After my previous post on "National ID or Mark of the Beast?", I thought I should explain some of my personal thoughts, philosophical ideas, and theories I have developed over the years especially from my work on my stories. This is more of a reference post then anything else.
In reference to this I use these passages, I'm only linking to them then actually posting them here, 1 John 4:3, 1 John 2:18-22, & 2 John 1:7, the links go to biblegateway.com.
First my personal thoughts on somethings specifically the biblical mark of the beast and anti-Christs, by the way it is meant to be plural just as a the title of this post, first the mark of the beast could be anything. For a long time many thought it would be some kind of tattoo or a possibly a mandated ID, but now with some of the new chipping technologies used with animals it has move into that area of possibility. Whatever it is or may be, as long as someone or thing wants it to be mandatory then we should worry.
Next, for some time many have looked for an anti-Christ to be like Damien of the Omen movies, but in my readings of the Bible, specifically 1 John 2:18-22, and my own philosophical thoughts developed from my writings I have come to some of my own theories on the issue. First the Beast or Anti-Christ would need not be a person, as many of us of the conservative side know and believe the more reliant on government people are the less likely they will be willing to fight that government or stand on their own, the welfare system is a great example of that. It would be very easy for such a government to make laws and rules it would claim are to protect the people when the truth is for control. Consider how many have considered Adolf Hitler an anti-Christ if you look at how he acted, spoke, his ideas, and even preached, you can see how he is an anti-Christ, and because as far as I know he had no super natural powers you can see how the Omen movies have warped scripture. Of course I am not saying they were bad movies, just wrong in the base idea.
Now, I am not the conspiracy and black helicopter type, I find most conspiracies such as those about the Freemasons and the Da Vinci Code take sometime to lay out to you, but only takes minutes to fully destroy when you lay out the facts, almost all conspiracies such as the 9-11 conspiracies are quickly and easily crushed in minutes with facts. I also find many conspiracies are more like the secret history fiction you can find today.
I will go into further into my story ideas and related thoughts and philosophical ideas & theories in my other blog, The Guardian of Worlds, latter.
If anything most Anti-Christs should be best described as Con Men, some are more dangerous then others.
Solomon
P.S. I will do a rant on the Da Vinci Code sometime in the near future.
Also for those of you who aren't Christians I'm sorry if you don't like this, I am not trying to convert anyone just giving you my thoughts from where I am coming from. You are free to post your own thoughts, in the comments section.
Glenn Beck Clips May 2013 2/4
10 years ago
I'm not offended in any way, but I am curious, the scripture you referenced discussed "of us, and from us." Might that mean that the subject was simply not a believer? Or am I missing the context?
ReplyDeleteI believe it is referring to antichrists who would rise up from Christians, the kinds who tend to lead some of these cults you see, like the kind one might see in the news, America's Most Wanted, or Unsolved Mysteries. Most people see through these antichrists but they usually have a fanatical following, willing to do things most Christians would never do. An antichrist would also try to use Christians to get into power.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you look at how Adolf Hitler, Vladimir Lenin, and Joseph Stalin were raised they too could be classified as coming from within the Christian community, even though they rejected Christianity later in life.