Does the Bible prophesy a one-world government and a one-world currency in the end times?

Quasar92 · Sep 1, 2017

The Bible does not use the phrase “one-world government” or “one-world currency” in referring to the end times. It does, however, provide ample evidence to enable us to draw the conclusion that both will exist under the rule of the Antichrist in the last days.

In his apocalyptic vision in the Book of Revelation, the Apostle John sees the “beast,” also called the Antichrist, rising out of the sea having seven heads and ten horns (Revelation 13:1). Combining this vision with Daniel’s similar one (Daniel 7:16-24), we can conclude that some sort of world system will be inaugurated by the beast, the most powerful “horn,” who will defeat the other nine and will begin to wage war against Christians. The ten-nation confederacy is also seen in Daniel’s image of the statue in Daniel 2:41-42, where he pictures the final world government consisting of ten entities represented by the ten toes of the statue. Whoever the ten are and however they come to power, Scripture is clear that the beast will either destroy them or reduce their power to nothing more than figureheads. In the end, they will do his bidding.

John goes on to describe the ruler of this vast empire as having power and great authority, given to him by Satan himself (Revelation 13:2), being followed by and receiving worship from “all the world” (13:3-4), and having authority over “every tribe, people, language and nation” (13:7). From this description, it is logical to assume that this person is the leader of a one-world government which is recognized as sovereign over all other governments. It’s hard to imagine how such diverse systems of government as are in power today would willingly subjugate themselves to a single ruler, and there are many theories on the subject. A logical conclusion is that the disasters and plagues described in Revelation as the seal and trumpet judgments (chapters 6-11) will be so devastating and create such a monumental global crisis that people will embrace anything and anyone who promises to give them relief.

Once entrenched in power, the beast (Antichrist) and the power behind him (Satan) will move to establish absolute control over all peoples of the earth to accomplish their true end, the worship Satan has been seeking ever since being thrown out of heaven (Isaiah 14:12-14). One way they will accomplish this is by controlling all commerce, and this is where the idea of a one-world currency comes in. Revelation 13:16-17 describes some sort of satanic mark which will be required in order to buy and sell. This means anyone who refuses the mark will be unable to buy food, clothing or other necessities of life. No doubt the vast majority of people in the world will succumb to the mark simply to survive. Again, verse 16 makes it clear that this will be a universal system of control where everyone, rich and poor, great and small, will bear the mark on their hand or forehead. There is a great deal of speculation as to how exactly this mark will be affixed, but the technologies that are available right now could accomplish it very easily.

Those who are left behind after the Rapture of the Church will be faced with an excruciating choice—accept the mark of the beast in order to survive or face starvation and horrific persecution by the Antichrist and his followers. But those who come to Christ during this time, those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life (Revelation 13:8), will choose to endure, even to martyrdom.

Recommended Resource: End Times Prophecy by Paul Benware

From: www.gotquestions.org

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BABerean2 · Sep 1, 2017

Quasar92 said:
Those who are left behind after the Rapture of the Church will be faced with an excruciating choice—accept the mark of the beast in order to survive or face starvation and horrific persecution by the Antichrist and his followers.

Tim LaHaye did not even get the title right in his "Left Behind" series of fictional books and movies.

Those "taken" in Matthew chapter 24 are like those "taken" in the flood of Noah.

Quasar92 · Sep 1, 2017

BABerean2 said:
Tim LaHaye did not even get the title right in his "Left Behind" series of fictional books and movies.

Those "taken" in Matthew chapter 24 are like those "taken" in the flood of Noah.

According to who or what that think they can slip in their falsification of the facts with the ridiculous remark that the author of His book doesn't support what his title is for it.

Quasar92

JackRT · Sep 1, 2017

I believe it to be intellectually, emotionally and spiritually unhealthy to live your life in constant expectation of the "end times". It is far better to live your life in such a way as to make this a better world, not just today but into the far distant future.

