Looks like I’m on a Barack Obama kick again. Sorry about that, but I couldn’t resist posting about this latest curiosity that came to my attention today when I received a press release from the Christian Newswire. It’s about one of the current campaign ads from John McCain. I hadn’t seen it yet, but the press release prompted me to look it up on YouTube. The ad, called “The One,” portrays Obama as something akin to the Second Coming—but the sarcasm is obvious. And the ultimate, implicit message is that Obama is a false messiah. In fact, the ad bears an eerie resemblance to something you’d find in the Left Behind books. You can check it out here or by viewing above.
Anyway, in the press release Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, authors of the Left Behind series, attempt to distance themselves from this notion that Obama is “The One.” It’s actually fascinating, and a little weird, to hear Tim LaHaye explaining, in all seriousness, why Obama cannot be the antichrist:
“I can see by the language he uses why people think he could be the antichrist,” adds LaHaye, “but from my reading of scripture, he doesn’t meet the criteria. There is no indication in the Bible that the antichrist will be an American.”
Of course, some would argue that Obama is not a real American, which means he could still be in the running for that antichrist title.
I’m so sick of all the rumors and innunendos regarding Senator Obama. Good grief…there are folks that have no clue as to what is taking place…other than what they’ve heard from another one of their “friends”. They don’t have the sense of a goose.
It’s as it they are oblivious to the fact they can read, the full content of any speech…yet, it’s easier to repeat rhetoric they have heard from someone else.
Good grief! I’m beginning to think most folks have their heads up their a@@. I HAD been a staunch Republican for two decades. Yet, it’s not rocket science to see that if this nation doesn’t go in a differnent direction, we are in big trouble. This was not an overnight decision on my part, but one that developed over several years.
FYI…no, I’m not a person of color, and I’m not a “20 something”. However, I’m not blind either. The idiocy that I hear coming from the RNC is reprehensible.
are you kidding?
You are a BUFFOON!!
11-17-09 Ready to change your opinion yet? I think LeHay should take credit for receiving a prophecy about our new leader being the anti-Christ.
One world currency headed your way!
Okay, I had to comment as soon as I saw this. Are people losing their minds? How backwards can you possibly be in a supposed “Christian” nation?
This is why I it’s important to READ the bible and study for yourself.
And turn off CNN, Fox and all the places shoving ignorance down our throats. Don’t even look at the ads.
Go to Obama’s Web site and then visit McCain’s site – make a decision NOT on someone else’ opinion. Look at their records. Look at their platforms.
Use the mind God gave you to make a decision.
I never thought he was the antichrist. If he is, I think we’ll know it soon enough. LOL
I hope this post was somewhat tongue in cheek, because that McCain ad is pretty funny. It might be the first entertaining campaign ad I’ve ever seen, well that was meant to be entertaining anyway.
I always thought it was Schwarzenegger
Obama is not the anti-christ, although i think he leans towards being a marxist.
in my opinion the antichrist is the most subtle thing there can be, and i think is the media, the mass-media in all it’s forms. tne “sistem” created an easy identifiable mesiah, by promoting it, but falsely promoted the antichrist, because this element must be subtle, hidden and “trap”-like.
running towards the promissed freedom, ppl don’t realise that the straight path to is is filled with traps.
so to be on-topic: obama is just a human. he is not the antichrist. antichrist is a sum of applied ideeas, or so, not a person. just like devil, or satan,. or lucifer, is the sum of our fears, not a spiritual entity.
p.s.: if someone wants to reply to this please mail me at alooper21@yahoo.com.
This is the first time I have come to this web site and read all these responses. However, this one in particular troubled me. I urge the writer to begin to read the book of Revelation for themselves and not take anyone’s word on this, but the antichrist is most assuredly a “person”. God’s word does not lie. II Thessalonians 2: 3-4 call him the “lawless one” and throughout the Bible the identity of the antichrist is always referred to as “he”. He will become a world ruler and set himself up as god and demand the world worship him. Yes, my friend, he will definitely be a real person (man).
You either believe the Word of God or you don’t. To not believe it will seal your eternal fate.
Also, the devil, satan and lucifer are one in the same. The antichrist is just as real as he is, in fact the devil will totally indwell the antichrist when he comes.
