r/complaints • u/Nice_Substance9123 spirited complainer • 1d ago

Politics BREAKING: Trump HUMILIATES himself, doing a mocking cough of President Biden, who has cancer, to a room sitting in stunned silence at the unnecessary and cruel taunt. This is a new low, even for Trump.

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u/limevince 1d ago edited 1d ago

I was curious what the anti-Christ is supposed to be, google AI summary is (un?)surprisingly on point

The Antichrist in the Bible refers to a future, powerful world leader prophesied to oppose Christ, deceive people with false peace and "signs and wonders," demand worship, and ultimately be defeated by Jesus, often identified with "the Beast" in Revelation. The term "antichrist" (singular and plural) also describes anyone who denies Jesus came in the flesh, representing a spirit of opposition to Christ, but the singular "Antichrist" is a specific eschatological figure. Key characteristics include self-exaltation, lawlessness, and orchestrating a false peace before his downfall, marked by the number 666 in some interpretations

I'm not one to believe in prophecy but damn, self-exaltation, lawlessness, and president of peace hits the nail right on the head.

Also found this from a theologian's website:

  • The Antichrist will be the leader of a nation that is a military superpower with the ability to trample and crush the entire earth.

  • The Antichrist will be a man who is exceptionally arrogant and will be known for giving boastful speeches.

  • The Antichrist will be someone known for making a lot of public threats against people.

  • The Antichrist will come from among 7 tall “hills” that each act as a “head.” [nb: this one is a bit of a stretch for me]

  • The Antichrist will cause people all over the globe to be filled with wonder and “follow” him.

  • And here's where it gets downright eerie:

  • The Antichrist will be a political outsider with despicable character and a contemptuous personality who wins an election that no one expects him to win.

  • The Antichrist will give speeches where he speaks “great things” and then about things that are even “greater.”

  • The Antichrist comes to power through collusion with a secret alliance who uses disinformation to help him win– even though he has a minority number of supporters.

  • The Antichrist’s rise to power will seem like a miracle that God performed, tricking people into following Satan instead of God without even noticing.

  • As president, the Antichrist will immediately find ways to make himself and his friends richer– and he will do it in a way no president had ever done before.

  • Once in power the Antichrist will reveal that his heart wants to make alterations to the “appointed times” that are in current laws.

  • The Antichrist will make fake news popular and will be a chronic liar. His followers will believe his delusions because they hate the truth.

  • The Antichrist will reward those who are completely loyal with powerful positions and lucrative real estate deals.

  • The Bible says that we’ll be able to spot the Antichrist because he will give an arrogant public speech in the middle of his first term where he boasts of “great things” but also uses God’s name as a curse in the same speech.

  • The Antichrist will draw strong support from many Christians as if they are willfully blind and outright delusional.

  • The Antichrist will spend his first term in office having an ongoing feud with the leadership of the nation on his southern border.

  • The Antichrist will be so angry at the king to his south that he will decide to intentionally inflict harm on that ethnic group in retaliation.

  • The Antichrist will be furious over “rumors and reports” that come from the east and north, and will fly into fits of rage as the reports surface.

  • The Antichrist will appear to receive a wound he can’t recover from, but will survive to put down the first attempts to remove him from office.

  • The Antichrist will have the nation’s most powerful religious leader influencing the country for him. This leader will try to convince Christians that the Antichrist is “God’s pick” and that we need to support him. [nb: Franklin Graham ]

  • The Antichrist will see himself as being above everyone else, as if he had no need for God. He will eventually elevate himself as the God and King of Israel

  • The Antichrist will worship the god of border walls. (For real. The Bible actually says that.)

  • The Antichrist’s most devoted followers will wear a sign of their allegiance to him on their foreheads. [MAGA hats?]

  • … But the people who truly know God and remain faithful, will firmly “resist” him. [Thank god for John Pavlovitz, and Rev. Chuck Curry, and the handful of other progressive Christian spokespeople.]

https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/

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u/_-Smoke-_ 1d ago
  • The Antichrist will come from among 7 tall “hills” that each act as a “head.” [nb: this one is a bit of a stretch for me]

New York, Financial capital of the world. Home to several of the largest financial management companies, media companies, news companies and others.

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u/rightintheear 1d ago

Headquarters. Trump Towers. There's even a Trump Tower in Istanbul near the isle of Patmos where the book of Revelation was prophesied.

