Is The Antichrist Barack Obama?

The subject burning the minds of many today is, is the Antichrist Barack Obama. How does this relate to the message of the last days? What do we make of it? Certainly there is the association of with the end time or last days of the Bible.

It is a sign of the events associated with Armageddon and the judgment, all of which precede the coming of the New Heavens and New Earth.

Many are writing on the events throughout the nation and the world, seeing them as reflective of the imminent end. Naturally, they are searching for possible clues to fit the signs that the apostles spoke about which would come in the end of the age.

The characteristics are not specifically laid out in the Bible. For this reason, many infer information from other texts. Why does Mr. Obama get targeted as the villain of Scripture?

Perhaps there are endless reasons. No doubt some may attempt to derail his political campaign by pitting him at odds with "mainstream" Christianity. If he can be shown as the "enemy" of mainstream, perhaps it will prevent many from voting for him based on their religious viewpoints. Here are a few tips to help us determine is the Antichrist Barack Obama? Following that link will certainly provide excellent information on the study of the Antichrist. See also http://allthingsfulfilled.com/blog/?page_id=118.

For now, let us concentrate on Barack. Born to an African Father from Kenya, and a Caucasian mother, Mr. Obama made a successful bid for the democratic nomination.

While he is quite popular, articulate and Harvard Educated, Obama cannot be the person(s) of the Bible. John speaks of someone or something contemporary with his first century readers. He writes, Little Children it is the last hour.

And as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now are there many antichrists whereby we know that is the last hour. (1 John 2:18) Whomever it is, he signaled that the last hour had come in John's day.

That was almost 2,000 years ago. John also says, that he went out from the church. They went out from us, because they were not of us for had they been of us, they no doubt would have remain with us, but they went out that it might be manifest that they were not of us. (1 John 2:19).

Here is John's proof that these deceivers belong not to our time or to some future time, but to the first century return of Christ. That event was near, (1 Peter 4:7, 17).