Vanity: Who Is The Antichrist And Is He Alive Today?

Nah, he was just a test or a prototype. He has lost the respect of the nations. He is also goofy looking.

I agree with all of that, but consider that he seems to derive his chief satisfaction from being seen to redistribute wealth (i.e., power). In his calculus, he who can dole out power is himself all-powerful.

That could make him desire, and to be desired by the parties themselves, to redistribute power in the Middle East so as to achieve the "peace" the Bible depicts. It would be a new and satisfactorily significant, indeed the ultimate, community for him to organize: the Middle East's "Savior."

Some are looking at Greece’s Alexis Tsipras.

“A Charismatic New World Leader Appears From Nowhere And Takes Control Of Greece”

http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=30736

there are many “anti Christs”, from Nero to Hitler to Stalin etc. So we are due for another “anti christ”, but not necessarily THE anti christ.

They all have the same meme: they are worshipped as gods and if you don’t agree, they kill you. They target especially Christians, but also Jews and other believers.

Prophecy says he will be born of a Muslim or Jewish mother, but will be a “man of peace” and beloved of all.

We usually think of Nero etc. but Diocletian and Hadrian, whose terrible persecutions are often overlooked in history books because they were “great” men of culture and dignity and who brought peace to the Roman empire, are closer to what the anti Christ will look like.

It is this confederation of ten nations that is most often connected with the United Nations.

If Iran gets nukes, it will be the tenth nation to do so. Can you imagine secretary general obama demanding that the permanent seats on the security council be expanded to include all ten? I can.

What about Putin?

Same thing. Too obvious. The darned man cannot even fool a growing number of his own people, and thus it is inconceivable that he would fool the entire world. Again, the AC will be someone who the world will adore, who will be a savior (at least for a while), and who will bring ALL sides together. He will deceive most people - and to use the limited focal point of US politics, that means deceiving both Left leaning people and Right leaning people. That is NOT an Obama, or a Putin, or an Edrogan. I cannot speculate who it will be, but it is easy to see who it is not. Whomever, or whatever, he/it will be, he/it will be something that gets near universal approval. Probably a simple litmus test would be a person, or entity, that gets major kudos on FR and at the same time gets major kudos on DU. If you see Jim Robinson and Skinner going gaga over a person, then that is a major sign. Silly example, but I hope you see what I am driving at. Obama automatically fails as he is rejected by the Right in the US (and a growing segment of the world is disenchanted with him), while Putin automatically fails as he is rejected by most of the Free world.

Now, when you see someone that (again to use the limited scope of American politics, but for the AC it will have to be global) the Republicans see as the second coming of Reagan, yet at the same time Democrats praise as a 'perfect' amalgamation of Kennedy and Clinton, THEN your spider sense better start a-tingling.

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