Does the BIBLE describe a coming Nuclear War?

[VCO]

if there will be a nuclear war, how could the prophecy of the number of beast (which people can only buy or sell with it) would be accomplished?...

Marian, I am sorry that I missed seeing your question. But here is the best answer to your question that I could find.

First of all, the potential Nuclear war that I was looking at in those prophecies was not a GLOBAL WAR but a MIDEAST WAR.

As for the personal I.D. Mark that controls the bank account of individuals, several countries are experimenting with that already, including Europe, USA, Canada, and Australia, among others.

Revelation 13:16-18 (HCSB)
[SUP]16 [/SUP] And he requires everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on his right hand or on his forehead,
[SUP]17 [/SUP] so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark: the beast’s name or the number of his name.
[SUP]18 [/SUP] Here is wisdom: The one who has understanding must calculate the number of the beast, because it is the number of a man {Personal I.D. Number}. His number is 666.

TECHNOLOGY NEEDED TO FULFILL THE MARK OF THE BEAST

No 666 is not a symbol, it is only a number that identifies a man, IT SAYS SO, read it again.

In other words it is similar to our Social Security numbers. Only this one will be three groups of 6 digits. Henry Kissenger invented such a EMERGENCY plan in the late 90s, in case the perceived Y2K world wide banking crash actually happened. Since it is the computer age, it probably will be a number imbedded in a very small microchip or biochip as they want to call those designed for humans. They are already testing the (RFID) Radio Frequency Identification Devices in humans in Florida. In particular, for Seniors with Alzheimer's to store their health records on. Instead of the chip that was about twice the size of a grain of rice, like the one in my dog's neck; they have now shrunk the RFID down to not a whole lot bigger than a grain of salt. I posted the following on another site a couple years ago, so the technology is even more advanced now. I added two links at the bottom very recently, in fact that second to the bottom link was dated 20 Nov. 2013 and has a picture of the world's fastest super computer, which doubled the size and speed of the previous record holder. Those two links show that the world really does computers big enough and fast enough acomodate all the worlds bank accounts, and the fact that RFID readers are already starting to show up in stores, should make us sit up and take notice that the stage is set and the time could be very near.


WHAT IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST


The most likely thing the Mark of the Beast could be is a biochip implant, because of the Biblical statement that one will not be able to buy or sell anything without it. They currently have built into them up to a 15 digit ID numbering system. It will not surprise me, (if the Church is still here), when the Antichrist comes to power as the Head of State of the old Roman Empire; that he averts a world wide economic collapse by converting all of the worlds monitary systems and bank accounts to function like credit cards in the form of these implanted biochips. AND watch him add a number to all three hyphenated groups of numbers stored in those Biochip IDs, such as: 123456-123456-123456. Hence his number will be 666 (6 digits dash 6 digits dash 6 digits). Also some of the Techs working on these super computers that they believe we are going to need in the near future, have jokingly referred to their super computers as the "beast"; but I am not laughing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDhDrFrs7as&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eob532iEpqk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFfhjUTCCFs

Under Your SkinThe War against Freedom – Human Biochip Implant

Microchip Implants

Bio-chip implant arrives for cashless transactions

Tianhe-2 Tops Supercomputer List > ENGINEERING.com



Be sure to watch the second video down, it pictures how the RFID chips imbedded in the hand will be implimented to instantly buy items as you walk out the door of a store.

 

[MarcR]

if there will be a nuclear war, how could the prophecy of the number of beast (which people can only buy or sell with it) would be accomplished?...

We do not know with any certainty that there will be nuclear war.

If there is nuclear war, it could occur at any time between the antichrist's ascendancy and the Lord's return.

 

[prove-all]

Caesar (plural Caesars; Latin: Caesar, plural: Caesares) is a title of imperial character.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_(title)

The Julii Caesares were a specific branch of the gens Julia.