Quasar92 · Sep 1, 2017

JackRT said:
I believe it to be intellectually, emotionally and spiritually unhealthy to live your life in constant expectation of the "end times". It is far better to live your life in such a way as to make this a better world, not just today but into the far distant future.

FYI, when my rewsponse is to six to eight members with issues pertaining to end times, how do you expect them to be answered, genius?

Quasar92

JackRT · Sep 1, 2017

Quasar92 said:
FYI, when my rewsponse is to six to eight members with issues pertaining to end times, how do you expect them to be answered, genius?

Quasar92

Genius? Well, I suppose I should thank you but I am sure it was not intended that way.

BABerean2 · Sep 2, 2017

Quasar92 said:
According to who or what that think they can slip in their falsification of the facts with the ridiculous remark that the author of His book doesn't support what his title is for it.

Quasar92

He may support the idea, but the words of Jesus do not support it.

Mat 24:37　 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.　

Mat 24:38　 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,　

Mat 24:39　 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.　(Those "taken" in the flood were destroyed.)

Mat 24:40　 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.　

Mat 24:41　 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.　

Mat 24:42　 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

　

Based on the parable of the wheat and tares who is "taken" first and what happens to them?

Mat 13:30　 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
　

The Parable of the Weeds Explained

Mat 13:36　 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.　

Mat 13:37　 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;　

Mat 13:38　 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;　

Mat 13:39　 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.　

Mat 13:40　 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.　

Mat 13:41　 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;　

Mat 13:42　 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.　

Mat 13:43　 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.　

The wheat is "left behind" to be gathered into the barn in the parable of the wheat and tares.

The tares are "taken" first and burned in the fire.

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Quasar92 · Sep 2, 2017

BABerean2 said:
He may support the idea, but the words of Jesus do not support it.

Mat 24:37　 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.　

Mat 24:38　 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,　

Mat 24:39　 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.　(Those "taken" in the flood were destroyed.)

Mat 24:40　 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.　

Mat 24:41　 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.　

Mat 24:42　 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

　

Based on the parable of the wheat and tares who is "taken" first and what happens to them?

Mat 13:30　 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
　

The Parable of the Weeds Explained

Mat 13:36　 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.　

Mat 13:37　 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;　

Mat 13:38　 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;　

Mat 13:39　 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.　

Mat 13:40　 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.　

Mat 13:41　 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;　

Mat 13:42　 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.　

Mat 13:43　 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.　

The wheat is "left behind" to be gathered into the barn in the parable of the wheat and tares.

The tares are "taken" first and burned in the fire.

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Your ongoing denigration of Tim Lahaye and others provides you with nothing whatever in any issue pertaining to the Scriptures.

Jesus mission in His first advent was EXCLUSIVELY to Israel, He made abundantly clear in Mt.15:24 and Mt.10:5-6. The Church DID NOT exist then, because the Holy Spirit had not yet arrived, according to Jn.7:39, until at Pentecost, ten days after Jesus ascended into heaven, according to Acts 1:9 and 2:1-3. As such, He was addressing Israel in all of your Scriptural references above. Not the Church.

End time prophecy involving the Church, are recorded in the Scriptures pertaining to it being CAUGHT UP to be with the Lord, before the tribulation begins, according to 1 Thess.4:16-17; 2 Thess.2:1-8, together with Jn.14:2-3 and 28.

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BABerean2 · Sep 2, 2017

Quasar92 said:
Jesus mission in His first advent was EXCLUSIVELY to Israel, He made abundantly clear in Mt.15:24 and Mt.10:5-6. The Church DID NOT exist then, because the Holy Spirit had not yet arrived, according to Jn.7:39, until at Pentecost, ten days after Jesus ascended into heaven, according to Acts 1:9 and 2:1-3. As such, He was addressing Israel in all of your Scriptural references above. Not the Church.

I am not denigrating Tim LaHaye.
I am pointing out that he is wrong, based on scripture.

The only way you can make the above work is to ignore what is plainly written in the New Testament.

