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Star King of the Jungle

Joined: 05 Sep 2004 Posts: 1765 Location: Just moved to south Carolina
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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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lol! I'm sorry Mo I didnt mean to embarrass ya, sometimes I'm guilty of gushiness but its only a temporary thing, it passes lol!
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TheMessenger Tadpole

Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 21 Location: United States of America
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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 5:15 am Post subject: |
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America is in the bible in the book of Daniel at 7:4 "The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a man, the heart of man was given to it." In order to view America here you have to think about where America's roots are. Ofcourse thats UK/Britain now ask yourself what animals is Britain and America known for. When placed in context with the rest of the dream and interpretation it is easy to see the dream is of the four powers of the end times times. The other three beasts are Russia, Asian Union, and Revived Roman Empire/Europian Union. If you look through history you will see the order is also allowed. Britain/America was the first truely global military/economic power of the 1900s then Russia followed by the Asians and Finally in the later part of the 1900s the EU has become a global force even though military wise the EU is still sub par but that wont be the case in 2 years if the EU keeps moving at the pace it has been.
I dont think America has much power in the final days because all of the major players are clearly named. I would have to say something big happens to America to remove it from the world stage. Personally I think the rapture will be the cause of America loseing its power. 3 out of 4 Americans follow some form of Christianity so just about the impact the rapture will have on the population of the USA.
The key to understanding what the signs mean is simply opening your mind . It is much easier for us than any other generation before us because of our great knowledge. |
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theseldomscene Banned

Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 7817
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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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sorry star, but i guess you can nickname me the paperboy, but, what if (just supposing), the u.s. in the revelation is the scarlet beast with 10 horns and 7 heads (representing the nations power) that great w.h.o.r.e sat upon. (rev.17-18 ) the great w.h.o.r.e being the american gov. because under our system of democracy women (the unsaved ones, not the sisters of in this discussion) rule because of their numbers, and control the gov. like the w.h.o.r.e sitting in the head of the great beast, and are demanding our form of democracy be spread all over the world (her drunken wine of adultry).
notice her raiment, how many nations could boast of such wealth. also how she is refered to as babylon, what was the kingdom of babylon but a mixture of many races, a melting pot, sound familiar?
not convinced? how about in the 18th chap. vs.4 how the voice from heaven called GOD'S people out before babylons final destruction. last thought, notice how babylon's fall is double. i.e. is fallen, is fallen; woe,woe;alas,alas;weeping and weeping; and the time frame: in one day, in one hour; her punishment:burned with fire. observe her merchandise. does anyone know who brokered a deal with the sudanese gov. to move the christians of the south by means of murder and slavery, so american oil companies could have first shot at the rich reservoir on their lands. |
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Nobby Board - Admin

Joined: 16 Sep 2002 Posts: 5299 Location: Missouri
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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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Hi jim stevenson,
Jim I just removed a double post, that's two tonight. I don't know what's causing it? Unless you're just pushing the submit button twice.
THanks Jim, _________________ Much Love Nobby
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theseldomscene Banned

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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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| sorry brother, i certainly did not mean to do a double post. will try to be more careful. thank you. |
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theseldomscene Banned

Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 7817
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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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| yes nobby, there is a problem when i try to get back after posting my rantings i get a, page expired, page, and then when i come back it again says has been submitted. if the problem is on my end i promise not to post anything else till said problem is corrected. i apologize for the inconvience. |
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Nobby Board - Admin

Joined: 16 Sep 2002 Posts: 5299 Location: Missouri
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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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Yes Jim, I get that page all the time. I just click on the forward errow takes you back to where you were, then click on Bible-Discussion at the bottom of the page. That will take you back to the forum index.
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TheMessenger Tadpole

Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 21 Location: United States of America
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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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| jim stevenson wrote: | sorry star, but i guess you can nickname me the paperboy, but, what if (just supposing), the u.s. in the revelation is the scarlet beast with 10 horns and 7 heads (representing the nations power) that great w.h.o.r.e sat upon. (rev.17-18 ) the great w.h.o.r.e being the american gov. because under our system of democracy women (the unsaved ones, not the sisters of in this discussion) rule because of their numbers, and control the gov. like the w.h.o.r.e sitting in the head of the great beast, and are demanding our form of democracy be spread all over the world (her drunken wine of adultry).
notice her raiment, how many nations could boast of such wealth. also how she is refered to as babylon, what was the kingdom of babylon but a mixture of many races, a melting pot, sound familiar?
not convinced? how about in the 18th chap. vs.4 how the voice from heaven called GOD'S people out before babylons final destruction. last thought, notice how babylon's fall is double. i.e. is fallen, is fallen; woe,woe;alas,alas;weeping and weeping; and the time frame: in one day, in one hour; her punishment:burned with fire. observe her merchandise. does anyone know who brokered a deal with the sudanese gov. to move the christians of the south by means of murder and slavery, so american oil companies could have first shot at the rich reservoir on their lands. |
There is a problem with America being babylon because every other name has been right on ie the revived roman empire, the eu is in the exact same lands the romans controled. Persia magog egypt etc all are in the exact same place as there biblical counter parts. It makes sense that the babylon spoke of in the end times is iraq. I know this is hard for some to see because of iraq's current condition, but if you stop and think about it iraq is able to become a instant global economic power in the world simply because of the oil reserves it has. I have this theory that what America and and crew are doing in iraq is making it possible for the babylon of end times to come into being. As for the her drunken wine of adultry. Is it really that hard to believe what is ment there is that adultry is used describe babylon being the world center for islam. The reason this makes sense is because it must be taken in the context of a post rapture world. If there are not any christians left on the planet islam will surely become the most powerful religon on the planet. It is easy to place the world's main source of oil and religon as the eu's best pal without useing much creativity.
Babylon and the revived roman empire are more or less allies up until the end. If you look at the trend in recent years Americans and europians have been drifting apart in morals and culture. The recent iraq issue was just the most public. In reality the USA and eu have been disagreeing on many fundamental issues like the world court etc... You must also consider the time that those are washed clean with the blood of the lamb. It is placed during the tribulation period after the rapture has occured.
When it comes to names and places the Bible is literal down to the letter. All we have to do is find out what the place is called today persia is iran babylon is iraq magog is russia etc.... You cant pick and choose what is literal what isnt if a clear pattern has already been set forth by the Bible. |
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Fake Tiger

Joined: 03 May 2003 Posts: 862
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 12:43 am Post subject: |
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| Messenger wrote: | | There is a problem with America being babylon because every other name has been right on ie the revived roman empire, the eu is in the exact same lands the romans controled. |
The roman empire never controlled,
1) Northern Germany
2) Denmark
3) Sweden
4) Finland
5) Estonia
6) Latvia
7) Lithuania
8 ) Poland
9) a few more countries
The Roman empire did control;
1) Turkey
2) Syria
3) Lebanon
4) Judea (What is today known as Israel)
5) Egypt
6) Libya
7) Tunisia
8 ) Marrocco
9) a few more countries
Sorry, your idea fell to the ground even before it took off...
Fake _________________ I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do.
When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.
“If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.” |
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theseldomscene Banned

Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 7817
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 12:49 am Post subject: |
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| messenger, there is no clear evidence to suggest magog is russia although that has been assumed for a while by many. and no, the bible is not down to the letter when it comes to names and places i.e. "where also our LORD was crucified" rev.11:8.(read it before responding and remember what you said about egypt) so by the bibles own admission places are given spiritual names in prophetic scripture. *by the way, did you know there used to be a building in america with "mystery babylon the great" written in latin over its doorway.* know this, nothing i say about what the symbolism of rev. means is any more than speculative fun as we should all admit. maybe the ten horns is islam and the beast is world and the w.h.o.r.e. (i'm learning nobby) is the system that runs the worlds money matters. or maybe all of it is neither. only HE knows for now, but it's fun to play.*by the way, would you happen to know who brokered the deal i mentioned in my last post?* please let us continue this as it is most creative, can you find the iraq war in o.t. prophecy. lets try. look forward to hearing from you soon. p.s. i used my real name, but now i see all these cool alias' and wish i had one,but, i haven't a clue as to what it should be. |
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TheMessenger Tadpole

Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 21 Location: United States of America
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:05 am Post subject: |
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Here is a Map
of the roman empire around 120 ad. Here is a Map of the eu as of 2005 As u can see they are very close to each other almost clones. The revived roman empire/eu will control much more land than the romans ever did or dreamed of.
The eu has some catching up to do in east europe and africa but as you can see for yourself they share the same region and almost the same lands are controled by both. Rome didnt expand much into the northeast of europe but my guess is they couldnt because of the weather and distance from rome.
The 2 witnesses are clearly in or near the holy city which is Jerusalem because it clearly says where the lord was crucified which we all know is calvary, and according to roman records that was just outside Jerusalem. The reason I say in or near Jerusalem is because we can not be sure if the Jerusalem today is the exact same size as the Jerusalem of old and from the records we (humans) have calvary was walking distance from Jerusalem. Sodom and egypt are used as a description of the mentallity of Jerusalem during the tribulation. That is why as I said before you have to read every verse in context of the verses around it so you can understand what is being said.
Magog is russia because russia is the only power north of Israel that is able to carry out all the actions of magog as described in the Bible. Here just look at this Map from the CIA world fact book
Also I dont think its by chance that russia is biggest arms supplier to the muslims. Russia's recent actions in iran prove they are allied with the persians/iran. For those that might not know recently russia sent more than 2000 troops to guard the iranian nuclear refining plant. Russia said in a press release that the reason for the troops is to protect the russian scientist working inside the plant. In reallity russia having troops there means Israel and the USA cant bomb the plant in iran without starting a war with russia also.
Babylon can't be America because much of the world hates America and according to the Bible babylon is loved by everyone. Also a little known fact is before saddam was removed he started rebuilding the accient city of babylon. Saddam has uncovered and/or rebuilt about 80% of the accient city of babylon b4 the USA and crew removed him from power. From all reports rebuilding the accient city of babylon was saddam's pet project.
I know some of what I said is unsettling but I must point you to Luke 21:28 "When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near."
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theseldomscene Banned

Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 7817
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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wrong, the ten horns hate the w.h.o.r.e. so when you were "reading it in
context" you must have missed that part. and for anyone to assume they know the symbolisms in chapters in question is silly. another point,how do you know were not the revived roman empire. look at to simularities, the american dream, the dream that is rome, the romans said "the best defense is a good offense", now we scream preemptive strike, the use of latin letter and numbers in and on gov. properties, they wanted to make the world roman, we want to make it democratic. and it goes on and on.
exactly right about sodom and egypt, but that proves the point i was making to you that the scripture does give spiritual titles to places that thinks or acts like the place they are named after, which you said it didn't. but as you've seen it does and by the way, no magog doesn't have to be russia it could be the e.u. in hebrew it means "son of japheth", a northern region". in grk. "a foriegn nation", so most of europe and all of the scandanavian countries could by def. be magog. and about there being the "only power noth of isreal that could carry out".. you know what you said. in 1931 germany had no army and no guns for an army and hitler had those he was trying to make an army out of marching with shovels(because they had no guns). 8 years later they're trying to take over the world. and the e.u. is very powerful and could be magog.and your agruement that russia is there so we can't bomb iran is also not credible because russia did have military observers in iraq in 1990 but, they left quickly when the realised the bombs were going to fall. and afterwards came back just to run again in '02.by the way it was france that built the bomb shelters for iraq that were designed to withstand american missles, and it was france that sold military night vision to iraq within 1 yr. of the time we set out to make iraq roman, i mean democratic
it was france that tried to help iraq get nuclear reactors. so they are just as cushie with the middle east as anyone and no one cried louder when we attacked their buddy sadam then france. and who is the most powerful nation in the e.u. remember we can only speculate for now. the harlot sat upon many waters, america has more military bases all over the wolrd
then anyone else. so lets not be dogmatic about things we don't know for sure. by the way read jer. 50 and see that HE said HE would destroy the original babylon and no one will raise her up forever. HIS words not mine. take note of vs.37 "and the mingled people in the midst of her". only in america, to quote don king. vs. 39 it shall be no more inhabited, forever.
read it again you must have missed something as GOD says that that babylon is gone for good. so in rev. it must be a symbolic babylon. welcome to the melting pot.
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TheMessenger Tadpole

Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 21 Location: United States of America
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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Please look at this Map
Tell me how do you explain that moscow (the russian capital) is pretty much due north from Jerusalem. I must also point out there are only 4 1/2 countries due north of Israel they are syria, turkey, ukraine and russia the half is lebanon because syria is pretty much in total control of lebanon. Just looking at the map removes the eu from even being considered as magog because the Bible clearly says North not north west or west north west. So what does that leave us, 4 countries. Syria can also be eliminated because it is named specifically in another event and the capital (damascus) will be destroyed. That leaves us with 3 remaining, turkey and the ukraine combined dont have enough power to a mass the kind of firepower that the bible says magog has. By process of elimination we are left with russia as magog of Ezekiel chapters 38-39.
Yes the beast and the ten horns will hate babylon in the end but that does not mean they start out hateing babylon nowhere does it say the 7 heads/hills will hate babylon. That leads me to believe that babylon and its 7 king power base remain together until the end. As is it says in rev 17 the beast and the 10 horns will have power at the sametime as babylon. That is problem seeing as how America is here but there is no beast yet. The ten horns that the beast draws his power from are in place but the beast hasnt shown himself yet. It is made clear that all nations will trade anything and everything with babylon much of the world doesnt trade food stuffs grown in America because of the genetic engineering the USA has been using on its home grown food stuffs like wheat corn and beef etc. The USA also blocks alot food stuffs from over seas because of diseases like mad cow and various bacteria. We must also not forget that America has stood up for Israel countless times and has helped others across the world even at great cost to America its self. That isnt to say America is not without its sins but when you compare the sins of America to the sins of babylon there is very large gap because America is nowhere near as evil and sinful as the Bible says babylon is. I have not gone through and counted how many times babylon is refered to as city in rev but I know it was called a city many many times. So guess what babylon has to be a city not a country.
Please read this verse about babylon.
Rev 18:21 "Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said: With such violence the great city of babylon will be thrown down, never to be found again."
Take a moment to soak that verse in. The very last part implies babylon was found. Ask yourself how can something never be found again if it was never found to begin with? Washington DC was never lost so it was never found. The ancient city of babylon on the other hand was lost and found and is currently being rebuilt.
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theseldomscene Banned

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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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messenger,please read my whole post as i read all of yours. if you would study and post what the bible says about the sins of o.t. babylon i'll be glad to prove theirs doesn't hold a candle to ours.
even the antichrist makes a deal with isreal and keeps it for a season.
magog means northern region no due north.
not trading food stuff with certian countries means nothing as iraq, your version of rev. babylon, doesn't have enough food to eat much less trade.
because of sanctions we forced the u.n. to pass against them. so who controls trade now?
found =grk. hyoo-reh-o: to find ,get, OBTAIN, PERCEIVE, SEE
and no its not currently being rebuilt as a lack of funds and the war stopped the building. plus, what is rebuilt is mostly in the form of a museum, and not a city. the part that was to and does house people is built outside of the o.t. babylons borders as sadam didn't want anyone living in it yet.
by the way, i have found a ton of info to suggest we are to revived roman empire(rre). but as i said already this forum to me is just speculative fun, for the sake of debate.
but, if you want to know who i think the great harlot really is ( real opinion and not speculative fun) then email me at fbfrommie@tds.net and i'll tell you who and why, but you must promise not to post my view publicly, as some people would be extremely offended.
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Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 3370 Location: Canada
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Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:20 am Post subject: |
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Not everyone would be offended, Jim, but certainly everyone has not figured it out yet.  _________________ matt 6: 34 "Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." |
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