CaptWalker

A lot of good answers here and I'm actually pleasantly surprised not to see one of those DAYS=YEARS comments, which I never bought into but I get it that some people are just trying to come up with an answer. I won't go into detail about my own views about this but its related to the 5 months of Revelation 9:5 and the 150 days of Genesis 7:24. "As in the days of Noah..." as Christ said. And 75 days is 1/2 of 150 but what about the other half? Some people think those days will be shortened by a whole lot more than we thought for the Elects sake. But if you're not careful you could be in violation of Revelation 22:19.

I think this subject may have been discussed not long ago so hopefully this is not exactly the same topic/question. Which is that i've always known about this verse but never really gave it much thought that it was actually the 2nd to last verse in Daniel. And so that must make the 1335 days of extreme significance and something we should understand, since how can you be waiting for something that you don't even know the meaning of? And i kind of already have my own opinion about what this is possibly referring to but it's probably a more controversial one, so i'd rather just like to hear others interpretation of it. But i know it's one of those hard to discern prophecies, even for the book of Daniel, but nothing wrong with saying what you think it is talking about.

This was probably asked before but not sure how recently, which is why does it only mention Jesus casting out demons/evil spirits and never says anything about him healing anyone who was simply insane or with a severe mental illness? So wouild that mean that many of the more severe conditions were/are actually initiated or influenced by evil spirits? Not to say such people werent around back then. Which leads to another question which is should we ever try laying hands on someone with such a condition or just leave them alone. Actually i think we should if given the chance but that's the problem, since im not even sure if most mental institutions or facilities simply dont allow any "clergy" members to come in and do that kind of thing?

Thanks so much for those words of encouragement, but really it is me who should be giving those same words to someone else, perhaps many other people, and sadly to say i may have wasted that chance thus far, as i feel i could have helped many others in worst situations than myself...i only PRAY that God would/will give me the resources NOW to make that happen, so i can help anyone in anyway that God wanted/wants me to, period. And some may not really know or realize fully what i am talking about and that there only "duty" is to plant a seed of truth or share Gods word and promises, which is great in itself, but i believe there are others that HE is asking much more of, including myself. And i only want to do now whatever HE asks of me, as long as i can. Just pray that others here and everywhere else would answer that "call" as well...thanks.

Abraham was the first person i can think of that "got out of the boat" or his comfort zone as they say. But i have also heard preachers who said its sometimes safer and wiser to stay in the boat and not take any chances or make hasty decisions. Such as when Paul and the 276 men in that storm in Acts-27, when he said unless they stayed in the boat they would all perish, but maybe thats not a good analogy? Either way i only bring this up because of a major life decision/move i need to make soon, if not right NOW? But am still really confused over what to do as if maybe God is telling me to wait a little longer but at times i feel like i have already waited too long and it's the reason i cant hear from God anymore because of disobedience? But what Abraham did was not easy at all and i know it must have taken some courage even if he did have a very clear "charge" order from God.

Well actually i always liked Thyatira more than the other churches mostly because of there good works, but of course Philadelphia and Smyrna were the only ones God found no fault with. Other than that i cant really see what point you are trying to make, since there are plenty of other verses you could probably use in defense of pre-trib view, if that is what you're doing?

Well i could tell you, but i'm not going to...have a nice day anyway.

Well this may be a first for me as far as responding to a topic with already so many replies, since i never want to come across as that kind of person that says HERE IS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY in spite of what already has been said and made very clear, but at the the same time i just felt like i had to throw this thought out there...which is that the phrase "any moment rapture" or any variation of that is not found anywhere in the Bible, and while i am not one of those who poo-poos on the word Rapture simply because it is not written even though HARPAZO is(which is something someone else may want to discuss)...i am still open to the idea of maybe a mid-trib event, but in no way am open to us/Christians being "taken" and then an entire 7 year period after that, which to me isnt even open for discussion, and i dont want to sound like a knowitall but will at least say right here and now that i'm 110% sure that it will NOT happen that way, period.

I think i may have already asked this question here on this forum at some point but cant remember? Anyway it is about the meaning of Revelation-11:10..."And those who dwell on the earth will REJOICE over them and make MERRY, and send gifts to one another..." So could this be referring to Christmas "season" when this is all happening?

Hmmm...well the main thing i took from this was that Christ return is at the 5th trump, right in the middle...am i interpreting it right as to how you/it was intending it to be? I.E.-a midtrib rapture maybe...?