Christ revealed His Church in Matthew 16:18.

The Great Commission to the Church is at the end of Matthew's Gospel.

We find Christ revealing that there would be one flock with one Shepherd in John 10:16.

On the Day of Pentecost Peter addressed the crowd as "all the house of Israel" in Acts 2:36.

The New Covenant promised to Israel and Judah in Jeremiah 31:31-34, was revealed by Christ at the Last Supper in Matthew 26:28.
The exact text from Jeremiah 31:31-34 is found fulfilled word-for-word in Hebrews 8:6-13.
The New Covenant is specifically applied to the Church in Hebrews 12:22-24, and 2 Corinthians 3:6-8.

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Quasar92 · Sep 2, 2017

BABerean2 said:
I am not denigrating Tim LaHaye.
I am pointing out that he is wrong, based on scripture.

The only way you can make the above work is to ignore what is plainly written in the New Testament.

Christ revealed His Church in Matthew 16:18.

The Great Commission to the Church is at the end of Matthew's Gospel.

We find Christ revealing that there would be one flock with one Shepherd in John 10:16.

On the Day of Pentecost Peter addressed the crowd as "all the house of Israel" in Acts 2:36.

The New Covenant promised to Israel and Judah in Jeremiah 31:31-34, was revealed by Christ at the Last Supper in Matthew 26:28.
The exact text from Jeremiah 31:31-34 is found fulfilled word-for-word in Hebrews 8:6-13.
The New Covenant is specifically applied to the Church in Hebrews 12:22-24, and 2 Corinthians 3:6-8.

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Your claim Tim LaHaye is wrong is denigrating him without his presence to refute you. Furthermore, Jesus refutes your above claims the Church existed in the Scriptures you attempt making a Church out of in Mt.15:24 and in Mt.10:5-6.

Listen carefully: The Church DOES NOT EXIST WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT! Who had not arrived until AFTER Jesus ascended into heaven. Which make your above claims in the above false!

Your continual posting of the prophecy to Israel and Judah in in Jer. being fulfilled in the Shed blood and death of Jesus is accepted and thoroughly understood. However, what you fail to grasp, is the fact that neither Israel nor Judah have accepted it. Because of the heresy you believe in, of the Church being Israel, it is not possible for you to understand, the Church has nothing whatever to do with Israel or Judah, who is the Body of Christ, who have accepted Jesus as Lord, fulfilling the New Covenant in that respect. Israel will not accept Jesus as their Messiah and the New Covenant provisions until His second coming, as recorded in Zech.12:10 and 14:4-5.

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BABerean2 · Sep 2, 2017

Quasar92 said:
Because of the heresy you believe in, of the Church being Israel, it is not possible for you to understand, the Church has nothing whatever to do with Israel or Judah, who is the Body of Christ, who have accepted Jesus as Lord, fulfilling the New Covenant in that respect.

If the Church has nothing whatever to do with Israel or Judah, then why did Paul call himself an Israelite in Romans 11:1, after his salvation?

If the Church has nothing to do with Israel or Judah, then why did Peter address the crowd on the Day of Pentecost as "men of Judea", then as "men of Israel", and in Acts 2:36 as "all the house of Israel"?

At the house of Cornelius, why did Peter make it clear that God is not a respecter of persons, based on bloodline? (Act 10:34-35)

Does Hebrews 8:6-13 make it plain that Christ fulfilled the New Covenant during the first century and made the Old Covenant "obsolete"?

If the New Covenant is "everlasting" in Hebrews 13:20, then how will the "Church Age" end before the Second Coming of Christ?

Is it a heresy to claim modern Jews will come to salvation outside of the New Covenant Church? (Galatians 1:6-9)

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Quasar92 · Sep 3, 2017

BABerean2 said:
If the Church has nothing whatever to do with Israel or Judah, then why did Paul call himself an Israelite in Romans 11:1, after his salvation?

