Another attempt at diverting attention away from Rome. No individual meets all the criteria that is demanded of the Antichrist, the little horn of Daniel 7. No institution meets all the criteria demanded, except the Catholic Church. Every single characteristic, every criteria that identifies the Antichrist sea beast of Revelation 13 as being the medieval Roman Papacy, (and more scriptures besides), is fully realized. Every... Single... One.
What are you talking about? Rome does not fulfill one single verse regarding the beast of the sea. No not one. Does Nimrod? Yes, every single verse is fulfilled by the return of Nimrod.
Is Rome "was and is not". Will Rome ascend out of the bottomless pit? NOPE.
Point #2 The Beast Was and Is Not and Will Ascend Out of the Bottomless Pit
Revelation 17
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The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Is Rome the Assyrian? NOPE.
Point #3 The Antichrist is known as THE ASSYRIAN.
Isaiah 14
25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
Is Rome the King of Babylon? NOPE.
Point #4 The Antichrist is known as THE KING OF BABYLON
Isaiah 14
4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
Will the fir trees rejoice when Rome is laid down? NOPE
Point #7 The whole earth is at rest and the fir trees, and the cedars of Lebanon rejoice when he is laid down.
Isaiah 14
3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
5 The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
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The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
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Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
Nimrod fulfills all the descriptions of the beast of the sea. Rome fulfills none of them. Conclusion - Rome is not the beast of the sea, Nimrod is.
I am happy to discuss any characteristic of the Antichrist you think is not realized in the Roman church.
I already laid out all the verses that apply to the beast of the sea and as shown Rome fulfills none of them.
Now you may ask, why only the medieval papal power, and not today? Because she is different. In 1798 she lost her political sway over the kings of the earth when Napoleon's general Berthier arrested the Pope and the church was no longer a union of church and state. The modern Catholic Church however is regaining her lost ascendancy. This time however she is going global. At the moment, she is a small city state in Rome. But watch closely. The Pope is working hard internationally at gaining influence, and when the "mortal wound" is fully healed, and the kings of the earth surrender their sovereignty to the Vatican, she will be fully revealed once again as the true Antichrist, the whore riding upon the back of political power, holding the reins. Throughout however, she has always replaced Christ as the means and focus of salvation. Anti Christos. Replacing Christ.
Is Rome an Antichrist and the beast of the sea. NO!
What is Rome? Rome is mystery Babylon, that dresses in purple and scarlet and has a gold cup in her hand.
Revelation 17
Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
That great city that reigns over the kings of the earth is Vatican City. Vatican City will be destroyed by the beast.
Revelation 17
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
Is Rome involved in end times? Yes, heavily, but she is not an Antichrist.