tazzygirl -> RE: Mahdi is 'Near' (3/28/2011 9:32:35 PM)
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ORIGINAL: outhere69 Those prophecies (I'm assuming the Revelation here) were written during apocalyptic times. The beast, iirc, was Nero, the 7 heads were the 7 hills of Rome. I've heard a ton of meanings of 666, you can make it mean just about anything. Even Reagan (Ronald Wilson Reagan, 6 letters in each name). I don't see how anyone can claim to interpret something written 2000 years ago. The whole "premillenial dispensationalist" doctrine was invented by one guy in the 19th century (Darby), and has no basis in Scripture. It's full of "fudge factors" to make history fit into his dispensations. The world was supposed to end right after Christ's ascension, then within a few hundred years, then in 1000 ad, and then a whole lot of other times. The last I heard was 1982 (Hal Lindsey) and a few folks who believed 2000. Actually, its not only Revelation, its also Daniel. Chapter two of Daniel describes an image with a head of gold, a chest and arms of silver, and a belly and thighs of brass. This image splits into two parts represented by its legs of iron. At the bottom of these two legs are feet with five toes each that are composed of iron and clay. During the time that these ten toes (kings/nations) exist, the stone (Jesus Christ) will be cut out of a mountain (the Kingdom of God) and smash the feet and toes (Dan.2:34-35). The major thing that causes people confusion about the identity of the ten kings/nations symbolized by the ten toes in Daniel 2:34-35, the ten horns of Revelation 17:12-14, and the ten horns of Daniel 7:7 and Revelation 13:1-2 and 17:9-10, is not understanding that there are two distinct and separate 10 nation alliances being referred to in these scriptures. One ten nation alliance is the Beast (king of the north) who is allied with the Great Whore and the other ten nation alliance is an alliance of two groups of five nations that will combine to form the ten horns of the prophetic hour of Revelation 17:12-14 (the kings of the north and south). Its a fascinating read.
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