Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: bjstaff@zds-ux.zds.com (Brad Staff) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: The Number 666 in Revelation Message-ID: Date: 25 Apr 91 03:12:50 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 28 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu >The verse above is not about Nero, not about the pope, it is about the >beast, the Antichrist, who will appear on the Earth only after the >rapture and will rule over ten countries for seven years. Could someone please explain the biblical basis for a belief in a pre-tribulation rapture? >Oh yes, and >Robert, you asked some time ago about this Antichrist and said you'd >like to follow his actions. Well, he comes from Syria(sp?), says the >Bible. Do you base this belief on Daniel 11:40-45? I interpret Daniel 11:40 (NIV) as follows: "At the time of the end the king of the South [Egypt] will engage him [the Antichrist] in battle, and the king of the North [Syria] will storm out against him [the Antichrist] with chariots and cavalry and a great fleet of ships. He [the Antichrist] will invade many countries and sweep through them like a flood." I don't know where the Antichrist comes from, but I don't believe he comes from Syria. Regards, Brad Staff bjstaff@zds-ux.zds.com