Harebrained. Internet is a product of capitalism. Why don't you resort to smoke signals
MrPresident1: Beasts in the Bible represent rulerships, Kingdoms, and Governments.
Daniel 7:2-3 2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
Four great beasts arising from the sea means four great kingdoms/world governments arising to rule the world. Sea in the Bible is used to represent the mass of mankind, and by saying four great beasts arose from the sea, the Bible is telling us that four great rulerships/governments/empires/kingdoms would arise from among the people of the earth. We already know that three great beasts have ruled the earth and the fourth one is just on its way out. The four beasts are the Babylon, Mediopersian, Greek and Roman empires Note that it is after the demise of the kingdom of God on earth, when Jerusalem was conquered, that these beasts arise to rule the earth. Israel, the Negroes, are the people that were given the bonafide right to rule over the whole earth.
Genesis 1:28 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Any rulerships different from Israel’s is called beasts, because they are beastly. The decree to punish Israel saw beasts rising to take power.
Daniel 4:17 17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
Who are the basest of men, they are beasts.
The Mark of God
The Mark of God is the law of God. To receive the mark of God, is to receive the law of God into your heart. To have the laws of God as frontlets between the eyes, which is the forehead, or on the hand.
Deuteronomy 6:7-8 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
Deuteronomy 11:17 18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. 19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: 21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. 22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
The Mark of the Beast
Revelations 13:16 16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Since we have established that beasts mean kingdoms/rulerships/empires, the mark of the beast would mean the distinguishing features of the beast. Whatsoever the beast exemplifies is the mark of the beast. We can see that the beast gives his mark either on the forehead, the seat of thought, or on the right hand, the seat of deed. To receive the mark of the beast is to receive the laws of the beasts into your heart, and to live by his laws, and to make his laws the constitution of your life. To receive the mark of the beast is to live like a beast. What are the laws of the beast? Basically anything against God is the law of the beast; homosexualism and gayism, lesbianism, greed, Capitalism, Democracy, materialism, mercantilism, atheism, etc., these are laws and manifestations of the beast.
If you exhibit any of the characteristics of the marks above, you have already received the mark/law of the beast into your thought/forehead and into your deed/right hand.
Everyone thinks the Negro is stupiid, but his stup.idit.y is penitence, His God has taken away his sense and his wisdom. The Negro civilised the whole world, the Negro gave the caucasians, the Indians, the Arabs, the Chinese, the Japanese etc., all the races of the world their civilisation. We Negroes civilised the whole freaking universe!!!!
We gave the whole freaking universe the knowledge of The Most High God!!!!
There was an argument on Preachers of LA and Deitrick Haddon brought up the issue. Clarence Mclendon put a spirited defense of the practice. Not sure if this is the clip
A minister may serve the living God but they don't possess bottomless pockets. Their resources cNt take them too far. For this, they are supposed to be supported by the congreGation.
A visiting minister spends time and resources preparing, traveling over and going back. For this, it is only natural that we support them. Where it gets hazy is when they DEMAND it. They will ask for 'seed' to 'connect' with the 'anointing'/message. At this point, theyhave quickly descended into charlatans.
A good host should arrange with the visiting minister on the terms. How many people to expect, the logistics and most importantly, WHO foots the bills. The best and most reasonable practice is for the host to foot the bills upfront and if it's too much, appeal to the congregation to chip in.
The reality is, familiarity breeds contempt and usually members are more responsive to a visiting minister than the regular/host. They also tend to give more offerings during the services with a visitor than on others. For this, there is some kind of informal arrangement where the visitor collects and offering and they share the loot.
Does the Bible teach that Hell is punishment forever? In this article, we will examine the doctrine generally known as annihilationism, sometimes called "conditional immortality", although the two terms are not exactly synonymous. This idea has gained some popularity or at least sympathy among evangelicals lately (famous names include John Stott, Gordon Wenham, and F. F. Bruce) and so warrants some attention.
The type of brains that can read Public Relations BS from real development
ayokellany: but you'd commend Jonathan Ebele for commissioning the diagram of the second Niger bridge right ? I wonder what type of brains some of you Tanoid poses. I doubt if it's a human one.