Well first off i guess should apologize for no one here giving any reply, but there could be other factors interfering with that, IDK? Anyway i am only trying to give a response while my computer is working right, since it has been going in and out, and i can hardly type anything anymore without some side-ad coming up as if ihad "clicked" on that, and then i have to X it out and start again. But maybe that is a common occurence here as far as ADS go, but either way i am open to being a personal prayer "partner", since i am very controversial by nature, and if i see things done a certain way without any alternatives, then i am one who steps..with the name of CHRIST YESHUA c0ming first, of course. Either way justn curious as to why uyour posy/question had not gotten any responses yet, but maybe it's none ofmy business...but just checking in case your posting was being ignored, which it shouldnt be...?

Seems to me like everything on this forum is without rhyme or reason, so what's your point exactly...or what is MINE for that matter?? I might as well just go back to Youtube and watch some more dumbass videos if this is all i will get out of the prophecy posts on this so-called "christian" forum...?

At this point does it really even matter, and yeah i'm the one who brought it up to begin with so you can question me for even doing so...but to be completely honest i really don't even care anymore since there will always be the filthy rich who are justified and the filthy poor who are vilified, and that's just the way it is, as Bruce Hornsby so eloquently put it...and not really even a fan of his but i do respect anyone who speaks the truth every now and then, and even those who just think and/or pretend they are...

My personal opinion is that Daniel always wrote literally but in the case of 70 weeks it was both in years and days. And i believe it could be referring to the 2nd half of the tribulation being shortened to 490 days or about 1 year and 4 months, just as Christ said those days would be shortened. But don't ask for documentation since the Bible teacher who i first got this kind of idea from actually said it would be shortened to 5 months, but couldn't give any actual documentation other than Revelation-9:5, which doesn't say anything about it being shortened. But i do believe this 5 months is directly related to the same time period the flood "prevailed on the earth" in Genesis 7:24.

I once saw a guy wearing a t-shirt saying something about Jesus and 29AD, assuming it was referring to the crucifixion date? But i really hope that is inaccurate since it would mean we would have to wait until 2029 for His return, 2000 years later, give or take.

A whole LOT of interesting stuff and maybe worth studying up on, but don't think such things will convert an atheist, and most would probably just see such "events" as coincidences, misinterpretations or simply not care either way, just saying. But i do at least agree that 1948 was a MAJOR benchmark.

Well I have always felt someone should pray however they feel led to at any time, and it's not written in stone how exactly we should do it or that God will not honor it if you don't acknowledge HIM every single time while you are praying in Jesus name. But i also haven't found anywhere in the New Testament where Paul or anyone else had ever insinuated in any way that the original Lord's prayer was no longer necessary. But on the other hand there is no where you will find Paul or anyone saying that we have to pray in a specific way all the time, or else God will not honor those prayers. Basically to me it all comes down to conscious, and if you can pray directly to Christ without even acknowledging the FATHER then more power to you, and if that is wrong then God Himself will convict you about that, period. Basically I lnow that the Father and/or Jesus simply wants you to PRAY more than anything else, which should obviously go without saying.

Well like i pointed out before that i do honor the Lord's prayer and my own are to the FATHER in Jesus/Yeshua's name....but at the same time i have seen and still do many Christians praying to and acknowleding Jesus only and many are those of this charismatic prosperity gospel which of course has been ongoing for many years now, but these movements seemed to have slowly become intertwined for lack of a better term, and to the point where you can go on national TV and say a prayer directly to Jesus without even mentioning the Father, or at this point i can't even tell whether someone is praying or praising or where one ends and the other begins, or if that even matters anymore...? You just get all these people in one big "revival' type setting and then it's pretty much anything goes and no one seems to even be questioning anything at that point...but that's just the way it is and will only get even more extreme from this point on, mark my words. Bottom line is that the Trinity is ONE and you should not mention Christ without the Father, at least whenever praying.

Well to be completely honest, i have never felt that close to the Father even though i still address Him by name(Yahoveh) when praying. But i also think many Christians can relate much more to Jesus than the Old Testament God of judgement. And i really hate to admit this but i had always thought God sent his Son to die for us because He was unwilling to do it himself, as blasphemous as that sounds. But even though they are ONE in the same they are still technically two separate entities or else Christ would never have been called His Son and neither would have called God his Father. I guess that really all goes without saying but it just seems like many Christians don't think about it that much because it is a subject that is hard to grasp, but to me the bottom line is that most people seem to be able to relate to and connect with Christ as Savior than with the Father as judge/juror/executioner, whether that is fair to say about Him or not i just feel that is the way many Christians do feel and always will, period.

