Ignatius Loyola founded the so-called Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) in1534.  Approved by pope Paul III in 1540, it immediately set to work either to destroy Protestantism or dilute its teachings, when assassination and warfare were not feasible.  For 450 years, its agents (brilliant men selected for their tenacity) have infiltrated governments, schools, and churches.  These men gradually rose to higher positions as additional agents were hired into the ranks.

Two Jesuits were especially successful in the latter task.  The first was Francisco Ribera, who in 1537-1541, developed what we call Futurism.  He declared that the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation would not be fulfilled until the very last days when, for 2300 literal days  or about 7 years, an antichrist would appear.  It was theorized that, at that time, a Jewish temple would be rebuilt in old Jerusalem.  (In reality, the Muslims will never permit such a temple to be built on the Temple Mount.)  A question becomes, why would the Lord God permit it as the whole system was done away with at the cross of Jesus Christ?

Samuel Mattland, William Burgh, John Darby, James Todd, and John Henry Newman were later leading Protestant theologians which infiltrated Jesuits used to spread this error throughout modern Protestantism.  The Plymouth Brethren, the High Church Oxford Movement in the Anglican Church, and the Scofield Bible especially helped in this work.

A variant of this futurism was the development of dispensationalism, one form of which pushed many of the prophecies to the last days, to be fulfilled by the Jewish people.

Another Jesuit, Luis de Alcazar in 1554-1613 developed the opposite position, known as Preterism.  This is the teaching where - the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation were fulfilled in ancient times by Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Nero, and/or pagan Rome.  Anything  but Papal Rome.

Antiochus IV Epiphanes was the 8^th king in the Seleucid line, which covered the territory of Syria-Babylon.  He only ruled for less than 12 years (175-164/163 B.C.  It used this theory to hide the truth of who the vicious, blasphemous little horn actually was.