Antichrist Archetype Emerges - Terry James - http://www.raptureready.com/rap16.html
Let me say at the outset of this commentary that we are not to be looking for Antichrist to appear while history is within this dispensation--the Age of Grace. Christians are to be looking for Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, not for its destroyer, as will be the man of sin.
That said, there has surfaced, in my view at least, an archetype of the leader to come who will be the first beast of Revelation 13. This generation is not yet in the Tribulation, but is experiencing precursors to that last seven years that makes us know that a time of unprecedented troubles is just ahead. Likewise, a leader has arisen from the area of the reviving Roman Empire, one whose emergence makes the observant Bible prophecy student suspect ever more assuredly that Antichrist is waiting in the shadows of the immediate future.
He has burst on the scene at the center of perhaps the most pronounced economic crisis on earth at present. Not only that, but the crisis is at the heart of a troubled European Union, involving Greece, the tenth nation to join the EU in 1981.
Alexis Tsipras, 40, a leftist leader of the Syriza party, was elected prime minister of Greece. His party will, it appears, have 149 out of 300 seats in the Greek Parliament as a result of elections held Sunday, January 25. The party is expected to win 36.1 percent of the vote. This is 8 percent ahead of the conservative New Democracy party of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.
The most relevant fact to consider, for our purposes, in Tsipras' sudden emergence out of the political turmoil is the root cause of the turmoil itself. Greece is the largest, most notable nation-state to suffer from economic chaos that has required massive bail-out assistance from its fellow EU member-nations.
Greece continues, despite those bail-outs, to sink ever deeper into an economic morass. This has forced the Greek government to implement stringent--some would say draconian--austerity measures on every aspect of Greek life. Explosive anger and near anarchy by the populace have been the result.
The point to be made is that the new government headed by Alexis Tsipras is the first Eurozone government openly opposed to the much-hated austerity the previous one had to agree to in order to satisfy the European Union and International Monetary Fund. They imposed on Greece severe requirements as a condition of its bailout.
The charismatic Tsipras told thousands of cheering supporters in Athens: "Greece leaves behind catastrophic austerity, it leaves behind fear and authoritarianism, it leaves behind five years of humiliation and anguish."
He promised to negotiate the country's massive debt, almost assuring that there will be conflict with Eurozone partners. Many of Greece's fellow EU nations see that nation as the epitome of the problem that will bring on an insurmountable fiscal crisis, if not confronted and dealt with within a near, narrow time frame.
As for the new leader, he has, in effect, declared that he will chart his own course, ostensibly pitting himself against the EU powers that be. The new prime minister said Sunday that he would cooperate with fellow Eurozone leaders for "a fair and mutually beneficial solution." He said, however, that the Greek people came first. "Our priority from the very first day will be to deal with the big wounds left by the crisis," he said. "Our foremost priority is that our country and our people regain their lost dignity."
The description of his elevation to high position is reminiscent of another European's rise to power following a crisis in post-World War I Germany. Even though the new Greek leader isn't surrounded by the depression dynamics on the level of those surrounding Adolf Hitler, similarities are there in the reactions he evokes from the people he purportedly champions.
This in itself makes him a person of interest, as criminal investigators would say. Any such leader rising suddenly and dramatically out of the very nucleus of what was ancient Rome justifiably raises the eyebrows of Bible prophecy students. The visible, physical reactions of those who have put him on his pedestal are quite interesting.
Reports from Athens following the elections tell of glassy eyes filled with tears of joy, as they looked worshipfully at the man on whom they are hanging their hopes. As a matter of fact, the slogan for his campaign was "Hope is coming!"
Those reports certainly evoke memories of some of the black-and-white documentary films I remember seeing about times during Hitler's grand, oratorical promises to lift Germany out of depression and restore prosperity and dignity. This is in no way to imply that I believe Alexis Tsipras will grow to become Antichrist. But, his sudden rise, on the shoulders of a people who are in great desperation for something better, points to how such a leader as described in Daniel and Revelation could suddenly vault to power.
