MARK OF THE BEAST - REVELATION 13-14; 17; 18

[Jipsah]

I tell you plainly dear one, for the times are upon us, one day a person in that office will seam to die, and then..... An alien mother ship will come beam him up,

Oh.

OK.

I have yet to figure out the obsession that so many Christians have with Spacemen and Flying Saucers. And the apparent compulsion so many seem to have to include those Spacemen and Flying Saucers in the Christian Faith.

 

[contratodo]

I have yet to figure out the obsession that so many Christians have with Spacemen and Flying Saucers. And the apparent compulsion so many seem to have to include those Spacemen and Flying Saucers in the Christian Faith

And he will open his mouth in blaspheme against God, to blaspheme God's name, and His tabernacle (God's tabernacle is outside of the sky) and them that dwell in heaven (outside of the sky)
Revelation 13:6. Is telling us that the beast will speak blaspheme about what is outside of the sky.

He cast down some of the host of the stars and trampled on them....
He cast down the truth to the ground.
Daniel 8:10,12

Prophetically we therefore see truth related to the stars being cast down.

 

[joechristianwarrior]

When were you “with me.” You just disputed everything I said. None of which was futurism.
It’s only complicated when people try to make the Bible’s prophecy about the end of the world.

The simplest interpretation of the Mark of the Beast - the one that says the prophecy means exactly what it says! - is the one also most universally rejected, sadly.

 

[eclipsenow]

And there are seven kings, five are fallen and one is, and one is not yet come, and when he comes he must continue a short while. And the beast that was and is not even he is the eighth and is of the seven, and goes into perdition. Revelation 17:10-11

In your view who are those five kings, and who is the one that was at the time of the writing of Revelation?

Did you know that five popes had come and gone, not including Peter, by the time John was writing Revelation?

When did Jesus ascend and sit at the right hand of the Father? Acts 1:9-11, Revelation 5:5 says Jesus prevailed to open the scroll that is at the right hand of the Father. Therefore the opening of the scroll began at that time when Jesus ascended and sat down, that is why the Bible is telling us He is at the right hand, connecting Hebrews 12:2 with Revelation 5 beautifully.

He opened the first seal around 30 ~ 50 ad. And what happened? Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 ad. Then again in 1090 it was surrounded by enemies and occupied, and again, and again, the ai will let you know that Jerusalem has been captured at least 41 times since Christ. Daniel tells us it would happen 70 times, "70 captivities are determined upon thy people......" Captivities, not weeks. "And after seven captivities and 62 weeks shall Messiah suffer the death penalty but not for Himself.". Daniel 9:1-2,24,26 plainly 490 years and 62 weeks. Some scribe took liberty and changed it all to weeks, but the context makes clear it is about captivity, Daniel was told that the captivity he was in would happen seventy times.

In 1948, May 15th 1948, armies once again surrounded Jerusalem, this time with tanks and such. Until 1967 half of Jerusalem was desolated and uninhabited. Then began a military 'defense' ( to be blunt it is a captivity, a military occupation, all the sincere in Israel have been in captivity since 1967, checkpoints at crossroads being one of the main agents of it ) that continues to this day, 2037 will mark 70 years.

And the office of the Pope is still with us, it was here during the writing of Revelation, laws that the popes have made are still in place today, January, Sunday, that we call the year 2000 is if the popes as well.

I tell you plainly dear one, for the times are upon us, one day a person in that office will seam to die, and then..... An alien mother ship will come beam him up, it will be big world wide news. The ship may linger for a while or what have you, and then... It beams him back down, alive! Ohhh ahhh, all the world will marvel, whose names are not in the book of life, when they see him. Half his face cyborg, ( the blinded by science card ) and speaking much about what is outside of the sky, supposed beings from other planets, humanoid aliens. Wow everyone will say, 'finally the Bible is explained, it's all about beings on other planets...' But dear one, it's all a grand deception, just as the Bible says Revelation 13:6

As we examine Scripture carefully and note what has happened as is happening, it is clear that Revelation is ongoing, it started when Christ ascended and will end when He returns.

Yeah - 1948.
Right.
Nothing to do with OT prophecies at all.

Try the book "Apocalypse now and then" by Dr Paul Barnett.

Here's a PhD in history and degrees in theology and a lifetime of work in both fields. It's a simple and short and brilliant commentary that also functions as a personal devotional reading if put to that purpose.

 

[eclipsenow]

And he will open his mouth in blaspheme against God, to blaspheme God's name, and His tabernacle (God's tabernacle is outside of the sky) and them that dwell in heaven (outside of the sky)
Revelation 13:6. Is telling us that the beast will speak blaspheme about what is outside of the sky.

He cast down some of the host of the stars and trampled on them....
He cast down the truth to the ground.
Daniel 8:10,12

Prophetically we therefore see truth related to the stars being cast down.

You appear to be reading apocalyptic symbols that are laid in with theological importance as geographies. In other words, as having a postcode. You cannot possibly read this book until you can speak the language. Just as one must learn ancient Greek in inner theological school, to understand revelation one has to understand how the ancient world used these apocalyptic symbols, which requires reading some of the other apocalyptic symbolism of the time. Or you could just wrote Dr Paul Barnett.