The most plausible supposition we have ever seen on this point is that here we find the number in question. The pope wears upon his pontifical crown in jeweled letters, this title: " Vicarius Filii Dei," "Viceregent of the Son of God " the numerical value of which title is just six hundred and sixty-six. In The United States in the Light of Prophecy, he wrote: In 1866, Uriah Smith was the first to propose the interpretation to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Number of the BeastĪdventists have interpreted the number of the beast, 666, as corresponding to the title Vicarius Filii Dei of the Pope. Both Adventists and classical historicists view the Great whore of Babylon, in Revelation 17–18, as Roman Catholicism. The "image of the beast" represents Protestant churches who form an alliance with the Papacy, and the "mark of the beast" refers to a future universal Sunday law. They have attributed the wounding and resurgence in Revelation 13:3 to the papacy, referring to General Louis Berthier's capture of Pope Pius VI in 1798 and the pope's subsequent death in 1799.Īdventists view the second beast (from the earth) symbolizes the United States of America. Adventists have taken this as fulfillment of the prophecy that the Beast of Revelation would receive a deadly wound but that the wound would be healed. In 1798, the French General Louis Berthier exiled the Pope and took away all his authority, which was restored in 1813, destroyed again in 1870 and later restored in 1929. The first beast of Revelation 13 (from the sea) is considered to be the pagan Rome and the Papacy or more exclusively the latter. The historicist views of Revelation 12–13 concern prophecies about the forces of evil viewed to have occurred in the middle ages. Thus, William Miller dated the age of Laodicea from 1798–1843, followed by the End of days in 1844. In the Millerite movement, each church represented a dateable period of ecclesiastical history. Examples of this is how Brightman viewed the age of Laodicea as the England of his day. The age of Laodicea is typically identified as occurring in the same time period as the expositor. The age of Laodicea represents liberal churches in a "present day" context.The age of Philadelphia is the age of evangelism.The age of Sardis is the age of the Reformation.The age of Thyatira is the rise of the papacy to the Reformation.The age of Pergamus is the compromised Church lasting until AD 500.The age of Smyrna is the persecution of the Church through AD 313.The age of Ephesus is the apostolic age.A typical historicist view of the Church of Christ spans several periods of church history, each similar to the original church, as follows: He outlined how the seven Churches represent the seven ages of the Church of Christ.
The non-separatist Puritan, Thomas Brightman, was the first to propose a historicist interpretation of the Seven Churches of Revelation 2–3. Seventh-day Adventists also teach that the Antichrist is the papacy. the "Little horn" of Daniel 7 and 8 and.the Man of Sin (or Man of Lawlessness) in 2 Thessalonians 2.the Antichrist (1 and 2 John) the Beasts of Revelation 13.Some of the debated features of the Reformation historicist interpretations reached beyond the Book of Revelation. The Centuriators of Magdeburg, a group of Lutheran scholars in Magdeburg headed by Matthias Flacius, wrote the 12-volume " Magdeburg Centuries" to discredit the Papacy, and identify the pope as the Antichrist. Some Franciscans had considered the Emperor Frederick II a positive Antichrist who would clean the Church from riches and clergy. Others such as Jerome (347–420): "Says the apostle, ‘Unless the Roman Empire should first be desolated, and antichrist proceed, Christ will not come.’" Jerome also identifies the little horn power of Daniel 7:25 which "shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws" as the Papacy. So rather than expecting a single Antichrist to rule the earth during a future Tribulation period, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and other Protestant reformers saw the Antichrist as a present feature in the world of their time, fulfilled in the papacy. The Centuriators of Magdeburg, a group of Lutheran scholars in Magdeburg headed by Matthias Flacius, wrote the 12-volume " Magdeburg Centuries" to discredit the papacy and identify the pope as the Antichrist. Protestant reformers, including Martin Luther, John Calvin, Thomas Cranmer, John Thomas, John Knox, and Cotton Mather, felt the early church had been led into apostasy by the Papacy and identified it as the Antichrist.
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