Category Archives: Thoughts on scripture

Babylon the Great – The short version.

Posted on 09/19/2015 by remso

Babylon the Great – What are we really talking about? Of the imagery we find in scripture Babylon is another that gives people grief. If we try to define the Babylon we see in Revelation we have to ask, what … Continue reading →

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Flying directly overhead. Revelation 14: 6,7

Posted on 09/09/2015 by remso

I had a discussion with a friend and I spoke to him about how there was nothing to prevent the Lord from coming back to remove his church from the earth. He vehemently argued that the gospel had not been … Continue reading →

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The 144,000 – symbolic or literal? Revelation 14: 1-4

Posted on 09/08/2015 by remso

The 144,000 Revelation 14:1-5 CEV I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion! With him were a hundred forty-four thousand, who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. (2) Then I heard a sound … Continue reading →

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It is for us to know. Luke 10:8

Posted on 09/06/2015 by remso

One of the popular phrases in “churchianity”, especially in these last days, is, “no man knows the day or the hour.” This of course gets applied to our ability to comprehend when Jesus is coming back for the church. “no … Continue reading →

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This calls for wisdom. Revelation 13:16-18

Posted on 09/01/2015 by remso

The phrase, “This calls for wisdom” falls in the middle of verses 16 – 18. I think understanding most of the Revelation calls for wisdom, but this section happens to be one the hardest to comprehend. If you have followed … Continue reading →

Posted in Deception, End times, Prophetic, Thoughts on scripture | Tagged antichrist, Babylonian empire, Bible, Christ, Christian, Daniel, deception, end times, God, Holy spirit, Islam, Israel, Jesus, last days, muslim, Revelation, revelation 13, Satan | 3 Comments

A road map to the last days, complete with signs.

Posted on 08/28/2015 by remso

What in the world is going on? It seems like only yesterday that the world was calm, but calm is such a relative term. I find myself flashing back to the MS Achille Lauro, when on October 7 of 1985, four … Continue reading →

Posted in Hope, Prophetic, Thoughts, Thoughts on scripture | Tagged Achille Lauro, Daniel, Ezekiel, Isaiah, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish Temple, Jews, King David, Micah, Old Testament, prophecy, prophet Daniel, Talmud, Temple Mount, torah | 2 Comments

The two witnesses represent God; this beast will also represent a god. Revelation 13: 13,14

Posted on 08/26/2015 by remso

In the post, “This guy forces the whole earth to bow. Revelation 13:12”, I attempted to focus on who the second beast is. I happen to think that knowing something about how a person acts, makes it easier to identify … Continue reading →

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The head that was mortally wounded is alive again. Revelation 13:3-4

Posted on 08/24/2015 by remso

If you read my last post, you are aware that I defined this head with the mortal wound. I have to assume that most people merely stumble upon my posts, so I will define it once again. One of its … Continue reading →

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This guy forces the whole earth to bow. Revelation 13:12

Posted on 08/21/2015 by remso

While the focus is really on the character of the second beast, it is good to know where he came from, and so I include verse 11. In verse eleven this second person comes out of the same region as … Continue reading →

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As if the first beast was not bad enough. Revelation 13:11

Posted on 08/20/2015 by remso

This aspect of Revelation intrigues me more than some of the others, because of the similarities in terms of the signs that the two witnesses perform, and how this second beast parallels our Messiah in description. The potential for deception … Continue reading →