pire, "...the blood is the life..." (Deuteronomy 12:23).

问题还是没有解决，他们是如何在死后依然活着的？Philip Rohr，一个对神秘之事有卓越研究的学者，提出了同样的问题。虽然他并没有把它归功于恶魔的力量，但是他认识到吸血鬼们的复生是通过"......神圣的许诺，伴随着某些恶魔中介的帮助" (A. Masters 179-180)。反基督者利用他的伪复活作为自己永生的证据，并作为基督的敌人，他许诺给他的追随者们一部分这样的能力。吸血鬼则通过血来获取永生，并用同样的方法，和被他取走生命的人们，一起分享这种能力。毕竟，对于吸血鬼来说，"......血是生命......"（申命记 12：23）

On the topic of blood, the most widely agreed upon characteristic of all vampires seems to be their dependence upon it as their main source of sustenance. Though this trait is not as prevalent in depictions of the Antichrist, it does nonetheless surface. The Apocalypse of Elijah, for example, speaks of the Antichrist's pursuance of the virgin Tabitha saying, "...He will pursue her up to the regions of the sun set. He will suck her blood in the evening. And he will cast her upon the temple, and she will become a healing for the people. She will rise up at dawn..." (Wintermute 747). Likewise, a 1643 Thanksgiving sermon before the House of Commons repeatedly referred to the Antichrist beast, along with the Whore of Babylon, as having drunk the blood of the saints and prophets (Marshall 12, 20-27). This is further evidenced in Revelation 18:24 on the subject of the Babylonian Whore: "And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth." Moreover, the drinking of blood can also be seen as a perversion of the Christian communion:

在血的问题上，有一种最广泛的说法是吸血鬼们依靠血来作为他们最主要的食物以获取生存。不过在反基督者中，这种特性并不那么普遍，虽然表面上他们也吸血。例如，在小说《Apocalypse of Elijah》里，讲到反基督者对处女 Tabitha的追求时，写到，（译注，此段原文偶看不太懂......）"......他将追求她直到太阳落山，他将在傍晚吸食她的血液。他将会把她置于寺庙之顶。而她将具有疗治众人的能力。她会在拂晓时升起......" (Wintermute 747)。相似的，1643年感恩节在国会下议院前的一次布道上，反基督的野兽和巴比伦的淫妇一次又一次的被相提并论，因为他们饮过圣人们和先知们的血(Marshall 12, 20-27)。这进一步证明了启示录18：24里对巴比伦的淫妇的叙述："先知和圣徒，并地上一切被杀之人的血，都在这城里看见了。"此外，饮血也可以看出是作为对基督教团体的颠覆：

...the bloodsucking—not only can one account for it in terms of the history of sacrificial blood (see Agazzi 1977:  11-31) but  one  could  also  see  it  as  a  reversal  of  its  Christianized  version,  the  holy communion,  which  was  depicted by late-medieval and early-modern mystics as a highly tangible bodily and material absorption of Christ's flesh and (more significantly) blood (Bynum 1982: 152;1987: 176). (Klaniczay 181)

......吸血——不仅仅象征了历史上的牺牲的血(see Agazzi 1977:  11-31)，也象征了对神圣联盟的基督教版本的反动。神圣联盟被神秘主义者描绘为在中世纪晚期和现代早期，切实地吸收了基督的肉体和（更多的）血液的实体(Bynum 1982: 152;1987: 176)。(Klaniczay 181)

Another common trait of both vampires and the Antichrist is their banishment to the ground or earth. In a commentary on Revelation, one author explains chapter 11, verse 7 as "'the Antichrist coming out of the dark and deep recesses of the ground, to which the devil had been condemned'" (Bousset 152，­153). Furthermore, the nickname ‘son of perdition' probably refers to his being from hell or a lower world of sorts (Bousset152). Vampires are likewise bound to the earth in that they must always return to it during the day in order to renew their strength and avoid the dangerous sunlight (Florescu, In Search153). In fact, the origin of the tombstone comes from the old practice of piling heavy stones on a new grave to prevent the corpse from rising and becoming a vampire (Wright 13). This use of stones to seal a tomb is reminiscent of Christ's own burial, though it could not contain Him.

吸血鬼和反基督者另外一个相同的显著特点是他们都是被放逐到地面的。在启示录的一条注解中，一个作者诠释第11章，

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