There was a time in my Christian walk that eschatology, that is, the study of the doctrine of end times, didn’t seem all that important. There were a lot of competing ideas about end times in the popular Christian press, but none of the popular ones that I saw made much of an impact on me. None of them struck me as compelling.
But the longer I’ve been a Christian, the more I’ve come to appreciate the importance of having a sound understanding of eschatology.
Take the doctrine of the identity of Antichrist. Although many Presbyterians and members of other Reformed churches may be surprised to hear this, the original version of the Westminster Confession of Faith had a very well-developed statement on Antichrist, leaving no one in doubt as to the identity of this person.
It was the Pope of Rome.
Westminster Confession of Faith 25.6 originally read,
There is no other Head of the Church but the Lord Jesus Christ: nor can the Pope of Rome, in any sense be head thereof; but is that Antichrist, that man of sin and son of perdition, that exalteth himself in the Church against Christ, and all that is called God.
Lux Lucet 
Steve, it is disgusting why the mainstream media as well as most of conservative media will not touch the theo-politics of all this; if they did, it would crumble. The Almighty will definitely hold media accountable for partaking in the sins of the Papacy (Rev 18:3). As you know, bias merchants contribute financially and control the media industry along with numerous others pushing the Antichristian agenda. A sermon from Calvin’s Sermons on 2nd Samuel basically states that God will hold all those accountable who support corrupt regimes as stated here: ” The subjects of Ishbosheth had to be wicked in order to serve him” (Sermon 10, Lessons from Ishbosheth’s Death, II Sam 4:1-12). The Media is fully aware of their bias reporting. Also, Biden’s recent propaganda machine of charging Putin with war crimes will undoubtedly instigate this war on a bigger scale. There is more to this conflict than money and oil. Go to this link on Rumble with Stone’s documentary Revealing Ukraine and go to 17:00 minutes into this and see what Putin says about Catholicism. Very Interesting. Tommy
https://rumble.com/vwzvlr-revealing-ukraine-2019-oliver-stone-director-igor-lopatonok-mirror.html
Thanks for your insights and for the link. What Putin says about being separate from the Catholic world helps to underscore the religious aspect of the war in Ukraine. The EU, NATO, and the US are all doing to Pope’s bidding to drag Ukraine, and eventually Russia, into the Rome’s orbit. And Rome’s orbit is the New World Order globalism of the World Economic Forum , with which Rome has close ties. This dragging Russia into Rome’s orbit is what was behind Francis’ consecration of Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This is so obvious, but, as you say, the media won’t touch it. I agree, they will be held accountable for their failure at this point. As Christians, let us not shirk our duty to expose and rebuke Antichrist. Not only is this work pleasing to God, but it’s absolutely fascinating to view world events with the correct understanding of the identity of Antichrist. Once you see him at work, as they say, you can’t under it.
Amen! Jude 1:3 and Acts 20:27
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