This Revelation Timeline Decoded post reviews a video by David Daniels of the Chick Tracts Official YouTube Channel called ‘Jesuits and the End Times.’
Video description: Vlog 319: Jesuits and the End Times. Is YOUR End Times view a “Jesuit view”? You might be surprised! God bless you all! – David W Daniels
Before I begin my review of David Daniels’ explanations, let me declare that I do these type of reviews, not just to expose false teachers; but to show what they teach, which you may have also been taught, so that you can see the truth and the deception.
These reviews serve as an open rebuttal of their explanations. It’s not about me, it’s about the truth of prophecy fulfillment which reveals the glory of our beloved Messiah!
David Daniels of Chick Tracts says that when people cite futuristic explanations like a pretrib rapture, others proclaim that you’ve fallen for a Jesuit doctrine from Ribera. Why does this happen?
This is a nonsensical question as David Daniels should understand that the Jesuit priests pushed the futuristic explanations to counter the Reformation.
He didn’t explain why Jesuit Ribera wrote the futuristic narrative of Daniels 70th week and Revelation featuring a one-man antichrist; which was to deflect blame away from the popes as the Protestant Reformers all proclaimed that the office of the papacy, the Popes of Rome, fulfill Bible prophecy as the ‘little horn’ of Daniel 7, the ‘son of perdition’ of 2 Thessalonians 2, and the ‘beast’ of Revelation 13, who leads the ‘harlot’ church of Rome.
Since the Reformation, the Jesuit army has worked relentlessly to hide that the white pope is the antichrist beast and the black pope is the false prophet.
Read How The Deceptions Spread
David Daniels of Chick Tracts calls it Jesuit futurism and that people imply that it’s a Jesuit doctrine for prophecy to be fulfilled in the future.
He says that this is known as muddying the waters.
That is what David Daniels is doing, muddying the waters, seemingly to deflect blame away from the Jesuits, which is odd for someone who exposes the Jesuits evil ways.
David Daniels of Chick Tracts says that our facts are in the Bible.
Indeed this is true, so why does David Daniels teach that there’s a 2000 year time gap in the middle of the 490-year 70 weeks of Daniel 9 prophecy?
In the David Daniels Chick Tracts Why I Believe in a Pre Trib Rapture Video Review, David defends a pretribulation rapture before a 7-year tribulation.
How does David Daniels teach that the 70th week of Daniel 9 is about the antichrist, when the text says that it’s about Messiah the prince?
Read The 70th Week Of Daniel 9 Decoded
David Daniels of Chick Tracts points to preterism, saying that this view was taught by Jesuit Luis Del Alcazar.
So it’s okay for him to point fingers at Jesuit priest Alcazar for promoting preterism, but not okay to point to Jesuit priest Ribera for promoting futurism?
That seems to be double-minded!
David Daniels of Chick Tracts points to historicism and mocking asks “where do you put the 1260 years, from 538-1798? from the Muslims and Turks to the French Revolutions?”
Once again, David Daniels is muddying the waters!
The 1260-years is about the reign of the antichrist beast popes, not about the Muslims or Turks.
The antichrist beast popes were removed from civil power in 1798 AD, during the fifth vial judgment, so we have the end point. The starting point goes back to 538 AD, when the popes effectively had civil authority after the ten kingdoms of the fallen Western Roman Empire were under his control.
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David Daniels of Chick Tracts says that the person who invented the historicist view was a monk named Joachim of Fiore (1125-1202 AD).
Once again, David Daniels is muddying the waters as he’s is implying that historicism is a Catholic view.
This is absurd as non-Catholic saints during the 1,000 years prior to Joachim of Fire were proclaiming that the prophecies in Revelation have been in the process of being fulfilled since the apocalyptic vision was given.
David Daniels of Chick Tracts says that Wycliffe, Luther and others were historicists, but it had already been a Catholic view for hundreds of years.
Once again, David Daniels is muddying the waters with this false association to one man, Joachim of Fiore.
It’s hypocritical to proclaim that the false concept of futurism doesn’t point back to with Jesuit priest Ribera, and then proclaim that historicism originates with Catholic Joachim of Fiore!
David Daniels of Chick Tracts says that he has not found any futurists who quote Francisco Ribera.
Once again, David Daniels is muddying the waters with this false association.
Futurists don’t point to Jesuit priest Francisco Ribera because they’re clueless about his mission and deception.
It doesn’t matter if people know that the doctrine came from the Jesuits. What matters is that the influence of the Jesuits has impacted most people’s beliefs.
Watch The Antichrist And False Prophet Beasts Of Revelation 13
David Daniels of Chick Tracts points to the suppression of the Jesuits.
But he doesn’t connect this to the Jesuit’s being used to carry out the vial judgments when they sought to get revenge against countries who had kicked them out, and against the pope who removed their authority.
David Daniels of Chick Tracts says that the Jesuits helped start the French Revolution.
