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LOL. I've never considered my view as being a mainstream view, The vast majority of posters here are futurists, so my view is certainly different. The historicist view is clearly correct however because we are now experiencing the 7 last plagues (such as skin cancer, red tides and global warming) which means all previous prophecies have already been fulfilled.
I'd advise you strongly consider staying away from both what makes and does not make sense to you, until you have arrived first at, at least the beginnings of a means of looking at anything in accordance with principles behind looking at a thing objectively - principles that apply no matter the field of endeavor, including Bible study.
Apply such to your pursuit of coming to Scripture's own subjective objectivity. Only then will you arrive at it. For, as it has noted "Eye hath NOT seen, NOR hath ear heard, the things that GOD HATH prepared FOR them that love him."
Meaning, you won't get it through how you reason, through how you make sense of things, through your "well, what I think, see, believe, Dr. So and said said, what makes sense to me..."
The things of God did not originate, neither in that, nor from that, nor are they understood through that.
Get objective. Then, study out salvation. Then apply it to the likes of Constantine and you'll know the guy was as lost as can be the very day a Priest was called to his deathbed to keep him as lost in the RCC's hellish doctrine as the day he was born into this word in the first Adam.
But, don't take my word for it - other than the importance of the need to establish first, true principles behind actual objectivity.
In fact, it is how I arrived at the Mid-Acts Perspective I hold to - through principles behind true objectivity.
Yep, that is a plug for my perspective. I am that objective - that I am aware of my.actions even as I engage them. Most just claim they are. Of course, asserting this throws them. Unobjective as they are, all they arrive at is "the guy is a bit full of himself." Nonsense. Fact is, speaking knowingly, with authority only sounds brash, only to those stuck in one, subjective way of looking at a thing. Where all is the same...
I don't care one way or the other.
It's all predetermined and I'm just here for the ride I was dealt. Why sweat what is out of your hands?
Midst,
do you understand the reasons why people think it relates to the Destruction of Jerusalem in 66+? See my #8 or so
All of the mainstream views have one thing in common and that they all have a position regarding the Antichrist.
The historist view is that the office of Pope is the Antichrist
The futurist view is that the Antichrist is a single person.
There is debate in the futurist view whether the person will be a Jew or Gentile. Some think he will be a muslim.
I hold the futurist view, but differ from the mainstream on these accounts:
1. The person starts out as the 7th (Julio-Claudian) king of the Roman Empire, end times, final form of the EU government. Daniel 7 and 8. He is not the Antichrist at this time.
2. Then the person enters a phase whereby the Jews think he is their long awaited promised great King of Israel, son of David. The prince who shall come Daniel 9. He will be anointed King of Israel, illicit. It is then he officially becomes the Antichrist.
3. As the King of Israel, he confirms the Mt. Sinai covenant for the 7 year cycle required by Deuteronomy 31:10-11. (the traditional view is that he makes a 7 year peace treaty instead)
4. Half way through the 7 years, he reveals himself to be the man of sin, and claims to be God, 2Thessalonians2. The Jews are mortified and reject him as being their King of Israel. His stint of being the Antichrist is officially over at that point.
5. God has the man of sin killed for going into the temple and claiming to be God, Ezekiel 28:1-10. In Isaiah 14:19-20, God in his disdain for the person, brings him back to life.
6. Satan and the brought back to life man of sin conspire to be possessed by the unclean spirit of an ancient person currently in the bottomless pit. Possessed by the unclean spirit, he becomes the 8th Julio-Claudian King of the Roman Empire, endtimes, the EU final form, as the beast of Revelation 13.
The big difference in my view and the traditional views is (1) the basis for the 7 years and what starts it, and (2) that the person is only the Antichrist while he is the King of Israel, which will be for about 3 1/2 years (the first half of the 7 years).
The rest of the time, before and after, the person is associated with the Roman Empire, end times, as the 7th and 8th king of it. That's why you don't see "the Antichrist" term anywhere in Revelation.
The last historicist I heard said that the popular revivalism of today was the spirit of AC because it had subjectivized the historic Gospel--the 'gospel' of the changed life. Speaking in the 70s he predicted that it would join spiritualities with many others considered to be at odds, all on the basis of 'this changed my life.' That was their understanding of Daniel's 'truth was thrown to the ground.'
The start of Rev. 12 is where John will begin seeing a section as to signs.
Rev. 15 shows him the sign of seven angels. This whole signs section
was actually seen during Rev. 7. John saw signs that led him to viewing
actions by seven angels. This made those angels later called in Rev. 8-"the seven angels". This set descends in Rev. 15 and ascends in Rev. 7 to
go seal the 144,000. Later, they become the trumpets and vials set of angels.
What John saw after the end of Rev. 11 was actually the start of Rev. 16.
