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Originally posted by chebob
Originally posted by helen670
and both disrespect and lawlessness will~ increase. Then we will not recognize the world.
The appearances of people will change,
and one will not be able to tell the difference between men and women because of their,
shameful way of dressing and their hairstyles.
Parents will not be respected, nor will the elderly. :~ Love will disappear.
Christian leaders, archpriests and priests will be vain man [with only few exceptions]
totally ignorant of what is right and what is wrong
and then all the tradition of the Church and of the Christian people will change.
I can see all of this in our times.....I'm pretty convinced that we are in the midst of end times. As for the churches changing their tradition, I think that, although I am not Homophobic, the "Gay" issue is very likely to be the beggining of any big split in the church as a whole.....don't you think?
Originally posted by AlnilamOmega
if you are looking for the plans based on the end of days idea, look for two particular documents.
1. "the learned protocols of the learned elders of zion" which was writen by NWO zionists with plots to take over the world. some of the events mentioned did take place, like the alcohol prohibition and zionist infiltration in the media. notice, i said zionist, not jewish. i have no problems with jewish people whatsoever.
2. Adam Weishaupt's "Proofs of a Conspiracy"
do NOT rely on bible codes, book of revelations, but maybe check out the Zorah, too.all books mentioned here are documents written by NWO conspirators. ALL of them including St John the Baptists book of revelations which is just another manifesto for world domination (you know the drill: scare the public, pretend to be on their side, follow the plan to the letter and release more "prophecies" to maintain the coordination of all the BULLSHYT)
Originally posted by AlnilamOmega
as you said, st john is called just that by catholics. that religion, I am a part of.
well, actually... im in between religions right now. what with that Vatican and Holy Roman Empire charade and all...
thanks for responding in a nice manner and not taking offense from my words.
you seem like a person who has directly benefitted from the scriptures unlike most who instead of using it to augment their own spirituality use it to promogulate deity worship and the limitation of free will.
Originally posted by helen670
"What is the Church?"
is the most important question one can ask after "Who is Jesus Christ?
" For the Church is His Body (Ephesians 1:22-23) and "the pillar and ground of the Truth" (1 Timothy 3:15).
"Holy Father, keep through Thine own name those whom Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, as We are . . . Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on Me through their word;
That they all may be one;
as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us" (John 17:11; 20-21).
Christ prayed to His heavenly Father for the establishment, more correctly, for the restoration, on earth of the natural unity of all mankind.
Mankind was created from one common origin and of one source (cf. Acts 17:26).
The basis of Church unity does not consist of legal principles, which guard personal egoism, but love, which is the opposite of personal egoism.
In His parting conversation, Christ said to His disciples: "A new commandment I give unto you. That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another" (John 13:34-35).
It is this "new beginning" of Church unity which creates an organic unity rather than a mechanical unification of internally divided persons. Christ Himself likened Church unity to the organic unity of a tree with its branches (cf. Rom. 11:17,24).
After the descent of the Holy Spirit on Christ's disciples and apostles, the Church came into being as a visible community with a spiritual interrelation among its members.
Originally posted by helen670
"What is the Church?"
is the most important question one can ask after "Who is Jesus Christ?
" For the Church is His Body (Ephesians 1:22-23) and "the pillar and ground of the Truth" (1 Timothy 3:15).
"Holy Father, keep through Thine own name those whom Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, as We are . . . Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on Me through their word;
That they all may be one;
as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us" (John 17:11; 20-21).
Christ prayed to His heavenly Father for the establishment, more correctly, for the restoration, on earth of the natural unity of all mankind.
Mankind was created from one common origin and of one source (cf. Acts 17:26).
The basis of Church unity does not consist of legal principles, which guard personal egoism, but love, which is the opposite of personal egoism.
In His parting conversation, Christ said to His disciples: "A new commandment I give unto you. That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another" (John 13:34-35).
It is this "new beginning" of Church unity which creates an organic unity rather than a mechanical unification of internally divided persons. Christ Himself likened Church unity to the organic unity of a tree with its branches (cf. Rom. 11:17,24).
After the descent of the Holy Spirit on Christ's disciples and apostles, the Church came into being as a visible community with a spiritual interrelation among its members.
Originally posted by Megaquad
>Peter said that Rome was Babylon. John said that the highest priest of Babylon is the AntiChrist
You would somehow be able to connect that if all that was said by one person. But one was said by Peter, another by John.. they meant different things in different context.
Rome= Babylon
Peter could have meant on:
a) old Rome Empire or
b) new Rome Empire that EU wants to create.
"It will be the first time since the Roman Empire that bread, wine and salt can be bought with the same coin throughout western Europe. "
"For the first time since the Roman Empire we have the opportunity to unite Europe,"
--Romano Prodi, EU commision president
We know that Roman Empire was for most part hostile to Christians and we can presume that it will happen again.
Head of EU ('high priest'~leader) once it becomes more mature could be Antichrist.
Also:
Romans 1
To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Originally posted by helen670
Micro.......ekklisia means Church......
Kirios is interpreted as Lord in english....
Etymology of the word "church": Middle English "chirche", from Old English "cirice", ultimately from Late Greek "kyriakon", from Greek, neuter of "kyriakos": of the lord, from kyrios lord, master.
This is very interesting. According to one dictionary's etymology of the English word "church", it originated from a Greek word meaning "of the Lord".
The Greek word ekklesia, which is translated church, is a combination of the Greek word kaleo (which means to call) and ek, a preposition meaning out or out of. Therefore, ekklesia is properly translated as "called out ones".
Originally posted by hellfireburns
first off, I was reading some of your post and I was confused by which event that taken place already and which ones we live on right now. I read some of the predictions in the revelation, their has to be a third war before the anti-christ rebuilds the temple in Jeruselum, I already know, also, are we close to the third war?
-Anyway, I was thinking and thought to myself: Is this all right, do we(as humanity) deserve this, what kind of sin did we all commit to piss off God which will make him kill 1/3 of the population on Earth?
-I also read some of your post stating that Lucifer and Satan aren't actually the same, is this true? what would happen if their planets do line up?(Saturn and Venus)
Originally posted by uNBaLaNCeD
I study the bible to gain a more complete understanding of what it means to know God,according to the scriptures we were created in his image to live AS him,as he does,this is where everyone has become lost.
Step away and you can see this.