You seem to be coming from a preterist way of thinking.

Both preterism and futurism were developed by Catholic scholars who were desperate to get the clear finger of prophecy which was pointing to the papacy as the antichrist to point at something else.

At first their theories didn't take hold, but when a few Protestants started popularizing these theories they started to push aside the historicist understanding until now Protestantism has for the most part completely forgotten their heritage and are the big promoters of both preterism and futurism!!

The reformation that finally broke the tyrannical hold of the papacy over the souls of men and women, was totally united on that point -- the papacy is the Biblical predicted antichrist.

That tyrannical system received a deadly wound and lost it's political hold over the people -- lost the power to use the sword to force people into their religion,
For the last 200 or so years people, at least in the western world, have enjoyed unprecedented religious freedom.

But the same antichrist is again rising to ever increasing political influence and power over kings and rulers and peoples. Prophecy predicted its wound would heal. The evidence is everywhere apparent! There is just too much evidence -- historically and present day -- the reformers were correct, they knew who the antichrist was.

James, did you overlook this post?

James, thank you for replying to my post. I agree antichrist is not a Christian - even if they profess to be one. What about the "little horn," the "man of sin," and the "beast"?

Many professed Christians - are not Christians. There for antichrist can be a "Christian".

Thank you for answering my question. I hear you saying Jesus will return within President Obama's term which includes the first year of the next president.

Thank you for your opinion; but it is not biblically sound according to the epistles of John. See post #166134 just above.

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2 Corinthians 11:3-14
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
4 For if he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with him.
5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very most chief apostles.
6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things.
7 Have I committed an offense in abasing myself that you might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?
8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.
9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brothers which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so will I keep myself.
10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
11 Why? because I love you not? God knows.
12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.