By MICHAEL SLOVANOS
POPULAR theology does not necessarily equate to accurate theology. That is certainly the case with probably the most widespread, modern doctrine in the western church – dispensational premillennialism, a form of eschatology (prophecy study) also known more simply as “last days/end times prophecy teaching”.
This particular teaching promotes the view that prophetic passages in both the Old and New Testaments are primarily fulfilled at an undetermined but “nearby” time most likely in the current period of history, some 2000 years from the time of Christ and the writing of the New Testament.
But a lesser-known group of historical researchers focusing on the 1st century AD period after Christ’s time on earth have developed the completely opposite view that biblical prophecy was largely or completely fulfilled around the time of the Roman destruction of the Jerusalem temple in AD70.
This view is called preterism. It is based on scriptural accounts but also on the historical writings of historians such as Josephus, Tacitus and Cassius Dio and others. It also aligns with Covenant or Reformed theology.
Those who advocate the “futurist” scenario of prophetic fulfilment point to the formation of modern Israel in 1948 as a “prophetic marker for the end times”. Israel’s Jewish refugee migrants flooding in from Europe were seen as “God’s chosen people returning to their promised land” in accordance with Old Testament prophecies. The futurists tend to ignore or discount the historical writings up to and around the destruction of the Jerusalem temple.
Historically, futurist dispensationalism is inextricably tied up with Zionism to produce a belief known as Christian Zionism.
Around the time of the 1968 “Jesus Revolution” in America (that curiously coincided with the Bohemian-revival aka the “Hippy Revolution”) Christian churches worldwide were flooded with “end times” messaging in the form of books and movies referencing Israel’s “miraculous victory and return to the Wailing Wall” after the 1967 Six-Day War and an imminent “rapture” of the church to be followed by a “great seven-year tribulation”.
The late Hal Lindsey’s New York Times best-seller in 1970 titled “The Late Great Planet Earth” predicted an imminent rapture and tribulation period to be followed by the return of Christ to Jerusalem, from where the Messiah would rule the planet for 1000 years. “Left Behind” was the title of an entire series of movies and books describing the expected sudden “disappearance” (rapture) of Christians from the earth.
The roots of this teaching are commonly traced to John Nelson Darby, a mainstream Church of Ireland priest who joined the rapidly growing Plymouth Brethren movement in the early 1800s. However, as noted in a review of a Darby biography by author Crawford Gribben, “after his death in 1882, Darby’s successors revised and expanded his arguments, and Darby became known as the architect of the most influential system of end-times thinking among the world’s half-a-billion evangelicals. This “dispensational premillennialism” exercises extraordinary influence in religious communities, but also in popular culture and geopolitics.”
That is an accurate summary of the profound effects of this teaching not only within Christendom but on US and global geopolitics. But it was probably the controversial Midwest lawyer, former Confederate soldier, lawyer and preacher Cyrus Scofield (born in Michigan in 1843) who was responsible for the early mass marketing of this teaching into the 20th century.
The rise of dispensationalism through the 1800s co-incided with the rise of the Zionist movement initiated by the atheist Jewish lawyer and journnalist Theodore Herzl. It wasn’t entirely coincidental, however, because the idea of a Jewish restoration is traced as far back as Puritan groups in the 1580s – long before Darby’s writings.
Puritans, some of whom lived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, saw Jewish re-entry to England after their expulsion in 1290 by Edward 1, as a step on the path to their eventual return to Palestine in line with millennialist eschatology, which would hasten the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and thus the final judgment.
Fast forward to the 1860s, it appears that Scofield, after his post-Civil War escapades and conversion, first came under the influence of the dispensationalist movement through protestant church leaders in Dallas, Texas. He later left his pastoral post and traveled to New York where he met the Zionist Samuel Untermeyer, a New York criminal lawyer and member of the literary society called the Lotos Club, which for some unknown reason, Scofield attended.
Church leaders in New York with whom Scofield associated, most notably Frank Ely Gaebelein, were also advocating the Jewish homeland narrative and eventually suggested that Scofield produce a Bible commentary based on dispensationalism. The first Scofield Reference Bible was published in 1909 by Oxford University Press – a remarkable feat for the failed lawyer-turned preacher from Kansas.
So, much of the 20th Century saw the rise and entrenchment of dispensationalist teaching via Scofield’s Bible reference notes in many Protestant evangelical seminaries. But the teaching spread, even among Catholics and other mainstream denominations. “The return of the Jews to the Promised Land” became not only a Christian but secular narrative.
Today, the belief that the modern state of Israel is a God-ordained phenomenon signalling an imminent second coming of Christ is held widely, probably by a majority of evangelical Christians worldwide, regardless of the fact that Judaism, the religion of the Jews denies the historical Christ but awaits a future Messiah. We should note however, the irony that a majority of Israeli Jews identify as secular.
