You speak of the ego of man, but what is more egotistical than literally killing god on earth by creating a man made version of him to worship instead, and tricking everyone to follow it, and ergo, the man run organization that created it.
Though I dont actually believe this, it's compelling and I have thought, wow holy smokes the protistants are right!
I mean how else can you explain this away
The prophetic period of “times and times and the dividing of time” (Dan. 7:25, KJV), has been historically understood by Adventists as comprising a period of 1,260 years during the Middle Ages.
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538 A.D. and the Transition from Pagan Roman Empire to Holy Roman Empire:
Justinian’s Metamorphosis from Chief of Staffs to Theologian*1
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On this day in 1798 the French commander Louis Alexandre Berthier conquered the city of Rome, the center of the Papal States. It was a harsh blow for Pope Pius VI because he soon found himself in French captivity. Popes ruled central Italy as their own country for centuries, having both spiritual and secular power.
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1798 - 538 = 1260 years (or days) that the beast of the sea is prophesied to rule, until the creation of the beast of the earth would take over.
What happened next?
GOD BLESS AMERICA...
It's
SPOOOOOOOOKY
but I also think it's not real,
but maybe!
I think I believe that the book of revelations was a historical text. Not prophecy. But... I do like the idea that the bad guys all along was the papacy!