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  1. Brakelite

    8 days, the 8th day leading to a new beginning.

    It's almost as logical as the arguments put forward by some to justify Sunday as the Lord's Day, making it out to be the eighth day.
  2. Brakelite

    Unity of the faith - at what cost?

    Are you sure the holy Spirit isn't leading God's people to unite? Perhaps there is simply to many of us who are hard of hearing.
  3. Brakelite

    Unity of the faith - at what cost?

    Jesus made it clear what the criteria were that demonstrated true faith. And by the way, this is a biblical precept, not just NT. CARE FOR THE WIDOW. LOOK AFTER THE FATHERLESS. FEED THE HUNGRY. WELCOME THE STRANGER CLOTHE THE NAKED. You said serving together is a witness to unity. I would go...
  4. Brakelite

    Not a future seeing Jesus coming guy

    All 3. Jerome, who engineered the Latin Vulgate, had a strong understanding that the Antichrist was soon to come. He lived at the time of the incursions and establishment of the 10 horns in the former Empire. He lived in the 5th century. Yet he had not yet witnessed the fall of the 3 horns which...
  5. Brakelite

    What a Modern Christian Needs to Understand to Tackle Today's Challenges

    Amen bro. I was going to say exactly the same thing. It isn't our work to defend our faith through worldly pursuits of science and learning. Or work is to preach the love of God in Christ and Him crucified. The gospel.
  6. Brakelite

    Not a future seeing Jesus coming guy

    Context gives us context. The word gives us understanding. As I explained in post 381, there are explicit texts explaining precisely the symbolism if studied.
  7. Brakelite

    Not a future seeing Jesus coming guy

    Glad you and I are on the same page . As I said, the Bible interprets itself. It's a 400 year old Protestant principle.
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    Not a future seeing Jesus coming guy

    Knowing the truth of prophecy and having a correct understanding of the symbols involved can make an eternal difference. Identifying the true Antichrist for example and understanding what his mark is. We have all manner of ideas concerning the Antichrist and his mark. Of you don't know the...
  9. Brakelite

    Not a future seeing Jesus coming guy

    Just because something isn't explicitly taught in the NT, it doesn't mean it isn't taught in the Bible. When coming to an understanding of prophecy, one must take into account both old and new testaments, for one will always explain or magnify the other. They are complimentary, not...
  10. Brakelite

    Not a future seeing Jesus coming guy

    If symbolic, the Bible itself explains the 'of what'. For example. The beast in Revelation 13:1,2 comes out of the sea. Does it really come out of the sea? Is it a real beast, or are both figures for something else? Daniel explains what a beast is, and ok communion with Revelation and Jeremiah...
  11. Brakelite

    Not a future seeing Jesus coming guy

    Mmm. Something else the Jews and today's futurists (not all) have in common. Just as the Jews didn't recognise their Messiah when He came, so also do many today go chasing after the next celebrity speaker and the next false prophet to await the rapture. Both the Jews and the futurists (all of...
  12. Brakelite

    Not a future seeing Jesus coming guy

    With the above being your current conclusion, then I suggest you are listening to the wrong people.
  13. Brakelite

    The Real Bear in End-time Prophecy

    Interesting lack of response to a current event that is gripping the world and the focus of debate among so many disparate groups. A current event that is fulfilling Bible prophecy, and is ushering in the final events of human history. I observe many long discussions on the rapture, Israel, on...
  14. Brakelite

    The Mark of the Beast is here!

    I agree that the mark itself is still future. That doesn't negate the possibility of many now having the mindset that would welcome the mark when imposed, and may even now be practising the very form of worship freely now, but which will later be enforced and cost the lives of those who refuse...
  15. Brakelite

    The Mark of the Beast is here!

    It's compliance with a spiritual paradigm, man's traditions in contradiction to God's commandments. And in answer to your earlier question, yes, Revelation is quite clear that there is a group described as keeping God's commandments and having the faith and testimony (the spirit of prophecy) of...
  16. Brakelite

    The Mark of the Beast is here!

    Hold on there, you are looking at the statue with a preconceived theory as to its identity, as being a "manifestation" of the 4th beast. You are looking at the 4 th beast and going back into the statue in order to justify a wrong conclusion. I suggest you simply take scripture as it reads, and...
  17. Brakelite

    Choice of doctrine is driven by religious preconception - Spirituality is an individualized journey

    I mentioned that I was returning to the. Lord, this after a few years in a backslidden state. I previously had attended a number of Pentecostal churches, mainly Assembly of God, but a couple of independent ones also, all told over a period of about 15 years. Whether it was my fault or the...
  18. Brakelite

    Choice of doctrine is driven by religious preconception - Spirituality is an individualized journey

    Quote...Choice of doctrine is driven by religious preconception - That's a very generalised opinion. Here's some more explicit opinions... What if the last person who taught them was Jesus? When I returned to the Lord 30 years ago, it was He Who said, "seek ye first the kingdom of God and...
  19. Brakelite

    LEFT BEHIND ... what to do?

    “For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. ” Romans 7:14 KJV https://www.unfeignedbible.app/Romans.7.14