What do you think will/might happen when/if they do come to fruition?

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LadyEmeraude

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As is said by many, there are numerous prophecies in the Bible that have not yet come to pass. What do you think will happen when they finally do come to fruition?

For myself, I intend to just read any posts/comments and not necessarily participate in the discussion, if it becomes one.
 

I don't think they ever will. When I experimented with Evangelical Christianity way back in the late seventies, I was convinced the world was going to end any minute. It changed my destiny and my life. Of course, it never came close. That's how major religions control people. They hit them with problems and worry and present themselves as the only relief / solution - for a price. Uh, uh.
 
I don't believe in religion nor prophesies of any sort, but.....eventually about anything can happen and probably will. Though there's nothing I'm worried about and nothing I'm preparing for.
 
IMO, The Holy Bible is a translation of a translation of a translation of a translation, of a remembered series of events.
Remember, These went through generation after generation of verbal "storytelling". Not only that but the "church"
officiates during the middle ages CHANGED the writings, which were probably at one time channeled from angelic
sources, into whatever would instill FEAR in their followers and bring them to the church for their only hope for salvation.
They also took out anything relating to any metaphysical leanings. These writings are not to be taken literally.
Some of the books of the Holy Bible are retained and are so intensely beautiful, it's apparent these are words of Holy Angels.

Also, These were written at a different time in history. Physics teaches us there is constant change. Predictions given as fact
can be changed by the thoughts in the atmosphere. If ten percent of the population, right now, connected with God,
MIRACLES would occur all over the world! I think predictions are valid but circumstances and thought can change any predictions.
Certainly, the angel writings in the Holy Bible are to be cherished. Why did they not identify them as heavenly messages?
Why did the state the writings were their own?
 

What do you think will/might happen when/if they do come to fruition?​

chic said:
I don't think they ever will. When I experimented with Evangelical Christianity way back in the late seventies, I was convinced the world was going to end any minute. It changed my destiny and my life. Of course, it never came close.
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2 Peter 3:1-13

King James Version

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3 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

Ecclesiastes 8:11​


“Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.”

One doesn't need to be a bible scholar to see what's happening today
Matthew 24 is a snippet

the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

25 Behold, I have told you before.

26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.




and before the flood

Genesis 6:5​


“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
Here we are.....we no longer know what we are.....let alone who we are

Daniel and The Revelation is rather all encompassing for these last days
The book Daniel and The Revelation by Uriah Smith is a nice study

People question the Bible
It's easy, first glance
Seems that's where it ends with most folks

But one would have to be completely ignorant of what's happening in the entire world right now
to not know the end is near

'Even at the doors'
 
Gaer said:
IMO, The Holy Bible is a translation of a translation of a translation of a translation, of a remembered series of events.
Remember, These went through generation after generation of verbal "storytelling". Not only that but the "church"
officiates during the middle ages CHANGED the writings, which were probably at one time channeled from angelic
sources, into whatever would instill FEAR in their followers and bring them to the church for their only hope for salvation.
They also took out anything relating to any metaphysical leanings. These writings are not to be taken literally.
Some of the books of the Holy Bible are retained and are so intensely beautiful, it's apparent these are words of Holy Angels.

Also, These were written at a different time in history. Physics teaches us there is constant change. Predictions given as fact
can be changed by the thoughts in the atmosphere. If ten percent of the population, right now, connected with God,
MIRACLES would occur all over the world! I think predictions are valid but circumstances and thought can change any predictions.
Certainly, the angel writings in the Holy Bible are to be cherished. Why did they not identify them as heavenly messages?
Why did the state the writings were their own?
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I wonder if the 'number of the beast', was changed from 616 to 666 because someone at some point in time felt 616 didn't sound sinister enough. Or I wonder if both are a misinterpretation of certain biblical text.

Or is it a transcription error or a copyist mistake that led to the different numbers. If so, then that leads me to think what other ‘mistakes’ are there in the bible. Is it unreasonable to think there are no less than 200 mistakes in the bible? Or some other figure pulled out of the air.

Apparently, some people are afraid of some numbers. I like all numbers; I think they are great. My favourite number since the age of 10 is 186,282.397 I don’t have a favourite colour. I don’t understand the concept of a favourite colour. But I still have time on this world yet, so in time I might eventually establish a favourite colour.
 
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I'd have to say that imagine like the slaves in Egypt. Four hundred years, every generation believed they'd be freed, but nothing changed.

The suddenly UPHEAVAL!! Frogs, locusts, mites, fire from the sky! Darkness, and finally massive death. I believe it's like a boil, festering, increasing more pressure until it explodes.

So too will be the changes. Destruction of shipping, sea creatures and human life. Food will be scarce also safety. The weather will rapidly change from day to day.
 
Magna-Carta said:
I wonder if the 'number of the beast', was changed from 616 to 666 because someone at some point in time felt 616 didn't sound sinister enough. Or I wonder if both are a misinterpretation of certain biblical text.

Or is it a transcription error or a copyist mistake that led to the different numbers. If so, then that leads me to think what other ‘mistakes’ are there in the bible. Is it unreasonable to think there are no less than 200 mistakes in the bible? Or some other figure pulled out of the air.

Apparently, some people are afraid of some numbers. I like all numbers; I think they are great. My favourite number since the age of 10 is 186,282.397 I don’t have a favourite colour. I don’t understand the concept of a favourite colour. But I still have time on this world yet, so in time I might eventually establish a favourite colour.
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Was there a reason that you picked 616?

Seeing that I wondered if it might not have been a b not a 6, then it might have been not a number, but bib. The mark of the beast is a bib? That would explain some children I've known.
 
Flarbalard said:
Was there a reason that you picked 616?

Seeing that I wondered if it might not have been a b not a 6, then it might have been not a number, but bib. The mark of the beast is a bib? That would explain some children I've known.
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616, as the number of the beast, was written on some earlier papyrus, written in Greek. 666 came later, or so Ive read. It might just depend on who one wants to belive. I get the impression no one knows for sure. Maybe both could be a mistranslation?
 

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