The somewhat loopy older lady at my shul who watches a lot of right-wing media did suggest he might be the moshiach the other day, though, so maybe we can get cross-faith with this and I'll call him some kind of false Messiah.
When you think about the literal meanings of the words, that pretty much does make him an antichrist. Christ is from Greek χριστός, which is a literal translation of משיח, both meaning "anointed [one]."
As someone who was heavily involved with fundamentalism, I can't help thinking and wondering the same!
When I see the leaders of the world literally bowing at his feet, wearing out their knees before him, it sure fits the view of the Antichrist that I was brainwashed with!
The one thing that I do remember from my time in fundamentalism was that the Antichrist would deceive even the elect, if it was possible....when I see these evangelical grifters like Franklin Graham and others, laud Trump as though he was a Messiah..it does make me wonder!
I am not a religious man, but at this point the similarities are alarming.
I guess the best rational explanation is that the antichrist was largely a reference to Nero, and that Nero and Trump have extremely similar pathologies.
I am.
There is no initial-cap “Antichrist” in the KJV (“even now there are many antichrists among us” 1 John 2:18.)And “666”,the “Beast”, was “qsar neron” (Caesar Nero”) according to both John’s Revelation & Hebrew gematria.
AN antichrist, to be sure.
And a malignant narcissist - an evil,evil man.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Despite the reading pop culture has gone with, most readings of Revelations agree that the Antichrist isn’t one entity but individuals who believe and proclaim to follow the teachings of Jesus, but choose to willingly act counter to them.
As a nonbeliever I treat the Antichrist as a kind of historical/literary trope, and yeah, he’s exactly the kind of ruler Revelations had in mind. His whole political career has been him promising Christians the world if they give up their souls, and they do it every time!
I saw him more as The Whore of Babylon, but I can see him fulfilling The Antichrist role more now, but even if he's not The Antichrist, he's an antichrist. And yes, there's a difference.
I swear I don’t believe it, it just drives me nuts that evangelicals spent decades accusing every Pope or liberal of being the Antichrist, & now they vote for a rapist crook who “miraculously” heals from a head wound, aligns w/warmonger from the East, accelerates climate change & pandemics & war.
I hear you and you are spot on. I have studied end times biblical prophecy and understand people dismissing it. If it is true prophecy, however, this is it. From a layman's perspective, we are heading towards midnight on earth's doomsday clock. Read Revelation 13 about the two beasts - Teump Musk
ok but most of these folks are the sort who if you referenced mary or some thomist articulation of theology would (if they caught it at all) say "actually i'm not catholic i'm christian"
Somebody the other day said of elmo's crypto wallet plans 'nobody will be able to buy or sell without it' and I thought of that exact line from Revelation and literally shuddered. 0_o
on the second, some choice quotes
“And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him”
“he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven”
“saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live”
And the first beast has a healed head wound. The second making fire rain down sounds like a SpaceX booster landing to me. People said I was crazy when I was writing my book about this two years ago but here we are.
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Don't quote me on this.
https://myferretsatepepethefrog.blogspot.com/2025/02/unholy-land-left-behind-is-lie-v-two.html
When I see the leaders of the world literally bowing at his feet, wearing out their knees before him, it sure fits the view of the Antichrist that I was brainwashed with!
I guess the best rational explanation is that the antichrist was largely a reference to Nero, and that Nero and Trump have extremely similar pathologies.
There is no initial-cap “Antichrist” in the KJV (“even now there are many antichrists among us” 1 John 2:18.)And “666”,the “Beast”, was “qsar neron” (Caesar Nero”) according to both John’s Revelation & Hebrew gematria.
AN antichrist, to be sure.
And a malignant narcissist - an evil,evil man.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
No clue who that could possibly be though, your guess is as good as mine
he who removes the edges of bread is the anticrust
Ex. Prosperity Gospel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoArNK_iqTs
In the same way antisemitic Christian's support funding Israel because they believe the "final battle" will begin there.
Hebrew letters & numbers are same system.
MAGA is in positions 13-1-3-1 in Hebrew alphabet, totaling 18, aka famous code for 6-6-6.
“6” in Hebrew is equivalent for their “w.” So Musk’s AGI & crypto plan to control all commerce, trade, banking etc uses internet aka www… or 6-6-6.
Woke: Washington is the New Babylon
“the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard”
but no mention of whether it ate people’s faces, alas
“And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him”
“he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven”
“saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live”