Mark of the beast idea

shag · #1 10-26-2014, 03:13 PM

Sean, I cAnt seem to find much time to be on aff w long hours etc...
I'll post as I have time, every few days or when I can...
I agree w M Blume here:
http://mikeblume.com/clouds70.htm

I believe, as in the parable of the wicked vines dressers, the Lords coming in their generation was a judgement upon those that he spent most of his tine rebuking...the false shepherds of Israel, that rejected the true shepherd.

Plz answer what I have now asked 3x in the 2nd and 3rd question:

1) Please give your opinion in regard to the "comes" in Matt. 21:40-

2A) What is the purpose of God having the phrase "shortly take place", in the first verse, and "the time is near", in the 3rd verse?
B) Why did God not choose to leave out the descriptive terms in relation to the timing of things taking place?

3) Was scripture in error, and Did God lie to those 7 Asian churches when he said those things were about to take place shortly?

I spend very little time in the book of revelation, because to me there are much more important things to be doing in life, because whether I understand it or not, the bulk had to have happened within a short amount of time just as God said, because His word is true, whether I comprehend it all or not(not to mention I'm not one of the 7 in Asia 2000 yrs ago). To say that the seven churches understood something about to take place as meaning possibly thousands and thousands of years in the future is beyond ridiculous, IMO.
I believe what he said, and lack of knowing how everything took place does not make me doubt or disbelieve what He said in regard to things that were about to take place soon.
My grandma went to her grave 2 years ago, spending the last 20 yrs of her life engulfed in Baxters magazines, and following the latest headlines that supposedly should be the fullfillment of so called last days prophesy.

I'll try to reply again as I find time thru the week

Sean · #2 10-26-2014, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by shag

Sean, I cAnt seem to find much time to be on aff w long hours etc...
I'll post as I have time, every few days or when I can...
I agree w M Blume here:
http://mikeblume.com/clouds70.htm

I believe, as in the parable of the wicked vines dressers, the Lords coming in their generation was a judgement upon those that he spent most of his tine rebuking...the false shepherds of Israel, that rejected the true shepherd.

Plz answer what I have now asked 3x in the 2nd and 3rd question:

1) Please give your opinion in regard to the "comes" in Matt. 21:40-

Sure bro. It is speaking a parable of Israel rejecting their Messiah

2A) What is the purpose of God having the phrase "shortly take place", in the first verse, and "the time is near", in the 3rd verse?

It gives no specific time, just speaks of a future event. It all depends on what the LORD considers "soon or shortly". If you leave your teenage kids home and they have partying friends, would you want them to know how long you will be gone, or keep them guessing. If the Lord did not use that phrasiology, NOBODY would worry about being left behind. As long as a human thinks.."not in my lifetime!", he wont worry about being saved. There were CONSTANT exhortations made to saints of being left behind unaware...

B) Why did God not choose to leave out the descriptive terms in relation to the timing of things taking place?

As I said above...

3) Was scripture in error, and Did God lie to those 7 Asian churches when he said those things were about to take place shortly?

No, If God would have given specific dates, then He would have lied.

I spend very little time in the book of revelation, because to me there are much more important things to be doing in life, because whether I understand it or not, the bulk had to have happened within a short amount of time just as God said, because His word is true, whether I comprehend it all or not(not to mention I'm not one of the 7 in Asia 2000 yrs ago). To say that the seven churches understood something about to take place as meaning possibly thousands and thousands of years in the future is beyond ridiculous, IMO.
I believe what he said, and lack of knowing how everything took place does not make me doubt or disbelieve what He said in regard to things that were about to take place soon.
My grandma went to her grave 2 years ago, spending the last 20 yrs of her life engulfed in Baxters magazines, and following the latest headlines that supposedly should be the fullfillment of so called last days prophesy.

I'll try to reply again as I find time thru the week

Ok bro. I will help you understand my point of view as thorough as possible. Ask me stuff at your leisure. God bless.