Who is the antichrist?

On the Internet and in other places, many are speculating as to who the antichrist. Some say they have "proved" it is John McCain, other state that it is Barack Obama, others still say that it is Sarah Palin.

This kind of speculation has seemingly taken place for decades if not centuries.

Listed below are some of the names of people who have been thought to be the anti-Christ in the past few decades:

Ronald Wilson Reagan because each of his names had six letters each 666

Mussolini was accused of being the antichrist because his title was "The Duce." If you take those letters and use Greek letter number equivalents it comes down to 666

The same is done with the Pope's title, "the Vicar of Christ," except using Latin letter number equivalent, and a little numerology it comes down to 666

The guesses are still there. You could almost take any figure and if you want to work long enough with the spelling and the extrapolation you can force it into your theory. Someday somebody is going to be right.

Someday the mathematical formula is going to equate. But there is along history of interpretation to this passage. You can go back to the 18th century in England and read reams of material on who the guesses of the English theologians were in the eighteenth century.

I've heard people say Bono is the antichrist.

There's a politician in Italy that's very popular in the EU that some have seriously suggested might be the coming antichrist.

When Saddam was still president of Iraq there were Christians claiming that Babylon would literally rise where ancient Babylon was, in Iraq, and that Saddam would be the antichrist.

Napoleon and Hitler were said to be the antichrist.

Other names that have come over the years, stating that they are the antichrist include: Henry Kissinger, David Hasselhoff, Hugh Hefner, Constantine, George Bush, John Kerry, Ronald McDonald, Stalin, Bill Gates, Nero, Gorbachev, Jim Jones, John F. Kennedy, Barney the Dinosaur, well you get the idea.

Let me give you three quick thoughts:

1. Barack Obama, John McCain or Sarah Palin are not the anti-Christ.

2. I’m not looking for the anti-christ; I’m looking for Jesus Christ, the Messiah.

3. The rapture is supposed to occur before the anti-Christ comes into power.

Just some thoughts....