Truth Files
06-13-2011, 06:07 PM
The prophetic scriptures are very explicit regarding the Islamic nations that surround Israel at the time of the end and it is this culture and setting that will produce Satan's beast in the little horn .... all of the related prophetic visions make this distinction, and none of them point to a western backdrop for the same
The entire theme of the Middle Eastern culture and kingdoms that have ruled there since the flood present the correct view .... it is human theology and the insertion of speculative ideas that become flawed and off course
The example of a revived Roman Empire is one of the biggest .... Rome is not even in the scope of the prophetic scriptures .... and none can prove that it is
Neither is the name of the Roman Empire or any actions taken by the same in the scope as are all of the others explicitally and specifically named in scripture .... all of this fabrication is bogus and not a part of the prophecies of the Bible prophets ..... not one of them has this view
Neither does the Lord have it .... all of His projection recorded in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 is for the time of the end of this present age ..... this 70th week decreed for Israel has not come yet .... and 70 A.D. is not described in it, or in any of the writings of His prophets
The kingdoms of the Middle East in the scope are all named in the visions: Babylon, Media/Persia, Syrio/Babylonia [north] .... lion, bear, leopard [Daniel 7:3-6; Revelation 13:1-2] .... Rome was none of these during its existence and will not be at the time of the end ..... not in this picture
Those who reject these facts are teaching an extra-biblical idea that was born out of the reformation period with the objective to make the Bible prophecies fit the immediate conditions of those who dreamed it up ..... the reformers did not understand Bible prophecy and the list of them and their subsequent followings is long
They spent far to much time using the prophetic scriptures to support their own ambitions and not enough time in study with the Lord's guidance
They attempted to brand the popes and the RCC as the European setting and as the continuation of the rule of political Rome [This church and its teachings are very apostate for sure, but the organization is not recorded in the scope of the prophetic visions .... however, it is among those who have strayed, and a significant part of the Lord's negative evaluations contained within His message given in Revelation of chapters 2 and 3]
Just because Rome was the next intruder into the Middle East after the fall of Syrio/Babylonia [a very Middle Eastern culture, and not western Grecian, or Roman] does not give the liberty to insert the empire into the scope of the prophetic visions .... there were several subsequent replacement rules in the Middle East after Rome, none of which are contained in the scope either
The prophetic scope of the visions of the prophets simply does not allow for Rome's insertion [the visions are silent between the end of the 69th week decreed for Israel ..... and the beginning of the 70th still pending]
As long as those who push the "Rome" concept continue with this extra-biblical concoction, neither they or their followers will ever understand and render and interpret the prophecies with accuracy
A number of them will not move from their standing because they have written books, posted on public Internet forums, and have painted themselves into a corner with no possibility of escape
Pride is in their way and they simply will not return to the drawing board to evaluate their own misdirected off course teachings .... this does not bode well for their witnessing to a lost world
The Lord's prophetic Word is set and completed without flaw .... and all of it can be understood, past fulfilled, and future ..... otherwise there would be no purpose in providing those that belong to Him with information that is confusing and beyond one's understanding
If you observe them discussing Biblical exegesis among their own camp you will find them wretching over things like where to place the battle of Armageddon in the schedule in an attempt to prove out their flawed overview .... Armageddon is the final conclusive battle of the coming tribulation period of the Lord's wrath and judgment of 2550 days and the scriptures are very clear on this truth [Ezekiel 39; Revelation 19:11-21]
They will do almost anything in an attempt to force fit their obscured renditions like inserting the battle of Armageddon before the 70th week decreed, or in the middle of it .... on and on they go with no satisfactory mutually held conclusions
The number one rule for rendering the prophetic scriptures is to refrain from drawing conclusions prematurely ..... one must build upon a solid foundation of the study and not to go beyond by adding unsupported ideas without completed evaluations .... only then should one move forward with additional discoveries from the scriptures that fit, not by adding extra-biblical speculations
So the reformers of today who carry this false idea about a revived European Rome in place of a continued Middle Eastern setting from intiquity to the time of the end need to either adjust their thinking by revisiting the prophetic scriptures and get it right, or get out of the business of teaching it wrong
The preterist, post-tribulation view, and even some of the most visible of the pre-tribulational view have missed the correct prophetic picture .... one good example is the teaching of the SDA organization that still clings to Ellen G. White's rendition of the prophetic scriptures which is held on par with the Bible
This movement has broken just about every scriptural precept with regard to the prophetic scriptures from speculated flawed date setting to the view of an anti-christ Pope and a revived Roman Empire from Europe ..... anyone who understands the many pit falls of the SDA organization's teaching must question why the idea of a revived Roman Empire is a mainstay and part of the SDA baggage
Not only that, but the SDA is a prime replacement theology carrier by replacing national Israel's position in the prophetic scriptures and appropriating the same for themselves .... and any O.T. prophecies which refute replacement theology hands down are either relegated to allegory or swept under the rug
This organization is not alone in the business of teaching flawed prophetic views .... there many and all need investigation and evaluation
Bible prophecy is the Lord's grand revelation which authenticates His eternal power and presence, and must never be abused by shoddy manipulation for self gain .... all who do this will pay the price [Revelation 22:18-19]
Bible prophecy is not for those who abuse it and certainly not for amateurs who dabble in it .... this is why there is argumentation, division, and self-religious propriety in professing christianity today .... and this pathetic condition returns nothing but foolishness and negative witness to an unbelieving world