It derives from the cognomen of Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator. The change from being
a familial name to a title adopted by the Roman Emperors can be dated to about AD 68/69,

The first known bearer of the name was one Sextus Julius Caesar, praetor in 208 BC,
The first Emperor, Caesar Augustus, bore the name as a matter of course; born Gaius Octavius
adopted by Caesar in his will, and per Roman naming conventions was renamed "Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus"

his relationship with Caesar by styling himself simply "Imperator Caesar"

(whereto the Roman Senate added the honorific Augustus, "Majestic" or "Venerable," in 27 BC),

His successor as emperor, his stepson Tiberius, also bore the name as a matter of course;
born Tiberius Claudius Nero, he was adopted by Caesar Augustus on June 26, 4 AD, as "Tiberius Julius Caesar."

The precedent was set: the Emperor designated his successor by adopting him
and giving him the name "Caesar."41 to 54AD Roman emperor Claudius
Claudius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He adopted the name "Caesar" as a cognomen
Cognomen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

During his reign the Empire began the conquest of Britain

The Julio-Claudian dynasty
refers to the first five Roman Emperors:
Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero,

[1] or the family to which they belonged; they ruled the Roman Empire from its formation,
in the second half of the 1st century (44/31/27) BC, until AD 68, when the last of the line, Nero, committed suicide


Julio-Claudian dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roman emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adoption in ancient Rome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

None of the Julio-Claudians were succeeded by their sons;

1 Augustus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Augustus (Latin: Imperator Caesar Divi F. Augustus; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD) was
the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD

He was born Gaius Octavius into an old and wealthy equestrian branch of the plebeian Octavii family.
Roman aristocracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plebs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Octavia (gens) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Following the assassination of his maternal great-uncle Julius Caesar in 44 BC,
Caesar's will named Octavius as his adopted son and heir

He was succeeded as Emperor by his adopted son (also stepson and former son-in-law), Tiberius.

2 Tiberius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tiberius (/ta?'b??ri?s/; Latin: Tiberius Caesar Divi Augusti filius Augustus;16 November 42 BC – 16 March 37 AD)
was Roman Emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD. Born Tiberius Claudius Nero, a Claudian,
Tiberius was the son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla.

His mother divorced Nero and married Augustus in 39 BC, making him a step-son of Octavian.
Tiberius would later marry Augustus' daughter Julia the Elder (from his marriage to Scribonia)
and even later be adopted by Augustus, by which act he officially became a Julian,
bearing the name Tiberius Julius Caesar.

Caligula, Tiberius' grand-nephew and adopted grandson, succeeded Tiberius upon his death.


3 Caligula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Caligula" (/k?'l?gj?l?/; Latin: Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus;
was the popular nickname of Gaius (31 August AD 12 – 22 January AD 41), Roman emperor (AD 37–41).

Caligula's father Germanicus, the nephew and adopted son of Emperor Tiberius, was a very successful general
With the death of Tiberius in AD 37, Caligula succeeded his great uncle and adoptive grandfather as Emperor.
on the day of the assassination of the Emperor Caligula, the Praetorian Guard declared Caligula's uncle, Claudius, the next Roman Emperor.

4 Claudius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Claudius (/'kl??di?s/; Classical Latin: ['klawd??s], Latin: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus;
1 August 10 BC – 13 October 54 AD) was Roman emperor from 41 to 54.
the son of Drusus and Antonia Minor. He was born at Lugdunum in Gaul, the first Roman Emperor to be born outside Italy.

declared Emperor by the Praetorian Guard after Caligula's assassination, at which point he was the last man of his family.
During his reign the Empire began the conquest of Britain (if the earlier invasions of Britain by Caesar and Caligula's aborted attempt are not counted).

After his death in 54 AD (at age of 63), his grand-nephew and adopted son Nero succeeded him as Emperor

5 Nero - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nero (/'n??ro?/; Latin: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus;
[1] 15 December 37 – 9 June 68)
[2] was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

Nero was adopted by his great-uncle Claudius to become his heir and successor,
and succeeded to the throne in 54 following Claudius' death.

Through Octavia, Nero was the great-nephew of Caesar Augustus
Nero annexed the Bosporan Kingdom to the Empire and began the First Roman–Jewish War.

In 64 AD, most of Rome was destroyed in the Great Fire of Rome,

which many Romans believed Nero himself had started , then blamed jews

He died on 9 June 68, the anniversary of the death of Octavia, and was buried
in the Mausoleum of the Domitii Ahenobarbi, in what is now the Villa Borghese (Pincian Hill) area of Rome

666 identifys this title [nero] held, as emperior of rome

the honorific Augustus, "Majestic" or "Venerable,

 

[Bowman]

Brother VCO...did they recently legalize cannabis in your state...?

