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What is more about the seal of God that you consider to be a literal reality, and by that you must mean PHYSICAL reality?
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The Holy Ghost is an invisible seal that marks a believer UNITIL the day of redemption. There is a two fold manifestation of Gods work. The Spirit is the work of God here and now in the present.
Yet there is something even greater that the Spirit prepares one for. I do not call it "physical" but a better term for this discussion is ACTUAL.
The receiving of the Spirit makes a person spiritually minded and enables him to walk with God now. The greater aspect or the ACTUAL fulfillment of Gods work will come at the day of redemption. The day one actually (not just by faith) enters the kingdom of heaven.
2 Peter 1:10-11
10Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: 11For so an
entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly
into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
So the point is there is a FORETASTE of the kingdom by the Spirit now. There is a greater manifestation later as we in ACUALITY enter the heavenly kingdom.
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The mark did take a form. Caesar demanded worship of the COLOSSUS at the stadium entrance. ANd the AGORA required a paper for you to enter and buy and sell, showing allegiance to Caesar as GOD.
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So Caesar in your opinion fufills the role of Revelations beast? Who was his false prophet? What were his great miracles? How does buying and selling in Rome in century 1 fulfill
Revelation 13 that all kindreds, tongues, and nations would worship the beast?
And most importantly if Caesar was the beast then you apparently must think Jesus came 2000 years ago and defeated him.
Rev. 19:19-20
19And I saw the beast, (NERO) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20And the beast (NERO) was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image.
These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
We what you call "futurists" kind of have a problem with this interpretation.
Nothing like this happened in the days of Nero. The real beast of
Revelation 13 is defeated by Jesus and cast alive into the lake of fire. I dont think there are any historic witnesses of this taking place.
The kingdom of Rome went on existing and ruling the earth for hundreds of more years. So IMO partial preterism is not to be considered as a fulfillment of the beast, false prophet, and the mark of the beast.