Volodymyr Zelenskyy has garnered much praise over the past few weeks for his strong leading of the Ukrainians amid invasion from Russia and his refusal to go into hiding despite Russian assassination attempts. The now seemingly famous line is, “I need Ammunition, not a ride.”

Ukraine is in great need of support. Russia is mercilessly attacking them under the dark and scheming leadership of an emboldened Vladimir Putin bent on war. 

Respect for Zelenskyy’s actions was and is warranted. As a Christian, seeing a leader take a hands-on approach in war has brought to mind Biblical accounts of kings accompanying their armies into battle, a way of doing things that has been long lost in the modern age.

However, as the world’s praise has risen to an out-of-control level and information about his ties to the World Economic Forum emerged, a point was reached in which many Christians began to become cautious about the Ukrainian leader.

To understand the reason for this concern, we need to go back to the Bible, which describes a future leader of a global government that will emerge and be viewed as a savior of the world. Scripture refers to Him as the lawless one, and the “anti-Christ” (Rev. 13, Daniel 7, 9:27, 2 Thes. 2, 1 John 2:18).

In a recent “Prophecy Roundtable” alongside Amir Tsarfati, Barry Stagner, and Mike Golay, Jan Markell stated that amid a vacuum of leadership in the world, Zelenskyy might be a person Christians should cautiously keep their eye on. 

“Right now, the world lacks a leader. We don’t have a leader in our White House. We don’t have a leader in Europe, really. I believe the world is longing for somebody that they can look to as a hero, a Mr. Fix-it,” she explained. “Along comes a very obscure person; actually, he was an actor at one time, and in the last three years, he became Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a very intriguing fellow. I’m very captivated by him, and I think the world is captivated by him as well.”

“There’s talk that he’s an antichrist candidate; we don’t know that,” she underscored. “Look, people said Emmanuel Macron was an antichrist candidate, and he’s sinking in the sunset really fast, so I think we have to be careful of even saying things like that.”

Who the Antichrist will be is a mystery and will remain a mystery in the time prior to the Rapture of the Church; therefore, too much speculation is largely un-useful and stirs dangerous conjecture.

‭‭2 Thessalonians‬ ‭2:6-8‬ ‭KJV‬‬ – “And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming” (emphasis added).

Markell added that it is unlikely Zelenskyy will be alive for very long considering the bounty Russia has placed on his life.

“My goodness, the goal of the Russians right now is to bump him off. How on earth might he be protected? That would be a God thing,” she maintained. “But I think folks should keep an eye on him.”

“If he does survive and if he were to rise in power somewhere, just keep an eye on him,” she concluded.

One piece of news that well summarized the over-the-top praise and certainly won’t diminish the stirs of Zelenskyy as a possible “antichrist candidate” came in the form of a song written about the leader titled, “Can One Man Save The World?”

The song’s lyrics, written by John Ondrasik, read:

“Nail or carry up his cross, I don’t know
but he’s got everyone thinking, 
yeah, he’s got all of us thinking, 
Can one man save the world?”

Does this song mean that Zelenskyy is the future anti-Christ? Of course not. Similarly, The Economist’s magazine cover depicting Emmanuel Macron walking on water with the words “Europe’s Savior?” does not mean Macron will fill the prophetic role. 

Both demonstrate, however, that the Christ-rejecting world is growing in its hunger for a worldly savior, and the true Antichrist is waiting in the wings to fill that wicked role.

The Gospel truth and Good news is that one man did save the world. God Himself became a man through His precious Son, Jesus Christ. Christ placed upon Himself the sins of the entire world so that by Faith in His identity, sacrifice, and resurrection we can be saved and inherit eternal life.

‭‭1 John‬ ‭4:14‬ ‭KJV‬‬ – “And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.”

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