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Suggestion: "Beast" (Greek θηριον, diminutive form of θηρ) that rises up out of the sea (Revelation 13:2) is apparently a cherub, who allies with a human ruler. "Woman riding the beast" (Revelation 17:3-5) = city of Babylon (lots of money, which irritates the human ruler, so he attacks the...

"Church" is an English rendering of Greek εκκλησια (εκ = from, καλεω = call), i.e. those who are called from where they were. "No man comes to me unless the Father draws him" (John 6:44).

"Church" is an English rendering of Greek ξκλησια (ecclesia) = "those who are called out." The English word "ecclesiastical" stems from this Greek word εκληδια:  Greek εκ = "from" + καλεω = "call" i.e. "those who are called out." See also Matthew 28:14: "Many are called, few are chosen."

Soberex noted: "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out, and I will write upon him the name of my God..." (Revelation 3:12). It's a figure of speech, see Galatians 2:9.

"and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life." (Revelation 13:8) "Earth" is Greek γη = "land." There was no concept of planet earth in Biblical times. Those who dwell in the *land* will worship the...

The Catholic Church was holding things together in the Middle East many years ago. Eventually some Catholics protested that the Pope was taking too much authority onto himself, and the "Protestant" denominations arose. One such denomination is Seventh Day Adventist, founded by Ellen G. White...

"Sabbath" is Hebrew שבח (Shabat) = "Day of Rest," traditionally observed on Saturday. Jesus was in the tomb three calendar days: o. Friday evening o. all Saturday o. Sunday morning "Three days" is noted by Jesus in Matthew 12:40: "...so will the Son of man be *three days* and three nights in...

The Romans tore down the Jewish temple in 70 A.D. I visited there once, it is gone, not one stone left.

"Messiah" is Hebrew משיח (Mashiach in English). It indicates "Anointed one." See Isaiah 61:1-3. The antichrist rules the land (Greek γη, Revelation 13:8). He does not rule planet earth, that is absurd.

Four horses, Revelation 6:1-7: o white horse = conquest by Antichrist, a.k.a. the Beast. o red horse = armed conflict ("take peace from the land"). o black horse = famine cause by the war o pale horse = death by conflict, hunger, disease, wild animals. "Earth" is Greek γη = "land," referring...

Brakelite noted: >Jesuit-inspired masterpiece> >Daniel of seven years> IMO: "Seven" (Daniel 9:25) is seven years, where a year is 360 days. Daniel 9:25 predicts that from the time of the decree to restore/rebuild Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven...

IMO: Time is the interval in which action occurs. Action requires space, matter, and energy. Without these there can be no sense of time. God created the universe, He does not dwell in it.

IMO: "Time" is the interval in which action occurs. Action requires space, matter, energy. So if we had no space, it would not matter. :-)

No temple in the new heavens and earth (Revelation 21:22). The temple is a proxy for the presence of God. Jesus is God, second person of the trinity, God Almighty become flesh. Jesus died as the Lamb of God, he will come back as the Lion of Judah. There are two teams here, Jesus and Satan.

IMO: A plant is a body. A dog is a body and soul ("soul" = "intelligence"). A person is a body and soul and spirit (1Thessalonians 5:23). "Spirit" = "communion with God." Ours currently is turned off.

IMO: We are all actors in a play (see Romans 9:19). Free will is a human perspective.

IMO: The mistaken idea of "one world government" comes from Revelation 13:8, which says επι της γης = "upon the land." There was no concept of planet earth in Biblical times.

IMO Satan and his angels are already here, many years now: See Ezekiel 28:14-16, which is a polemic against the King of Tyre and also against the cherub (Satan) who supported him.

Aunty Jane noted: >temple was Jesus's body> 1Corinthians 6:19-20 says the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Unfortunately we have lost the kind of communion with God that Adam and Eve once had. The first Jewish temple was the Presence of God, and it lit up when God first occupied it...