Who Was the Anti-Christ As Prophesied In Matthew 24

of the Original Gospel of Matthew?

According to Matthew's Gospel Jesus warns in verse 5:
(5) For many shall come in My Name saying ‘I am He, the
Messiah’ — ‘I am Christ” and shall deceive and lead you
astray.
Then in the Hebrew Gospel of Matthew as published by
Professor Howard, Jesus warns of "apostasy" -- a term of art
of that era which means abandonment of the Law given
Moses.
(8) But all these things are the beginning of travail. (9)
Then shall they give you over to tribulation, and shall kill
you: and you shall be hated of all the nations, that is the
Gentiles because of My Name. (10) And then shall many
be perturbed and shall deal treacherously with his neighbor,
and shall be enraged against his brother. (11) And many
false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray. (12)
When apostasy and iniquity shall abound, the charity and
love of the many shall grow faint and cold. (OGM 24:5-
12.) (OGM = Original Gospel of Matthew by Standford
Rives, representing a synthesis of original sources on
Hebrew Matthew).
To be clear on the significance of this one different
word, the Jewish Encyclopedia says apostasy:
is applied in a religious sense to signify rebellion and rebels
against God and the Law, desertion and deserters of the faith
of Israel... (“Apostasy and Apostates from Judaism,” Jewish
Encyclopedia (editors Isidore Singer, Cyrus Adler) (Funk and
Wagnalls, 1912) at 13.)
Then after this interim warning, Jesus refers again to this
"gospel" -- of the imposter coming in "my name" (i.e., Jesus)
saying "I am He, I am the Christ." It reads in the Original
Gospel of Matthew as taken by Standford Rives from the
Shem Tob of Professor Howard (published as the Hebrew
Gospel of Matthew):
(13) But he that remains standing firm and patiently waits
until the end, the same shall be saved and have life. (14)
And this gospel of the kingdom [i.e., of the imposter using
Jesus’ name in verses 5,23-27 whom the apostate false
prophets promote in verses 11-12] shall be preached in the
whole world for a testimony to all the Gentiles—the
nations / HaGoyim Heb.—concerning me, and then shall
the end come. (15) So this is the Anti-Christ [i.e., the
imposter using Jesus’ name in vv. 5, 23-27] and this is the
abomination that desolates which was spoken of by Daniel
as standing in the holy place. Let the one who reads
understand.
Lest there by any doubt Jesus is warning about imposters who
use His name after He has left, Jesus emphasizes a criteria by
which you know it is NOT the true Jesus -- that you must
ignore a Jesus who appears in an event that lacks universality.
Thus, if someone claims they saw Jesus return in a private
appearance or out in the wilderness, Jesus says these are not
encounters truly with Himself -- the true Jesus -- once He had
left:
(23) If any man shall say to you, ‘Lo, here is the Messiah
or, Here,’ don’t believe it. (24) For there shall arise false
messiahs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs
and wonders, so that, if it can be, they will come to lead
astray the chosen. (26) If therefore they shall say to you,
‘Behold, he is in the desert or wilderness,’ do not go out to
see; or if they shall say ‘Behold, he is in the inner rooms,’
don’t believe it. (27) For as the lightning comes forth from
the east, and is seen even unto the west, so shall be the
coming of the Son of Man.
In my view this figure speaking to Paul was the Anti-Christ,
proven by the entry of Trophimus in the Temple in an
uncircumcised state in reliance upon Paul's message to
Ephesians like Trophimus in Ephesians 2:14-15. In that
passage, Paul told Ephesians that the law prohibiting
UNCIRCUMCISED Gentiles from entry was done away with.
Consider:
 Gentiles who were circumcised were welcome at the
Temple, but if “uncircumcised,” they were prohibited from
inside the Temple. See, Ezekiel 44:9.
 Trophimus in 58 AD entered the temple in an uncircumcised
state. See Acts 21:28-29; 24:6,13,18; 25:7-8.
 Jesus in OGM 24:5 says this Anti-Christ who is seen in the
wilderness or in private will cause a desolation of the
Temple.
Did this Anti-Christ do so by giving a message to a dupe
Christian -- Paul (who was apparently unaware of Jesus’
warnings in Matthew 24 about an imposter in private or
wilderness appearances) who in turn misled Trophimus?
Consider these facts:
 Trophimus was an Ephesian companion of Paul. (Acts 20:4;
2 Tim.4:20).
 Paul took Trophimus to Jerusalem after being warned by
God through the prophet Agabus and the Holy Spirit
speaking to other believers that Paul should not go to
Jerusalem. (Acts 21:4, 10-11).
 Paul disregarded the prophetic warnings, and went anyway
with Trophimus.
