Following the election last week the talk of the "anti-Christ" has risen, is Barack Obama him? Once I finish rolling my eyes at that question, or stop laughing I agree with Michael McKinley:
Click Here for More from the 9Marks Blog"I don't know if Obama is a Christian or not. If he's not, then he's antichrist in the sense that anyone who is not for Jesus is against him (Luke 11:23). But then so is my next door neighbor who smokes pot in his garage until 5:00 AM on Sunday mornings. Whether or not the president-elect is for Jesus or against him isn't my call to make.
But more importantly, this question seems to take a very America-centric view of eschatology. Monsters like Hitler, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, and Josef Stalin have all risen and fallen and have not been the harbinger of the end times. But this guy wants to socialize our health care, and Jesus is supposed to be so enraged that he will come storming back to save us?
Please. The Christian faith is doing great. Christ's church is being built. The gospel is exploding in other parts of the world. It's not the end of the world... just because you think America's going down the tubes or because you don't like the guy elected to lead one branch of the government for the next four years.
If you're struggling... just take a deep breath, put down your copy of Left Behind, and pray for the president-elect."
So awesome and so true. Thank for posting this, I think it is really good to address questions like this when they come back and point them to the gospel...
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