04/09/2022
WILL THE ANTICHRIST (THE FINAL WORLD LEADER) BE A EUROPEAN OR ASSYRIAN OR JEWISH? MY THOUGHTS
Definitely this topic does not bear any consequences regarding one’s salvation. It is simply for bible study purposes. Out of curiosity, these are my thoughts.
My conclusions are derived from this passage of scriptures such as Daniel 9:27, Micah 5:1-9.
Many of us traditionally grew up with the view that the final world leader – the Antichrist will be a European man originating from countries like Italy, France, Germany, Greece, Britain, Spain or Russia etc. This traditional view perhaps has greatly been influenced by several bible scholars who cite scriptures, such as Daniel 9:27 that points out that the Prince to come will hail from the Roman empire.
However, one needs to be careful with this view because, the Roman empire did not only occupy the European lands. While, Rome could have been the original capital city of the Western region of this empire, history informs us that the empire also expanded eastward towards Turkey with a new capital called Constantinople. This new capital actually survived the fall of the western region of the empire and outlived it by over a thousand years. With this expansion, other territories such as Assyria were added. The addition of Assyria makes this interesting.
By the way, the statue dream King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had described a statue of 2 legs of iron. Interestingly in reality, the Roman empire ended up with two regions already described above i.e. eastern and western. Therefore, with this perspective in mind we cannot for certain conclude that the antichrist will be or hail from Europe despite the tangible evidence the world has witnessed where Europe has made tremendous efforts to bring about the reign of the Antichrist.
The prophet Micah in chapter 5 brings out an interesting figure and mentions the land of Ni**od and the Assyrian who shall attack Israel. Clearly, my conclusion is that Micah was talking about the end times which Israel is yet to experience. This passage of scripture makes me think that the Antichrist will not necessary be a European but will be from the revived Roman empire that comprises Assyria. Hence, he will be an Assyrian. But where is this country or area today called Assyria? What about him being Jewish? I will continue in part 2.
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