The lineup of Antichrist candidates includes: ETs and Ultradimensionals, presidents (and presidential hopefuls), some millionaires and billionaires, and even a few Hollywood celebrities (forget Manson and Hitler - they had their time and missed the audition). So let's perform a quick look at the list, shall we?

1) ETs and Ultradimensionals. At first glance, these groups seem like the most probable winners. After all, Aliens and Ultradimensionals assumedly come from "out there" or from other dimensions, exist in unknown numbers, have access to an unknown amount of resources, are vastly superior and more evolved than us, and like to rip people out of their beds onto massive ships for social and scientific experiments. Case closed, right?

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Not quite. For all their nasty secretiveness and tendency to perform stealth kidnapping, Aliens and Ultradimensionals have never once responded or retaliated to our aggression towards them. They have not killed anyone during the famed 1942 'Battle of L.A.' for instance, where over 1,400 rounds of anti-aircraft fire was unloaded onto a large unidentified stationary ship over the city (actually, six people did die that night, but these deaths were attributed to either friendly fire or stress induced heart attacks from the hour long barrage), not during WW1, and not during any recent world conflicts and skirmishes either. In fact, aside for taking purely defensive countermeasures (temporarily stopping our aircraft's onboard instruments, for instance), these visitors have behaved themselves perfectly well. Secretive they may be, but on the aggression scale, ETs rate poorly. Besides, we routinely conspire against our own kind without any cosmic influence pushing us to do so. Verdict: if anything, the next Antichrist will probably be more Earthbound than not.

Alright. So the next Antichrist isn't an Alien race with a chip on its shoulder. Who's next?

2) Presidents and Presidential Candidates. When it comes to politics and world affairs, most eyes and ears are on the big dogs. And right now, only a handful of countries qualify as being "big" mediawise: So Iraq for sure, ditto for Afghanistan, Russia, the UK, throw in Canada and China for good measure, any western European country, Japan, Australia, and of course, the U.S. Logically speaking then, past, present, and future leaders of these nations must have a pretty good shot at playing toe to toe against a savior figure, right? Yes, they certainly do. Except.

You see, world politics being the sinewy and slithering creature it is, being a nation's figurehead isn't all that great or powerful a position to have. Sure, the country is at your command, but you're basically just a temporary store manager chosen to direct groups of pre-existing departments - with each department having sub-leaders that will remain in place long after you're just another signed and framed commemorative picture on the wall. Four to eight years isn't that lengthy a period to do real, irreversible damage. You can wreak havoc in the short term for sure, but the next person taking your seat can clean up your mess and re-build broken bridges. Besides, everyone knows that politicians are orators first and doers second.

And so our search for the next Antichrist continues by virtue of following the money.

3) The Rich. For many people, evoking names such as Rothschild, Rockefeller, Goldstein, and others is like performing ancient tribal rituals, as if merely uttering these names will force their owners to open financial records and reveal devastatingly evil plans for humanity. Talk of forced population reductions, the maintenance of bloodlines and passing down title and riches to future generations and other evil schemes saturate the web. Surely the world's elite must be hiding the next Antichrist within its ranks, n'est-ce pas?

Tom Cruise

Well.again, it depends. You see, just being filthy rich doesn't mean being evil. Bill Gates for instance, despite the loathing and hatred many crackers and hackers have against his software, is still a pretty decent guy. As he said years ago, he does now indeed give to charities and causes worldwide, and although he probably could use another haircut, he just doesn't "fit the bill" for being the next devil in disguise. Even ancient ruling families such as the (cue thunder and lightening here) Rothschilds have a pretty good and eclectic mix of kind people within its ranks. Treachery may be more prevalent within high society these days, but it doesn't wear Armani by design.

3) Celebrities. Past mentionings of possible Antichrists online include Hollywood greats such as: Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves, Madonna, Britney Spears, and many, many others. I really don't know what to say here other than 'gimme a break'. Stars might have their eccentricities, but Antichrists they are not. Cruise is reportedly a true gentleman in person, while Reeves oozes humility and likes to spoil acquaintances with gifts. Madonna is a good mother and loves to study the Cabbala, while Spears' only true public challenges are finding a way to come to terms with having come to stardom too early in life and being the non deserving subject of countless attacks.

Alright, so the next Antichrist isn't Aliens. It's not any president or world leader, and the rich and famous are off the list as well. Who else can it be?

For insight, let us consult Chaldean Numerology.

Chaldean Numerology.

A few things stand out in Chaldean Numerology in regards to other numerological systems. For one, no one seems to really know its age. It is said to be over 40,000 years old, but there's no way to confirm that of course. Also, it is the only form of numerology that does not assign a letter to the number nine. Why is that, you

Chaldean Numerology

ask? The Chaldeans believed that the number nine was too powerful a number to be present within the system and could only be portrayed and carried by God. They believed that, like God, the number nine had the power to both give and take away life. Mathematically speaking, this can be easily demonstrated simply by adding the number nine to any number. Like so:

9 + 4 = 13, becoming (through the subsequent addition of both 1 and 3) 4 again.

In this case, nine's power to give life is demonstrated by the fact that whatever number is added to nine, the end result will always give back the same number (albeit in reduced form). Nine sacrifices itself for the other number - like God.

Nine's power to destroy life is also demonstrated whenever you multiply nine by any other number. Case in point:

9 X 7 = 63, becoming (through the subsequent addition of both 6 and 3) 9 again.

Here, nine "destroyed" the number seven and left only itself remaining. Interesting, isn't it? It gets better.

Numerologically speaking, there are several people in history that carried the power of nine within their names. Some notables include:

1) Jesus Christ. If Jesus' name is written in numbers according to the Chaldean Hebrew chart, it becomes "15363" and "352134", which again reduces to "eighteen" for "Jesus", and "eighteen" once again for "Christ". And two "18s" added together add up to thirty-six, again reducing back to the number nine. Jesus certainly possessed the ability to give and take away life by saving people and by having his name destroy them in terms of organized religion being enforced upon Native populations (or during the infamous witch hunts of medieval times, for that matter).

2) John Paul. The name chosen by the previous Pope (aka Karol Józef Wojtyla) equals nine in Chaldean Numerology. Does it bear mentioning on how organized religions in general have both saved and destroyed lives?

But there is one name in Chaldean Numerology that clearly outshines all others in terms of its relationship with the number nine, and it isn't even really a person.

And yet it is.

A riddle for the modern age: what name would you give to an entity that contained all of humanity's desires, hopes, thoughts, nightmares, and ideas within itself? This entity's name would have to be universally known to all peoples of the Earth. Everyone would have to have equal access to it also. Many people would say that this entity can only be one thing: the Internet (symbolized in turn by the letters "WWW" which in turn, come to the numbers "666" in Chaldean Numerology).

And what is the Internet? The World Wide Web is a technological wonder portraying what goes on within the global human mind. For most people, that means: making money, being entertained, playing around, conspiring, spying, and sex. It becomes easy to see then that the most suitable candidate for the Antichrist of our times is something no one ever suspected: humanity itself.

Humanity is the Antichrist simply because collectively speaking, we are against Christ in everything that we do, think, and say. I mean let's face it; if wars, conspiracies, murders, hate, and distrust weren't such an integral part of our human nature, no reason would exist for a savior figure to return to Earth to save us, right? We would already be living within divine law.

All this may not seem relevant, but it will be. Whether or not Extraterrestrial visitation occurs on predicted dates, it will one day soon. Very soon in fact, for not only is the frequency of UFO sightings worldwide increasing dramatically, so is the size of these craft. Currently "the record" is around 1 and a half miles in size. But what if these are merely scout ships? Could we handle much more massive crafts coming into our atmosphere? Every indication points towards some great and massive event that will change the human race forever. We had better know by that time who our true enemy is and stop placing the blame on outside sources - especially visiting cultures who most likely are intent on enriching our lives with their own vast pools of experience and knowledge rather than enslaving or destroying us.

For tens of thousands of years upon the Earth, man has survived and thrived by pillaging, killing, or stealing its way. Not very noble. We need an upgrade, and we need it soon. Fortunately for us, the best way to kill the shadow within doesn't have to be violent. All one has to do is turn on the lights. For if we are our own worst enemy, surely we can also become our own best friend.