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<blockquote data-quote="BrownFlush" data-source="post: 6070372" data-attributes="member: 65823">The premillennial theory has brought a host of who John&#039;s antichrist is in Revelation. Every time someone sees their shadow in the the Middle East, &quot;this is it&quot;. Preachers get busy warning every one of an imminent battle of Armageddon. 
 World War I. Armageddon was just around the corner. &quot;Clear&quot; fulfillment of prophecies about &quot;the end time.&quot; The premillennial teachings about the tribulation, Armageddon, the rapture, and the beginning of the thousand year reign of Christ on the earth were all supposed to become a reality within that generation. 
World War II brought the premillennial folks out in force again. Hitler was&nbsp; &quot;the Antichrist&quot; whose destruction would initiate a thousand year reign of Christ upon the earth. Hitler&#039;s hatred of the Jews and his alliance with Mussolini (the successor to ancient Rome)Talk about a red hot time for the premillennialism. Again, no doubt about. It said to be the &quot;clear&quot; fulfillment of prophecies.
The establishment of the Jewish state in Palestine brought another round of speculation from premillennialists. Again, this was the &quot;clear&quot; fulfillment of Bible prophecy regarding the return of Israel to Palestine. Actually, God had promised that only a remnant would return to the land following captivity (Isa. 10:20-25). 
That return was to take place after seventy years of Judah&#039;s captivity in Babylon (Jer. 29:10-14). The Bible recorded that fulfillment as having taken place in the 5th and 6th centuries before Christ (see the books of Ezra and Nehemiah; 2 Chron. 36:17-23). God had previously kept his promise to give the Israelites all of the land promised to Abraham (Josh. 21:43-45; 23:14-16; 1 Kgs.4:21;Neb. 9:7-9;Psa.105:42-44).
 Hal Lindsey told us that Russia would be the &quot;King of the North&quot; in a confederacy made up of Iran and&nbsp; Egypt would be the &quot;King of the South&quot; in a coalition with the &quot;Arabic nations&quot;. In its time, Lindsey&#039;s teaching was touted as the &quot;clear&quot; teaching of the Bible.
Over the past few decades, the list of leading candidates for &quot;the Antichrist&quot; included Henry Kissinger, Anwar Sadat, a Soviet president, the head of the European Common Market, and an unnamed man of &quot;Roman descent.&quot; Let&#039;s not forget Saddam Hussein. 

None of this makes sense and for sure, none of this would have made any sense to the Christians being persecuted and killed by Rome because they refused to bow to and offer worship to Caesar. The Revelation written to them, was one of encouragement that no matter how bad things are and will get, stay faithful. The victory will be the Lord and his church and those faithful to the end.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownFlush, post: 6070372, member: 65823"] [JUSTIFY]The premillennial theory has brought a host of who John's antichrist is in Revelation. Every time someone sees their shadow in the the Middle East, "this is it". Preachers get busy warning every one of an imminent battle of Armageddon. World War I. Armageddon was just around the corner. "Clear" fulfillment of prophecies about "the end time." The premillennial teachings about the tribulation, Armageddon, the rapture, and the beginning of the thousand year reign of Christ on the earth were all supposed to become a reality within that generation. World War II brought the premillennial folks out in force again. Hitler was "the Antichrist" whose destruction would initiate a thousand year reign of Christ upon the earth. Hitler's hatred of the Jews and his alliance with Mussolini (the successor to ancient Rome)Talk about a red hot time for the premillennialism. Again, no doubt about. It said to be the "clear" fulfillment of prophecies. The establishment of the Jewish state in Palestine brought another round of speculation from premillennialists. Again, this was the "clear" fulfillment of Bible prophecy regarding the return of Israel to Palestine. Actually, God had promised that only a remnant would return to the land following captivity (Isa. 10:20-25). That return was to take place after seventy years of Judah's captivity in Babylon (Jer. 29:10-14). The Bible recorded that fulfillment as having taken place in the 5th and 6th centuries before Christ (see the books of Ezra and Nehemiah; 2 Chron. 36:17-23). God had previously kept his promise to give the Israelites all of the land promised to Abraham (Josh. 21:43-45; 23:14-16; 1 Kgs.4:21;Neb. 9:7-9;Psa.105:42-44). Hal Lindsey told us that Russia would be the "King of the North" in a confederacy made up of Iran and Egypt would be the "King of the South" in a coalition with the "Arabic nations". In its time, Lindsey's teaching was touted as the "clear" teaching of the Bible. Over the past few decades, the list of leading candidates for "the Antichrist" included Henry Kissinger, Anwar Sadat, a Soviet president, the head of the European Common Market, and an unnamed man of "Roman descent." Let's not forget Saddam Hussein. None of this makes sense and for sure, none of this would have made any sense to the Christians being persecuted and killed by Rome because they refused to bow to and offer worship to Caesar. The Revelation written to them, was one of encouragement that no matter how bad things are and will get, stay faithful. The victory will be the Lord and his church and those faithful to the end.[/JUSTIFY] [/QUOTE]

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