 Daniel
7:24
"...and he will be different from the previous ones" (NASB)
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...or, to put it another way, he'll truly stand out of a crowd.
Grab ten politicians, picked deliberately or at random, set Arnold in the
middle of them and ask the sort of question often found in intelligence
and logic tests -- Which one doesn't belong in the group? Need I say
more?
Deliberately Outrageous
 "The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that."
(Arnold Schwarzenegger)
"Some of his comments were way, way out, but the public wanted to be shocked,
and that's what Arnold has always been able to do. That draws attention to you,
and if you're original, you tend to stand out in the crowd." (Arnold's idol Reggie
Park, 1998)
"I just know that the
'70s were outrageous kind of a decade, that we promoted bodybuilding, that we
said outrageous things in order to get the attention and all that stuff."
(Arnold regarding his 1977 interview for Oui magazine)
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Aside from the particular attributes evidenced about this notorious
future leader-extraordinaire, the overview reveals a general pattern of excess: He isn't just large, he's notably larger than any of his peers;
he's not just fierce-faced, he's a picture of fierceness; he isn't just
antichrist in spirit, he's THE Antichrist; he's not just a sinful man,
he's "THE man of sin...THE son of perdition"; he isn't just accomplished,
he's exceptionally successful at everything he's tried; he doesn't just
boast, he truly sees himself as an enlightened despot who can and will
"save the world" from the evildoers (saints) and won't mind shouting it to
a world full of people anxious to follow him in his murderous rage against
the saints; he won't just be another violent, war-mongering,
oppressor-king, he will lead the charge towards the unimaginable horrors
of the final war between the kingdoms of this world and the kingdom of the
one true God and His Anointed King and His faithful followers.
Thus, in establishing context, it is worthy of noting that the
Scriptural profile of the "man of sin...son of perdition" includes a
pattern that implies some degree of extraordinary aspect regarding the
attributes obviously listed for identification purposes amongst others.
These will be distinguishing attributes of the one destined
to fulfill the biblical role of the beast of Revelation, which, combined,
portray an individual who will truly stand out of the crowd of political
leaders in general.
Though its hard to really define what "different" means, apparently this man
will be truly different with a capitol 'D'. Perhaps
the real Antichrist will be so distinct in so many ways that it won't
matter what angle one views him in order to see him as "different"?
In any event, whether on paper or person, this Mr. Universe-Conan the
Barbarian-Terminator-Eraser... is naturally and
deliberately more "different"
than about any other politician in modern times. In his own words, "The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that."
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