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Sky News Australia (now News24) posted an article based on an interview with Palestinian-American humanitarian activist Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib Palestinian activist lashes the Hamas ‘cult’, says Gazans are ‘hostages’ in their own city (News24) A Palestinian activist has described Hamas as...

With a left wing federal government in other countries, I wonder if we will see a time when Christian churches will have to be approved by the government to function ... and will not be approved if they do not comply with DEI ideology.

I can conjecture a number of different scenarios based on what is occurring under repressive regimes today ... but it would only be speculation because the Bible does not give us this information ... tattoos, chips, etc are also only conjecture. My speculation would include using Biblical...

Yes I can see that. The number 12 is often associated with Israel ,... and the 7 corresponds with the 7 Gentile churches mentioned in Rev 2 & 3.

There are probably hundreds of ways the government can surveil people right now, let alone as technology develops more. Underground churches in China are going through this right now.

The literalist argument leads to some rather strange assumptions ... not a single person ("no man") of the 8 billion plus people on the earth, will be able to buy or sell even a tooth pick, anywhere on the planet, unless they have been tattooed or implanted. Somehow this will also include...

I pay all my bills and buy all my food etc online. What do you do? There is an awful lot of speculation being imposed on the text, which should be understood for what it actually says, not what people imagine it might mean. No where does Revelation say the mark is visible.

Every symbol in Revelation is based on a literal object. If we read Revelation from the beginning, chapter 1 sets the pattern for interpretation. For example, lampstands, stars, sword, keys, etc, in the first chapter, are all literal objects with symbolic meanings. When we begin at the...

Mark 6:52 For they had not understood about the loaves, because their heart was hardened. Jesus feeding the 5,000 recalls the feeding of the multitudes in the wilderness and demonstrated that Jesus was God. It is after the feeding of the 4,000 (Mark 8) that we read of Peter's revelation of who...

I know why you think it is visible but the Bible does not say it is visible. The assumption it is visible because of buying & selling seems rather fatuous in this day of internet purchases.

Where does the Bible say the "mark" is something you can see visibly?

Ezekiel 9 is a vision, not a literal action. It applies to the godly and parallels the "seal of God" in Revelation 9:4 (Strange how Ezekiel 9:4 & Rev 9:4 are parallel verses) So your argument is that only when referring to the MOTB is the word forehead/s literal. At all other times it is...

If everyone can make up their own pronouns, we'll have to start carrying around a pocketbook so as not to offend anyone.

Here is a challenge to the MOTB literalists. The word "foreheads" occurs 8 times in the KJV ... in which verses is the word used literally? https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=foreheads&t=KJV#s=s_primary_0_1

I guess we're just a pair of nazis Chkl:

https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=foreheads&t=KJV#s=s_primary_0_1

You will find the verses if you carry out the simple Bible search I suggested.

I agree with the point I think you are making ... Christians are not saved by works. However, even if a person ends up in hell, Luke 12:47-48 seems to indicate degrees of torment.

Think about your last question - then remember there are more than 8 billion people on earth. So much for the implausible logistics ... now for some Biblical hermeneutics. Use your preferred online Bible and search for the word "foreheads" ... then let me know if you think all six mentions in...

If just one person on the planet buys or sells anything during whatever time frame you are proposing, then the whole literal assumption collapses. There are more than 8 billion people on earth ....