In layman's terms, I do not think the battle of Armaggeddeon is going to take place in the middle east as a physical battle. . . I believe the battle for the end is a battle over hearts and minds and all the fuss over the middle east is a ruse perpetuated by Satan to fool as many as possible into believing in him instead of God.
I think it's both--one of the things I've learned is that the existence of a spiritual meaning does not necessarily aborogate the existence of the physical aspect.
I ain't no fool. Me debating you on theology would be about as one sided as that John Edwards/ Dick Cheney debate a couple years ago :) Besides, as far as I can tell, we are on the same team.
Besides, my beef is with the apostasy types. Like Tex here, who wants his religion to be vindicated by scripture sooooo badly, but the second there is a conflict, he starts screaming things like "ecumenical council" and "church fathers". I wish for once one of these guys would just admit that they believe church tradition trumps scripture and be done with it. And then there are the dispensationalists who say the Law died on the cross, but still maintain literal Israel has a place in the end times. Both cannot be true simultaneously and their logic is generally as linear as a pretzel.
FRegards Brother,