moses wrote on Jan 26^th, 2014 at 7:03pm:


Indeed moses! While the whole 666 gematria thing is more anecdotal, Islam as the "beast" of Revelation 13, is the most hermeneutically sound conclusion that can be drawn.

Daniel defined the term "beast" for us as a kingdom, when he described the figures of lion, bear, leopard and 4th "terrible" "beast" in the figurative language of his prophetic dream.
http://www.beholdthebeast.com/daniels_four_beasts.htm

Daniel 7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth....

So BEAST = KINGDOM

Daniel 7:4  The first [was] like a lion, and had eagle's wings...
Daniel 7:5  And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear...
Daniel 7:6  After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard...
Daniel 7:7  After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly...

Jews and Christians widely understand those figures to have been the succession of the kingdoms of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and the Roman Empire, because he did such a stunning job of describing those kingdoms that were to unfold in a succession in his future. This was a succession of satanically led kingdoms that oppressed Yahweh's people. The volume of sites in a web search of - "babylon, medo-persia, greece" - even in quotes, reveals this widely held understanding.
https://www.google.com/#q=%22babylon%2C+medo-persia%2C+greece%22







So when we find the term "beast", used again in the context of the figurative language of John's prophetic vision in Revelation, we have no compelling reason to arbitrarily change the definition.

Rev 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as [the feet] of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and

his seat

, and great authority.
(Daniel assigned the masculine gender to his kingdom "beast" as well)

Not only is the term "beast" used, but John's vision uses the very same figures that Daniel used, when describing the composite beast in his prophetic dream!

The kingdoms that today occupy the same "seats" as the ancient kingdoms of Babylon, Medo-Persia and Greece, are Iraq, Iran and Syria-Lebanon. The composite satanically led kingdom "beast" and final foe of Yahweh's people.



Now while these countries may not be on the same exact same page, even to the extent that Sunnis and Shiites murder each others innocents, these countries are perfectly and absolutely unified as one kingdom through THE false prophet Muhammad and his Quran:
http://www.christianeschatology.com/historicism.htm#the_false_prophet

They are all perfectly united in the spirit of ANTICHRIST.
http://www.beholdthebeast.com/antichrist.htm



Above is a picture of the prophet John's "whole world". So when we consider John's "whole world" through an ethnographic hermeneutic - the whole world through John's eyes in the 1st century - we find that except for the tiny little strip of land that Yahweh gave His people through an everlasting covenant, John's "whole world" carries the name of the beast.

The "mark of the beast" may well be a fulfilled prophecy!

Strong's: world
New Testament Greek Definition:
3625 oikoumene {oy-kou-men'-ay}
1) the inhabited earth
1a) the portion of the earth inhabited by the Greeks, in
distinction from the lands of the barbarians
1b) the Roman empire, all the subjects of the empire

We read in Revelation 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,

or

the name of the beast {Islam - Muslim}, or the number {666} of his name.
http://www.christianeschatology.com/historicism.htm#mark_of_the_beast

We can see from the "or" that being marked by

the name

of the beast - Islam - is all that is necessary for fulfillment. But consider even the false prophet Muhammad's followers foreheads, and how they are perfectly united with their foreheads to the ground (in a more anecdotal fulfillment):



Consider the succession of John's 8 "beasts":
http://www.beholdthebeast.com/johns_eight_beasts.htm

Here's a verse by verse of Revelation 13:
http://www.beholdthebeast.com/leopard_bear_lion_beast.htm



The "church" should be desperately trying to bring the message to these poor deluded souls, that their time may well be running out. But unfortunately in the 19th-20th centuries the church abandoned the traditional historicist approach to apocalyptic prophecy.
http://www.christianeschatology.com/

At this point in time, I believe islam is most definitely a major part of the beast in the end times. 

Quote:


muslims love beheading people, especially Jews and Christians, for not accepting islam.

The conglomeration of islam/allah/muhammad/qur'an is one evil entity.

Already supported by muslim apologists, atheists who are not neutral in their belief but very much anti-Christian / Jew and markedly  pro islam, leftwingers who hate the West and Christianity. Christian churches which believe in unity / interfaith  prayer meetings (muslims and Christians worship the one god under a different name) they are trying to worship allah / satan and YHWH /Jesus Christ / Holy Ghost at the exact same time.

As I see it all of these have accepted / submitted to the beast.

Making the beast that will slaughter the faithful, a mixture of islam and it's various patronisers 

moses wrote on Jan 27^th, 2014 at 2:42pm:



Still at the end of the day, christianity is a false religion, a religion full of mistakes, contradictions, errors, ommissions,  and so forth.

No wonder there are hundreds of aussie women converting to islam, christinaity doesn't make sense.

Christians do nothing for humanity.

Oops my mistake, all they do is convert poor African muslims to christ. That's the best they can do, convert the poor illiterate Africans, cause they wouldn't try in any part of the world.

Sparky wrote on Jan 27^th, 2014 at 6:40pm:


I sure hope you don't drink coffee

The teaching hospital was an invention of the Islamic world, happy with that?