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  1. Marcus O'Reillius

    Who Is "the Restrainer" In 2 Thess. 2:6-7

    The bread Jesus used was the "hidden manna" within the tosh - which is also called the "bread of salvation." The wine Jesus used was the third cup in the ceremonial supper - (which points to Jesus' ultimate sacrifice) - and is called the "cup of redemption." When Jesus declares the "bread of...
  2. Marcus O'Reillius

    Imminent.

    The point about "doctrine" is that it is man-made. I see "doctrine" evolving from a fundamental viewpoint. That viewpoint is reinforced by the evolved doctrine which dictates that same viewpoint into areas that are questionable, like the book of Revelation. So all I am saying to you WW, is...
  3. Marcus O'Reillius

    Imminent.

    I don't stop the clock on the one 'seven's start when I look for the one 'seven' to commence in the future. Gabriel put three events which happen after the sixty-two 'sevens'. - the first happens right after Jesus' Triumpant Entry, - the second one happens nearly four decades later, and - the...
  4. Marcus O'Reillius

    Imminent.

    First, show where in Daniel where Gabriel inserted a gap in the middle of the one 'seven'. On the other hand, looking at the three things I have enumerated as setting the one 'seven' apart as coming with the end of the age show the start of the one 'seven' could not have happened before the...
  5. Marcus O'Reillius

    Imminent.

    The one 'seven' is not the "Tribulation period." The Great Tribulation is not seven years long either. The Great Tribulation starts at the midpoint abomination. It is cut short by the arrival of the Day of the Lord. It might last a few weeks to a few months - it won't take long to wipe out...
  6. Marcus O'Reillius

    Imminent.

    It's not there. Point specifically to the words Jesus uses to describe the coming destruction of the Temple He said would happen before their walk across the Kidron Valley started. Again is the message is also to the Church in the end. All of Jesus' five Discourses, which is the central theme...
  7. Marcus O'Reillius

    Who Is "the Restrainer" In 2 Thess. 2:6-7

    The fact is that the truth is not a matter of popular vote. That is a fallacy in argument which is used from time to time on anonymous message boards. I agree with ATP, but that does not make our argument right, nor does it show we see things with normal vision. I just don't agree with the...
  8. Marcus O'Reillius

    Who Is "the Restrainer" In 2 Thess. 2:6-7

    And Rome wasn't pagan when it fell. The Papal system is figuratively represented in Revelation chapter 17. It is the harlot, a woman who once was betrothed to Christ who went astray. She sits upon the beast of Europe, arrayed in all her wealth, and the mystery which ties her to Babylon is the...
  9. Marcus O'Reillius

    Imminent.

    "Words mean things" - Rush Limbaugh, and he's right. Words have power. When you say dispensational demands - and I point out correctly that it is God's Word that demands - you charge me with playing word games. They are nothing of the sort.
  10. Marcus O'Reillius

    Imminent.

    No, they're not. We have a fundamental difference in how we look at Scripture. It has nothing to do with doctrine. It has everything to do with how we think.
  11. Marcus O'Reillius

    Imminent.

    (You forgot the Sabbath. Now why would Jesus be concerned that the Jews would be limited in their travel if this happened on a Friday night / Satur-day?) In His fifth Discourse in Matthew, the message delivered, like all four Discourses before - is for the Church. Context, context, context...
  12. Marcus O'Reillius

    Imminent.

    Dispensationalism demands no such thing. A literal reading of prophecy concludes that prophecy demands such things as sacrifice and offering be in place at such time of the end - in the middle of the one 'seven' which is not a figurative time frame - in order for them to cease. And Gabriel...
  13. Marcus O'Reillius

    Imminent.

    Incorrect - three times. 1. The emphasis on dispesnationalism is to: A.) understand how the very real, persistent, schism between Jew and Christian will be truly united, B.) understand the reason for the Millennium, and to C.) understand how OT prophecy concerning this unique time will be...
  14. Marcus O'Reillius

    Imminent.

    How in the world can you say "supposedly"? This is a fundamental difference in hermeneutics. I doubt if you spiritualize what Paul said in 2Th 2:4, that you're even going to allow me to look at it in a literal manner. Then, it is not so much a matter that we just differ, but that one simply...
  15. Marcus O'Reillius

    Imminent.

    You say you're not playing rhetorical games, but the "crime" you charge the school of dispensationalism with - 're-instituting animal sacrifice' - is neither not the case at all, nor is it some wild "belief" they have, but the consequence of a literal, futuristic fulfillment of prophecy, given...
  16. Marcus O'Reillius

    Imminent.

    Did anyone ask you to return to OT Temple sacrifices? Where did I say we had to re-institute that as a Church doctrine? Since, no one here did, and I didn't either, what you complain about is a straw man. Nobody is saying you have to change your doctrine to what you call "problematic". Lord...
  17. Marcus O'Reillius

    Imminent.

    I love eschatological arguments with A- and Post-Millennialists which when the subject of the Millennium comes up and I suggest it will be so all of Israel will be saved - that they hit me over the head with the charge that I am not a good enough Christian or that I diminish the sacrifice of...
  18. Marcus O'Reillius

    Imminent.

    As far as number, let's look past China to what I have struggled to find: the King of the South - Islam. With 1600 million believers, Islam is second only to Christianity in number. Current intelligence estimates set 15-25% of that population, and the percentage is growing as the youth are...
  19. Marcus O'Reillius

    Imminent.

    It would seem you have some agreement here: Finally, according to General William K. Harrison (an expert in military logistics), an army of 200 million could not be conscripted, supported, and moved to the Middle East without totally disrupting all societal needs and capabilities ("The War of...
  20. Marcus O'Reillius

    Who Is "the Restrainer" In 2 Thess. 2:6-7

    Pinning the tail of the anti-Christ onto the Pope is historist view of the book of Revelation. It is not quite an eschatology as much as it is an internet sensation. Congratulations - you're finally espousing historist theories. Unfortunately for you, you're also peddling Preterism - which...