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Originally posted by theyreadmymind
reply to post by Guzzeppi
That's exactly what I was coming here to say except for the BS part. There was no clear reason why he chose that word. It appears he just picked it because he thought it was a synonym, but we would need someone who is well-versed in both of these languages to tell us if that is even good practice to do so in a situation like this.
If God put that there for us to find you'd think we wouldn't have to do back-flips to make it fit unless God wanted to throw a dose of doubt into the mix, which I guess is possible. You know, God can't have people actually knowing things as that would destroy the whole purpose of faith.
[edit on 31-7-2009 by theyreadmymind]
Originally posted by Webmusher
So, if there is no Santa Claus, then why do we have thousands of icons to him and celebrate his arrival every year? Prove to me he does not exist.
Originally posted by Neo Christian Mystic
reply to post by TheAmused
Has it ever occured to you that USA may be the Red Water Dragon with Pentagon and it's 10 horns (Lat. cornus means both corner and horn, and an extruded pentagon has ten horns or corners)? Another interresting thing with USA, is how one of Satan's most prominent names is Ba'al Sebul, Canaanese for Lord of Rising, often perverted into Beelzebub -- "Lord of the Flies". In Hebrew the word for or "rising" is Nasa. The crew of a regular spaceflight with the space shuttle carries seven astronauts etc. The Allseeing Eye might be ISS, I don't know, but there's a bunch of Satanic lore woven into the US culture and nation.
Maybe USA will fall during the reign of Barak Obama. Another verse you should have remembered in addition to the one you quoted, is the following from Luke 17:24 "For the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other."
[edit on 31/7/2009 by Neo Christian Mystic]
In Christ, humanity is shown an example of the fullness of the Godhead (cf. Col. 2:9). The Antichrist, by contrast, will unite in himself all incompleteness, all imperfection, and deficiency.
The symbol of imperfection - that seeks to appear as perfection - is none other than the number six.
In the number of the beast this imperfection is raised to its extreme: it is not merely six, but six hundred, sixty-six!
If the Son of God co-exists indivisibly and in unconfused union with the Father and the Holy Spirit,
the son of perdition,
Antichrist,
exists in the closest possible union with satan and his false prophet.
The three of them together represent a false trinity,
as it were: the spirit of malice-the beast-the second beast.
These three deficient persons,
one in their spiritual essence,
are united in a single incompleteness,
whose symbol is 666. And so, the number of the name of the beast contains in condensed form the entire diabolical confession of the false religion of the Antichrist.
Herein lies the evil power of this bestial name.
“Here is wisdom.
Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast” (Revelation 13.18)?
In other words, a special gift of wisdom,
of spiritual understanding,
is required in order to understand this mystery.
And who, in our corrupt generation can claim to have that gift,
which was not given to the Holy Fathers of earlier generations and has not been given to the leaders of the Church in the present generation?
It is precisely for this reason that no attempt will be made in this article to provide a definitive answer to the question: who (or what) is the beast,
and what is the meaning of his number?
Instead, a different, but perhaps more necessary question will be addressed: do we have good reason to believe that we have reached the very last times of the world?
More precisely: have all the prophecies relating to the times preceding the appearance of the Antichrist already been fulfilled?
Has the reign of the Antichrist begun~
The beast who came from the sea and the beast who came out of the earth (Rev. chs. 13-14).
The majority of the Holy Fathers understand "the beast from the sea" to be the antichrist and "the beast from the earth" to be the false prophet.
The sea symbolizes the unbelieving mass of humanity, which is always restless and turbulent with passions.
From further narrative about the beast and from a parallel narrative of the prophet Daniel (Dan. chs. 7-8),
it follows that the beast is the whole godless empire of the antichrist.
In their outer appearance the dragon-devil and the beast coming from the sea, to whom the dragon passed on its rule, resemble each other.
Their external attributes denote their slyness, cruelty, and moral indecency....
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Originally posted by helen670
Why do people keep MAKING up their OWN ideas of who or what the antichrist is?
Did you know that by doing this, one can easily be deceived...this is EXACTLY what the DEVIL wants to do.
Many names have been ascined to 666 and all have fallen,so there needs to be an inner meaning to what it stands for...not an EXTERIOR one!
The actual number 666 is to SUM up the whole of the Antichrist-Beast
“Here is wisdom.
Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast” (Revelation 13.18)?
Count is not accurate for the understanding, It is pebble, small stones used in counting lots to relatives. Like drawing straws.
You obviously note that the number is not 666, but rather 600, and 10 percent of that is 60 and 10 percent of that is 6. This number is speaking of 3 generations or Lot's, because God retains a 10th, that is a tithe. This is closing the pyramid/Ark/Pr that is House by three 60 degree turns or turning 180 degrees from live which is Evil. This is ending the life in you by not reproducing, there fore the anti christ is not one, but is deceiving all who are committing the Abomination of Desolation...the ending of the bloodline...the land you are given to possess.
Who claims to have such understanding, if the Early Christians themselves felt 'Unworthy' to decipher the Antichrists name?
God is true, if you see truth you will hear God and fear for your life in you.
1Jn 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
1Jn 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
2Jn 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
A spirit and a mindset, not an individual. God doesn't honor a man.
Christ means Anointed. Jesus means "Self existent salvation" It is IN this name you are saved, by action, not saying a name. To confess is to confer...action, after camera, after Lights.
Self existent salvation anointed. Who ever is not doing this, is anti Christ.
This is the truth, and what we know. Bear no life, have no life to witness...see truth. "Forbid not the children to come to me"
Spirit and truth means Cause and Effect, saying and doing.
The kingdom does not come with observation. Seeing people give life, is not having life...it's voyeuristic and vanity making your life for not.
Ecc 3:18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
When the 7 billionth soul is served, so is the beast with 7 HEADS and 10 HORNS....Trumpets blow through an O as voices blow through mouths. It crowns your judgment with your own words. (not you specifically helen, but us all)
As of July 9th......World 6,774,592,730
Sign post up ahead....
"Time keeps on tickin, tickin, tickin into the future"
Originally posted by Zenagain
I ask myself almost daily why I still come to this site. The amount of idiocy here is like a tsunami. Yes, our President is the Anti-Christ. Any day now he's going to ask you to sacrifice your firstborns. Come on people, do better than this. He may be a great President, he may be a totally crappy President, but he's our damned President. Now shut up, grow up, and lets proceed as adults please.
Originally posted by letthereaderunderstand
We are allowed to know everything, it's what we choose to believe that hinders us.
Originally posted by omarsharif
He does give us more liberty in sacrificing our children, but only before they are born. after killing them they are (most of them) also send off to be burned. (ritual?)
Originally posted by Neo Christian Mystic
Originally posted by omarsharif
He does give us more liberty in sacrificing our children, but only before they are born. after killing them they are (most of them) also send off to be burned. (ritual?)
Until a foetus breathes for the first time, it is per definition a parasite inside it's incubator, and works as a fixed part of the person or incubator growing it. Can you kill or murder a part of someone? Sacrifise OK, but kill? No.
Mat 26:24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
Originally posted by Lemon.Fresh
reply to post by Neo Christian Mystic
What is breath?
Originally posted by Southern Guardian
From what I understand the anti-christ will consist of two individuals 1 military dictator from Jordan and another one posing as a religious leader.