Today at 12:03 AM Didymus said this in Post
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i heard that he has to be or Israel won t be fooled intothinking he is the messiah.
Yes, the Antichrist must be Jewish. All false Christs were Jewish until very recently (when the Hindus have started bringing in their false Christs and claiming that *the Christ* is someone distinct from Jesus of Nazareth and assumes many personalties. Maitreya claims he is the Christ as we speak).
Anyhow, if we used more correctly the Hebrew title Mashiyach for Christ, and asked an Orthodox Jew if he is waiting for Mashiyach (Moshiyach) he would say *Yes*. Why? The Jews by and large rejected Jesus of Nazareth, and continue to reject Him through Judaism, and believe that their Mashiyach is yet to come and deliver them, and establish Israel as the dominant nation of the world. Mashiyach means Deliverer as well as Saviour.
We know that the Lord Jesus Christ will indeed come and establish David's throne and reign from Jerusalem during the Millenium. Before He comes, another man -- a Satan-possesed reprobate Jew -- will not only claim that he is the Mashiyach (anointed one of God) but he will claim that he himself is God, just as Jesus of Nazareth told the Jews "Before Abraham was I AM" (Jn 8:58).
In order that Jews believe this false Messiah's lie, Antichrist must be a Jew, who will try and counterfeit the credentials of Jesus of Nazareth by working miracles and showing His supernatural power. This is described in Revelation 13:1-18, which must be compared with 2 Thess. 2:1-12 and Daniel 9:24-12:1, which describes the progression towards the coming of Antichrist. Dan. 11:36, 2 Thess. 2:4, and Rev.13:6 are almost exactly matched to show how blasphemous this man is. Ultimately he will set up his image in the temple of Jerusalem and force all men to worhsip him as God. This was Satan's ambition from the very beginning, and this is why God's wrath will be subsequently poured out during the Great Tribulation.
The Beast derives his power from Satan (Rev.13:4) and is possesed by none other than Satan (Rev.13:18), since the number of this man is both the number of "a man" and the number of Satan (666). He is therefore called "the Son of Perdition" and "the Man of Sin" (2 Thess.2:3), just as Judas Iscariot -- an ambitious and treacherous Jew -- who was possessed by Satan to do his dastardly deed is called *the son of perdition* or damnation (Jn. 17:12).