Episode 31: Is Donald Trump the Antichrist?

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Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 31

Gary responds to a short audio clip from a pastor who claims we’re currently in the great tribulation and that Donald Trump is the end-times bad guy called the Antichrist.

“Psychic” Jeane Dixon claimed to have received a divine vision on February 5, 1962, about a coming world religious-political ruler; her “prophecy” resembled the modern doctrine of antichrist: “A child, born somewhere in the Middle East shortly before 7 A.M. (EST) on February 5, 1962, will revolutionize the world. Before the close of the century he will bring together all mankind in one all-embracing faith. This will be the foundation of a new Christianity, with every sect and creed united through this man who will walk among the people to spread the wisdom of the Almighty Power.”[1] “Mrs. Dixon claims that this man’s influence will be felt in the early 1980s and that by 1999, the ecumenical religion will be achieved.”[2] Why should we believe present-day prophetic prognosticators when we have been offered assurances of the identity of the antichrist numerous times over the centuries?

Saint Martin of Tours, who died in A.D. 397, wrote of the coming antichrist whose reign would signify the last days. His prediction sounds strangely familiar. “Non est dubium, quin antichristus…. There is no doubt that the antichrist has already been born. Firmly established already in his early years, he will, after reaching maturity, achieve supreme power.”[3] Christians should repudiate the writings of anyone who speculates that the antichrist is a contemporary figure. Such speculation is biblically unsound, as will become evident as we survey the passages used to make the identification.

Why all the confusion over who the antichrist is? The confusion arises because of two misconceptions: (1) treating divergent biblical references as if they all refer to the same person thereby creating a composite figure that is not found in Scripture; and (2) mistaking the time period in which these divergent figures are to appear.

Gary responds to a short audio clip from a pastor who claims we’re currently in the great tribulation and that Donald Trump is the end-times bad guy called the Antichrist. Gary refutes both of these claims with biblical exegesis, historical reminders, and common sense.

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[1] Quoted in Robert Glenn Gromacki, Are These the Last Days? (Schaumburg, IL: Regular Baptist Press, 1970), 90.

[2] Gromacki, Are These the Last Days?, 90.

[3] Quoted in Otto Friedrich, The End of the World: A History (New York: Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, 1982), 27.

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