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Armageddon Is Not A Battle Plan: What Revelation Actually Says — And Why It Matters Right Now

...armies of heaven are ranked behind him. And then the beast and the kings of the earth are defeated not by superior firepower, not by a counter-charge of heavenly soldiers, but by the word that proceeds from Christ’s mouth, described as a sharp sword. This is no arbitrary image. The author of Hebrews uses identical language when he writes that “the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow” (Heb. 4:12). The sword is the Word — and the Word, as John’s own Gospel makes plain, is Christ himself (John 1:1). The weapon of divine victory is not steel but Truth itself....

An ancient fragment mentions Jesus' wife!?

...wn out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” And in the spirit he carried me away to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. (Revelation 21:2; Rev 21:9-10) The New Jerusalem here is the bride "adorned for her husband" who is the "wife of the Lamb" - and who is the Lamb? Yep, Jesus (Jn 1:29). Then also, Jesus is linked as the one who has a bride again in Rev 22:17, when John writes: The Spirit and the bride...

Four Blood Moons and everyone loses their minds

...taken to heaven, Israel will go to war in a great battle called Armageddon, and Jesus will return to earth. Hagee planned a special televised event on Tuesday (April 15) on the Global Evangelism Television channel. But NASA does not consider tetrads as especially rare, saying in a statement that there will be eight sets of tetrads before the year 2100. The most unique thing about the upcoming tetrad is that they are visible from all or parts of the United States, NASA stated. (HuffPost) Harold Camping's (failed) billboard predictions If these are a sign for the Jewish nation - shouldn't it be visible in Israel, Jerusalem and the surrounding area? Or...

Lent: Day 15 - Justin Martyr: First Apology, Chaps. 36-47

...ling from heaven and the prediction of Judea being made desolate, fulfilling Isa. 64:10. Even though this has been a long post and not as brief as I maybe would have liked to keep it, since there was a lot of topics covered, I thought that it would be an injustice to skip on these things since they are central to some of our understanding of Christ and his relation to being the prophetic fulfillment of the Scriptures. I recommend that you read the original text of today’s chapters to really get an understanding of what Justin was saying and drawing out in order to clarify Christian doctrine....

Lent Day 36: Ambrose of Milan: Concerning the Mysteries: 5-9

...Fire from heaven Ambrose also makes a link between a couple of times in the Old Testament where a sacrifice was consumed with heavenly fire, and the baptism of fire we receive in the New Testament. In Judges 6:21 when Jerubbaal had an angel burn up the sacrifice, and another time in 1 Kings 18:38 when Elijah was battling with the prophets of Baal, fire from the Lord came down to burn it up. “To those [of old] a visible fire was sent that they might believe; for us who believe, the Lord works invisibly” – our fire from heaven is in the form of the Spirit of God who falls upon us, who are “living sacrifices” to the Lord Jesus (Rom 12:1). Anointed as...

God before ages becomes an infant!

...blime and heavenly Throne, now lies in a manger. And He Who cannot be touched, Who is simple, without complexity, and incorporeal, now lies subject to the hands of men. He Who has broken the bonds of sinners, is now bound by an infant's bands. But He has decreed that ignominy shall become honor, infamy be clothed with glory, and total humiliation the measure of His Goodness. For this He assumed my body, that I may become capable of His Word; taking my flesh, He gives me His spirit; and so He bestowing and I receiving, He prepares for me the treasure of Life. He takes my flesh, to sanctify me; He gives me His Spirit, that He may save me.Come, then, let us observ...