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Nah just has not happened yet ...it refers to the last generation ... You don't believe in Jesus prophecies?
No I don't. I believe that the apocalyptic expectations of the early church were a huge mistake That has haunted and will continue to haunt Christianity down through the centuries.
I do not believe that it is intellectually, emotionally or even spiritually healthy to live our lives in constant expectation of the end times. We should live our lives optimistically with a view to making this world a better place not just today or tomorrow but into the far distant future.
I don't think so. At that time, the beast will persecute the Jews for having rejecting him as continuing as their King of Israel.The final antichrist may say .."Let us cut off the Jews and Israelites because they are worshiping falsely in their temple worship"...."Their house is left desolate" ..."We are the temple of God" ....."They are cursed people, forsaken of God"..."They have returned to the law and brought curses upon us"..."Come, let us take their land for ourselves"....."We are the children of God".... "Gods spirit is within us"... "God is with us"
Jack, you are in the wrong forum, imo. You are not going to convince anyone here of your value sytem of the end times.No I don't. I believe that the apocalyptic expectations of the early church were a huge mistake That has haunted and will continue to haunt Christianity down through the centuries.
I do not believe that it is intellectually, emotionally or even spiritually healthy to live our lives in constant expectation of the end times. We should live our lives optimistically with a view to making this world a better place not just today or tomorrow but into the far distant future.
I don't think so. At that time, the beast will persecute the Jews for having rejecting him as continuing as their King of Israel.
That is when the Jews's eyes are opened and they embraced Jesus as the messiah.
At the Jewish sites and on the Tovia Singer You Tube videos comments, I have bee trying to alert the Jews since they believe the Messianic age begins in Zechariah 14 - that if the mount of Olives has not been split, then the person is the Antichrist and it will give the appearance of the messianic age beginning, but it will be a false messianic age. Planting seeds.
dfw, what if you had all nations as being - north, south, east, and west?Good for you Doug ..planting seeds ......
At some point in the future the antichrist leaves Jerusalem after placing his idol and beast worship ... To tackle the north and east of his kingdom ...but towards the end he gathers the nations to mt Megiddo ...the decent of terror upon Israel ... When he reaches Jerusalem half the city is taken then the lord returns to mount of olives ..
Well, you had written......"To tackle the north and east of his kingdom ...but towards the end he gathers the nations to mt Megiddo ...the decent of terror upon Israel ... When he reaches Jerusalem half the city is taken then the lord returns to mount of olives ."
You are identifying the north and the east. What about the west and the south?
(match the colors)Oh.. Ok... I believe the bible says his kingdom is attacked from the north and east of his kingdom ... After he gets the victory north and east of his kingdom ,he returns to Israel to destroy the rebellion lead by 2 witnesses ..
If his kingdom consist of the old Grecian empire territory which is the 4 horns that were separated by Alexander generals after Alexander died united again under him , then north and east of his kingdom will need to be dealt with ...
There seems to be no threat from the west ..Because those nations submit to him ... The south will be first to be put down by him
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dfw, if I were building your scenario (which I don't think is totally right, but nontheless), the little horn heads south and east toward Israel wth a great army (implied) in Daniel 8:9. Which would put him coming from the west - because the King of the South attacks him, his headquarters in Jerusalem Building on your theory using Daniel 11
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
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So his headquarters are attacked in Jerusalem by the King of the South, then the King of the North attacks him from the north. Then the Kings of the east head toward the middle east....
44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
Revelation 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
These battles, to fight the two witnesses, though, dfw ? That scenario? Not so much.
Jesus said...
Revelation 1:3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
Jesus said....
So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
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What you are espousing, Jack - is to be foolish, instead of wise. Plus, you have made the same statement in several threads. Spam.
This is an eschatology forum. We don't care about the head-in-the-sand approach you advocate under the guise of making the world a better place to live.
Go to another forum. You are wasting our time here. We don't care about your philosophy in this forum. If you want to live in ignorance, no one here is going to try and convince you otherwise. At the same time, no-one here wants to hear your don't care about God, self righteous garbage.
I'm not trying to argue but calling someone garbage is kind of going over the line.
That is all I have to say in this part of the forum.
I didn't call anyone garbage. What Jack is advocating is garbage, not Jack himself. What Jack is saying is dangerous business because he is saying don't pay any attention to the bible prophecies - that is garbage.I'm not trying to argue but calling someone garbage is kind of going over the line.
That is all I have to say in this part of the forum.
In Revelation 11, the beast makes war on the two witnesses and kills them - at the end of their 1260 testimony. So why did the beast wait 1260 days before he kills them.Yes that's the scriptures I was referring to...
IMHO...He is king of the north (Israel ) not Judah which is the King of the south.. ...unless the king of the south refers to Egypt ... Which is doubtful ...
The two witnesses are killed by him and after 3 days they rise up to heaven ...just before Jesus returns
In Revelation 11, the beast makes war on the two witnesses and kills them - at the end of their 1260 testimony. So why did the beast wait 1260 days before he kills them.
I think your timing is off, dfw. In Revelation 13, with 42 months left in the 7 years,
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
So they are saying who is able to make war with beast... and yet for 1260 days he cannot kill the two witnesses, in your scenario? That doesn't make sense, dfw.
My view is that the two witnesses testify for the first 1260 days of the 7years - against the Antichrist person, the person Israel has embraced as their king - who turns bad and becomes the beast, who kills them as soon as he becomes the beast. Leaving the 42 months, which people will actually have a reason to say who is able to make war against the beast - because for 1260 days no-one could stop the witnesses, until the person becomes the beast and as the beast he is able to kill them.