IisJustMe said in post #82:
Six is the number of man. The triple six of the
Tribulation is fallen man, the false prophet, and the
antichrist.
666 is the number of the name of the man who will be
the Antichrist: "the number of his name. Here is
wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the
number of the beast: for it is the number of a man;
and his number is Six hundred threescore and six"
(Revelation 13:17-18). This means that when the
gematrial values for the letters in his name are
added together ("count" the number of the beast),
they will add up to six hundred and sixty-six.
IisJustMe said in post #82:
The number cannot apply to the pope, as the worship
of the antichrist will be a new religion, not a
reconstituted existing one.
If the gematrial values for the letters in the name
of the Pope don't add up to six hundred and sixty-
six, then he's not the Antichrist.
The next Pope could be the False Prophet. The "two
horns" of the False Prophet (Revelation 13:11) could
represent his eventually holding two positions of
religious power at the same time. He could start out
as Pope, and then make great efforts to sow peace
with the Muslims. He could try to join Christianity
and Islam into "One Religion of Abraham, One Religion
of Peace", and become so skilled in "elucidating the
truths found in Islam" that he could be hailed as a
"Great Imam" by the peaceful Muslims.
Once he's watered down and homogenized Christianity
and Islam into "Love for God, and Love for our fellow
man", he could bring in the "Eastern Wisdom" of
"the core and peaceful truths of Hinduism and
Buddhism", blending them into a "One World Religion
which everyone can embrace as their own. No more
hatred of other religions, no more divisions between
men. We are one humanity under one God".
Then, once he's got everyone in the palm of his hand,
he will suddenly reveal "the secret" of who that "one
God" is; he will say that the true God is the dragon
Lucifer and his son the Antichrist, and he will back
up this claim by performing amazing miracles
(Revelation 13:13, 19:20) so that the whole world
will go ga-ga and worship Lucifer and the Antichrist
(Revelation 13:4,8,12).
IisJustMe said in post #82:
Besides which, whether you accept it or not,
Catholics are Christians. The true believers won't be
here any more than we will be.
All those who have the one faith of Jesus are part
of the one body of Christ, the Church (Ephesians
4:4-5). Those who have the one faith of Jesus will
still be on the earth during the reign of the
Antichrist (Revelation 14:12), and he will wage
successful war against them (Revelation 13:7-10,
14:12-13). The rapture won't be until after the
tribulation (Matthew 24:29-31); Jesus' coming to
gather together the Church must destroy the
Antichrist (2 Thessalonians 2:1-8).
