03/24/26 NEITHER ANTI-CHRIST NOR MESSIAH

03/24/26 NEITHER ANTI-CHRIST NOR MESSIAH

Biblical principles at work in a self-destructive world.

Without going into the specifics of my eschatology, I don't believe the USA will be a player during the Great Tribulation. I believe the USA will lose its power and position of world influence before the installation of the anti-Christ and the development of the One World Government, the One World Economy, and the One World Religion.

President Trump is not the Messiah (he is not even a Christian), and he is not the Anti-Christ.

However, God is using President Trump to accomplish His will in a similar fashion that He used the pagan King Cyrus to accomplish God's will when he returned the Jews to their homeland, after being exiled in Babylon and Persia. In their past, the Children of Israel had been oppressed and abused while they were held captive by the Egyptians, the Assyrians, and the Babylonians (which oppression would continue into their future under the Greek and Roman Empires). During the Persian captivity, Israel was treated more humanely under King Cyrus than they had been treated by other pagan kings. God used Cyrus to return the Israelites to their homeland, rebuild the Temple, and restore temple worship. God referred to King Cyrus as His shepherd and His anointed. This did not mean that Cyrus was in a redemptive relationship with God, performing a redemptive act. It only meant that God had chosen Cyrus to do this particular service. Cyrus was not a believer; he was not God's prophet; he was not God's priest; he was not God's king, and Cyrus was not God's spiritual shepherd of Israel. Cyrus was a pagan man, used by God to exercise political power and position for the benefit of Israel.

The title "anointed" is used in the Old Testament in reference to a chosen vessel for a certain work. In the Jewish economy and spiritual realm, God anointed men to do specific work. The three offices of Divine service are Prophet, Priest, and King. In the Old Testament, a king of Israel might be referred to as a Shepherd King. Jesus became the fully anointed Prophet, Priest, and King (a Shepherd King). The word anointed also means messiah. The Chosen One. Jesus is The Anointed One, The Prophet, Priest, and King, and He is the Shepherd (Great, Chief, and Good Shepherd). Jesus is the Promised One, the Long-Awaited One, The Desire of Ages, The Chosen One, The Messiah.

We must never confuse any mortal man with Jesus. We must never confuse Christ's Anointing as Prophet, Priest, and King with any other mere man, whether anointed for spiritual service or for other service to God.

Cyrus was especially chosen to fulfill the plan of God to restore Israel and to rebuild the Temple. God honored Cyrus. God chose him. God anointed him. God directed him, and God enabled him.

Isaiah 44:28-45:1
44:28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
45:1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

We should never take it upon ourselves to give Divine honor, recognition, or title to any man. But in the case of Cyrus, we see that God does use the raven (a symbol of the ceremonially unclean) to feed the Jewish prophet (the Divinely accepted). God still uses the unclean to accomplish the holy.

Even if God does not give President Trump the title, "anointed," God has obviously enabled Donald Trump to do the Divine work of Government for the USA. God instituted human government for the purpose of protecting the righteous (law-abiding) and punishing the wicked (lawless). Throughout our history, we have had Presidents, Congressmen, and Judges fail to do what God ordained for them to do. Instead, many of them have robbed and oppressed Americans, fattening their own bank accounts and aligning with the enemies of the American people. President Trump has taken heroic steps to correct a history of abuses enacted by previous Administrations. Even our best leaders have fallen far short of their responsibilities to God and the American people. They have failed to protect the law-abiding citizenry at large, and they have failed to bring the enemies of the people to justice. I am not claiming that President Trump is perfect in his performance, and certainly he is not perfect in his understanding or moral standing. But he has done for the USA that which no other President has done in my entire life, and he has used his position to aid the oppressed around the world. At least, that is what millions of people around the world think.

President Trump has stood more firmly for Americans to live by standards that are mostly based on Scriptural truths, and he has stood more firmly for Biblical faith, family rights, Christian freedoms, Western values, and biological distinctives in America than any President we have had in my lifetime. He has taken steps to protect our borders, disarm those who want to use extreme weaponry to destroy America (and with it, Israel and the rest of the world), in the name of a blood thirsty socio/religio/political dominion. He has protected parental rights, protected right-to-life groups, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and squelched terrorist religious groups, at home and abroad.

Trump is neither the Messiah nor the Anti-Christ.

However, we have seen how easy it is for people to put their faith in a human leader, whether that human leader is doing good or evil. We have seen American allies (especially European allies) overrun by destructive religion, philosophies, and socio/political groups. And we have seen those same allies refuse to stand with the USA in our resistance to various enemies of freedom and Western values (especially Biblical values). The Western world is moving away from the Christian principles that made America the greatest country to ever exist on the face of this planet. I will address this problem and the result of the betrayal of America in another post.

I believe that following any evil system (Communism, Socialism, Islam, Scientism, Wokeism, Globalism) will destroy a country and eventually the world. We as a country have been invaded by anti-Christian, anti-family, anti-reality, anti-freedom forces, and our country was a hair's breadth from destruction before Trump became President. God has not only given a stay of execution to America, but He has extended His mercy to the rest of the world, giving us all the opportunity to hear and heed the Gospel of Christ.
2 Peter 3:8-13
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

But the Bible tells us clearly that the world will not turn to God and walk faithfully in the way of the LORD. Therefore, our opportunities will be squandered, and our world will fall into the hands of madmen.

Men will look to a human leader to bring real and lasting peace, but no such thing will happen. Donald Trump will not save America, or the world. In fact, no mortal man will save humanity. Men will be deceived into following a supposed savior of mankind. He will seemingly bring world peace, he will seemingly bring security, he will seemingly bring worldwide unity, and he will seemingly bring true religion. All of this will be a deception.

The only hope we can have is through a living and holy relationship with God through the Christ of the Bible. God is giving us an opportunity. Don't miss His intervention because of political alignment or personal hatreds.