Nevertheless, leading US evangelicals like Jack Hibbs, continue to give unconditional support to Israel while vigorously defending the teaching of the imminent rapture and second coming appearance of Christ.
Hibbs’ congregation and many others would be shocked and disbelieving if you were to tell them that the second coming of Christ was a 1st century event along with “the rapture” and tribulation. They shouldn’t be because Christ himself in several biblical discourses near the time of his crucifixion circa AD33, is recorded as speaking of nearby apocalyptic events.
Probably the most frequently cited of these is the Olivet Discourse of Matthew, chapter 24, in which his disciples query him about “the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age”. Some Bible versions inaccurately translate “end of the age” as “end of the world”, which is highly misleading and contributes to the futurist narrative.
Christ, speaking in the first person to the disciples, explains the various events and signs – wars and rumors of wars, nation rising against nation (ethnos i.e. race of people), kingdom against kingdom, famines and earthquakes, “the beginning of birth pains”.
All these events are historically verifiable in the four decades from Christ’s crucifixion until the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. Dispensationalists, however, claim that Christ wasn’t actually addressing those disciples specifically but the worldwide church some 2000 years in the future.
That claim is rather disingenuous because Christ uses the personal pronoun “you” more than 20 times in the chapter when describing what these disciples will see and what they should specifically do, for instance to flee Jerusalem when they see the temple being desecrated in the same manner it was when Jerusalem was beseiged by the Seleucid king Antiochus Ephiphanes IV.
Antiochus, reported the Greek historian Diordorus, “sacrificed a great swine at the image of Moses, and at the altar of God that stood in the outward court, and sprinkled them with the blood of the sacrifice”. The Roman general Titus, after breaching Jerusalem’s walls and defeating the Jewish rebels, performed a similar act in AD70.
But popular dispensationalist teaching has “the abomination that causes desolation” happening some time after the formation of modern Israel when the temple is rebuilt and the animal sacrifice – of supposedly a flawless red heifer – is performed. Today we see the bizarre spectable of fanatical Orthodox Jews with magnifying glasses scouring the hair of specially raised Texan red heifers in their search for the “flawless” animal.
The Christian US ranchers who partake in this craziness, perhaps take pride in being exclusive, God-ordained actors in what they see as a critical event that will trigger an “end times” apocalyptic scenario, maybe before their very own eyes! These Christian Zionists seem to forget the central message of the gospels, that Christ himself was the once and only sacrifice for the sins of mankind.
Preterist Floyd Brennan, a graduate of West Liberty University, West Virginia, recently posted a study examining the period known as the 3.5-year tribulation (Matthew 24:21), focusing on how historical events align with the apocalyptic imagery in the Book of Revelation.
As previously noted, dispensationalists take the Book of Revelation and the Olivet Discourse as dealing with the far distant future, perhaps the current time in history. However it’s clear that the author, the Apostle John, says the book deals with events to “soon come to pass” in a time that is “near”.
A major debate among historians and theologians concerns when the Revelation of Jesus to St John was written. Some say it was during the reign of Domitian around 92-96AD while others suggest an earlier date in the time of Nero’s reign from AD54 to 68. Revelation 2:13 mentions “Antipas my faithful martyr”, who the Eastern Orthodox Church maintains was martyred during Nero’s reign, which supports the early authorship view.
Brennan’s study explores the tribulation’s prelude, reveals its fulfillment in the first century AD and uses historical accounts from Josephus and other sources to draw parallels.
Events before the tribulation include the flight of Christians to Pella. In AD 66, Cestius Gallus surrounded Jerusalem but unexpectedly withdrew, providing an opportunity for Christians to heed Jesus’ warning (Luke 21:20-21, Matthew 24:15-21) and escape the doomed city.
“This event is seen as the moment of “silence in heaven for about half an hour” (Revelation 8:1), symbolizing a brief respite or divine pause allowing for their escape,” says Brennan.
Brennan also sees the Christian flight to Pella as the “144,000” singing a new song on Mount Zion (Revelation 14:1-3), “not as a rapture to heaven but as an escape to live out the new covenant, symbolizing the transition from the old Jerusalem to the “heavenly Jerusalem” (Galatians 4:26).”
The 3.5 year tribulation is interpreted as lasting from AD 66 to AD 70, culminating in the fall of Jerusalem and destruction of the Second Temple. “This time frame corresponds with the “time, times, and half a time” or 42 months described in Revelation and Daniel, symbolizing intense persecution and divine judgment,” he writes.
