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998: 930:, Armilus is "a king who will arise at the end of time against the Messiah, and will be conquered by him after having brought much distress upon Israel." He is spoken of in the 942:, and in some instances he is considered identical to Gog, but under another name. In the Sefer Zerubbabel he takes the place of Magog and defeats the 1239: 964:
also links the figure to Roman mythology, comparing the story of his birth from a stone to a similar legend about a living statue attributed to
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who will conquer the whole Earth, centralizing in Jerusalem and persecuting the Jewish believers until his final defeat at the hands of the
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depicts Armilus as bald, partially deaf, partially maimed, and partially leprous.
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or Armilus in various translations, but listed as a successor to
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is probably from the 7th century CE. Armilus is thought to be a
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The origin of this figure, said to be the offspring of
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Index

Armilos
a series
Eschatology
Buddhist
Maitreya
Three Ages
Christian
Book of Revelation
Book of Daniel
Olivet Discourse
Sheep and Goats
Jesus
Two witnesses
Four Horsemen
Antichrist
Preterism
Idealism
Historicism
Futurism
Millennialism
Premillennialism
Amillennialism
Postmillennialism
Events of Revelation
Apocalypse
Rapture
Armageddon
Seven Seals
Second Coming
Hindu

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