Donna Danna (18 Dec 2022)
"IS JUDAS ISCARIOT THE ANTICHRIST?"


Judas Iscariot was the son of Simon according to John 6:7, 12:44 & 13:24-26.  His father was never a King and Judas Iscariot was never a Little Horn, a crown prince as the son of a king, that would become king one day which is one reason why I don't see him becoming the Antichrist of Rev. 13.  

So if Judas was to be resurrected from the dead in Potter's field which is outside Jerusalem how is he going to enter into Jerusalem to take away the daily sacrifice without the help of an army that a king or ruler would have at his disposal along with uprooting the rulers of Egypt, Libya & Ethiopia when he invades them. His great army is mentioned in Daniel 11:25, and his entering into the glorious land of Israel along with the countries of Egypt, Libya & Ethiopia can be found in Daniel 11:40-43. 

The daily sacrifice is taken away 1,290 days before the return of Jesus Christ, and the Antichrist is given power for only 1,260 days of the 1,290 days so he will only be able to perform signs and wonders along with people worshipping him and his image during that time.  If he received his power to do signs & wonders on day 1 of the 1,290 days, he would then have no power to kill the Two Witnesses at the end of their 1,260 days because he would have lost his powers 30 days before the 1,290th day when Christ returns to have him and the False Prophet thrown into the lake of fire.

Also don't forget that Judas Iscariot committed suicide by hanging himself along with returning the 30 silver coins he received for betraying Jesus to the authorities, and he repented himself saying that he had sinned in that he betrayed the innocent blood according to Matthew 27:3-5.

Matthew 27:3-5, "Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood,  And they said, What is that to us?  see thou to that.   And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself."

So why would Satan want to resurrect Judas Iscariot from the dead to become the Antichrist since Judas  admitted he sinned and repented?  And if Judas was the Antichrist, and was mortally wounded to death by the sword yet did live, doesn't that mean the Antichrist would have to resurrect  Judas a second time?  Or if the Antichrist is someone else, then he "was" alive until someone mortally wounded him to death by the sword, and "is not alive" until Satan resurrects him so he would then be considered "yet is" alive now that he was resurrected.

Is it not possible for there to be more than one son of perdition? Judas Iscariot in 17:12 and that man of sin or lawlessness in 2 Thess. 2:3 are both called the son of perdition.  And while Jesus is the only begotten Son of God, God also has other sons.  The angels were called the sons of God in Genesis 6:2 & 4, and in Job 1:6, 2:1, 38:7; and believers who are reborn and saved are also called the sons of God in John 1:12, Romans 8:14 & 19, Philippians 2:15 & 1 John 3:1-2.  So there very well be other sons of perdition besides Judas Iscariot and that man of sin, who is the Antichrist.