Amongst the many questions I have yet to ask is this one concerning Francisco Ribera, a Jesuit and Roman Catholic priest, it is one of considerable question concernng the book of revelation!
Since the Roman Catholic Church has had a heavy hand in re writing the "Bible" I wonder to what extent his "In Sacrum Beati Ioannis Apostoli, & Evangelistiae Apocalypsin Commentarij" has had upon Revelation and if his ideas and concepts may have been inserted amongst Yahowchannon's Revelations, re scripting what we see in today's revelations passages?
There is some considerable suspicion so far as I am concerned, but I have had so little time to delve into this story which occurred at or around the protestant seperation and as a means to protect the Pope against criticism and painting him as the "Antichrist"!
I am asking because some of you may have prior knowledge of this and thus have answers which will help and I would appreciate!
Here's some info from Wikipedia!
In the late Middle Ages and in the wake of the Protestant Reformation, accusations of being the Antichrist were levied against the Pope. Amidst the controversy, Ribera in 1585 began writing a lengthy (500 page) commentary on the Book of Revelation, titled In Sacrum Beati Ioannis Apostoli, & Evangelistiae Apocalypsin Commentarii, proposing that the first chapters of the Apocalypse applied to ancient pagan Rome, and the rest referred to a yet future period of 3½ literal years, immediately prior to the second coming. During that time, the Roman Catholic Church would have fallen away from the pope into apostasy. Then, he proposed, the Antichrist, a single individual, would:
Persecute and blaspheme the saints of God
Rebuild the temple in Jerusalem
Abolish the Christian religion
Deny Jesus Christ
Destroy Rome
Be received by the Jews
Pretend to be God
Kill the two witnesses of God
Conquer the world.
To accomplish this, Ribera understood the 1260 days and 42 months and 3½ times of prophecy literally, rejecting an interpretation as 1260 years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_RiberaSome of revelation appears consistent with the above commentary, which may indicate some copy editing present, if so, it becomes hard to trust in anything that does not match The Prophets of the Towrah!
Why is everything such a mess?