Re: Generational Dynamics World View News
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 11:49 pm
China Joe and Kamala have already cut a deal to betray Asia to the CCP. People voted for that.
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As a Christian, I mostly agree with this statement. However, the first two sentences are debatable.Cool Breeze wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:27 am Whether one believes it or not, archetypal or not, the mark is coming. I personally think this is a test run and the transhumanist movement is the real demonic degradation of mankind that is desired by these global overlords. Knowledge of that is far more important, since we are eternal beings, and our very salvation depends on it. Even if "generational dynamics" is right, there's nothing new under the sun, and it'll just happen again in the next 80 or 160 years, right? Ultimately, if you don't have your trust in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, you have no life in you. You'll just die like the rest did, your "stuff" will rot, your memory will fade. Your children will even die just as you did. Unless there is more to us than the material. I've good good news for you all - there is.
Think about it.
That's why I said it is archetypal. You are correct - in addition even a lot of Romans believed that the Emperor would return and show that the mortal wound was staved off ... but it didn't happen. 666 is definitively a reference to Nero, by the way, yes. What wasn't as discrete in that time period, though, was the mark to be involved in the "economic system" or to eat, or whatever. Also, Enoch and Elijah haven't returned to die, as all men must.DaKardii wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 1:44 pmAs a Christian, I mostly agree with this statement. However, the first two sentences are debatable.Cool Breeze wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:27 am Whether one believes it or not, archetypal or not, the mark is coming. I personally think this is a test run and the transhumanist movement is the real demonic degradation of mankind that is desired by these global overlords. Knowledge of that is far more important, since we are eternal beings, and our very salvation depends on it. Even if "generational dynamics" is right, there's nothing new under the sun, and it'll just happen again in the next 80 or 160 years, right? Ultimately, if you don't have your trust in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, you have no life in you. You'll just die like the rest did, your "stuff" will rot, your memory will fade. Your children will even die just as you did. Unless there is more to us than the material. I've good good news for you all - there is.
Think about it.
There are many Christians who believe that the mark is not coming, because it already came. They believe that the entire Book of Revelation up to 20:6 is a reference to the events between 30 and 70 AD, the period between the ascension of Jesus and the destruction of the Second Temple. The Beast was Emperor Nero, and the False Prophet was the Pharisees. The Beast died by his own hand in 68 AD, and his dynasty collapsed soon afterward, for he had no heirs. By then, he and the False Prophet had turned on each other, and were at war. The dynasty following that of the beast destroyed the False Prophet two years later. This marked the beginning of the Millennium, a symbolic period that is still ongoing today. There have been numerous attempts to destroy the Church since then, but all have failed spectacularly. The final attempt is yet to come, and it will be the only attempt that will come close to destroying the Church. When it appears that all is lost, Christ will return, and the final judgment will happen. Meanwhile, it is impossible to know if we are truly in the end times, for only the Father knows, per Matthew 24:36.
This position is dominant among Catholics (such as myself), Eastern/Oriental Orthodox, and even many Protestants.
Amillenialsts/Preterists (I consider them one and the same) believe that the "mark of the beast" was a reference to Roman currency, which was marked with the face and name of the emperor. Because at the time the emperor was considered a divine title, whenever you bought or sold anything in Rome you would have to use currency that essentially had the image of a pagan idol.Cool Breeze wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 2:00 pm What wasn't as discrete in that time period, though, was the mark to be involved in the "economic system" or to eat, or whatever. Also, Enoch and Elijah haven't returned to die, as all men must.
You raise important questions that I've always had to deal with. AllCool Breeze wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 1:51 pm > Regarding John's, it is an interesting post. I just wanted to say
> that I didn't predict anything (I actually believe a crisis of
> some sort financially is nearly guaranteed and with potential for
> war). But the larger point is, what do these predictions mean if
> we are dead in the long run, anyway? Or we just cycle to another
> bad run for our grandkids? Especially if these are supposed to be
> so dire, as many on here "predict."
> This is why in particular timing matter for predictions. Severity
> does too. Everyone "knows" financial issues will come and that
> wars will come. If you can't even name a time period, though, it
> does little. I think only a small minority of people believe
> foolishly that wars won't happen again or economic crashes won't,
> to some degree. Yes, those are religious thinkers. Shit, most
> religious thinkers these days are the lefty progressives with
> their climate change as eschatology and "progress" with
> scientism. Basically, the underpinnings of murderous ideologies
> repackaged as communism 2.0