Brother Ahwatukee
The true definition of the word worship means to adore fervently. Billions of people are not going to fervently adore an actual image placed in a new holy stone building. People are going to adore fervently the image they will have of the beasts system that will provide them great economic prosperity. Common sense, not dogma.
This "propaganda imagery" is not what the scripture is speaking of. This is going to be a literal image of the beast that will be placed in the literal coming temple in Israel on the temple mount in the holy place, which is the room just outside of the Holy of Holies. You are interpreting the literal as being spiritual or symbolic and that is not the meaning of the scripture.
At the time when the beast rises from the sea, the Antichrist calls to an end the daily sacrifice that will be the war ensuing throughout the Middle East (Isaiah 28:18-20). It is during the commencing of the 2nd half of the middle of the seven year period (Daniel 9:27) in which the image of material prosperity (idolatry) is propagated throughout the Middle East and the world. This is when to run from that image/propaganda.Regarding the abomination, there will obviously be a literal object within the holy place that causes Israel to flee out to the mountains of Judea. Imagery is not going to do that. They will be fleeing because an idolatrous image will be placed with in the temple. And according to the law given from God through Moses, that is blasphemous.
The remnant who survive the GT will be here, and the Lord will gather His people (spiritual Israel) from the four winds and bring them to the Middle East.We (the church) will not be here during the time of the antichrists reign, as the church must be gone prior to the beginning of God's wrath. It is the great tribulation saints and the woman/Israel and who will be upon the earth during the time of God's wrath, the day of the Lord. The church will have already been gathered
People are going to worship (fervently adore) the beast for all the material goodies his system will provide, and they will fervently adore the imagery/propaganda supporting its system.People are going to worship the beast and his image and receive his mark, because they will believe him to be God and that because of the miracles, signs and wonders that the false prophet will be performing.[/I]
Yes, if the Lord did not put the beasts system to a close, life would be over for all. I can only imagine how destructive to the environment his system will be. Then again, Revelation 9 in which the bottomless pit is opened describes some of the catastrophes that will result.Amen to the bolded and that is what the bible teaches...there is no secret, imminent return of Christ where the faithful saved go poof and disappear en masse while the world wonders where we went......it will occur after the period labeled the great tribulation and even JESUS himself tells us this in Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21 and if he did not step in when he does there would be NO FLESH LEFT ALIVE which indicates he STEPS IN during a very graphic, lethal time in hun history....and PAUL's language bears this out as well....AFTER the man of sin has been revealed for who he is, after a great apo-hystamie from the truth.....THE beast wears out, makes war and over comes the SAINTS of GOD
SAINTS identified as saved, immersed church members throughout the WHOLE N.T. and REVELATION is written to 7 churches which make up the gambit of every church to be found on the planet.....
Rev 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Rev 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
this is before the seals open in the next chapter.
Yes, if the Lord did not put the beasts system to a close, life would be over for all. I can only imagine how destructive to the environment his system will be. Then again, Revelation 9 in which the bottomless pit is opened describes some of the catastrophes that will result.
louis,
The beast is the iron legs/toes of the statue in Dan. 2, and the 4th beast of Dan. 7.
The iron beast is Rome.
The mark of the beast, is the mark of Caesar.
abcd said:Snoozy,
This scene takes place in 96 ad approx.
abcdef,louis,
The beast is the iron legs/toes of the statue in Dan. 2, and the 4th beast of Dan. 7.
The iron beast is Rome.
The mark of the beast, is the mark of Caesar.
Considering the evidence used to support both the earlier date and the later date for the writing of the Book of Revelation brings us to a simple conclusion. The most logical and historically responsible conclusion, based on all the evidence, is that Revelation was, in fact, written prior to AD 68 and many of the events foretold in it may refer to the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70.
abcdef are u saying that 1st resurrection is past already? thats not true
how come u guys dont see whats going on in the world? its the end of the end times, the last of the last days. the last minute of the last hour.
Snoozy,
I think everybody kind of agrees with you on that one!!! Ha Ha.
But the reasons that we believe that it is the end are different some times.
I believe that it is the end because Israel is restored to control of Jerusalem and surrounded by enemies, just like the scene at the 7th trumpet and the end of the mill Rev 20. (The Rev. is not one continual time line)
This planet ends after Jerusalem falls, 3 1/2 days to be exact (7th trumpet).
Yeah...I suggest a lesson and then go to Revelation and apply said lesson to the 1st and 2nd beast......
The word “he” is an example of a personal pronoun. He is third person (because he is the person being spoken about), singular, and masculine.
Do you realize how foolish you are going to feel (If Jerusalem gets invaded) when the sun rises on the fourth day thereafter?
Thousands and thousands of people have been predicting the end of the world for 50 generations........ 70 or 80 of those guys proclaiming it publicly and in print, right here in just the years I have been living.
The iron legs of Dan 2 are Rome, you agree that the legs dividing are Rome dividing.
And Dan. 7 shows the 4th beast as being Rome.
The beast that has 7 heads that are 7 hills/mts. in Rev 17:9 is Rome.
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Who is the head of Rome but Caesar/BoR?
When it talks about the beast, it is talking about all three entities at once, Satan (the dragon), Rome (the beast), and Caesar/BoR (the leader/head of the beast).
The sea mentioned in Rev 13:1, is the sea of the gentile peoples Rev 17:15. See how the whole passage symbolic.
The beast that comes out of the sea of the gentiles has 7 heads and ten horns, Rome. Caesar is Rome.
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The beast that comes up from the earth is rising from the religious world, as the earth is closer to heaven and God than the sea of the gentiles. This is religious Rome, Caesar worship (worship the creation, man as god).
The Roman Empire died, but Caesar worship continued to this day, under the form of the Vatican/BoR.
Considering the evidence used to support both the earlier date and the later date for the writing of the Book of Revelation brings us to a simple conclusion. The most logical and historically responsible conclusion, based on all the evidence, is that Revelation was, in fact, written prior to AD 68 and many of the events foretold in it may refer to the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70.