The Great Catholic Diversion Revealed With the arrival of the printing press in the 15th century and the resulting explosion of Bibles accessible in the common language from Protestant sources, it became readily apparent to those who could now study the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation in particular, that Bible prophecy identified by symbols a persecuting apostate entity generally known as antichrist. If we list characteristics of antichrist, the following becomes readily apparent. 1.) It will rise to be a great power after the fall of the pagan Roman Empire (after 476 A.D.). See table next page. 2.) It will be a geographically small nation (a little horn). 3.) It would uproot three of the ten kingdoms the Roman Empire collapsed into. 4.) It will rule over many people, nations, and tongues (it will be universal). 5.) It will be headquartered in the city of seven hills, Rome. 6.) It will be a religio-political entity - a political city-state ruled by a priest-king. 7.) Its priest-king will make great and blasphemous claims. 8.) It will claim authority over all kings. 9.) It will claim its power to change the holy times and laws of God as its mark of authority. 10.) It will be an apostate church that makes the nations drink her cup of apostate doctrine. 11.) It will be a “mother” church, with apostate daughters coming from her. 12.) It will be a persecuting power, killing the faithful saints of Jesus Christ as heretics. 13.) It will hold power and authority for 1260 years following the fall of pagan Rome. 14.) It will suffer a deadly wound that will end 1260 years of dominance and persecution. 15.) It will be revived after the deadly wound, and all the world would wonder at its revival. In this the “Historical” interpretation, the antichrist was clearly not merely a single individual, it was a system of apostasy and persecution that would hold control for over twelve centuries. The inevitable conclusion of those who studied these prophecies in scripture, before and during the Protestant Reformation, was that there was only one entity that fit all the above characteristics: the papal dynasty of the Roman Catholic Church. Is it any wonder that the Catholic Church was so violently opposed to the scriptures being available for everyone to read for themselves? There was such a stir created during the reformation that the Fifth Lateran Council (1512-17 A.D.) resorted to strictly forbidding anyone to publish a book without prior censorship, and also prohibited anyone from preaching on the subject of antichrist. The intent of both Futurism and Preterism was to be diversionary, to counter or offset the Protestant Historical interpretation, and present alternatives, no matter how implausible they might be
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