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No, the "church" did. A tithe in biblical times was a food offering, not coin or money.
originally posted by: NightFlight
God didn't think that money was evil, he demanded a tithe, 10 percent.
originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
Personally I've never read anything as ridiculous as Revelation...
Maybe a couple of the Goosebumps franchise when I was younger.
originally posted by: the2ofusr1
a reply to: radarloveguy
Op , what you may be describing is Mystery Babylon .
The Anti-Christ is a he . A person ....
Money is a agreeable form of exchange .Money is not really a evil thing but it can corrupt and cause damage or at least the people obsessed with it .
Other then that good post ..
revelations 16:
10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in agony 11 and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done.
12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East. 13 Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.
15 “Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”
Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image.
Revelation 16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
Here are the main verses on 666, the mark of the beast:
Revelation 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Revelation 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Revelation 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. (666)
New Testament ‘scholars’ erroneously/deliberately mistranslated the classical Greek word charagma as ‘mark' rather than money. Look the word up in the unabridged Greek lexicon by H.B. Liddell and see the correct, in context translation is money.
In 66 AD, the Jews revolted against the Romans and coined their own money. Therefore, the “Revelation” is: “Nero the Beast’s money is evil and our Jewish money is good.”
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, 1 Kings 10:14
. This is the first occurrence of the number 666 in the Bible. Many scholars have attempted to link 666 to Solomon or the Queen of Sheba but the plain fact is that the direct context of 666 in this verse is gold, six hundred threescore and six talents of gold to be exact.
There's also another "image" in Daniel that's made of gold and shares similar characteristics with the Mark of the Beast and 666. These characteristics include the numbers six and sixty as well as idolatry and punishment for those that refuse to worship the image (Revelation 13:15).
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. Daniel 3:1
cts is the only other book that uses the word charagma, the same Greek word translated as mark in Revelation. It's only used once, translated as "graven," and like 1 Kings is used in the same context as gold. Also alluded to is the Mark of the Beast's connection to idolatry.
In the USA, 98-99% of all transactions are already cashless, and cash represents about 1-4% of bank deposits.
originally posted by: Ophiuchus 13
Following the OP premise what would the three unclean spirits be?
Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.
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originally posted by: radarloveguy
In this thread I am hoping to expose the Anti-christ,
which I believe to be an all-pervading system on this world,
led by the dragon,.... satan.
The conspiracy is huge , and exposing it is that first baby
step towards fixing it .......................
originally posted by: Rex282
originally posted by: radarloveguy
In this thread I am hoping to expose the Anti-christ,
which I believe to be an all-pervading system on this world,
led by the dragon,.... satan.
The conspiracy is huge , and exposing it is that first baby
step towards fixing it .......................
This is incorrect.There is no such person as The Antichrist
it does NOT mean “against Jesus Christ”.
John used antichrist to describe a group of people that were starting a new deceptive religion which became Christianity.Yahoshua implicitly warned the disciples about these many people when he told the disciples:
“Do not be deceived for MANY will come in my name and say they are christ[anointed] and deceive many.”
it is nothing more than pedantic pedestrian foolishness.
Yes rampant capitalism is a great evil of plutocracy however it is NOT the antichrist John wrote or Yahoshua spoke of
It is the epitome of foolishness to extrapolate concepts from the bible and proclaim them as visionary prophecies when they are chicanery of Chicken Littleism “the sky is falling” fear mongering.
Yes the 1% are a great evil on this world however they are NOT antichrist .The religion of Christianity IS clearly antichrist by the words of Yahoshua himself and confirmed by the apostle John.It is about a group of people that are deceived and deceivers of truth (claiming to be anointed) coming in Jesus name.This could ONLY be Christianity and Christianity has proved ample evidence of this for 2 thousand years.
The main purveyors of Antichrist theories are .....Christians!!! It is a deluded diversion pointing the finger in every direction but IN.As the saying goes “WE have met the enemy and he is Us” will never be uttered by Christianity because they are completely blind to their plight..
John was talking about a large group group of “many” deceivers that “deny” the anointing (the power of the creator God)and propagate “their” anointing (self chosen status) as “Christians” in it’s place because of their belief in religious doctrines.
The fact is Christianity is the main source that has denied the coming of Yahoshua which means Yahweh(the creator God) is deliverance/salvation for ALL of creation including ALL of mankind.They “believe” they are the self elected chosen to be saved and everyone else who doesn't believe as they do will be tortured mercilessly by their God Jesus Christ.
Agreed. God is above ALL religions , and I'm sure in Heaven bigotry doesn't exist.
THIS religious perversion is the greatest evil that has ever been perpetrated by mankind.
Follow the money . It's behind ALL evil. It's greedy disciples use their enormous power to enslave and kill.
Billions of people literally ”hating” their billions of brothers and sisters
Sweeping generalisation much ?
idol of Christianity’s Jesus Christ.
He is the boss you know.
Corrupt money systems will come and go
No they don't 'go' . They've been with us since prehistory. Gold fever has killed billions , and blaming misled Christians is the dragon's MO.
The perversion of religion is ingrained into mankind and is the source of all hate.When that hate is preached in the name of their God those people are antichrists.
Agreed , but they are satans tools and a great diversion from who is BEHIND the scenes.
And who runs the BEAST money system .
IMO ....
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The fact is Christianity is the main source that has denied the coming of Yahoshua which means Yahweh(the creator God) is deliverance/salvation for ALL of creation including ALL of mankind.They “believe” they are the self elected chosen to be saved and everyone else who doesn't believe as they do will be tortured mercilessly by their God Jesus Christ.
THIS religious perversion is the greatest evil that has ever been perpetrated by mankind.
Billions of people literally ”hating” their billions of brothers and sisters
idol of Christianity’s Jesus Christ.
Corrupt money systems will come and go
The perversion of religion is ingrained into mankind and is the source of all hate.When that hate is preached in the name of their God those people are antichrists.
Now focus on the term “houses of God.” We saw that the final powerful religious leader will “plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas [Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea] in the glorious holy mountain” (Dan. 11:45). Comparing this passage with Psalm 83 makes clear they describe the same holy places in Jerusalem where the Jews’ daily sacrifices must already by then have been restarted.
Cahn said it is the altar that is the center of the abomination causing desolation.
"It was specifically the altar of the Temple that was desecrated by Antiochus Epiphanes in the days of the Maccabees that comprised the first abomination desolation and the foreshadowing of what will take place in the end-times," he said. "So any progress made toward the rebuilding of the altar is worthy of our attention."
Read more at www.wnd.com...
Altar of Jewish Holy Temple Rebuilt