Originally Posted by Church44
Wow, that is a lot of information. Thanks for sharing. It is nice to hear other peoples opinions on how they believe the bible unfolds. So if Nero was the "man of lawlessness", does that mean that he would have also been the antichrist? If not, when would the antichrist appear according to a postmillennialism theory?
https://postmillennialworldview.com/2014/10/22/interview-on-the-end-times/#more-5251

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4. This may be a sad commentary on American evangelicalism, but let’s face it: we are obsessed with the antichrist-who he is, where he will come from, when he will show up. You actually believe that the antichrist was the Roman emperor Nero. What scriptural support do you have for this?

Actually the word “Antichrist” only occurs four times in Scripture: 1John 2:18, 22; 4:3; and 2 John 7. So these passages must determine who and when the Antichrist is. We learn three things: (1) The Antichrist was a first-century phenomenon (1 John 2:18-19; 4:3). (2) The Antichrist was not a single person, but a movement by many people (1 John 2:18-19; 4:3). (3) The Antichrist was a doctrinal tendency within the church, not a political ruler (1 John 2:22; 4:3; 2 John 1:7).

People conflate the Antichrist and Paul’s Man of Sin and John’s beast, but they are fundamentally different concepts.

“The foundation of knowledge is God’s revelation.” Dr. Greg Bahnsen

“In the New Testament the Lord Jesus Christ appears in order to fulfill the Old Testament hope of the Messiah. He presents himself as the king who has come to establish his kingdom in anticipation of his universal rule.” Dr. Kenneth Gentry

“Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.” William Penn