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Revelation: 1,000 Years
“Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He laid hold of the dragon… and bound him for a thousand years… so that he should … Continue reading
Posted in end times, Judgment, Premillennialism, resurrection, Revelation, Textual study
Tagged 1000 year rign, beheaded souls lived and reigned, bottomless pit, fire and brimstone, first resurrection, foy wallace jr., judgement, lake of fire, martyrdom, Premillennialism, relative peace, Revelation 20, revelation beatitude, satan bound, satan chained, satan deceives the nations, satan loosed, satan released from prison, second death, will he find faith on the earth
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Revelation: The Harlot and the Bride
Two very different women are portrayed in the book of Revelation. Let’s notice… The Harlot (Revelation 17) Dress: “The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones” (17:4). The woman is wearing the same … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Chruch, Revelation, Temptation, Textual study
Tagged aventine, babylon, babylon means rome, be faithful, beguiling affluence, caelian, capitoline, catholic chuch, chaste virgin, Daniel 7, deceptive heresy, dress, dress of faithful bride, dress of harlot, dressed in white, emperor worship, epoused to Christ, esquiline, false religion, fine linen, fornication and adultery, harlot seduces kings, how to overcome, intimidating violence, made herself ready, palatine, persecution, quirinal, Revelaion 17, Revelation 19, roman catholic church, rome, rome's seven hills, seven heads and ten horns, temptation, the beast, the beast and the false prophet and the prostitute are one, the beast of the earth, the blood of the lamb, the bride, the church, the dragon, the false prophet, the harlot, the prostitute, the wilderness, three instruments of satan, two women, unfaithfulness, viminal, wedding day
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Someone Sees You
Have you heard the folktale “Someone Sees You”? Here it is as recorded in The Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett… Once upon a time a man decided to sneak into his neighbor’s fields and steal some wheat. “If … Continue reading
Posted in God`s eye, Judgment, Sin
Tagged folktale, God's eyes, idle words, omnipresence, secret things, sin, someone sees you, the book of virtues, william bennett
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Revelation: The 144,000 and a Great Multitude
The Jehovah Witnesses have built an entire system of eschatology (end time doctrine) based upon a distinction between the 144,000 and the Great Multitude (Revelation 7; 14). (1) They believe that a literal 144,000 will inherit heaven. These are the … Continue reading
Posted in end times, heaven, Hope, Jehovah Witnesses, Revelation, Textual study
Tagged book let God be true, book reasoning from scriptures, book what does the Bible really teach, book you can live forever in paradise on earth, eschatology, gentiles, hades, how many wil be saved, if literal only virgin men, Jehovah Witnesses, literal or figurative, New World Translaion, no women in heaven?, other sheep, paradise, redeemed from the earth, Revelation 14, Revelation 7, the 144 thousand, the faithful who died before Jesus, the great multitude, the little flock, the Lord's Supper, throne of God, tribe of dan, tribe of ephraim, tribe of joseph, tribe of levi, two destinies or one
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Revelation: The Mark of the Beast
“Here is wisdom. Let him who understands calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666” (Revelation 13:18). This is not the number of man in general. No, this beast is … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Endurance, Premillennialism, Revelation, Textual study
Tagged 666, a literal mark?, catholic church, catholic sign of the cross, compromise, corrupt religious system, david vaughn elliot, emperor worship, endurace, false religion, free and slave, hand refers to action, head refers to thought, hindu-arabic numbers, irenaeus, lateinos, latinus, law on hand and between eyes, mark on forehead, mark on right hand, patience, persecution, rest and no rest, Revelation 13, rich and poor, roman catholic church, small and great, the beast of the earth, the mark of the beast, torment, trade guilds, which language to calculate latin or greek or hebrew or english, worship and submission to the beast
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Overcome Evil With Good
“If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good” (Romans 12:20-21). … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Influence, Endurance, Ethics, Textual study
Tagged coals of fire on head, destroy enemy, enemy hungry, enemy thirsty, good conduct shames enemy, hard hearts, heaping coals of fire, hunger, killing with kindness, kindness, kindness to others, kindness when mistreated, kindness wins, make enemies friends, overcoming evil with good, pain leading to repentance, Romans 12:20-20, softening heats, thirst, treatment of enemies, winning over enemies
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Revelation: The Two Witnesses, The Woman and The Child
The book of Revelation is a book of symbols. Admittedly, some of these symbols are difficult to discern. However, there are certain points that seem clear. Let’s consider… The Two Witnesses (Revelation 11) The reference to two witnesses, no doubt, … Continue reading
Posted in end times, Premillennialism, Revelation, Textual study
Tagged adequate evidence, apostles and prophets, faithful israel and Jesus, flight into wilderness, key to victory, mary and Jesus, moses and elijah, olive oil, Premillennialism, Revelation 11-12, satan, satan the dragon, spiritual war, the Bible and church, the dragon, the holy spirit, the two witnesses, the woman and child
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