I’ve seen many a homecoming for deployed US military over the years but never one quite like this:

Sgt. Tyson Two Two stood on a war blanket provided by his family, a traditional Northern Cheyenne Tribe war bonnet perfectly complementing his dress blues, as drummers and singers welcomed him home.

Saturday afternoon in the baggage claim lobby of Billings Logan International Airport, Two Two, 24, a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps and member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, was welcomed home from a seven-month tour in Iraq by about 50 family members and friends from the Northern Cheyenne reservation.

Welcome home Sergeant..well done!

There are many, many terific pictures at the link as well as the balance of the story. HT: Gateway Pundit

A lot of people are asking if Barack Obama is the anti-christ.

Since I’m not an expert in the subject I can only go by what I have learned over the years.

The anti-christ is supposed to be the mirror-image of the real Christ, Jesus. He will be the exact opposite of Jesus. Wrong will be right, up will be down, good is bad etc. Everything I have read and heard about the anti-christ is that he will rise from eastern Europe and possibly even be a Jew. This disqualifies Obama right off the bat.

Do I believe the end is near? Yes, I do, and for reason, even though the New Testament saints also believed the end was near. However, if we look to our bibles and read what the Lord reveals to us we can see the end is near. We can open the bible and compare it to the newspaper of today and see exactly how things are falling into place.

Jesus said when the fig tree began to bloom the generation that saw it come to pass would not pass away before He returned. The fig tree is the symbol for Israel in this context. On May 24, 1948 we saw the birth of the new nation of Israel after the Jews had been scattered all over the world for generations.

When Jesus was on this earth no one referred to the land of the Jews as Israel. Yet, the bible tells us in the Old Testament the country would be called Israel, and history shows us there were not many names considered for the new Jewish homeland except Israel. Yes, others were considered, but the name Israel was chosen.

I happen to be a pre-tribulation Rapture believer. That means I believe Jesus will return for the dead saints’ bodies and the living saints (once you are a true believer you are a saint) and remove the Holy Ghost from this realm before the tribulation. Some people think it will happen 3 1/2 years into the tribulation, or half-way through it. Still others believe it will not happen until after the tribulation, but I believe that cannot be true, because the restraining power of the Holy Ghost will be withdrawn during the tribulation. And let me tell you, the tribulation ain’t gonna be no picnic for anyone who is living through it. This rapture, or taking up of the saints, will be secret. It will come as a thief in the night. One second you’ll be here and the next you’ll be gone. People left behind will wonder what has happened, but soon the evil powers of the anti-christ will convince them of some sort of story whey we are no longer seen.

I believe the United Nations will be a part of end-times and I believe the European Union will be the one-world government that will reign over the earth during that time.

Daniel’s interpretation of the king’s dream seems to indicate that. The ten toes of iron and clay represent the ten nations of the revived Roman empire. This will mean some of the EU countries will have to be dropped or absorbed into another country. Some of the EU countries are not full members, so it could be only full members would be the one-world government. I don’t know.

The bible tells us there will be a charismatic leader who will be the anti-christ and will eventually be indwelt by Satan himself. For the first half of the seven year tribulation this man will promise peace in Israel and the world. He will make a peace treaty of seven years with Israel and guarantee their safety. But, after 3 1/2 years he will break that treaty and things will become even worse. The world will go from the tribulation to the great tribulation.

Obama fits the profile of the charasmatic person but, at least in my belief, he does not fit the profile of the anti-christ. Actually, nowhere in Revelation is there a symbol of the United States. This means we have been destroyed or weakened to the point of irrelevance.

I see this happening already, and know from what the president-elect has said, our military will be cut back and that will make us weaker. He will go to the UN for foreign policy issues, just as Bill Clinton did. Terrorists will be treated as criminals and not as terrorists fighting in an army with no uniform. He will attempt to take them to court, just as Bill Clinton did.

I believe that just as John the Baptist was the forerunner of Jesus the Christ, perhaps Barack Obama will be the forerunner of the anti-christ. John the Baptist said he had to diminish himself when Jesus came upon the scene as He prepared to minister. Obama may be the one who will diminish himself when the real anti-christ comes to do his dirty deed.

I can’t tell you this is the truth, because it’s just my feeling and I haven’t heard it expressed by anyone else. I’m talking about Obama being the forerunner of the anti-christ. But, if the anti-christ is the mirror image of Christ then it makes sense to me that there has to be a John the Baptist type person for the anti-christ. I don’t even see this theory in the bible. It’s just a feeling I have and I could be wrong, so don’t believe what I say about this as truth, but as conjecture.

I don’t know who the anti-christ is, but I feel he is already born because the people born in 1948 are turning sixty now. Not much time left before the generation all dies out. Sure, some can reach age 100, and since I don’t know the definition of not all passing it could take another forty years.

I don’t care who the anti-christ is because it is my belief that because I am a born-again Christian I will not be here when he starts his reign of terror. I will either have gone to heaven the conventional way or be taken up with the Church to be with Christ forevermore.

I long for heaven these days. No more achy back. No more sorrow over lost or sick loved ones. No more worries about whether or not our savings will be enough to last until we die, especially with the economy the way it is now. Best of all I will be in the very Presence of my Savior forever and ever.

It won’t be boring. It will be anything but boring. After being able to converse with our God we can meet up with friends and loved ones from this life and even probe the minds of people like Moses, Job, Joshua, Esther, Peter, John, Matthew etc. We can probably even see everything as it happened for real if we wish to do so.

I know I’ll have a mansion. Whether that mansion is on the top floor of a huge building or in the slums of heaven it will be much better than anything on earth. The human mind cannot imagine what God has in store for us even though we deserve none of it.

Until then I’ll go on singing God’s praises. I’ll point out areas of disagreement with the new administration and hope to be able to point out good things that are done.

Don’t worry about who the anti-christ is because if you’re saved you won’t know anyway, and if you’re not saved you’ll know soon enough.

Happy Birthday United States Marine Corps

We can sleep well tonight..the world thinks Americans are “cool” due to the election of Barack Obama:

Wow. the past eight years were a real downer. It was such a bummer not being hip and cool.l Excuse me while I go dig out my lovebeads and wait for the Revival of Woodstock.

Must be a generational thing don’t you think?