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Demonaut

(8,924 posts) Thu Feb 6, 2020, 11:59 PM Feb 2020

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what does religious history tell us of great pestilence and tyrants arriving at the same time?

it's on the tip of my tongue

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what does religious history tell us of great pestilence and tyrants arriving at the same time? (Original Post) Demonaut Feb 2020 OP

Revelations Chapter 13 kentuck Feb 2020 #1

Beast from the Sea at Mar e Lago 42 months. He will be gone by June? nt delisen Feb 2020 #3

*crosses fingers* crickets Feb 2020 #5

The mark of the beast is 666-the # of Jared's Park Ave building. Hmmm.. delisen Feb 2020 #6

Aren't we approaching the 42 months pretty soon? fierywoman Feb 2020 #4

July 20th kentuck Feb 2020 #7

thanks! (thanks also for the quote.) fierywoman Feb 2020 #15

TRUMP is ... The Beast from the Sea ?? i have never heard this interpretation of the Bible verse trueblue2007 Feb 2020 #16

maybe biblical ideas of the four horsemen of the apocalypse? does that count? ancianita Feb 2020 #2

we have a pestilence of Russiapublicans, Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #8

Haha okay then! ancianita Feb 2020 #9

look upon the evil you face ... Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #10

Why do I get the feeling you're just warming up?! ancianita Feb 2020 #14

if you look at revelations as something akin to Nostradamus Demonaut Feb 2020 #11

I'm a pattern seeking chimp, but not the signs and wonders kind. ancianita Feb 2020 #13

We haven't seen anything yet. roamer65 Feb 2020 #12

kentuck

(111,110 posts)

1. Revelations Chapter 13

Reply to Demonaut (Original post)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 12:12 AM

Feb 2020

Study Bible
The Beast from the Sea
…4They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against it?” 5The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months. 6And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.…

delisen

(6,044 posts)

3. Beast from the Sea at Mar e Lago 42 months. He will be gone by June? nt

Reply to kentuck (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 12:27 AM

Feb 2020

crickets

(25,982 posts)

5. *crosses fingers*

Reply to delisen (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 12:30 AM

Feb 2020

delisen

(6,044 posts)

6. The mark of the beast is 666-the # of Jared's Park Ave building. Hmmm..

Reply to crickets (Reply #5)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 12:33 AM

Feb 2020

fierywoman

(7,688 posts)

4. Aren't we approaching the 42 months pretty soon?

Reply to kentuck (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 12:27 AM

Feb 2020

kentuck

(111,110 posts)

7. July 20th

Reply to fierywoman (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 12:39 AM

Feb 2020

By most calculations.

fierywoman

(7,688 posts)

15. thanks! (thanks also for the quote.)

Reply to kentuck (Reply #7)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 02:05 AM

Feb 2020

trueblue2007

(17,237 posts)

16. TRUMP is ... The Beast from the Sea ?? i have never heard this interpretation of the Bible verse

Reply to kentuck (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 02:46 AM

Feb 2020

ancianita

(36,130 posts)

2. maybe biblical ideas of the four horsemen of the apocalypse? does that count?

Reply to Demonaut (Original post)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 12:18 AM

Feb 2020

Conquest or Pestilence/Antichrist,
War,
Famine,
Death?

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,400 posts)

8. we have a pestilence of Russiapublicans,

Reply to ancianita (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 12:45 AM

Feb 2020

a war on truth,
a famine of integrity,
all aimed at giving us the death of democracy.

Armageddon is scheduled for 2020-11-03. Let's bring it.

ancianita

(36,130 posts)

9. Haha okay then!

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #8)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 01:04 AM

Feb 2020

something this atheist can relate to.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,400 posts)

10. look upon the evil you face ...

Reply to ancianita (Reply #9)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 01:32 AM

Feb 2020

If it can't make you lose your religion, it might make you lose your lunch.

ancianita

(36,130 posts)

14. Why do I get the feeling you're just warming up?!

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #10)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 01:47 AM

Feb 2020

Demonaut

(8,924 posts)

11. if you look at revelations as something akin to Nostradamus

Reply to ancianita (Reply #9)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 01:36 AM

Feb 2020

it kinda makes sense

ancianita

(36,130 posts)

13. I'm a pattern seeking chimp, but not the signs and wonders kind.

Reply to Demonaut (Reply #11)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 01:46 AM

Feb 2020

roamer65

(36,747 posts)

12. We haven't seen anything yet.

Reply to Demonaut (Original post)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 01:38 AM

Feb 2020

Just wait until climate change is in full swing in 10 years.

Mother Nature is just beginning to clear her throat for the big opera.

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