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Originally Posted by Ohio
The antichrist "man of sin" will come on the scene amidst huge celebration, restoring peace and prosperity and provide great liberty for Israel, who will be readily convinced that he is their long-awaited Messiah, "fulfilling" all the prophecies. Initially he will look nothing like all the descriptors you just posted.
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Hitler came onto the scene amidst huge celebrations. You may remember the incredible theatrical assemblies of huge crowds of chanting and adoring Germans.
His first few months there was a hint of him restoring peace and prosperity as Germany came out of the depression, there were more jobs, and many of the young people were given something to do unlike the years before.
Hitler was lauded as the "messiah" and "savior" of the German people.
So then, initially Hitler looked exactly like the descriptors you have given. What stumbles everyone about Hitler is they always associate him with the end of the story and forget the beginning.
According to the paper the audience rushed to the tribune of honor after the ceremonies, demanding that Hitler appear; joy and applause followed him wherever he appeared in the festive city. (Nazi Olympics: Sport, Politics, and Appeasement in the 1930s)
It was Hitler's good fortune that the world economy began to recover in the spring of 1933. (The Holocaust: The Fate of European Jewry, 1932-1945)
In 1932, the year before Hitler came to power, unemployment in Germany had reached 20 percent and 6 million citizens were out of work; the following year, that figure was cut in half, and by 1938 Germany had a labor shortage. (The Library of Congress World War II Companion, by David M. Kennedy)
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Originally Posted by Ohio
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On the contrary one of the very first things Hitler did when he took power was to censor main stream media and attack it relentlessly (because they in turn were attacking and ridiculing him).
With daily orders from Hitler, they issued press directives calling for printing an unprecedented amount of anti-Semitic propaganda in the thousands of German newspapers and periodicals subject to the control of the Press Office. (The Jewish Enemy, by Jeffrey Herf)
Press ownership made little practical difference, since the NSDAP rapidly established comprehensive control over newspaper content. (Bending Spines: The Propagandas of Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic, by Randall l. Bytwerk)
In April of 1935, Joseph Goebbels, as head of the Reich Chamber of Literature, became the ultimate censoring authority (World Literacy: How Countries Rank and Why it Matters by John W Miller, Michael C. McKenna)
The Hitler regime employed a combination of policies designed to create consensus, as well as censorship, aiming to ensure that access to other sources of information or ways of thought was unavailable. (Education in Nazi Germany, by Lisa Pine)
It is ridiculous to ignore Nero since he has been given as an example. Also, John says that there have been many antichrists. So to me it is like an oak tree. If you can identify one, you can identify many of them. I think it is undoubtable that Hitler is one example of these "many antichrists".