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    When the saints are overcome

    No, I’m saying something in Revelation would be incorrect if it applies to us today. Revelation is true and correct but somethings apply to old covenant saints, just like the stipulations in the Law don’t apply to us today. I have no issues eating a BLT sandwich because of my understanding of...
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    When the saints are overcome

    So you reject Romans 8:35-39 or do you reject the entire book of Romans?
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    When the saints are overcome

    Revelation was written to a Jewish audience and it contains events that happened for them but those events will not happen for us. For example look at Ephesians 6:21, are we to expect Tychicus to make known all things to us today? Ephesians 6:21 But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I...
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    When the saints are overcome

    That can’t be correct though, in Romans 8:35-39 Paul says we are more than conquerors and that nothing will separate us from the love of God. The Saints being given to the beast was past tense when Paul wrote the book of Romans or else Paul was incorrect. Revelation 13 can’t be future or else it...
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    When the saints are overcome

    No, “overcome” can mean either physically or spiritually but as I have been repeating, a Christian can’t be overcome either way, physical or spiritual. You have not yet given any verses that support your view on this. You have yet to show a verse that states a saint can be overcome by being...
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    When the saints are overcome

    Right, but new covenant believers can’t be overcome physically. I’m not sure why you quoted Matthew 10:28, it proves my point, we don’t fear physical killing, we fear God because He can kill both body and soul. Being killed for your faith is an honor, we don’t fear that, we are not overcome by...
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    When the saints are overcome

    Just to be clear, and make sure we are on the same page, the word we are looking at is “overcome” <3528>. nikaó: To conquer, to overcome, to prevail, to gain victory Original Word: νικάω Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: nikaó Pronunciation: nee-KAH-oh Phonetic Spelling: (nik-ah'-o)...
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    The Covenants of Israel

    Jeremiah 31:36 says If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD. Are you proposing that ordinances remain before God while the sun and moon openly and willfully disobey the ordinances? If that’s the case then how can we trust any of the promises God made in the first place when...
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    The Covenants of Israel

    If you have no issues with the sun and moon being replaced by God and Jesus as the light then you should have no problem with the idea of ethnic Israel being replaced by the true Israel of God. In both cases it involves promises being kept through replacement. Really though, the people who are...
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    When the saints are overcome

    Yes I’m aware that Christians have been persecuted and killed throughout history, but unlike you I see it as a privilege and honor to be persecuted and killed for your faith. I’ve seen you state in the past that Revelation needs to be interpreted against the clear teachings of the epistles and...
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    Revelation 13:17-18 (666)

    Here’s my two cents on this, I think no matter what we do with the number 666 the buying and selling has to be looked at in the light of Matthew 21:12-13 where Jesus cast out all (everyone) that bought and sold. Revelation 13:17 doesn’t say what is being bought and sold, so many people just...
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    When the saints are overcome

    Right, the saints are overcome because the scriptures say so. But you are denying other scriptures in order to place that overcoming event in the future. We don’t have to accept a personal defeated status when currently nothing can separate us from the love of God. Romans 8:35Who shall separate...
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    When the saints are overcome

    Where else in the scriptures do you interpret verses from the enemy’s perspective? You haven’t given any other examples of this. In Matthew 25:1-13 is the parable of the ten virgins. Let’s say I interpret this from the enemy’s perspective and call the wise virgins wise in the ways of the world...
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    When the saints are overcome

    No, I haven’t forgotten, I don’t consider physical persecution or death as being defeated because under the new covenant these things are nothing compared to salvation through Christ. Again it’s the old covenant saints that are overcome.
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    When the saints are overcome

    So the gates of hell are prevailing against the Church? Ah, there are different groups of saints according to the Bible. Deuteronomy 33:1And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up...
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    When the saints are overcome

    Well as a believer, whether by life or death, Christ is magnified in my body and if I physically die it is considered a gain, it’s not considered to be overcome. Philippians 1:20According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as...
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    When the saints are overcome

    Why would any of those things be considered as being overcome? No matter what physically happens to a believer it’s not considered as being overcome, right? Was Paul overcome? 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes...
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    When the saints are overcome

    Right, which clearly shows there is a difference between being overcome and killed. The two witnesses are both overcome and killed. How do you propose the two witnesses get overcome?
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    When the saints are overcome

    Yea, I agree with your post, new covenant saints have nothing to fear, God is the only one who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Since God isn’t going to destroy a new covenant saint, they have nothing to fear and they will never be overcome. That however doesn’t explain how the...
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    When the saints are overcome

    I agree, to be overcome means to be defeated in some kind of way, and it is stated in several places that the saints are overcome. The problem is believers under the new covenant can’t be overcome. Insisting it’s new covenant saints that are overcome is where the problem lies. If you would...