Shabbat shalom, MR. ROSENBERGER.
First, what would I be hiding from? What would I be running away from? I really don't know what you're talking about.
Yes, in the first century, there were thousands of Y'hudiym (Jews) who accepted Yeshua` as the Messiah, and we were fortunate that the disciples were commissioned to be witnesses in Yerushalayim, in all of Y'hudiym, and in Shomron, and to the farthest coast of the earth:
Acts 1:8
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
KJV
From this commission - the Great Commission - Gentiles were also grafted into the Olive Tree. The question, therefore, becomes, "Do YOU believe that Jesus is the Messiah for Isra'el?"
On the other hand, WHY do you think the Devil has gone ANYWHERE?! He's not gone! He's actively destroying any life He can! He has NOT YET BEEN BOUND! That won't happen until the Millennium (Rev. 20:1-6)!
Now, when it comes to the spirit (the attitude) of "antichristos," one must NOT fall into the errors of today's eschatologies and think that we are talking about a particular person. That said, however, one must also be careful not to fall off the opposite edge and called the attitude of "antichristos" anything but how Yochanan (John) explained it in 1 John and 2 John:
1 John 2:18-23
18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah)? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
KJV
1 John 4:1-3
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
KJV
2 John 5-9
5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
KJV
And, one should also look at other things that Yochanan wrote:
1 John 5:1-3
5 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
KJV
Thus, I submit to you that anyone - "believer" or "nonbeliever" - who does not believe the Yeshua` is the Messiah promised to Isra'el IS AN ANTICHRIST by definition! Furthermore, the flip side of the coin is that anyone who believes that Yeshua` is the Messiah is born of God! Let that sink in for a moment. What that means is that all of the ritual and liturgy and procedures one has concocted as a formula for how one gets "saved" are WRONG! All it takes is for someone to believe that Yeshua` is the Messiah of God as promised for Isra'el! That fact, by the way, implies that one first must know what the "Messiah of God" is. I've known several "Christians" who have thought that "Christ" was "Jesus's" LAST NAME! SOMEBODY hasn't been teaching them the truth!
Now, as far as the Jews are concerned: Do you believe that someone can accept that there is a Messiah, that He has come from God, will be coming soon, and keeps God's commandments accordingly? That's what a Jew believes! The only pieces of the puzzle missing to him are (1) that YESHUA` (JESUS) is that Messiah of God, and (2) that He is the SON of God! That's all they have to admit for them to be BETTER believers than we are! Why do I say "BETTER?" Because they STUDY the Scriptures on a regular basis, if not daily! They discuss these matters and debate them often! Their first words are taught to be "Hear O Isra'el! The LORD our God; the LORD is ONE!" The last words they say with their dying breath is "Hear O Isra'el! The LORD our God; the LORD is ONE!" "Sh'ma, Yisra'el! ADONAI Eloheinu! ADONAI echad!"
Finally, the "fool" is one who says that there is nothing left for Yeshua` haMashiach (the Messiah) to do! He has MUCH to do, yet! Read through the prophecies of the Tanakh (the OT)! You will find that there are lots of things for Him to fulfill that have not as yet been fulfilled! As Yogi Berra once said, "It ain't over 'til it's over!"