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I can say quite honestly she represents them pretty well. Umbawumbachamba angels in africa right now or something like that lol. What did the Bible say about women preachers anyway? Heretics the whole lot of them. They call themselves "apostles" when they're all dead so they can claim to have gifts and tongues of the holy spirit when that ended a long time ago. These charismatic gibberish-speaking prosperity pimps are an embarassment to the church.

I've noticed that Preterists use this numerology system to prove that the man of sin (Nero) has already arrived, but Jesus hasn't. I'm making this thread because people want to use extrabiblical astrology/numerology/symbolism to define their doctrine. Again. This is why we need to go off of scripture alone. For example, I was born on March 6th, 1998. 3x666=1998. 3/6=666. 666+666+666+6+6+6=2016. I turned 18 in 2016. 6+6+6=18. My address starts with a "616". Going by that logic, that would make ME the Antichrist (and I'm a hardcore IFB)! Again, this is why occultic practices should not be replicated by the church and we should go by what the Bible says alone.

On other Christian subreddits this appears to be a common position and I don't know why that is. They use Greek isopsephy (a system of coincidence or resonance) as a way to "prove" that the man of lawlessness was actually Nero Caesar. This is wrong on so many counts. For one, he does not meet the Biblical description of the antichrist (1 John 2:18). Ireneaus in his book "Against Heresies" actually mentioned this:

>it is “more certain, and less hazardous, to await the fulfillment of the prophecy, than to be making surmises.”

He discussed gematria. What does the Bible say about this, however?

2 Timothy 2:18

18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.

This verse is referring to the heresy of Hymenaeus and Philetus. Many so-called "Christian influencers" like "A Messenger of Truth" push this heresy even now. Point is, tou can't just use loose allegorical interpretation of scripture combined with extrabiblical numerology to "prove" the man of lawlessness has already come. By the time Nero was around, Israel was already mostly under Roman control until the destruction of the second temple and the bar kokhba revolt.

In the Bible, "666" is a reference to 1 Kings 10:14 where King Solomon was given 666 talents of gold. "666" is a reference to wealth. In the King James Bible, the Mark of the Beast is said to be placed IN the forehead or right hand (like a microchip), but in later versions it was changed to "on" (like a tattoo). Funny thing is, not only can RFID technology be used to make cashless payments, but it can either be implanted in the skin or made into a peelable "tattoo" (see Bill Gates who's pushing for "smart tattoos" to replace traditional IoT). The antichrist, if he were alive today, could either be Donald Trump, Elon Musk or Jared Kushner. Point is, they didn't have this stuff back then.

Matthew 7:21-23

21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

John 6:40

40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

So notice how Jesus calls out these people that point to their works as evidence they are saved and Jesus casts them out. Why? Well, because they weren't taking their salvation seriously enough. Because if they did, they would trust in Christ alone.

When an atheist says to not use the Bible to provide evidence for God, I point them towards the Kalam cosmological argument. It goes as follows:

1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause

2. The universe began to exist only 14 billion years ago.

3. Therefore, the universe has a cause.

Einstein believed that the universe was timeless, but his own calculations proved that wrong. Georges Lemaître developed the Big Bang Theory in the 1920s from Einstein's equations. Lemaître was a Catholic. The next problem is Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). In the 1970s, some people proposed the steady state theory. The problem with Lambda-CDM is that it's choc-full of fine-tuning problems. Some atheists believe in cyclic models of the universe, but as calculations show, even a cyclical universe had to have a beginning. Plus the oscillating universe theory violates the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics in that entropy is always increasing. So it would be too cold to inhabit such a universe. It would also be physically impossible under general relativity. Especially since the expansion of the universe is speeding up, not slowing down. Plus we don't have enough matter in the universe to reverse an expansion. Earlier scientific theories believed that Black Holes emit no radiation, but Stephen Hawking disproved that when he discovered Hawking radiation. So over time, black holes will evaporate into space and that will cause a heat death, even if the universe continues to expand indefinitely (Hubble Constant). In the Past Hypothesis, the universe started in a low entropy state, which is so improbable that you don't have enough particles in the universe to write the exponent. So with all that being said, what are the chances that there is a God? Well, if you studied string theory, you would know that spacetime is not the highest dimension there is. There's 5D, 6D, 7D, 8D and so on. God would be the highest dimension in such a system. In order to explain the Big Bang, you would need another realm higher than spacetime (4D) to explain it. Because it's obvious even from a scientific standpoint that this universe is not all there is.

