Sabbatai Zevi was an Antichrist?

[turmeric]

He was the object of much fascination among Jewish Kabbalists in the 17th Century, who thought he might be the Messiah. I was reading about this in Isaac Bashevis Singer's historical novelSatan in Goray. This fellow actually existed (Zevi, that is) and belief in him resulted in antinomian behavior, as people expected to be carried off on a cloud to Israel during the Days of Awe. Here's the kicker - Sabbatai Zevi converted to Islam in the year 1666! Hmmmm!

 

[WrittenFromUtopia]

Where is there the connection in Scripture between 666 and Antichrists?

 

[turmeric]

I don't want to get into an argument about this, I just thought it was an interesting coincidence, an historical oddity which has escaped the Hal Lindsay crowd.

 

[WrittenFromUtopia]

I wasn't trying to argue.

 

[turmeric]

My bad. It wasn't a coincidence after all

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbatai_Zevi

I just didn't want to get into a long discussion of what Revelation means by 666, and whether he's the Beast, etc. But it wasn't a coincidence after all.

 

[WrittenFromUtopia]

That sure is a cool name. Sabbatai Zevi!

 

[Puritanhead]

Everyone knows that the Anti-Christ is a Romanian named Nicholas Carpathia... My spiritual advisor Tim LaHaye has told me this revelation. We've tracked him to down to his lair in Rome. And we will find him!

 

[Abd_Yesua_alMasih]

Originally posted by WrittenFromUtopia
Where is there the connection in Scripture between 666 and Antichrists?

Now now if it was flawless it could very well be true