Is Obama the Antichrist?

Good for you Rod!

It's important to stay grounded in reality. This email clearly isn't. I would do (and have done) exactly what Rod did. What is fair is to pass along to social conservatives that in spite of the God talk that Obama engages in, he has the strongest pro-abortion record of any candidate we have seen for president. That's reality, this anti-Christ business isn't.

OTOH, Obama himself has until caught, kept his mouth shut around nonsense such as the idea that the US government created AIDS to kill black people. He didn't respond like Rod did to such evil, foolishness until he got the idea that it would hurt him politically.

Good for you Rod, I find myself (Registered Republican/Crunchy Con/Not voting for Obama) defending him against my Neocon friends. It's amazing to believe that many believe him to be a Muslim even after the big hoopla with his Pastor. As an American, I think that Americans are some of the dumbest and gullible people on Earth.

I have a dyed-in-the-wool Republican in-law who lives and breathes by these types of idiotic emails. He forwards them, he uses them as "proof" in his arguments, blogs them like they're factual news. . . Its pretty pathetic. One he was pretty fired-up over recently was the "Obama-refuses-to-salute-the-flag!!1!" email. I have yet to see the Anti-Christ email make an appearance in any of his screeds, but I'm sure it will soon (even though said in-law practices no religion at all, nevermind being a believer in "Revelations" -heh- he'll use anything anti-Democratic as fodder for his spewings).

What's worse: no matter what facts you might present in answer to this type of nonsense, the types of folks who buy into these scare-stories will not face the facts, will not believe them. They'd rather believe the garbage, since it goes along with everything they already believe about the Left. This type of person is exactly the type who needs to hear the warning in one of your earlier posts from today, Rod: stop watching Fox, stop listening to right-wing radio, you've been fed so much propaganda, so many scare-stories, so much demonization of every person on the left that you can no longer recognize real factual information. It has become easier for these people to believe the most outlandish stuff possible ("Barak HUSSEIN Obama is the Anti-Christ and will convert us all to Islam at sword-point!!!!) than just plain truth.

I pretty much burned my bridges by calling my in-law an idiot racist (this after he made some crass remarks about immigrants, knowing full well that uhm, my entire family are immigrants). For everyone else who isn't willing to permanently fracture their relationships with these moonbats, just refer them straight to Snopes.com when they forward you this crap. :)

I was hoping that you would inform him that there the word "Muslim" didn't exist until 600 years after the Book of Revelation was written.

"As an American, I think that Americans are some of the dumbest and gullible people on Earth."

As a Canadian I agree!!:)

Given that the Revelation was written hundreds of years before Muhammad was born and Islam came to exist, it's not surprising to not find it. Frankly, if Revelation mentioned Muslims, it would be a wonderful argument in favor of the accuracy of prophecy.

Totally off topic, but I love the phrase "flopped over my e-mail transom." Sadly, the history of journalism indicates that even in the days of actual transoms and actual flopping, crackpot theories written by otherwise respectable citizens comprised a decent percentage of a journalist's daily mail.

Anne at 3:43 PM said: "Rod: stop watching Fox, stop listening to right-wing radio, you've been fed so much propaganda, so many scare-stories, so much demonization of every person on the left that you can no longer recognize real factual information."

A person who says this sort of thing does not watch FoxNews, does not listen to Limbaugh, Prager, Hewitt, Ingraham or other conservative commentators but just repeats what is "common knowledge" on the left. Rod is a clear-thinking civil person whom we may not always agree with all the time, but there is no doubt that he recognizes facts.

Idiotic emails can be deleted, the writer referred back to snopes.com, or kindly corrected. Or the sender can be asked to take you off his distribution list because "you are too busy", as a last resort, blocked. He may be wrong, or silly or deluded, but not "evil" as "liberals" tend to think.

David,

Growing up in a fundamentalist Baptist church in the 70s, we all knew that the anti-christ was going to be Jewish (and probably Russian). At the same time, our church was extremely pro-Israel. One of the more popular candidates, as I recall (though I was in elementary school at the time), was Henry Kissinger. Who, if you ask me, is the guy central casting would choose for the role...

