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No. "Antichrist" is a mistranslation. In Greek it means "false anointed". Therefore the antichrist is someone that would come in the context of the belief, not someone that would oppose belief in Yeshua. You are mistaken.
Since antiquity there has been a spirit at work that throws everything it can at debunking the real Christ, offering alternative ideologies which give rise to alternative champions."Antichristos" means either "against Christ", or, "instead of Christ". CP to "Vicar of Christ".
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You make wild, stupid insulting accusations with the only proof offered is twisted scripture.That isn't so. The little horn in Daniel is the antichrist, which grows on the 4th beast of Daniel, which was Rome. Which implies the antichrist must be Roman. The only man that came in the context of Rome in fulfillment of prophecy are the Roman popes.
1 John 2:22 says that the antichrist “denies that Jesus is the Christ,” but no pope is recorded as ever having done this.
Boy, people on this thread here got everything wrong about the antichrist, two witnesses, the temple, etc. I can see that the blind leading the blind going on here.![]()
Guess he get distracted by watching sports instead of studying scripture.This guy strikes out more often than the Padres.
The church is united in faith, one Lord and one baptism. We have the Word and need no pope. The church while united in faith, has historically been divided. IN the first century the Jews vs. the gentile wings. Also divisions among who planted the local church (Paul, apollos, Peter etc.)You make wild, stupid insulting accusations with the only proof offered is twisted scripture.
Some of the strangest and most persistent attacks on the papacy are claims that the pope is the antichrist, the beast from the book of Revelation, and the whore of Babylon. But these claims are easily rebutted. 1 John 2:22 says that the antichrist “denies that Jesus is the Christ,” but no pope is recorded as ever having done this. Likewise, Revelation 17 speaks of a beast that sits on seven mountains and persecutes the holy ones of God, but the Catholic Church doesn’t persecute Christians or sit on “seven mountains.” Vatican City rests on Vatican Hill, which lies across the river from the seven hills of Old Rome where Christians were crucified and fed to the lions.
The beast in the book of Revelation does have a name that is numbered 666 (Rev. 13:18), which Seventh-day Adventists say corresponds to the numerical value of the Latin rendering of the Pope’s title, Vicarius Filii Dei (Vicar of the Son of God). The problem with this claim is that this is not one of the pope’s titles; he’s known as the Vicar of Christ. Ironically, the numerical value of the Latin rendering of the name of Ellen Gould White, founder of the Seventh-day Adventists, is 666! This shows that many names can correspond to this number, though many scholars agree that it probably refers to a Roman emperor like Nero, or the Roman Empire as a whole because of its violent persecution of the Church during the first century.
God’s gift to the Church
While some Fundamentalists might say it is the “spawn of Satan,” the papacy is actually God’s gift to the Church. It ensures the Church will be united in one faith, one baptism, and the worship of one God who entrusted his Church to the successors of the apostles under the leadership of Peter’s successor, whom we call the pope.
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Hey gaviria,That already happened. The Roman popes caused the falling away.
I would like to know exactly WHEN this alleged "falling away" took place, a major historical event that no one noticed for +15 centuries??? How would something like that would not show up for so long, and all of a sudden it shows up in the middle of a revolt? As you know, the falling away theory has no historical basis, and God promised it would never happen to His Church. He also promised we would be hated by the world.Hey gaviria,
Enlighten me! Which Pope caused the falling away? You say 'popes' but a falling away can only happen once so it can only be singular....not plural!
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Caesar is spelled Q-S-R, Qsr. The Q has a value of 100, the S has a value of 60 and the second R has another value of 200. So you add all that up and Nrwn Qsr becomes 666. This has convinced most scholars that the number of the beast is a reference to Nero.
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The two witnesses arrive 10 days before satan as antichrist.
Except the bible says 42 months, not 5 months. The only 5 month period is before the tribulation and it is not the people of God being harmed but only those without the seal of God. That's well before the appearance of the AC.At the 6th trump, antichrist arrives in Jerusalem, 5 month period.