John didn't describe any earthquake damage at the end of Rev.11, as no quake took place to damage anything. This is just like in Rev. 8 a bit before the seven angels prepared themselves to sound. There isn't an earthquake (in the time of trumpets) nor great hail (in the time of vials) until the end. John was getting clued in as to how long each set of plagues would last. The trumpets end with an earthquake, while the vials will end with great hail.
I believe as the Christian Church has always believed:
That there will come a day when the Lord Jesus Christ will return, coming as judge of both the living and the dead. The dead shall be raised, the righteous to eternal life, and the wicked to contempt. God will make all things new, wipe away every tear, and in God's new world there will be no more suffering, no more dying. But peace, justice, and life forever and ever.
The various "end times" scenarios of modern popular Christian fiction, such as the "Left Behind" books are nothing more than populist tripe. Bad theology built upon bad theology.
What we hope for is Christ the Lord, coming again, and our eternal home with Him when God sets the world--all creation--right. Not in a far-away place up in the sky, but right here on solid earth, because when Jesus comes the dead are raised up--you and I are raised up, bodily, from the dirt of the earth to new and eternal life in and with God. Forever. World without end.
-CryptoLutheran
This sounds - to me - a lot like some of the traditional views I hear, but can see where you have a few different pieces on this.
I tend to not see this in Daniel as many who hold this view have.
That verse seems to have been fulfilled in the time of Maccabees, and while it may have future stance... I am not sure what that may be.
I tend to *not* see "the man of sin" as being one person, either. A major reason for this is, for one, you do have a role like the Pope (though I find this 'not so plausible'), but above all, for two, you have so many who act as if they are the 'man of sin'. For instance, the evolutionist idea is that human beings are effectively the height of creation, and essentially as gods.
What verse? Of what chapter? I didn't refer to a specific verse in Daniel.
I referred to Daniel 7 and 8, the emergence of the little horn. In Daniel 11, the historical parts, have a verse that refers to the Macabbees.
The end times verses of Daniel 11 begin in Daniel 11:36 which is the willful King claiming to be greater than any god, and speaking against the true God. The willful king in Daniel 11:36 is the beast of Revelation 13, the person in that last 42 months.
Okay, you are rambling. Making fragmented statements. And confusing the views of others, not really understanding those views, then misrepresenting those views in your "evaluations".
Start putting together a start to finish end times scenario of your own that everything fits. When you are done or gone as far as you can, put it in outline form, and open a new thread for everyone to see. We can go from there. We can't push jello here, and that is what you are presenting.
And/or focus on a single end times matter, make a thread regarding that specific subject. And we can go from there.
I personally am done with this thread.
No Jello, Spanky ?
That's right. No Jello !
Hi Midst,
I'm thrilled you asked. As we study Revelation, we want to make sure that the grammar lines up. We need to follow proper rules of grammar
to see how events (chapters or such) come together. Rev. 15 begins with the word "And". This lets us know it must make a smooth connection to somethng else that John previously wrote about seeing or hearing.
Rev. 15:1
"And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous..."
So with this verse we should understand that John is now seeing a later
sign in heaven and we should learn what that sign is.
What was the first sign in heaven that John saw?
What was the second?
Is this the third sign in heaven?
The signs began to be shown to John at chapter 12.
Rev. 12:1
"And there appeared a great wonder in heaven, a woman..."
appeared a great wonder
We know this is the very first of the group of signs in heaven, because
John wrore it here as - a.
a great wonder in heaven
Next, John told us about a woman.
John did not say - the woman. So we can tell that this is the very
first time John sees her.
Rev. 12:3 will tell us about the second sign in heaven that John
saw.
Rev. 12:3
"And there appeared another wonder in heaven...a great red dragon..."
Watch what John did at this point. He told us - another - and a.
another wonder
a great red dragon.
The phrase "another wonder" reveals that at least one other wonder
was seen ahead of this wonder.
The part as to "a" great red dragon -revealed that John is only now
viewing this dragon for the first time, as he is marking off to his readers just when this dragon entered the book of Revelation.
If we use this method to try to put Revelation in the order that John
experienced, then we can learn a whole lot more as to what is going on
in this book.
Looking at how Rev. 7 begins, we have the following:
Rev. 7:1
"And after these things I saw four angels..."
John used - And
John used - after these
John marked the starting point of four angels.
This set of angels must stay standing on the four corners of the earth to keep
the winds from blowing. This means they can't be helping to seal people.
John also told us about another angel.
Rev. 7:2
"And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of God..."
John told us - another.
We know that he then is coming with a group of other angels.
All of these angels that ascend from the east will be the ones that go out and
seal the 144,000. We know that John is not just seeing one angel at this point with
the task of sealing people, because the angel even tells that he comes as "we".
Jesus did predict the destruction of the temple, and he also referred to the destruction of Israel.
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