Does it say anywhere in the Bible that man cannot or will not understand prophecy?
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If you have a book of prophecy that cannot be understood that's about as worthless as a prophecy that cannot be changed. Why would an all powerful all caring god do that? It would be sadistic. \n\nIf you accept that the christian god does not revel in torment, and that man has free will, then you will have to say that any prophecy in revelations can be changed. That is if you believe that revelations even contains prophecy.
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Actually, I think it would be quite difficult to "understand" the Bible as each concept that is presented is contradicted by another.  It's hard to understand a book that has no clear message.
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I don't think there are any scriptures that say it word for word like your question.  However in Genesis 38:9-10 it tells it like this:  And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.  And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.\n\nI've heard people say it like you did in your question, but I think that is a old saying derived from the scripture.
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yes, however, the bible doesn't tell you everything. its been changed many times that there are barely any more truths left in it, no offense. i suggest you read the translation of the quran. its interesting, try it
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It won't be easy understanding Revelations without taking account of the rest of the Bible.  There are many prophecies in the other books of the Bible that tie in to Revelations.  Isaiah has plenty.  \n\nBut the most revealing ones of all, i.e, the most direct and descriptive, are Jesus' own predictions of the end times.  He mentioned this several times in Matthew, Mark, and Luke.\n\nMany of the prophecies written in the books other than Revelations actually explain what Revelations truly meant because some prophecies in the previous books are repeated in Revelations.\n\nGo to www.biblegateway.com for a free, online bible.
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The eschatological ramifications of evil's existence in the world today is that the Creator of all things, who has told us that He will not forbear the sins of man forever, is destined to return and pass judgment on His creation, which He foretold to us by prophesy in the New Testament as the time of Great Tribulation.\n\nAnd don't you think that if your going to use a 25 cent word that you should spell it correctly?
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Depends on the person...some people don't believe in the bible at all so why would they pay attention to it
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Search the Scripture to find God's will.\n\nRead & study the Scripture with faith, guided by the Holy Spirit. If one reads Scripture looking for errors or contradictions, etc, it is worthless superficial reading which even Satan will help you with.\n\nRely on God's Wisdom to understand Scripture; man's ~wisdom~ is folly.\n\nTrue Faith requires a spiritual relationship; it is not religion or denominationalism or non-denominationalism.
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It's not the idea of a rapture that I don't believe in, but the word itself. The word isn't found in the Bible. I do believe Jesus will come the way it says, but wonder where the word "rapture" came from.
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A very astute observation.\n\nScripture assures as that God can know all things, but being all powerful certainly he has the ability to refrain from knowing certain things if he so chooses.\n\nThus, at Genesis 11:5-8 God is described as directing his attention earthward, surveying the situation at Babel, and, at that time, determining the action to be taken to break up the unrighteous project there. After wickedness developed at Sodom and Gomorrah, Jehovah advised Abraham of his decision to investigate (by means of his angels) to “see whether they act altogether according to the outcry over it that has come to me, and, if not, I can get to know it.” (Genesis 18:20-22; 19:1) God spoke of ‘becoming acquainted with Abraham,’ and after Abraham went to the point of attempting to sacrifice Isaac, Jehovah said, “For now I do know that you are God-fearing in that you have not withheld your son, your only one, from me.”—Genesis 18:19; 22:11, 12; compare Nehemiah 9:7, 8; Galatians 4:9.\n\nSelective foreknowledge means that God could choose not to foreknow indiscriminately all the future acts of his creatures. This would mean that, rather than all history from creation onward being a mere rerun of what had already been foreseen and foreordained, God could with all sincerity set before the first human pair the prospect of everlasting life in an earth free from wickedness. His instructions to his first human son and daughter to act as his perfect and sinless agents in filling the earth with their offspring and making it a paradise, as well as exercising control over the animal creation, could thus be expressed as the grant of a truly loving privilege and as his genuine desire toward them—not merely as the giving of a commission that, on their part, was foredoomed to failure. God’s arranging for a test by means of “the tree of the knowledge of good and bad” and his creation of “the tree of life” in the garden of Eden also would not be meaningless or cynical acts, made so by his foreknowing that the human pair would sin and never be able to eat of “the tree of life.”—Genesis 1:28; 2:7-9, 15-17; 3:22-24.
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His "prophecies" are simply ambiguous poems that can only be applied through selective thinking of past events.\n\nDo yourself a favor and actually read Les Propheties.  You will see how his poems can be applied to many things because of their vagueness.
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The bible says nobody knows when it will end.
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No, don't think so.\n\nJtuckerndfw, you really need to read the entire scripture, not just one sentence.  As you can see, when a generation sees all of these things come to pass, that will be the generation of the tribulation.  Can't take one sentence out of scripture, you really do need the entire scripture or you'll end up like so many, taking one thing out of context and changing the whole meaning.\n\nMatthew 24:\n 15"So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,'[b] spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— 16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house. 18Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak. 19How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 20Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. 21For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. 22If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. 23At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it. 24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect—if that were possible. 25See, I have told you ahead of time. \n\n 26"So if anyone tells you, 'There he is, out in the desert,' do not go out; or, 'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. 27For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 28Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather. \n\n 29"Immediately after the distress of those days \n   " 'the sun will be darkened, \n      and the moon will not give its light; \n   the stars will fall from the sky, \n      and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.'[c] \n\n 30"At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. 31And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. \n\n 32"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[d]is near, right at the door. 34I tell you the truth, this generation[e] will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
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it's really easy to ignore and actually despise religion considering what men have used it as an excuse to do, but the answer is to focus on the original message and not those who try to change it to suit their purpose...but to answer your question read 2Timothy 3:1-5 = it's like reading the new york times' headlines but it's not all gloom Rev 21:3,4 says what happens after....not one fullfiled bible prophecy has been proven wrong yet and there are unfulfilled ones to go....just a thought
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I'm not sure, but are you asking about the seals?  There are some that are not opened and won't be until the End Times.  Course, they're not sacred texts, they're seals, locked away in heaven.
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:}\nWhile this chapters addresses end times the admonition not to trust in man is valid for all times;\nPsalms 146:3-5 adds light.\n"3.  Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.\n4  His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.\n5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:"\n\nMan is no more reliable or steadfast than the air be breathes, here now and soon passed.\nOnly the Lord can be our refuge,\n\nremember that Bro.Eli Soriano is also a man, use his help but keep trust in the Lord.
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Another pick and chose from your part eh? Why don't you believe the bible as whole instead of picking and choosing verses that you think justifies the violent works of your faith? That's too hypocritical to get some bible verse yet deny the rest. This isn't a prophecy, this is a form of praise. Did you analyze this verse yourself, it talks about Israel, are you an israelite? Jesus is the KIng of Zion no other else.