Douggg
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It is important to understand that in the precise language of Bible prophecy, Judah and Israel are not the same.
James, if the woman in Revelation 12 is Israel, the twelve tribes, the twelve stars, and is persecuted by Satan, cast down to earth for the time, times, and half times of the second half of the seven years - the Antichrist will be King of Israel, son of David, not the King of a nation of Judeah or Judah, either one.
Judeah is an area of Israel, which in the end times when the Abomination of Desolation is setup, them in that particular area around Jerusalem should flee to the mountains as quickly as possible - so that they will not be trapped by the beast there in Jerusalem.
While historically, because of the division of the nation following Solomon, there is Judah and Ephraim, in the end times the nation is Israel - which we see over there today occupying the land as one nation - Israel. Judah and Ephraim were the two subdivisions of Israel - not that they were independent of Israel.After Judah and Ephraim divided, the term Israel applied either to Ephraim or to the entire twelve tribes, but not to Judah. So Judah does not mean Israel, and Israel does not mean Judah. This makes it possible to understand when many prophecies apply. End time prophecies that speak of Judah’s rebellion and suffering apply to Daniel’s seventieth week, before the Lord returns. But like those that speak of Ephraim, prophecies that speak of a victorious Judah, of both Judah and Israel, or only of Israel, apply to the time after the Lord has returned and brought all Israel home.
Daniel's people includes Israel, the entire twelve tribes that were present when the Mt. Sinai covenant was agreed to by them. In the text of Daniel 9:20, "my people Israel".
Daniel 9:7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
Because them left as caretakers during the Babylonian captivity - the caretakers were of all the tribes (although it was Judah who went into the Babylonian captivity) married into the surrounding non-Israelite people, and possibly repeating the same mistake of catering to the gods of their foreign wives. Nehemiah and Ezra shamed them into sending their wives and children by them away. So who is now considered "a Jew" is that their mother has to be a Jew - that is, them back in Nehemiah's and Ezra's day of the tribes of Israel, not particularly the tribe of Judah. It can be confusing.Those who have now returned to the land are called Jews. The word Jew does not mean an Israelite. It means a descendant of the ancient kingdom of Judah, that is, a member of either the tribe of Judah or the tribe of Benjamin. This can be seen from the Hebrew words translated “Jew” in the Old Testament. The most commonly used one is yeudiy. (word number 3064 in Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary) The meaning of this word becomes obvious when we see the word it is derived from, yehudah. (word number 3063 in Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary) This is the name transliterated Judah, the name of the tribe and kingdom of Judah. Thus we see that the original form of the word Jew was Judie, or a citizen of Judah.
A Jew is someone who's mother is a Jew (her tribe can be of any of the twelve tribes - but today even them who are "Jews" don't know which tribe he or she is of). Jews associate themselves with what tribe by the father, because coming out of Egypt, they were to group themselves according to their fathers (i.e. by tribe).
The point is the nation is the end times prophecies is the unified nation Israel, not subdivided in two two nations called Judah and Ephraim (the ten tribe northern kingdom).
The Antichrist will be over the nation of Israel, the illicit perceived King of Israel, son of David messiah.
It the people of Judah, not the nation of Judah, which return to the land. They have returned from being scattered among the nations, albeit a good many have not, and will not be gathered back until Jesus returns. But the nation of Israel, the unified kingdom was born in a single day in 1948 to fulfill Isaiah 66:7-8.The return of Judah to her land, which began in the twentieth century, was not directly prophesied anywhere in scripture. But it was a necessary part of the prophetic scheme, for the scene of prophecy opens with Judah in her land, but still rebellious. As this nation had been exiled for nearly two thousand years it could not be in the land until it had returned. Although no prophecy speaks of an unrepentant Judah returning to the land, many speak of absolutely all of Israel, including Judah, returning in true repentance to both the Lord and the land. (see, for instance, Ezekiel 36:10-30, Zephaniah 3:11-14, and Romans 11:26) It is obvious that this has not yet happened.
Like Samuel the prophet anointed Saul and David, at God's direction, the Antichrist will be anointed as the illicit King of Israel, son of David messiah by the false prophet.
James, you have built an end times scenario on the (first) beast in Revelation, as a gentile, with the false prophet being the Antichrist. I think you should have gone another way - that first focus totally on "christ" what it meant in terms of being messiah, and "the" christ as being that special promised King of Israel, son of David. And the "Anti" christ being the coming illicit King of Israel, son of David, messiah (christ).
The prophecies then about the Antichrist have a different aire, that is the prophecies are about the path the Antichrist's career takes him to becoming that illicit King of Israel, son of David. Then about his fall, to betraying his land and his people, because of his involvement with the occult, powers of the dark side, being swayed by Satan into thinking in his heart he has achieved God-hood, which will lead to him becoming the beast in Revelation. The beast is the end result - but the beast is not the term equating to "christ" or messiah.
The false prophet is not said to be a king anywhere in Revelation. So I think you are wrong to consider him as the Antichrist. He is more connected as being a religious figure, which would be paralleled to the old testament prophets of renown.
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