re: Religious Leaders Told to 'Prepare Now' for UFO Disclosure and 'Bible-Changing' Revelation

How do these religious leaders prepare? Just lay it out.

The biggest story of all time, broke by the Daily Mail.

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the Bible is clear. There are no other Gospels to come.

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There was no "Bible" when the Book of Revelations was written. Each book or letter was written to stand alone. It was centuries later, it was voted on which documents should be combined into a Bible, meaning "books", and which should be left out.

John explicitly speaks about not altering his book of plagues and revelations. Such warnings were common among ancient authors.

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Simple salvation by the belief in Jesus Christ was not enough to save Satan and the other fallen angels as they too know and belief Christ is who he says he is. And still they lost their salvation through pride.

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I don’t think they are held to the same standard. In humans we must have faith, because we have no “proof” in the sense that we can all see or talk directly to God. The angels directly answer to God. They don’t need faith, they have proof so their belief is meaningless. Satan and his followers directly rebelled against God and were cast down.

I feel like we get this article once a year for 30 years

why in tennessee, seems like this meeting would have taken place in a SCIF.


and why not be inclusive and have muslim and jewish leaders.... something's off here.

Written by humans but authored by God.

Go ahead and support your claim so we can do a proper exegesis together.

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As someone who was deep into that stuff over a decade ago, I have to say that Heiser's hermeneutic was non-biblical. He interpreted the Bible according to ancient near eastern religions and worldviews, rather than interpreting the Bible according to the Bible.

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Not to derail the thread, but Heiser’s premise is that the Bible has to be read in the context that produced it (ancient Near East / Mediterranean). He wasn’t using pagan religion as authority, he was using ANE material as historical background so we don’t project modern meanings into ancient texts. He even says all other contexts (including later denominational traditions) are “foreign” and must be made subordinate to the Bible’s own context.

In his own “laws for Bible study,” his first principles are:

“There is no substitute for close attention to the biblical text.”
Pay attention to original languages / don’t rely on one English translation.
Look for patterns and networks in the text.
The NT’s use of the OT matters for how prophecy and interpretation work.

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There is much more evidence that intelligent life on this planet was engineered than there is for divinity.

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Engineered by....???