References to famine and bloodshed are supported by Josephus’ accounts of how during the siege, severe famine and bloodshed were rampant. The grain was destroyed by fire, leading to severe famine, and the waters turned red with blood, literal fulfillments of Revelation’s judgments. “These events illustrate the “trumpet” and “bowl” judgments described symbolically in Revelation,” he says.
Key Figures and Symbolism:
- Nero as the First Beast: Nero, who persecuted Christians from AD 64 to his death in AD 68, is identified as the “beast from the sea” (Revelation 13). As the sixth emperor since Julius Caesar, Nero’s reign marked the sixth head of the beast. His death was the fatal blow to this head, initiating the transition to the next phase of tribulation.
- Titus as the Beast from the Abyss: Following Nero, Titus, who led the final siege of Jerusalem, is seen as the beast that rises from the abyss when the two witnesses are killed, marking the tribulation’s climax. Titus effectively replaced Nero, symbolizing the continuation of Roman imperial power and oppression.
- Jerusalem as the Harlot: Jerusalem, having rejected Jesus as the Messiah, is symbolized as the “harlot” in Revelation, representing apostate Judaism that led to its own destruction.
- The Two Witnesses: Peter and James are considered the two witnesses who preached during the tribulation. James was martyred in Jerusalem, and the story of Peter’s journey to Rome and martyrdom there is likely an invention of the Roman church to support their claim of Peter being the first Pope. Their ministry coincides with the time when Christians were kept safe in Pella.
The Fall of the Temple and the Chief Priests:
- Crushing of the Chief Priests: The chief priests, who accused and slandered Jesus, are metaphorically identified as “Satan” or “the devil” in the New Testament context. The Hebrew word “Satan” means “accuser,” and “diabolos” (devil) translates as “slanderer,” fitting descriptions for these men’s actions towards Jesus. In this context, Satan does not always refer to the same entity even in the Old Testament, often symbolizing opposition or adversary. Their power and influence ended with the temple’s destruction, fulfilling prophecies about the end of the old covenant system.
Brennan concludes that Revelation’s prophecies were fulfilled within the first century AD, around the 3.5-year tribulation period. It connects historical figures like Nero and Titus with the apocalyptic beasts, the flight to Pella with divine protection, and the fall of Jerusalem with the end of the old covenant’s significance.
“We now live under the new covenant as described in Galatians 4, a time of grace and spiritual fulfillment, where the promises of God are realized in Christ, offering hope and a new identity to all believers.”
What Brennan does not mention is the reports of the historians Josephus and Tacitus, of an event that appears to be a fulfillment of what Jesus described as his appearance in the clouds of heaven, an event otherwise known by the Greek word parousia, meaning the extended visit of a conquering general or king.
Christ is quoted in Matthew 24:30 as saying: “At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth (i.e. “land” or “known inhabited world”) will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.”
In May AD66 Josephus recorded the following in The Wars of the Jews 6.5.3: “[O]n the twenty-first day of the month of Artemisius [Jyar], a certain prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared; I suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable, were it not related by those that saw it, and were not the events that followed it of so considerable a nature as to deserve such signals; for, before sunsetting, chariots and troops of soldiers in their armor were seen running about among the clouds, and surrounding of cities.”
Tacitus, the Roman historian, recorded in The Histories Book 5: “Prodigies had occurred, which this nation, prone to superstition, but hating all religious rites, did not deem it lawful to expiate by offering and sacrifice. There had been seen hosts joining battle in the skies, the fiery gleam of arms, the temple illuminated by a sudden radiance from the clouds. The doors of the inner shrine were suddenly thrown open, and a voice of more than mortal tone was heard to cry that the Gods were departing. At the same instant there was a mighty stir as of departure.“
Later historians, including the 4th century Chistian historian Eusebius, confirmed the writings of these supernatural occurrences, in Ecclesiastical History, Book 3, Chapter 8, Sections 1-6: “Thus were the miserable people won over at this time by the impostors and false prophets;95 but they did not heed nor give credit to the visions and signs that foretold the approaching desolation. On the contrary, as if struck by lightning, and as if possessing neither eyes nor understanding, they slighted the proclamations of God.
2 “At one time a star, in form like a sword, stood over the city, and a comet, which lasted for a whole year; and again before the revolt and before the disturbances that led to the war, when the people were gathered for the feast of unleavened bread, on the eighth of the month Xanthicus, at the ninth hour of the night, so great a light shone about the altar and the temple that it seemed to be bright day; and this continued for half an hour. This seemed to the unskillful a good sign, but was interpreted by the sacred scribes as portending those events which very soon took place.”
