Hi Ronald.
Glad to see you are keeping an open mind.
It's similar to the other scenario presented. Lots of money was spent to produce something that misinterprets scripture.
Kinda hard to say who is mis-interpreting scripture, Ronald.
pre-trib rapture ... post-trib rapture ... mid-trib rapture ... and others ... obviously all cannot be right.
Some are just silly ... some contradict scripture literally ... and symbolic interpretations abound.
Do most mis-interpret scripture? ... only logical answer is yes ...
Therein ... the gist of an argument ... historically, people have devoted lives to interpreting scripture. We know with certainty, also, that folks in the past weren't living in THE actual end-times, otherwise we would now be in the millennial kingdom. (A possibility perhaps, but not sure many would agree.)
IF current times are THE end-times prophesied about years ago, would these times be more likely to be "literal" or "symbolic"?
The symbolic interpretations in this video resemble only a few chosen events that fit their scenario and leave out the majority of descriptions that don't work for them.
Not sure you watched the same video I did, Ronald.
Video I watched was quite literal ... literal wars, literal Chernobyl-->Wormwood, literal Sadam-->Apollyon, literal black skies-->oil well fires, literal locusts-->helicopters, literal dry Euphrates, etc.
Far more literal than all the historical highly symbolic renderings ...
The time frame is 7 years but it is over after that and the Millenium begings.
Again, the seven years is just one of several well-known historical interpretations. There are multiple time periods and durations specified ... for example 3 1/2 year periods ... in different places ... no single definitive timetable is provided in scripture.
1. Sadaam was evil and a destroyer no doubt as was Hitler and Osama Bin Laden. They were antichrists for sure but not the one who takes control of the entire world during the Great Tribulation.
2. The Antichrist is destroyed by Christ after the rapture and then Satan is locked up for 1,000 years. Did this take place? Was Sadaam Apollyon? No!
3. Chernobyl does mean wormwood and it was likened to and named after the Biblical wormwood but that doesn't mean that it is. You can name your son Jesus too but that doesn't make him the Biblical Christ.
4. WWII lasted for 7 years and that ushered in 1000 years of peace did it ??? and you received your resurrected body did you ??? Was All Evil put down??? Oh but you say the seventh trumpet hasn't sounded yet. See the time frame, symbolic references and order of events are all screwed up in this scenario.
5. Oil fields on fire are not the Abyss opening up and releasing 200 million locusts that sting and torture people without killing them for 5 months. I suppose the people of Kuwait represent all who have the mark of the beast? NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not even close.
6. Nor did the smoke cover 1/3 of the planet,
7. Nor did 1/3 of the fish in the sea die,
8. Nor did 1/3 of the people on the planet die,
9. Nor were 1/3 of the sea vessels on the planet destroyed.
10. ALL the other details that are conveniently missing as well.
Glad to see you are thinking for yourself, Ronald. I disagree with some of your conclusions ... and willing to discuss in depth if you'd like ... but more importantly ...
This video is yet another Pre-Trib delusional scenario. Tim LaHaye did much better than that but he is also wrong. But hey, they made a lot of money. Unfortunately, their followers will be disappointed when the rapture doesn't conveniently happen before the super devastation on earth begins. Now I'm done.
... I don't agree with everything on the video either. But, can't dismiss the bulk of their effort nearly so easily as you ... if the shoe fits, ya know ...
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