Various media around the world have, for some reason, suggested that Presidential candidate Barack Obama may be the Messiah, or have at least portrayed him as such. So, without further ado, The Refiner's Fire presents the many reasons why Obama is not, could not be, nor ever will be, the Messiah....

1 Corinthians 15: 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

1 Thessalonians 4: 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Yeshua died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Yeshua will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Messiah shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words."

So far, nobody in the entire history of the world has been "raptured" nor has anyone "descended from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God." Nobody has yet "met the Lord in the air." That, in itself, reveals that Obama is NOT the Messiah because these things will come to pass at Y'shua's Second Coming! We've never seen Obama perform one single miracle (i.e., walking on water, supernaturally changing water into wine, or raising the dead - and if he were the Messiah, he would have by now ushered in world peace in accordance with Numbers 6:26; Psalm 29:11; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 2:1-4; 9:4-5, 7; Zechariah. 9:9-10; etc.)

In order to qualify as Messiah Senator Obama must meet many more requirements. Here are but a few:

• He must be a Hebrew and Aramaic speaking, tallit wearing, seventh day Sabbath and Biblical Feast keeping, Torah observant, kosher JEW named Y'shua (Yeshua) whose Hebrew name means "Salvation". Obama is a self-proclaimed Christian who hails from a Muslim family and background. Neither of these religions commands Torah observance.
  
  
• According to the Bible, Y'shua has so far only fulfilled the first four Biblical Feasts. There are just three more to go, and the next one will be the so-called "rapture" - which will happen during the Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles), when Y'Shua returns.
  
  
• Y'shua was our final SIN Sacrifice and upon His return HE will be ruling and reigning the entire Earth from Jerusalem. Obama is an American running for President in the USA.
  
  
• Y'shua was a perfect man with a Divine Nature who never married has no need to be married upon His return because He a Divine Being. Obama is married with children.
  
  
• Y'shua was born to a virgin in Bethlehem (Isaiah 7:14, Micah 5:2). Obama's mother was not a documented virgin when she got pregnant with him.
  
  
• Obama, as The Messiah, would have had to DIE on the world's behalf as an offering for sin (Isaiah 53:5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12).
  
  
• He would have had to have been rejected or "cut off" (died) (Daniel 9:24-26), and been betrayed by a friend for 30 pieces of silver. (Zechariah 11:12-13)
  
  
• He had to have been wounded and whipped and nailed to a cross so that we could be "healed by his wounds." (Isaiah 53:5)
  
  
• Obama would have been responsible for fulfilling the already-fulfilled 109 Tanach prophecies (of more than 300 Tanach prophecies) that could ONLY have, and have already been fulfilled by someone named Y'shua haMashiach.
  
  
• Deuteronomy 18:15-18 informs us that God would raise up another prophet like Moses. How does Obama compare to Moses?
  
  
• And last but not least, Obama has never been resurrected from the dead (Psalm 16:10-11).