Except the line in the sand is like the goalposts of a Q enthusiast’s prediction, it keeps getting moved. Sorry I don’t believe people when the last 20 or 30 times there was a line in the sand that the Democrats better not cross, they crossed it with absolutely no resistance whatsoever. That’s not on you, just people in general.
Again, not talking about you personally, you’re awesome, but people in general who repeatedly talk crap and ended up crying wolf. We all know how that story turned out. It’s funny how it’s such a simple fairytale, a simple fable for children, and adults haven’t figured out that it still applies. People who say the same thing over and over and over again without ever coming through - this is what happens.
Thanks for being respectful in your reply, it's refreshing.
I just want to reiterate that goal posts moving were all political things that didn't affect us too harshly.
For Christians, we've been told for years and years, ever since Sunday school, that as the antichrist emerges, a choice will come.
We will not be able to buy or sell or earn a wage without the mark of the beast. We will be persecuted and killed for refusing.
That moment is now upon us, prophesied 2000 years ago. My goal post never changed. Christians KNOW it will get worse and worse. The persecution will get more and more severe.
The time to act for Christians is when we are shunned from civilization if we refuse the mark of the beast.
I’m sorry, not buying it. Millions, tens of millions, of Christians allowed their children to be forcibly masked in school. They simply allowed it. Do you remember any stories about millions of Christians sending their kids to school and refusing to mask them? I sure as hell don’t.
Those exact same people who victimize their own children are someday going to magically have the courage to fight back? No. Again, you seem awesome, I like you, you’re smart and you sound like a really good person. But someone who says something and then continuously backs down? I don’t believe them.
It’s like a smoker who says “I’m going to quit next week.” And then later “I’m going to quit next month.” Or then says “I’m going to quit when we go on vacation.” Until they quit, I don’t believe them.
I don’t want to attack the people who continuously claim that eventually they’re going to be pushed too far and respond. I line up ideologically with them, just like I line up ideologically, despite big disagreements on some issues, with most people here, we have the same values we have the same worldview, most of us share the same faith. But all I’ve seen are those exact same people giving ground repeatedly. Why would I believe them? Would you believe someone who told you something, repeatedly, and never did it?
I just want to say that God did not warn us that "one day the government will declare a pandemic and make us all wear a mask. If you wear a mask, you shall surely be damned."
We follow God's word. God said, "if you take the mark of the beast, you shall be damned."
The mark of the beast is any physical alteration on your body, which without it, you may no longer hold a job, buy or sell.
That IS the line. Always has been, always will be. God is unchanging.
On a side note in regards to Gods unchanging nature. I find it in stark contrast to the religion of science pervasive today. Even those dedicated to the god of man are sick of the shifting nature of it.
It reminds me of the hymn 'My Hope is Built on Nothing Less."
Here are the lyrics
My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness I dare not trust the sweetest frame But wholly lean on Jesus' name On Christ the solid rock I stand All other ground is sinking sand All other ground is sinking sand When darkness veils his lovely face I rest on His unchanging grace In every high and stormy gale My anchor holds within the veil His oath, his covenant, his blood Supports me in the 'whelming flood When all around my soul gives way He then is all my hope and stay On Christ the solid rock I stand All other ground is sinking sand All other ground is sinking sand When He shall come with trumpet sound Oh may I then in Him be found Dressed in his righteousness alone Faultless to stand before the throne On Christ the solid rock I stand All other ground is sinking sand All other ground is sinking sand On Christ the solid rock I stand All other ground is sinking sand All other ground is sinking sand My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness
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