Well you keep insisting that this is condemnation, but it is not necessarily so. Christians have no choice except to recognize various groups of other Christians by their doctrines, so a "label" must be applied, whether it is neutral or pejorative. For evangelical Christians, Protestants are those who came out of the RCC for good reasons. For Catholics, Protestants are heretics.
Heretics in the eyes of God per His words counts when a believer is in iniquity.
So it is with understanding Bible prophecy.
This would fall under "we prophesy in part and know in part", but hardly heresy, unless used to judge others in iniquity which would be an action not to do so in the eyes of the Lord & His words when involving understanding Revelation.
Some claim that everything in Revelation was already fulfilled by 70 AD. That is absurd. Those are the Preterists.
It is absurd, but obviously hid to them that fail to see that there was no time on earth where a number system was imposed on all the living in order to buy & sell to survive in that world order, and so it is yet to be.
Others claim that everything in Revelation has been fulfilled (or is being fulfilled) during Church history. That is unrealistic. Those are the Historicists.
Again, there was no number system imposed on all the living to buy & sell in order to survive in that world order where the church was persecuted to death by it for not having it & the dire consequence for having that mark of the beast.
Revelation 13:
[SUP]16 [/SUP]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:[SUP] 17 [/SUP]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.[SUP]18 [/SUP]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.
Revelation 14:[SUP]9 [/SUP]And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and
receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,[SUP] 10 [/SUP]The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:[SUP]11 [/SUP]And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Still others believe that while the first five seals of Revelation have already been opened, the 6th and 7th seal judgments are yet future. This matches Scripture as well as reality. These are the Futurists.
I am one to believe that in order for any of those judgments to be given, all of the seven seals had to be broken for that to be open. When there is seven seals on one thing, they all have to be broken for all those judgement to be given out.
In Revelation 8th chapter, it testify after the seventh seal that one third of the earth is burned up.
In Revelation 14th chapter, it started out hinting of the pre trib rapture having been taken place by describing from out of those living on the earth that were raptured who made up that special choir that follows Jesus around wherever He goes.
Then it addresses the 3 angels where the one is giving the everlasting gospel everywhere in the world so that no one has no excuse of not knowing the gospel. Then the second angel heralds the fall of Babylon which I believe is when the third of the earth will be burned up, taking Babylon with it which I believe to be USA and the entire Western Hemisphere. A solar flare that burns one third side of the earth? I know not. But the 3rd angel gives warning after that calamity of the consequence for any one taking the mark of the beast to buy & sell to survive in that coming new world order will be cast into the lake if fire.. no matter what.
That sets the hour of temptation that shall try all upon the earth that those saints of the Church at Philadelphia will miss out on as they will be raptured to escape that hour of temptation that shall try all upon the earth whereas those who do not depart from iniquity as stated of the church at Thyatira, will be cast int the bed of the great tribulation.
God is judging His House first at the pre trib rapture event and those not found abiding in Him & His words as kept in the KJV by His grace & by His help, will become castaways to be received later on after the great tribulation as vessels unto dishonor in His House. That is the whole point of God addressing the 7 churches to prepare themselves or else.
But only God can help believers to see and heed the call to abide in Him as His disciples and lean on Him to be willing to leave as well before the Bridegroom comes, because in Revelation 18th chapter at the fall of Babylon, is when the voice of the bride & bridegroom will no longer be heard in her any more because the Bridegroom had come & gone, and those saints left behind will be forced to be made to rest from their laboring in unbelief as their works that deny Him, will follow them to the dust.... but because that foundation remains.. that seal of His is still on them... He still abides and as their Good Shepherd, He will get those lost sheep of His and bring them Home, wiping the tears from their eyes to get past their loss of that first inheritance so they can serve the King of kings with joy and gladness in the milleniel reign of Christ.