The Book of Revelation can be taken to be referring to the political situation of the Roman Empire at the time and the anti-Christ would have been the emperor Nero.
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/ency.../nero.html
http://www.equip.org/articles/who-is-the-antichrist/
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/ency.../nero.html
http://www.equip.org/articles/who-is-the-antichrist/
Come all ye faithful joyful and triumphant.