I think we are looking at an archetype of the man
Let me say at the outset of this commentary that we are not to be looking for Antichrist to appear while history is within this dispensation--the Age of Grace. Christians are to be looking for Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, not for its destroyer, as will be the man of sin.
That said, there has surfaced, in my view at least, an archetype of the leader to come who will be the first beast of Revelation 13. This generation is not yet in the Tribulation, but is experiencing precursors to that last seven years that makes us know that a time of unprecedented troubles is just ahead. Likewise, a leader has arisen from the area of the reviving Roman Empire, one whose emergence makes the observant Bible prophecy student suspect ever more assuredly that Antichrist is waiting in the shadows of the immediate future.
He has burst on the scene at the center of perhaps the most pronounced economic crisis on earth at present. Not only that, but the crisis is at the heart of a troubled European Union, involving Greece, the tenth nation to join the EU in 1981.
Alexis Tsipras, 40, a leftist leader of the Syriza party, was elected prime minister of Greece. His party will, it appears, have 149 out of 300 seats in the Greek Parliament as a result of elections held Sunday, January 25. The party is expected to win 36.1 percent of the vote. This is 8 percent ahead of the conservative New Democracy party of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.
The most relevant fact to consider, for our purposes, in Tsipras' sudden emergence out of the political turmoil is the root cause of the turmoil itself. Greece is the largest, most notable nation-state to suffer from economic chaos that has required massive bail-out assistance from its fellow EU member-nations.
Greece continues, despite those bail-outs, to sink ever deeper into an economic morass. This has forced the Greek government to implement stringent--some would say draconian--austerity measures on every aspect of Greek life. Explosive anger and near anarchy by the populace have been the result.
The point to be made is that the new government headed by Alexis Tsipras is the first Eurozone government openly opposed to the much-hated austerity the previous one had to agree to in order to satisfy the European Union and International Monetary Fund. They imposed on Greece severe requirements as a condition of its bailout.
The charismatic Tsipras told thousands of cheering supporters in Athens: "Greece leaves behind catastrophic austerity, it leaves behind fear and authoritarianism, it leaves behind five years of humiliation and anguish."
He promised to negotiate the country's massive debt, almost assuring that there will be conflict with Eurozone partners. Many of Greece's fellow EU nations see that nation as the epitome of the problem that will bring on an insurmountable fiscal crisis, if not confronted and dealt with within a near, narrow time frame.
As for the new leader, he has, in effect, declared that he will chart his own course, ostensibly pitting himself against the EU powers that be. The new prime minister said Sunday that he would cooperate with fellow Eurozone leaders for "a fair and mutually beneficial solution." He said, however, that the Greek people came first. "Our priority from the very first day will be to deal with the big wounds left by the crisis," he said. "Our foremost priority is that our country and our people regain their lost dignity."
The description of his elevation to high position is reminiscent of another European's rise to power following a crisis in post-World War I Germany. Even though the new Greek leader isn't surrounded by the depression dynamics on the level of those surrounding Adolf Hitler, similarities are there in the reactions he evokes from the people he purportedly champions.
This in itself makes him a person of interest, as criminal investigators would say. Any such leader rising suddenly and dramatically out of the very nucleus of what was ancient Rome justifiably raises the eyebrows of Bible prophecy students. The visible, physical reactions of those who have put him on his pedestal are quite interesting.
Reports from Athens following the elections tell of glassy eyes filled with tears of joy, as they looked worshipfully at the man on whom they are hanging their hopes. As a matter of fact, the slogan for his campaign was "Hope is coming!"
Those reports certainly evoke memories of some of the black-and-white documentary films I remember seeing about times during Hitler's grand, oratorical promises to lift Germany out of depression and restore prosperity and dignity. This is in no way to imply that I believe Alexis Tsipras will grow to become Antichrist. But, his sudden rise, on the shoulders of a people who are in great desperation for something better, points to how such a leader as described in Daniel and Revelation could suddenly vault to power.
I think we are looking at an archetype of the man
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