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1801 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 214.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of Antichrist. Polycarp suffered martyrdom by fire about A.D. 155. It was formerly thought that his death occurred a little later, under Marcus Aurelius. Irenaeus …
1802 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 215.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… , as antichrist: and whosoever shall not confess the testimony of the Cross, is of the devil; and whosoever shall pervert the oracles of the Lord to his own lusts …
1803 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 217.7 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
12. Antichrist mentioned but not identified.
1804 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 232.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the Antichrist, or “man of apostasy.” Justin’s interpretation of prophecy is, however, less clear and full than that of others who follow in this period.Justin …
1805 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 233.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… , when Antichrist would speak his blasphemies against the Most High. And he contends with Trypho over the meaning of a “time” and “times.” Justin expects the time …
1806 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 235.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… coming Antichrist, the prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse (which he touches only lightly), and the kingdom established by the second advent. And through …
1807 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 242 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
II. Irenaeus—Stresses Antichrist, Resurrections, and Millennium
1808 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 246 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
5. ANTICHRIST IS MAN OF SIN, BEAST, AND LITTLE HORN
1809 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 246.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Irenaeus regards Antichrist as another name for Paul’s apostate Man of Sin.
1810 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 246.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of Antichrist is it shown that he, being an apostate and a robber, is anxious to be adored as God; and that, although a mere slave, he wishes himself to be proclaimed …
1811 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 247.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
He also identifies Antichrist as John’s Beast, quoting Revelation 13:2-10 :
1812 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 247.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… he (Antichrist) is come, and of his own accord concentrates in his own person the apostasy, and accomplishes whatever he shall do according to his own will and …
1813 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 247.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of Antichrist’s reign. Under the notion that the Antichrist, as a single individual, might be of Jewish origin, he fancies that the mention of “Dan,” in Jeremiah …
1814 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 247.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of Antichrist.
1815 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 248.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Antichrist’s three and a half years of sitting in the temple are placed by Irenaeus immediately before the second coming of Christ, and are identified as …
1816 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 248.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… Beast-Antichrist the “recapitulation” of all apostasy, in whose number 666 he found curious symbolism of Noah’s age and the size of Nebuchadnezzar’s golden …
1817 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 249 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
8. ANTICHRIST DESTROYED AT ADVENT
1818 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 249.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… conqueror’s (Antichrist’s) future three-and-a-half-year reign, when he sits in the temple at Jerusalem, will be terminated by the second advent, with destruction …
1819 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 249 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
9. FIRST RESURRECTION AFTER ANTICHRIST’S COMING
1820 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 249.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Irenaeus plainly states that the “resurrection of the just” takes place after the Antichrist has appeared, and is followed by the reign of the righteous with Christ on earth.