I pulling on my hair, fortunately it is not coming out, although thinning a little bit !
DON'T CALL THE PERSON THE ANTICHRIST IN BLANKET FASHION. CALL HIM....as appropriate....
The little horn - applying when the person is the leader of the EU, pre Gog/Magog.
The Antichrist - applying when the person for a short time is the King of Israel, but coming in his own name
The beast - applying when the person is the dictator of the EU, and global Adoph Hitler similitude, worshiped, blaspheming God.
THAT'S ONLY THREE TERMS, WE NEED TO REFER TO THE PERSON....the little horn person....the Antichrist person....the beast person
So when we are talking about the person in Revelation for example - we use the term "the beast person". NOT ANTICHRIST.
When we are talking pre-Gog/Magog timeframe - we use the term "the little horn person" NOT ANTICHRIST.
When we are talking about when the 7 years begin, when the person has been anointed the King of Israel and up to when he commits the transgression of desolation act - THEN THAT IS WHEN we use the term "the Antichrist"
The little horn person... the Antichrist person.... the beast person.
This is going to be an uphill climb...as I am trying to change the habits of 99.999% per cent of the people out there.
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an analogy.... one person who advances in his career,
mayor (the little horn)
governor (the Antichrist)
president (the beast)
called the person by the right term, according to the functional role he is in.
You could just shave it all to avoid any accidents by trying to pull out your hair. This being is not even a human. It is an image Satan is allowed to give "life" to. Read Revelation 13. FP, Satan, image. No more no less. People are conflating too much of Daniel into Revelation. Personally, the first 5 verses of 13 should be in 12. Look at the CJB. The first verse is not John, but the dragon, and he is watching this beast. That part is still historical, and not really parts of current narrative. The political aspect of this beast was already fulfilled in the time of the Greek kings.
It boils down that in the last 400 years, the church has read Revelation 19 as the Second Coming, blindly not applying any proof. It is literally the only verse that says, "on a white horse, Christ is coming". Then they have to twist all other Scriptures to fit that single phenomenon. They never have been shown (or have been and just suppressed the warnings) how that is not the complete picture. So we get some who have to have the church leave, "too soon". It is too soon, because all have the Second Coming happening too late.
The FP is a charismatic religious leader, not necessarily a political one. The lawless one is still Satan who has been behind the scene with the Greeks, Romans, and harlot church for 2500 years, non stop. When pope Leo met with Attila the Hun, I doubt it had anything to do with God stopping the invasion. Of course Satan was not going to do any negotiations in person. Not trying to be negative, but Revelation 17 and 18 clearly explains how this joint relationship would and did work. Nor do I think Satan or the FP are going to step out of the shadows until after the Second Coming. Satan would not blow his own deception unless it meant killing millions of humans in the process. Satan does not know the moment of the return, but may try to be pre-emptive. He is not going to send out a political leader, but a religious charismatic leader to bring all religions together politically. Also after Christ comes destroying all of Satan's delusion, Satan is going to present an alternative answer. God is coming in Judgement, Satan will work miracles of his own, like Pharaoh, who wanted to appease his own people. There are no future prophecy references that show Satan comes first.
Even Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2 shows the restrainer being taken away first. The church will be gone. The church leaving is the same event as the Second Coming.
Except, we have the wrong view from the church for the last 400 years. Sorry, but Revelation 19 is not bringing up the "rear". The Second Coming is the 6th Seal. Revelation 19 is the last day of the Second Coming, not the first day. The rapture and Second Coming have always been the same event. Christ is not exactly stealing away the church as a thief breaking in. Christ is removing His embassy, not stealing nor rescuing the ambassadors. The thief references is Christ coming to a world when they least expect it. The world is expecting Christ at the battle of Armageddon. Why would that be a surprise? Christ says there will be tribulation immediately prior. John says in the 4th Seal, tribulation happens that kills billions of humanity.