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The entire theme of the Middle Eastern culture and kingdoms that have ruled there since the flood present the correct view .... it is human theology and the insertion of speculative ideas that become flawed and off course
The example of a revived Roman Empire is one of the biggest .... Rome is not even in the scope of the prophetic scriptures .... and none can prove that it is
Neither is the name of the Roman Empire or any actions taken by the same in the scope as are all of the others explicitally and specifically named in scripture .... all of this fabrication is bogus and not a part of the prophecies of the Bible prophets ..... not one of them has this view
Neither does the Lord have it .... all of His projection recorded in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 is for the time of the end of this present age ..... this 70th week decreed for Israel has not come yet .... and 70 A.D. is not described in it, or in any of the writings of His prophets
The kingdoms of the Middle East in the scope are all named in the visions: Babylon, Media/Persia, Syrio/Babylonia [north] .... lion, bear, leopard [Daniel 7:3-6; Revelation 13:1-2] .... Rome was none of these during its existence and will not be at the time of the end ..... not in this picture
Those who reject these facts are teaching an extra-biblical idea that was born out of the reformation period with the objective to make the Bible prophecies fit the immediate conditions of those who dreamed it up ..... the reformers did not understand Bible prophecy and the list of them and their subsequent followings is long
They spent far to much time using the prophetic scriptures to support their own ambitions and not enough time in study with the Lord's guidance
They attempted to brand the popes and the RCC as the European setting and as the continuation of the rule of political Rome [This church and its teachings are very apostate for sure, but the organization is not recorded in the scope of the prophetic visions .... however, it is among those who have strayed, and a significant part of the Lord's negative evaluations contained within His message given in Revelation of chapters 2 and 3]
Just because Rome was the next intruder into the Middle East after the fall of Syrio/Babylonia [a very Middle Eastern culture, and not western Grecian, or Roman] does not give the liberty to insert the empire into the scope of the prophetic visions .... there were several subsequent replacement rules in the Middle East after Rome, none of which are contained in the scope either
The prophetic scope of the visions of the prophets simply does not allow for Rome's insertion [the visions are silent between the end of the 69th week decreed for Israel ..... and the beginning of the 70th still pending]
As long as those who push the "Rome" concept continue with this extra-biblical concoction, neither they or their followers will ever understand and render and interpret the prophecies with accuracy
A number of them will not move from their standing because they have written books, posted on public Internet forums, and have painted themselves into a corner with no possibility of escape
Pride is in their way and they simply will not return to the drawing board to evaluate their own misdirected off course teachings .... this does not bode well for their witnessing to a lost world
The Lord's prophetic Word is set and completed without flaw .... and all of it can be understood, past fulfilled, and future ..... otherwise there would be no purpose in providing those that belong to Him with information that is confusing and beyond one's understanding
If you observe them discussing Biblical exegesis among their own camp you will find them wretching over things like where to place the battle of Armageddon in the schedule in an attempt to prove out their flawed overview .... Armageddon is the final conclusive battle of the coming tribulation period of the Lord's wrath and judgment of 2550 days and the scriptures are very clear on this truth [Ezekiel 39; Revelation 19:11-21]
They will do almost anything in an attempt to force fit their obscured renditions like inserting the battle of Armageddon before the 70th week decreed, or in the middle of it .... on and on they go with no satisfactory mutually held conclusions
The number one rule for rendering the prophetic scriptures is to refrain from drawing conclusions prematurely ..... one must build upon a solid foundation of the study and not to go beyond by adding unsupported ideas without completed evaluations .... only then should one move forward with additional discoveries from the scriptures that fit, not by adding extra-biblical speculations
So the reformers of today who carry this false idea about a revived European Rome in place of a continued Middle Eastern setting from intiquity to the time of the end need to either adjust their thinking by revisiting the prophetic scriptures and get it right, or get out of the business of teaching it wrong
The preterist, post-tribulation view, and even some of the most visible of the pre-tribulational view have missed the correct prophetic picture .... one good example is the teaching of the SDA organization that still clings to Ellen G. White's rendition of the prophetic scriptures which is held on par with the Bible
This movement has broken just about every scriptural precept with regard to the prophetic scriptures from speculated flawed date setting to the view of an anti-christ Pope and a revived Roman Empire from Europe ..... anyone who understands the many pit falls of the SDA organization's teaching must question why the idea of a revived Roman Empire is a mainstay and part of the SDA baggage
Not only that, but the SDA is a prime replacement theology carrier by replacing national Israel's position in the prophetic scriptures and appropriating the same for themselves .... and any O.T. prophecies which refute replacement theology hands down are either relegated to allegory or swept under the rug
This organization is not alone in the business of teaching flawed prophetic views .... there many and all need investigation and evaluation
Bible prophecy is the Lord's grand revelation which authenticates His eternal power and presence, and must never be abused by shoddy manipulation for self gain .... all who do this will pay the price [Revelation 22:18-19]
Bible prophecy is not for those who abuse it and certainly not for amateurs who dabble in it .... this is why there is argumentation, division, and self-religious propriety in professing christianity today .... and this pathetic condition returns nothing but foolishness and negative witness to an unbelieving world
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