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To: tired&retired; cyn; left that other site
As stated in Luke 17: 20 Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed; 21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’ For, in fact, the kingdom of God is within you.”

Replace the kingdom of God with the mark of the beast (in a manner of speaking, for comparison's sake) and you get:

>>>Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the mark of the beast was coming, and he answered, “The mark of the beast is not coming with things that can be observed; 21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’ For, in fact, the mark of the beast is within you.”

Hmmm:

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140 posted on 10/19/2014 4:34:25 PM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: Ezekiel

“Replace the kingdom of God with the mark of the beast (in a manner of speaking, for comparison’s sake) and you get:”

But why would one change the message given to us? Our goal is to find the best translation and meaning possible based upon the message provided by our Savior. To purposely change the message changes the direction of our focus. I prefer to focus on what I desire, not what I desire not. Thus I prefer to focus on Jesus and if by chance the beast is also within me he will be replaced by that which I seek.


141 posted on 10/20/2014 2:53:13 AM PDT by tired&retired
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