Phil, Your Adventist tirade is a vile cocktail of anti-Catholic hatred, baseless conspiracies, and Ellen G. White’s demonic distortions, masquerading as biblical truth. You accuse the Catholic Church of being the Little Horn/Antichrist, claim I’m a “Jesuit-trained stooge” peddling lies about Antiochus, and spew disgusting slander about the Vatican “recruiting” homosexuals to reach “100%” gay clergy, even joking about Grindr ads. Your obsession with the Sabbath and contempt for the Church reveal a mind poisoned by Adventism’s satanic cult.
- The Little Horn/Antichrist: Antiochus
Daniel 7:25 Context: The Little Horn arises from the fourth beast (Rome), speaking against God and oppressing His people. Historical context points to figures like Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Daniel 8) or Nero, not the papacy. Daniel 7:25’s “times and laws” likely refers to Jewish festivals and laws disrupted by persecution (1 Maccabees 1:41-49), not a papal Sunday plot. No verse names the papacy as the Little Horn or Antichrist. Your claim is Adventist fiction, not biblical fact.
Antiochus in Daniel 8: I don’t “make up farcical evidence”—Daniel 8:9-14’s Little Horn, defiling the sanctuary for 2300 days, fits Antiochus’ historical actions (167-164 BC, 1 Maccabees 1:41-54, 4:52-56). The text’s timeline and context align with his Temple desecration, not a 2300-year papal conspiracy ending in 1844. Your rejection of Antiochus ignores history and Scripture for White’s lies.
Antichrist in Scripture: 1 John 2:18-22 defines “antichrist” as one who denies Christ’s incarnation, not a church. The Catholic Church confesses Jesus as God incarnate (John 1:14, CCC 461-463), while White’s claim that “Christ was not the Lord God Almighty” (SDA Bible Commentary, Vol. 5, p. 1129) flirts with heresy. Who’s the real antichrist figure here?
The shift to Sunday, the Lord’s Day, began with the apostles (Acts 20:7, 1 Corinthians 16:2), not a papal decree. Ignatius of Antioch (Letter to the Magnesians, c. 110 AD, Ch. 9) confirms early Christians worshipped on Sunday to honor Christ’s resurrection. The Church’s authority (Matthew 16:18-19) guided this, fulfilling the Sabbath’s purpose (Colossians 2:16-17, CCC 2174-2176). Your “times and laws” accusation is baseless—no verse ties Sunday to Daniel 7:25.
Your “500 years” of Catholic denial is Adventist propaganda, not history. The Reformers’ anti-papal rhetoric was contextual, not prophetic, and they rejected your Sabbath legalism. Show me one verse explicitly naming the papacy as the Little Horn. You can’t, because your theology is White’s garbage, not God’s Word.
——>The Little Horn/Antichrist: Antiochus
There are no Jesuit lies that can explain away the fact that Daniel’s 70 week prophecy revelation by Gabriel comes out of the longer 2300 YEAR prophecy time period (distant future). Daniel didn’t understand the 2300 day/YEAR prophecy from Daniel 8. Gabriel shows up in Daniel 9, as Daniel is praying, to EXPLAIN it and help him to understand.
Dan 8:26“The vision of the evenings and mornings that has been given you is true, but seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.” 27I, Daniel, was worn out. I lay exhausted for several days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was appalled by the vision; it was beyond understanding.
Daniel 9:20While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the Lord my God for his holy hill— 21while I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. 22He instructed me and said to me, “Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding. 23As soon as you began to pray, a word went out, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. THEREFORE, CONSIDER THE WORD AND UNDERSTAND THE VISION:
The vision Gabriel is referring to is the 2300 day/year vision. None of your Jesuit linguistic trickery can explain that truth away. Daniel’s 70 weeks is 490 literal years. Since that is the case, the 2300 days MUST BE YEARS AS WELL.
Therefore, Antiochus cannot be the Little Horn.
The Catholic Church is the whore of Babylon, Little Horn, Antichrist power, Son of Perdition, Man of Sin, and the first beast of Revelation 13. Every Protestant Reformer knew it, from the bible, backed by history. Jesuits came up with Preterism and Futurism to deflect these true Reformation accusations.