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I was watching; and the same horn was making war against the saints, and prevailing against them, until the Ancient of Days came (Daniel 7:21-22 NKJV).
Papal supremacy in the Middle Ages was temporarily suppressed in 1798 when Napoleon invaded Rome and sent the Pope into exile. Rome lost its sovereignty, but regained it again in 1929, when Mussolini returned the papal states to the Papacy. The Bible predicts that the little horn power would again reach the supremacy that it enjoyed in the Middle Ages.
The fact that the little horn power was to exist until the Ancient of Days comes makes it impossible for Greek king Antiochus Epiphanes, who desecrated Jerusalem’s temple in 168 BC, to be the Antichrist. This commonly accepted preterist view is further made impossible because Jesus, Paul, and John all speak of the Antichrist as a future power.
The Antichrist was to arise before 538 AD and prevail until the Ancient of Days comes. No individual could fulfill this prophecy. Only the Papacy spans the time frame outlined in Daniel 7.
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This article is adapted from Truth Matters by Professor Walter J. Veith, an international speaker who has studied Biblical issues in-depth in his quest for truth. His popular series Genesis Conflict brings the debate between Creation and evolution to a new climax as he dissects the arguments with a scientific eye. His highly-acclaimed series Total Onslaught sheds light on the state of the world today as we move to a one-world government and an anticipated apocalypse.
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