Melody said:
I may be sorry I asked this...but you've mentioned this several times in other threads. Why do you believe the cross is the mark of the beast. In my belief, it is a sign of the risen Christ.
The sign of the risen Christ is the Holy Spirit.
Acts 4:33 And with great power the apostles gave witness of theresurrection of the Lord Jesus. Acts 5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so also is the holy Ghost, whom
God has
given to
them that
obey him.
The holy Spirit is the greatest and best witness of The Lord Jesus. Jesus spoker of him (the spirit) saying it is expedient that I go away... I will send him to you and when he is come he will glorify me(Jesus) John 14-16
The Spirit of the Lord spoke to me in April -May of 2001 saying "Constantine" I awakened and began to mindstorm with all the information that I had ever heard in history and with regards to bible prophecy. For some reason the interpretation of prophecy as given by the ministry lacked any certainty, for some reason to me. I guess I always kept an open mind about things like the rapture and it's forecasting.
A secrets of the dead program sought of acted as a cataylst for me when they provided forensic evidence of the volcanic explosion which urshered in the dark age after 546 ad I believe any way at that point I had my mountain burning as it were in the sea. Prophesied as in Revelation. I understood how the two beasts in Revelation is the Roman Empire and rhe Holy Roman Empire understanding that beasts are nations and horns are kings. The Holy Roman Empire had two Kings after a little king usurped the Authority of three Kings. That little king healed the wound of the Roman Empire whose head wound was deadly. In 800ad The little king made emperors and kings within the empire and he used the sign of the cross to do it. The Romans used the cross for crucifixion. The holy Romans used it to Kill millions in the crusades and say its for Christ. Crusades means wars of the cross.
When I realized all these things I was astonished. I believe that armageddion was the crusades as the holy Spirit led me in the Scriptures in Joel to confirm , saying to me multitudes , multitudes in the vally of decision.
When The President went after Osama that was one thing but when He used this situation to exploit our recsources to lay waste Iraq just to get at Saddam. Well that another thing. And now I know that I gave you more than you asked for but war is hell to allthose who partisipate in it.
If you look back at the crusades for a minute you can see that nothing good has come from it being that here we are a thousand years later fighting the same war, with different motivations. I have taken a long look at the cross since I have considered it in 2001. I cannot find a single thing that should replace it;it's already used. I've seen people use it. I've seen people mark their foreheads. And in Europe during the dark and middle ages no one went anywhere with out it.