There is much I disagree with in both gerryh's and Cliffy's views of things, but they're in better shape than you are. Your problem is that you think the book is literally true in every detail. They know better, and with all the information resources available to you these days, so should you, that position is unsupportable. You have mistaken the myths and symbols for reality.
Way to brag about being a spiritual desert.
You suggest the path to understanding the Bible is to not read it at all but read what other think the Bible says. None of you three can cover any part of it and come up with something reasonable. Prove me wrong by doing a full explanation of Isaiah:65, or pick one of your own liking. You won't because you can't as the explanation will be seriously flawed and you know it. Until one of you can make me say, 'Oh, I was wrong.' then I have no reason to abandon my current view. The cross was a real event or it wasn't, if real the book is fully literal and none of it is 'mysterious' when taken that way. In the myth version a few words are covered yer the other 99 in some passage are given not explanation at all and you don't see that as being a 'troubled spot'.
Under your logic an explanation of a vision is another vision? I don't have one problem with understanding the vision when I read it thye 2nd time which would be after reading the explanation. If this selection below confuses you then you should try something a little less challenging because the explanation you latched onto is flawed.
Da:7:7-28:
After this I saw in the night visions,
and behold a fourth beast,
dreadful and terrible,
and strong exceedingly;
and it had great iron teeth:
it devoured and brake in pieces,
and stamped the residue with the feet of it:
and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it;
and it had ten horns.
I considered the horns,
and,
behold,
there came up among them another little horn,
before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots:
and,
behold,
in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man,
and a mouth speaking great things.
I beheld till the thrones were cast down,
and the Ancient of days did sit,
whose garment was white as snow,
and the hair of his head like the pure wool:
his throne was like the fiery flame,
and his wheels as burning fire.
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him:
thousand thousands ministered unto him,
and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him:
the judgment was set,
and the books were opened.
I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake:
I beheld even till the beast was slain,
and his body destroyed,
and given to the burning flame.
As concerning the rest of the beasts,
they had their dominion taken away:
yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
I saw in the night visions,
and,
behold,
one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven,
and came to the Ancient of days,
and they brought him near before him.
And there was given him dominion,
and glory,
and a kingdom,
that all people,
nations,
and languages,
should serve him:
his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body,
and the visions of my head troubled me.
I came near unto one of them that stood by,
and asked him the truth of all this.
So he told me,
and made me know the interpretation of the things.
These great beasts,
which are four,
are four kings,
which shall arise out of the earth.
But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom,
and possess the kingdom for ever,
even for ever and ever.
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast,
which was diverse from all the others,
exceeding dreadful,
whose teeth were of iron,
and his nails of brass;
which devoured,
brake in pieces,
and stamped the residue with his feet;
And of the ten horns that were in his head,
and of the other which came up,
and before whom three fell;
even of that horn that had eyes,
and a mouth that spake very great things,
whose look was more stout than his fellows.
I beheld,
and the same horn made war with the saints,
and prevailed against them;
Until the Ancient of days came,
and judgment was given to the saints of the most High;
and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Thus he said,
The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,
which shall be diverse from all kingdoms,
and shall devour the whole earth,
and shall tread it down,
and break it in pieces.
And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:
and another shall rise after them;
and he shall be diverse from the first,
and he shall subdue three kings.
And he shall speak great words against the most High,
and shall wear out the saints of the most High,
and think to change times and laws:
and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
But the judgment shall sit,
and they shall take away his dominion,
to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
And the kingdom and dominion,
and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven,
shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High,
whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Hitherto is the end of the matter.
As for me Daniel,
my cogitations much troubled me,
and my countenance changed in me:
but I kept the matter in my heart.
To show I'm not faking it the time, times, 1/2 time is referencing the 3 1/2 days the two witnesses are in the grave. Long explanation needed but why bother considering who this post is for.
Re:17:1-18:
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials,
and talked with me,
saying unto me,
Come hither;
I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great ***** that sitteth upon many waters:
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,
and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness:
and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast,
full of names of blasphemy,
having seven heads and ten horns.
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,
and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls,
having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
And upon her forehead was a name written,
MYSTERY,
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints,
and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus:
and when I saw her,
I wondered with great admiration.
And the angel said unto me,
Wherefore didst thou marvel?
I will tell thee the mystery of the woman,
and of the beast that carrieth her,
which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
The beast that thou sawest was,
and is not;
and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit,
and go into perdition:
and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder,
whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world,
when they behold the beast that was,
and is not,
and yet is.
And here is the mind which hath wisdom.
The seven heads are seven mountains,
on which the woman sitteth.
And there are seven kings:
five are fallen,
and one is,
and the other is not yet come;
and when he cometh,
he must continue a short space.
And the beast that was,
and is not,
even he is the eighth,
and is of the seven,
and goeth into perdition.
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings,
which have received no kingdom as yet;
but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
These have one mind,
and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
These shall make war with the Lamb,
and the Lamb shall overcome them:
for he is Lord of lords,
and King of kings:
and they that are with him are called,
and chosen,
and faithful.
