LOOKING UP! - OUR REDEEMER IS COMING!
Is the Antichrist Already in office?

     With the political unrest in our country and the election of a new president looming 
in the near future, many people are wondering how this all fits into the grand scheme 
of things. Many people are asking the question whether U.S. President Barack Obama 
is to be found in Bible Prophecy? So many people are asking this question because they 
see many characteristics of Barack Obama matching those of the future Antichrist. 

     While Obama has excellent oratory skills, has risen quickly on the world scene as a 
leader of the world's lone superpower, has been anti-Israel; it is understandable why 
people ask this question. However, while Barack Obama stands for many evil things 
with his political stands for abortion, gay rights, gay marriage, support for sexual 
perversions, and many other similar liberal and socialist leanings, this in itself does not 
make him the Antichrist or even being a prominent part of Bible prophecy for the end 
times. While it is true that Barack Obama operates in the spirit of antichrist, I do not 
personally believe that he is THE Antichrist. Further, Barack Obama is surely not the 
false prophet either.

     The Bible states that the future Antichrist will come among the people who destroyed 
the Temple and the City. The Temple is referring to the Second Temple that was built 
by Soloman.

     Daniel 9:26  "And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and 
shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city 
and the sanctuary. It's end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. 
Desolations are decreed."

     As we can see from this Scriptural reference, we can see that the future Antichrist 
will be the "prince" of the people who destroyed the Temple and the City. As we all 
know, history records the fact that the Romans were the ones who destroyed the Temple 
and City in 70 AD. The City, of course, would be Jerusalem. This would indicate that 
the Antichrist would come from the region that was the primary source or home base 
of the Romans. In fact, Dr. Arnold Frutchenbaum, in his book "Footsteps Of The 
Messiah," makes an excellent case that this verse refers to the nationality of the 
Antichrist as being Italian. Whether the Antichrist comes from Italy or another Western 
European country remains the most likely area of origin for the beast - the Antichrist.

     While Barack Obama has a very liberal, socialist, and anti-God agenda, it is my 
belief that Obama's primary role in prophecy is to simply reduce America from the 
superpower status it currently holds to a status of neutrality or one on par with the rest 
of the nations of the world. I do not think it would be far fetched to see Barack Obama 
as a forerunner of the Antichrist. Just as John the Baptist was a forerunner announcing 
the arrival of the Lord, it is amazing to think that Barack Obama could be working in 
the same capacity, but instead to announce the arrival of the Antichrist. While Barack 
Obama has not, nor is it likely that he would verbally announce the Antichrist, it is 
apparent as we watch Obama's dealings with other world leaders, that he easily and 
shamefully bows down to lesser leaders in the world stage.  I do not find it hard to 
believe that we could see him step aside when the Antichrist arises in the last days.

     In fact, I believe that Barack Obama is just the kind of leader that will help fulfill 
the passages from Ezekial 38 - 39 where the rest of the world does pretty much nothing 
as the Russian-led Muslum coalition marches down toward Israel for what they think 
is her final destruction. While the truth is that God will supernaturally intervene to 
save Israel, the only thing, in my opinion, holding up this war is that America stands 
in the way of letting it happen. This is where the rapture of the church and Obama's 
systematic and socialist destruction of America from within comes in to fulfill Bible 
Prophecy.

     For these reasons, I simply do not see Barack Obama as a significant end times 
player, so much as that he is the foretold Antichrist (the "one" coming before the 
Anticrist).  However, I do believe that Barack Obama has a role to play in making 
America a non-factor in the future as he continues to practically destroy America from 
the inside with his massive spending plans, such as his recently passed universal health 
care program that is likely to add trillions and trillions of dollars to the nation's debt. 
Which, in effect, will end up sinking our economic boat. 

     Without a strong economy, we will be ripe for the picking. Obama's socialist takeover 
and reform of many of the United States' financial and banking sectors does not bode 
well for the United States. The fact is, many of these "plans" Obama has for America 
are leading us faster toward a one-world government as America has always been the 
main impediment to this globalist vision of power and lost sovereignty of the United 
States.

     In order for the future one world government to occur, the world's last remaining 
superpower must have it's power eroded to the point that it simply "falls in line" with 
the rest of the world. Only then can the globalists achieve their dream of controlling 
the entire world. This is exactly the kind of thing that will make the coming mark of 
the beast more easily accepted once other end times prophecies like Psalm 83, Isaiah 17, 
and Ezekial 38-39 come into fulfillment. The power vacuum left behind after these 
events will be the perfect scenario for the rise of the beast - the Antichrist.

     So, in the end, while the Bible does not, in my opinion, directly mention Barack 
Obama in Bible Prophecy, I do believe that he has a role to play in these end times, 
whether he realizes it or not.  Let us continue to keep our eyes on the Coming King. 
Lift up your head because your redemption draweth nigh.


Michael Ayers
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