The Beast of Revelation (24 of 25) End-Times Hysteria?

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Question:- What advice do you give to Christians who want to counter "end-times hysteria" and "millennium madness"?

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[MagicBooyah]

Deceitful preacher of merchandise. This video is a book promotion !!!!!!!

[jcr4runner]

No, the video promotes a DVD, which is posted here on YouTube in its entirety. You can see the whole thing here for free and you can also buy the DVD.

That is NOT deceitful.

[10leggo]

Can anyone remember reading of the time when an army of two hundred million came from the east, and killed a third of the worlds population? (Rev:9:16) surly the Romans of the first century would have noticed this threat to their power

[jcr4runner]

This is covered in the video.

First, ancient people had no word for "million." In the Hebrew Bible "thousands upon thousands is an idiom meaning a huge number beyond imagining. No army in the world will EVER have 200 million troops.

Second, the Rev 9:1g does not say they killed one-third of the WORLD'S (kosmos) population, but one-third of the EARTH'S or LAND'S (geh) population. The "land" is a synonym for the land of Israel.

One third of the inhabitants of the land were killed.

[10leggo]

Rev:9:16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I HEARD THE NUMBER OF THEM.

Rev:9: 18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

[jcr4runner]

Well I could argue with you that thousand thousands is an idiom meaning a whole lot, but you would probably have a ZILLION answers for me showing me how wrong is the idea that a Jew would ever use hyperbole.

[damildlyshreddah]

I know what you mean. I guess it's hard to see the large scale picture from our perspective.

I myself am an amillenialist and we don't share the same positive outlook of postmillenialism. However postmillenialist do know their scriptures as well so I won't dismiss the possibility of them being right on this issue. :) God bless

[TheDudechillin]

Also as a result of false prophesy we have movies like Left behind.

But this is what the word says about a rapture. When you see the abomination that causes desolation standing where it does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. (Mark 13:14)

[lordrothchild21]

question not that i disagree, but what if shortly and near is a long time for us but shortly and near to God.

[jofo817]

it was written 20-25 years AFTER the destruction of Jerusalem (70 AD)

how about that ? The HOLY SPIRIT does not teach the preterist view.

[AbelieverofourLord]

. Everything shown to John in Rev 4-22 must be fulfilled after the THINGS of the churches, Matt 24:14, and not the same time.

John was commanded to write THREE THINGS in THREE orders. One THING must be fulfilled before the next and not at the same time. We must keep the THINGS in each order of the book to which they belong instead of bringing one THING from one division into another. You cant mix historical events with prophetic events.

[AbelieverofourLord]

We might be forgetting the subject Johns writting about. Its(things)not time.Certainly in the first verses the THINGS spoken did shortly come to pass.What r these THINGS?Rev1:19 THINGS which he seen,THINGSwhich are,&THINGSwhich shall be hereafter. THINGS he seen,is the vision of Christ in RV 1 he saw before he was told to write,R 4:1The things which r is things concerning the churches which he wrote about in R 2-3,THINGS which beafter the CHRCHES,that is to say,after the church(THINGS)fulfilled

[HaveUconsidered]

Again, and yet you yourself say that, like myself, certain parts of Revelation WILL NOT SHORTLY COME TO PASS.

[MrMJ7]

this view has thousands of holes in it...

[onetwopussies]

Did you know that the Living Perfect God has even told the Man of Sin to repent so as to avoid wrath ?

[TheDudechillin]

And lastly

Jesus said he will come when the abomination that causes desolation arises. Then the angels shall gather the elect from the four corners. So in his second coming he is with the angels not the church, because the angels are going to gather the church when he comes. blessed is he who takes part in the first resurrection. the second death has no power over them. But most christians today are sinful and blind. they need not worry about a rapture but whether they are gatherd or punished