He believes in soul sleep and no afterlife like the Jehovah's witnesses and Sadducees. So in other words, he denies that believing in Jesus gives you eternal life. Could you really even call this guy saved? He also denies the rapture, even though the church is not subject to God's wrath and it's also not called "the tribulation" that's just a catchall slang for it. Instead, it's called the time of JACOB'S trouble. It's punishment on Israel for unbelief. It's true that the Bible doesn't explicitly say "rapture" but there were several instances of believers being resurrected (like Enoch and Elijah). Why is this guy so popular again?

Don't give me that "they believe in Jesus too" BS. Pentecostal Holiness and Wesleyan traditions teach that you can lose your salvation and that salvation itself is a no sinning contest. Apparently, they haven't read Romans 10:4. These "apostolic" traditions (as if they have authority to add to scripture) believe in gifts and tongues also. These ended with the apostles. Tongues are a placebo effect. You just speak nonsense and think you're saved. What did Jesus say about these people? Read Matthew 7:21-23 and John 6:40. Anybody from these charismatic traditions who trust in their works, Christ will tell them he NEVER knew them! Not "I used to know you" it's I NEVER knew you! Salvation is to believe that Christ died for your sins. The pentecost is over.

I went to church one day and realized it was the wrong church. Before service started, I spoke with him about the gospel and the end of the law ("for christ is the end of the law for righteousness to all who believe") and he told me that simple faith cannot send you to heaven but instead it's a no sinning contest. I literally told him that was Pharisee doctrine. I just walked off the premises. Anybody had similar experiences with these Pentecostal/Church of God heretics?

I think so. Even though Israel has turned its back on God, Israel is still the apple of God's eye. The Bible says this. And it also says that after the fullness of the gentiles comes in, all Israel will be saved. I'm personally a dispensationalist but I'd personally say that Psalm 83 and Ezekiel 36/37 were fulfilled in 1948. More Bible prophecy was fulfilled in 1967 following the 7 day war when Israel took back Jerusalem. The Gog-Magog war of Ezekiel 38/39 has yet to be fulfilled. But the Euphrates is drying up as the Bible said. I believe we are at the end of the Church Age. They were scattered for 2000 years, but the Bible says in Romans that the calling of God is irrevocable. And so it is. All these wars going on right now, the declining support for Israel in the US, October 7, Iran, God already saw it coming before the foundation of the Earth. Israel has not lost a single war since 1948. Yes, they commit war crimes, yes they have done unspeakble evils, but the Bible predicted that too. I'd love to hear your thoughts on our placement in the Biblical dispensational timeline and how much longer we've got until the time of Jacob's trouble.

Blasphemy of the holy spirit CAN be forgiven by God, but the people that do it have no forgiveness, is what the Koine Greek leans more toward “they are not forgiven” / “they don’t have forgiveness” rather than “God is unable to forgive.”

In Mark 3:29 the phrase is ouk echei aphesin eis ton aiōna—literally, “does not have forgiveness forever.”

A few important details:

“ouk echei” (does not have) → this describes a state/condition, not God’s ability or inability

It’s not phrased like “God cannot forgive” (ou dunatai aphienai or something like that)

The grammar focuses on the person lacking forgiveness, not on a limitation in God

Then Mark 3:30 explains why: “because they were saying, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’” Again, that’s about their ongoing stance—they are actively, repeatedly attributing God’s work to evil.

So when people interpret this as “they won’t seek forgiveness,” they’re not pulling that exact sentence out of the Greek—but they’re drawing a conclusion from how it’s framed:

The text presents a settled condition of rejection

Not a one-time slip

Not a statement that God lacks power to forgive

You’ll see similar wording in Matthew 12:32 (“will not be forgiven…”)—again, it’s a declarative outcome, not an explanation of divine inability.

So to be precise:

The Greek does not explicitly say “they refuse to seek forgiveness”

But it also does not say “God is unable to forgive”

It describes a permanent state of unforgiveness tied to their posture toward the Spirit

That’s why many theologians land where I mentioned earlier: the “unforgivable” aspect is tied to a hardened, ongoing rejection, not a limit in God’s mercy.

This whole notion that Christians have to live a certain way is unbiblical. I'm not a Calvinist, but I believe in the eternal security of the believer. All other self-professed "Christian" subreddits don't believe this. Salvation is a one time event, not something that happens everyday. Anyone agree?

From what I heard, supertuxkart, luanti/minetest (1080p low res), nestopia (which can run tetris), and box64 (which can run helltaker) all work on RISC-V. Anybody in the open source gaming community to add more?