I'm gonna make this short, rather than a long-drawn post explaining each point in depth (if you wanna argue my wariness, then maybe I'll make that post.)
There are certainly reasons to be wary of eschatology when people talk about in the Christian media. Many of the books which have came out in the past 40 years offer non-bibically validated views on the end times (Left Behind, The Late Great Planet Earth). While some of their views may be found in the Bible, some of the views are just crazy hoshposh to instill fear in people. For example, the fact that they believe the end times will happen when the antichrist establishes a one-world government, have led many conservative evangelicals to believe that the antichrist will be a socialist/communist parading around as a democrat. This is totally absurd. The Bible holds no political partisans. A correct interpretation of the Bible does not instill radical fears.
The Bible does not offer a straight-up explanation for the end times. How this current world will end is shrouded in mystery. People often take things said in context to biblical times and sloppily apply it to today. Just like no one knows exactly how Christ return, neither does anyone really know who, if either Obama or Mccain, will make the best president. All it is, is simple guessing. And to the best of my knowlege, Obama is not the anti-christ, and it is not only unsafe, but extremely judgmental to believe he could be at this point. Please don't make judgments on presidential candidates based on pop eschatology. Thanks.
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Amen!
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