This time around, the item in question is a copy of the 1988 book "Gorbachev: Has the Real Antichrist Come?" I paid a whopping 99¢ for this prize, which is a bit steep compared to the 59¢ that I shelled out for my vintage copy of "Sets In Order" a few weeks back. After briefly flipping through the pages of this book, I was undeniably hooked. As if the book's cover wasn't compelling enough...
Judge ye not a book by its cover,
lest ye be judged by its author...
lest ye be judged by its author...
So, this freakishly bizarre acquisition is now a permanent part of my library. But why keep it all to myself? Something this weird must be shared and enjoyed by all! Onward...
The author of this book, Robert W. Faid, bases his thesis on the premise of something called " The Theomatic Number System" As mind-numbing as this sounds, it's pretty simple:
Ah, I should have known that there would be something Greek afoot here. Now, this probably doesn't make a whole lot of sense by itself...Come to think of it, even with all the other supporting "evidence," it still doesn't make sense! Here are some more sample's of the author's "evidence":
1) Using the "theomatic number system," Gorbachev's full name, when spelled in Russian, yields 666 x 2.
2) The 7 Warsaw Pact nations represented the "seven heads of the beast," as described in the Book of Revelations.
3) The Russian word for "peace" also (supposedly) means "world," so when Gorbachev says "I want peace," he is actually saying "I want the world!"
Ooooh, scary.
Some 198 pages later, with a bit more "theomatic numbers" and a fair
amount of "prophesy," Mr. Faid leads us to this conclusion:
So there you have it: A healthy mix of Biblical "scholarship" and "prophesy" leads us to the virtually irrefutable probability that Gorbachev is indeed the Antichrist. I bet Gorby himself had no idea! Do you think the folks from Pizza Hut knew this back when they signed him as a celebrity spokesman?
PS: What luck! You can still order this book from Amazon.com! Whoo hoo!
