Tertullian (155-220) represents the false prophet (2 Thess 2:9, Rev 13:11-12). He was the chief spokesman for the Montanists who claimed to have various spiritual gifts. He said that baptism in living water had no significance, he proposed the Trinity…
Pope Hildebrand (1020-1085) can represent “the beast” who reigned with the ten kings as “one hour” (Rev 17:12), beginning with the East-West schism of 1054. John said the ten kings would “give their kingdom to the beast” (Rev 17:17). The…
Pope Victor I a.k.a. Praxeas (d. 199) was the bishop of Rome who wrote letters of excommunication to the Churches of Asia in 193, which Tertullian called “letters of peace” in his tract Against Praxeas. He also preached modalism in…
Peter Waldo (1140-1205) was the founder of the Waldensians, a group that claimed to descend from the Apostles and not the Catholic Church. He commissioned the first translation of the Bible into the spoken language of the common people. Although…
ohn Wycliffe (1328-1384) helped to translate the bible into English. He said the bible was the only authority and the Pope’s claim of authority was unhistorical, and the poor morals of the priests invalidated their sacraments. His preaching greatly influenced…
Jan Huss (1370-1415), a Czech theologian can represent the first of the two witnesses in Rev 11:2. He preached against indulgences 100 years before Martin Luther and was burned at the stake. All of Bohemia was outreached by this death.…
Bernt Berntsen (1863-1933) was a Norwegian-American missionary who preached in China from 1904 to 1906. After his experience at Azuza street in 1906, he formed the Apostolic Faith Mission and returned to China in 1908, where he baptized Zhang Lingsheng…
Paul Wei (1879-1919) was an early worker in the True Jesus Church in China. After receiving an understanding of apostolic doctrines, he fasted for 40 days, and heard a voice that told him he must be baptized with the baptism…
Ellen White (1827-1915) was a cofounder of the Seventh Day Adventist Church who experienced many visions and preached that the end time saints are those who “keep the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus” (Rev 12:17). She…
Arius (250-336) was presbyter who opposed the Trinity doctrine at the First Council of Nicaea. He said that Christ was created by God (Rev 3:14), at His will (Rev 4:11). After pretending to accept the Trinity doctrine for the sake…