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my theory? ok here it goes.

there are two kingdoms in the world, Christ’s and Satan’s. there are two fathers, God the Father if one is in Christ and Satan who is the father of lies. Jesus is the truth, Satan is a liar. everyone in the world is a subject of one of these kingdoms.

at the cross, Jesus Christ established His kingdom and bound Satan so his disciples would do greater things than He did, namely going into Satan’s house and plundering it by preaching the word of God, baptizing and teaching all nations. this has been done now for almost 2,000 years, through all cultures, the Church preached Jesus Christ as the way, the truth and the life. it was concerned about men’s souls and thousands, maybe millions of missionaries went out into all the world obeying their Master.

Matthew 24 and 2 Thessalonians are pretty clear that right before the second coming of Christ and the end of the world, there a great rebellion, where many will fall away.
in context, this can only apply to the Church. I have read some Catholic writers the great rebellion was the Reformation, but I don’t think so. the Reformation was decided by the rulers of countries, not the lay people. If you lived in a German kingdom where the prince became Lutheran, you became Lutheran. If you were in England at the time of Henry VIII, you became Church of England. what is happening today, and really ever since Vatican II, IS MUCH,MUCH worse falling away, unheard of for 2,000 years. Churches are empty and forced to close, seminaries are empty and the majority of new priests appear to be homosexual. the love of many has grown cold and they are lovers of pleasure and themselves more than God and His Church.
so while all the world looks to the Middle East and sees the end time action there, I see the two witnesses of revelation laying dead and the world rejoicing. which me brings me to the next point the man who takes his seat in the temple of God. as I started saying, Jesus is the truth and Satan is a liar. John 8:44 tells us he is the father of lies. so who is the anti-Christ? well since Jesus is the truth, the anti-Christ is anyone who is a liar and who has Satan as their father. 1 John 2:22 “who is the liar but he who denies Jesus is the Christ”?
now it’s very interesting, on what basis was Peter given the keys to the kingdom in Matthew 16:13-20? it was his declaration that “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God”.
in the OT, you had the chair of Moses, which was a type of Christ ruling his kingdom through the Apostles and their successors. this has been done for nearly 2,000 years , and no matter how personally sinful and wicked some bishops and popes were in history, they never taught anything other than Jesus is the Christ, the son of the living God.
I am setting the background because Satan is a deceiver it will be Satan who will take his seat in the temple of God right before the second coming and end of the war.
what is the temple of God? It can only be the Church, as I previously explained in this thread. the phrase taking his seat, merely mean to rule. This can only mean the bishops, including the bishop of Rome, will no longer proclaim Jesus as the Christ, and the only way to the Father. this according to John is one who is “anti-Christ”.

how will this be done? it will not be done by the Pope proclaiming himself God, that is nonsense and would only get him committed to an asylum. no Satan is much more clever than that.
my personal belief is Jesus will go from “the way” to the Father and instead will be “a way”. He will go from “the Christ” to “a Christ”
this of course will be a false Jesus being taught.
we are already seeing it. the Vatican II documents on other religions, the bishops and Popes since Vatican II no longer preach Jesus Christ as the only way to salavation, JPII and his Assisi prayer meeting with the Jews, Muslims and animal worshippers put Jesus on par with all the other world religions.....now the current pope says “proselytizing is nonsense”. the church no longer has a missionary zeal for souls, the emphasis is on world peace and material well being in this world. I can go on, but I think I made my point.
so if you don’t have God as your Father, you have Satan as your father, and he is your god.
Satan is very subtle, but there is a remnant that still holds to the historical Christian Faith. we have all fled to the mountains ( PRAYER!! )

Oh, and as previously mentioned, national Israel, represented by the fig tree is in bloom, so Jesus is at the gates.
this is probably my longest post and I hope it made sense, I didn’t have time to organize it and it may have been rambling.