If the Church has nothing to do with Israel or Judah, then why did Peter address the crowd on the Day of Pentecost as "men of Judea", then as "men of Israel", and in Acts 2:36 as "all the house of Israel"?

At the house of Cornelius, why did Peter make it clear that God is not a respecter of persons, based on bloodline? (Act 10:34-35)

Does Hebrews 8:6-13 make it plain that Christ fulfilled the New Covenant during the first century and made the Old Covenant "obsolete"?

If the New Covenant is "everlasting" in Hebrews 13:20, then how will the "Church Age" end before the Second Coming of Christ?

Is it a heresy to claim modern Jews will come to salvation outside of the New Covenant Church? (Galatians 1:6-9)

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You labor under false pretenses in addition to try putting words in my mouth with your own fabricated composition.

When I wrote that the Church has nothing to do with Israel, it was written together with my statement that the Church is not Israel, nor is Israel the Church. In addition to that, People who are Israelis/Jewish can and do become members of the one body of Christ, in the same manner as Gentiles, as recorded in 1 Cor.12:12-13.

Your remark that modern Jews can come to salvation outside of the new covenant church is more pseudo science. When Jesus returns in His second coming, "all Israel will be saved," as recorded in Rom.11:26. They will receive Jesus as their Messiah, in the very same way all Gentiles have, since the new covenant was instigated, by the shed blood and death on a cross by Jesus, beginning at Pentecost. It is not a new covenant church, but rather, the One Body of Christ HIS CHURCH, consisting of Jews and Gentiles alike, as recorded in Zech.12:10 and 14:4-5.

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Jipsah · Sep 3, 2017

Quasar92 said:
The Bible does not use the phrase “one-world government” or “one-world currency” in referring to the end times. It does, however, provide ample evidence to enable us to draw the conclusion that both will exist under the rule of the Antichrist in the last days.

The best way to draw that conclusion is to begin with the conclusion and then dig like mad to find "evidence" to support it. It's all a matter of how much Creative Interpretation you're willing to stomach.

BABerean2 · Sep 3, 2017

Quasar92 said:
When Jesus returns in His second coming, "all Israel will be saved," as recorded in Rom.11:26.

You have just changed the Greek word "houto" (English-"so") in Romans 11:26, which is an adverb of manner, into the word "when", which is an adverb of timing.
This is a corruption of scripture.

This same change in scripture is found in the book "Coming of Messiah in Glory and Majesty", by Manuel Lacunza.
The English translation of the book was presented by Edward Irving at the Albury Prophetic Conference.

In his book "Dispensationalism" Dr. Charles Ryrie stated that John Nelson Darby became interested in prophecy at one of the Albury conferences. (page 170, 2007 edition)

Lacunza's book is the founding document of modern Dispensational Theology, as revealed by the links below.

Genesis of Dispensational Theology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee4RS5pDntQ

Lacunza, Manuel, “Coming of Messiah in Glory and Majesty“
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Romans 11:26

(CJB)　 and that it is in this way that all Isra'el will be saved. As the Tanakh says, "Out of Tziyon will come the Redeemer; he will turn away ungodliness from Ya`akov

(ESV)　 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob";

(Geneva)　 And so all Israel shalbe saued, as it is written, The deliuerer shall come out of Sion, and shall turne away the vngodlinesse from Iacob.

(GW)　 In this way Israel as a whole will be saved, as Scripture says, "The Savior will come from Zion. He will remove godlessness from Jacob.

(LITV-TSP)　 and so all Israel will be saved, even as it has been written, "The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

(KJV)　 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

(KJV+)　 AndG2532 soG3779 allG3956 IsraelG2474 shall be saved:G4982 asG2531 it is written,G1125 There shall comeG2240 out ofG1537 SionG4622 theG3588 Deliverer,G4506 andG2532 shall turn awayG654 ungodlinessG763 fromG575 Jacob:G2384

(NKJV)　 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "THE DELIVERER WILL COME OUT OF ZION, AND HE WILL TURN AWAY UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB;

(YLT)　 and so all Israel shall be saved, according as it hath been written, 'There shall come forth out of Sion he who is delivering, and he shall turn away impiety from Jacob,

The manner of salvation in Romans 11:26 is by being grafted into the Olive Tree, through faith in Christ, as revealed by Paul in Romans 11:23-24.