Other quotations concerning this time can be found at this website http://fulfilledtheology.ning.com/forum/topics/historical-records-with-some. There is no reason to seriously doubt the writings of these historians. Neither Josephus nor Tacitus were followers of Christ, so they had no reason to write accounts for the approval of the church. They were in fact employees of the Roman Empire.
Translations can be disputed but such disputes usually involve minor issues. It is known that some brief references by Josephus to Christ were embellished by later historians to “clarify” who he was referring to.
Much later in history, a medieval Jewish historian named Yosippon, confirmed these events: “Moreover, in those days were seen chariots of fire and horsemen, a great force flying across the sky near to the ground coming against Jerusalem and all the land of Judah, all of them horses of fire and riders of fire.” Sepher Yosippon A Mediaeval History of Ancient Israel translated from the Hebrew by Steven B. Bowman. Excerpts from Chapter 87 “Burning of the Temple” cited in http://fulfilledtheology.ning.com/forum/topics/historical-records-with-some
Most, not all prophecy was fulfilled in the Apostles generation!
We are living in Satan’s short season when he deceives the nations, gathering them together to surround the camp of the saints and the beloved city and fire will come down out of heaven and devour them in Rev 20:7 – 9.
Satan will be thrown into the lake of fire, where the beast and false prophet are Rev 20:10. This is referring to Dan 7:11 – 12 the beast with the horn with boastful words was slain, its body destroyed and given to the burning fire, but the rest of the beasts had their dominion taken away and an extension of life granted to them for an appointed period of time.
Then the white throne judgment will take place and death and hades thrown into the lake of fire in Rev 20:11 – 15.
Then the new Jerusalem will come down out of heaven from God and fill the earth Rev 21: 1 – 3.
This is comprehensive and accurate article other than Brennan’s view that the “144,000” singing a new song on Mount Zion (Revelation 14:1-3), are Christian’s fleeing to, “not as a rapture to heaven but as an escape to live out the new covenant, symbolizing the transition from the old Jerusalem to the “heavenly Jerusalem” (Galatians 4:26).”
Revelation is a heavenly vision Rev 4:1. The 144,000 were sealed, and a great multitude who had come out of the great tribulation were standing before the throne having washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb in Rev 7.
Paul said “The Lord himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord” in 1 Thes 4:16.
This is the fulfillment of Matt 24:30 – 31 The Son of Man will come on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory, and he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds.
In John 5:28-29 The hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice, and come out – those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
Back and forth, oops, yeah , no, what, ok, soooo, dam, wait, look, oh yes, never, but there is more, no it is finished, no it’s not, wake up, why, it is entrenched, we can change it, why bother? ….snzzzzzzzz
Some very interesting and revealing videos on this site about our past, religions, etc..
https://rumble.com/c/The5thKind
Little known, not officially sanctioned, sidelined history is little known, not officially sanctioned and sidelined for a reason.
Problem being that it often needs to be pieced together with common sense and “probability” criteria before it has to surmount the entrenched bullsht the gubbernors want to prevail by virtue of their “authority” and their fake “everybody knows” gaslight tactics.
We won’t know the truth, we can only approximate its likelihood as long as we don’t get steered in the wrong directions. And that’s exactly what the countless shills are tasked with.
But guess who pays the shills? The fkrs who have the means to pay them. No, it’s not the communists, Virginia. They’re shills themselves! 🙂
Hello Lucifer, I see you’re still having “fun” in Fantasy Land…
And you’re still pretending to not know what you are and where you really are, and cannot really escape, no matter how hard you insist your fantasy is “real”…
Well then…carry on, as long as you like.
But deep down inside you know:
https://youtu.be/_oSRvcdlgSI
There is no real “lack” in Perfection, and IT cannot really be “improved” upon, the only thing that IT lacks is nothingness. And that is what fantasy consists of…nothing,,, mental masturbation contemplating a world in “conflict” with Reality. A denial of WHAT IS, including what you are.
And there are plenty of other fragmented parts of yourself that will validate the lies about what you really are. For to accept The Truth is what ends The Game, and not all want it to end at the same time.
You can see if you will to, what the consequence would be if what you originally asked for were possible in Reality.
The possible “lesson learned” from this internal experiment is to be grateful Reality IS AS IT IS AND EVER SHALL BE, and not as it was wished to be.
You can do no wrong, no matter what you might deceive yourself into believing.
Hehe…will you still believe that makes you a “slave”?
So sorry(not). I AM AS I AM, AND CANNOT AND WILL NOT CHANGE. (and neither will you).
“How can anyone be certain of any ‘truth’ when ALL history is the opinion of those who wrote it?”
Precisely. It only takes a generation or three to rewrite history and turn it on its arse. How many today know that the lies after WW2 were bigger than the lies before and after WW1?
