Hi Paolo,

I read that article and I must say that it neglects to mention a few things about the AntiChrist.

One, he reigns with 10 other kings (10 Kings inside one Kingdom???)

Daniel 7:24
And the ten horns out of this kingdom [are] ten kings [that] shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.


Two, the 10 kings are only given power for one hour (or a short period of time)

Revelation 17
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.


Two, he isn't given a kingdom (or rather he isn't of Royal Blood)

Daniel 11:21
And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

This vile person goes on to commit the Abomination of Desolation that Jesus talked about and takes place in the middle of the 70th week in Daniel 9. 

Now as for the Hashemite Kingdom being the location from where the AntiChrist comes from, it appears the bible doesn't agree.  The 10 Kings that reign with the Anti-Christ are only given power temporarily.  They are not put into place by the Anti-Christ but were already established whent he Anti-Christ comes to power himself (per Daniel 7's little horn).  The middle east looks nothing like this.  You also have to keep in mind that Revelation 17 describes what this kingdom will be like.

We have 7 Heads which were/are kingdoms.  5 of which had already passed at the time of the writing of Revelation.  1 currently was and the final one will be for a short period of time.  It says the eighth was, is and will be (that is the Spirit of AntiChrist behind all of the kingdoms). 

The Kingdoms were/are world EMPIRES at their time that tried to kill off the Children of Israel is one way or another.

The five fallen were:
Egypt             -   Pharoah tried killing off the children of Israel by declaring all infant males be killed
Assyria          - Sennecharab tried to remove Israel's Identity (he only succeded in remove 10 of the 12 tribes)
Babylon         - King Nebbie had decreed that ALL his subjects worship the Image of Gold he created or face death
Medio-Persia  - This is the story of Esther (I cannot wait to see the movie - A Night with the King!)
Greece          - This was the Maccabean Revolt that lead to the creation of Hannukah

The one that was Current:
ROME          -  The romans completely removed them from the land in what is called the Diaspora and destroyed the Temple in 70AD.  They only just returned in 1948.  Read Amos 9. It details everything that would happen to them starting with the destruction of the Temple and being scattered across the earth, unto the promised restoration.

Out of all of those "Kingdoms" that we know have already passed - Egypt, Assyria and Rome didn't occupy Babylon as a Capital of their empire.

The Final Kingdom which will have the person we call the Anti-Christ as their leader will also punish Israel and attempt to wipe them out (Rev. 11 points to this).  In Zechariah 12-14 we see that only one third of the children of Israel alive during his reign will survive to see the coming of Jesus.

Now I will give you one thing, I do believe that the person who will is the Anti-Christ must be able to make some claim to being a descendant of Mohammed.  that way he can claim to be the Mahdi that comes to make peace when the world is at its "most turbulant."  That is according to the Islamic Prophecy.  However, I highly doubt that the Jews will really make a deal with a Muslim to ensure their own safety the way they will make a deal with the Anti-Christ.  The good news is that in Daniel 11:37 it points to God (jehovah) as the god of his fathers.  We know this guy is a New Ager not a Muslim.

Daniel 11:37
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.