The Spirit of Antichrist?

It seems to me as I watch the current political mess unfolding in Washington with Democrats run amok on spending, spending, spending and growing the government and its control over our lives with regulation that has our great nation on a pathway to decline as a civilization that there are other things at work. I have long wondered what spiritual force lies behind Obama and some of the Democrats. I have known that George Soros and other liberal billionaires have been funding and seeking to minimize and marginalize all other voices. I have known all these things but there are other things that have bothered me of late as my spiritual antenna has sensed a move toward the end times and the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. Now I am not saying that Obama is the anti-christ. But there are troubling things both about him, the whole health care debate, cap and trade, Copenhagen and some talk about one world government, one world monetary system, redistribution of wealth and other topics that are happening. As I read Hal Lindsay, David Wilkerson and a few others that I consider prophetic I sense that the return of the Lord Jesus is nearer than ever before and not just chronologically. Yes, I long to be with Jesus...the sooner the better. But I am also concerned that the Church has gone to sleep at the wheel in its role as the Watchman on the Wall for the world and society. Instead of a prophetic voice we have settled for resolutions and pronouncements that do not necessarily ring of "Thus saith the Lord."
We should not be surprised that the spirit of anti-christ is alive and well because it was present in Jesus' day and in the time when the Apostle John wrote his letter, I John. So what is the Spirit of Anti-Christ up to? Has the person the Anti-Christ arrived on the scene yet? These are great questions. I believe that any move toward one world government whether through the useless but dangerous United Nations or through some other about to be revealed organization is a move toward anti-christ and away from the Christ as Savior. The government is not our savior nor the answer to all problems. Neither the democrats or rebublicans offer solutions that are the ultimate answer to the problems that we face. The desire to make government all powerful, to level the playing field and redistribute wealth, to undermine democracy by making more and more people dependent on the government are all potential tools of an Anti-Christ.
As for whether President Obama is the Anti-Christ or if he is operating in the spirit of anti-christ I am still praying and testing the spirit behind this man who claims to be a believer but who holds positions that run contrary to revealed scripture. I am troubled by his style of politics as well as his positions but also by how little we really know about who he is, how he rose to power so quickly, and by a tingle in my spirit over who has been behind this surprising man since the time he was in college (or maybe before). His desire to change so much so quickly is something to beware of.
Christians need to be alert and seek God as never before. We need to walk in the Spirit and develop our spiritual discernment. We need to be ready for the return of the Lord. We need to stand firm upon the Lordship of Jesus Christ and upon the authority of the Word of God. Awake, O Sleeping Church.