Greetings reddogs,
I have not carefully examined the rest of the Posts in this thread, and I consider that they could be diverting attention away from what you have clearly established. I will read these but I am not very interested in most of this.
I most probably have a different view to you on Daniel 8 and the 2300 years, and also the sequence of events surrounding the return of Christ, the Battle of Armageddon and the aftermath, and the establishment of the Kingdom of God. But I commend you for your clear testimony in Posts #1-3.
Kind regards
Trevor
I enjoyed and agreed with your exposition in Posts #1-3, and agree that the Little Horn of Daniel 7 is the Anti-Christ and is the Papacy, both during the 1260 years persecution of the faithful, and the Papacy is the Anti-Christ, who will again oppose Christ and His Coming.So what does history shows us in 1798 AD, it shows Napoleon's army under General Berthier entered Rome with his French troops and took down this entity.
I endorse fully this fulfillment of the 1260 days as a significant indication of the truth of Daniel's prophecy and your interpretation of this. Another feature that may not be well expounded in your fellowship is that I also believe that the 1260 days can have two fulfillments. The first is as you state, but the second starts with the Decree of Phocus in AD 610 where a similar decree was issued by the Emperor in the East in favour of the Papacy. When we come to AD 1870 we discover another significant decline of the Papacy. The Papacy then lost the three Papal Sates and the Pope himself suffered severely for a while, and then ended up with the Vatican City.The 1260 year period when the antichrist power would preside over the dark ages, with its persecution and inquisitions, etc began a little later in 538 AD after the Roman Empire and the Caesars ruling at Rome had collapsed to allow another power to come in and the eastern empire ruler Emperor Justinian issued his famous decree that made the Pope the legal "Head of all the Holy Churches". This began the prophesized reign of that antichrist during the Dark Ages, starting at 538 AD and reigning unfettered till 1798 AD, when it took a blow to its power.
I have not carefully examined the rest of the Posts in this thread, and I consider that they could be diverting attention away from what you have clearly established. I will read these but I am not very interested in most of this.
I most probably have a different view to you on Daniel 8 and the 2300 years, and also the sequence of events surrounding the return of Christ, the Battle of Armageddon and the aftermath, and the establishment of the Kingdom of God. But I commend you for your clear testimony in Posts #1-3.
Kind regards
Trevor