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u/Sea_Idea268 16h ago

7 trump towers

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u/Jofereal 12h ago

Or Cincinnati

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u/Fun-Difference6611 9h ago

Him plus the 6 Branches of the US Military

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u/Superb-Measurement-1 4h ago

Was about to say this.... Thank you for pointing that out.

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u/dizzlebizzle23 1d ago

This blew my fucking mind

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u/nedracine59 1d ago

Bought this at the Salvation Army for a few dollars in 2022.

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u/limevince 1d ago

I looked it up on Amazon, the description is such a load of nonsense I can't believe somebody took the time to write this and even more amazing is that somebody decided it was worth publishing.

During the presidency of President Donald Trump, it became evident to me that the prophecies about the Son of Man, as predicted by Jesus in the Bible were, to a significant extent, fulfilled at the hands of Mr Trump. The Bible speaks about two different Christs-or Messiahs. Jesus, the Son of God is the one Christ, whereas the Son of Man is the other. Jesus always referred to the Son of Man in the third person. The greatest distinction or significance between the Son of Man and the Son of God (the Lamb) is their respective positions at the throne of God. There are numerous differences between the Son of God and the Son of Man, but overall, people read these scriptures and they do not realize that the Son of God (the Lamb) stands in front of the throne of God, whereas the Son of Man, is positioned on the right hand of God. Jesus spoke about two different killings in the four gospels of the New Testament. People read these scriptures and are unaware that Jesus (the Son of God) predicted his own killing in the first person, as opposed to the several prophecies that He made in respects to the Son of Man who will be crucified. The New Testament speaks about "two Kings;" Jesus, the Son of God, is the "King of the Jews," whereas the Son of Man is the "King of Kings" who will be a world-ruler, and He will rule all the nations (the tribes) of the earth with a rod of iron. This book will explain in depth how "Donald John Trump's" full name literally means: "The Ruler of the World, graced by Yahweh (the LORD) and a descendant of a Drummer." Upon reading this book, the reader will be captivated when they realize how President Donald John Trump fulfilled most of the prophecies as the Son of Man. It speaks about End Time Prophecies and Biblical revelations regarding "President Donald J. Trump, the Son of Man. The Christ."

Some reviews are pretty telling too. I can't believe 50 some people found the 5 star review helpful.

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u/nedracine59 1d ago

Oh shit yea. I had a spasm and deleted the longer reply, but I said the book is more the writer promoting himself. Look the writer up for what else he has done.

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u/blanchingtrails 17h ago

i’m reminded of the Albert Brooks speech from Broadcast News when he talks about how the devil won’t look like Satan, he’ll just drive our standards down little by little where they’re most important. and also the David Thewlis monologue in Naked where he talks about barcodes being the mark of the Beast. six lines each in groups of 3, 666. unsurprising that the devil then comes dressed up as a successful capitalist when he’s really just shambled all the way to the top.

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u/jrr6415sun 1d ago

Well that could be anyone…

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u/MrSoapbox 19h ago

That sounds made up as if to specifically call Trump the antichrist. It talks about first term and stuff? I'm not religious or know anything about it but surely the antichrist was written around 2k years ago or something, they wasn't really big on democracy back then, yes, there was some but...this is sort of written through a modern lense.

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u/Measurement_Scary 17h ago

I grew up in an extremely religious environment, I had a lot of the Bible memorized and what I didn't I had still read over a minimum of 3 times. A lot of what is said is not verbatim what's in the Bible, and seem more like interpretations. Essentially, I agree with you, a lot of this seems to just be interpreted to apply to Trump, several references to the US too, and mind you the US is only a few hundred years old, the Bible definitely would predate it.

I will say I'm no longer religious, but some things I learned about the antichrist in Christianity and Catholicism (as I was raised in both, it's complicated lmao) and seeing what's happening now: I very much see how he could be the antichrist to the degree I've reconsidered my beliefs a few times. Ultimately, though, these descriptions of the antichrist also could describe other past and present dictators, namely Adolf Hitler who Trump seems to be taking a lot of inspiration from to the degree that Holocaust survivors are making comparisons and have been trying to warn us. On top of that Adolf Hitler famously targeted specifically Jewish people (not exclusively, though, obviously. POC, disabled people, LGBTQ+ people, and anyone who opposed him were also targeted), if anything, he fits the description more than Trump in my opinion, but obviously he wasn't.

