> > Hi Marilyn,
    God bless you.
    I contacted a pastor who has an online endtimes website. I go to it every now and then. I emailed him suggesting to consider BHO as that man of sin, the son of perdition, and that much of the U.S. is everywhere in scripture during the endtimes, referencing Job 11: 6 (law of double reference) Here are some of his comments:
    "Keep in mind the kingdom of the Antichrist will be one that was once here and will return again, so this rules out America...."
    "Some people are trying their best to try and place the US as this last power but it is very clear the US will have no part as a
    world empire as they were not part of the old Roman Empire."
    What do you make of this?
    In Christ
     
    Hi:
     
    God bless you too.
     
    I don’t think BHO is the Antichrist. He is just the worst President the United States has ever had, and the first Muslim President we have ever had. He may want to make this a Muslim nation. I think we entered the Tribulation on Pentecost, May 29, 2009. That was after BHO was inaugurated Jan 20, 2009. He started signing Executive Orders right away. Still, the Lord is in control. He puts up kings and takes down kings. He allowed him to be put in office, probably because the Tribulation was about to begin. I think he is our Tribulation President.
     
    In all my years of studying the Bible since 1960, the only verse that I have ever found that mentions this country is in there twice.
     
    2Sa_7:23  says, “And what one (echad, united) nation (goy, Gentile foreign nation) in the earth (i.e., the United States) is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods”
     
    1Ch_17:21 echoes it, saying, “And what one (echad, united) nation (goy, Gentile foreign nation)
    in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?”
     
    In Canaan, God drove out the giants with their worship of Dagon, the half man half fish god,  and gave that land to Israel. In the United States, God gave the land to Christians.
     
    Let’s read Rev 13 together. I think it tells us who the Antichrist is. I’ll try to explain as we go along. The False Prophet is to be installed in Old Jerusalem as the second head of a world church. His area is to be given the same charter that Vatican City has. Some think he will be called Peter the Roman, the last Pope. He is to be a second head of the Catholic Church.
     
    Rev 13:1  And I stood upon the sand of the sea (nations and people, Rev 17:15), and saw a beast (i.e., the Great Red Dragon) rise up out of the sea, having seven heads (i.e., 5 are fallen, kings of Babel, Babylon II, Media-Persia, Greece, Holy Roman Empire, one is, the Ecclesiastical Roman Empire, and one is to come, Babylon III) and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns (i.e., they get their kingdoms after the First-Trump Rapture, Rev 17:12-14), and upon his heads (plural, i.e., on all 7) THE NAME OF BLASPHEMY (Pontifex Maximus, the 1st was Nimrod; the last will be the False Prophet).
    Rev 13:2  And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard (Greece, Dan 7:6) , and his feet were as the feet of a bear (Media-Persia), and his mouth as the mouth of a lion (Babylon II): and the dragon (Satan) gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
    Rev 13:3  And I saw one of his heads (the 6th, the Pontifex Maximus, the Pope) as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
    Rev 13:4  And they worshipped the dragon (Satan) which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
    Rev 13:5  And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months (i.e., first half of the Tribulation, 1260 days, probably from Pentecost, May 29, 2009 to Nov 8/9, 2012).
    Rev 13:6  And he (i.e., one that didn’t go in the Rapture) opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven (after the First-Trump Rapture, which probably will take place on Ascension Day, May 17, 2012).
    Rev 13:7  And it was given unto him to make war with the saints (i.e., including the 144,000 Israelites and the foolish virgins), and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
    Rev 13:8  And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are NOT written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
    Rev 13:9  If any man have an ear, let him hear.
    Rev 13:10  He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
    Rev 13:11  And I beheld another beast (i.e., Satan) coming up out of the earth (i.e., Mid-Trib, Rev 12:9-13, probably Nov 8/9, 2012); and he had two horns (i.e., two comings to power, in two sons of perdition, Judas Iscariot and the False Prophet) like a lamb (Christ has two comings), and he spake as a dragon (i.e., Satan, he will be Satan-possessed).
    Rev 13:12  And he (i.e., the False Prophet) exerciseth all the power of the first beast (i.e, the Pontifex Maximus, the Pope) before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast (the Antichrist), whose deadly wound was healed.
    Rev 13:13  And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
    Rev 13:14  And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should MAKE AN IMAGE (i.e., an idol) to the beast (i.e., the Pontifex Maximus), which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
    Rev 13:15  And he (i.e., the Satan-indwelt False Prophet) had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed (as Nebuchadnezzar did).
    Rev 13:16  And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark (i.e., the Mark of the Beast) in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
    Rev 13:17  And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
    Rev 13:18  Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”

    No one can be saved that takes the Mark of the Beast. I think that decision is the trial that is to come upon the whole world.
     
    Rev 3:10 says, “Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.”
     
    The First-Trump Rapture precedes the reign of the False Prophet. The Last-Trump Rapture will be when the False Prophet will be deposed on the Day of God’s Wrath.
     
    Dan 12:1  “And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people (i.e., the 144,000) shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
    Dan 12:2  And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
    Dan 12:3  And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.”
     
    THE FIRST-TRUMP RAPTURE IS IN REV 17:14
     
    Rev 17:12-14 says, “And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
    Rev 17:13  These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
    Rev 17:14  These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that ARE WITH HIM are called, and chosen, and faithful.”
     
    Agape,
    Marilyn Agee
    mjagee@verizon.net