Right wing Christian says Jesus hinted at name of Anti-Christ: Barack Obama

The biggest problem we face as a nation is not that this this kind of disinformation exists on the Internet. Rather our problem is that an alarmingly high number of Americans will believe it and, even worse, take it upon himself to do something about it.

July 31, 8:55 AM · Ron Moore - DC Special Interests Examiner

According to a report by Joe Kovacs on WorldNetDaily a video claims that Jesus hinted at the identity of the Anti-Christ. According to the report:

An American Christian has produced a brief film for YouTube that connects one statement by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke to President Barack Obama.

…on the video, the announcer notes, "If spoken by a Jewish rabbi today, influenced by the poetry of Isaiah, He (Jesus) would say these words in Hebrew ... 'I saw Satan as Baraq Ubamah.'"

"Gosh, was Jesus giving us a clue or was this just a freak coincidence?" thought the filmmaker at the time of his research.

Using the cloak of anonymity the accuser constructs an argument conflating three different languages until he discovers words that match the current Commander in Chief’s name.

His 4-minute video focuses on the direct quote: "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven." (Luke 10:18) 

"When I started doing a little research, I found the Greek word for 'lightning' is 'astrape', and the Hebrew equivalent is 'Baraq,'" said YouTube contributor "ppsimmons," a self-described Christian with a theological education and many years in the ministry, who spoke to WND under condition of anonymity. "I thought that was fascinating."  

As he continued looking into the rest of the words in the phrase, he focused on "heaven," and found that it can refer not just to God's dwelling place, but also "the heights" or "high places."

He then recalled Isaiah 14:14, where Lucifer, another name for Satan, is quoted as saying, "I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High."

"I wondered what the word 'heights' is," said ppsimmons, "and I looked it up in the dictionary, and it's 'Bamah.'"

While the video’s creator says he is not ashamed of his claim he does not want his identity revealed. He is clearly a Fox News fan as he concludes the video with the statement “I report, you decide.” Bearing false witness is a serious offense as it qualified for the Ten Commandments so the accuser wants to make it clear that he’s just speculating and finds the word association striking.

"I want to emphasize I'm not ashamed of what I put there," he told WND. "I'm not proclaiming he is the antichrist, or that I'm some kind of a Hebrew expert, but the word associations are indisputable. The Hebrew word for lightning is 'Baraq' and the word for heights or high places is 'Bamah.'"

When WND asked if people should take the video seriously or with a grain of salt, its producer said, "I take the middle road. I don't take it with a grain of salt, but I don't use the Bible like a Ouija board either. It's not like a magical crystal ball. Clear prophecy is one thing. Making word associations is another. Just look at it. I wouldn't take it super serious and say that's the proof we need. It's a little weird."

The video and YouTube site contain the following disclaimer:

@@@ FOR THE NAYSAYERS @@@

BARAQ=lightning in Hebrew

BAMAH=the heights in Hebrew

Jesus said - I saw Satan fall as lightning (Baraq) from the heavens or heights (Bamah). IT is plain and simple. Probably just a coincidence - but? INDISPUTABLE as to the word associations. So - the film was created. Sorry if you are an obamamaniac or a bible ignoramous (sic), but there it is. Just an interesting word association. The film does NOT proclaim that BHO "IS" the AC

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