Antichrist and His Ten Kingdoms

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“Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the
Christ? This is the ANTICHRIST, even he that denies
the Father and the Son”
I John 2:22
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upon the interpreter the following may be
viewed as “the antichrist:”
 “Simon Magus” the sorcerer of Acts 8:9ff
 Muhammad ((founder of Islam))
 Nero, Diocletian, Julian, Caligula
(Roman Emperors)
 The Pope
 Martin Luthor
 Byzantine Emperors
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Apocalypticae – A Commentary on the
Appocalyyppse:
 Preterists
 Historcists
 Futurists
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Bible prophecy has already been fulfilled.
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Second coming of Christ occurred in 70 AD
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Nero was the beast (i.e., Antichrist)
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View the writings of Revelation as events
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surroundingg the destruction of Jerusalem
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Roman Catholic church is the antichrist.
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Proof: Sppeak words of blasppheme ((Rev. 13:5)):
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 “The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus
Christ, but he is Jesus Christ, Himself, hidden under the
veil of human flesh.” — Catholic National, July 1895.
 “We hold upon this earth the place of God almighty.”
Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Letter, June 20, 1894
 “We confess that the Poppe has ppower of changgingg
Scripture and of adding to it, and taking from it,
according to his will.” Roman Catholic Confessions for
Protestants Oath, Article XI
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Persecution of the saints ((Rev. 13:7)):
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 Roman Inquisition: Roman Catholic church
persecutes all who are pronounced heretics.
 ““FFrroomm tthhee bbiirrtthh ooff PPooppeerryy iinn 660066, ttoo tthhee pprreesseenntt
time, it is estimated by careful and credible
historians, that more than fifty millions of the
hhuman ffamiilly, hhave bbeen sllaughhtteredd ffor tthhe
crime of heresy by popish persecutors, an
average of more than forty thousand religious
murdders ffor every year off tthhe exiisttence off
Popery.” - “History of Romanism,” pp. 541, 542.
New York: 1871.
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 “Therefore, let whosoever will doubt, God’s word
and the ppropper divine worshipp convinces me
sufficiently that the Pope is the Antichrist, and the
ecclesiastical orders are his disciples, which
ddeecceeiivee tthhee whhoollee woorrlldd.”” - IIdd., PPaarrtt 11, pp. 337799.
 “We here are of the conviction that the papacy is
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(Aug. 18, 1520).
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John Wesley (1703-1791) (Methodist):
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Speaking of the Papacy, John Wesley wrote,
“He is in an emphatical sense, the Man of Sin,
as he increases all manner of sin above
measure. AAndd hhe iis, ttoo, properlly sttylledd tthhe
Son of Perdition, as he has caused the death
of numberless multitudes, both of his opposers
andd ffollllowers… HHe iitt iis…tthhatt exallttetthh hhiimsellff
above all that is called God, or that is
worshipped…claiming the highest power, and
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which belong to God alone.” Antichrist and His
Ten Kingdoms, by John Wesley, pg. 110.
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John Calvin ((1509-1564)) ((Presbyyterian)):
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“Some persons think us too severe and
censorious when we call the Roman pontiff
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not consider that they bring the same charge
of presumption against Paul himself, after
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adopt… I shall briefly show that (Paul’s words
in II Thess. 2) are not capable of any other
interpretation than that which applies them to
the Papacy.” Taken from Institutes of the
Christian Religgion,, byy John Calvin