The Olive Tree in Romans 11 is a symbol of the New Covenant Church made up of Israelites and Gentiles grafted together into one tree.

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Hal A Peno · Sep 3, 2017

LittleLambofJesus · Sep 28, 2019

Quasar92 said: ↑
The Bible does not use the phrase “one-world government” or “one-world currency” in referring to the end times. It does, however, provide ample evidence to enable us to draw the conclusion that both will exist under the rule of the Antichrist in the last days.

Jipsah said:
The best way to draw that conclusion is to begin with the conclusion and then dig like mad to find "evidence" to support it. It's all a matter of how much Creative Interpretation you're willing to stomach.

I can imagine it getting pretty creative from the Futurists.............

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Millennium Now
By David A.J. Seargent MA, Ph.D, FRAS

Prologue

In times of uncertainty, many seek some way to peek beyond the curtain of the future. Ours is an age of much uncertainty, so it is not surprising that we have seen a rise in interest in "future seeing", whether this be occultist fortune-telling, scientific prognostications concerning the greenhouse effect or whatever is the fashionable fear of the moment, or biblical prophecy. The latter, in many cases, is interpreted as applying specifically to our own day and is interpreted such as to give information about what is supposed soon to befall us.

Typically, these attempts at "future seeing" foretell a time of doom and gloom soon to fall upon the world. There may be a distant horizon of hope, but the immediate future looks bleak!

In the pages that follow, we will look again at the key biblical prophesies and attempt to discern just what they are saying to us. Are they really predicting such a bleak future? Or are they telling us that Christ has already overcome and that the future is safe in God’s hands?

It is my belief that the doomsayers have misread much of biblical prophecy and it is my further contention that their gloomy and defeatist interpretations have resulted in a sapping of spirit of the Christian Church.

Unless I am seriously mistaken, the prophesies join with the entire Gospel message in a call, not just to battle but to go out and conquer in the name of Christ until all things are placed under His feet. Christ has won the victory, but much of the Church is cowering in the bomb shelters awaiting the tyranny of Antichrist and the war of Armageddon!

Epilogue

Although eschatology, the doctrine of Last Things, may seem a remote and esoteric subject, it is nevertheless important in determining how one sees the role of the Church and ones own ministry within the Church.
If, for example, we believe that the future will become increasingly worse, that human civilization faces destruction in a great war and the Church faces extreme times under the yoke of an antichristian world dictator, or if we simply believe that "this is as good as it gets" — that all prophecy of a coming future Kingdom of the Lord is merely a mythological way of expressing the sense of peace and harmony that Christians should have to one another in the fellowship of the Church, but that the Church itself will forever be a small and defeated minority movement struggling for existence first in a pre-christian, then in a pseudo-christian and finally in a post-christian society, why (we may ask ourselves) should we even try to carry out the Great Commission to make disciples of all nations? Why did Christ give us this command if He knew that we (and He, at least in this world) face inevitable defeat?

If, on the other hand, we believe that God in Christ is better at straightening things out than we are at messing them up; if we believe that St. Paul should be taken seriously when he spoke of Christ ruling until all is placed under His feet; if we really believe in Daniel’s prophecy that the rock not cut by human hands will indeed become a mountain overshadowing all the earth, we must see that we are not merely on the winning side, but on the side that has already won!

