Was Nero the Antichrist? | The Story of God

but why might early Christians have
called neuro the Antichrist
Kim brings me to the very heart of the
Vatican st. Peter’s Square to show me
the answer so we know that the code 666
refers to the Emperor Nero why Emperor
Nero was despised for many things
including persecuting Christians now in
the square here you can see an obelisk
that he arranged to stand at the turning
point in his Circus Circus Maximus the
circus neuro Gnaeus erroneous yeah the
circus stood here and was a place for
chariot races games but he also used it
then for persecuting Christians so in 64
there was a major fire in Rome and much
of the city was destroyed
you know Nero wound up blaming
Christians and he executed them in great
numbers as far as we can tell right here
in this circus
tradition says Nero even executed the
man many considered to be the founder of
the church in Rome Peter
the story about Peter was that he was
crucified upside down some of them were
lit on fire burning to light the place
it explains why they despised him so
much so now we have the Basilica of st.
Peter standing here commemorating his
death so the irony of this is where
Peter founded the church yeah it’s
pretty dramatic the crucifix on which
Peter died could have been just yards
from where I stand now obviously the
Christians hated Miro it was the
Antichrist even after his suicide they
feared that he had the power to come
back and rule which was why I was safer
to refer to him in a secret code but the
Christians living under the conditions
that they were living judgment a
couldn’t come too soon