 

[Jeff_56]

jesus says to be as harmless as doves.

jesus is a shepherd of sheep and lambs -- guess how many ways sheep and lambs can defend themselves?

jesus said have no faith in the flesh, no faith in the flesh or in the strength of man/men/horses/etc...

and with all his other word, either he is able to .... well..... ask him - he is never far from the pure in heart.... and those

who are not pure in heart don't get to see his kingdom....

 

[VCO]

John is seeing a CITY of the future and the vision of that great seaport CITY being destroyed, and he has NO idea what the name of the City is. HOWEVER he would have RECOGNIZED the giant statue in the harbor, because all pagan religions of his day worshiped similar statues modeled after the goddess of Babylon and small statues were sold in just about every market place of the known world. SO WHAT OTHER NAME DO YOU THINK HE WOULD GIVE THAT FUTURISTIC CITY WITH GIANT BABYLONIAN STATUE IN THE HARBOR?

OOPS sorry, I forgot an important Word. Anyhow, John knew that in his day, wherever they put up such an statue, it was for the the purpose of worshiping that Idol AND THIS WAS THE BIGGEST ONE HE HAD EVER SEEN. NOW let's see if New York City is a center for such Pagan Idolatry:

Revelation 18:15-20 (HCSB)
[SUP]15 [/SUP] The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, will stand far off in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,
[SUP]16 [/SUP] saying: Woe, woe, the great city, dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls,
[SUP]17 [/SUP] for in a single hour such fabulous wealth was destroyed! And every shipmaster, seafarer, the sailors, and all who do business by sea, stood far off
[SUP]18 [/SUP] as they watched the smoke from her burning and kept crying out: “Who is like the great city?”
[SUP]19 [/SUP] They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning: Woe, woe, the great city, where all those who have ships on the sea became rich from her wealth, for in a single hour she was destroyed.
[SUP]20 [/SUP] Rejoice over her, heaven, and you saints, apostles, and prophets, because God has executed your judgment on her!

Are they not WORSHIPING THE GREAT CITY and the MONEY they made from her?

LOOK at the Headlines on this Page: New York replaces London as financial capital of the world.

New York replaces London as financial capital of the world - Business News - Business - The Independent

AND LOOK at the DATE on that Page: today is March 17th, 2015 in the USA and in my Pacific Time Zone it is 7:07 PM, but that Webpage was published in the UK. And look what Day and Time it is in the UK right now:

2:07 AM ​

​

Wednesday, March 18, 2015​

That Webpage is dated Wednesday, March 18, 2015, so it has ONLY been up for two hours at the most.

What does GOD think of the kind of COVETOUS GREED being displayed over that GREAT CITY?

Colossians 3:5-6 (HCSB)
[SUP]5 [/SUP] Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature: sexual immorality, impurity,
lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
[SUP]6 [/SUP] Because of these, God’s wrath comes on the disobedient,


And HERE is a GREAT SEAPORT, that EVEN HAS A GIANT Babylonian Goddess Statue standing in the Harbor.

 

[dcontroversal]

OOPS sorry, I forgot an important Word. Anyhow, John knew that in his day, wherever they put up such an statue, it was for the the purpose of worshiping that Idol AND THIS WAS THE BIGGEST ONE HE HAD EVER SEEN. NOW let's see if New York City is a center for such Pagan Idolatry:

Revelation 18:15-20 (HCSB)
[SUP]15 [/SUP] The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, will stand far off in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,
[SUP]16 [/SUP] saying: Woe, woe, the great city, dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls,
[SUP]17 [/SUP] for in a single hour such fabulous wealth was destroyed! And every shipmaster, seafarer, the sailors, and all who do business by sea, stood far off
[SUP]18 [/SUP] as they watched the smoke from her burning and kept crying out: “Who is like the great city?”
[SUP]19 [/SUP] They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning: Woe, woe, the great city, where all those who have ships on the sea became rich from her wealth, for in a single hour she was destroyed.
[SUP]20 [/SUP] Rejoice over her, heaven, and you saints, apostles, and prophets, because God has executed your judgment on her!

