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2021 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 486.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… as Antichrist, and after this the eternal kingdom of the Son of man, that is to say, of Christ.... Some have interpreted these four kingdoms as signifying those …
2022 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 486.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Augustine was also unsettled as to the ten kings, doubting whether they would be found simultaneously in the Roman world at the coming of Antichrist, and suggesting that “ten” could merely symbolize totality. Ibid., chap. 23.
2023 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 486 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
23. ALLOTTED TIME OF ANTICHRIST’S ASSAULT
2024 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 486.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Augustine expects Antichrist to reign three years and a half.
2025 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 486.7 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of Antichrist shall fiercely, though for a short time, assail the Church before the last judgment of God shall introduce the eternal reign of the saints. For …
2026 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 519.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… that Antichrist might appear, in all likelihood, in the very seat of the one who proclaimed himself to be the vicar of Christ on earth. Or, even more specifically …
2027 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 519 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
I. Gregory I-Proclaimer of Antichrist’s Imminence
2028 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 520.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… as Antichrist, now “bound ... by the dispensation of the divine power.” In this he contends that Revelation 20:4 is being fulfilled:
2029 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 522 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
4. ANTICHRIST EXPECTED FROM DAN
2030 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 522.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of Antichrist and the great tribulation of Matthew 24, which must be shortened. Antichrist, whose forerunner is Antiochus, is identified with Daniel’s Little …
2031 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 522 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
5. LINKS SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH WITH ANTICHRIST
2032 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 522.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
In a letter written A.D. 602/3, the year before his pontificate closed, in 604, Gregory curiously links the enforced observance of the seventh-day Sabbath and of Sunday with the final acts of Antichrist.
2033 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 522.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of Antichrist, who, when he comes, will cause the Sabbath day as well as the Lord’s day to be kept free from all work. For, because he pretends to die and rise again …
2034 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 523.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Thus Gregory connects the enforced Sabbath observance with the preachers of Antichrist, and makes it clear that both days were still being observed by some in Rome in A.D. 603.
2035 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 523.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… concerning Antichrist in this manner, Gregory blinded the eyes of the believers to the real Antichrist developing in their very midst, and was himself so …
2036 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 525 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
8. USERS BECOME PRECURSORS OF ANTICHRIST
2037 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 525.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of Antichrist.” Gregory, Epistles, took 5, Epistles 18, 19, 20, 21, 43, pp. 166-173, 178, 179, in NPNF, 2nd series, vol. 12. Ibid., Epistle 20 (to Emperor Mauricius), p. 169.
2038 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 526 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
9. SUCH PRIDE DENOTES IMMINENCE OF ANTICHRIST
2039 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 526.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of Antichrist are already near at hand?” Ibid Epistle 21, p. 172.
2040 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 526 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
10. THIS ATTITUDE BELONGS TO ANTICHRIST