If you want to understand the spirit of antichrist in our day, don’t look only for a single man  or a global law. Those are actually literally coming, just ahead, not too far from now.
However, also look at and for the spirit that denies the person and work of Christ. The Bible is clear: “Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also” (1 John 2:23). And the beloved apostle says plainly, “And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not from God. And this is that spirit of antichrist, of which ye have heard that it should come; and even now already it is in the world.” (1 John 4:3, Webster)

From that biblical standard, Mormonism and Jehovah’s Witness doctrine are not innocent “Christian variations.” They are systems that actively replace the biblical Christ with a different Christ.
In Mormonism, Jesus is not the eternal, self‑existing God of the Trinity. He is said to have been born in heaven to a heavenly father and a heavenly mother, to have been the first spirit child, and to be a created being among many.

Salvation is not resting solely in the finished work of Christ, but in obedience to a modern prophet, a new canon of scripture, and a temple‑centered system. The result? A different Jesus, a different authority, and a different gospel than the one preached by the apostles.
In Jehovah’s Witnesses, Christ is demoted from the eternal Godhead to the status of a created being—“a mighty god,” but not the Almighty God any longer. The cross is not the central place where God’s justice and mercy meet; instead, Jehovah’s Witnesses repudiate the physical resurrection of Jesus and teach that He was resurrected as a spirit only. The blood of Christ is not sufficient alone; salvation is tied to organizational loyalty, door‑to‑door witnessing, and faithfulness to the Watchtower system.

Again, the Christ of the Bible is replaced with a lesser Christ, and the gospel of grace is replaced with a system of works.
Do you see the pattern? A different Jesus. A different Spirit. A different authority. A different way of salvation. The New Testament calls that spirit “antichrist.” It is not mean‑spirited to say so; it is faithfulness to the text.

Then there is Freemasonry and bodies such as the Eastern Star. The question is not whether a man can wear a ring or hold a ritual. The question is whether he is placing his conscience, his loyalty, and his worship under an authority that contradicts or rivals the Lordship of Christ.

Scripture forbids believers from being “unequally yoked” with unbelievers, and it demands that all we do be done in the name of the Lord Jesus (2 Corinthians 6:14; Colossians 3:17). When a man swears oaths, confesses altars, and bows before symbols that his own Bible calls idolatry or idol‑type practice, he is no longer free to follow Christ alone. The moment a secret lodge or fraternal order claims the authority to bind the conscience in ways that Scripture does not, it becomes a rival master to Christ.
The same is true of any system that treats the office of pastor as a mere job, a political position, or a social experiment.

The New Testament gives clear qualifications for overseers: above reproach, faithful in marriage, sober‑minded, able to teach, not a lover of money, and a man who manages his own household well (1 Timothy 3:1–7; Titus 1:5–9). When a church ordains women over men, or places pastors in office who openly embrace what Scripture calls abomination, it is not “progress.” It is a rebellion against the authority of God’s Word.

The antichrist spirit is not just a false doctrine in a book. It is felt in the way people handle the Bible, in how they define sin, and in how they place human authority over divine authority. It is and will be a real leader coming on the scene not many days from today (days years, but not far away )
It is the spirit that says, “We need a new revelation beyond the Bible,” even though Revelation 22 warns against adding to the Word of God. Rick Warren and others who make these statements, along with other mainstream popular ministers such as Bill Johnson and Bethel church, or Steven Furtick, Jesse DuPlantis, Copeland, Osteen, etc etc
It is the spirit that squeezes the blood of Christ into one option among many, while placing the church or the prophet at the center.

It is the spirit that calls abomination “love,” and calls holiness “intolerance.”
It is the spirit that treats the pastor as a celebrity, a politician, or a trends‑chaser, instead of a man called to shepherd souls under the authority of Christ.
That is why many Christians see in Mormonism, in Jehovah’s Witness teaching, in many Masonic and secret‑order systems, and in churches that casually redefine pastoral office and sexuality, the strong working of the spirit of antichrist. It is not because they are all equally evil, or because every individual in them is condemned. It is because the systems themselves are built on different foundations than the one laid by the apostles: Jesus Christ, the eternal, divine Son of God, crucified and risen, and the Bible alone as the final authority for doctrine and life.

If you are on the receiving end of this debate, the question is simple: which Christ do you confess? The one of Scripture, or the one of a new revelation? And whose authority will you ultimately obey: the Lord Jesus as revealed in the Bible, or a man, a lodge, or a modern movement that tells you it can rewrite the rules?