Featured The Abomination Of Desolation

I know what the Mark is, even the Beast, and it's number.

I basically agree with you. Much is already in place. Now comes the last act in the drama, with several scenes to unfold.

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Whether or not this is a foreshadow of the Mark of the Beast, I believe this control is of the Devil just as Hitler's control over the Jews was of the Devil. Whether the prophecies of the Olivet Discourse and Revelation are in our past or in our future, we must all be prepared to go through the same type of isolation and restrictions that you are experiencing.

It is noteworthy that these restrictions are on the unvaxxed. Who's to say whether they will expand to Christians? After all, some governments are already controlling what can be preached from the pulpit.

 

What if I were to suggest that you believe Jesus over Mark Hitchcock, Tommy Ice, and John Hagee? The fact that I agree with Gentry does not mean that I believe him over Jesus.

 

If the events of Revelation are in our future, I think you've spelled out how it would happen.

 

You've just made my point. Your comments make it sound as if Gentry, DeMar, et al were leaders in a cult that have blinded me to the truth. The fact is that, after studying what these guys have to say, I believe they are right based on proper interpretation of Scripture. Would you say that I am biased toward the Preterist view? Would you say that you are biased toward the "Futurist" view? Only one view can be correct.

 

Or...it's obviously not the futurist view, as Jesus said those events would happen within the lifetime of His disciples. On top of that, several passages say those events would happen "soon" - not 2,000 years later. That's a problem you can't work around without changing the meaning of "soon", "this generation", etc. Either all of Scripture means what it says, or it doesn't. Personally, I choose to take the words of Jesus and the NT authors to mean what they say. Having said that, I also recognize it when they use the same type of symbolism and hyperbole as the OT prophets used.

 

To turn this around, you simply can't get around the fact that Jesus plainly said those events would happen within the generation of those He was speaking to. Every time you make this claim, you are saying that Jesus was either a liar or that He didn't know what He was talking about. You claim that He meant something other than what He actually said. Jesus spoke very clearly to His disciples. He would not have deliberately confused them by saying those events would come soon within their lifetime if it were not so. In case you are thinking of the argument that "only the Father knows", why would Jesus have even made that claim in the first place? Was He guessing? Careless? You are only assuming that those events did not come to pass in AD 70 because you refuse to believe it. And that, Brother, is the dead horse that you are beating.

 

Legislation passed here before the pandemic, that police could forcibly enter homes and forcibly inject people with vaccines against their consent.
This goes totally against human liberty, international treaty and our constitution.
Medical privacy is totally gone as well.
You have to present proof of vaccination to hotels, pubs, and even bottle shops, otherwise you can’t buy anything.
Refused State and Local government contracts.
This is a punitive measure, reminds me of pharaoh, bidding the Israelites make bricks without straw.

It seems careful planning occurred before the pandemic and data bases were in place long before contact tracing was implemented.

 

Well your guns might be your final argument. You might want to put in a strong point in your home if anarchy looks like happening.
Perhaps have some supplies put away.

 

Be prepared to lose everything. If you are in America, you might fair a little better for a time because you have a Bill of Rights, and the recognised Right to bear arms.
We don’t have rights here, governments and bureaucrats can dictate whatever they like.

 

Consider Matthew 11:16, 12:4, 23:36; Mark 8:12, 8:38; Luke 7:31, 11:29-32, 17:25. In each of those passages, He clearly meant then generation He was speaking to in each passage - several of which speak of judgment. Why would the Olivet Discourse contain the lone exception to what Jesus meant by "this generation"? You are not comparing Scripture with Scripture to see what is meant. Jesus did not say "the generation that sees these things", or even "that generation". You cannot twist what Jesus has plainly said to make your claim that these events have not yet happened.

Then there is "when you see the abomination of desolation" (Matthew 24:15). Compare that with Luke 21:20 "when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies". You know this happened in AD 70.

Here is more "time indicator" evidence for your consideration: James 5:7-9 "the coming of the Lord is at hand...the Judge is standing right at the door"; Rev 1:1 "things which must shortly take place"; Rev 1:3 "the time is near". There are more examples, but this is enough to make the point. If you can change the meaning of "at hand", "shortly" and "near" to mean the opposite of what they mean in normal conversation, what else are you going to change the meaning of? Scripture was written in a way for us to understand. Words mean what they always mean.

When I recognize some prophetic passages as symbolic in nature, you insist that I need to understand it literally. Then you violate your own standard by changing the meaning of common words. Can God tell time? Does Jesus speak plainly regarding these events, or was He deliberately leaving His disciples confused? Since none of the disciples questioned what He meant, they obviously understood that Jesus meant exactly what He said - their generation would see those things happen. And this is how we are to understand Scripture - just as the original audience did. No matter how many times you claim that these events haven't happened yet, Scripture says they must have. You will pardon me if I choose to believe what Jesus said over what you say.

 

You haven't explained how you get around the book of time indicators that I could write. "Soon" means "soon" - unless Jesus said it? "This generation" means "this generation" - unless it means "that generation"? "Near" means "near", unless you just don't want it to. How convenient for you. The only way you can fit these events to a future fulfillment is to change what Scriptures actually say. But wait - what do you do with Rev 22:18-19? Doesn't this also prohibit changing Scripture?