Revelation is not written to incite fearmongoring amongst believers but rather an encouragement to draw near to God no matter what the circumstances.
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The Koran explains that during a holy war, they're soldiers were to be most effective in fighting by attacking at the necks. Terrorists, or Islamic extremists, use a particular passage in the Koran as their reason for beheading. In doing so, they believe by dying as a Mayrter they get a free ticket to heaven. That is why they usually want to kill those they believe are sinners because in doing so, no effort of repentance or godliness will be judged of them. Their religion is based on holliness, but if you are not holy, they must die in battle and their sins are pardoned. Sadly, these are taught this at a very young age. I even watched a video of a five year old child who volunteered as a student to have his head chopped off at the hands of another student. The instructor kept chanting, "How beautiful it is to give your life and see God's face".
Speaking in human terms, their customs and beliefs are twisted and SICK! VERY SICK! Now Christians who choose to die is not the same thing as killing yourself and calling yourself a mayrter. Early Church Fathers were killed for standing up for their belief and refusing to bow the knee to the Emperor, or at least his statue. Diocletian was the last to do this in the 3rd century, and God sent a nasty plague which killed him.
But that is the reason why Islmaic extremists are doing what they do. They misunderstand the Koran, which was written to encourage the 7th century battles against their enemies to kill by striking at the necks.
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The 7 year period will commence when "that which witholds is taken out of the way". What do you suggest has been taken out of the way just recently?
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That is strange -I thought you would have known that . I assume you are not a pre tribulationist.
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I would also be interested in how you know this.
Matthew 24 tells us that no man knows the hour or the second coming. I also think its a good indication of the rapture, plus if we knew the start of the tribulation, we could mark seven years from now on our calanders, and know the exact date. Could you please explain how you know the mark will be within seven years?
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Exactly. There will be no doubt about what the Mark represents. If the chips that are mentioned in the news are for medical purposes or something similar, then these are not the Mark of the Beast. The Mark spoken of in the Bible will be the mark of complete allegiance to the Antichrist.
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I also think that for the mark to be effective it has to be inexpensive, safe, and able to be applied world wide even in countries that have little resources. This is why I see a tattoo as most logical and the avoidance of it because of God's attitude. Perhaps in technically advanced countries a chip may well be involved in personal ID for various reasons but I dont see that as "mark" related
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