Brother Irvin Baxter Jr Endtime Magazine

[Praxeas]

Maybe we can "accidentally" lose a crate of boots all infected with athletes foot in ISIS territory

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Maybe we can "accidentally" lose a crate of boots all infected with athletes foot in ISIS territory

Won't the boots ward off ISIS due to the smell from the fungus?

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Aquila

I think this stuff makes more sense than Ervin Baxter...

Make more sense then Ervin Baxter?

Is Ervin, Brother Baxter Jr's cousin?

[Jason B]

Originally Posted by Esaias

Like I said, the parallels exist for a reason. Anyway, for brother Blume... I would say the persecutions of the medieval and early modern period are very much found in prophecy.

But back to the Mahdi. I remember two decades ago it was Maitreya. Almost a BILLION Hindus plus several million New Agers all looking for Maitreya... who eould be considered God incarnate, would correct all religions, solve the mid east peace crisis, initiate an end to wealth inequality, end wars by establishing one united global government, one united economy, and one united religion. Almost a BILLION people looking for this guy.

Now that Islam is the political distraction provided for the West as designed, it's the Mahdi.

The futurist antichrist cannot be the "Mahdi" for the following reasons:

1. Futurism's concept of a singular, personal Antichrist at the end of days just prior to the Second Advent is error. If futurism is itself unscriptural error, then ANY prediction it makes about a supposed Antichrist must of necessity be error also.

2. But let's assume futurism is correct as a scheme of interpretation. The Mahdi still could not be the "Antichrist". According to futurism's interpretation if Daniel, the Antichrist will honour a god unknown to his ancestors. If the Mahdi honoured any god other than Allah, every Muslim would immediately rebel against him and his support base would evaporate overnight.

3. The Mahdi will supposedly impose Islam on the world. If he imposes anything BUT Islam, every Muslim would go into jihadi mode against him. The Mahdi would have no support and would BY DEFINITION not be al-Mahdi. So he must be Islamic and must bring the world into Islam. But who in the west would ever accept Islam? The Antichrist will supposedly lull the ENTIRE WORLD into submission and adoration. But if the Antichrist is Muslim imposing Islam BY LAW AND BY FORCE then NOBODY EXCEPT MUSLIMS would ever follow him. Which means the Antichrist would be nothing more than a jihadi Caliph waging war on the west - something we have been through SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE ALREADY. Crusades, anyone? Kosovo, Ordo Draconis, Templars? The Antichrist prophecies would have ALREADY BEEN FULFILLED hundreds of years ago!

4. Now we have the suggestion being made that the Mahdi in the al-Aqsa mosque is the man of sin in the temple of God. Need this be debunked? Seriously? The al-Aqsa mosque is the Temple of God? This is so obviously ridiculous as to not need a response other than to affirm "temple of YHVH" and Muslim mosque are NOT the same thing. Anyone who thinks otherwise is beyond help.

Now, no question the Mahdi myth is being manipulated by certain elements. ISIS for example? ISIS, a western creation and tool, is no more representative of general Islam than the Arabs were under Sir Lawrence. Oh wait... how many even know who "Lawrence of Arabia" was, and what his mission was? You know, the British military and intelligence specialist tasked with creating an Arabic (Muslim) "freedom fighter" outfit to destabilize the Arabian peninsula as part of Britain's protracted war against the Ottoman Empire... "wahabbi" anyone? Kind of like when the USA financed and set up an Arabic-run "freedom fighter" force to destabilize Afghanistan in a proxy war against the Soviets... that force being known as "al-Qaeda" and run by CIA contact Usama bin Laden of Saudi Arabia.

We live in days of deception. Futurism, sadly, is PART OF THE DECEPTION.

Wow put down the conspiracy kool aid.

[Aquila]

Oh well... I'm sorry I disrupted our napping Preterist friends. lol

[Disciple4life]

I am not napping and I am not waiting on Jesus, I am with Jesus right now! My wait is over!!!

