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25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
"He is not yet come, tho he cannot be far off, for he is to appear at the end of the forty two months of the first beast."
11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. 12 It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. 13 And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. 14 Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. 16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name
tsingtao
Utnapisjtim
brazenalderpadrescorpio
reply to post by BELIEVERpriest
But, according to scriptural reasoning, why would God give natural Israel a chance if they rejected the Messiah?
Jesus never seem to have wanted to be a messiah/king in the first place, it was the later Church who turned him into the Christ. Jesus just wanted to be left alone and go about with his rabbi'ing and making doors (walk through walls) and boats (walking on water) and telling riddles:
John 6:15 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
And in the Apocalypse Jesus' heir is the Christ. Jesus will be his Father/God:
Rev 21:7 The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son.
edit on 27-3-2014 by Utnapisjtim because: flesh to the boneedit on 27-3-2014 by Utnapisjtim because: +riddlesedit on 27-3-2014 by Utnapisjtim because: Rev quote
you can't be serious.
lol!
Jesus knew his mission on earth.
DUH! ya think?
where do u people get this stuff?
u think it up all on your own? talk to a rabbi or a priest.
defcon5
reply to post by Krazysh0t
The following is my opinion as a member participating in this discussion.
Daniel was always sent an angel to explain his prophecies, and many his prophecies have already come true. Again, so many had come true even by the time of Rome that it has been used as a tool to re-date the writing of Daniel to later times by some modern scholars. As an example, his description of Alexander the Great is one of the most commonly quoted prophecies that is used to state it was written after Alexander's time.
As to why to believe that style of interpretation, well... Because there are only three ways to interpret it, and two of those ways both came from the Council of Trent, as part of the Protestant Counter Reformation, via the Jesuit Order of the Roman Catholic Church:
Futurism: Written by Jesuit Francisco Ribera in 1585 under the title “In Sacrum Beati Ioannis Apostoli, & Evangelistiae Apocalypsin Commentarij”.
Preterism: Written by Jesuit Luis del Alcázar as written in his 1614 commentary Vestigatio arcani sensus in Apocalypsi.
Their only purpose was to deflect away criticism of the Pope as being mentioned in prophecy.
The third and final way to interpret the prophecies is:
Historicism: Started with Martin Luther and was continued on by other protestant reformers such as John Calvin, John Wesley, and even Sir Issac Newton.
The Horae Apocalypticae compares the three schools in what is considered the most comprehensive writing on the topic, and comes to the conclusion that Historicism is in fact the proper way to interpret them. The problem is that most DON'T KNOW HISTORICISM, they only know Futurism, which is why you keep getting all this guessing, speculating, and wrong interpretations.
There are two very prominent groups who want to ensure that Futurism remains the leading style of interpretation in the protestant denominations: 1) the Roman Catholic Church, and 2) those who want to see a rebuilt Israel and Temple. They make sure that only Futurism gets all the “press”, which is why its what you see on TV, movies, and in most books.
As an ATS Staff Member, I will not moderate in threads such as this where I have participated as a member.
edit on 3/28/2014 by defcon5 because: (no reason given)
BELIEVERpriest
reply to post by Utnapisjtim
Jesus was called the Lamb of God by John the Baptist. That title is associated with an atoning sacrifice.
BELIEVERpriest
Jesus willingly died.
BELIEVERpriest
reply to post by Utnapisjtim
Jesus is our creator.
Krazysh0t
reply to post by ketsuko
I'm not allowed to give the skeptic's view of things? We all just have to postulate with the given premise that the Book of Revelation is a true account? I wasn't aware that there were rules to what I can and cannot believe before I click on a thread. My bad.
I happen to like debating with religious people. Bring some reality to all the magic of the bible. Don't get upset because I happen to be a fervent disbeliever in the bible.edit on 28-3-2014 by Krazysh0t because: (no reason given)