I just finished reading the Book of Revelation for my EFM (Education for Ministry) course. The anti-christ isn't mentioned once. The anti-christ shows up in earlier books of the New Testament, but it doesn't appear to refer to a specific person, rather to refer to an attitude that is "contra-Christ."

As I was just invited to google something on another thread, I though to ask that great source of cybernetic sapience what anagram might be made of BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.

A chill went down my spine when I read:

ARABS BACK HIM, USE A NO!

I am now embarking on a study of Gematria.

Wait a minute though Rod. I have been thinking alot about the end times lately (who isn't if they believe) and the thought that Obama could be the anti-Christ has crossed my mind. While the actual email in question is incorrect in a lot of respects as you have already pointed out, I actually don't think the idea is far-fetched.

Maybe its because of an idea that I have had for a long time regarding well-intentioned evil. Ages ago I even toyed around with writing a novel in which the anti-Christ didnt know who he was and had the best intentions and yet ended up bringing death and destruction as opposed to life.

For me that is at bottom what the anti-Christ is beyond any particular details as to his identity. He brings death. Christ brings life. If the anti-Christ is going to bring big death, he would have to ascend to great power. There is no greater power in the world than the US President. There is no nation more at the center of everything than our country. As the saying goes "When the US catches a cold, the rest of the world gets flu" So it would make sense to say that the anti-Christ might be a US President with a messianic ability to sweep people off their feet. He would be a figure held in a religious awe. Have you seen the photo of the 75000 strong crowd Obama drew the other day? That is what it would look like at first.

Can Satan fool even the well-intentioned? He does so everyday. Can someone who starts out with hope and promise be seduced over to the Dark Side? You betcha. In fact, I have another theory which holds that it is the most idealistic people who are actually the most prone to do so. The world inevitable disappoints and embitters. The most idealistic person is the most unlikely to find fault with their world view. Instead they turn to force to ram their vision through trusting that once people see how much better things are they will stop resisting and come around.

While I think it is irresponsible to openly identify a particular person as the Anti-Christ, given that its been done thousands of times and the identification has always been wrong (see the whole history of end-times movements for all the proof we will ever need that human beings are incapable of such an indentification no matter how much they think they know about the Bible.), still I think its actually a good thing to think about and talk about in general. Think of it as practice for identifying general evil both in ourselves and in others rather than an excercise in picking out the AC in particular.

I do believe that the AC is going to be a real person, but I don't think that anyone will know him until it is obvious. I take the counsel of Jesus not to (of course I'm paraphrasing here) sweat the details of the end-times but to simple always be ready for them. I think that being ever mindful of and alert to evil and its ways is the only way to prepare for whatever will come. Other than that, live your life as if today is your last day reminding ourselves always of what Jesus expects of us.

Having said all of that, I do have a personal opinion of who the Anti-Christ is or rather was. I won't bore with the details. Lets just say that my view is imaginative and complicated. But I believe that the AC was alive a long time ago and is now dead. But his effect on the world and the movement he left behind is only beginning to seriously attain to world dominance. The only hint that I will give is that this movement was founded on a specific denial of Christ as he is known and taught by the Church and I think this movement is uniquely appealing to those most infected by the particular spiritual and philosophical disease of our times. Some of the smartest and most idealistic are drawn to it even now. As things go from bad to worse, the Church will be ever more blamed for the dead end of Western culture. Then the average masses will quickly be drawn to the strong horse left standing. My personal opinion? Do not underestimate the likelihood of this scenario.

Whoever antichrist is, it ain't gonna be an American president. It's going to be a leader who revives the Roman Empire, if you believe that sort of thing.

It's like "Play It Again, Sam." It was never said by any character in "Casablanca" but it sticks firmly in people's memories as having happened. I believe it is 1 Peter in the NT who refers to antichrists (lower case and plural). The antichrists were people with attitudes that were "counter-Christ." Revelation never mentions antichrists. Revelation describes several beasts, but never refers to a single one as the "Antichrist."

