Ooo, I like that. Why is Iran the snake, just because or is there something?
Do they have snakes in raggedy land (besides the people)?
628 posted on 03/28/2021 7:35:49 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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The Devil was a snake in the Garden of Eden which many believe was in Iran.
655 posted on 03/28/2021 9:43:44 PM PDT by Jvette (America was built on freedom not freebies)
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SInce Satan is referred to as a serpent throughout the bible, you gotta wonder why the Pope used a serpent theme in his audience hall.
Iran doesn't have to be the serpent, because maybe anyone who is the embodiement of Satan would fit that bill, but Iran's leadership sure are good contenders.
Prayers up for the people of Iran who suffer complete soul crushing abuse under tyranny.
The 12th Imam: The Mahdi and Iran Today (learnreligions.com)
Iran is a fervently Shiite Islamic Republic with a 98 percent Muslim population and 89 percent of those Muslims identifying as Shiite according to the CIA World Factbook. Twelver Shiism is the largest branch of Shiite Islam ....
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They believe that a series of Imams was appointed to carry on the Prophet Muhammad's message and that these Imam rank above all other prophets except for Muhammad himself.
The 12th, Muhammad al-Mahdi, is believed by these Shiites to have been born in present-day Iraq in 869 and never to have died, only gone into hiding.
Twelvers—not other Shiites or Sunni Muslims—believe that al-Mahdi will return as a messiah with Jesus to bring peace to the world and establish Islam as the ruling faith across the globe. (Faith across the globe= New world Order's One World Religion?).
The apocalyptic catch? The Mahdi is expected to appear when the world is wracked by utter chaos and war. Many Sunnis also believe that the Mahdi will come in such a judgment day scenario, but believe that he has not been born yet.
The Twelver beliefs have raised concern in conjunction with Iran's steeped interest in furiously pressing forward with its nuclear program, combined with threats against Israel and the West.
Critics of the Islamic Republic allege that Ahmadinejad and the Supreme Leader would even go so far as to hasten a nuclear showdown and cataclysmic strike—perhaps an attack on Israel and inevitable retaliation—to hasten the arrival of the 12th Imam.
Ahmadinejad has even called for the reappearance of the 12th Imam from the podium of the United Nations General Assembly.
During his speeches within Iran, Ahmadinejad has said that the main mission of the Islamic Revolution is to pave the way for the reappearance of the 12th Imam.
Note the 12th Imam is a religious leader coming with the false messiah (ransomnote: Welp, THEY don’t say he’s false).
For Christians, the 'End Times' described in the Bible detail the rise of one who would claim to be the messiah. One who would behead all who would refuse to worship him.(Iran beheads those who won't convert) He will be supported by a False Prophet who leads all faiths of the world to worship him.
So the Serpent is Satan/AntiChrist and he has a side-kick ‘religious leader’ who will gather all religions into a One World Religion (like Pope is trying to do). The Mahdi could be the 'sidekick.
At the 'End Times', the Age of Grace (when redemption is free with repentance/acceptance of Christ’s sacrifice) ends, and the 7 years of the Tribulation begins (then all have to bear suffering without giving in, in order to win redemption). They will have to die rather than accept the mark of the beast on back of the hand/forehead.
The break between the Age of Grace and the 7 years of Tribulation is the Rapture and sudden rise of the serpent to rule the world.
I recall reading something like Iran prior leader, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 12th Imam. The Iranians really believed he was the one who would elevate the messiah as ruler. They sometimes talked of of nuking Israel. Later, Ahmadinejad, said he could hear the footsteps of the messiah pacing underground where he’s been all this time and he was going to rise soon.
According to the Christian Bible, during the Tribulation, people will not be able to buy or sell without taking ‘the mark’ - so these 'vaccine passports' seem to some like a precursor, soon to be replaced as inconvenient with an scannable InfraRed tattoo or microchip on back of hand/forehead.
Trippy part comes next - supposedly the Serpent (false messiah) can do things 'n stuff that will seem like magic that WILL convince people he’s God - they will NOT doubt it. I'm thinking the magic of technology/AI, but then, I don’t get out much.
Oh and verses re iron mixed with clay:
