Christians and Politics - Page 10

coksiw · #91 11-21-2024, 08:08 AM

Amanah · #92 11-21-2024, 09:25 AM

If you were living during the Hasmonean Dynasty when the offices of King and Priest had been illegitimately combined (165-64 BC), would you have stayed in Judea and tried reform from within like the Hasidim? Or, would you have retreated to Qumran in the Judean wilderness?

Would you have followed Judas Maccabaeus into battle in the first place?

2 Maccabees 10 NRSV
Purification of the Temple
10 Now Maccabeus and his followers, the Lord leading them on, recovered the temple and the city; 2 they tore down the altars that had been built in the public square by the foreigners, and also destroyed the sacred precincts. 3 They purified the sanctuary, and made another altar of sacrifice; then, striking fire out of flint, they offered sacrifices, after a lapse of two years, and they offered incense and lighted lamps and set out the bread of the Presence. 4 When they had done this, they fell prostrate and implored the Lord that they might never again fall into such misfortunes, but that, if they should ever sin, they might be disciplined by him with forbearance and not be handed over to blasphemous and barbarous nations. 5 It happened that on the same day on which the sanctuary had been profaned by the foreigners, the purification of the sanctuary took place, that is, on the twenty-fifth day of the same month, which was Chislev.

Evang.Benincasa · #93 11-22-2024, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by diakonos

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OK, five, maybe seven. Eight if you included Don Freezing.

Hey, Russia might be shooting some ICBMs our way as an early Xmas present to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Maybe Joe Biden is the Antichrist/Beast. Does his or her name calculate out to 666? How about Putin? It was nice knowing all seven of you.

Bowas · #94 11-24-2024, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

OK, five, maybe seven. Eight if you included Don Freezing.

Hey, Russia might be shooting some ICBMs our way as an early Xmas present to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Maybe Joe Biden is the Antichrist/Beast. Does his or her name calculate out to 666? How about Putin? It was nice knowing all seven of you.

If you want, I can show...make Biden to be the Antichrist, as we all know the USA is the beast, but certainly Putin is the false prophet, as one of his stated positions is, not only to revive the Russian empire, but to strengthen the Russian church as well, so he is waging something of a holy war.

Follow me now, as this is basic eschatological interpretation 101. (futurist style)

B-2
I-9
D-4
E-5
N-14

2X9X4X5X14=5,040

Biden's name equals 5,040...get it?

Ok. Stay with me, as scripture clearly says, "in the last days, knowledge shall increase..." so that knowledge is present now!

So we take the number 5,040 and divide it by 666, and what do we get?

See where I'm going with this?

The answer is 7.56! Get it?

The tribulation is 7 years long, don't you see?

I know you may ask, well, the answer is 7.5, so what does that have to do with it?
Quite simple, (to those that have the "revelation")

What about the .5 years, or 6 months, you may ask?

Here it is.
John the baptist was SIX (6) MONTHS OLDER THAT JESUS! *POW...BOOM*

So there you have it.