How strange it is how some of the Bible prophecies eventually pan out. Christians for centuries have been awaiting the arrival of the Antichrist thinking there was going to be some sort of a grandiose fanfare when he was finally appointed as the EU president.
Nonetheless it may have happened and yet most of Christendom has hardly blinked an eyelid. Even a UK Independence Party MEP Nigel Farage has shocked the European Parliament with a savage personal attack on the EU's new full-time President Herman van Rompuy. Mr Farage slammed the former Belgian Prime Minister's appearance, personality, pay packet and country, and accused him of plotting the overthrow of the nation state. Mr. Van Rompuy, who had just made his first speech to MEPs since being appointed by EU leaders to the newly created top job, sat in amazement and obvious discomfort, settling for a half-grin and grimace as the tirade went on. To gasps from other MEPs in the less-than-full chamber, Mr. Farage told Mr. Van Rompuy that he possessed "all the charisma of a damp rag and the appearance of a low-grade bank clerk". Afterwards the Socialist leader in the Parliament, Germany's Martin Schulz, condemned Mr. Farage for "trampling on the dignity of the House". And Mr. Van Rompuy, low-key and notoriously camera-shy, responded that he held Mr. Farage's remarks "in contempt", and refused to say more. Mr. Farage declared: "We were told that when we had a president, we'd see a giant global political figure, a man who would be the political leader for 500 million people, the man that would represent all of us all of us on the world stage, the man whose job was so important that of course you're paid more than President Obama." He continued: "Well, I'm afraid what we got were you... I don't want to be rude but, really, you have the charisma of a damp rag and the appearance of a low-grade bank clerk and the question I want to ask is: who are you? - I'd never heard of you, nobody in Europe had ever heard of you." Mr. Farage went on: "I can speak on behalf of the majority of British people in saying that we don't know you, we don't want you and the sooner you are put out to grass, the better." End of quote
As we can see by our friend above remarks when we saw the appointment of the EU president the EU did not receive the president they had bargained for.
However let’s go back to the Bible for a minute and take another look at Revelation Chapter 13. We know the Beast out of the sea is the Antichrist while the Beast out of the earth is the False Prophet. In some senses both Beasts are really as bad as each other. Nonetheless, the scriptures tell us that both Beasts do certain things.
But does the Antichrist really hold the reigns of power within the EU as for so long so many people believed he would, or does the False Prophet really hold the reigns of power? Even though he is not actively seeking authority himself, instead he hands his authority over the first Beast. When the Bible says he hands his authority over to the Antichrist does that really mean that he is controlling the first Beast?
Because he has been acting in a manner that would be comparable to the way the Antichrist there have been many of this blog that have suggested that the current French president Nicholas Sarkozy maybe the Antichrist. However as Sarkozy does not hold the reigns of power to be the Antichrist is he not the Antichrist but could be the False Prophet?
Therefore the analogy that I had suggested above could apply to him even though it is the Antichrist who confirms the seven year Middle East peace treaty of Daniel Chapter 9, Verse 27 or is it the False Prophet; after all two horns like a lamb suggests he is a peace maker see Revelation Chapter 13.
Even if you were to look at other portions of the Bible does the scripture really mean the Antichrist or the False Prophet? Take for example Daniel Chapter 7, Verse 8: I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn [were] eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. This could refer to either the Antichrist or the False Prophet but not necessarily to the Antichrist as both have ten horns.
The first ever EU president Herman Van Rompuy
Now consider the second horsemen of Revelation Chapter 6 the Red Horse. Clearly that means a World War and yet were are told in Revelation Chapter 13 that the False Prophet causes fire to come from the sky in full view of men – that sounds very much to me like a nuclear war. The list goes on and on. Now can you see the cleverness of Satan and the game of deception he may have been playing all along?
