Will the Antichrist be a Jew?
The Antichrist will be a Jew to the Jews and a Gentile to the Gentiles. He will be a man of miracles who can be all things to all people. He will have the ability to bring about peace to mankind so that people will be fooled into thinking they are safe and secure.
He will be a Jew because Jesus prophesied: "...If another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive" (John 5:43).
Opinions vary on this matter, but I believe that the Antichrist must be a Jew because otherwise, the Jewish people would not accept him as their Messiah.
Daniel revealed an interesting quality about the Antichrist when he wrote, "Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers..." (Daniel 11:37). There is no God other than the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of Israel, the Creator of heaven and earth. The Antichrist will be a renegade Jew who ultimately identifies himself as God.
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