The index’s record high was on Sept. 24, 2001, just weeks after the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks.

Rapture Ready’s Todd Strandberg wrote this morning, “I’ve received dozens of emails pointing out the odd fact that the day after the election, the daily pick-three lottery number in Obama’s home state of Illinois was ‘6-6-6.’”  Strandberg says it’s “unlikely” Obama is the anti-Christ, since the “beast of Revelation will come out of Europe.” But he adds, “[E]xpect the prophetic time clock to tick away at a faster rate” in an Obama presidency. The key thing to watch: How he deals with Israel. Strandberg writes:

The Bible warns us that the day will come when Israel is standing by itself against its enemies. For decades, prophecy scholars have wondered what will cause America to become isolated from Israel. Some have wondered if it will be a Russian nuclear attack, while others have thought it might be the impact of the rapture. We can now add the possibility of political change to the list.