McCain the Antichrist?
By Robert Dreyfuss
08/08/08 "The
Nation" -- - -Biblical scholars in Colorado
Springs have uncovered startling evidence that Senator John
McCain may be the Antichrist. Their conclusions, while highly
controversial, may have a dramatic impact on the 2008 elections,
since many Bible-believing Christians have already expressed
doubts about McCain’s fealty to Christianity.
The analysis was conducted by the respected True Bible Society,
and it will be published next month in the End Times Journal.
The analysis was especially ironic, given that it came out just
one day after McCain was accused of subtly hinting that Barack
Obama could be the Antichrist. McCain ran a commercial depicting
Obama as “The One,” giving rise to charges that he was sending a
subliminal messages to anti-Obama Christians.
“What started us looking at this issue is the fact that Senator
McCain has declared his intention to maintain US forces in Iraq
for a hundred years,” said David Jenkins, a leading Biblical
scholar. “That means that McCain wants to control Babylon for at
least a century.” According to many scholars of the Book of
Revelation, the Antichrist will try to rebuild the ancient city
of Babylon in order to use it as a springboard for an
international effort at world domination. Ultimately, the
Antichrist will marshal forces from Babylon to spark a showdown
with Christian and Jewish-led forces in the battle of
Armageddon.
“We believe that the End Times is near, based on the pattern of
wars, earthquakes. and other strange phenomena we’ve been
witnessing since the start of the New Millennium,” said Jenkins.
“Given that it may be imminent, the person who controls Babylon
must be the Antichrist.” Until 2003, many Christians believed
that Saddam Hussein might be the Antichrist, since he started
excavations to restore Babylon in the mid 1970s. But Hussein’s
death meant that the Antichrist is someone else. Since Obama
wants to get out of Iraq, he can’t be the Antichrist either,
concluded Jenkins.
Jenkins said his teams suspicions were further heightened when
genealogical research showed that McCain’s great-grandfather was
actually not John McCain, but John Mihai. Mihai is an ancient
Romanian name, and according to Bible-believing Christians, the
Antichrist is likely to be a Romanian. “What clinched it for us
was that the name Mihai means ‘who is like the Lord,’” said
Jenkins. “As far as we’re concerned, that was enough. It means
that McCain might easily pretend to be the Redeemer.”
McCain’s geniality and folksiness are consistent with his being
the Antichrist, Jenkins said. “Many people think that the
Antichrist will be a evil-seeming leader, but in fact the Bible
tells us that he will be charming.”
So far the McCain campaign has refused to comment on Jenkins’
study.
Robert Dreyfuss, a Nation contributing editor, is an
investigative journalist in Alexandria, Virginia, specializing
in politics and national security. He is the author of Devil’s
Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam
and is a frequent contributor to Rolling Stone, The American
Prospect, and Mother Jones.
Copyright © 2008 The Nation
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