Enter the Jesuits

WeneedtounderstandtheORIGINandREASON someviewsofBibleprophecyexisttoday.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, Reformation leaders were callingtheRomanCatholichierarchytheWhoreofBabylon of Rev 17. To stop it, the Roman Catholic Church began a counterreformation,duringwhichtheycommissionedtwo Jesuit priests to initiate doctrines that would derail the reformation,andtheyalmostsucceeded.
FIRST,IN1591AD:THEFUTURISTVIEW

DevelopedandpopularizedbyFr.Ribera,aJesuit.Hisview claimedthatRevelationwouldnotbefulfilleduntiltheendof theChristianEra.RiberataughtarebuiltBabylon,arebuilt templeinJerusalem,therestorationofanimalsacrificesand afutureAntichrist. Soundfamiliar?Itshould,Riberaisthefatherof futurist(i.e.,dispensational)eschatology.

AnewtempleinJerusalem?Thatsmansplan, butitisntgoingtohappen.

THENIN1614AD:THEPRETERISTVIEW

CreatedforthesamereasonbyanotherJesuit,Alcazar, who claimed that the Olivet Discourse and the book of RevelationwerefulfilledbythefallofJerusalemin70AD! Preterism,asthisviewiscalled,supportsReplacement Theology(theideathatGodbrokecovenantwiththephysical SeedofAbrahamaftertheCrossandthattheChurchistheonly Israelinthisera).Despitetheevidenceoftheirowneyes(the newnationofIsraelchockfullofreturnedJews),thisdubious viewisstillacceptedbymanyevangelicalchurches.

Bothoftheaboveviews wereinitiatedbyJesuitstoderailtheReformation, nevertheless,bothviewsarenowconsidered acceptabledoctrinebymostProtestantchurches. Problemis,bothgodirectlyagainst Scriptureandhistory!

ThePoisonousMushroomGrows

1745AD,MANUELDELACUNZAYDIAZ

BorninChile,sailstoSpaintobecomeJesuitpriest.In1765, allJesuitswereexpelledfromSpainbecauseoftheircruelty. Thoughnotimplicated,deLacunzaimmigratestoImola,Italy where he then claims to be a converted Jew named Rabbi JuanJosafatBenEzra. BasedontheearlierviewsofRibera,in1785deLacunza writesTheComingofMessiahinGloryandMajesty.From Daniel12:11and12:12,deLacunzathentheorizesa45day minitribulationtotakeplaceattheendoftheChristianEra. ManueldeLacunzayDiazsbookis publishedinSpainin1821.

EntertheIrvingites

1827AD,EDWARDIRVING

FounderoftheIrvingitecult. TranslatesLacunzasbook intoEnglish. PublishesLacunzasview inhisIrvingiteperiodical, TheMorningWatch

NextComesthePlymouthBrethren
1870AD,JOHNN.DARBY

Darby,thefounderofPlymouthBrethren,goestoIrvingitemeetings wherehehearsLacunzasviews.Darbythenfallsoffhishorseand lands on his head. While recovering in bed, Darby decides that Lacunzas,mini45daytribulationiswrongsohemodifiesitby addingDaniels70thWeek!!! 1.AndthusDarbyinventsaSevenYearGreatTribulationtotake placeattheendoftheChristianera. 2.Tomakehisnewconceptfitreality,hethentheorizesa2000year gapbetweenthe69thand70thweeks.

Bothconceptswereunsupportablecreativetheology!
ButknowingIrvingitestobecultish,thePlymouthBrethrennowhide theoriginoftheview,claimingittobetheirown.Darbythentravels totheUnitedStateswherehemeetsthedistinguishedDr.C.I.Scofield (ofScofieldBiblefame).

Meanwhile,BackattheRanch
1830AD,MARGARETMACDONALD

Asickly,15yearoldScottishgirl,Christianforonlya year,claimstohaveasecretrapturevision.Alsosaid to have been in the occult, including a documented levitation!

1831AD,ROBERTNORTON

RobertNorton,anIrvingiteevangelist,meetsMargaret Macdonald.Nortoniscaptivatedbyhersecretrapture visionsohespreadsitalloverEngland. Andthatshowallthedoctrinalpiecescametogether, buthowistheenemygoingtospreadthis doctrinethroughouttheWesternChurch?

ThroughtheScofieldBible
1909AD,C.I.SCOFIELD

ScofieldacceptsDarbysSevenYearTribulationinvention. Threemembersofhisrevisioncommitteeresignbecauseit couldnotbesupportedbytheBible,nevertheless,Scofield includes the RiberaLacunzaMacdonaldDarby creation in the1909andfutureeditionsoftheScofieldBible. TheScofieldgroupknowstrueoriginofthesevenyear andpretribulationraptureviews,butsinceIrvingiteswere knowntobecultish,hidestheknowledgefromthepublic. Theviewsupportedanywaybecauseofitsgreatfundraising capabilityandbecauseitincreasedthesalesoftheScofield annotatedBible.
CopyofLacunzasoriginalworkisinOxfordUniversityLibrary,Oxford,UK.Documentationfor theaboveisvoluminous,butthreereadilyaccessiblesourcesare:DaveMcPhersonsTheRapture PlotorTheGreatCoverup,andMichaeldeSemlyensAllRoadsLeadtoRome?

GodDeclares,Ichangenot!

721BCHoseabeganprophesyingatthefalloftheNorthern KingdomtotellthesoontobecaptiveIsraeliteswhattheir longtermfuturewouldbe.Israelwoulddisappearintothe Gentile nations, but the Lord would not forget them and would save them. Through Hosea, God also told the Ten TribeswhatwouldhappentothemduringtheChristianEra. 606BCDanielbeganprophesyingatthefallofthekingdom ofJudahtotelltheJewsincaptivity(andtheGentilenations who held them) what both their futures would be while GentilescontrolledtheHolyLand.ThroughDaniel,Godalso told the Jews what would happen to them during the ChristianEra.

SowastheculminatingbookintheBiblepositionedat the beginning of the Christian Era to tell the Church aboutthejustfirstfewyearsofthisera(asPreterists believe) or about the last few years of this era (as Dispensationalistsbelieve)? Iftheyreright,thenGodchanged fromforetellingthewholefutureofanera toforetellingjusttinybitsofthisone. SinceGodchangesnot,Thatsunlikely! ItappearsthatRevelationwaspenned atthebeginningofthiseratotellGodsTwoWitness (theJewishpeopleandtheGentileChurch) whatboththeirfutureswouldbeduringthisera andwarntheunsavedworld ofitsimpendingjudgment.