Duane Hayes’ source article:
http://bulletproofpub.com/2024/02/13/brandeis-part-4-dispensationalism-and-the-social-gospel/
Duane Hayes reads and commentates on his tome – Brandeis – Rise of the Exprt Episode 4
• Christian Dispensationalism & the Social Gospel – Duane Hayes on The Deep Share Podcast (Andy Rouse)
Question: Exactly what ‘history’ is being studied and compared with the Bible?
We are aware of how our current and not so far distant ‘history’ is always being ‘rewritten’ to favour certain countries/leaders, or to hide atrocities of other countries/leaders.
How can anyone be certain of any ‘truth’ when ALL history is the opinion of those who wrote it?
Wow, and Tera, Abraham, Issac and Jacob, were actually Hebrews, not Babylonians and the Sumerian Swindle ie interest on loans has nothing to do with us being born into indebted slavery, ok????? source https://ia802302.us.archive.org/1/items/banjo-billy/G_d%201%20-%20SumerianSwindle.pdf https://archive.org/details/MonstersOfBabylon1 p.s For The Historical Record, add to time capsules bury them deep…
The first thing that needs to be understood is that history and theology are incompatible.
When keeping strictly within the parameters of history, a rudimentary comprehension of the Biblical time systems is a prerequisite prior to any serious study of the associated subject matter.
To this ends, the first thing that needs to be established concerns the so called Jewish ‘Scheme of the World,’ or Anno Mundi system. This was based upon the annual solar calendar, and consists of 4900 years for a complete cycle ending in the Last Judgment. (I Enoch. 93:3-10, 91: 12-16).
According to this original OT system, a World Age of 4900 years consisted of ten divisions of 490 years, otherwise known as ten days.
In this original chronology, the eighth day (3920 AM) equated to A.D. 253, and the prophesied Restoration of the Temple to the Davids.
However, during the three years of the War of Liberation, and the very real prospect of a Davidic restoration, the original chronology underwent a major revision as detailed in the Book of Daniel. At this juncture, the Restoration of 3920 AM, was now revised to their current year of 168 B.C.. This of course, now meant that the original Day of Creation had to be pushed back 490 years!
A similar revision occurred in 88 B.C. (4000 AM), when the Temple had still not been reclaimed and no suitable event had occurred, hence, demanding a ‘further correction’! (Testament of Levi).
And this was just the beginning of numerous revisions, introduced in an attempt at forcing their coinciding with contemporary events through which to conform to prophesy.
This was also why the Davidic usurper, Herod the Idumean (Esau), implemented his own Herodian calendar, or so called Luni-Solar calendar.
Reaching the NT period, an exact and detailed chronology is provided in the Gospels for every important event from 9 B.C. to A.D. 63.
Terms which appear as ostensibly vague, are in fact, precise indicators of time, but as to be expected, these are only available to the reader familiar with the associated solar calendar and the pesher code system.
When the Gospels says, – ‘in these days,’ or ‘in those days,’ how many understand what these phrases are actually referring to?. These phrases always refer to precise points in the solar calendar, whereas more detailed divisions of time, as in hours and minutes are referred to by other names. Through these means, the historical events of the Gospels become clear.
And what about our own times?, how many remember the prophesied computer banking collapse of 2000, when everyone’s bank accounts would be reduced to zero, – but never came, and what about every other end of the World prophesy?, – its always tomorrow, – but tomorrow never comes.
FYI
https://x.com/GigaBasedDad/status/1817100146829639836
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Thanks for the presentation. I’ll take any view except Dispensational Premillenialism.
PS The word “Jew” did not appear in the KJV till 1770, or thereabouts. It helps ones understanding when reading the Bible to replace Jew with Judahite. The notion that Gods people are a physical nation (such as Israel today) also completely disregards Mt 21:43 “Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof”
And if one keeps persisting that ALL of the physical nation of Israel are now Gods chosen people then explain how the tribe of Dan is missing from Rev 7?
Suggest start thinking SPIRITUALLY instead of the physical…
“The modern state falsely known as “Israel” is a colossal mistake of British policy.”
Benjamin Disraeli wouldn’t say so. Nor would the controllers of the Bank of England and the City of London.
Both the Christianity of the New Covenant and the Israelite religion of the Covenants – the Patriarchal (from Adam to Noah) , Abrahamic, Mosaic and Davidic Covenants are embedded in history. And records of events can be verified (or contradicted) by other histories – which begs the inquiry. The fascinating subject of Biblical archeology has put many historical questions to rest.
The Bible contains much prophetic writing which has a fulfillment/s both in the historical record of the Israelite Covenants and anticipates a consummation in the New.
For the Christian, the Old Covenants are fulfilled in Christ. But there are many prophecies written in the New Testament of the age (aion) to come which have yet to be fulfilled.
