The function of the Anti-Christ is as the King of Israel coming in his own name. The Jews are looking for Elijah to come before the messianic begins. The Jews also believe that a known prophet will anoint the messiah the King of Israel - as has been done in the past with Samuel the prophet anointing Saul and David. And Nathan the prophet anointing Solomon as king.
In Revelation 13, the false prophet calls fire down from heaven - like Elijah did.
Therefore, it is almost a certainty that early on, the false prophet will claim to be Elijah. Putting it all together, the false prophet will be the one who anoints the prince who shall come (the little horn person coming from Europe) to be the King of Israel.
Which is what actually makes the person the Antichrist in the Antichrist role.
I thought this would be an easy one for you Doug.
Ezek 28
1The word of the Lord came to me:
2“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:
“Because your heart is proud,
and you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,’
yet you are but a man, and no god,
though you make your heart like the heart of a god—
[...]
7therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you,
the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom
and defile your splendor.
14 You were an anointed guardian cherub.
I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God;
in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
[...]
16 In the abundance of your trade
you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God,
and I destroyed you, O guardian cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.
18 By the multitude of your iniquities,
in the unrighteousness of your trade
you profaned your sanctuaries;
so I brought fire out from your midst;
it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
in the sight of all who saw you.
2ndly, if one goes by Daniel 9:27, that person who confirms the covenant is anointed. The 'prince to come' in Daniel 9:26 is a call back to Daniel 9:25's 'prince, an anointed one'.
As to the question of is there an anointed one who builds the temple - of course there is.
Zech 3
6And the angel of the Lord solemnly assured
Joshua,
7“Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my charge, then you shall rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among those who are standing here.
8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest,
you and your friends who sit before you, for they are men who are symbolic: behold,
I will bring my servant the Branch.
9 For behold,
on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven eyes, I will engrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
10In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, every one of you will invite his neighbor to come under his vine and under his fig tree.”
Zech 6
10“Take from the exiles Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon, and go the same day to the house of Josiah, the son of Zephaniah.
11Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, and
set it on the head of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
12And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “
Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and
he shall build the temple of the Lord.
13 It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there shall be a priest on his throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”’
14And the crown shall be in the temple of the Lord as a reminder to Helem,
c Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen the son of Zephaniah.
15“And
those who are far off shall come and help to build the temple of the Lord. And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”
Zech 4
9“The hands of
Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
10For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.
“
These seven are the eyes of the Lord, which range through the whole earth.”
11Then I said to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?”
12And a second time I answered and said to him, “What are these two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil is poured out?”
13He said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
14Then he said, “
These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”
It is very clear that 'Joshua' and 'Zerubabbel' are the 2 anointed ones building the temple.
Symbolic 'Joshua' is the 'branch' and 'anointed' ('Joshua' itself is the exact same name as 'Jesus' in Hebrew/ 'Yeshua'). But there is a 'worthless branch' worded in the same manner as the king of Tyre in Ezek 28
Isaiah 14
12“How you are fallen from heaven,
O Day Star, son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
you who laid the nations low!
13 You said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
I will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
in the far reaches of the north;c
14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’
15But you are brought down to Sheol,
to the far reaches of the pit.
19 but you are cast out, away from your grave,
like a loathed branch,
clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword,
who go down to the stones of the pit,
like a dead body trampled underfoot.
Lastly, from Daniel 11
45 And
he shall plant the tabernacle of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
Putting it all together, there is an anointed one, a branch, a worthless branch, who establishes a tabernacle between the sea and the holy mountain.