What's a Chrestian?
In St. Paul's prophecy of the great apostasy, it is written that the son of perdition will be revealed in his time (2Th. 2:6). He was revealed to us after
we participated, to the fullest extent, in shutting down "the mystery of lawlessness" (2Th. 2:7). Once we know who he is, we renounce him and become
Chrestians. Once all Christians have been given the opportunity to participate in shutting down the mystery of lawlessness, the Antichrist will be revealed
to them too. Chrestians are members of the future Church of Christ on earth; and every member of the Church Triumphant is a Chrestian.
Why Chrestian?
Christians believe that the disciples of Jesus were first called Christians in Antioch (Acts 11:26). But that is false. They were called Chrestians, which means "kind ones." In our Bible, we find the word "Christian" in three verses (Acts 11:26, 26:28, 1Pe. 4:16). But if we look in the oldest Greek manuscript (the Codex Sinaiticus from the 4th century), we see that in all three verses, someone tried to erase 2/3 of the H in XPHCTIAN, which is translated Chrestian, so that it would read XPICTIAN, which is translated Christian. The Greek letter X is called chi, the P, rho, the H, eta, and the I, iota.
The disciples were called Chrestians first in Antioch (Acts 11:26).
Agrippa said to Paul, "You almost persuaded me to be a Chrestian" (Acts 26:28).
If anyone suffers as a Chrestian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name (1Pe. 4:16).
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Unity in the Name Chrestian
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus prayed to God the Father, asking for unity "so that the world may believe that thou hast sent me" (John 17:21). Since the Antichrist does not want the world to believe that, he went to work dividing Christianity into thousands of different denominations. Even the Catholic Church is essentially divided into two sides, a progressive side and a traditional or conservative side. Protestantism, as a whole, is essentially divided into the same two sides. But once we know who the Antichrist is, he is unable to divide us. That's why Chrestianity will never become divided. Until the Antichrist is revealed to Christians, Chrestians will be mediators between the two sides of the divided Christian Church on earth.