The Fourth Beast: Is Donald Trump the Antichrist?

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Tired of waiting for Jesus to "come in the clouds" riding a white horse, surrounded by vengeful saints and wielding a literal sword with his tongue, America's cult of Christian nationalists decided it made more sense to throw in with a charismatic character already on the scene--a godless vulgarian with a blazing orange tan and lying spirit who asks nothing of his followers except a willingness to believe big lies and to regurgitate those lies when called upon to do so. In January, he accused them of "disloyalty" as they "could have fought much harder" during the 2020 presidential election.

In the apocalyptic fan fiction of the 1970s like "The Late, Great Planet Earth" and the "Left Behind" series two decades later, Christians were unambiguous in their rejection of "the man of perdition" and his evil ways. But Trump is banking on the rest of us growing weary, wavering in our resolve to oppose his campaign, being unable to unite around our common values to support a candidate who can beat him. We must not prove him right. The claim above is too much for the pro-Bible www.gotanswers.org: “The Bible nowhere says anything about the ethnicity, religion, or age of the Antichrist. There is absolutely nothing to connect the 42 months (Rev. 13:5-8) with the 48-month tenure of a U.S. President.” One more biblical prophecy, among dozens, that bite the dust. Donald Trump proclaimed himself the messiah on Wednesday, something only the true messiah, and definitely not every version of the antichrist described in Christian fiction and dominant Baptist theology for the last hundred years, would do— CHOAM Nomsky (@samthielman) August 21, 2019

Many of us feel, as poet John Donne put it in The Anatomy of the World in 1611, “Tis all in pieces, all coherence gone”. In his new book, the Rev Russell Moore opens a chapter, “Losing Our Authority: How the Truth Can Save”, with the words “Jesus Saves”, followed by a new historical tableau: January 6 and the threat Donald Trump and the mob posed to democracy and Mike Pence. He embraced murderers, kleptocrats and "strongman" rulers while ridiculing western democracies and their elected leaders Donald Trump has long been believed to have received one of the first hair transplants in the 1980s, which is a type of head wound. Lots of Christians are talking about how the wound was likely fatal, since any new surgery is incredibly risky. And yet he survived.

Donald Trump has said he will physically mark all Muslims. This could be the first step in the Antichrist’s plan to mark everyone.On Monday, 1 June, surrounded by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, in his military fatigues, Attorney General William Barr, and other representative symbols of America’s immense military and judicial power, Trump used the police to suppress a peaceful, law-abiding protest so that he could take an awkward photo of himself with a Bible standing before a church. In what has become (satirically) known as the “battle for Lafayette Square,” Trump, the military, and the police used overwhelming force against people armed only with signs and bottles. Declaring victory, Trump trumpets his courageous stance while the brutal men of his cabinet look on approvingly. Last week, Donald Trump was arrested on 34 charges of falsifying business documents to pay hush money to Stormy Daniels, a porn star with whom he allegedly cheated on his wife. The hush money was necessary not to harm his chances of winning over his base, which once called themselves the “Moral Majority.” And nearly all of Trump’s so-called Christian supporters rallied around him, declaring this trial a “witch hunt,” defending his innocence despite the fact that he has a long and noted history of cheating on his wives, boasting about sexually assaulting women, and using his money to silence his accusers. Thankfully, there are still more Americans who see through Trump’s unjust and un-American values, who understand someone with his character and temperament must never be allowed to serve as president of the United States ever again.