Antichrist will exalt himself

“He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the one desired by women, nor will he regard any god, but will exalt himself above them all.” Daniel 11:37
Here we read some interesting things about the Antichrist. He will not regard any god or religion that has preceded him. We hear and read about the ‘one-world religion’ and speculate as to what it might be – Islam, Roman Catholicism, and the ecumenical movement are the usual candidates. But it might be something completely different: a religion centred around the worship of this man, commonly called the Antichrist, the world leader who arises at the end times to unite the world, make a seven-year covenant with Israel that he breaks, empowered by Satan.
The phrase “the one desired by women” (NIV) is an interesting one. In some Bibles it is translated “the desire of women”, and in recent times, unfortunately, some have taken this to mean that the Antichrist will not desire women, i.e. he will be a homosexual. But this is not what the phrase means. “The desire of women” is a term for the Messiah. The number one thing that all Old Testament Jewish women wanted, was to be the one who would give birth to the Messiah.
This verse ties in with 2 Thess. 2:4 – “He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshipped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.” Antichrist will force the world to worship him, under penalty of death. It will be a strange time for the world.