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2781 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 405 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
V. Jewel-Logical Expositor of Prophecies on Antichrist
2782 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 406 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
1. ANTICHRIST’S COMING FORETOLD BY FOUR PROPHETS
2783 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 406.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… on Antichrist will be “ill taken of many”; therefore he will only employ the phrasings of Scripture and the fathers. In fact, his language is quite moderate compared …
2784 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 406.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“Now, as the coming of Christ was, such is the coming of antichrist. God hath foretold of his coming. Daniel hath foretold. Christ and his apostles Paul and John have foretold it: the scriptures and old fathers make
2785 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 407.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of antichrist. They hate his name, and detest him, before they know him. But here you may mark the wonderful sleight and subtilty of Satan. The world shall look …
2786 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 407.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… concerning Antichrist—that he would be a Jew of the tribe of Dan, that he would be born in Babylonia or Syria, or be Mohammed, or over throw Rome or rebuild Jerusalem …
2787 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 407.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“These tales have been craftily devised to beguile our eyes, that, whilst we think upon these guesses, and so occupy ourselves in beholding a shadow or probable conjecture of antichrist, he which is antichrist indeed may unawares deceive us.
2788 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 407.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of antichrist as if he should be one man, because he calleth him ‘the man of sin.’ But we may not so take him. The manner of the scripture is oftentimes, and in divers …
2789 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 407 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
3. ANTICHRIST A COVERT ENEMY WITHIN THE CHURCH
2790 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 407.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Although he is Antichrist, he will not be an open enemy, “spit ting at” the gospel of God or defying Christ, but be a vicar of Christ. He will come in the name of Christ, yet do things against Christ.
2791 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 408.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… know antichrist? His coming shall be notable, it shall astonne the world. By this mark you may know him: he shall be contrary to Christ. To shew you at large this …
2792 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 408.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of antichrist. Behold his birth, his place, his chair, his estate, his doctrine, his disciples, and all his life: you shall see nothing but pomp and glory. Gregory …
2793 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 408.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… is antichrist. This is his power. Thus shall he work and make himself manifest. So shall he sit in the temple of God. The people shall wonder at him, and shall have …
2794 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 409.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Declaring, “The people shall receive his [Antichrist’s] doctrine, and believe his word. They shall fall down before him and worship him. They shall say, ‘Who is like unto the beast?’ What creature is so beautiful as he?” Jewel logically observes:
2795 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 409.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… .” The Antichrist shall forbid lawful marriage, according to 1 Timothy 4 and Daniel 11, and Jewel comments, “This is the practice of antichrist.” He shall build …
2796 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 409 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
7. ANTICHRIST SUCCEEDS TO POWER AND TERRITORY OF ROME
2797 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 409.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Pagan Rome was the hindering power preventing the development of Antichrist. That passing, then Antichrist shall possess a great part of that empire.
2798 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 409.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… saith, antichrist shall not come yet; for the emperor letteth him: the emperor shall be removed; and then shall antichrist come,
2799 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 409.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of antichrist, who he shall be.” Ibid., p. 914.
2800 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 409 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
8. ANTICHRIST MUST SIT IN SEVEN-HILLED CITY