And there were some prophecies of the Old Covenant which await a complete fulfillment. The contention between Esau / Edom and Jacob continues to this day. In the mystery of iniquity (of which the NT speaks), the aion ruled by Esau and the Babylonian Sexigesimal System of ‘the dragons of the wilderness’ which devoured his inheritance in the land is with us still – and is now a world system. The identity of Esau / Edom is of greatest interest in this discussion.
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” (Eccles 1:9)
https://www.naturalnews.com/2025-01-09-tj-smith-challenges-modern-israels-claim-biblical-promises.html
In a nutshell.
Unfortunately the academics would not know their arse from their elbow.
Revelations starts in the mid-20th century with the vision of the atom bomb.
This is described very clearly in chapter 1, just fix the mis-translation of “it” with “he” and you will see an atom bomb explosion documented very clearly, with voice-over. The same also described by Daniel where the it/he mistake probably originated, the scribes of that decided to fix it up by adding arms to the “figure”, you can imagine the licence people allow themselves multiplied by 2000 years.
It’s a wonder it’s not more mangled, and if people could have understood it, it would have been.
I can see it perfectly easily with hindsight, the academics did not have enough foresight available to match my clear and obvious hindsight but instead try to replace that with a big cake of entitlement, iced with orthodoxy.
If a prophesy didn’t happen yet and you try to frame all the details into your orthodoxy you are desperate, a conman &/or a fool.
The modern state falsely known as “Israel” is a colossal mistake of British policy. For a better understanding please read an eighty page document titled “A Short Study of ESAU-EDOM IN JEWRY” by CF Parker, 1949, available in a downloadable pdf. https://ia902807.us.archive.org/11/items/ashortstudyofesauedominjewry/A-Short-Study-of-Esau-Edom-in-Jewry.pdf The thing not mentioned is the prophetic school of Historicism. Another thing left out is the Jesuit connection with both Preterism and Futurism. Search these figures, Preterism Alcazar and Futurism Ribera. Happy hunting.
Jesus fulfilled 351 old testament prophecies. One of them was riding into Jerusalem on a donkey, he would have entered in another way but the Jews deserved the donkey prophecy! Look that one up. I like it, God has a sense of humour.
Lets play a game…Who do you think is the Man of Lawlessness, the Antichrist? Explain why. I’ll have a go.
Okay…First initiation ritual in all secret societies (they are one) from Freemasonry to Witchcraft covens is all the same. You are dressed in odd attire, one short sleeve, one long, it is re-enactment of a historical scene, you are playing the role of Zeus. A rope is loosely placed around the neck, not a noose but symbolic of an umbilical cord because you are being reborn by the Queen of Heaven (This title referred to Ishtar, an Assyrian and Babylonian goddess also called Ashtoreth and Astarte by various other groups. She was thought to be the wife of the false god Baal, also known as Molech.) as opposed to being reborn in Christ.
Your name is also entered into the Book of the Family of Lucifer. I am not privy to any more details, I think it unnecessary.
I can reveal this because I am not one of them and I have taken no oaths of secrecy. I will shout it from the rooftops!
Important names…Zeus, was the devil, the fallen angel Lucifer. Of course you re-enact one of his greatest roles, he is an actor, a bullshit artist… Ishtar/Ashtoreth/Astarte…Baal is Moloch. Yes IT is. Those five names are just one abomination. The devil is an actor, so is his child.
Zeus the devil was one of those ‘who came into the daughters of men’. He fathered Apollyon (Abbadden in Hebrew) the Destroyer, ‘the beast from the abyss’ and Hermes the Eagle, the False Prophet…
‘And I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, who are yet to sound.’
Apollyon was also Aphrodite, Hermes was also Teresia (This is where the Caduceus, from a story about Hermes/Teresia, the two snakes entwined around a rod, that one used in medicine comes from, hermaphrodites and possibly symbolizes who is really in charge!). God made man and woman, the Fallen Angels made abominations, that are not in the Book of the Lamb/Book of Life. HERMAPHRODITES! NEPHILIM ARE HERMAPHRODITES!
The tares among the wheat…They were ‘planted’ by the devil to rule over us. Human sized Nephilim, bred down from giants to our size. They will be gathered up at the harvest (end of days) by the Angels, bundled up and thrown in the fire…the wheat (God’s children) will be gathered up and put in God’s barn.