And he saith unto me,
The waters which thou sawest,
where the ***** sitteth,
are peoples,
and multitudes,
and nations,
and tongues.
And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast,
these shall hate the *****,
and shall make her desolate and naked,
and shall eat her flesh,
and burn her with fire.
For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will,
and to agree,
and give their kingdom unto the beast,
until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
And the woman which thou sawest is that great city,
which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
The kings:
1 Neb
2 Darius the Median
3 Cyrus the Persian
4 Greece, Alexander the Great for 2 weeks and then 1 General took over control of Jerusalem.
5 Debatable but it is the transition between Greece and Rome
6 Rome, Da:8 and the little horn that came from the north-west verses, the whole 500 year reign is included in those verses. The Temple was removed during their rule and the transition from Gentiles to the Iron/clay is when the 5th trump sounds
7 Satan as the one with the key to the Bottomless Pit in the 5th trump verses
8 Beast from the Pit returns as he was a king on earth before the flood and he is in control of Jerusalem when the 7th trump sounds and he is sent to the fiery lake
I wondered how long it would take . . .
I read that much. You can save yourself some time next time as the passages and posts are not there for you and who gives a **** about your opinion in the first place.
Only a retarded troll would expect a 'Living Christ' thread to be void of any biblical references.
You just can't have a conversation without resorting to sarcastic personal insult, can you. That's why our exchanges always end up in the same place, I just get tired of your bad manners after a while and stop. You really don't know how to have a reasoned conversation with someone who disagrees with you.
Peasants are correctly defined in the citation you gave from Camelot International, and in principle, yes the Magna Carta did offer some protection for them from arbitrary authority, but if you know anything about the history of that feudal society, you'll know it didn't really have much impact at the bottom end of the social scale. Who was there to enforce it but the barons with their 5000 armed men? There was no independent judicial system.
Is this the always super polite Dex speaking, it appears to be somewhat close to a kind of unwarranted and unsolicited insult really.
"You're never going to make a convincing case to people who actually know something when you just make stuff up."
That's the same **** you said last time and the time before that and the time before that so stop the avoidance things you do or grow some skin. Seriously, over the time I have asked you about 10 relatively complicated questions and that is you pat reply.
That is just what I was saying, the 'wage earners' and anybody below then were at the mercy of anybody above them, that should have been the whole conversation. Then you say I don't know what a peasant is and in this post you say my link was 'close eb=nough' that it fits. When have I ever claimed to follow the history of the Royals in England to the highest possible level. It was Colpy who clued me in that the document didn't cover all the lower classes but basically the business owners who made things for the royals like castles and war machines, pretty much the same tasks they do today.
Christ thing is out of date, I think we need a modern God that
has relevant lingo and dresses like westerners He might in
fact work down at the mill and go hunting or playing golf and
have a few drinks on Friday night. Can't be up too late on
Saturday night cause Sunday morning people start yelling
prayers at him.
Try ISIS, they are looking for members and they probably don't hear any Christan sermons on any day of the week.
Not sure that, that is entirely true but you are on the right track. At best he's an
annoying hyprocrite.
Christian and saying gerr is headed for hell in a hand basket. It's true, God will pick up the perfected version at the other end when he knows what emotions are for. The flaws people have when entering hell are gone when they see God at the GWT.
You don't really think God would love a bitter little pick like him or you or the usual suspects in their current condition do you? You lean charity by being in a position where you need somebody to give you some, it works for fallen angels also as they get to see inside New Jerusalem and outside the city into the New Earth for the duration of the New Earth.
Isa:65:5-15:
Which say,
Stand by thyself,
come not near to me;
for I am holier than thou.
These are a smoke in my nose,
a fire that burneth all the day.
Behold,
it is written before me:
I will not keep silence,
but will recompense,
even recompense into their bosom,
Your iniquities,
and the iniquities of your fathers together,
saith the LORD,
which have burned incense upon the mountains,
and blasphemed me upon the hills:
therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
Thus saith the LORD,
As the new wine is found in the cluster,
and one saith,
Destroy it not;
for a blessing is in it:
so will I do for my servants' sakes,
that I may not destroy them all.
And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob,
and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains:
and mine elect shall inherit it,
and my servants shall dwell there.
And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks,
and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in,
for my people that have sought me.
But ye are they that forsake the LORD,
that forget my holy mountain,
that prepare a table for that troop,
and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
Therefore will I number you to the sword,
and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter:
because when I called,
ye did not answer;
when I spake,
ye did not hear;
but did evil before mine eyes,
and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD,
Behold,
my servants shall eat,
but ye shall be hungry:
behold,
my servants shall drink,
but ye shall be thirsty:
behold,
my servants shall rejoice,
but ye shall be ashamed:
Behold,
my servants shall sing for joy of heart,
but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart,
and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen:
for the Lord GOD shall slay thee,
and call his servants by another name:
You just can't have a conversation without resorting to sarcastic personal insult, can you.
For the record 'real slow' is one item per post. If you need a break take one, if this is too complicated take a break but spare me the 'it's your fault' ploy as it smells of deception.