saints – Estimates are in the tens of millions of
people who were killed during Catholicism’s
Inquisitions, Crusades, and other church and
state-united actions.23 The English classic, Fox’s
Book of Martyrs gives a vivid account.
5. Vs. 25 – The little horn thinks to
change God’s law (10 commandments) –
Catholic Church changed the day of Sabbath
rest from Saturday to Sunday24 thus altering the
4th commandment. Most Protestant churches
have overlooked this unbiblical change.
6.
For the more exhaustive list of parallels
visit www.glowonline.org/dan7/horn
At this point someone might say, “Well if
this interpretation is true, then why haven’t I
heard of it from my pastor or priest?” Naturally,
the Catholic Church didn’t like being pointed
out as the antichrist power described in
Daniel and Revelation. Accordingly, two of
their Jesuits named Francisco Ribera and Luis
de Alcasar developed two alternative ways of
interpreting the prophecies.25 These Catholic
methods of interpretation are called “Preterism”
and “Futurism.” Preterism points to the past
to find the antichrist and futurism points to
some unknown antichrist figure in the future.
Surprisingly, the vast majority of non-Catholic
Christianity now holds one of the two Catholic
views on the identity of the antichrist. But few