But we must recognize that the emergence of this spirit is a sign that Christ is soon to appear. John says many of these persons who are against the Lord, against His anointing, and against His anointed people, will appear as the end times unfold. John says that those anointed with the spirit of anti-christ went out from or separated themselves from the people of God. The anointing of the Holy Spirit is like that famous moment in the battle of the Alamo in Texas. The Holy Spirit draws a line in the sand.
Neutrality creates a vacuum.
Every person must eventually commit himself to being for the anointing or against the anointing. And you cannot stand on both sides of the line of the anointing. There is a fresh emergence of the spirit of anti-christ around the world. Le Pen are just two examples. In America we have public personalties seeking political office who present themselves as ultra nationalistic right wing moral champions but who, upon further investigation, are racist and anti-Semitic.