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Recent content by AdB

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    The rider on the white horse

    I fear you are not getting it... the word litterly is used for example for the olympics, not really a christian thing I would say. That is is also used for expressing honor in a christian setting doesn't make the word unusable for un-christian settings.
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    The rider on the white horse

    You correctly here state the stephanos BECAME an inportaint christian symbol, but read below what it originally stood for (from Strong's topical lexion) it's a "batch of honor", while the diadem is a "token of royalty" Background in Israelite and Greco-Roman Culture In the Hebrew Scriptures...
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    The rider on the white horse

    What do you base rhis premise on? I don't think we have to have any doubts about the identity of the rider in Rev 19 "and His name is The Word of God"
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    The rider on the white horse

    I don't see any ambiguity regarding the meaning if the word τόξον only having meaning (based on Septuagin translation) as either a litteral bow, the rainbow or a metaphorical meaning of "strength"
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    Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on

    How do you read nuclear warbin the parable of the talents and how do you read deceipt of a false messiahbin the parable of the virgins? Btw, the two parables are in reversed order as you presented them...
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    Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on

    so you claim the 144K are explicitly the "first fruits" (first to be risen together with Christ). And you claim they rose with their glorified bodies and that Lazurus was one of them. Then Lazerus was also raised with his glorified body, but why didn't he or anyone else notice this quite...
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    Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on

    It seems your default argument is there is no chronological sequence so just fit the text for whatever concept you like...
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    Marriage of the Lamb before the Second Coming of Christ

    Except that the prostitute Babylon is not the same as the beast
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    Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on

    No use having the same discussion in to separate threads, also this thead was supposednto be about a complete different topic...
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    Marriage of the Lamb before the Second Coming of Christ

    I said that in 7:1 it was clear this was an event described out of its chronological context because of the utilization of the future tense which is clearly not the case in chapter 19, while you still fail to provide any reason for thát specific text to be written non chronological.
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    Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on

    But you still didn't give a reason why these specific events are not chronological, other than "they happend simultaneously" (in other post). So if that is your position, then the mariagenof the Lamb and Christ's Second Coming are all happening at once?
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    Marriage of the Lamb before the Second Coming of Christ

    Indeed here the second coming is mentioned prior to when it happens chronologically, and it is made clear by the application of future tense. Thát is what I mean regarding assuming chronology of subsequent events when there is NO reason give to assume otherwise. Not really, it's literally...
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    Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on

    But You didn't give a biblical reason why sequential event would be described reversed without clear reason or anything rhat makes it obvious in any other way. That is what would only cause confusion...
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    Marriage of the Lamb before the Second Coming of Christ

    So just ignore the words with future tense? Here we disagree, I think there are many separate events, all connected to the second coming, but still distinct. Some event may happen simultaneously, but not those involving the same players and with a completely different scenario I agree...
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    Marriage of the Lamb before the Second Coming of Christ

    That is why I currently stand at "post trib pre wrath rapture"... We will go through the tribulation (although I think the antichrist will not have total world domination) but we will be raptured before the judgement. I think that period of judgement will be quite swift and we may actually be...