Why Is the Ruler of the Vatican Seen As the AntiChrist?

 I think the problem is that, with all due respect, Keith [Johnson, among others] is assuming that the Antichrist could be Scola or any of the Vatican rulers--and this perspective is based off of Hyper Anti Catholicism. If we look at Scripture and even Karaite tradition, we see that the Antichrist has to be a Karaite Jew who will be somehow descended from Yosef and reckoned through Yehudah. He also has to cleanse Israel of Pharsaical (Non-Karaite) Judaism. e.g., "4 For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land. 25 And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean; from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh." (From Ezekiel 36, JPS)

To understand the Non-Messianic perspective of Mashiach takes an understanding of the Non-Messianic interpretation of Scripture:

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Obama Is Not the Antichrist

The Antichrist, sadly, has to be a Patrilineal Jew descended from both Judah and Joseph, and a Karaite--this will be the only type of Jew who will convince my people that he isMashiach. How do we know this?

1. In Non-Messianic Judaism, there is the thought that Mashiach will be literally descended from both Yehudah (which is Scriptural) and Yosef (perhaps because Yosef was Ya'akov's favorite son and because Yosef stated, "Hinei, I have dreamed a chalom more; and, hinei, the shemesh and the yarei’ach and the eleven kokhavim bowed down to me." This thought does not come from Scripture itself, although we do see that Yeshua descended from (by adoption) a literal Ya'akov and Yosef--but they will not believe Yeshua, although (for all that we know) he could've been a descendant of Yosef through his matrilineal lines (since we don't know who Maryam's and Yosef's mothers were. We do know thatMaryam was a kohenet through one of her matrilineal lines, though. Keep in mind that the so-called "rabbis" allowed intertribal marriages and even hired lo-kohen "kohanim"  in direct contradistinction against B'midbar 36. By the way, now you know of whom the "rabbis" are spiritual descendants.).
2. Karaite Judaism will be practiced. "Then will I sprinkle mayim tehorim upon you, and ye shall be tahor; from all your tum’a, and from all your gillulim (idols), will I make you tahor."
3. As Asher Romeo ["Romero"] ben Israel once pointed out, P'rushi Judaism is Eastern. "Therefore Thou hast abandoned Thy people Bais Ya’akov, because they have found their fullness from Kedem (the East), and practice divination like the Pelishtim, and they clasp hands contentedly with yaldei nochrim (children of foreigners)." We do indeed see this with, e.g. (as Asher noted or may have noted), Zoroastrianism (an influence on the Talmud, which Asher noted), Hinduism (HindJewism, anybody?), Buddhism (BuJews, anyone?), Kabbalh, etc..

In conclusion, Obama is neither a Patrilineal Jew nor a descendant of Yehudah and Yosef who is a Karaite. Therefore, Obama cannot be the Antichrist.