http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/Sorry -- didn't want to -- like why deal with prophecy -- except that the Book of Revelation IS NOT prophecy. It is an allegory and a metaphor dealing with the world around the author.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/495446You will notice that Antichrist is nowhere mentioned in the Book of Revelation. Only "The Beast" is mentioned there; and it is widely accepted that the "Mark of the Beast (666)" refers to the (anagram?) of the Emperor Nero. This, of course, places the events of the Book of Revelation in the...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/447222propheticists parrot this phrase from Matthew 24 continually and see the constant state of warfare around the world as heralding the end time. the world has constantly been as war -- since before civilization reared its ugly head. It will be at war for a long time to come. any period of the...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/400239You know what Christians have been saying about this most recent conflagration between Israel and Hezbollah -- they were about to pronounce the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven. Then it fizzled out. Their hopes seem to have been dashed -- for now -- for we know something will raise their hopes...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/391673there is too much dependence on them. too much expectation of a future that hasn't come, and is unlikely to do so. too much dwelling on an imagined future and not enough dealing with the here and now. good Christians know the chapter from which the following quote is taken. " but whether [there...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/391046these are not the "end times"http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/3891581. it's the number of A MAN Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number [is] Six...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/379739GETS IN THE WAY OF TRUE RELIGION. PERIOD. ALL THAT END TIME STUFF AINT A GONNA HAPPEN AND JESUS SAID DON'T BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT YOU HAVE ENOUGH WORRY ABOUT AS IT IS. BUT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE AN IMAGINED FUTURE TAKE FROM YOUR PRESENT, GO AHEAD THE ONUS IS ON YOU AS YOU FORGET ABOUT YOUR FAMILY AND...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/378814READ THIS QUOTE, a comment by a conservative Christianblogger "You say the Mark has been many things the past 2 thousand years. However, during the past 2 thousand years people have only perceived what they thought the Mark of the Beast was. You mentioned where were people forced, people have not...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/377997OR THE FUTURE and neither does the Book of Revelation. If you will read the preceding posts regarding the Book of Revelation, the number 666, The Beast and the antichrist, you should come to the following conclusions (as I have have). reading the passages of I John, the writer (who is said to be...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/377165antichrist occurs 4 times in 4 verses: 1Jo 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 1Jo 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is...