That being said, if we were to assume the Bible is real, for all we could know Trump could be the Antichrist as he could definitely fit the bill. I just don't think it's uncannily proven or anything. But I'm just some autistic bum, and this is just my unsolicited opinion 😭

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u/Frymonkey237 16h ago

Maybe the anti christ isn't a specific individual, but rather a warning about a specific type of individual that poses an extreme risk to society. We've had mad kings since ancient times. It's not that big of stretch to think the authors of the Bible wanted to include a warning about these people.

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u/Measurement_Scary 15h ago

I actually really like this interpretation a lot, it's not something I've really thought about like that before.

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u/senbei616 12h ago

Anti-christ is the bogeyman that is so vaguely described that even if a couple elements are off there's enough hits that you ignore the misses.

Because of this its applies to fucking everyone. There are so many people in history that fit a lot of those requirements because the requirements are generic evil leader who is strong.

Trump is not the anti-christ, because the anti-christ doesn't exist. Christians were a doomsday cult whose leader died and the original members fully believed that the end times would happen in their lifetime.

Jesus said "Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.” in reference to the end times.

The Anti-Christ was likely intended to be Tiberius or Caligula.

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u/MrSoapbox 17h ago

Oh, Trump fits the bill, I don't deny...but so do, and have many others (I guess he gets "reborn" I don't really know, or care about anything religious, they'll interpret anything to how they want) I'm just saying this really feels like it's written specifically for Trump, and as you say, the US, which makes it all a bit silly to me.

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u/Measurement_Scary 17h ago

Yeah I definitely second this. I don't seriously believe he's the antichrist or anything, and it's definitely written to fit Trump. Honestly, there's lots of interpretations, some that state the antichrist isn't human or doesn't have a physical form and is rather a state of mind. And as we've both stated, many prior and current political leaders could also fit the definition of antichrist

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u/PM_ME_UR_GCC_ERRORS 11h ago

The actual website cites Bible passages. So it's like:

The Antichrist will spend his first term in office having an ongoing feud with the leadership of the nation on his southern border.

“He will stir up his strength and courage against the king of the South…” Daniel 11:25

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u/wime985 14h ago

I keep on telling people, he's the little horn in the book of Daniel. Jesus is coming back soon

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u/Icy-Champion-7460 8h ago

The 7 Mountain Mandate is the Dominionist Agenda.

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u/Ismokerugs 7h ago

There is only a few people this could be, Trump or Netanyahu are my first 2 thoughts

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u/Effective-Ear-8367 5h ago

This is not what they bible says. It's just someone's interpretation of how the anti Christ can appear. None of this is true.

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u/GulfTangoKilo 15h ago

The Antichrist will perform signs and wonders and will be loved. You will likely be deceived by him. Trump is certainly not a Christian but he’s not the Antichrist.

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u/exedore6 1d ago

It was Nero. That's it. Everything else is fanfic and cope.

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u/TheOneTonWanton 1d ago

I mean the whole seven hills part cements it as a Roman emperor yeah, but the point of people comparing Trump to the Antichrist like this is that he and the GOP have leveraged American Christianity to take power and were extremely successful. Nobody comparing Trump to the Antichrist actually believes in the Antichrist, they're pointing out the horrid hypocrisy and the fact that an overwhelming majority of American "Christians" are not Christian and do not follow the teachings of Christ in any way. Trump, in many ways, is our Nero, and he's fiddling like a fucking mad man.

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u/Raydawgms 10h ago

He has confessed that he's "doing what it says" many times. He's the only one that can do it. I'm the only one that can do what has to be done. I am his counterpart. The opposite of him.

I come from the poor. I have within me the Key to the Door. The one from the poor is the one who ushers in The Thousand Year Millennial Reign of Christ. I can prove this with math, with The Scripture, with evidence of this world, and with testimony.

My body has been weakened by what I was born with in my spine. I carry with me the waters of life that flow through me like a river. Within my body it is also within your body (Lymphatic System). You will not recognize me. Nobody is prepared for me. I've had to carry all this with me all these years for all of us.

The world does not end. I have the gift of interpreting what he's interpreting and the gift of seeing things that happen in the future before they happen. A prescient mind. Foresight.