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2 Thessalonians 2 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. The temple of God here is a reference to the Church. Paul used it a number of times in his epistles e.g. 1...

You're free to choose. Just be aware of the origin of your choice. Many are not aware. Are you interested in knowing why the Reformers' choice was the better choice?

Are you the sole and exclusive bearer of such credentials and authority in the entirety of the historical Christian Church?

Daniel 2 describes four successive ancient kingdoms: Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Grecian, and Roman. Christ came and established His Kingdom during the Roman.

Where is this found in historical Christian orthodoxy?

The number can derived from the names of both Nero and the popes. For the latter, their historical Roman identification was: VICARIVS FILII DEI--Vicar of the Son of God V = 5 I = 1 C = 100 I = 1 V = 5 I = 1 L = 50 I = 1 I = 1 D = 500 I = 1...

Agreed; so would the apostate papacy be closer to the truth, or would the Reformation be closer to the truth?

Yes MatthewG; however, would you rather base your choice on the apostate papacy, or on the Reformation?

Nero was the apostate papacy's preterist choice for antichrist in its attempts to defeat the Reformation. Thankfully, it failed.

Daniel 2 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

No problem with the Scripture you've cited. But it doesn't identify antichrist. Why didn't you cite 1 John 2:22?

Does the burger deny the Father and the Son? (1 John 2:22) If not, it's not antichrist.

Nehemiah?

Whom to believe? 1. The Holy Spirit and Joshua 2. Anyone else Who needs a hint? More proof: Nehemiah 9 7 Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; 8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee...

Hebrews 6 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance...

As confirmed in Joshua 21:43, God fulfilled His OT literal promise of the land to Israel. No dispen can deny that. In the NT, His promise is fulfilled spiritually in Christ and in those in Christ. Galatians 3:16,28,29; 2 Corinthians 1:20; Hebrews 1:1,2. There is no hint of a literal...

No one complains about DNA, but you. If you don't understand what DNA means, leave it for those who do.

Do you know what "again" means? Go argue with Paul.

So you're still in your iniquity and unrighteousness, period.

Why not look it up and answer your own questions? So none share your "just 70" opinion. That leaves two possibilities: 1. None of them, living and writing over two millennia of NT Church history, is right; but you are. 2. All of them are right; and you aren't. What do you think?