Mulling over George Pope to STEVE ASHER 09 Dec 2004

SA>  GP> If you abolish Xianity, you abolish Revelations, so that beheading
SA>  GP> is certainly not applicable!

SA> It is an exercise in futility. No matter how hard they try to eliminate
SA> the saints and martyrs of Jesus, there will always be more. Revelation
SA> 13:7 permits the Beast to make war with the saints, and to overcome
SA> them. In any event, the Church is considered to begin on the day of
SA> Pentecost in 32 AD, and to end with the Rapture, prior to the
SA> Tribulation. It is under God's control, not man's.

 GP> My point was that those who seek to abolish Xianity aren't going to
 GP> use a CHRISTIAN Biblical book as basis for choosing a punishment!

No, however, Jesus Christ, the "revelator" of Revelation, is in a position
to know that beheading will be the means of execution of those who have the
witness of Jesus, do not worship the Beast, receive his mark etc, and to
reveal to us accordingly. The enforcers of the noachide laws plan to use
decapitation for the bulk of the punishments. There are some which they
will apparently punish with stoning, or strangulation. Beheading will
dovetail neatly with the "sword of cleavage" which certain
"New Agers"
see as eliminating those unworthy to enter the "New Age".

 GP> Pentecost, 32 AD? (as in the year BEFORE Jesus was crucified? (the
 GP> "last supper"(Passover Seder) was on a Wednesday evening, in 33 CE)

I'm quite happy with 33 AD. I am aware that there are disagreements over
the dates and times, & I am not an eye witness. The Bible Topic Book Vol. 1
gives the church as beginning on the day of Pentecost 32 A.D. and terminating
with the Rapture.

Cheers, Steve..

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