Essays On Chiliasm (Part 11)

   Naturally, the rise of Antichrist will precipitate a state of things that results in hostility to the people of God.  We’ve already seen how wars and devastations must continue until the world is divided into ten nations. Lactantius, alluding to these times, writes: “First, the kingdom will be enlarged, and the chief power, dispersed…

Essays On Chiliasm (Part 10)

   By studying the eschatological writings of the early Fathers, and diligently comparing their several descriptions, it is not impossible to put together something like a composite view of end-time events.  In our last article, we discussed the Great Apostasy, briefly touching upon its general character.  Now we must discuss the rise of Antichrist.  Looking…