He does not claim to be God on Earth.... I think you have missed 2 Corinthians 5:20? Aren't we all called to represent Christ. I will give you a few different versions of that.
2 Corinthians 5:20 - NIV
We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God.
2 Corinthians 5:20 - International Standard Version
Therefore, we are the Messiah's representatives, as though God were pleading through us. We plead on the Messiah's behalf: "Be reconciled to God!"
2 Corinthians 5:20 - Aramaic Bible in English
We are Ambassadors therefore in the place of The Messiah, and as if he who is God requested of you by us in the place of The Messiah, we beseech you therefore: “Be reconciled to God.”
Now lets look at the word Ambassador, in this case, by the way it's used it's just another word for representative. If you send a Canadian down to Australia to start up an embassy, he is a Canadian ambassador, he is a representative for Canada in Australia. Just like if you were to send the Brazil national soccer team into the Russian world Cup they are representing Brazil. Now everyone of us as a citizen of a nation we would most likely be representing our nation or where our parents come from by our culture. Same goes for Christianity, as Christians, we are called the Body of Christ and who are we supposed to represent as the Body of Christ? Christ...
And I urge you to check with the Spirit, before making such judgments about the Pope. Don't rely on your own human understanding of the Bible, because i have heard many Christians come up with all sorts of different interpretations of what the Bible actually says. And none of us as of yet, clearly know the symbolic language of Revelation, and i believe a lot of it will remain secret, until the time comes, and it's for obvious reasons, so we don't have everyone claiming that Jesus is coming back at this day, or some other date, or in 50 years time. Jesus is coming back unexpectedly. Do you think he wants us to figure out the date of the tribulation and judgement day? I think not... And the false prophet, the beasts of the land and sea, the great harlot, might not be human figures either. But I probably should take this to the Anti-Christ topic though, because it's starting to go off topic.