Mark of the beast idea

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Esaias

The futurist interpretation is NOT "stated in the Bible" anymore than the preterist interpretation.


Sure it is, it involves very little commentary. It allows the reader to look at the world he lives in and connect the dots himself, without someone explaining ideas that are "unnoticed" in the simple passage or "reading between the lines".

Seeking to understand spiritual truths by recourse to the Word of God is NOT watering things down.

If you are saying an event that was slated to happen in the future has already happened, it is WASHING AWAY the meaning.

Anyway, futurism and preterism are both Jesuit counter-reformation propaganda imo, so sally forth people! lol

If you just stop thinking about everything you know already...relax...pick up the Bible and read it. You can see clearly as you read. Just like the good ol days before you started "thinking about stuff".

Thats how the Bible was intended for us to read. When it stops meaning something to us personally, relating to prophecy, we are already dead and in heaven.