Anything else is a modern gloss on the text - a wretched innovation and interpretation by people who actually have the nerve to consider themselves fundamentalists and literalists.

Have a great holiday weekend, everyone.

Why don't we ask John Hagee who the anti-Christ is? He seems to know everything else.

That IS rich. Islam did not yet exist when the New Testament was penned. You'd think people who cared about such things would pay attention to CONTEXT.

"And Revelation says absolutely nothing about the Antichrist being a Muslim. Nothing."

But didn't the Book of Revelation say that the Anti-Christ would have big floppy ears?

I don't know if anyone else gets Pacifica radio but the "9/11 is an inside job" business is regular programming.

Left wing paranoia is alive and well.

And they get government funding.

A trusted source. An old friend.

And I agree with SVS: the right has not cornered the market on paranoid smears. It seems a function of US culture now. Maybe it's just human nature, aided and abetted by technology.

Rod: "And I agree with SVS: the right has not cornered the market on paranoid smears. It seems a function of US culture now. Maybe it's just human nature, aided and abetted by technology."

But Rod, it's not the left that is wrapping itself in Jesus, saying that they are the followers of the "one true way." It's you folks on the right making that claim. If that be the case, then are you not asking to be held to a higher standard...that of Jesus?

Both sides are caught up in the mania. Obama's supporters put out stuff like this http://therealrevo.com/blog/?p=814

Aren't these the same people that think that our current Pope is the anti-Pope?

"According to The Book of Revelations..."

It's the Book of Revelation, not the Book of Revelations. The correct name is singular--without the "s."

The anti-christ might be Muslim but more importantly his mother will be Jewish. This is important if the Jews are to accept him. And more than likely, he will be born in Iraq.

God throws us a pebble...before He throws us a brick!

Looking at Obama, and all those who are mesmerized by him? This shows me just how "ripe" we are ~for~ Antichrist to come on the scene.

If the people of our Country vote him into the Presidency---we will get what we deserve-what's coming to us. We will reap what we sow.

I most definitely agree with "Dawn in Texas" . . .

Well, Putting your faith in GOD will be the right thing to do, so do it. We (Americans) and the world have turned our backs on GOD and his Son. Turn back to him and his son and you might see thing turning back to the good life. Man kind wants everthing their way. And no credit go's to whom put you here. The the riase in gas prices, you should start seeing other things go wrong and slowly man will start blame other for the losses. Is it that hard to go back to GOD? For some yes for others no, we will all pay for the way we treat others as a whole. So it you want everything you way. The be ready for the rocky road ahead. Good people and not so go, we will all pay together. Think hard and make your choice. MAY GOD HELP US ALL.

he is of muslim decent!! his father was a muslim- what kind of a man allows his children to be taught from a 'religious' pastor hatred revenge - violence towards the white race? what kind of a president does that make and what do you think he is going to do in that office- with such hatred biult up inside of him? any father that can allow that is not fir to be a father much less a president-
his law firm is tied up in fundingmiraq and iran and terrorist- and his wife's statement that she has been ashamed of america all he life UNTIL he is running for president- talk of white hatred in her!
how can she be a first lady over all americans?people get REAL the writing is on the wall- he has also missed 96 out of 100 votes in the senate and when there for the four he only voted 'present'.
no guts no conscience no morals= no presidency!!!!!!
he lied from the get go stating he would NOT run for president in his foirst senatorial term- yet not even a year into that term he did just that- started his exploratory committee to run for president.
he has no morals no conscience he does not keep his word and is just plain evil . he is even evil looking! every expression is evil that he has!
people LOOK AT THE WRITING ON THE WALL AT HIS SPOKEN WORDS AND ACTIONS!!!!!

Do you think you can type this with a different back ground so we can actually read it thanks .....by the way I am not the anti-christ......

