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The fall of Rome and the disintegration of the ten provinces of the Roman Empire into ten kingdoms were to make way for the Antichrist. 'For that day shall not come, unless indeed there first come a falling away,' he [Paul] means indeed of this present empire, 'and that man of sin be revealed,' that is to say, Antichrist, 'the son of perdition ...
Like many reformation-era Protestant leaders, her writings also describe the Catholic Church as a fallen church, and it plays a nefarious eschatological role as the antagonist against God's true church and that the pope is the Antichrist. [54] [55]
Irenaeus taught that the parable was about the End Times. [2], He says the Unjust Judge symbolizes the Antichrist, and the persistent widow symbolizes Earthly Jerusalem.. The framing material of the parable in the Gospel of Luke demonstrates the need to always pray like the persistent widow, for if even an unjust judge will eventually listen, God is much quicker to do so. [3]
In 2 Thessalonians 2:3–10, the "man of sin" is described as one who will be revealed before the Day of the Lord comes. The Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus have the reading "man of lawlessness" and Bruce M. Metzger argues that this is the original reading even though 94% of manuscripts have "man of sin".
The woman represents God's true church before and after Christ's birth, death, and resurrection. The Woman flees to the desert away from the dominant power of the 1260 years. 'The Beast out of the Sea' Revelation 13:1–8 [47] The Anti-Christ, or the empire of the Anti-Christ, persecuting Christians. [42]
The Antichrist interpretation later found champions in the United States, such as R. F. Franklin in 1898 [16] and W. C. Stevens in 1928. [17] It remains popular in evangelical circles today, [18] for example with Pastor Billy Graham, for whom the horseman represented the Antichrist or false prophets in general. [19]
The Hebrew scriptures were an important source for the New Testament authors. [13] There are 27 direct quotations in the Gospel of Mark, 54 in Matthew, 24 in Luke, and 14 in John, and the influence of the scriptures is vastly increased when allusions and echoes are included, [14] with half of Mark's gospel being made up of allusions to and citations of the scriptures. [15]
It is a quote from the Book of Daniel where it appears in 9:27 as part of a prophecy that the book claims was given to the prophet Daniel by Gabriel during the Babylonian captivity about Jerusalem's future. An "Anointed One" would come, be "cut off", and then another people would come and destroy Jerusalem and set up the abomination in the Temple.