Comments on The Rebel God: Is Obama the Anti-Christ?

um... happy 4th of July to you too.

2010-07-04T14:07:03.229-07:00

um... happy 4th of July to you too.

Those with no faith fall easy pray to persuasive s...

2010-07-04T09:51:04.866-07:00

Those with no faith fall easy pray to persuasive speech. Twist it how ever you may, but I will believe my own thoughts because I I have faith in my Lord, and in my self.

First my friend you need to consider your sources....

2009-11-04T08:07:48.931-08:00

First my friend you need to consider your sources. The video you linked to made by the guy who started the conspiracy theory. So of course he claims it's a "confirmation". But did you actually look up and read the article in Salon with Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz that he refers to? It's quite easy to find with Google.
Here it is

Read it, and you'll see he does not confirm anything.

1) The phrase "lightning from the heavens" in Hebrew would be "Baraq Min Shamayim"

2) Conspiracy guy's claim in your new vid that it should be translated as "heights" instead of heavens is wrong because it is lightning that falls from the "heavens" in this sentence and "heavens" in both Greek and Hebrew just means "sky" in that context which is where lighting comes from. Saying it came from "obama" would mean "like lighting from a hill" which makes no sense.

3) Even if one assumes that he did say "heights" or "hill" (which I don't) that would still be "baraq min bamate" which sounds nothing like his name.

4) In Hebrew Baraq Obama would mean "lightning and a hill" and Jesus did not say "I saw Satan fall like lighting and a hill" which again makes no sense.

The whole thing makes no sense and is just absurd. Check your sources. Don't believe everything you hear.

okay :D thank you for answering my question. but ...

2009-11-04T01:36:56.871-08:00

okay :D thank you for answering my question.

but i have a new one. You see, Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz, president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, in Wyncote, has ''confirmed'' that the Hebrew word usage is correct.

you can watch this video for more information on that subject:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDRl3QNkExA&annotation_id=annotation_735185&feature=iv

Arent you saying pretty much the same as Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz?

I sort of think you are pulling my leg here Anon, ...

2009-11-03T08:44:55.558-08:00

I sort of think you are pulling my leg here Anon, but just in case you are not...

It's not a matter of Jesus "lying" its a matter of understanding languages. As I said above, just because the German word for driving a car "Fahrt" sounds like "fart" in English does not mean that Germans get in their Audi and VW bug to fart. Nor does it mean that Germans are "lying". That's ridiculous. You can't just take one language and stick it into another, the results will just be silly. That's why the assertion that Obama is the anti-Christ is silly, and rejecting God on similar grounds is equally silly.

Eya :D i'm working on a school projekt about ...

2009-11-03T03:55:02.574-08:00

Eya :D

i'm working on a school projekt about judmentday and i saw the antichrist video. Now most would think that these to doesnt seem to have a connection, BUT the maya's (sp?) foresaw that judment day would be in 2012 AND it has been proven that the poles (magnetic field thingy) will move drasticly.

now, me and my friend finds this amusing. Could there be a connection or something.

now on to my question: you say:
Jesus says in Jn 14:6 "I am the way and the truth and the life." The Hebrew word for "the way" is דֶּרֶךְ which is pronounced "Derek". My name is Derek. Therefore Jesus said

"I am Derek, the truth and the life. "

So there you have it. If Barack Obama is the anti-Christ, then by that same logic I am the second coming of Jesus (hint: I'm not).

If im using my brain correctly, you are saying that jesus is lying. Because if youre going to be jesus, then the antichrist thingy is correct. If the antichrist thing is incorrect, then youre not going to be the next Jesus (or any other Derek thingy). If im correct now, jesus said he was Derek. If he is lying there... why should i believe in god if he was the son of god, and were lying.

"I am the way and the truth and the life."

truth...

Now, am i correct or have i misunderstood anything?

Hi Derek. I too like the way you think. And I ag...

2009-09-09T23:22:35.846-07:00

Hi Derek. I too like the way you think. And I agree with Pastor Greg in saying that the silly YouTube video forward was a classic case of EISEGESIS, which allows the reader to insert anything at all.

Case in point: Jesus' mystery message on farting.

sigh. I get the impression you didn't read my...

2009-09-06T12:01:49.941-07:00

sigh.

I get the impression you didn't read my blog post. His name is Barak which means "blessed" in Hebrew, not Baraq which means lighting. So the verse in Luke is irrelevant, and shows that the person quoting it doesn't know their Hebrew very well.

Strongs Hebrew Dictionary #1300 baraq (baw-rawk&#...

2009-09-06T08:35:31.745-07:00

Strongs Hebrew Dictionary
#1300 baraq (baw-rawk')-from 'baraq' (1299); lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword:--bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.
#1116 bamah (bam-maw')-from an unused root (meaning to be high); an elevation:--height, high place, wave.

Luke 10:18 "I saw satan fall like lightning from the heights."

Jesus spoke Aramaic, the earliest form of Hebrew. He was not known for speaking Swahili.

Wow, Greg Boyd! What an honor! You are one of my a...

2009-08-28T14:47:14.243-07:00

Wow, Greg Boyd! What an honor! You are one of my all time favorite authors. Your book "God at War" was a big influence on my articles on "Christus Victor vs Penal Substitution" (listed above in the right sidebar) which I've been working on turning into a book.

HI Derek, Love your website and the way you think!...

2009-08-28T01:08:16.258-07:00

HI Derek, Love your website and the way you think! About the anti-Christ video: Seems to me that when we treat the Bible like a cryptogram, we can read into it anything we want. I told the person who sent me this silly video that perhaps it means God is going to use Obama to throw down Satan from heaven. I was kidding, of course, but it shows how completely subject this nonsense is. Keep up the great work. Greg Boyd (www.gregboyd.org)