Posted on 08/15/2008 9:20:38 AM PDT by Alter Kaker
Contact: Beverly Rykerd, 719-481-0537, Beverly@rykerd.com
CAROL STREAM, Ill., Aug. 15 /Christian Newswire/ -- John McCain's campaign ad "The One" has generated a lot of buzz regarding the "Left Behind Series." Political commentators are comparing McCain's portrayal of competitor Barack Obama with the blockbuster apocalyptic series' depiction of the antichrist. But even the series authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins don't think Obama is the antichrist. What may have been created as a farce has generated a firestorm of controversy on the internet.
LaHaye and Jenkins take a literal interpretation of prophecies found in the Book of Revelation. They believe the antichrist will surface on the world stage at some point, but neither see Obama in that role. "I've gotten a lot of questions the last few weeks asking if Obama is the antichrist," says novelist Jenkins. "I tell everyone that I don't think the antichrist will come out of politics, especially American politics."
"I can see by the language he uses why people think he could be the antichrist," adds LaHaye, "but from my reading of scripture, he doesn't meet the criteria. There is no indication in the Bible that the antichrist will be an American."
Jenkins and LaHaye don't take McCain's commercial or the antichrist speculation over Obama too seriously.
Pundits have pointed out that there are similarities between the "Left Behind Series" character Nicolae Carpathia and Obama. Other than some vocabulary and charisma, Carpathia, a young Romanian politician who eventually oversees a one-world government, and Obama don't have much in common. "If even the people who created the character Nicolae Carpathia don't see the comparisons as warranted, then perhaps this is overblown," says Jenkins.
"Left Behind" is a series of 16 apocalyptic novels (1995-2007/Tyndale House Publishers) using end time prophecies in Revelation as a framework. All sixteen books reached the "New York Times" bestseller list with seven reaching the #1 spot. Overall more than 63 million copies have sold in the "Left Behind" product line. For more information on the "Left Behind Series," visit www.leftbehind.com.
Press contact: Beverly Rykerd at Beverly@rykerd.com or (719) 481-0537.
>>There is no indication in the Bible that the antichrist will be an American.<<
I wouldn’t believe a word these guys say on the subject. Meanwhile, Rev 17 and 18 does seem to describe the US to no small degree. And there is a pretty clear warning in Rev 18: 4-5.
I’m really interested in what is going to happen globally after the Olympics.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/91142-implications-of-the-slowing-global-economy
>>Have to wonder why so many are making Obama a new god.<<
You should. Seriously.
LaHaye and Jenkins are simply attempting to delay the rapture so that they can sell more books.
“Obama the Anti-Christ? Nope.
Obama is just another pawn. That guy is the Anti-Christ.
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No, I think that guy is known as Gog or Magog. Serious.
LaHaye and Jenkins made their millions by wrestling the Holy Scripture into fables. They are not a reliable source of what the Bible says. Some people are too lazy to read the Bible itself so they rely on a pastor/priest to read and “explain” it to them.
Ummm.... did the McCain ad actually call Obama the Anti-Christ? I didn’t think so.
Ugh...
Doesn't obama think he was born in Bethlehem? ;^)
Gog Putin and Magog Medvedev (as his milk-toast sidekick)? We’ll find out soon enough, but no doubt Putin is one of the evils, scripture told us about.
The future Caliph of Eurabia?
Obama can’t be the anti-Christ...
...he doesn’t have enough experience.
So who is saying Obama is an American?
>>Some people are too lazy to read the Bible itself so they rely on a pastor/priest to read and “explain” it to them.<<
Which reminds me. My ex-pastor, and best friends, latest book nails this. I just finished it last week. I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone who attends a church. It is called “and no religion too - Thoughts on the spectator church”.
I was music director in a church he pastored and we used to (and still do when I visit him in Kentucky) have conversations regarding the role and purpose of what we call “church” (not to mention music in church). The book really shakes your paradigms. Even mine, and I had already talked to him about this stuff!
It is also hilarious in places. He really is an amazing story teller.
http://www.edwardgoblebooks.com/
"Christ plus anything is antichrist. Christ minus anything is antichrist."
Remember what's really important here. Everything else will either fall off on the way up, or it will burn off on the way down.
God and His Christ are truth. And truth will always remain. Hold fast to truth!
He is the Obamessiah!
He is here to create a heavenly Utopia in AMerica, where food is fee, free health care, and we all peddle bicycles, where all the people carrying guns are racial and ethnic monorities, and all the rest of us are bleating, disempowered, government dependent sheep.
Brave New World Obamessiah. VOTE FOR HIM.
HE IS THE ONE!
This statement seems to confuse the Left Behind series as being a higher authority than the Bible.
bump
Barack Hussein Carpathia
But isn't the Bible based on the Left Behind series?
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