How to avoid the mark of the Beast.

[JohnPaul]

The number one guard against the mark of the Beast, is the Apostles Creed.

Millions of Christians (mostly Bible believers, new age Protestants, lone wolf Christians) will take the mark of the Beast, because they were not rooted in the Apostles Creed, and will be seduced by the intellectual arguments of the Anti-christ.

Everyone should recite the Apostles Creed each morning & evening as a defense against errors in the Faith.

Faith follows simple obedience, not argument or reasoning.

Argument may be good for the strengthening of the intellect, but is not the true foundation of Faith.

Those whose Faith rests on reason will lose it when they hear the specious reasoning of the Anti-christ.

Those in the contrary, who rely on a firm belief founded on obedience, will reply, away with your arguments, such reasonings are not the grounds of my Faith.

The Creed came from the Apostles themselves.

There are 12 articles of Faith, each one made by an Apostle himself.

The Apostles Creed.

1. S. Peter: I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:

2. S. Andrew: And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord,

3. S. John: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary,

4. S. Jacob: Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried:

5. S. Thomas: He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead;

6. S. James: He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;

7. S. Philip: From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

8. S. Bartholomew: I believe in the Holy Ghost;

9. S. Matthew: The holy Catholick Church; The Communion of Saints;

10. S. Simon: The Forgiveness of sins;

11. S. Jude: The Resurrection of the body,

12. S. Matthias: And the Life everlasting.

Amen. (Book of Common Prayer, 1662)
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Simply renounce Satan and all of his false promises and believe in God Jehovah and his only begotten Son our Savior who died for us.

 

[James Macbeth]

Such reasonings are not the grounds of my Faith.

Faith follows simple obedience.

 

[Brakelite]

Adventist?
Which Church Father was Adventist?
When did this "Church" begin?

Jesus was a seventh day Adventist.

 

[amigo de christo]

So when did your Church start?

WITH JESUS . And on the glorious day of pentecost . Though for me i was born again on may thirtieth of two thousand and six .
The CC is of the dark one and you need to flee it . flee her chambers before its forever too late .

 

[amigo de christo]

Such reasonings are not the grounds of my Faith.

Faith follows simple obedience.

Your obediance is not unto Christ nor the true apostels , IS UNTO THE DARK CC who has decieved many .
YOU obey her , NOT CHRIST , NOR any of the true apostels . You have fellowship with the darkness of the CC . ANd yet you call it LIGHT .
But woe unto those who put darkness for light , and WOE unto those whose light is the darkness , for GREAT that darkness is .
Come ye out of her and do so This instant , because no man knows when their end upon this earth is

 

[James Macbeth]

WITH JESUS . And on the glorious day of pentecost . Though for me i was born again on may thirtieth of two thousand and six .
The CC is of the dark one and you need to flee it . flee her chambers before its forever too late .

Who is your Bishop?

 

[amigo de christo]

Jesus was a seventh day Adventist.

Brakelite , Let not try and pattern JESUS after a denomination . HIMS wasnt SDA .
And HE would never have supported some things that ellen white herself did teach .
Very dangerous to try and say the SON of GOD is this orthat . Just reminding is all .

 

[amigo de christo]

Who is your Bishop?

JESUS CHRIST . The great bishop of our souls , the high preist .
AND let us heed EVERYTHING he taught , INCLUDING beware those deck themselves up in fancy clothing to be seen of men
WHO exalt themselves ,
THE CC was fathered by the dragon and birthed by the harlot herself . COME OUT OF HER and learn the bible well .

 

[BarneyFife]

where did you get such a cool picture?

4th beast of daniel 7 at DuckDuckGo

 

[BarneyFife]

HE would never have supported some things that ellen white herself did teach .

And what would those things be?

 

[BarneyFife]

When you make your bed, you lie in it.
In this case, burn.

,
Like this?
,

 

[James Macbeth]

,
Like this?
,

He should have recanted.

 

[covenantee]

Yea JESUS is the rock.
You win.

But so is Saint Peter, by the word of our Lord.

Deal with it.

From Matthew 16:18 Greek:

4074 [e]
Petros
Πέτρος ,
Peter
N-NMS

4073 [e]
petra
πέτρᾳ
rock
N-DFS

Peter is Petros i.e. a stone.

HELPS Word-studies
4074 Pétros (a masculine noun) – properly, a stone (pebble), such as a small rock found along a pathway. 4074 /Pétros ("small stone") then stands in contrast to 4073 /pétra ("cliff, boulder," Abbott-Smith).
"4074 (Pétros) is an isolated rock and 4073 (pétra) is a cliff" (TDNT, 3, 100). "4074 (Pétros) always means a stone . . . such as a man may throw, . . . versus 4073 (pétra), a projecting rock, cliff" (S. Zodhiates, Dict).

Christ is petra i.e. the rock.

HELPS Word-studies
4073 pétra (a feminine noun) – "a mass of connected rock," which is distinct from 4074 (Pétros) which is "a detached stone or boulder" (A-S). 4073 (pétra) is a "solid or native rock, rising up through the earth" (Souter) – a huge mass of rock (a boulder), such as a projecting cliff.
4073 (petra) is "a projecting rock, cliff (feminine noun) . . . 4074 (petros, the masculine form) however is a stone . . . such as a man might throw" (S. Zodhiates, Dict).