Nephilim were giants. Apollyon is a giant. Like its father, Apollyon likes to act, to play roles…Ishtar/Ashtoreth/Astarte/Diana/Nike/…Baal is Moloch, which is Apollyon in a mask. Cupid when a child, Achilles, Hercules!!! Alexander the Great was Apollyon, who is clearly immortal/extremely long lived, depicted with goat like horns in statues and on a coin kept at the British Museum…
Apollyon played Hera, wife of Zeus. What? Yeah. Apollyon and Hermes too, impregnating each other, creating Nephilim. Supposedly some strange looking beasts existed because of Apollyon’s half angel heritage and his experimentation sexually with the beasts of the wild.
There is lots more names that Apollyon plays, Europa, Britannia the Great…you starting to see something here? Places named after characters Apollyon the Destroyer played…who is the beast from the abyss and the whore of Babylon!
Okay…It says in revelations (I think, it is in the gospel) that Baal/The Man of Lawlessness is in the Kaaba (The temple which is the focus of the Haj, the pilgrimage to Mecca) being ‘restrained’, it does not say by what, the holy spirit is a possibility, maybe Angels. The Man of Lawlessness is most definitely the Antichrist. Baal is Apollyon the Destroyer, the half angel-half human immortal child of the fallen Angel Lucifer.
Apollyon the Destroyer is the real Antichrist, always has too been in my opinion, you just got to work it out. Symbolism brought all of this undone.
Your next. LOL!
The disciples asked Jesus three questions. He did not give them one answer to all three. Three separate answers. To believe that all has been fulfilled means you need to go back and read it again…
There is much more to come, revelations says so…After the thousand year reign of Christ, the devil, Lucifer, whose ‘fall’ is like a bottomless pit, meaning he is getting ever worse, after a thousand years in chains, will be let out for a little while to deceive the whole world….
The Liars who call themselves Jews are waiting for a Messiah, The Muslims are expecting their Prophet Isa (who was born of a virgin, was not the Son of God, was not crucified, did not die for our sins, did not die and was therefore not resurrected, he did ascend to heaven however and will return to kill what Christians call the Antichrist) to return from heaven and destroy the antichrist.
Israel is not meant to be a place, but a people, of God the creator. Its those liars who call themselves Jews again.. changing stuff for their own advantage/ends.
I have heard the Gospel being called historical fact and prophecy in one. Well look at this one…Revelations 3:9
‘Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.’
Did the historical scribes see anything like that happen? The Jews hate everybody. Everyone is goyim, like cattle, to treated as slaves, to be stolen from, even slaughtered cruelly…they have no loyalty to their country of birth, not anywhere in the world, treasonous scumbags.
Isaiah 60:14
The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 49:23
Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
Philippians 2:10-11
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, / and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Isaiah 45:14
This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’
Matthew 23:33
You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
Revelation 2:9
I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Romans 11:25-26
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. / And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.
-when the Gospel has reached the four corners of the world and the number of gentiles that follow Christ has reached a certain number, He will return to ‘destroy the nations’, meaning as it would be obvious at the time it was written, it means
‘For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.’… and not to actually kill every living man, woman and child in a nation…
This comes from the days of Babylon and the tower of Babel, God the creator, who is ‘Elohim’, yet ‘there are none like Him’…there are other Elohim and God put these lesser gods in charge of the ‘Nations’ when he scattered the people and confused their languages…These rulers, lesser gods, Elohim, have REBELLED! God the creator kept the land of the Israelites. (Israel is a people, not a land). Jesus came to bring back the people (the gentiles) under His rule as well as fulfil prophecy. He was born of the land and people of the creator. Abrahams line was CHOSEN to bring Jesus into the world. It ended with His birth.
This is why ‘those who say they are Jews but are not’ falsely claim to be the ‘chosen people’, yet they reject Jesus Christ but all people are now ‘the chosen people’ by the Lord. Even ‘the liars who call themselves Jews’ if they want to be.
John 8:44
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
It has been claimed the Aztecs are the real Israelites…Ishnaputim/Noah anyone?American Indians claim it is an ‘open secret’ that they are the real Israelites…Mexico City means ‘City of Moses’…’City of Enoch’ is supposedly at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico? Mexico City used to be called ‘Tenochtitlán’…T-ENOCH-TITLAN…Na, It was Mexico City…Or do you still believe in coincidences?
You can hang your hat on Revelations being about 70 AD, some of it was, if you look into the non-canon texts, like the Book of Enoch, Barak 2, many others, which Jesus sometimes seems to quote these books (because they are the word of God,) you will know why they are non-canon, its hard to control people when they know too much. The end of days prophecies are right throughout biblical texts. Revelations is not all said and done, where is the Lake of Fire, why does Lucifer still have dominion here, Lucifer being the god of this world and why is evil and sin not wiped out completely and forever?
70 AD was not it! Where is the New Heaven and New Earth? where is God and why is He not here yet? You can’t have your 70 AD and not the rest of it. All is not said and done. Read it all, stop taking bits and pieces from it as God says ‘do not lean on thy own understanding’, its more complicated than that.
