Speaking of not responding, you have not responded to my question that I have asked you a couple of times regarding your claim that there is not going to be another physical temple in Jerusalem which the Antichrist will desecrate.
My question was....
Where do you think the false prophet and the beast-king (the Antichrist) and Satan will be when Jesus returns in Revelation 19 to cast the false prophet and the beast-king into the lake of fire?
First of all, I don't share your belief that the beast and false prophet (second beast) are individual human beings. So, in my view, they are all over the world when Jesus returns because the beast represents the world government or world political power at any given time in history (the head that "is" at the time Revelation was written was the Roman empire) while the false prophet or second beast represents all of the false religion of the world which opposes the one true God and Christianity and supports the world system that opposes God.
John 15:19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is,
you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
1 John 2:15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16
For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
The world (this evil world and its governments and its ways) hates us. The beast makes war with the saints.
Satan is the one who gives power to the beast (Rev 13:4). So, the answer to the question of where the false prophet, beast and dragon (Satan) will be when Jesus returns is everywhere, generally speaking.
And where Satan will be when the angel descends down from heaven, binds Satan with a chain and casts Satan into the bottomless pit ?
I don't know exactly where Satan was when Jesus died and took away the power of death from Satan with His death on the cross, leading to the freeing of many people from slavery to the fear of death because of having the hope of eternal life because of His death and resurrection.
Hebrews 2:14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that
by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
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You wrote in post #73....
"The woman is the Israel of God or Spiritual Israel (not national Israel) whose children are Jesus Himself (
Rev 12:5) and those who "have the testimony of Jesus" which are those "which keep the commandments of God", which are those who are "born of God", which are those who are in the church with Jesus Christ as the cornerstone."
My response is that the bible does not say the "Israel of God" in the text of Revelation 12, nor "Spiritual Israel" in the text of Revelation 12.
Nor does it say "Israel", but that's what you believe. So, what you're saying here is pointless. The only offspring that are mentioned that the woman had were Jesus Himself (Rev 12:5) and those who belong to Christ, which are those who have the testimony of Jesus and are born of the Spirit and keep God's commandments (Rev 12:17).
1 John 5:1
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. 2
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
So, the woman is the Israel of God because her children make up the church which has Jesus Christ as its cornerstone (Ephesians 2:19-22).
I showed you this scripture already which show who they are who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus and you didn't even respond to that. I'm backing up my view of who is being referenced in Revelation 12:17 with scripture and you are not.
You are trying to re-define who the woman is in Revelation 12:1-5 who gave birth to Jesus.
No, I am not. Why are you saying that? You think you can just make claims like this while doing nothing to back it up? Think again.
The woman throughout Revelation 12 is Israel.
Prove it. I would never just take your word for anything.