Actually I have heard what you are saying about a million times. It is a go-to reaction of those who think the pope/papacy is the Antichrist, when faced with bible proof of why neither the pope nor papacy can be the Antichrist.Do you know who Fransisco Ribera is? Do you know what his objective was and why? You can do an internet search and come up with plenty of information on him. It might help you understand where and why your theology was developed.
As a side note - not anyone who uses that go-to-reaction is able to provide the actual (translated into English) written teachings by Ribera himself for someone to read his work.
Copy and paste something from Ribera's own writings about the Antichrist, that has been translated into English. Not hearsay.
Show something from Ribera that the Antichrist will be anointed the King of Israel, thought-to-be messiah.
Or something from Ribera that the Antichrist will confirm the Mt. Sinai covenant for the 7 years cycle in Deuteronomy 31:9-13
Or from Ribera that the person will no longer be the Antichrist when he is revealed to be the man of sin.
Or just forget about it.... because very few futurists have ever read anything from Ribera's own writings (translated into English). My eshcatology does not come from Ribera. I have never read Ribera. I am not a student of Ribera.
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