I would think mankind is the image of beast of the field .Faithless men make men into gods in the likeness of men .and not in the likeness of God's invisible image. We understand as he give us his understanding it come from hearing within
Jesus had a earthen body subject to death yet knew no sin. The unseen power to finish the work was not of Jesus seen but the unseen work of the father working in him with him . The perfect gospel to demonstrate the work of the Father and the Son
Yes what you say is true. Men follow other men which leads to death, only those who follow Christ Jesus will never see death.
But Revelation 13 is very specific and detailed. It isn't talking about something esoteric and is giving believers
What are you implying, that I am denying Jesus Christ of Nazareth as LORD because I reject the crucifix?
Don't most evangelicals reject the crucifix?
Why do evangelicals reject the crucifix if that is truly Jesus in representation? Hmmm?
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The crucifix has real spiritual power in it. Are you aware of this? But the question is which spiritual power???
I contend that Rev 13:15 has all be fulfilled as well.
Rev 13:15
And he had power to
give life unto the image of the beast, that the
image of the beast should both speak, and
cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
The image of the man 666 on the crucifix came alive and spoke to Francis of Assisi
https://secularfranciscansusa.org/wp-content/uploads/San-Damiano-Crucifix-PowerPoint-Text.pdf
The image of the man 666 on the crucifix came alive and spoke to Thomas Aquinas
https://www.buzzsprout.com/769082/2547223-jesus-speaks-to-saint-thomas-aquinas-from-the-crucifix
The image of the man 666 on the crucifix came alive and closed his eyes.
https://www.miraclesofthechurch.com/2010/10/miraculous-crucifix-of-limpias-jesus.html
The popes [2nd Beast] has given authorization to these miracles. Thus he has power to give life and breathe to the image.
Oh and then there is the inquisitions where those who refused to worship the image of the man 666 on the crucifix were killed.
Just look at the numbers killed in the Spanish inquisition alone.
From Google: "Estimates of the number
killed by the Spanish
Inquisition, which Sixtus IV [2nd Beast] authorised in a papal bull in 1478, have ranged from 30,000 to 300,000. Some historians are convinced that millions died. "
Daniel, 2 Thessalonians, and Revelation contain prophesies given for believers to be able to navigate through the different tactics the enemy will use throughout the coming ages.
Listed in the above posts (#395, #391, #379, #378, #376, #374) are some of the tactics and prophesy fulfillments of the Roman Catholic Church (2nd Beast) throughout the middle ages.
But,
this period is no more! For example the tactic of inquisition is over, the tactic of excommunication (preventing those to buy and sell) is over.
The oppressive tactics of Church (2nd Beast) and State (1st Beast) is now not!
Today those who refuse to be marked with the sign of the cross and those who refuse to worship the image of the man 666 on the cross no longer risk their lives. They are no longer turned over to the State (1st Beast) to be oppressed , imprisoned and sentenced.
THIS PERIOD is OVER! The (1st or 2nd) Beast is now not!!!
We are now in the Whore of Babylon Period. Where the Beast once was,
now is not, and yet will come again!!!
The Whore of Babylon Period is this:
SECOND VATICAN's DECREE ON ECUMENISM: "The restoration of unity among all Christians is one of the principal concerns of the Second Vatican Council." "The Sacred Council exhorts all the Catholic faithful to
recognize the signs of the times and to take an active and intelligent part in the work of ecumenism. The term "ecumenical movement" indicates the initiatives and activities planned and undertaken, according to the various needs of the Church and as opportunities offer,
to promote Christian unity."
http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_...ecree_19641121_unitatis-redintegratio_en.html
Today you have many denominations that once broke away from the Roman Catholic Church (2nd Beast) now coming back into discussions, agreements, partial communion and even full communion with the Roman Catholic Church (Whore of Babylon).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_communion#Full_and_partial_communion
She, The Roman Catholic Church, has changed her tactics in the 20th century.
In the era of the Whore of Babylon, the image of the beast remains, the mark of the beast remains, the man of lawlessness remains, the unholy trinity remains,
but they are not forced upon the people anymore. Unity in bringing the different chistian denominations and sects back under the reign of the Papacy, the man of Lawlessness. Unity with Roman Catholic Church is bringing the man-made rituals of the Roman Catholic Church such as Lent, ash wednesday, Nicene Creed, and more, back into protestant denominations.
https://www.americamagazine.org/fai...urches-are-embracing-some-catholic-traditions
Yes, all those churches that site Nicene Creed, are professing to be under the Roman Catholic Pope.
In reciting the Nicene Creed one professes to be under the "One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.
Vatican I decrees that Full Apostolic Authority lies under the succession of Peter, which is the Roman Papacy.
Read SESSION 4: 18 July 1870
Chapter 4: "That apostolic primacy which the Roman pontiff possesses as successor of Peter, the prince of the apostles, includes also the supreme power of teaching."
http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/1869-1869,_Concilium_Vaticanum_I,_Documenta_Omnia,_EN.pdf
What Revelation is telling us is that an apostasy will arise and remain until Christ's Return. This apostasy, at its core, is the Roman Catholic Church. 2 Thessalonians 2 tells us that God permits this apostasy to perpetuate so that 'a strong delusion exists for those who refuse to love the truth and so be saved'.
What Revelation and Daniel are prophesying is that the Roman Catholic Church can NEVER be reformed! NEVER!
We must ALWAYS rebel against the Roman Catholic Church. We must always protest against her, fully!
BOTTOM LINE: Any Church that is having cooperation, compromise, or partial communion with Roman Catholic Church is FALSE, and are under the umbrella of the Whore of Babylon