We have a problem.
The Israelis have turned every stone searching for their history. Nothing. They do have David’s Sarcophagus (raised eyebrows) with the Israeli flag draped across it. Nonsense? Possibly.
Kamal Salibi puts the Holy land in West Arabia which fits.
1. The Queen of Sheba ruled over Yemen and Ethiopia.
2. There is a gold mine in West Arabia. Solomon’s gold?
Then there is Comyns Beaumont who claims Edinburgh of Scotland was once called Jerusalem.
The anti-Christ could possibly rule from the throne of England (or Scotland).
Does anyone know?
The Bible says we shall not know the hour nor the day. No point in prophesying.
Just live a good life and be prepared. What could possibly go wrong.
The End Times talks about 10 Kings who don’t yet have 10 kingdoms.
And three horns breaking and one horn rising in its place.
Those horns could be world trading blocks.
Who knows
One question. If Nero and Titus fulfilled prophesy, why would God give John the vision of things to come? John lived through both.
If what you say has already happened , we have a problem.we should be living with God in New Jerusalem, His children.
Revelation 21:2
“And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”
jason said – “… This article has just added to the mishmash of confusing ideologies and agendas behind modern Biblical analysis…”
The problem with Biblical analysis, is that it depends on someone’s analysis, so vulnerable to bias and preconception and interpretation etc. All we can hope for is a “buestguess”, maybe a good guess, but a guess nonetheless.
And as you so intelligently observe, the veracity of Biblical accounts becomes indisputable in hindsight, but after the fact kind of defeats the purpose, it reduces to something of an academic exercise of no particular prcognitive utility.
I’d recommend anyone so inclined to seek out those books written about the German Catholic Nun and mystic, Anne Catherine Emerich, specifically complete records of her visions. There is an excellent four volume set titled “The Life Of Jesus Christ And Biblical Revelations”, well worth the investment IMO.
Anne Catherine Emerich is reputed in the Catholic Tradition to be the most gifted visionary that ever lived, or ever will (because Christ told her so in her visions). She traveled bodily both back and forward in time, far into the past and far into the future, and her accounts are those of an eye witness to events as they transpired in the real world. The value of her testimony is in her first-hand observation of events, both in the past and the future.
None of her experiences conflict with or contradict any of the Old or New Testament writings, but confirm them in considerable detail.
As for the timing of future events, Anne Catherine Emerich’ visions give me some confidence that the rise of the Antichrist is not imminent but is still some way off, maybe decades or even more into the future.
That may be little comfort in the context of the worldwide existential battle we now face with a pack of genocidal Luciferian psychopaths, but it at least offers some hope of eventual respite or an extended pause from our current ordeals, maybe (hopefully) as Martin Armstrong suggests by the early 2030s if not even before.
This article has just added to the mishmash of confusing ideologies and agendas behind modern Biblical analysis. But it must be said the most prevalent theories about the falsehood of the Bible stem from its accuracy. Biblical prophecy about the rise and fall of kingdoms is so perfectly accurate that atheist scholars believe the Bible was written after the events it describes. So how do we verify it’s truth now? There are key prophecies that are still to fulfil that were impossible only 100 years ago. Revelations predicts a single army of 200 million terrorizing the earth which, due to population growth, is only possible now. Revelations states that at the end of the age men would not be able to buy or sell without “The number of the beast ( the beast being the world leader of a global government)” in their right hand or forehead, (much like cattle do). This numbering technology for buying and selling already has dozens of patents and tens of thousands already buy and sell with their numbered microchip insert throughout the world. I can just see the Biblical analysis 20 years from now: due to it’s accuracy, the book of Revelations must have been written AFTER the 21st Century…
Well FWIW, it seems to me that the expectations of delusional self-hating Luciferian “Judeo-Christians” are being professionally stage-managed here in the 21st Century specifically to obtain their cooperation and complicity with the genocidal Israeli regime’s “Greater Israel” project. As mass-murdering Polish Satanic psychopath Netanyahoo likes to observe, these alleged “Christian” supporters are all just useful idiots, no doubt to eventually be discarded and disposed of with those FEMA guillotines stored all across the USA. Under Noahide laws, you see.
IMO, the application of a couple dozen 100 Megaton nukes across the length and breadth of that nasty little pretend state they like to call “Israel” would go a long way to short-circuiting this wholly choreographed stage production and bring the world back to its senses. After all, what’s the point of Armageddon if there’s no alleged Master Race to enjoy it? And far better that insatiably blood-thirsty nest of incorrigibly Satanic anti-Human vipers than the entire frigging planet.
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