"Over the past month, Thiel has hosted a series of four lectures on the downtown waterfront of San Francisco philosophizing about who the antichrist could be and warning that Armageddon is coming. Thiel, who describes himself as a small-o orthodox Christian, believes the harbinger of the end of the world could already be in our midst and that things such as international agencies, environmentalism and guardrails on technology could quicken its rise."
"Answer: According to the Bible, the Roman Empire served as the katechon, or the place that will restrain an antichrist figure, and provided law and order, which in turn prevented or delayed the coming of the apocalypse. Thiel says the modern-day katechon is likely in America. One possibility is San Francisco, partly because of its distance from Washington D.C., which would make it harder for there to be a fusion of too many powers like the federal government and the technology industry."
"Ironically, though, he says America is also likely the place with the most markings of a future one-world order. Quote: "It's just that America is, at this point, the natural candidate for katechon and antichrist, ground zero of the one-world state, ground zero of the resistance to the one-world state." Wow. And the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air and a voice cried out from heaven, saying, "You want another, pal?""
A tech billionaire hosted a four-lecture series in San Francisco focusing on the possible identity of an antichrist and the imminence of Armageddon. The Roman Empire is identified as the biblical katechon that restrained an antichrist by providing law and order. The modern katechon is proposed to be America, with San Francisco singled out for its distance from Washington, D.C. International agencies, environmentalism, and technological guardrails are described as forces that could accelerate an antichrist's rise. America is portrayed as both the most likely seat of a future one-world order and the central locus of resistance to it. These claims underscore tensions between technology industry power, federal authority, and global governance.
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