Now they say Obama is, but he is not specifically the beast;...in a way though in a recent speech where he related Christianity as just one more religion to be syncretized with all other religions, he revealed of which spirit that he was of. 1 John 4 explains how to tell the spirit of antichrist!
[[but he is not specifically the beast]]
No, but he could be paving the way for the man of perdition, or the beast- setting the stage- clearing a path- He’s definitely doing the bidding of the Evil One