somehow made the word ''antichrist'' disappear from its true meaning. ''Apostates'' took on a new meaning. ( They really know how to use smoke and mirrors on its members! )
How have they explained this? And, how do they get away with explaining that the ''antichrist'' and ''apostate'' are the same person?