The dragon  gave him his power and seat. The Beast is the political power empowered by Satan.

Satan is not the Beast. Satan is the dragon.

And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

Gene is confused

PROCLAIMER……Antichrist’s definition is given by John himself ,  ‘he  who does not believe Jesus came in the flesh.”    That is what John meant by Antichrist,  not anything else.

That is one sign or fruit. Clearly there are others.

Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—den…[Read more]

I remember years ago a teacher saying it was a young girl that would concieve, but that due to the age, you would assume she would be a virgin. Of course it depends on how the culture understood it. Sounds like they understood it that way. If not, then so what. A young girl will conceive. Happened before and will happen again.

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Hi Danny.

This seems off topic, but I’ll point you to this page as it addresses one of your points.

Is Hell eternal?

But if a soul sins it dies.

And yes we die.

Were we created to die?

If sin gives birth to death, then you are saying that repentance will wash away all our sins?

I don’t think that the OT teaches that.

It sets a standard in the law that we cannot achieve.

Or are you able to achieve it?

It’s a simple question. If I embrace only the Old Testament like you are asking, then how do I deal with my sins?

This is why I am asking you this.

What is the plan?

DID ISLAM OR ISLAMISTS COME OUT OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH?

Yes or no?

This is not a fair yes / no question because no doubt that some would have and others not directly.

Antichrist theology likely came from Believers who fell away originally, but what of their offspring who also followed the way of their father? Are they not antichrist because…[Read more]

The law came from Moses and grace from Jesus Christ.

The law condemns you gadam as it does all who have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

Have you broken the law?

What commandments have you broken?

Have you ever lied?

Have you coveted?

Have you failed to honour your parents at any point?

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So what.

Matthew didn’t write about every prophetic fulfilment.

Why does he have too.

I found this table of fulfilled prophecies. I have read them all so I cannot verify how accurate this is. But I can see Matthew spoke about some, but not all. Again, big deal. Why does he have to?

But I am not agreeing with your logics of the so called ‘first Law then Grace’. It was purely the interpretation of Paul then by his followers. Grace is always there in the Torah and the Hebrew Bible and is not a new invention or secret revelation by the NT writers. Please read the following;

The law condemns you gadam.

Up to you.

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There are many antichrists.

One sign is antichrists deny Jesus is the Son of God, a core tenant of Islam.

Islam based itself on Jewish and Christian scriptures. Probably in an attempt to gain legitimacy among the people.

But it introduced lethal doctrines and then forced this through preaching and violence.

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Hi Brother Gene thanks for your reply. But I don’t agree with your interpretation  on “this generation” as a particular generation because Jesus was referring to the generation whom he was talking. Gospel preaching to the ends of the earth again a speculation of Matthew’s writer as this saying is tied to  “truly I tell you, you will not have go…

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As I quoted earlier there was no such concept of dying Messiah at the time of Jesus which is clearly visible in the earliest traces of the NT. Please take the example of Peter’s negative statement on Jesus’ death (on the cross) and the disciples’ ignorance on the scriptures supporting dying Messiah in Luke 24.

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1. He will be King over united Kingdom of Israel
2.Build the Third Temple (Ezekiel 37:26-28).
3. Gather all Jews back to the Land of Israel (Isaiah 43:5-6).
4. Usher in an era of world peace, and end all hatred, oppression, suffering and disease. As it says: “Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall man learn war anymore.” (Is…

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It also makes perfect sense that if God used the nation of Israel and then sent his messiah into the world, then both would have similar descriptions in that the world generally hates God, so would get roughly the same treatment.

Isaiah 53 doesn’t rule out Jesus. It supports him.

It is amazing how close it resembles his life.

Lol. Saying this doesn’t fit with Jesus is a joke.

If it quacks it’s a duck.

Of course not proof on its own, but certainly sounds like Jesus more than any other entity on planet earth in recorded history.

Your not very convincing gadam.

Just saying.

Why call him Messiah if he was not satisfying the conditions for Hebrew Messiah?

What’s the no1 thing that he didnt fulfill that comes to your mind?

Sorry to comment on your post above. The above verses quoted by you are the opinions of the NT writers and are most religious. I was discussing on the historical investigations on the concept of Messiah in the Hebrew Bible. It is nothing to do with spiritual beliefs and convictions here. Hope you will understand my posts.

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We arecaearebthat there are all manner of excuses for rejecting the messiah. God gave us the freedom to choose him. This also includes the freedom to reject him.

Your excuse is Jesus doesnt fit your idea of the messiah as portrayed in the OT.

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Hi Proclaimer, I too know the statement but the historians don’t believe what you and I believe and  they are neutral people. So they see the religious stories as myths if they are not able to prove them as per historical methods.

At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid thes…[Read more]