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"You are the instruments that God is going to use to bring about universal change, and that is why Barack has captured the youth, Farrakhan said. 

And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn't care anything about. Thats a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking, he concluded.

Obama has been accused of the past of having ties to Farrakhan, a highly controversial black Muslim leader. The Obama campaign countered the attacks by denying any true, significant ties.

Although those ties may certainly not exist, one thing is clear: Louis Farrakhan thinks very highly of Barack Obama, he even uses the same words Obama uses frequently".  

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You may think to yourself, that Farrakahn didn't call him the antichrist, but instead he called him "the messiah." However when you are calling someone who certainly is not the messiah, the messiah, then in effect you have just labeled him the antichrist, since the only true messiah will always be Jesus.

Whats also very telling is how Obama does not mind being called the messiah or a messiah in general.  Any true Christian would never take this title on themselves and accept the praise from men, that would go along with that adoration.  But of course a fake Christian filled with pride would have no problem accepting this title and role. 

True Christians who know their Revelation and Daniel prophecies, know that the false prophet(the antichrist's sidekick), will likely be a Muslim, because Revelation 13:11 proclaims:  ^11"And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon".

This matches what is going on in Islam today where the leader in Iran and others, are calling for the 12th imam who went down into a well (the earth), in the 10th century.  They are saying he is here now, though they have not named him yet.  Well if they are getting ready to unveil him soon, then the antichrist can't be far behind, as far as his positive identification goes.  

But where will the antichrist come from?  Revelation 13:1  says he came out of the sea, but it's not the ocean sea, instead it is the sea of humanity which would resemble a democratic nation like the USA.  Revelation 17:1&15 tells us about this "sea" of humanity and tells us the whore of Babylon, who is likely the USA, will sit over and be "in control of" many peoples and nations and influence those peoples with both materialism and the abhorrent sin of pornography and adultery.

It is not a coincidence that the USA is in control of Iraq right now, when the bible in Isaiah 11:4, also calls the antichrist "the Assyrian".  Assyria is ancient and current Iraq.  This does not mean he has to be born there, but somehow he has to be in control of it.  It just so happens the USA is in control of it.  Coincidence?  Not a chance. 

Traditional antichrist teachings say the following below and more, but keeping our eyes open to modern day events and people is important lest we get caught off guard.  Saying so and so can't be the antichrist whoever we may name, is foolish and dangerous and lulls people back into a false sense of security. The antichrist will be in charge of a reconstituted "Roman empire," which the US has long resembled.  However, this does not mean he has to be "from that empire" but simply in charge or control of it.  Revelation again tells us the ten reconstituted nations or possibly regional powers, will give their power to the antichrist for one hour which is 3-1/2, or possibly the entire seven year tribulation period in biblical end times prophecy.

In Revelation 13:18 it says anyone with wisdom find the meaning of the number of the beast and the beast is the antichrist. His number will be the number of a man which is 666. So it already tells us in the scripture that it's a man. It does not say in this passage to go out and try to figure out who is precisely through numerical code. It is simply saying it is a man and not an actual beast, because if it didn't, people would think it is an actual beast because of the many times the phrase "beast" is used in the passage.

But there will be other things far easier to identify the antichrist by, than mathematically which is a waste of time anyway. One is, he will receive a mortal head wound and appear to be dead, then come back to life (almost Christ like).  One verse passage that refers to this is (Rev 13:11-12)

"Then I saw another beast coming up out of the Earth,

              and spoke like a dragon.

              And he exercises all the authority

              of the first beast [the Antichrist] in his presence,

              and causes the Earth and those who dwell in it

              to worship the first beast [the Antichrist],

              whose deadly [head] wound was healed." 

The other is the "confirmation" of the seven year peace agreement with Israel and her enemies.  However, this does not necessarily mean he initiates it, instead he may just be a tag along saying in effect "me too,"just so he can claim to be part of the process.  Also since he won't be the only one signing it, this signing by itself won't be enough to positively identify him.  Another thing the antichrist will do, is seek to have the times and God's law changed, see Daniel 7:25. This can certainly include the many laws that are being changed already here in America by executive order now.  Abortion laws are being overturned and they are looking to reinstate the 'fairness' doctrine which would change the FCC laws of free speech to silence Christians and other critics especially.

But whoever it is, he will be identified very soon now and many will be able to point to the identification and it will be very clear for all to see.  In 2nd Thessalonians below, we see some in Jesus day thought Jesus had already come the 2nd time, but Paul assured them this could not be the case because the antichrist had not yet been revealed nor had the great rebellion  from the truth occurred yet.  We need to realize revealed does not necessarily mean identified, but could be as simple as being born, just as Jesus was.  If you recall Jesus was revealed at his birth but he was not identified for who he really was until long afterward.

2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 which is a greatly misinterpreted passage reads: - "Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for (that day will not come) until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God.

Because this is the last generation that will see the end of all things, the Antichrist must be on the scene already somewhere, though possibly not in the place of final power. Again revealed does not mean identified and the rebellion or falling away from truth is well under way and has been here in America at least since prayer was legally removed from American schools decades ago. This has been a slow falling away but a falling away none the less.  There will be another more clear and final turning away after the 6th seal is broken which will give rise to the antichrist's final rise to power, but we can not assume or add to the scriptures the way some do.  

Some assume that the antichrist must take his seat of power in the tribulation temple before Jesus Raptures his bride, but this is not what the scripture is saying in this passage at all.  If that were the case it would negate Jesus coming as a thief.

The last portion of 2 Thess 2:4 says he (the antichrist), will set himself up in God's temple and proclaim to be God, but no where in this passage does it say that this must occur before the Rapture.  But unless you know all your prophecy passages from other scripture you would not know how to separate this passage as well.  "He will oppose........" is future from what Paul was talking about previously, and must be separated from the previous statement. 

There are other passages in the bible like this too. 2 Peter 3:10 in describing what happens starting at the 6th seal and beyond reads : "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up".  So does this mean all of these happen all at once?  No of course not. Peter is spanning what starts happening at the 6th seal all the way through to the end where God makes a new heavens and new earth by burning the old with fire.

This again shows the importance of knowing all of scripture and how is fits into the time line of Revelation. The time line of Revelation which begins at the first seal,  is the master plan that all else gets plugged into.  It supersedes all previous prophecy as far as the timeline goes.  Since we know the Rapture occurs at the 6th seal, we can then see that the Antichrist does not come to power until later in Chapter 13 of Revelation.  That means a mid-tribulation Rapture would be far too obvious an event for Jesus to come as a thief as he must.