My hope is that you will discover for yourself the truth about all this because it is rapidly approaching us, as you will see as you read the book of Revelation.
God bless you.
I confess.
I’m the anti-christ.
Why does it matter WHO the anti-Christ is/will be. We can predict as much as we want to, but that is not information for us to know. It is in line with the 2nd coming of Jesus. We have signs, but we can’t pinpoint specifics.
As Christians we are to live our lives in love and dedication to God, through our devotion and service tho Him and his son Christ Jesus. Let’s leave the end times alone and just serve God.
Maybe it’s because I haven’t owned a television in eight years, but this add comes across as insanely out of touch with everything, yes, everything. I’ve seen enough email forwards to know though it might be slightly sarcastic, the point McCain is making seems to resonate with a lot of so called Christians. This is insane. Seriously, insane.
I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road!
[...] We can all breathe easier. According to Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins of Left Behind fame, Barack Obama isn’t the antichrist. “I can see by the language he uses why people think he could be the antichrist,” adds LaHaye, “but from my reading of scripture, he doesn’t meet the criteria. There is no indication in the Bible that the antichrist will be an American.” (via Edward Gilbreath) [...]
I don’t think the point of this ad is to insinuate that Obama is the Antichrist. This ad and others point out how some of his fans, er supporters see him. Many think he’s going to come and change everything, like he’s so different and special. He can heal the nations wounds, change how politics are done, etc.
The point is too check your feelings for a minute and look a litter deeper into his policies. Do you like his stand on taxes, energy, etc.?
I doubt people that think he’s the antichrist are going to vote for him anyway. Political ads are pointed at the undecided.
Do I believe he is the antichrist? That doesn’t matter because those who are not ready for the coming of our Saviour needs to be alert for what is coming up in the next few years. The most important thing we have to care is to be READY and keep praying for those who need to accept the Lord as our only God and believe that he died in the cross and He already won the Battle for our lives and our sins with His blood. Is Obama the antichrist, I am pretty sure God will gave us and show us the truth, but once again we not going to be here when he is ready to conquer the world.
The antichrist cant be an american is coming from the north all those questions must be study carefully, just remember that Obama has been elected to be the next president of our nation. A nation that has always believe in God, but this nation has left the roots that God want to us to follow, and there will be consequences for those actions. In another words His word must be completed , must happen, it is the destiny for the sins this world keep making. Read your bible, ask questions, talk to the Lord in your prayers, ask for wisdom but the most important thing right now is to be ready not for the worst but for the best which is to be ready for the rapture.
God Bless you, and for those who haven’t repent of their sins go and do it, it only takes a few words and a repentive heart and a straight mind to accept Jesus as of our Saviour.
my mom just made a joke about obama being the antichrist.
it scared me because i knew she was a fundamentalist, but not a fucking FUNDAMENTALIST.
I hope and pray that Obama will be good for our country. As far as being the antichrist, I don’t know. Nobody really knows. But no matter if he is or isn’t, he is exactly where God wants him to be. So now its up to us individually, to make the choices that we need to make to be with God.
There is no way Obama could possibly be the anti-christ, that idea is potently absurd. He could easily be the “false prophet” that paves the way for the anti-christ though.
I agree with Luke I don’t think Obama is the anti-Christ but I do believe he is Evil and is opening up doors for the Ati-Christ to appear. it was said in the bible that the anti-Christ would fool even the elite and I don’t think Obama has done that.
Actually, it says that he will deceive “the very elect”, not elite.
Black Wasp19 is on point! Christian should be looking for Jesus Christ and not anti-Christ!
No he’s the coming Anti Christ, but he’s definitely leaving the door wide open for the Anti-Christ, and there were some shots of him riding through Iowa (a wax figure) on a donkey!
But is he an anti-christ according to 1 John 2:18.
“Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.”
There have been two anti-christs already. And the 3rd anti-christ will cause people to worship the 2nd anti-christ.
1. Satan himself
2. Hitler
3. Obama [who causes people to go back and worship Hitler]
Why are there 500,000 plastic coffins being stockpiled in Atlanta Georgia? Thanks to Google Earth the government can’t hide.
http://neithercorp.us/nforum/serious_videos/a_half_a_million_plastic_coffins-t381.0.html
this is crazy.