Barack Hussein Obama isn't THE anti-Christ. However, some of his voting records are definitely anti-Christian. He once voted that it was okay for the baby to die, in a partial birth abortion vote, if by chance the baby was born entirely. You have to be very evil to allow a little baby to die if it's once born. VERY EVIL. VERY ANTI-CHRISTIAN.

U.N. Sec. General Kofi A. Annan fits the position more than Obama.
His name also calculates to 666.

Rod, you don't need to ask liberals not to pass around anti-McCain emails around because we tend not to do these things. I get a lot of chain emails, and they virtually all conservative. Inflammatory, false chain emails seem to be unique to the right-wing.

It is too bad that we are sent these types of e-mails about a candidate rather than those that would help to inform the public about a candidate such as the reality of Obama's horrifying pro-choice record that is factual. He would rather allow a baby that survived the abortion to die alone in a pail (a nurse named Jill Stanek brought this in front of Congress) rather than trying to save it. But a child who was born fighting for it's life too would be given every available assistance to live. My granddaughter was born at 1 lb 8 oz, 3 months premature, she is a beautiful 9 year old. I can't imagine that other baby just struggling to live but dying in a pail!!! But Obama was absent at the time of legislation so in essence he knew this meant a no vote to stop this atrocity.
People need to know these things about their candidates not this other frivolous dribble.

Barak Obama being the anti-Christ? The way many are gushing over him as a secular messiah and political savior makes one pause.
Could the Biblical scriptures being fulfilled before our eyes in our own time? Why not? Scripture does sstate that the anti-Christ will come some day and deceive--if possible "even the elect."

What might such a person be like, who is to persuade the multitudes, and then rise to power?

The mistake is to assume that the anti-Christ will be an obvious figure such as the likes of Hitler or a Stalin. But such evil people have littered the stage of history for centuries.
The anti-Christ will come as a figure of peace offering false solutions to the problems of the world. Bishop Sheen once said that the anti-Christ is the anti-cross: a Christianity stripped from the cross, stripped from the person of Christ, stripped from the supernatural. In other words, we are our own saviors, and we must save the world through ur own means; never mind God.

Some theologians have speculated that the anti-Christ will not know that he's the anti-Christ. This person will merely be the product of a rotting society, which once knew and believed in Christ.
The anti-Christ will not be the devil himself. The anti-Christ will be a man who's been deceived by the devil. This man will be someone who will come speaking about peace, but in the end will misguide the society further down the path of self-destruction.

Personally, I believe the stage is set for such a personage. It's quite clear that what we see in today's society are many good people who have rationalized the irrational. They allow themselves to be numbed into accepting lies and half-truths.

Such individuals have been assimilated into a global force which is shaping society into an indifferent, selfish and Godless culture, dependent upon a system of governance which offers empty solutions. One example is the issue of abortion: Some individuals have been persuaded to believe that we have a right to dismember human babies.
Our great-grandparents would have wept in disgust. Yet that's exactly what the likes of Obama "defend".

Just watch this video about the mad world of Obama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HRFqmlZEbY

Therefore, could Obama be the anti-Christ? Who knows. After all, THE Christ, was a humble carpenter from Nazareth, while everyone expected a powerful military superhero. What we do know is that Barak Obama stands for the most radical brand of liberal politics. Unfortunately, today that means promoting evil as good:

With abortion we have the destruction of human life attacking the will of the Holy Spirit who is the Lord and Giver of Life. The Left not only supports but promotes Gay marriage. Elevating homosexual marriage to the same level as the institution of holy matrimony is a direct assault on the nucleus of society--namely the paradigm of the human family made in the image and likeness of God. Gay marriage attacks the Male-Female, Man-Woman, Husband-Wife, Father-Mother paradigm and the masculine-feminine influence God intended for children.
Never mind the fact that the vast majority of people in prison today come from broke families and lacking a positive father figure, I cringe to think about the psychological wrecks same-sex unions will spawn into society.

Behind all of this evil is the miserable reality of demonic influence, which is active before our very eyes, and many choose to be their puppets. Therefore, be ye not deceived.

