John saw the apostasy of miracle working schismatics leaving his church as fitting Christ’s description of the End Time falling away (Mt. 7:22-23; 24:11-12; Mk. 13:22-23) and writes “it is the last hour”. What did John mean? Was he speaking chronologically or did he thereby illustrate to every generation the nature and character of the …
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The little horn in Daniel with the Big Mouth At first read the little horn in Daniel chapters 7 and 8 seem to refer to different people: The “little horn” in Daniel 7:7 rises from the Revived Roman Empire; The “little horn” in Daniel 8:9 rises from the eastern division of the Grecian Empire (Antioch …
The Antichrist will appear in the guise of Christ, to oppose Christ. Paul called him the “Son of Destruction” which implies a Jewish-Christian miracle worker evangelist. His name is Adonikam and he will rise from obscurity near the ancient city of Antioch, modern Turkey. He is from ancient Nineveh, the outskirts of Mosul Iraq. The …
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Does the Lake of Fire Symbolize Eternal Torment for all cast into it? When “Death and Hades” are cast into the lake of fire” they are destroyed forever, but not so the Devil, Beast and False Prophet; they receive eternal torment “day and night forever and ever” (Rev. 20:10). Therefore, everything cast into the lake …
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The war between God and Satan unfolds rapidly as the seven bowls of God’s wrath are poured out. Followers of the Beast receive festering sores (Rev. 16:2). Seafood dies in a poisoned sea (Rev. 16:3). Drinking water becomes foul tasting blood (Rev. 16:4-7). 1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to …
Biblical Angels are physical not spirits. For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. (Eph. 6:12 RSV) In 1 Corinthians 13 Paul groups in threes: 8) prophecy, tongues, knowledge; …
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.(1 Jn. 4:1 NKJ) When John says, “do not believe every spirit” is he saying 1.) Do not believe every spirit speaking through a prophet; 2.) do not believe every spirit-inspired …
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass (ἃ δεῖ γενέσθαι ἐν τάχει). (Rev. 1:1 KJV) The definite time (2540 καιρός kairos) in which the Day of the Lord occurs is always spatially “near” (Rev. 1:3; 22:6), about to burst through …
Words are closed up and sealed In Daniel 12:4 the angel commands the preservation of the words of the vision by closing and sealing the book. Once the original is preserved from changes, unclosed and unsealed copies are made for study (Jer. 32:9-12). “Many will go here and there [throughout the earth looking for answers …
Woman clothed with the sun is Lady Zion mother of us all Lady Zion is the “Israel of God” (Gal. 6:16), Jews and Gentiles born in the Truth of God. Mount Zion, from which God’s Law goes forth was in Jerusalem, therefore Lady Zion “Jerusalem” (Isa. 2:3) is the Mother of us all (Gal. 4:26). …
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