 Paul had written the Ephesians like Trophimus that the
“middle wall of separation” that kept
out uncircumcised Gentiles was “abolished” in the flesh of
 Jesus which took away “the law of commandments....” (Eph
2:14-15).
 And Paul taught in Acts 17:24 that “the Lord of heaven does
not live in temples built by human hands,” but Jesus said
God does dwell at the Temple. (Matt 23:21.) God did so
dwell there until 70 AD when, according to Josephus,
Eusebius, Tacitus and 2 Baruch, God’s voice spoke from the
Temple that He was leaving just prior to the entrance by the
Roman troops.
For a detailed explanation of these facts, see our
article Trophimus.
Obviously, Trophimus was caused to desolate the Temple by
the messenger Anti-Christ who in the wilderness of Damascus
made his first dupe -- Paul -- among millions, and who
unwittingly misled Trophimus to abominate the Temple which
Ezekiel says happens if an uncircumcised Gentile (not a
circumcised one) enters the Temple.
It is transparent that the "Jesus" whom Paul thought he met on
the Road to Damascus was the Anti-Christ warned about by
Jesus in the Original Gospel of Matthew in Hebrew at 24:15.
For a detailed exposition on Matthew 24:4-7 and 23-27 in the
Greek edition of Matthew, see this link.
Compare the Warning in the Apocalypse of Peter from
100-200 AD in Canon
The earliest Christian canon included the Apocalypse of Peter.
This book had both a negative reference by Jesus about what
appears to be Paul, as well as another prophecy by Jesus of a
false Christ using Jesus' name, similar to the one in Matthew
24.
First, the Apocalypse of Peter has a reference that clearly is
aimed at Paul, as it repeats the common criticisms about Paul.
See "Apocalypse of Peter," Wikipedia. The Apocalypse
quotes Jesus saying:
"And they will cleave to the name of a dead man, thinking
that they will become pure. But they will become greatly
defiled and they will fall into a name of error, and into the
hand of an evil, cunning man and a manifold dogma, and
they will be ruled without law."
In the same vein, there is another very positive reference to the
Law. Speaking of those seen in a vision in hell, Peter writes
about certain rich ones in hell: "And these were they that were
rich and trusted in their riches, and had no pity upon orphans
and widows but neglected the commandments of God." (The
Apocryphal New Testament (M.R. James-Translation and
Notes)
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924) excerpted at this link.)
Remember Paul taught not to help any widow under 60, in
particular those who wanted to remarry, waxing wanton
thereby supposedly against Jesus, their new husband. See our
article Paul's Command Not to Help Young Widows.
Next, as to the prophecy about those who come in Jesus' name
in Matthew 24, Jesus repeats this in the Apocalypse of Peter.
The prophecy of Jesus identifies one who is a feigned Christ --
a figure who still fits precisely the Jesus whom Paul met as
Paul's Jesus. This figure still did not satisfy the criteria of a
universal appearance which Jesus said is the necessary proof
to know it is himself:
And our Lord answered us, saying: Take heed that no man
deceive you, and that ye be not doubters and serve other
gods. Many shall come in my name, saying: I am the
Christ. Believe them not, neither draw near unto them.
For the coming of the Son of God shall not be plain; but
as the lightning that shineth from the east unto the west,
so will I come upon the clouds of heaven with a great host
 in my majesty; with my cross going before my face will I
come in my majesty, shining sevenfold more than the sun
will I come in my majesty with all my saints, mine angels
(mine holy angels). And my Father shall set a crown upon
mine head, that I may judge the quick and the dead and
recompense every man according to his works. (Id., M.R.
James.)
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Verily I say unto thee, when the twigs thereof have
sprouted forth in the last days, then shall feigned Christs
come and awake expectation saying: I am the Christ, that
am now come into the world. And when they (Israel) shall
perceive the wickedness of their deeds they shall turn
away after them and deny him, even [as they did to] the
first Christ whom they crucified and therein sinned a great
sin. But this deceiver is not the Christ. And when they
reject him he shall slay with the sword, and there shall be
many martyrs. Then shall the twigs of the fig-tree, that is,
the house of Israel, shoot forth: many shall become martyrs
at his hand. Enoch and Elias shall be sent to teach them
that this is the deceiver which must come into the world
and do signs and wonders to deceive. And therefore shall
they that die by his hand be martyrs, and shall be reckoned
among the good and righteous martyrs who have pleased
God in their life. (Id., M.R.James.)
When you put these together, you can now see Paul was aware
that a man of "lawlessness" would come first. Paul did not
think this was himself. Paul likely was repeating what he had
heard about such a man by discussions about the Apocalypse
of Peter. Paul was a perfect dupe of signs and wonders that his
Jesus gave him, never aware apparently of the universal
appearance criteria to verify any new appearance of Jesus in
both Matthew 24 and the Apocalypse of Peter.