Is President Obama the Antichrist?

The purpose of this blog is to encourage people to think for themselves, and not to accept as fact everything they see and hear. I use the word lemmings to describe these people; they follow blindly without questioning. I see articles, videos, and news items daily that spout alleged facts. I hear, or participate in, conversations where I hear unfounded assertions. This blog’s purpose is not to persuade you one way or another; it is to encourage you to research things for yourself. I sincerely hope you enjoy my blog.-Pete.

I was having breakfast at my local diner this morning. The hostess, who, by the way is as close to the perfect woman as I have ever met, remarked that she had a conversation with someone who claimed President Obama was the antichrist. I chuckled at first, but then realized I have heard this statement many times before. It then dawned on me that lemmings may just accept this as fact. I now needed to research the question: Is President Obama the antichrist.

To determine whether President Obama is in fact the antichrist, one has to have a definition. I Googled it and here is what I found: the vast majority of websites, dictionaries and references all define antichrist as the enemy of Christ. That is basic stuff, so I searched for specific qualities the antichrist would possess. Here is what I found.

Bible scholars claim one thing that identifies the antichrist is his ability to bring peace to the Middle East. Their basis for this is a scripture in the book of Daniel 9:27. Has President Obama done this? No. However, his next task is to talk Iran into disarming its nuclear weapons. On it’s website, BBC news reports “The US fears Iran's uranium enrichment programme is a cover to build atomic weapons, a charge Iranian officials deny. Mr Obama, like his predecessor, wants Iran to abandon its uranium enrichment programme, but is trying to build up diplomatic capital before confronting the issue,” (Marcus, 2009).

Another scripture used to warn of the antichrist is in Revelation 13. It talks of the death, and then resurrection, to even greater power than was previously held. Obviously, President Obama is still alive, so we cannot use this as evidence one way or the other.

I now find a litany of scriptural citations that claim the antichrist will declare himself God, but only after achieving quite a list of areas where he has global control. Specifically, they are: politically, religiously, militarily, and economically. Does President Obama meet the necessary requirements to qualify as the antichrist? Let us examine them one by one.

To be in global control politically, one would have to be in a powerful standing globally. As the recent failure of President Obama’s attempt at bringing the Olympics to Chicago points out, he has little power on the global front. As far as being a religious leader, it is true that there are groups of people who literally pray to President Obama, but, at this time, they are not given much credibility. Militarily, President Obama has not exactly put his job as Commander-in-Chief at the forefront. The Kansas City Star reported “It was Obama and McChrystal’s first meeting in person since the general took over all American and NATO forces on the ground in June… The fact that Obama had not talked with McChrystal since his report was submitted at the end of August generated criticism.” (Baker, 2009). Does this sound like someone who is currently attempting to gain military control of the world? Economically, I do not think I really need to prove the state the USA is in at this time. The Wall Street Journal reported “Job losses moderated in August, but the unemployment rate ticked up 0.1 percentage point to 9.8%, the highest level since June 1983”. Suffice to say, there is no global control there either.

I do think it is necessary to divulge a piece of information here. In the entire sixty-six books that are accepted as the Christian bible, the word antichrist only appears five times; four in singular form and once as a plural. This introduces the possibility that the antichrist may be a group of people, not a single person. All cited references to the actual antichrist come from biblical scripture, yet, outside of Christianity, the bible is merely literature; academically it is not an authoritative source. That is a whole other topic for discussion. One could therefore argue that the antichrist, to quote the bard, is “Much ado about nothing”.

I heard an assertion; President Obama is the antichrist. I found the definition. I examined some of the requirements of being such. I will not say what I believe. My belief is irrelevant. I am just trying to encourage you to question and research things for yourself. That is the purpose of my blog. Remember, the truth is out there…you just have to look for it.

References

Baker, P. (2009, October 2). Obama and general discuss Afghanastan. Kansas City Star(reprinted from N.Y. Times) .

Izzo, P. (2009, October 2). Broader Unemployment Rate Hits 17% in September. Retrieved October 2, 2009, from WSJ.com: http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/10/02/broader-unemployment-rate-hits-17-in-september/?mod=wsj_share_facebook

Marcus, J. (2009, October 2). Obama offers Iran 'new beginning'. Retrieved October 3, 2009, from BBC.com: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7954211.stm