I was just wondering why it seems i have always heard so many Christians praying directly to Jesus or calling out His Name and saying how much they love him, when the Lord's Prayer says we should only pray to the FATHER. But according to Philippians 2:9-11 praying to Jesus would seem perfectly fine and even the same as praying to the Father? So is it possible that He was only speaking to the disciples at that moment, and then later after He was crucified all that changed? I personally do still honor what He said and pray directly to the Father in Jesus name, but was just wondering if anyone else has felt different about this??

I think it basically all comes down to the fact that Conservative christians as a whole simply hate Liberalism so much that they are willing to overlook some of the personality and/or moral faults of one such as Trump. But i think they do throw that "Socialism" card around a bit too much, i mean even most Liberals still seem very proud of our country and heritage and are not in any way insinuating that we should become a Communist nation for the most part, and yes i realize there are some radicals out there who wouldnt have any problems with us turning that way even though they should realize that would never happen, i hope anyway? But Republicans probably hope they would try to do just so they could continue accusing them of attempting some major take over our nation, so they turn our schools back to common core(who cares anyway except soccer moms who have nothing better to do than worship there kids?) Either way we all pretty much knew this from the get go as far back as the Reagan years which was still at least as good a term in office than Trump's even though i know many would disagree. But i wouldn't ever see Reagan or any president actually offering pardons to any of those people storming the Capitol but rather just the opposite, offering PROSECUTIONS! I mean are you kidding me, actually forgiving criminal actions?

Well i agree that "they" are all wrong for coming after him, but that doesn't suddenly make all he stands for and believes in all right. Just because someone is "persecuted" at any level in society doesn't mean how they are being treated isn't justfied. Using myself as an example, if i make one little mistake by breaking the law and violate my probation which i am currently on, they can revoke it and make me serve the rest of my time in jail. Do you think anyone is really going to feel sorry for me or remember to pray for me other than my immediate family? Maybe some will say it was uncalled for but many will simply say i shouldn't have screwed up and it's my fault for even being on probation, and they would be right in saying that. So am i supposed to feel sorry for some billionaire who may have gotten cheated out of an election, well cry me a river!? And is being investigated for documents he has no business having in the first place so wrong as if he doesn't have anything better to do than keep such things hidden...i mean wth is up anyway with that kind of clandestine activity??

Was just wondering if anyone else was actually put off by the way he has lived during his time in office, and why instead so many Conservative christians seem to be so offended by how he is being treated now with the raiding of one of his million dollar estates/properties...i mean who really cares if some billionare is audited or even worse...like i am supposed to shed some tears over that...?!?!

Yeah that is one thing i always forget about with the time zones and this is obviously pointing to a one time worldwide event. But as far as the "two" i believe it's referring to people either in a personal or working relationship, maybe even believers. But one of them has something the other doesn't that justifies them and allows them to be delivered at that time. But i will not get into my own opinions on the rapture since it is already discussed way too much and you are not going to change anyone's mind about it anyway, but only studying the scriptures for yourself can do that. And also an understanding of certain word meanings from the original manuscripts could change your whole viewpoint on some end time events, such as what you can learn from a Strong's concordance. I have been using Biblehub.com myself but there are other online resources as well.

I always wondered why it said "two MEN in one bed", i mean what's up with that?? Was it just a bad translation? Either way i'm thinking it is basically saying there will be those believers and non-believers working and living together when this all suddenly happens. And i have heard at least one preacher/teacher saying how those "taken" are the ones who are deceived by anti-Christ, but that would make these verses an even worse translation. So what's up with these KJV translators anyway, and how come no one ever points this out?? Unless of course this is an accurate translation and we should take it literally as an actual rapture event...even though i still don't believe in a pre-trib rapture. I just don't like how these verses seem to be either dismissed or ignored by so many who simply can't explain what it really means, and i used to be one of them, but lately i have just been looking for a more accurate translation other than what the KJV is saying...unless of course that was what the orginal manuscripts literally meant, as in saying one person will suddenly be gone while the other is left?? But I just have to believe there is something more to this with the TWO people scenario, because it just doesn't make sense if a multitude of people are raptured at one time then not all of them would be with or near someone who is left behind, right?