The Eighth Beast: An Examination of Modern Tribulation Theology & America in Prophecy

by William Males

Many believers nowadays are ignorant that most of the end-time theology which is being taught and widely accepted by both non-Catholics and Catholics alike concerning the antichrist, the rebuilding the temple, and his becoming a world leader, was originally taught by a French monk known as Adso of Montier-en-Der who died in 992 A.D. Though he was a prolific writer of poems, hymns, and biographies of the lives of saints, Adso's most famous work was his "Letter to Queen Gerberga on the Place and Time of Antichrist," which became known as the "Little Book on the Antichrist."However, this theology which presented as a rebuttal to the Protestants was so articulated over a thousand years ago by was Catholic monk, was vehemently rejected by essentially every protestant commentator who sought to defend the truth of the Gospel with their pen. For the earlier commentators both agreed and therefore acknowledged Paul's speaking in II Thessalonians 2:3 of "a falling away first" as the rise of Roman Catholicism, and "that man of sin... the son of perdition" as being the succession of popes.In the second century, Polycarp, deemed to be an apostolic father, in his Letter to the Philippians, paragraph 7, warned the Philippians that everyone who preached false doctrine was an antichrist. Polycarp's use of the term "antichrist" agrees with the Apostle John who does not reference a single antichrist, but rather a class of people functioning under a spirit of antichrist. It is also interesting that the Apostle John, who coined the phrases "antichrist" and "many antichrists" DID NOT used those phrases in his writing of the Book of Revelation.Nevertheless, the historical understanding of the Protestant churches concerning "a spirit of antichrist" that works to advance false prophets and teachers has for the most part been completely abandoned by non-Catholics today; most probably because most believers nowadays are ignorant of both scripture and history. Which means it would be prudent for the earnest seeker of the truth to ask what scriptural and historical justification the Protestant commentators have for interpreting it the way they used to, and why they have now embrace a theology birthed in Catholicism.That and more is what is addressed in The Eighth Beast as we examine America in prophecy.For sadly, most people's understanding of end-time theology is similar to their hiking an old familiar trail where the slopes and turns have become so instinctive to them it requires very little focus (or faith) to navigate it. However, every so often along the way there is a hint of a old path that forks off the main trail where only the inquisitive will turn aside to see where it leads. Many never aware of the fact that beaten they always take is actually a newer path someone once took looking for an easier way and everyone else just followed, while the old path slowly becomes forgotten and less travelled. If someone wants to be sure they're on the right path for where they're wanting to go, they must be willing to leave the trail and take on the difficulties of climbing up to reach a vantage point that is open and clear enough to verify the path they're on is correct for safely reaching their desired destination.As it says in Jeremiah 6:16 - Thus saith the LORD, "Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls." But they said, "We will not walk therein."I share all this because "The Eighth Beast" will re-introduce an old, yet to many, a whole new perspective that is going to require a willingness to endure the difficulties of setting their current theology on the altar of God and take that climb to where the perspective becomes clear if they are going to understand why America is headed for perdition; and why God has warned us to, "Come out of her, My people, that you partake not of her sins and receive not of her plagues..."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1521329664
• ISBN13: 9781521329665
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"