There is a risk that anyone could be the Beast. Ben Carson could be the Beast, YOU could be the Beast. I could be the Beast.
That said, have we now decided that Obama is not the Beast, after years of speculation that he was? And for good reason.
Yes. I’m suggesting that the risk is higher with some than with others. Obama was/is high because he tends to do what he wants and dares congress to do anything about it.
Trump seems he would be worse, but his supporters would argue that at least he would be doing the “right” things, so it would not be as big a deal.
The “real beast” in Revelation was Nero.
For example:
Nero came home late, his wife, six months pregnant, asked him where he had been, he became enraged and kicked her to death. The next morning, he felt remorse for her (she was beautiful) so he ordered a look-a-like to be found. A teenage male was found that looked amazingly like his wife, so he had him castrated and he married him.
That was one of his milder episodes.
That said, have we now decided that Obama is not the Beast, after years of speculation that he was? And for good reason.
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The Beast fools everyone, so it can't be Obama. I'd say Obama falls along the line of harbinger.