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For the most part I'm still a believer in the Pre-Tribulation last days scenario, mostly because of the dangling unfulfilled Seventieth Week of daniel, a period of seven years that fits very well into the Book of Revelation. It would make the perfect framework for the Great Tribulation or the Day of the LORD that are also so far unfilled prophetic events.

Nevertheless Ithere are parts of that end times scenario I disagree with and the main one is that I believe the Antichrist is already revealed, not yet to be revealed as they teach, and that he is the Pope. that is because the Proptestant Reformers identified the papacy as the Antichrist, and not only the Reformers but hundreds of other Christians down the centuries, Christians mostly outside the Romann Catholic Church but even some within it.
There is one piece of scripture that is used by the Pre TRIB TEACHER4S TO DESCRIBE THEIR FUTURIST INTERPRETATION OF THESE THINGS, 1 TIMOTHY 4, WHICH THEY TAKE TO DESCRIBE TODAY'S APOSTASY OF cHRISTIAN CHURCHES OR THE fALLING aWAY THAT IS TO OCCUR AAS THE LAST DAYS ARE SHAPING UP. cERTAINLY WE DO HAVE A gREAT aPOSTASY GOING ON TODAY, i DON'T ARGUE AGAINST THAT, BUT THE rEFORMERS INTERPRETED THAT APOSTASY AS THE DOCTRINES OF THE rOMAN cATHOLIC cHURCH WHICH WAS FORMALLY ESTABLISHED IN THE seventh century. That was certainly a great apostasy as they importaed over the years all the trappings and elements of Romahn pagan religion going back to Babyon. Since the Harlot Church in the book of Revelationb is called Mystery Babylon that connection is hard to avoid.

I've heard that the futurist end times scenario was originated by Jesuits to distract from the Reformers' identification of the papacy as the Antichrist, but I don't know the history of that. Chris Pinto probably does and I understand he is going to have a teaching out soon on the Lost Doctrine of the ANtichrist which I look forward to.

One thing that has bothered me quite a bit in hearing the Pre Trib teachers lay out their interpretation is how they leave out the part of First Timothy Four that identifies the apostasy as the Roman Church, the doctrines of demons that was predicted by Paul to overcome the Church "in the latter days" and the seventh century would have been the latter days freom Paul's time. Anyway, here's that passage with the specific doctrines of forbidding to Marry, which the Catholic Church imposed on their priests, and to abstrain from meats, which the Catholic Church did so that fish on Friday was a Catholic thing for years and may still be for some as they must abstain from certain meats
It is disturbing that this part of the passage would be left out, as if the Jesuits themselves were still in charge of the futurist eschatology and are still working to hide the identify of the Pope.
Y 4 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving 4 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.