Are they not WORSHIPING THE GREAT CITY and the MONEY they made from her?

LOOK at the Headlines on this Page: New York replaces London as financial capital of the world.

New York replaces London as financial capital of the world - Business News - Business - The Independent

AND LOOK at the DATE on that Page: today is March 17th, 2015 in the USA and in my Pacific Time Zone it is 7:07 PM, but that Webpage was published in the UK. And look what Day and Time it is in the UK right now:

2:07 AM ​

Wednesday, March 18, 2015​

That Webpage has ONLY been up for two hours at the most.

What does GOD think of the kind of COVETOUS GREED being displayed over that GREAT CITY?

Colossians 3:5-6 (HCSB)
[SUP]5 [/SUP] Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature: sexual immorality, impurity,
lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
[SUP]6 [/SUP] Because of these, God’s wrath comes on the disobedient,


And HERE is a GREAT SEAPORT, that EVEN HAS A GIANT Babylonian Goddess Statue standing in the Harbor.

All the way from Egypt-->Assyria-->Babylon-->Persia-->Greece-->Rome (Libertas) ----> LIBERTY (worship God as you please)

 

[VCO]

All the way from Egypt-->Assyria-->Babylon-->Persia-->Greece-->Rome (Libertas) ----> LIBERTY (worship God as you please)

Ecclesiastes 1:9 (ESV)
[SUP]9 [/SUP] What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.

That literally describes the "WAY OF CAIN".

Jude 1:11 (ESV)
[SUP]11 [/SUP] Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error and perished in Korah’s rebellion.

 

[Jason0047]

Luke 22:36 (HCSB)
[SUP]36 [/SUP]Then He said to them, “But now, whoever has a money-bag should take it, and also a traveling bag. And whoever doesn’t have a sword should sell his robe and buy one.

I agree that one should not confuse spiritual lessons from physical lessons. However it is as CLEAR as the nose on one's face that HE is advocating that when they are traveling on the Mission Field with money for the LORD's work, that they should take precautions to defend themselves and the money from thieves. The self defense weapon of CHOICE in those days was a short sword that was concealable under a cloak.

Well, there were no thieves that the disciples ran into whereby the drew their swords so as to protect themselves in the gospels, my friend. That chapter of the story did not take place in the Bible. In fact, nowhere will you see any apostle using their fists and or weapons in the New Testament. On the contrary the exact opposite is the case. Jesus said, turn the other cheek instead of an eye for an eye. Jesus said do good and pray for your enemies. Jesus said do not render evil for evil. Paul says, do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Paul says we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principiliaties, powers, and the rulers of darkness. He also said, the weapons of our warefare are not carnal. Ephesians 6 he mentions the armor of God that is spiritual.

But let's take a look at the sword issue in Luke again.

And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. (Luke 22:38)

Please note, Jesus did not say "the two swords were enough", but said, "It is enough". If Jesus meant about the literal swords, how could two swords be enough for twelve people if they were going to war? And if Jesus meant just two swords were enough then He would be contradicting His own words earlier, where He told all of them should have a sword each! He said earlier:

He that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. (Luke 22:36)

Therefore, "It is enough", means, to wind up this conversation, as it was also time up to go and start praying! And the next thing they did was to march to the site of spiritual warfare.

And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. (Luke 22:38, 39)

Also Christ wanted to end that conversation, as they were not in a position to understand what He was saying. Jesus told them earlier:

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth. (John 16:12, 13)

They were not to have the two swords, but the two-edged sword!

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword. (Hebrews 4:12)

This is the powerful weapon that Jesus wields against His enemies.

These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges. (Revelation 2:12)

ONE MIGHT AGAIN SAY: If Christ meant the spiritual sword why did He say to "buy" a sword? He said:

He that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. (Luke 22:36)

Well, this method of speaking spiritual things in a literal way was not new. Jesus used the illustration ofselling something to buy another thing even in His parables.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. (Matthew 13:44)

To get something spiritual we have to "sell" or give up the things that are an obstacle to its possession. It is only when we give up our selfish ambitions and motives we will be able the "buy" or receive the heavenly gift. Though spiritual things are free we are to "buy" it,as the Gospel prophet, Isaiah, too, penned down the invitation ofGod regarding "buying" things for free!

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. (Isaiah 55:1)

Jesus told Peter just before the temptation in the Garden to strength his brethren later when he got converted. And when the apostle got converted he admonished God's people to give much attention to the sword, which he lacked-the Word of God. He wrote:

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts. (2 Peter 1:19)

Are we carrying the sword everyday? We need to! But not the literal sword that Peter once carried, but:

The sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. (Ephesians 6:17)

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)

The self defense weapon of CHOICE in these days would be a firearm.

You mean, you would choose doing this?

Over doing this?

 

[Jason0047]

The milk that one buys free is the Word of God. For the Scriptures say we are to desire the sincere milk of the Word.

The robe or garments they are to sell is their righteousness in exchange for the faith that comes by hearing the Word of God. For the Scriptures say faith comes by hearing the Word of God. Revelation 19:8 says the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints. The believer is made righteous thru Jesus Christ by faith (Both in Justification and in Sanctification) (With Christ being the author and finisher of their faith or with Christ doing the good work within them). For they made their robes white by the blood of the Lamb (Which is by hearing the Word).

 

[Jason0047]

John 18:10-11 (HCSB)
[SUP]10 [/SUP] Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear. (The slave’s name was Malchus.)
[SUP]11 [/SUP] At that, Jesus said to Peter, “Sheathe your sword! Am I not to drink the cup the Father has given Me?”

Your leaving out one small detail.

 

[Jason0047]

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword. (Hebrews 4:12)

He that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. (Luke 22:36)

Oh, and I forgot to add the source link for the green lettered portion within my post.

Sorry about that.

Here is the article source:
WHY did Jesus ask His disciples to BUY A SWORD? He said: “he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one”. (Luke 22:36)

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

jesus says to be as harmless as doves.

jesus is a shepherd of sheep and lambs -- guess how many ways sheep and lambs can defend themselves?

jesus said have no faith in the flesh, no faith in the flesh or in the strength of man/men/horses/etc...

and with all his other word, either he is able to .... well..... ask him - he is never far from the pure in heart.... and those

who are not pure in heart don't get to see his kingdom....

Psalm 119:105 ESV
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Psalm 23:4 ESV
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 44:1-22 ESV
1O God, we have heard with our ears,
our fathers have told us,
what deeds you performed in their days,
in the days of old:
2you with your own hand drove out the nations,
but them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
but them you set free;
3for not by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
and the light of your face,
for you delighted in them.

4You are my King, O God;
ordain salvation for Jacob!
5Through you we push down our foes;
through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.
6For not in my bow do I trust,
nor can my sword save me.
7But you have saved us from our foes
and have put to shame those who hate us.
8In God we have boasted continually,
and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah

9But you have rejected us and disgraced us
and have not gone out with our armies.
10You have made us turn back from the foe,
and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
11You have made us like sheep for slaughter
and have scattered us among the nations.
12You have sold your people for a trifle,
demanding no high price for them.
13You have made us the taunt of our neighbors,
the derision and scorn of those around us.
14You have made us a byword among the nations,
a laughingstock[SUP]b[/SUP] among the peoples.
15All day long my disgrace is before me,
and shame has covered my face
16at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.

17All this has come upon us,
though we have not forgotten you,
and we have not been false to your covenant.
18Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our steps departed from your way;
19yet you have broken us in the place of jackals
and covered us with the shadow of death.
20If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21would not God discover this?
For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Romans 8:35-39
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36As it is written,“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

[Jason0047]

Your leaving out one small detail.

In fact, Jesus said He could have prayed to the Father and could have easily called down more than twelve legions of angels.

In fact, Psalm 91:11 NLT says this about us believers, "For he will order his angels to protect you where wherever you go." Meaning, Peter had the protection of God's angels (When not called to specifically suffer persecution for the sake of the gospel).

 

[Jason0047]

The milk that one buys free is the Word of God. For the Scriptures say we are to desire the sincere milk of the Word.