Christ is always described in Scripture as petra, never petros.

Peter is always described in Scripture as petros, never petra.

There is only one Petra Rock.

He is Christ.

 

[James Macbeth]

From Matthew 16:18 Greek:

4074 [e]
Petros
Πέτρος ,
Peter
N-NMS

4073 [e]
petra
πέτρᾳ
rock
N-DFS

Peter is Petros i.e. a stone.

HELPS Word-studies
4074 Pétros (a masculine noun) – properly, a stone (pebble), such as a small rock found along a pathway. 4074 /Pétros ("small stone") then stands in contrast to 4073 /pétra ("cliff, boulder," Abbott-Smith).
"4074 (Pétros) is an isolated rock and 4073 (pétra) is a cliff" (TDNT, 3, 100). "4074 (Pétros) always means a stone . . . such as a man may throw, . . . versus 4073 (pétra), a projecting rock, cliff" (S. Zodhiates, Dict).

Christ is petra i.e. the rock.

HELPS Word-studies
4073 pétra (a feminine noun) – "a mass of connected rock," which is distinct from 4074 (Pétros) which is "a detached stone or boulder" (A-S). 4073 (pétra) is a "solid or native rock, rising up through the earth" (Souter) – a huge mass of rock (a boulder), such as a projecting cliff.
4073 (petra) is "a projecting rock, cliff (feminine noun) . . . 4074 (petros, the masculine form) however is a stone . . . such as a man might throw" (S. Zodhiates, Dict).

Christ is always described in Scripture as petra, never petros.

Peter is always described in Scripture as petros, never petra.

There is only one Petra Rock.

He is Christ.

Our Lord Jesus & Saint Peter both spoke Aramaic.

And the same word is used: Cephas ܟܐܦܐ all over the new Testament, it does not change.

No serious Greek scholar would agree with you in the difference between petra & petros.

The vast majority of new Testament scholars hold that, JESUS called Peter the rock.

Only fanatics in the extreme fringes of Christianity, teach what you preach.

And the Syriac Orthodox Church declares it.
The Fathers of the Syriac Orthodox Church give a theological interpretation to the primacy of Apostle Peter.
They were fully convinced of the unique office of Peter in the primitive Christian community.
Ephrem, Aphrahat and Maruthas who were supposed to have been the best exponents of the early Syriac tradition unequivocally acknowledge the office of Peter.
The Syriac Fathers, following the rabbinic tradition, call Jesus "Kepha" for they see "rock" in the Old Testament as a messianic Symbol.
When Christ gave his own name "Kepha" to Simon he was giving him participation in the person and office of Christ.
Christ who is the Kepha and shepherd made Simon the chief shepherd in his place and gave him the very name Kepha and said that on Kepha he would build the Church.
Aphrahat shared the common Syriac tradition.
For him Kepha is in fact another name of Jesus, and Simon was given the right to share the name.
The person who receives somebody else's name also obtains the rights of the person who bestows the name.
Aphrahat makes the stone taken from Jordan a type of Peter. He wrote: "Jesus son of Nun set up the stones for a witness in Israel; Jesus our Saviour called Simon Kepha Sarirto and set him as the faithful witness among nations.
Again he wrote in his commentary on Deuteronomy that Moses brought forth water from "rock" (Kepha) for the people and Jesus sent Simon Kepha to carry his teachings among nations.
God accepted him and made him the foundation of the Church and called him Kepha.
When he speaks about the transfiguration of Christ he calls him Simon Peter, the foundation of the Church.
Ephrem also shared the same view.
The Armenian version of De Virginitate records that Peter the rock shunned honour.
A mimro of Efrem found in Holy Week Liturgy points to the importance of Peter.
Both Aphrahat and Ephrem represent the authentic tradition of the Syrian Church.
A third party, independently verifies the position of Rome.

And Saint Basil:
Though Peter be a rock, yet he is not a rock as Christ is.
For Christ is the true unmoveable rock of himself, Peter is unmoveable by Christ the rock.
For Jesus doth communicate and impart his dignities, not voiding himself of them, but holding them to himself, bestoweth them also upon others.
He is the light, and yet you are the light: he is the Priest, and yet he maketh Priests: he is the rock, and he made a rock.

 

[Brakelite]

He should have recanted.

Deny Christ... Deny truth... To save his life?

 

[Brakelite]

Brakelite , Let not try and pattern JESUS after a denomination . HIMS wasnt SDA .
And HE would never have supported some things that ellen white herself did teach .
Very dangerous to try and say the SON of GOD is this orthat . Just reminding is all .

Just the opposite. Jesus spoke many times, correcting the religionists of His day and reminding all that the Sabbath is a blessing and made for all men. He also spoke repeatedly of His second coming in glory to take His children home. Thus He was a Seventh Day Adventist. We don't fit Him into our theological box... We obey His call and allow Him to elevate us to His image and likeness.
What have you read of Ellen White's writings that compel you to say Jesus would not approve?
I would take several areas of faith and practise and suggest there is no other writer in religious history that agrees with you more on subjects dear to your heart...

