Obama as the Anti-Christ
According to Ben Smith's Blog at Politico.com, there is a popular email out there making the rounds with this content in it:
Obama 'Frightens Me'. The Bible has warned us that 'A man will come from the East that will be charismatic in nature and have proposed solutions for all our problems and his rhetoric will attract many supporters!' When will our pathetic Nation quit turning their back on God and understand that this man is 'A Muslim'....First, Last and always....and we are AT WAR with the Muslim Nation, whether our bleeding-heart, secular, Liberal friends believe it or not. This man fits every description from the Bible of the 'Anti-Christ'!
Could it really be that Obamians are followers of the Anti-Christ? This seems to be a popular idea. How many people really believe this?
How many more people really believe that Obama is a politician who is truly committed to taking seriously what it at the heart of Jesus' message?
Would it not be better and more accurate to say that Obama is simply a politician with some values that happen to partly overlap with the values practiced by both liberal and conservative followers of Jesus?
The premillenialist view of the anti-christ is a dangerous one, and one that scares me. Basically, anyone who is charismatic, who offers (and perhaps brings) peace to the world and the Middle East in particular, who can work together with people with different beliefs, is probably the anti-christ.
If you believe this you are not going to be looking for peace in troubled places, because bringing peace could lead you to the anti-christ. If you believe this you don't want to follow anybody who is in any way charismatic (unless he's your mega-church pastor) because he could be the anti-christ. If you believe this you end up fearing people who are seeking to do good in the world because they could be the anti-christ.
It's a sad way to live and a fearful way to live and, honestly, not a terribly Christian way to live. What happened to God offering blessing for the peacemakers?
Posted by: Pastor Gavin | March 26, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Vote for Paul Richardson, he is the one!!
Posted by: Pat Cunningtrombone | April 28, 2008 at 07:32 AM