God wasn't. He prophesied thru Daniel, Paul, & John, a MAN of sin. While I don't hold the RCC in much esteem, one must look elsewhere from the papacy to find THE man of sin He prophesied about.Thanks for the guffaw.
There's no hubris like dispensational hubris.
There's no ignorance of history like dispensational ignorance of history.
Entirely unsurprising, as none other than dispensational godfather John Nelson Darby himself declared:
"I do not admit history to be, in any sense, necessary to the understanding of prophecy."
2 Timothy 3
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
There's only one. Do you know who he is?
God raised up the Reformers to wage spiritual battle with what had become an apostasized papacy, and to release its shackles of spiritual darkness, bondage, and oppression.
Recognition and proclamation of the apostasized papacy as the dominant man of sin and antichrist of the era was integral and indispensable to the Reformation message.
Despite enormous cost in lives and suffering, by God's grace and mercy the Reformation succeeded.
Explain how God was "simply wrong".
Sure, there have been many men of sin, including some popes, & the "Boyzz R Us" club among the RCC clergy. But THE man of sin will make even Hitler look as a naughty toddler in comparison when he comes to power.
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