Simply to sit back and wait for Christ to come and put all things right, after they get into such a mess that just about everything is destroyed anyway, is not, I believe, the message of the Bible. God has chosen the Church to be His instrument in this world. We, the Church, carry the Sword of the Word with which the risen Christ smites the nations. We are His army and His weaponry here on earth. We are the viceroys through whom He rules until He puts everything under His feet, the last enemy being death itself, and hands the Kingdom over to God in final judgment.
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LittleLambofJesus · Sep 28, 2019

Quasar92 said: ↑
Because of the heresy you believe in, of the Church being Israel, it is not possible for you to understand, the Church has nothing whatever to do with Israel or Judah, who is the Body of Christ, who have accepted Jesus as Lord, fulfilling the New Covenant in that respect.

BABerean2 said:
If the Church has nothing whatever to do with Israel or Judah, then why did Paul call himself an Israelite in Romans 11:1, after his salvation?
Is it a heresy to claim modern Jews will come to salvation outside of the New Covenant Church? (Galatians 1:6-9)
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Sounds heretical to me............

The Destruction of Jerusalem - George Peter Holford, 1805AD
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Replacement Theology, supersessionism: Christians are God's Jews. The church is true Israel.

Christians are God's true "Jews" today, Israel is the church!

What/who is true the true Israel of God"?

G.K. Beale - Peace and Mercy Upon the Israel of God: Partial Preterist Section @ PreteristArchive.com, The Internet's Only Balanced Look at Preterism and Preterist Eschatology

Peace and Mercy Upon the Israel of God: The Old Testament Background in Galatians 6:16 1
By G.K. Beale
Biblica 80 (1999) 204-223

Discussions of the Old Testament background of "new creation" in Gal 6,15 and its relation to v. 16 have heretofore been general and have not targeted any particular OT passage. This essay sets out to demonstrate that the phrase "peace and mercy" has its most probable background in the Old Testament promise of Israel’s restoration in Isaiah 54. In the light of this background the mention of the "marks" of Jesus on Paul’s body in v. 17 makes excellent sense.

from exile: "Lovingkindness and truth have met together, and righteousness and peace have kissed each other" (Ps 84,10).

Outside of Isa 54,10 e!leoj ("mercy") and ei)rh/nh, ("peace") occur in close combination (within a seven-word range) in the LXX only in Ps 84,11 (= MT 85,11)15 and Tobit 7,12 (the latter occurring in only one version of the LXX in an insignificant context which refers to a personal wish of blessing bestowed on one person to another)16. Outside of these passages, the combination does not occur elsewhere (in an eight-word range) until the use in Galatians and in subsequent early Christian literature of the early church fathers17. This evidence shows that the combination of "mercy and peace" was not a typical part of formulaic benedictions in early Judaism nor a part of typical conclusions in early Hellenistic epistolary literature.

The occurrence in the LXX of Ps 84,11 is a literal rendering of the Hebrew given above, yet the combination of e!leoj and ei)rh/nh also occurs only two verses earlier in vv. 8-9 in almost the same close proximity: "Show us your mercy (e!leoj) and give to us your salvation. Hear what the Lord God will speak through me: he will speak peace (ei)rh/nh) upon his people and upon his saints, and upon those who turn their heart toward him". Interestingly, the promised condition of the peace and mercy of restoration is also referred to as an "enlivening" ("you will turn and you will enliven [zww/seij]

I. Peace and Mercy in Galatians 6,16b and New Creation in Isaiah 54 and other OT texts

Verse 16b explains the blessing upon those who line up their lives according to the elemental, ethical rule of the new creation: "peace and mercy be upon them and (or "even") upon the Israel of God". Though the dominant notion of this "peace and mercy" pertains to God’s blessing upon people, it probably has overtones of the effect of that blessing: the ethical demeanor of striving for unity among those who live in the new creation. This is a positive way of saying that they are not people who have become "boastful ones, ones challenging one another, envying one another" (5,26).

