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Book of Revelation
How Far Can You Go and Still Be Able to Repent? A Plea to John MacArthur
The question about whether you can take the mark of the beast and still be able to repent later, makes no earthly sense to me. And yet there are pretribulational teachers who think this is a meaningful question. “How far can you go” is in the same vein of the frequent question that youth pastors […]
Interesting Phenomenon in Some Greek Manuscripts of the Book of Revelation
http://evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-curious-image-of-sun-in-revelation-92.html
Autonomous Drones — a Type of Eschatological Detection
I found this piece interesting, not because I think it is the fulfillment of any prophetic event. I found it interesting because many believe that the book of Revelation depicts events that are so fantastic that they think they could never actually happen. “And it was allowed to give breath [autonomy] to the image [inanimate] […]
Giant Killer Hornets — a Type of Eschatological Judgment
I found this piece interesting, not because I think it is the fulfillment of any prophetic event. I found it interesting because many believe that the book of Revelation depicts events that are so fantastic that they think they could never actually happen. Here is a piece about giant killer hornets that on a microcosmic […]
If ANYONE worships the beast and its image and receives a mark…
Dr. Jimmy DeYoung join Brannon for their weekly Middle East Update. Topic: Jimmy DeYoung & John MacArthur both agree that a person can receive the Mark of the Beast and repent and be saved. Hear the audio of Dr. MacArthur explaining why. http://www.worldviewweekend.com/radio/audio/brannon-howse-aired-september-27-2013 I am going to have a lot to say about the irresponsible—and […]
Pretribulationism Says You Should Ignore This Warning…
A third angel followed the first two, declaring in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and takes the mark on his forehead or his hand, that person will also drink of the wine of God’s anger that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will […]
The Beginning of Birth Pangs Parallel the First Three Seals in the Book of Revelation
Darrin objects that the “Beginning of Birth Pangs” are parallel to the first three seals in the book of Revelation. He writes, “Many antichrists over a long period of time does not equal the one final antichrist [the rider of the first seal]. Wars, rumors of wars, and empires changing rising and falling is […]
Four Reasons Why the “Armies of Heaven” Refers to God’s People at the Battle of Armageddon
(11) Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. (12) His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows […]
Ezekiel 16 and Revelation 17: Understanding The Great Prostitute
http://www.signetringministries.org/2013/04/28/1186/ An excerpt: Thus there is the need to break up the love relationship between Jerusalem and her “lovers”, the “nations,” the “kings of the earth.” God changes the love of the “kings of the earth” for Jerusalem to hate (Revelation 17:16). They turn on Jerusalem. It is God’s purpose that they do so (Revelation […]
The Major Problem With the Idealist Interpretation to the Book of Revelation
There are four interpretive models to the book of Revelation: preterist, historicist, futurist, and idealist. This latter model, the idealist interpretation, is probably the most common interpretation found in Christendom. Greg Herrick defines it as such: In this understanding, the contents of the book are not seen to relate to any historical events at all, […]