Posted on 06/27/2005 10:43:34 AM PDT by Fruit of the Spirit
Time to get the tinfoil beanies...
With Clinton supposedly eyeing the role of UN secretary general, well...
The Holy Roman Empire wasn't holy, Roman, or an empire.
Looks like the "new" Holy Roman Empire ain't holy; ain't Roman; and ain't an empire what with France's and The Netherlands rejection of the constitution. Even the real Roman descendants, the Italians, are making noise about ditching the Euro.
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One must keep the thought that this "anti-christ" person will come one the scene at a time when there is a real need for peace. People will be desire peace and the person who can deliver will be held in very high regard. A thought has always been how this person will be able to work with the Jews. He will abolish the sacrifice, but he will also have been recognized by those very same Jews as a world leader that had been helpful in the Mid-East peace process.
The main thing about all the looking for this anti-christ--if you keep your eye on the real thing, meaning Jesus, then when the fake comes along, you will recognize him immediately.
I agree....I think we will know him for what he is....I have a feeling the one who lives in us will give us a soft whisper in our hearts to discern the truth...
I pray we are not blinded by petty problems to see it if it happens in our time...
God Bless
I have actually had it suggested that a Danite anti-christ from France may be the lineage of this anti-christ.
?thoughts?
No, it won't be a "Holy" Roman Empire but an empire, nevertheless.
I watched Franklin (no relation to Frankin) being interviewed, wherein he said that to obtain a driver's license anywhere in Europe, it must have the EU logo in place of a national flag. Of course, they have bigger fish to fry in the future.
I believe we must be living with our eyes toward heaven, but occupying til he comes--the fields are white unto harvest and we must work and pray while the time is now.
We need to recognize our times as Jesus told us to, but we need not fear those times.
"I have actually had it suggested that a Danite anti-christ from France may be the lineage of this anti-christ.
?thoughts?"
Given that the word anit-christ means 'instead of Christ', and Christ said let no man deceive you, Peter says that Christ's return will be like a thief in the night, most likely because most everybody will think the first supernatural being arriving upon this earth is the real Christ.
We are told who the play actor is, who tempted Christ and what did he offer Christ????
When you use the words, "instead of Christ", is this a greek translating of anti?
You didn't read the entire article. Here's more:
Romano Prodi, the Italian who is current President of the Commission, said: The goal is to create a ring of friends with whom we share common concerns. The downside is that this opens the door to hundreds of millions of Muslims getting the right to live and work anywhere in Europe. Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, three former Soviet republics in the Caucasus region between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, have been told they too will eventually be eligible for the New Neighbourhood Policy, although all want full membership.
This reaching out to Muslim countries coincides with warnings that, just as the EU wants to take in Israel, so anti-semitism is spreading throughout its territory. Crude swastikas and stars of David have for years been daubed on buildings throughout Europe and Israels Ariel Sharon has said: Europe has a problem (with anti Semitism). He believes things are being made worse by the huge numbers of Moslems- at least 20 million-now living in Europe, where they number ten per cent, or five million, of the French population, which also includes 600,000 Jews, and a much higher percentage of the young population.
It must be noted that the Bible says that in the end times there will be a deceiving influence that comes upon the world and that even the "elect" could be deceived, thus an admonition to us to stay alert with oil in our lamps.
I'm studying this right now and it actually was to a large extent all of those things after Christ died. Constantine saw to that. I am absolutely floored at the role Christianity played at preserving knowledge, culture, and human life through the 'dark' ages.
What is so striking is how divorced America and Europe has become from Christianity culturally and politically.
After William the Conquerer, the Papacy became more corrupt, helping to make permanent the schism between the Eastern Orthdox church, and helping to instigate the Reformation.
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