And Now, the Antichrist!

Concerning 666 and the identity of the Antichrist, some (including asterisktom) have calculated him to be Roman emperor Nero. Unfortunately for this scenario, he committed suicide in AD 68, and thus had no connection at all with the events of AD 70, when preterists think (with no Biblical nor historical evidence) that Jesus came in judgment spiritually (without a body, to them). The method of numerology used for the Nero calculation is called gematria, a very uncertain Hebrew method. (Should we include the vowel points? What if my calculations are different from yours?)

My approach to prophecy is to go no further than Scripture. Therefore, I do not try to calculate anything from 666, but believe that Antichrist's identity is hidden by this number until we need to know. What does 666 mean to us Christians? It is "the number of a man," as Scripture says. That's all.

 

You have to be joking. The Jewish interpreters, who do not believe that Jesus is the Messiah, correctly interpret when Messiah shall come (v. 25)? Really?

 

That is correct. They did not have enough data to do the calculation, just as we do not. (By the way, you should source what translation you use. Which is this one? The word "insight" should be translated "understanding.")

 

All the preterists on the BB.

 

Well, duh, of course Messiah means "anointed one" in Daniel. That is also what the Greek Christos (Christ) means. So in a word, you accept a "Jews for Judaism" interpretation over that of every single Christian interpreter of Daniel down through the ages. That's very surprising, and even sad.

I said a lot about it. So? Are you aware of polysemy in the term? (A linguistic term for multiple meanings in a word.)

Apparently, if we follow your Jewish interpreters and you, "messiah" never means our blessed Savior Jesus Christ, in spite of all of the Christian interpreters of all the ages.

PS added in: Just a quick look shows that these Hebrew interpreters are conflating the verbal and the proper noun usages of the word. Just sayin'. I guess it suits their purposes to do that, but it's hardly honest.

 

Oh goody, the NIV, my favorite dynamic equivalence translation to oppose.

 

I have not figured you out yet. To my knowledge, this is the first time you've self-identified as a preterist. By the same token, I don't think you have figured out preterism yet.

 

The website you gave doesn't exist. You probably meant JEWS FOR JUDAISM keeps Jews Jewish by teaching Jews Judaism.

Are you aware that Jews for Judaism was established to keep Jews from becoming Christians? So everything on their website is with that agenda. They write on their home page, "Jews for Judaism responds to the threat of Christian missionary groups...."

So, in your agreement with their interpretation, even with your denial as to spiritual things, you are aligning yourself with the enemies of Jesus Christ, the Messiah.

 

Glad to hear that.

 

Exactly. When Christ comes, He will need nothing more than “the brightness of His coming” to destroy the Antichrist and his works (2 Thess. 2:8). Antichrist will be condemned to the Lake of Fire forever, along with his false prophet, and Satan who empowered him (Rev. 19:20).