Ha! You make me laugh with your FALSE theories from men! Futurism is just a seminary label a group of men came up with. They most often try to associate it with the false Pre-trib Rapture theory. They actually serve Satan by doing that, because their real aim is to try and get the Bible student off track from paying attention to Bible prophecy that is for the very end of this world. The idea of a coming Antichrist to Jerusalem is one of those Bible prophecies for the end. And it's the enemies of Christ who would want to hide Bible prophecy about that coming event.
You obviously didn't read the link.
When did Ribera live? The 16th century A.D. if I recall.
The following is by the early Church father
Hippolytus that lived in the 2 century A.D.:
(Treatise On Christ and Antichrist, by Hippolytus of Rome)
6. Now, as our Lord Jesus Christ, who is also God, was prophesied of under the figure of a lion, on account of His royalty and glory, in the same way have the Scriptures also aforetime spoken of Antichrist as a lion, on account of his tyranny and violence. For the deceiver seeks to liken himself in all things to the Son of God. Christ is a lion, so Antichrist is also a lion; Christ is a king, so Antichrist is also a king. The Saviour was manifested as a lamb; so he too, in like manner, will appear as a lamb, though within he is a wolf. The Saviour came into the World in the circumcision, and he will come in the same manner. The Lord sent apostles among all the nations, and he in like manner will send false apostles. The Saviour gathered together the sheep that were scattered abroad, and he in like manner will bring together a people that is scattered abroad. The Lord gave a seal to those who believed on Him, and he will give one like manner. The Saviour appeared in the form of man, and he too will come in the form of a man. The Saviour raised up and showed His holy flesh like a temple, and he will raise a temple of stone in Jerusalem. And his seductive arts we shall exhibit in what follows. But for the present let us turn to the question in hand.
Davy, any fool who reads 2 Thessalonians 2 would write as Hippolytus wrote about an evil dude sitting in a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem.
This by itself does not constitute the warped lies of "Jesuit Futurism" - understand? More on this:
So how is it, that YOU say, Ribera is who began that idea about a future Antichrist, when Hippolytus in the 2nd century had taught about it per the above??
You simply have succumbed to false one's that are against many Bible prophecies that are for the very end of this world.
Before I show you from his own words Hippolytus was a Historicist, I'll show you what Jesuit Futurism teaches and that
everything in red was
unknown to him and everyone else prior to the 16th century:
>Earth's history will conclude with "7 years (or 3 1/2 years) of tribulation"
>At the beginning of Earth's final 7 years (or 3 1/2 years) an evil "antichrist" man will arise
>A one man "antichrist" will arise and sit in a rebuilt Jerusalem temple
>the Jewish sacrificial system will be set up again
>Antichrist will broker a 7 year "covenant of peace" between the Arabs and Jews
>He will break the covenant in the middle of it and suspend Jewish sacrifices
>Armageddon will break out because of this broken covenant
>Jesus returns in glory after the 7 years (or 3 1/2 years) tribulation
You got that, Davy? See how ridiculous it is for you to claim Hippolytus was Futurist? OK, now for proof that Hippolytus was Historicist:
On Christ and Antichrist:
“Tell me, blessed John, apostle and disciple of the Lord, what didst thou see and hear concerning Babylon? Arise and speak, for it (Pagan Rome) sent thee also into banishment”.
Got that? Hippolytus knew "Babylon" was "Pagan Rome" - not some "last 7 years" Antichrist!
The golden head of the image,” he says, “is identical with the lioness, by which the Babylonians were represented ; the shoulders and the arms of silver are the same with the bear, by which the Persians and Medes are meant ; the belly and thighs of brass are the leopard, by which the Greeks who ruled from Alexander onwards are intended ; the legs of iron are the dreadful and terrible beast, by which the Romans who hold the empire now are meant ; the toes of clay and iron are the ten horns which are to be;the one other little horn springing up in their midst is the antichrist ; the stone that smites the image and breaks it in pieces, and that filled the whole earth, is Christ, who comes from heaven and brings judgment on the world.”
Hippolytus followed the prophetic template of Daniel 2!
A striking illustration of this is the interpretation by Irenaus and Hippolytus of the mysterious number 666, the number of the revived head of the beast, or antichrist. Irenaus gives as its interpretation the word Latinos. He says : ” Latinos is the number 666, and it is a very probable (solution), this being the name of the last kingdom, for the LATINS are they who at present bear rule”. Hippolytus gives the same solution in his treatise on ” Christ and Antichrist.”
Got that, Davy? Both Irenaus and Hippolytus say the antichrist would be Roman - NOT JEWISH!
Davy, either show how the preceding proof that all the ECFs were Protestant Historicist or put away your Jesuit Futurist errors and embrace the truth.