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Again, I'm utterly mystified why you STILL believe Nero was the 'beast' when it's been CLEARLY PROVEN he was NOT the beast!

 

Why disagree? You can't prove it wrong.

 

While the Old Covenant is long-over, there are still millions of Orthodox Jews, & some others of different religious factions that still live and worship under it. They would still sacrifice animals, but for the fact most govts. forbid it. And the jews fully intend to resume them when they build their new temple in Jerusalem.

You may repeat "shortly, at hand, when you see" all you wish, but that will NOT overcome the FACT that those events HAVEN'T HAPPENED YET! There's simply no getting around that FACT!

Now, please tell me what your basis in in believing Nero was the beast when you've been shown many FACTS about his life that PROVE Nero did NOT fulfill many Scriptural criteria for the beast. You agree that Scripture is 100% true,and it plainly describes certain acts the TRUE beast will perform, while history shows Nero did NOT perform many of them.

For instance, Nero never declared himself to be above every god that'd ever been worshipped before. Nor did he issue any "marka the beast". Nor did he perform the AOD, as he never set foot in Jerusalem.

How can you believe Scripture is 100% true, & still believe Nero was the beast?????????????????

 

With all due respect, Sir, you HAVE NOT proven your view. All you've presented has been opinion, imagination, and gursswork, most likely obtained from the writings of the quacks you, for some strange reason, believe.

no, they HAVEN'T! They're NOT found in history.

Actually, I DO. "Shortly" to GOD is often "far-off' to US.

The "beast" will also be the empire of the man Scripture calls the beast. But I PROMISE you, IT WAS NOT NERO ! ! ! A little reminder: Nero DIED; his death was witnessed by about a dozen men. Scripture says the beast & FP will be cast ALIVE into the lake of fire. And no, he didn't simply go unconscious. He bled out. And his body was embalmed before being buried. Were he merely unconscious, that woulda killed him for sure! So, ya gotta get that foolishness outta your head. NERO WAS NOT THE BEAST ! !

Neither the marka the beast nor the marking of the 144K Israelis has occurred yet. And the marka the beast will be literal, likely some sorta microchip. But we don't know just how GOD will mark His people.

Yes, JERUSALEM was made desolate. But the ABOMINATION of desolation is another thing entirely. remember, Daniel said what it'll be-the evil man setting up his image in the temple while exalting himself above every god that's ever been worshipped. It'll be an ABOMINATION that CAUSES desolation, as Daniel wrote.

Again, that was NOT the AOD. You've made yourself quite a conundrum! While you still say Nero was the beast(despite uncontestable evidence to the contrary) you admit he was never in Jerusalem. So, he could NOT have committed the AOD, SIMPLE AS THAT ! ! tHEREFORE, HE WAS NOT THE BEAST ! !

No, they were NOT! It's plain that the harlot in Rev. 17 is Rome, and the Roman empire NEVER turned on its own capital !

It has to do with the FACT that you're trying to add MAN-MADE INTERPS to the TRUE meanings of many Scriptures, as if you don't believe its ACTUAL meanings! That's cause for serious concern!

You've accepted the garbage written by some quacks, crackpots, fuddy-duddies, & mountebanks insteada allowing Scripture to interpret itself, and for the HOLY SPIRIT to guide you. You've fallen for the spiel of some book salesmen, just as I once did for the road apples of Herbie Armstrong!

Now, I've presented SOUND PROOF that Nero could NOT have been the beast, but, against all reason, you still insist he was! And I'm gonna KEEP presenting that material, lest someone else believe those demagogues & fall into their pit of lies as YOU have.

 

Lodic, I hope & pray you get well real soon!

The only reason I see for your still believing Nero was the beast is that you believe the garbage of the quack pret authors over history, reality, and Scripture, which, together, **PROVE** Nero could NOT have been the "beast/antichrist/man of sin".

I believe every non-preterist reader of the assessment of Nero presented in the OP will agree with it.

Please, don't forget that Biblical prophecy must be fulfilled EXACTLY, TO-THE-LETTER! Any event not meeting that strict standard is NOT a fulfillment! And plainly, Nero did NOT fulfill many of the Scriptural criteria for the "beast" ! !

 

Glad you're doing better. Just be careful it doesn't turn into PNEUMONIA, which is still a significant killer!

WHAT prophecies did Nero fulfill?

