Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Harold Holmyard <hholmyard AT ont.com>]

Shoshanna Walker wrote:

> Dear Harold:
>
> We DON'T have a concept about someone being AGAINST Mashiach or who 
> imitates Mashiach as a pretender - that is a CHRISTIAN concept.
>
> And we don't use the English word Christ
>
> And this passage is not about Mashiach


HH: Right, I agree that Dan 11:22 is not about Mashiach. But whether you 
use the English word Christ is not important because people in the first 
century did use the Greek equivalent, and the idea of someone being a 
pretend-Messiah or an anti-Messiah is easy to understand. You're right 
that the concept is not taught plainly in the OT, but  it is 
discernible. The beast of Daniel 7 is a world ruler who speaks great 
things against God. He is replaced by a world kingdom that is from God, 
whose ruler is shown in Dan 7:13-14. Many believe that person in Dan 
7:13 is the Messiah.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard

> Shoshanna
>
>
>
> > HH: You may not realize this, but Christ is the English form of the
> > Greek word Cristos, which means "anointed one" and is the Greek
> > equivalent of Messiah (meshiach). The antichrist is the one is who is
> > against Christ, or who imitates Christ as a pretender.
> >
> > Yours,
> > Harold Holmyard
>
> .