Antichrist Candidate Evaluations

by Phil Maxwell, January 2005
Last Updated: 11/18/2007

Who Others Say is or could be the Antichrist

(The following list was gleaned from Google searches for the terms "antichrist candidates" and "who is antichrist" without much discrimination beyond eliminating dead candidates like Adolf Hitler and Ronald Reagan.)

The problem with most of these is that they are based upon dubious name-number calculations equaling 666 and/or elaborate conspiracy theories, but not the criteria given in the Bible for the purpose of identifying this man.  If they did, the focus would be on male U.S. politicians holding executive positions somewhere below the inner circle of the U.S. president and his cabinet, not religious leaders, current presidents, foreign dignitaries, or business moguls.  Then, anyone earnestly trying to identify the real biblical antichrist in advance of the tribulation would eliminate anyone from their list of candidates who couldn't be reasonably perceived as having an imposingly stout physique.  (See Antichrist Attributes for complete study on the antichrist's identifiable features; see Red, White, and Blue Babylon for discussions on how the United States of America matches the description of the great harlot of Revelation called 'Babylon'.)

That said, the above list really only contains one viable candidate, current California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, but that doesn't mean there aren't others that should be considered, its just that we need to fish in the right pond if we want to catch the right fish.  (See Arni-Christ Project for full discussion on how Schwarzenegger's measures against the biblical antichrist.) 

To begin with, looking beyond the U.S. borders is a waste of time, in my opinion, because the United States is the only government even remotely resembling the essence of the red beast of a government that will spawn the antichrist, and it matches perfectly, just like the harlot that rules it is a perfect picture of the predominately Christian people of the U.S.   If the Lord chooses to tarry for a few decades, another nation or consortium of nations could supplant America's unrivaled wealth and power in the world and thereby become the place to look, but until then, the U.S. is the only pond worth fishing in for antichrist candidates.

Beyond that, the biblical "little horn" that gets so much attention in Daniel and Revelation is clearly a political leader holding an executive position subordinate to the upper echelons of the federal government before the tribulation begins with a massive nuclear (or equivalent) attack against multiple U.S. targets.  That excludes current and past presidents unless one were to stoop to a lower position, and, with the possible exception of lower level cabinet members like the Secretary of Veteran Affairs, would exclude executive branch department heads like the Secretaries of Defense and State Departments.  Ordinary representatives and senators wouldn't be included because they are not executives who would be represented by a "horn" in Bible symbolism, though the Speaker of the House and Senate President pro tem might be considered.  The most likely position for the antichrist to hold before his cronies fire the first massively destructive volleys of the tribulation is a state governorship or, possibly, mayor of a major city (see list below).  Of these, those who are somehow or another touted as "rising stars" or who have been named as potential presidential contenders naturally deserve more attention.

People Who Should be Considered Antichrist Candidates

Of the people listed below, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg are the only three with publicly stated aspirations to be U.S. President, which merits a closer look.  However, the only one of these who could be said to have an imposingly stout physique is former Mr. Universe Arnold Schwarzenegger.  There may be others who could qualify on that count, but it is doubtful that anyone could hit the mark as plainly as Schwarzenegger, who also hits on every other biblical feature of the antichrist. 

I've only included male governors and mayors, but went ahead and listed cabinet and other federal officials without regard to gender.  Most, if not all of these belong more on the list of candidates for the "ten horns" who are described in the Bible as high-level conspirators than the "little horn" antichrist, anyway.  As I said before, however, some of the lower level positions could qualify as "small horns," but since determining which would and wouldn't rank amongst the primary ten is impossible, I've just listed them all.  Naturally, key cabinet members like the vice-president and secretaries of defense, treasury, and the attorney general probably are too high up to count as subordinate to the upper echelons of the federal government, but others aren't so clear.

At some point, I may look closer at the rest of these people, but for now, the number one candidate is the only one I've found to merit serious examination.  (See ARNI-Christ section for full discussion on Arnold Schwarzenegger vs. biblical antichrist.)   I welcome insights from readers who have biblically-based antichrist candidates in view, but please don't bother if all you have is a contrived rendition of a name totaling 666 by a contrived formula...I've proven that over 90% of a wide array of names can be just as reasonably calculated to the same total, so it just doesn't mean anything by itself.  (See Beast Number Factor study.)  Neither am I interested in circular arguments that amount to 'that can't be true because this is,' which is by a large margin the primary basis of most contenders to date.

Anyway, here's the list....happy fishing!

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