Anti-Christ is HERE! Part 1 (A bible study, comparing scripture with scripture)

[davidrhee7]

Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome were not religious kingdoms. They were geo-political kingdoms and their rulers were secular rulers. So the only one with a private interpretation are those who insist that the beast is a religious kingdom and the antichrist is a religious leader - even if that is accepted, this leaves the questions - who is False Prophet (second beast)? and Mystery Babylon? Does God contradict Himself? Let every man be a liar and God true!

[11thhourministry]

@davidrhee7 Read Dan 3:10,11 "Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image: 11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace." King Nebuchadnezzar was not a "SECULAR" ruler. The religion of the king was the LAWS OF THE STATE. This was the same for the Medo-Persian empire

[11thhourministry]

@davidrhee7 continued: Read Dan 6:7 "All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask A PETITION OF ANY GOD or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions." Again we see these Rulers of these nations establish RELIGIOUS LAWS for their subjects to "worship" against their consciences. Pagan Rome was the

[11thhourministry]

@davidrhee7 Pagan rome was the same (both its religion was the laws of the STATE). Acts 17:7: Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus." As we can see here it was ILLEGAL to become a Christian at the time of the Roman Empire. To believe in Christ was to go against the religion of Rome, for the Caesars were seen as gods on earth. Historical quote:

[11thhourministry]

@davidrhee7 HIstorical quote: "No man shall have PARTICULAR GODS OF HIS OWN; no man shall worship by himself any new or foreign gods, unless they are RECOGNIZED BY THE PUBLIC LAWS" [Neanders Church History, Vol I, pp. 86,87, Torreys Translation, Boston 1852.] All those nations you've mentioned from the testimony of sacred history and secular, were not solely secular powers. The religion of the empire was INTERTWINED into the LAWS OF THAT STATE (kingdom). Dan 3,6; Acts 17:7. Hope this helps