Dougg said,
Where does our bible say "The Anti-Christ is someone Israel will embrace as their King of Israel?"
The concept of the anti-Christ is that he rules a kingdom separate from Israel. He and his allies invade Israel. Israel will not accept the anti-Christ because no man will come claiming to be Israel's Messiah. The messiah prophesied in scripture is the Madhi, Muslim jesus, and dajjal.
In John 5, Jesus said (paraphrased to the Jews, that he comes in His Fathers name, and they reject him; but if another should come in his own name - him they will receive.
You say no man will come claiming to be Israel's Messiah. Historically, there have been many.
For example from Judaism101 site -
"There are a wide variety of opinions on the subject of when the mashiach will come. Some of Judaism's greatest minds have cursed those who try to predict the time of the mashiach's coming, because errors in such predictions could cause people to lose faith in the messianic idea or in Judaism itself. This actually happened in the 17th century, when Shabbatai Tzvi claimed to be the mashiach. When Tzvi converted to Islam under threat of death, many Jews converted with him. Nevertheless, this prohibition has not stopped anyone from speculating about the time when the mashiach will come."
But none of those were ever anointed the King of Israel, to become the Anti-Christ. (the) Christ means the promise great King of Israel to lead the Jews and the rest of the world into the age of peace and safety among other things. I gave you the text of "Christ the King of Israel" in Mark 15:32.
The Mahdi, the Muslim Jesus - Isa, and the dajjal - in the muslim Antichrist theory equates the Mahdi
as the Antichrist (on a mis-understood concept of the meaning of Christ and therefore Anti-Christ), and Isa
as the false prophet.
The problem is there is no biblical correlation of who will be the dajjal - in the bible.
In Muslim belief, the Mahdi and dajjal forces are supposed to be in heated battle, with the outcome in question - when Isa returns and defeats the dajjal. The problem is again, there is no corresponding person in bible prophecy to play the roll of the dajjal.... for the muslim Mahdi Antichrist theory to fit.
No man will come as a Messiah to Israel, therefore, no Jews will be required to accept him unless they are forced to. The anti-Christ is not Israel's Messisah, and he doesn't come from the church like some would claim.
It is not that the Jews will be required to accept the person as their messiah. They are eagerly looking for him. They don't consider the person the Antichrist of course. But to them, it is the "real" messiah they are looking for. The Jews consider Jesus a failed messiah.
from the Judaism101 site (what they are looking for) -
The term "mashiach" literally means "the anointed one," and refers to the ancient practice of anointing kings with oil when they took the throne. The mashiach is the one who will be anointed as king in the End of Days.
Why do you guys believe this stuff when there's not one verse that says such a thing? I've been asking for years for people to show me how they arrive at that conclusion but nobody seems to know.
You were referring to Ezekiel 38/39. The countries identified in the first part of Ezekiel 38 with the exception of Gog (appears to be Russia) are muslim. Islam's desire to destroy Israel is pretty obvious; there is no reason for me to explain that.
There are two feasts in Ezekiel 39. The first one, in Ezekiel 39:4, it says in the text is on Gog's army. The second one in Ezekiel 39:17-20 doesn't mention Gog... but matches the text of Revelation 19:17-18.
The 7 years is the same 7 years in Daniel 9:27 - which the prince who shall come - the little horn person, political leader of the EU, who will have staged his army in Greece right before Gog/Magog and afterward will move his army into the middleeast on grounds of securing peace.
from Judaism 101 site of what they are expecting in their messiah -
The mashiach will be a great
political leader
descended from King David (Jeremiah 23:5). The mashiach is often referred to as "mashiach ben David" (mashiach, son of David).
He will be well-versed in Jewish law, and observant of its commandments (Isaiah 11:2-5). He will be a charismatic leader, inspiring others to follow his example.
He will be a great military leader, who will win battles for Israel. He will be a great judge, who makes righteous decisions (Jeremiah 33:15). But above all, he will be a human being, not a god, demi-god or other supernatural being.
Where they are getting the above from is a famous Jewish theologian called the RAMBAM, who restated messiah passages in the Tanach. The messiah is supposed to fight the battles of God in defending Israel. Which, the little horn will appear to have intended when he stages his army in Greece as a deterrent to the Gog/Magog invasion.
There are 7 years in the text of Ezekiel 39 following the feast on Gog's army. Those are the same 7 years in Daniel 9:27. The Jews will think he is the messiah, and he will have huge ego and will probably think of himself in that way as well. Which in playing the role, will make a big speech on the temple mount that God gave the land of Israel, to the children of Israel as theirs forever.
That speech will be the confirming of the covenant - for 7 years. Because the "for 7 years" is the cycle Moses established when he made the intial big speech to the children of Israel back in Deuteronomy 31:9-13, as they were about to enter the promised land. The Jews, I have spoke to them about the requirement, and they affirmed it is to be done - but can't be done right now because the muslim controlling the temple mount won't allow it.
So it will not happen until after Gog/Magog.