Originally posted by fini
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo god noooooooooo, its not the end!!Oh wait, I misinterpreted the title wrong, thought u were talking about the end of TIMES.........as the magazine.
Phewww I got scared there.
End of times????? LOL dude grow a freaking brain. End of times. 😆
Dude, I have a brain. Everyone does. If I didnt, would I be typing this let alone even be breathing?
I know the earth will end, but when I dont know. No one does.
I know it will end by fire.
2 Peter 3
1This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
2That 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:
3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4And 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.
5For 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:
6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7But 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.
8But, 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.
9The 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.
10But 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.
11Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12Looking 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?
Originally posted by Tptmanno1
Heh, Just something to hang over peoples heads to try to get them to convert and give their money and lives to the church... Makes them easier for the Middle Age kings to control. Can't organize a rebellion if you believe you'd go to hell for it...
God is actually against pastors or reverends or ministers or whatever who beg for people's money and use deceiving coniving words to extract money from people.
2 Peter 2
1But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
In other words, They are greedy pigs who will use their words just right so that they can get moola (money) from people for their greedy pig ways. They are under judgment and damnation.
Originally posted by markie
Why have you seen any 7 headed dragons running around? It will hapen when it happens until then christians should preach the gospel and not worry about end times.
One thing about all the strange animals in the Bible and they are found in two books: Daniel and Revelation.
Both Daniel and Revelation are apocalypses. Daniel in the latter half of the book and Revelation.
So the beasts are symbolic of things.
Originally posted by HairyPooper
One thing about all the strange animals in the Bible and they are found in two books: Daniel and Revelation.Both Daniel and Revelation are apocalypses. Daniel in the latter half of the book and Revelation.
So the beasts are symbolic of things.
No, are you telling me the bible is symbolic? 🙄
Originally posted by Shakyamunison
What do you think you are doing, bringing knowledge and wisdom into this conversation? 🙄😆
That reminds me of something...
Daniel 12
4But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
What you all think?
Originally posted by Shakyamunison
No, are you telling me the bible is symbolic? 🙄
There are parts in the Bible that are literal and some are symbolic. Latter half of Daniel in the statue and beasts are all symbolic. Revelation has symbolism too.
So sorry to anyone who wants to see a seven headed dragon or a literal beast coming out of the land and one out of the sea.
And no jokes about our President.
They thought Jesus was coming in 1000 AD also. Even more so than today. People were selling their belongings.....Also again in 1844....
People keep waiting and it doesn't happen....
Besides Jesus is a myth. Mithra was born on the 25th of December . . . which was finally taken over by Christians in the 4th century as the birthday of Christ. Some say Mithra sprang from an incestuous union between the sun god and his own mother . . .. Some claimed Mithra's mother was a mortal virgin. Others said Mithra had no mother, but was miraculously born of a female Rock, thepetra genetrix, fertilized by the Heavenly Father's phallic lightning.
"Mithra's birth was witnessed by shepherds and by Magi who brought gifts to his sacred birth-cave of the Rock. Mithra performed the usual assortment of miracles: raising the dead, healing the sick, making the blind see and the lame walk, casting out devils. As a Peter, son ofthepetra, he carried the keys of the kingdom of heaven . . .. His triumph and ascension to heaven were celebrated at the spring equinox (Easter) . . ..
"Before returning to heaven, Mithra celebrated a Last Supper with his twelve disciples, who represented the twelve signs of the zodiac. In memory of this, his worshippers partook of a sacramental meal of bread marked with a cross. This was one of seven Mithraic sacraments, the models for the Christians' seven sacraments. It was called mizdy Latin missa, English mass. Mithra's image was buried in a rock tomb . . .. He was withdrawn from it and said to live again.
The whole thing is historical mixed with smoking weed and incents.
The Use of Marijuana As Incense
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica: "Pharmacological Cults":
". . . the ceremonial use of incense in contemporary ritual is most likely a relic of the time when the psychoactive properties of incense brought the ancient worshipper in touch with supernatural forces."
In the temples of the ancient world, the main sacrifice was the inhalation of incense. Incense is defined as the perfume or smoke from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to a deity. Bronze and gold incense burners were cast very early in history and their forms were often inspired by cosmological themes representing the harmonious nature of the universe.
The following piece was taken from Licit and Illicit Drugs, page 31:
"In the Judaic world, the vapors from burnt spices and aromatic gums were considered part of the pleasurable act of worship. In proverbs (27:9) it is said that 'Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart.' Perfumes were widely used in Egyptian worship. Stone altars have been unearthed in Babylon and Palestine, which have been used for burning incense made of aromatic wood and spices. While the casual readers today may interpret such practices as mere satisfaction of the desire for pleasant odors, this is almost certainly an error; in many or most cases, a psychoactive drug was being inhaled. In the islands of the Mediterranean 2,500 years ago and in Africa hundreds of years ago, for example leaves and flowers of a particular plant were often thrown upon bonfires and the smoke inhaled; the plant was marijuana.
Explains a lot.. 😱
The Israelite Use of Incense
It was said that Moses, at the direction of Almighty God, first brought in the use of incense in public worship, and that the other nations of antiquity copied the practice from him. It was however a practice that began with Adam. The "Book of Jubilees," an Apocryphal book, (the Apocrypha was considered canonical by the early church and is to this day by the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church) states that "on the day when Adam went forth from the Garden of Eden, he offered as a sweet savour an offering of frankincense, galbanum, and stacte, and spices, in the morning with the rising of the sun, from the day when he covered his shame." And of Enoch we read that "he burnt the incense of the sanctuary, even sweet spices, acceptable before the Lord, on the Mount."
Incense was assigned miraculous powers by the Israelites. It was burned in golden bowls or cauldrons placed on or beside the altar. It was also burned in hand-held censers. In the Blessing of Moses, a poem belonging to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, and written about 760 B.C., the sacrificial smoke is offered to the God of Israel.
Let them teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law; Let them offer sacrificial smoke to thy nostrils, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thy altar.
Throughout the Bible the ancient patriarchs were brought into communion with God through smoking incense and at Mt. Sinai God talked to Moses out of a bush that burned with fire (Exodus 3:1-12). After Moses brought the Israelite people out of Egypt he returned to Mt. Sinai at which time God made a covenant with Moses in which the Ten Commandments were revealed. Exodus 19:8 describes the conditions at the time of this covenant.
Exodus 19:8 "And Mount Sinai was altogether on smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
The Mysterious smoke mentioned in the covenant on Mt. Sinai is also referred to as a cloud:
Exodus 24:15 "And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. 16 And the glory of the Lord abode upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud."
Scriptures make it abundantly clear that the clouds and the smoke are related to the burning of incense. Exodus 40:26 describes Moses burning incense, a cloud covering the tent of the congregation and the glory of the Lord filling the tabernacle. Leviticus 16:2-13 describes how God appeared in a cloud and refers to it as the clouds of incense. Numbers 16:17-19 describes how every man of the congregation had a censer full of burning incense and that the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation. Isaiah 6:4 describes how Ezekial saw God in a smoke-filled inner court. Numbers 11:25 describes how God was revealed to Moses and the seventy elders in a cloud; that the spirit rested upon them and that they prophesied and ceased not. 🤪