Antichrist Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Judaism=== There are warnings against [[false prophet]]s in the [[Old Testament]] of the bible. An anti-Messiah figure known as [[Armilus]], said to be the offspring of Satan and a statue, appears in some schools of [[Jewish eschatology]], such as the 7th century CE [[Sefer Zerubbabel]] and 11th century CE [[Midrash Vayosha]]. He is stated to be the God and Messiah of the Christians, making him identical to Jesus.<ref name="Armilus-JE">{{Cite web |title=ARMILUS β JewishEncyclopedia.com |url=https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1789-armilus |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=jewishencyclopedia.com}}</ref> He is described as "a monstrosity, bald-headed, with one large and one small eye, deaf in the right ear and maimed in the right arm, while the left arm is two and one-half ells long." Being considered similar to, or even identical with [[Gog and Magog|Gog]],<ref name="Armilus-JE" /> his believed destruction by a "[[Messiah ben Joseph]]" (Messiah, of the tribe of Joseph) symbolizes the ultimate victory of the Jewish Messiah in the [[Messianic Age]].<ref name="Armilus-JE" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page