It’s either out of ignorance of historicism or deception that David Daniel’s doesn’t relate the French Revolution to the vial judgments of Revelation.
The first vial was poured out when the Jesuits caused the foul and loathsome sore of atheism to spread across France. The French Protestants had been killed, so the Catholic religion was all that was left. Elohim allowed the abomination of atheism to turn the French people away from the Papal Church.
The second vial was poured out as the Jesuits incited the French people to revolt against the Catholic Church leaders and France’s leaders, and their heads rolled. During the French Revolution 250,000 were killed in the very places that the French Protestants had been killed. Water symbolically represents people. In this case, it represents the French people in the large cities being killed.
The third vial was poured out as the bloody French Revolution spread out from the major cities (seas) to the more rural areas (rivers and springs, smaller groups of people) where they had shed the blood of saints and prophets, and now it was time for them to drink the same fate.
David Daniels of Chick Tracts points to Jesuits using French troops to carry out the Napoleon Wars.
Once again, David Daniels didn’t relate this to the fulfillment of prophecy.
The fourth vial was poured out as the Jesuits caused the bloody Napoleonic wars with countries that had previously banned them, so they were getting their revenge. The ‘sun’ represents the mighty military leader Napoleon, who within the space of eight years, scorched every kingdom in Europe, from Naples to Berlin, and from Lisbon to Moscow. Elohim used it to exact revenge against the countries that had shed the blood of His followers.
David Daniels of Chick Tracts points to the Pope taken captive by Napoleon’s army.
David Daniels mocked the timing of the 1260-year reign of the antichrist beast popes, but this vial judgment gives us the ending year.
The fifth vial was poured out on the ‘seat of the beast,’ as the office of the Papacy lost their power in 1798 AD. Shortly after the French Revolution, the Papal States were invaded by French forces, and they removed Pope Pius VI, who died in exile in Valence (France) in 1799.
Their 1,260-year reign was ended by the hand of Elohim, but they repented not. They blasphemed Elohim because of the pains and sores of losing their authority.
How is someone who opposes the Jesuits so ignorant about their influence in hiding the historicist perspective of prophecy fulfillment?
And why is David Daniels creating false associations to muddy the waters in an attempt to deflect blame away from the writings of Jesuit priests who promoted the false, futuristic narrative of prophecy fulfillment?
In the David Daniels Chick Tracts Why I Believe in a Pre Trib Rapture Video Review, David defends a pretribulation rapture before a 7-year tribulation.
It’s ironic and maybe very telling that in that video, David Daniel has a magazine with the name Jesuits on it in the background, as it was the Jesuits who promoted the false narrative of a futuristic 70th week of Daniel 9 featuring a one-man antichrist.
The Jesuits take on any role to deceive people, including people like David Daniels who seemingly oppose the Jesuits, to control the opposition and mislead people about Bible prophecy.
David,
Thanks for doing this review as well as the last video on David Daniels of Chick Publications. I myself use Chick Tracts for evangelism, and I even have a rack of ones for children at an Italian restaurant in town. They’re solid on the gospel and biblical doctrine for the most part.
All that said, Chick Publications has always been Futuristic in eschatology, and that hasn’t changed after Jack Chick passed away. I love Jack Chick as a brother in Christ and I love David Daniel’s, however I believe he has been deceived and is deceiving others. This is why though I use Chick tracts, I avoid any that feature eschatology because it’s all pre-tribulation, dispensational style futurism.
I learned an immense amount about the Jesuits from Chick Publications, such as the book by Ednund Paris “Secret History of the Jesuits” and their Alberto Rivera comic series that shares Rivera’s insights about the Jesuit Order. Chick Publications even correctly identifies the Roman Catholic Church as the Mother of Harlots. Jack Chick and David Daniels made an entire illustrated book called “Babyon Religion” showing how Satan is using the same mystery religion of Nimrod, Semiraimis, and Tammuz under the guise of the Roman Catholic Church.
The problem is that David Daniels, just as Jack Chick, can’t let go of their Futuristic programming. He reminds me of the late Dave Hunt from Berean Call, who wrote “A Woman Rides The Beast” showing how the Roman Catholic Church is the Mother of Harlots and went through all the blasphemous and murderous reigns of the Popes of history and yet still held to a one man antichrist during a seven year tribulation period after a Rapture of the church.
It’s a shame, but your response is much needed. As I said, I believe David Daniels is sincere but wrong, and he sadly has no excuse because he has extensive knowledge of the Jesuit order. This is why he needs to be rebuked on this point, and I’m glad you’ve provided such a scriptural rebuke that’s accurate to prophecy.
Thanks, David, and I thank our Father in Heaven for your continued work.
Thank you for your comment Matthew! Yeah, it’s odd that people like Jack Chick, David Daniels and Dave Hunt can see some truth about the popes and their church, but they’re still futurists. Some beliefs are hard to unlearn. Maybe the post will help David see truth. Keep pressing on for the glory of our King!