Will Antichrist be of the so called Jewish Religion?

Introibo Ad Altare Dei : The Man Of Sin
http://introiboadaltaredei2.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-man-of-sin.html

Anonymous

April 30, 2019 at 5:14 PM

Introibo - I don’t understand why the majority think the Anti Christ will be a Jew. The Jews are already lost unless they accept Jesus as the Christ and join the True Church. Having the Anti Christ be a Jew makes no sense to me as the Jews are already duped. Since the Christians are God’s people wouldn’t it make more sense for the Anti Christ to be a Christian? Thanks.

JoAnn

Introibo Ad Altare Dei

April 30, 2019 at 6:53 PM

Joann,
The Jewish race is now at enmity with God and are guilty of Deicide. Antichrist will come out of the race which REJECTED HIM. They await the Messiah, so how much easier will it be for Antichrist to dupe them with false miracles and promising them what they want.

—-Introibo

It is more patristic to say that "the Jews who rejected the true Christ will accept the Antichrist" since that is a very common view on the meaning of

I am come in the name of my Father, and you receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive.
[John 5:43]

It is not stated that the one coming "in his own name" will confess Judaism.

It is also not stated whether the ones so reacting in these close to end times are very unreligious Jews or highly religious ones. Which of these have more power right now?

And if I am right, they would not too much mind their Messiah confessing Christianity, of a sort, as long as it was clear he was not a true believer, not believing that the New Testament (or the Old Testament read with a Christian understanding) was unviolable truth.

In other words, it could refer to Jewish Modernists who will be accepting a "Christian" Modernist. Who might on the other hand also score a few extra points with them because of his Jewish origins.

But as Jews are a minority, some kind of Christians (ranging from Modernist to openly virulent Apostates?) will be needed for him to gain power as well. But they will be led on by such Jews as follow him./HGL