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But there is also the matter of the Antichrist and the False Prophet being tossed "alive" into the Lake of Fire. He is referred to as "him" in Revelation 13:4 and "he" in 13:5. Hard to read that any other way than that they are living (singular) human beings, invested with Satanic power. The...

Then who is the "man of sin" and the "son of perdition"? I understand that there is a "spirit of antichrist". It is quite obviously abroad today and has been since Jesus' advent. But there is the matter of the "little horn" of Daniel 7:8 ("horns" are seen as symbols of kingdoms or kings)...

That is why they are condemned already--for not believing in the Son of God. (John 3:18) But, faith in Jesus as the Messiah/Son of God is rapidly spreading in Israel and the Islamic world. Praise God! It is ultimately, the only hope for peace in the Middle East.

That makes Jesus into the Antichrist. Sorry to say this but that is utter blasphemy. The Temple was destroyed because of Israel's continued unbelief and because they persisted in thinking that war was the way to be rescued from under the heel of Rome. Sad that they seem to have never...

No, it was NOT destroyed--it was DESECRATED. Read the historical accounts of the period. That is what the "abomination of desolation" was--a DESECRATION! Antiochus Epiphanies ordered a pig to be sacrificed in the Temple of God--he did not order it to be burned down. If the Temple had been...

True--representation in the Knesset is neither here nor there ("Not by might, not by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord"). I was just using it as a gauge of how much the Jewish-Christian community had grown.

I had to think and pray about this one a bit. They did not have to rebuild the Temple after the desecration that was perpetrated by the Seleucid king, Antiochus IV Epiphanies (a type of the Antichrist). They did, however, need to re-dedicate it. The festival of Hanukkah (also known as the...

Official Judaism does not, but belief in Jesus is spreading rapidly in Israel, like a fire that burns through the underbrush of a forest. Jewish-Christians have formed a political party and they have been promised seats in the Israeli Knesset. We need to pray for them--they are often persecuted.

I agree--it is vital that Christians leave harlot churches. All of the Christians I know who were former Catholics, made the decision to leave it, some sooner, some later. They all said that reading and studying the Bible was what brought them to that decision. Probably why the RCC often...

Judas is an interesting case. Just before he "went out into the night" (a word picture) it was said that "Satan entered him". Since the Holy Spirit does not inhabit the same space with evil spirits, it is unlikely that Judas was ever truly a believer. We have clues throughout the NT that he...

I agree with you, for the most part. I do believe though that there are some real Christians in the RCC (few in the hierarchy). The "harlot Church" is comprised of all who say they believe but do not. However, I do not think any particular denomination is pure. As proof, we have the James...

Sadly true. Here's a link to a video that is a compilation of the preaching of five different pastors on the subject of holiness--very moving (only takes 10 minutes to watch--well worth the time). They are, in order, the late David Wilkerson of Times Square Church who used to weep and agonize...

No family, but I have Christian friends who have them. They usually have their favorite Bible verse tattooed on a wrist--sometimes on the lower leg. Certainly not their whole arm, shoulder and neck or anything like that.

LOL :D

Yes--Paul reaffirms that it isn't that meat sacrificed to animals was anything to be concerned about but, at the same time, he also was concerned about the formerly pagan Gentiles hanging around the pagan temples. In the days of the Roman Empire, the pagan temples were centers of commerce and...

Actually, the Jerusalem Council almost certainly did that too (although not the murdering part--that goes back to Noah and Cain/Abel. The Gentiles generally observed the prohibition against murder even in pagan Rome). The ruling against eating meat sacrificed to idols and to refrain from...

Yes, actually they did. They told the Gentile churches to "refrain from sexual immorality."

Samedi in French. :) But I don't know the origin of the word. It could be the French form of the English, Saturday which unfortunately shows the influence of pagan Rome in that it means "day of Saturn".

Why such an angry tone, Phoneman? There is no need, I wasn't arguing with you. But, you should realize that there was unlikely to be rigid Sabbath observance because the Gentile churches were not told to do Sabbath observance in the short list of instructions given by the Jerusalem Council...

So? It is clear from the text of Revelation that there will be a new kind of evil operating. I can guess, but I'd only be guessing that it will be something not yet seen in the way of evil. Probably has something to do with the Mark of the Beast.