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SpiritualMan The great tribulation will be a time of troubles worse then any time in history.. Yeah things where bad in Israel in 70 Ad but things where worse in Eastern Europe in 1943..
The reason why the catholic church promoted the idea that the great tribulation was in those times is because they wanted to catholic church to be seen as the fulfillment of the rule of the saints on earth for 1000 years.. So it is no surprise that the belief in that interpretation has been transferred to a lot of protestant churches also.. Of course it was the reason that in 1000 AD that many people thought that the end of the world was going to happen.. When it never happened the catholic church had to turn the 1000 year reign of the saints on earth into being ""symbolic"" of a long time.. that way they could forget about the 1000 year period and keep on justifying their power and control..
But the prophecies have not been fulfilled because all the prophecies must come to pass .. too many people have jumped to saying the end is near simply because they experienced a war and a famine.. Nope all the prophecies must keep on coming to pass.. The greatest earthquake in history and the signs of the blood moon and darkness in the day.. The falling mountain out of the sky wormwood that rolls up the sky like a scroll on impact in the sea.. And of course the rise of the evil one who will device many..
As for nero and 666 there are a lot of people who have conformed to that.. here is another one Prince Charles of wales.. Yep He totals 666 in the gematra system of numbering.. Yes satan has had more then a few servants on earth.. Satan gives power to whom he wills.. When satan tempted Jesus with all the kingdoms of the world Jesus never responded that satan had no power to grant Him those kingdoms.. he just rejected the offer..
The New World Order has an Antichrist spirit behind it, I have NO DOUBT about that at all.
Don't you know that satan controls a lot of factions and induces conflict between then to further his work? If you remain focused on one faction you end up joining another faction and then you end up serving satan as you fight the other faction.. Satan laughs at all the fools he is playing his sick game on..
Bible prophesy says that the Kingdom of Christ starts as a stone and then grows into a mountain that eventually fills the entire earth, so the Kingdom of God is SUPPOSED to be established on the earth.
Not on the earth we currently exist in... Not in the earth before the return of the LORD Jesus when the kingdoms of the world shall become His kingdoms.. Yes we build up the size of the stone but it is a kingdom in waiting.. waiting for the resurrection that will happen on the day of the LORDs return.. It's a kingdom of people without a physical kingdom.. It shall have a physical kingdom on earth during the 1000 years.. When Jesus is ruling the world for 1000years with the Saints.. But today,,, in this world,, Nope..
Romans 12 says that the job of government is to punish people for doing evil. It says that the civil magistrate doesn't bear the sword in vain. The bible talks about having armies to defend your nation against attack.
And who runs the kingdoms of this world at this present time? You do not love your enemies by slaughtering them on a battle field... I2 Corinthians 10:3,4 "For though we walk in the flesh,
we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare [B]are not carnal [/B]but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds."
Jesus gave us our marching orders and no counter command has He sent since that time.. But i guess if one thinks that the catholic Augustine of Hippo is a higher authority then Jesus i cannot help them..