The 'Antichrist' of Each Century

From the notorious Emperor Nero in ancient Rome to the enigmatic Mikhail Gorbachev in more recent times, this video uncovers the fascinating figures who were associated with the ominous title of the "Antichrist" from the Bible... some for better reasons than others. Explore the beliefs and speculations that led people to label emperors, conquerors, religious leaders, and even modern political figures as potential Antichrists.

[TrevorR]

Why can't we be more like the people in the past who were, for the most part, satisfied with naming one anti-christ every century. It feels like we get a new one every week these days.

[jaci]

Is she our first female antichrist? What an icon

[josephfox]

I feel like the Antichrist probably will not have many people accusing them of being the antichrist.

[mikeokeeffe]

Damn, Nero hit that devil trigger so hard he became the antichrist

[eazy]

You forgot Frederick II of the Holy Roman Empire. Man was wild, getting excommunicated 4 times across 3 different Popes

[gibsonrickenbacker]

In 2008 my aunt and all her peers said Obama was the antichrist 😂

[_enki]

"you're the antichrist! you're the antichrist! everybody's the antichrist"

[natas.]

I'm a grown man that is guilty of removing the crust from the bread on my sandwiches, does that mean I'm the anticrust?

[Snipergoat]

Man you left out Regan. His first, middle, and last name all had 6 letters. Ronald Wilson Reagan. 666 baby. And there were more than a few guys who were serious about that.

[Arch_Twisted]

Every century, I say to myself:
"Aw shit. Here we go again."

[myzidan]

I like that people were calling Salahdin the Antichrist just for defending his people's lands

[WifeWantsAWizard]

For those of you #curious, "antichrist" comes from the Greek "anti-" meaning "against" and "christos" meaning "the anointed ones". It wasn't used to describe a single individual until long after Nero had died. The theory that "Nero" was "the" Antichrist is a modern construct based on the characters "Nero Caesar" convolutedly "adding up to 666" if you convert them into Hebrew then pray real hard, which doesn't matter because the "Number of the Beast" is "616". It was changed by Jerome to "666" in 405AD to spite the bishops of Constantinople and we have the earlier copies to prove the change.

[jaxxic]

My 6th grade teacher was one of the meanest people I've ever met. I got strep throat at the end of the school year and we had a science fair exhibit I was supposed to turn in. Feeling like crap I stayed up for 2 days working on it so that I wouldn't miss it. She accused me of having my dad build it (which he didn't). She took me aside to the school office and yelled at me for a very long time and told me I was worthless and would never accomplish anything in life. She gave all the grad students a copy of "Oh the places you will go". In the inscription she wrote about what a terrible person I was. She was most defiantly the anti-Christ.

[_undefined]

I remember Barak Obama being on that list. A prominent television preacher said as much.

[pkgamerz]

So let's agree that all powerful people in history are referred to as "antichrist"😂

[FOF]

Tbf to ancient people, those emperors were giving the Anti-Christ a run for his money

[owenleal]

Imagine being compared to Nero and Hitler for being kinda annoying and wanting to stop global warming.

[badass]

Julian died in battle because he didn’t have enough time to equip his breastplate.

[stephanie]

An antichrist is just a person that claims to be Christ like but does or teaches that which is antithetical to Christ's teaching. So, if there were a leader that say, was boastful about his wealth, encouraged hatred and division, went out of his way to demonize the poor, marginalized, migrants and refugees, and constantly lied, led people to believe he was doing the work of God and mislead millions of Christians into doing the exact opposite of loving thy neighbor, forgiving their enemies, and not judging others....
That person could correctly be called an 'antiChrist'.

[UTJK.]

You missed emperor Frederick II Hohenstaufen in 1200s