Antichrist will briefly rule the world with a level of control unlike anything before. Consider the mark of the beast money system described in Revelation 13:17. “No one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” That’s control! For centuries, Christian scholars couldn’t imagine such a thing being possible, so they tried to think of what it might “really mean.” And it wasn’t possible… not yet.
In His grace, for the sake of His glory, and to accomplish His redemptive and kingdom purposes, God chose Israel to be His representative people among the nations (Ex 4:22; Lev 20:26; Deu 26:18-19) and made a covenant with them at Mount Sinai (Ex 19– 20; Deu 5:1-2).