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Oh well... I'm sorry I disrupted our napping Preterist friends. lol

Are you kidding? We're enjoying Kingdom power now. Far from napping.

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by Jason Badejo

Wow put down the conspiracy kool aid.

Have you read Seven Pillars if Wisdom by Sir Lawrence?

No kool aid needed.

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by Disciple4life

I am not napping and I am not waiting on Jesus, I am with Jesus right now! My wait is over!!!

Preterism makes some false assumptions about Futurism. And it's important to dispel them right now.

First, they assume that Futurists don't see themselves as being with Jesus presently. This is a misguided assumption. Most Futurists realize that the Holy Spirit is indeed the Spirit of Christ and that He resides in our very being. We are branches of the vine, living extensions of Him. We are one Spirit with Him, called to allow ourselves to be conformed into His image and likeness daily. It is through this union of spirit that the very gifts of the Spirit flow.

Second, Preterists assume that we only view a Kingdom to come. Again, this is a false statement. Futurists understand that the Kingdom is indeed present now... within the Church, Christ being both our Savior and King. Futurists believe that at present this Kingdom is a spiritual kingdom that is not of this world. However, Futurists believe whole heartedly that upon Christ's return the reality of this Kingdom will be manifest within Creation and become a physical, glorified, and resurrected Kingdom.

So, enough of the falsehoods. The real issue at hand is... the events of prophecy. Were they all fulfilled in AD 70... or is there a future fulfillment with which we should indeed concern ourselves. Jesus promised to return and send His angels to gather together the elect upon His return. He promised to be seated upon a throne and to have all nations gathered before Him. He promised that those on the right hand would be blessed... and those on the left hand would be cursed and cast from His presence. He stated that the very generation that witnessed the prophetic events described would also witness His literal return. Since Jesus didn't literally return and judge the nations, visibly present in His resurrected body, ushering in His eternal glory for all to see and behold... while the events of AD 70 were close... they weren't the events the passage is describing. The generation that does see these events.. will see His literal and physical return. Period. Else... Jesus lied.

Now, most don't realize that the enemy is salivating at the prospects of filling a man and destroying God's people and dragging the world into a Hell on earth. It would appear that the enemy has positioned himself in position to fulfill the prophecies numerous times down through history... God bringing his plans to nothing so that the Gospel might advance and more souls be saved. Preterists fail to see this transpiring in the spirit. They fail to see that YES, the enemy did try to fulfill the prophecies in AD 70... but failed. God had greater more long term plans for the Gospel.

We saw a prophetic alignment during WWII. We saw prophetic alignment during the cold war. And we are seeing another prophetic alignment today among those Muslims believing in the coming 12th Imam, the Al Mahdi. Futurists shouldn't be cowardly in acknowledging failed prophetic events. We must ROAR the truth that God has thwarted the plans of the enemy to plunge the world into Armageddon repeatedly. Glory to His name! The end will truly come ONLY when God says that it is time. Then, God will allow the enemy to work unhindered, and the world will be plunged headlong into a Hell on earth like we've never seen before. Until then... the restrainer continues to restrain the powers of darkness as they advance to hijack the prophetic time table and bring the world to an end.

The Presterist will be asleep at the wheel when it does occur. Many Preterists will have their faith shaken severely when faced with the final manifestation of the mark of the Beast. Their ministries will be abandoned as masses of followers depart from them as they witness events of biblical proportions unfolding. Preterism is a sinking ship. A dead and silent museum, stuck in the past, void of all true prophetic hope.

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by mfblume

Are you kidding? We're enjoying Kingdom power now. Far from napping.

Futurists are enjoying the power of the Kingdom now also, Bro. Blume. Accept, we understand that there is far more to come.

All you got... is all you'll ever have. Unless you want to admit that Futurists are right in that a greater dispensation of the Kingdom will indeed manifest upon the physical and literal return of Christ.