The Shepard has prepared some "challenges" for sheep in the last days - wars, rumors of wars, pestilences, famines, the Antichrist, the mark of the beast (666), the whore of Babylon, Armageddon... The worst part - you cannot do anything to change it, as implied in the Revelation. So, has God cursed humanity or it is OK to put the sheep trough these hard times? How do we fit the "love your enemy" with the horrors of the Apocalypse?
On one level.... it is important to keep in mind what happens to humans after we leave this fourth dimensional space - time continuum. Howard Storm Ph.D.:
Why waste the few remaining days you have left(considering your beliefs in the end being nigh) with questions like these?
Does this mean God will cancel the Apocalypse? Because I don't lie the idea of billions of people being slaughtered. What do you expect me to do - booze & prostitutes?
I personally believe that AboveAlpha's Multiverse Theory fits well with Ezekiel chapter 37..... and REvelation chapter 20 and 21...... I am wide open to the possibility that at least one major Armageddon event has already taken place in another time line.... (example of applied Multiverse Theory)....... and we sure seem to be in a time line where "Armagdedon" has been delayed and delayed and delayed..... ... and yes..... I believe that the burning up....... of the grass of the earth could perhaps be fulfilled by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on all flesh......... Yes.... Armageddon can be so positively transformed by the Holy Spirit.... .that we barely recognize it........ in this time line at least...... http://www.qsl.net/w5www/brinkley.html Revelation 8:7 "The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth.[fn]And a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up." Isaiah 40:6 "The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:" My strong suspicion is that YHWH caused H-s prophets to write in such a way....... that G-d was left with loopholes..... that would allow for the possibility of G-d interpretating Armageddon in a manner that is shockingly positive...... especially in new time lines........ Could one third of the trees perhaps mean that a third of the very wealthy repent during this outpouring.... but practically all of the poor and regular folk????? Mat 19:24 “And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
I didn't know Nero put a mark on peoples foreheads or hands. Care to decode that political document for us?
People really swear up a blue streak when those 100 pound hailstones start falling. Revelation 16:21(CEB) = "Huge hailstones weighing about one hundred pounds came down from heaven on the people. They cursed God for the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible." Now think about that. One hundred (100) pounds of water is about 8 gallons. That's a volume of about 1.6 cubic feet. That's the volume of a typical microwave oven. Even the Pope will be cursing when one of those hits him on his noggin.
LOL, you think times are hard now? The average income per person in the Roman empire is estimated to be less than $1,000 per year. Today the world is doing better than ever, is wealthier than ever, and is more peaceful than ever.
