Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Dallas59
He has to be here on Earth...after the rapture....and He has to issue the proclamation that every human will where his mark.

The words "where" and "wear" are homophones. They sound the same, but are spelled differently, and mean different things. Confusing your homophones, like indulging in the soul-sapping drug of apocalyptic hysteria, dramatically reduces your credibility. Christianity is an erudite and literate faith with broad appeal to elect folks of all social classes. However, the "gospel" of fatalistic defeatism reduces the visibility of the real gospel.

15 posted on 12/03/2004 2:45:11 AM PST by TomSmedley (Calvinist, optimist, home schooling dad, exuberant husband, technical writer)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]


To: TomSmedley

B=2
A=1
sh=300
a=1
r=200
v=6

BASHARV=510

L=30

A=1
s=60
s=60
a=1
d=4

ASSAD=126

510+30+126=666

AS you can see...


16 posted on 12/03/2004 2:48:36 AM PST by Traianus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies ]

To: TomSmedley
You say --
          However, the "gospel" of fatalistic defeatism
          reduces the visibility of the real gospel.
I just have to quote Revelation 13. It's pretty clear here what is going on. These are conditions which have NEVER been fulfilled before and are yet to come.
          Revelation 13

          1  Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a
             beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads
             and ten horns,+ and on his horns ten crowns, and on
             his heads a blasphemous name.

          2  Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his
             feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth
             like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his
             power, his throne, and great authority.

          3  And I saw one of his heads as if it had been
             mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed.
             And all the world marveled and followed the beast.

          4  So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority
             to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying,
             "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war
             with him?"

          5  And he was given a mouth speaking great things
             and blasphemies, and he was given authority to
             continue for forty-two months.

          6  Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against
             God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and
             those who dwell in heaven.

          7  It was granted to him to make war with the saints
             and to overcome them. And authority was given him
             over every tribe, tongue, and nation.

          8  All who dwell on the earth will worship him,
             whose names have not been written in the Book of
             Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the
             world.

          9  If anyone has an ear, let him hear.

          10 He who leads into captivity shall go into
             captivity; he who kills with the sword must be
             killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the
             faith of the saints.

          11 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the
             earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke
             like a dragon.

          12 And he exercises all the authority of the first
             beast in his presence, and causes the earth and
             those who dwell in it to worship the first beast,
             whose deadly wound was healed.

          13 He performs great signs, so that he even makes
             fire come down from heaven on the earth in the
             sight of men.

          14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by
             those signs which he was granted to do in the sight
             of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth
             to make an image to the beast who was wounded by
             the sword and lived.

          15 He was granted power to give breath to the image
             of the beast, that the image of the beast should
             both speak and cause as many as would not worship
             the image of the beast to be killed.

          16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and
             poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their
             right hand or on their foreheads,

          17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who
             has the mark or the name of the beast, or the
             number of his name.

          18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding
             calculate the number of the beast, for it is the
             number of a man: His number is 666.

Note the following --
          7  It was granted to him to make war with the saints
             and to overcome them. And authority was given him
             over every tribe, tongue, and nation.

          8  All who dwell on the earth will worship him,
             whose names have not been written in the Book of
             Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the
             world.

You see, the beast (as described in Revelation) is given the authority to make war with the "saints" (the saved ones) and to OVERCOME THEM!! This authority is universal -- over the ENTIRE WORLD (as described by "every tribe, tongue and nation").

We see only TWO groups here -- those "whose names have NOT been written in the Book of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" and those who [...] HAVE BEEN WRITTEN in the Book of the Lamb [...].

Elsewhere we see that no one is saved except that their name is written in the Book of the Lamb.

The saints WILL BE OVERCOME. The Bible tells us so.

The "Gospel" goes with the "whole counsel of God".

Regards,

Star Traveler

23 posted on 12/03/2004 4:23:51 AM PST by Star Traveler
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson