Private Interpretation
A lot of upset people from all sides because they want to be told what to think. They do not want to read scripture and pray for enlightenment. Here are some more responses to the previous stream. When you are being attacked by all sides you know you are doing something right. They brought out their big guns and their little guns and they failed.
No, you go wrong with private interpretation which Scripture condemns. That's why you have millions of churches claiming to have the truth.
You don’t know what that quote (2 Peter 1:16-21) even means which is typical of the ignorance of some Christians. Shall we go back to the time when the bible was in Latin and the “meaning” was controlled by the church? You think that knowledge of scripture comes through creed dogma. (lolz). Nothing could be further from the truth. It comes when Holy men of God are moved by the Holy Spirit. In this instance Peter is referring to John who was in the spirit on the Lord’s Day when he received the Revelation (Apocalypse). Peter was also referring to Paul who spoke difficult things “according to the wisdom given unto him” (by the Spirit of God) “speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction” (2 Peter 3:16). If you are cheer-leading Kabbalah, Gnosticism, the transmigration of souls into other beings and Karma then you are not a Christian. Everything that I say can be tested against Holy Scripture. Show me were I am wrong from scripture. You can’t. My response to the stream:
https://www.biblaridion.info/blog/the-end-times/
We have so many denominations because the Church has been deliberately subverted as it was in the first century by a fifth column. They want people arguing about which creed is right rather than reading their Bibles. In your case it has worked. You are only happy with labels so you know who to attack. Without a label you are lost because you crave a group identity. Well I am part of the body of Christ and my creed is my Bible. Don’t you think it strange that all the “experts” and even the rabbi cannot answer questions from their own Torah (lolz). The Truth is Jesus Christ. Read your Bible.
Aye, the Maccabean Revolt which Luther and King James threw out of Sacred Writ.
The comments by “Eric Faith” are a display of ignorance. Just because the book of Maccabees is not included in the Protestant Bible does not mean that it is not useful. I never said that Maccabees was inspired. These people put words in the mouth and constantly twist. The books of Maccabees are important just like Josephus is important for filling in historical background. They are not holy writ. People like this make constant, stupid straw-man arguments. They are unwilling to think and learn.
All of those Church Councils were wrong? Well I'm glad we have you, just one person, to set us all right just like your predecessor Martin Luther.
I don’t know about the church councils but I know that you are wrong. I have my Bible I have no need of church councils many of whom were subverted and corrupted. But you go on believing a Jew teaching you Buddhist and Hindu concepts topped up with a touch of Kabbalah and who holds hypocrisy as one of his highest values. The Lord is coming and he will sort the wheat from the chaff. Get your house in order. If you have not noticed that the main stream churches are corrupt and fully support the reset agenda then I cannot help you.
P.s. My “predecessor” was not Martin Luther. Your group identity as a Catholic is shining through (lolz). You love your straw-man arguments. You are upset because you can’t label me.
You go wrong using your own understanding and imposing your own meaning on text rather than drawing meaning out of it.
Another lie. I ask people to test the words against Holy Writ something you cannot do because your mind is lost in a quagmire of dogma. You do not know the first principles of interpretation. Show me your commentary on Daniel or the Apocalypse. Show me your commentary on 7-8th century literature? Please enlighten me.
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Another question:
The 'two witnesses' is not any particular individuals in scripture ... It is the 144K ,, the sons and daughters that fled Eden through fear of gods anger ,, and later to be betrayed by Adam to the fallen world ,,, Mystery Babylon.
They represent both individuals AND a collective. The Greek uses the word body in the singular and in the plural sense. Think here of Jesus being an individual and representing a body (his church). The 144K are the redeemed in the first century after the seals have been executed. See my commentary: https://www.biblaridion.info/html/Rev_TOC.html
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When the Bride of Christ (Church) becomes the whore of Babylon (501c3), misleads their flock and flock's children, it's better to go it alone with the scriptures. I'm a more informed person having listened to Paul (Tishbite?) and Dooovid.
Thank you. See my response and commentaries which you might find helpful. We are not alone there are baptized believers from different communities who regardless the mess of dogma and creed hold onto Jesus as Savoir. It is up to us as individuals to return to scripture and put oil in our lamps. All the different denominations are the result of a divide and conquer strategy to keep us arguing and keep us from Scripture. They want us arguing about how many angles can dance on the head of a pin (lolz). Jesus will sort the wheat from the tares. I advocate for no particular denomination and do not want “followers” (lolz). Read your Bible and pray for understanding and God will reveal himself too you. Find like-minded individuals.
https://www.biblaridion.info/blog/the-end-times/
https://www.biblaridion.info/html/Rev_TOC.html
Conclusion
The strategy of divide and conquer coupled with controlled opposition (subversion) when put together with (Marxist) Hegelian Dialectic has worked. Get people fighting. Fighting about race, gender, Israel, Ukraine, politics, religion blah. The minds of people have been warped. They want you to engage in group identity. Do you stand with Israel or with the Palestinians? If you say you stand with suffering and manipulated humanity they lose it. You must take a stance. You must hate. If you don’t hate the other you are a Nazi (lolz). When you take the labeling away from them they lose the plot. They hate it. Do I have a group identity? Yes, it is the Body of Christ. Do I have a creed? Yes, it is my Bible. You want to know what I believe then you will have to speak with me and you will have to discuss from Scripture.