Since the Antichrist is in the future, it could not be the Papacy. Summary of the Fallacies of Futurism . Futurism is designed to relieve pressure on Rome. Futurism violates the principle of consistent prophetic symbolism. Futurism makes prophetic time meaningless.
Futurism removes application from historical verification.
Futurism creates an arbitrary gap which is an unjustifiable device. Futurism ignores the view of the early church. Futurism cannot be correct if Preterism is correct.