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They Roman Empire as a political entity is no more. However, as a pagan spiritual power, it was absorbed into and embraced by Roman Catholicism, along with some of the more endearing qualities of its predecessors, Greek, Meda-Persia, and Babylon. For example. The title Pontifex Maximus...

Then you would have evidence of... A. A prophetic characteristic of Antichrist that the papacy had not fulfilled...and B. A future individual that could better meet the criteria than the papacy in... 1. Warring against God's people. 2. Thinking to change God's laws, and obscuring the same in...

As I said, it is impossible today for any individual or institution or church to appear and take on the role of the Antichrist. While there can be many antichrists, those who in different ways replace Christ with counterfeits and which we see every day and have seen throughout history, there has...

No-one, not a single person on the planet, will accept the mark of the beast knowing it to be so. Some will welcome it conscientiously, (in the mind/forehead) believing it to be the truth of God... Not the mark of authority of the Antichrist. The rest will accept it in the hand (as a matter of...

Well, apart from the 2 witnesses, I think we agree. Especially pleased on your take on Daniel 9. As you said, keeping all 70 weeks in one block is not the popular view. I agree with you also on revelation. Yep, historicist narrative beginning with the time it was given to John continuing...

The identity of the true Antichrist has been known and exposed for 400 years. No need to look for another who couldn't possibly fulfil all the criteria that prophecy demands of the position.

How did the papacy replace paganism? It did so by making every false god and ritual an important part of its own beliefs and worship services. The name of the church was cunningly selected, Catholic meaning Universal. It's teaching practises, services, and prayers are a conglomeration off the...

We are very close in our understanding. We can certainly find common ground in the 4th metal being pagan Rome. I also agree with you that Roman Catholicism comes into play. Can we agree that the beasts of Daniel 7 and 8 offer is further detail, particularly the 4th beast which has iron teeth? I...

There is a war, but there are set rules of engagement. Satan cannot touch anyone personally unless that individual items the windows of access and agree. Like my neighbour. It wasn't mental illness that enable her to speak in a man's voice in a language 100 of years extinct. Yes. It was given...

I agree. What did it evolve into according to scripture... There are at least 10 criteria one may discern as identifiers. You are close in principle, but draw wrong conclusions

“23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, 24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and...

So Jesus was wrong and was mentally imprisoned by the context of cultural deceptions? It's also worth noting that I didn't interpret Job other than take the book at face value. God addressed Satan as he claimed rulership over the earth. God said you may have limited rule, but Job doesn't belong...

Thank you Marks. I've been trying to get that across for years. Financial ways and means, currencies, digitisation, chips etc are not the mark of the beast. You are correct in that the mark is a form of worship of the beast...a sign or mark of allegiance and surrender to the beast's authority...

Mmmm. So you know who the beast is then. Care to share this with us?

I'm sad for several reasons. Many sincere Christians are going to be hurt, dissilusioned, and perhaps give up their faith in Christ. Others may not give up their faith, but may lose hope in the second coming. Outside of Christ, many will use this as an excuse for mockery, and confirm in their...

Those possessed with devils are usually represented as being in a condition of great suffering; yet there were exceptions to this rule. For the sake of obtaining supernatural power, some welcomed the satanic influence. These of course had no conflict with the demons. Of this class were those who...

The fact that men have been possessed with demons, is clearly stated in the New Testament. The persons thus afflicted were not merely suffering with disease from natural causes. Christ had perfect understanding of that with which He was dealing, and He recognized the direct presence and agency...

I liked his testimony to how God led him in his ministry to others. His book however, and the theological conclusions one draws from the story and his perspective of God's nature, demands questions. I remember the controversy the book engendered after its sale. I understand now much of where you...

I agree with @Episkopos . We are judged (not saved) by our works. Several parables and specific teachings depict that truth. Yes, we are saved by grace alone through faith alone. But God judges whether our faith is real by judging our works. EDIT... And it isn't for His own benefit that God...

To add to that, if we are a part of a religious system that allows us to be comfortable doing theology and treating people like garbage, you probably don't have the right theology because you cannot separate spiritual maturity with relational and emotional maturity. I think we have both seen on...