This last expression of v. 16 has undergone explosive debate. Some understand "the Israel of God" to be a further definition of the preceding "them", so that the entire Galatian church, Jewish and Gentile believers together, are referred to as true Israel. Grammatically, this view is certainly possible, since the kai/ can be rendered as appositional or explicative: "even", "that is", or "namely"2, with the resulting translation: "peace and mercy be upon them, that is, upon the Israel of God" (so RSV, New Living

SUMMARY

This essay has contended that Paul’s reference to "new creation" and the pronouncement of "peace and mercy" on the readers in Gal 6,15-16 is best understood against the background of Isa 54,10 and the surrounding context of similar new creation themes elsewhere in Isa 32–66, which are echoed also earlier in Galatians, especially in 5,22-26. The analysis confirms those prior studies which have concluded that "the Israel of God" refers to all Christians in Galatia, whether Jewish or Christian. Lastly, the demonstration of an Isaianic background for the concept of new creation in Gal 6,15-16 falls in line with Paul’s other reference to "new creation" in 2 Cor 5,17 and John’s allusion to new creation in Rev 3,14, where Isa 43 and 65–66 stand behind both passages. Isa 54,10 was likely not the sole influence on Gal 6,16, but such texts as Psalm 84 (LXX), the Qumran Hymn Scroll (1QH 13,5), and Jub 22,9 may have formed a collective impression on Paul, with the Isaiah text most in focus; alternatively, the texts in Qumran and Jubilees may be mere examples of a similar use of Isaiah 54 on a parallel trajectory with that of Paul’s in Galatians 6.

BABerean2 · Sep 28, 2019

LittleLambofJesus said:
Sounds heretical to me............

The Destruction of Jerusalem - George Peter Holford, 1805AD

The claims made in the video below are heretical.

Did you vote for Hillary?

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LittleLambofJesus · Sep 28, 2019

JackRT said:
I believe it to be intellectually, emotionally and spiritually unhealthy to live your life in constant expectation of the "end times". It is far better to live your life in such a way as to make this a better world, not just today but into the far distant future.

1 Peter 2:12 having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in day of visitation.

BABerean2 said:
If the Church has nothing whatever to do with Israel or Judah, then why did Paul call himself an Israelite in Romans 11:1, after his salvation?
Is it a heresy to claim modern Jews will come to salvation outside of the New Covenant Church? (Galatians 1:6-9)
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I assume that would also incude Muslims and other Religions?
I remember this live worldwide broadcast of L.K.'s interview with J.O. and J.O. "waffling" on the questions asked about whether non-Christians could be saved outside of belief in Christ.....
[I did like his band and songs]

Carolina Christian Conservative: Joel Osteen Apologizes for Larry King Appearance

Aired June 20, 2005
According to the transcript, when asked by King whether he was a "fire and brimstone" kind of guy, Osteen, who has no formal seminary training, said, "No. That's not me. It's never been me. I've always been an encourager at heart. . . . I don't have it in my heart to condemn people. I'm there to encourage them. I see myself more as a coach, as a motivator to help them experience the life God has for us. . . . I'm for everybody. You may not agree with me, but to me it's not my job to try to straighten everybody out. The Gospel [is] called the Good News. My message is a message of hope, that God's for you. You can live a good life no matter what's happened to you. And so I don't know. I know there is condemnation but I don't feel that's my place."

When King asked him whether people of other faiths who don't believe in Christ would go to heaven, Osteen replied, "You know, I'm very careful about saying who would and wouldn't go to heaven. I don't know. . . . Well, I don't know if I believe they're wrong. I believe here's what the Bible teaches and from the Christian faith this is what I believe."

Later when asked about atheists going to heaven, he added, "I'm going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell. I just—again, I present the truth, and I say it every week. You know, I believe it's a relationship with Jesus. But you know what? I'm not going to go around telling everybody else if they don't want to believe that that's going to be their choice. God's got to look at your own heart. God's got to look at your heart, and only God knows that."
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LittleLambofJesus · Sep 28, 2019

Hal A Peno said:
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I just saw your username........reminds me of this character "Jose Jalepeno" LOL

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Hebrews 2:14.... Pesky Devil, git!

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