The robe or garments they are to sell is their righteousness in exchange for the faith that comes by hearing the Word of God. For the Scriptures say faith comes by hearing the Word of God. Revelation 19:8 says the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints. The believer is made righteous thru Jesus Christ by faith (Both in Justification and in Sanctification) (With Christ being the author and finisher of their faith or with Christ doing the good work within them). For they made their robes white by the blood of the Lamb (Which is by hearing the Word).

It is also interesting to point out that Christ sanctifies the church with the .....

"Washing of the Water of the Word", too (Ephesians 5:25-26).​

So the disciples were to put off their old ways of righteousness and follow the Word of God (i.e. the Living Word, the Spoken Word, and the Written Word). For Revelation 2:10 says we are to be faithful unto death (Just as Christ was faithful unto his death, Philippians 2:8).

 

[Jason0047]

It is also interesting to point out that Christ sanctifies the church with the .....

"Washing of the Water of the Word", too (Ephesians 5:25-26).​

So the disciples were to put off their old ways of righteousness and follow the Word of God (i.e. the Living Word, the Spoken Word, and the Written Word). For Revelation 2:10 says we are to be faithful unto death (Just as Christ was faithful unto his death, Philippians 2:8).

For we are either faithful unto death according to His Word in preaching the gospel, or we are living by the sword and dying by the sword (Which is a different kind of death).

 

[kennethcadwell]

We do not know with any certainty that there will be nuclear war.

If there is nuclear war, it could occur at any time between the antichrist's ascendancy and the Lord's return.

Revelation speaks of a war that will kill 2.3 billion people before the man of sin comes to power and starts persecuting Christians for the final 3 1/2 years of what is called the Great Tribulation..........

 

[Jason0047]

I believe the death toll of the "Fourth Seal" lines up with the Antichrist's enforcement of the Mark of the Beast.

Revelation 6:7-8

"And when he had opened the fourth seal... Death... was... over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth."


​

In Revelation 6:7-8 with the breaking of the Fourth Seal:

Authority of death is given to work thru the anti-christ's rule to kill a fourth part of the Earth; For the anti-christ will kill you by the sword with his military might. He will kill you with hunger by the fact that you will not be able to buy or sell without the Mark. He will kill you with death by either the taking or the refusing of the Mark (i.e. You will die spiritually if you take the Mark or you will die physically if you do not take the Mark). He will kill you with his beasts or his loyal followers in various nations thru out the Earth, too.

For the term “beast” is used to describe human governments in the book of Daniel (chapters 7 & 8) and the government ran by the Antichrist and false prophet is depicted as beasts rising from the sea and earth in Revelation 13.

So after the abomination of desolation is set up in the Jewish Temple at the midpoint of the Tribulation, the lethal enforcement of the Mark will then go into effect and thereby bring forth one of the highest death tolls in human history. Again, this I believe is the breaking of the Fourth Seal. It will then be the starting point of the Great Tribulation (followed by period of time known as the "Day of the Lord"). Here is a chart to check it out.

 

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1. The 3rd Seal is the collapse of the economy. This lines up with the fall of Rome in Revelation 17-18 (Which will effect the world's economy).

2. The 4th Seal is one of the greatest death tolls in human history. This is the Antichrist enforcing the mark. This will be the slaughter of both Christians and unbelievers. It will make Hitler's massacre of the Jews look like a minor event.

3. The 5th Seal is the saints crying for vengeance from God (Because they were just killed by the Antichrist). It's a response to the 4th seal.

4. The 6th Seal is God's response to His saints. God answers them. So the Lord then implements a period or age of vengeance against the Antichrist, and the remaining evil nations upon the world for their wickedness. The 6th Seal lines with the "Day of the Lord" in the fact that both events describe a blood moon, and dark skies (According to Scripture). God's Wrath is poured out during this time until Christ's return. The period of time known as the "Day of the Lord" will also include Christ's 2nd Coming. The age known as the "Day of the Lord" will also include the purification of the Earth by fire (Similar to the destruction of the Global Flood) in 2 Peter chapter 3. This is then the end of the Day of the Lord (Which will then be followed by the Millennial Kingdom or 1,000 Year Reign of Christ).