This kind of crap is what is turning the once great country of desire and freedom into a cesepool of followers on crime filled drug filled streets and not leaders.
Each person who reads this must also reach out to others to pass on the need to stop garbage like this from poisoning the minds of those who can be swayed.
God must bless America before it is to late to be any other thing than a country full of memories of those who died and who survived all kind of world wars.... to gain freedom for those less fortunate.

Jesus was humble and meek of heart. Obama seems prideful and arrogant.
Obama is coming riding an donkey, so to speak, which is the mascot of the democrat party. Some people refer to that party as the demoncrat party now; considering the evil it advocates. I think people highly underestimate the times in which we live. He could very well be the final antichrist. I can't stand to look at or listen to him and I am not the least bit racist. My spirit recoils at the sight of him.
You'll know them by their fruits and his are abortion, letting babies die if they survivive one, homosexual marriage, and experimentation on human beings (embryo destruction/cloning). This is nothing less than a satanic agenda people.

I hesistated to finish your article after the word moron.
Lets have a little decency man of God.

Is the Beast ascending to power on the world stage today?
In these days many are asking, what does the Bible say about the Antichrist, the Man of Lawlessness, and the Beast. Should we be concerned about any individual currently ascending to power on the world stage? Although my book Final Warning goes into much greater detail about the characteristics of the evil one, let it suffice that all Christians must be aware that one is coming who is beginning to fit this profile.
Beware of the one who comes as a type of messiah promising to save the world from its present crisis by speaking half truths and outrageous lies; one who promises world wide peace by sitting down with your enemies. Beware of the one, who promises universal health care for the whole person (both physical and psychological) with its hidden agenda of leading you to trust in psychology instead of trusting in God exclusively, which is idolatry. Furthermore, this allows the evil one and his established order to control your life. This control is precipitated by electronic record keeping and preventative health requirements that will mandate physical and psychological care if you wish to keep your benefits. Be wary of the one who voted for the bailout bill that gives government more involvement in the private sector and definitive control over millions of home loans. Tucked into this bill is a mental health provision that will ultimately give companies power over their employees by requiring that they get psychological counseling and drugs to improve their productivity. Be very careful of the one who promises to bring change to those living in the midst of fallen Babylon through his own strength and intellect.
Christian don't be deceived, because Obama easily fits this profile. He is espousing a political rebellion against the so called established order and leading God's children in open rebellion against Him. He does this by leading the world to put their trust in him or his new world religion to solve all their problems and meet their needs instead of trusting in God alone and His providential care. Obama openly nullifies the law of God by sanctioning same sex relationships and partial birth abortion – deserving the title “Man of Lawlessness.” Christian don’t be dismayed that the Republican party lost the election. Indeed it was easy to be fooled by the Republican Party and the audacity of talk radio claiming to be on the side of Christianity by rejecting homosexual unions and the freedom of choice. Clearly they only courted the Christian vote to further their own evil agenda of excessive greed and lust for power. Stop trusting in Obama or the Republican Party to bring about change. Real change is only possible through the transforming power of the Gospel which brings true healing to the whole man and his community.
If you have not done so already, let me encourage you to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Trust God to solve your problems and meet all of your needs. Then join me in spreading the word to flee Vanity Fair before it's too late. Reach out to your fellow Christian and tell them to stop trusting in Government and the one who has come to lead the world astray. Challenge them to repent of their wickedness and turn back to Jesus Christ as the true Author of change.

We live in desparate times. Our economy has collapsed, and the despotic New World Order folks / AKA Rockefeller / Rothschild sphere of influence must bilk the taxpayers of $800 billion every 4 months to prop-up the BROKEN SYSTEM of the Federal Reserve. Is Obama the Antichrist? I would say he is the figuirehead for the New World Order -- A wise man suggested that the NEW WORLD ORDER IS the Anti-Christ. They promise to help and fix things, but turn-around and DESTROY EVERYTHING.