• The scripture alone
• The Antichrist nature of the CC
• The imperative to praise God and give Him glory for all things
• That in Christ alone through faith in His blood only is there to be found salvation

And I think if I went over past posts of yours amigo I could find many other topics where you would discover you had more in common with the teachings of Ellen White than you could possibly imagine... And why is that,? Because the Bible and the holy Spirit was always the source of her inspiration.

 

[Brakelite]

Brakelite , Let not try and pattern JESUS after a denomination . HIMS wasnt SDA .
And HE would never have supported some things that ellen white herself did teach .
Very dangerous to try and say the SON of GOD is this orthat . Just reminding is all .

In stating what I did, I was responding to the question, when did the SDA denomination begin? Well, it started with Christ. At creation, with the Sabbath as an integral and essential component of God's grace and mercy toward mankind, and the covenant of hope granted Adam and Eve that the Seed of the woman would in time, conquer evil.

 

[James Macbeth]

Deny Christ... Deny truth... To save his life?

JESUS will send Heretics into Hell, where they will burn & scream.

So in like manner, Bishops in their zeal, wanting to be like our Lord, sent Heretics to the stake.

Like poor Huss.

 

[covenantee]

Our Lord Jesus & Saint Peter both spoke Aramaic.

And the same word is used: Cephas ܟܐܦܐ all over the new Testament, it does not change.

No serious Greek scholar would agree with you in the difference between petra & petros.

The vast majority of new Testament scholars hold that, JESUS called Peter the rock.

Only fanatics in the extreme fringes of Christianity, teach what you preach.

And the Syriac Orthodox Church declares it.
The Fathers of the Syriac Orthodox Church give a theological interpretation to the primacy of Apostle Peter.
They were fully convinced of the unique office of Peter in the primitive Christian community.
Ephrem, Aphrahat and Maruthas who were supposed to have been the best exponents of the early Syriac tradition unequivocally acknowledge the office of Peter.
The Syriac Fathers, following the rabbinic tradition, call Jesus "Kepha" for they see "rock" in the Old Testament as a messianic Symbol.
When Christ gave his own name "Kepha" to Simon he was giving him participation in the person and office of Christ.
Christ who is the Kepha and shepherd made Simon the chief shepherd in his place and gave him the very name Kepha and said that on Kepha he would build the Church.
Aphrahat shared the common Syriac tradition.
For him Kepha is in fact another name of Jesus, and Simon was given the right to share the name.
The person who receives somebody else's name also obtains the rights of the person who bestows the name.
Aphrahat makes the stone taken from Jordan a type of Peter. He wrote: "Jesus son of Nun set up the stones for a witness in Israel; Jesus our Saviour called Simon Kepha Sarirto and set him as the faithful witness among nations.
Again he wrote in his commentary on Deuteronomy that Moses brought forth water from "rock" (Kepha) for the people and Jesus sent Simon Kepha to carry his teachings among nations.
God accepted him and made him the foundation of the Church and called him Kepha.
When he speaks about the transfiguration of Christ he calls him Simon Peter, the foundation of the Church.
Ephrem also shared the same view.
The Armenian version of De Virginitate records that Peter the rock shunned honour.
A mimro of Efrem found in Holy Week Liturgy points to the importance of Peter.
Both Aphrahat and Ephrem represent the authentic tradition of the Syrian Church.
A third party, independently verifies the position of Rome.

And Saint Basil:
Though Peter be a rock, yet he is not a rock as Christ is.
For Christ is the true unmoveable rock of himself, Peter is unmoveable by Christ the rock.
For Jesus doth communicate and impart his dignities, not voiding himself of them, but holding them to himself, bestoweth them also upon others.
He is the light, and yet you are the light: he is the Priest, and yet he maketh Priests: he is the rock, and he made a rock.

Paul wrote his epistles in Koine Greek.
In them, he identified Christ as the Petra Rock:

Romans 9:33
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

1 Corinthians 10:4
And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.


Similarly, Luke wrote the book of Acts in Koine Greek.
In every instance, two of which follow below, he identified Peter as a Petros stone:

Acts 1:13
And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

Acts 1:15
And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)


Scripture here clearly distinguishes between Christ the Petra Rock, and Peter a Petros stone.

The issue of Aramaic is irrelevant.

 

[James Macbeth]

Paul wrote his epistles in Koine Greek.
In them, he identified Christ as the Petra Rock:

Romans 9:33
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

1 Corinthians 10:4
And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.


Similarly, Luke wrote the book of Acts in Koine Greek.
In every instance, two of which follow below, he identified Peter as a petros stone:

Acts 1:13
And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

Acts 1:15
And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)


Scripture here clearly distinguishes between Christ the Petra Rock, and Peter a petros stone.

The issue of Aramaic is irrelevant.

No serious Greek scholar would agree with you in the difference between petra & petros.

The vast majority of new Testament scholars hold that, JESUS called Peter the rock.

And JESUS and Saint Peter spoke in Aramaic, not Greek.

Our Lord called Peter the rock.