https://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+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/755830not "who" if you will notice the description of the Beast of Revelation, there are no human qualities to it. In fact, it is a repeat of descriptions in the Old Testament. This is a mixture of 4 beasts -- animals (which is what a beast is). People looking at such a description would at superficial...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/740172sorry guys those who look forward to disaster and death read Rev. I:1 -- also, realize that the book is totally metaphorical -- not literal. it is aimed at the Christians of that time who have undergone much distress and needed a word of encouragement. The book is couched in images so as to not...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/715960Mental AND physical. I have shown here where the Book of Revelation spoke only to its time, not to any others. The very first verse says that. I have also mentioned that this book is metaphorical -- not literal. So that what you read there is representative of something in the world around the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/631842Rev 1:1 "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John:" The events of the Book of Revelation are not going to happen in a few years or in a few decades or...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/627143Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow Published January 30, 2005 One of the biggest changes in politics in my lifetime is that the delusional is no longer marginal. It has come in from the fringe, to sit in the seat of power in the Oval Office and in Congress. For...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/626160Let me supply you with links: REVELATION 2 and REVELATION 3 so you can read for yourself, with footnotes that can help illuminate the passage. You will notice that this passage is referring to towns that existed at the time. What I want you to do, however, is read this passage and the footnotes...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/624170Read it. This is just about the most famous passage in the Bible. One of the most recognizable. We have: Rev 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. This is Empire -- specifically the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/616614We all know it. What is it? It is widely recognized by scholars to refer to Nero. You have to understand that Revelation was talking about things that would "shortly come to pass", as mentioned in the very first chapter. Nero is part of that scenario. If you read the book, you will really find...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/611618We hear from the local godbots that the End Times are imminent -- that the Book Revelation is about to be fulfilled; however, according to that same book, the events are not in our future, but the immediate future of the writer and his readers. Rev 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend1103/592387A National Geographic Channel program on the antichrist says that 50% of the U.S. believes in such. MY GOD! Half the U.S. population believes in a myth the has no supporting evidence. THERE IS NOT A WHIT OF EVIDENCE IN THE BIBLE FOR THE ANTICHRIST THAT APOCALPTIC CHRISTIANS TELL US WILL APPEAR...