Your belief that Nero was the beast simply makes NO SENSE, as you believe Scripture completely, and you agree Nero did NOT many of the Scriptural criteria for the beast, from the facts of history I posted ! !

 

My wife has COPD from having both lungs punctured in a schoolbus accident in 2000, & has had pneumonia 3 times since. She's doing better now, but she uses 2 liters O2 24/7. We both are vaccinated against most pneumonia strains, flu, hep A, & shingles.

First, thanx for attempting to justufy believing Nero was the beast.
Actually, Roma had had many more than 5 rulers before Nero. And Rome didn't rule that much of the world, and was not invincible in battle.

But nero did not overthrow 3 of those rulers to become Caesar. He inhertied the office from his uncle Claudius, & was peacefully approved by the Senate.

nero persecuted only some saints in the city of Rome, not thruout the empire. And the Jewish war came about due to their rebellion against Roman rule, doubtlessly influenced by God so He could use the Romans to punish them.

Josephus, who wrote mostly to entertain Vespasian, left Pompey, who preceded Julius, from the mix. In fact, Julius overthrew Pompey to become Caesar. But again, a quick check of Roman history will show you there were quite a few rulers of Rome before Nero.

Actually, Nero openly worshipped the Roman pantheon, repairing several temples to Zeus & other Roman gods after the great fire.

Just about every popular Roman ruler was deitized after his death. Vespasian and Titus each were, though they didn't seek such praise themselves. That's a lot different from exalting oneself above every god.

Many other Roman names could be calculated as 666, depending upon which system of gematria one used. And that included the system of letters representing numerals, I. E. the familiar "Roman numerals".

Nice try, Lodic, but your explanation still falls far short of filling in all the Scriptural criteria for the beast that Nero missed. For instance, there's the matter of the AOD. hard for Nero to heve done it when he was never in Jerusalem!

I hope the HOLY SPIRIT will soon open your eyes so you see the line of hooey from those pret authors that you've swallowed is FALSE!

 

Sir, I don't know how I could make it any plainer to you, from the facts of history about Nero's life that **PROVE**, beyond any doubt, that Nero did NOT fulfill many of the Scriptural criteria for the beast & therefore could NOT have been the beast! You admit those facts of history, and those Scriptural criteria are correct, so how can you still stubbornly cling to that false belief???????????????????????????????????

As for the Roman empire being the beast, it didn't ever include that large a percentage of all the land & all the people on earth, even at its zenith. The Mongol empire, the Soviet Union, and, especially, the British empire, were VASTLY-larger!
The coming empire will at first be formed from the remains of the old Roman empires, then, will include almost the whole world, as Scripture says. No need to repeat its characteristics.

The pret view couldn't be more-wrong!

 

The Scriptures clearly show the eschatological events, including the great trib, will be WORLDWIDE. Please read Rev. 13 to see the beast's authority will be over ALL NATIONS & PEOPLES. And the death of all life in the sea won't only affect Israel, but the WHOLE WORLD, as will the burning up of all green grass, etc. And the marka the beast will be universal as well, as Scripture says.

And again, study some history. The catastrophe of 70 AD wasn't nearly as severe as that of the nazi holocaust, not to mention other catastrophes thruout the world that've occurred since 70 AD.

And still, NERO WAS NOT THE BEAST! I believe that's been PROVEN!

 

The ending of the Old Covenant was not the carrying out of eschatology. It was the advent of the New Covenant!
The eschatological events will usher in the almost-end of sin, as Satan will be banished, & Jesus will be ruling the earth. Sin won't return til the millenium is up, & Satan is released.

No, you HAVEN'T. You've presented only imagination, opinion, & guesswork, while I & others have presented KNOWN HISTORICAL FACTS that **PROVE** Nero did NOT meet many of the Scriptural criteria that the TRUE beast will meet EXACTLY, TO-THE-LETTER. Nero didn't come as close to being the beast as Napoleon, Hitler, or Stalin did. (Not to mention Prince Albert who was Queen Victoria's hubby while she was queen of the largest, richest empire of all time so far, while the British Empire was at its zenith..)

Again, you need to REALLY PRAY EARNESTLY to know the truth, and to quit reading the trash of those quack pret "authors" who invent stuff as they go, and, same as you, can't prove a word of it. Those charlatans have really corrupted you!