Star Power

With this post and maybe another or two I hope to show a little how the "Anti-Christ will come onto the scene and how so many will be deceived. I am not a Bible scholar and you might take issue with something I say and that will be fine. All you have to do is send a comment and I will consider your opinion in light of scripture. This post will most likely be more of a stage setter than anything else. So, I will now begin my feeble attempt at a comparison.

Many movies and books have been produced and written on the end times. Billy Graham's movie section made one that I saw when just a boy. There have been others such as "Left Behind". All show the rise of the Anti-Christ as someone who is very likable, and a "brilliant leader". He will by all standards of human kind be a "STAR". I am not predicting or trying to put his attributes and personalities onto any one person today, but merely show through a rough comparison how easily, when the time is right, he will appear. On the other hand, it wouldn't take much of an effort to convince me that he has already been born and is waiting on his turn. But I am moving in the wrong direction.

All of us, at some point in life, has been wooed by the idea of becoming a "Star". Personally I have, from time to time, wanted to be a recoding artist. I wanted people to know me and like me for my music. But it wasn't to be and I learned a long time ago that those people are few and far between. I bet you, even, have taken a hairbrush or some other object, stood in front of the mirror, and pretended you were singing into a microphone. Come on, you know you have. We all would like to be admired. But when is it too much? When we appear to be worshiping, rather than admiring.

It seems, in the last few years, that we have become more "star entranced". We want to know who has done what and when. Are we setting the stage for our own demise? What could we possibly gain by knowing what they wear and drive and what they name their babies(which by the way I wouldn't name my dog some of those names). But, anyway, you know what I mean. Charisma seems to be the name of the game. If you have a certain type then you are on the way to the top.

The current political scene reminds me a lot of what it will be like on the day the Antichrist appears onto the scene. In particular, the current media enchantment and the rallies and speeches of Obama give me pause. He presents himself as an element of change. The savior of our country with his ideas. Only I am not sure what his ideas are. This scene is much like the day the Antichrist comes.

Our world, not only our country, will be in chaos. Hmmm, seems to be now. A threat of nuclear destruction will be seen. Hmm.... Economical problems will exist. There will governments on the verge of collapse. And then... Bishop Mileot wrote this,"What will be the secret of the Antichrist's persuasive power and his ability to direct world events? We can envision him as a gifted and inflammatory orator, like Lenin or Hitler (I might add Obama). His ideas and propositions will be readily accepted because they will express the thoughts and feelings of the masses of his materialistic epoch." You see there is a danger to worshiping a man, any man.

Even Peter found himself in this position upon meeting Cornelius. Cornelius filled with awe in meeting the one who brought the message of salvation, fell at Peter's feet. But Peter quickly rebuked Cornelius, and by grabbing his arm quickly picked him up and said, "...Stand up...I am only a man myself." Acts 10:26 NIV Today we are but too eager to accept the praise and worship of those around us. Look at the TV. There are churches with mega congregations. Why? I might suggest, man worship not God worship.

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