Forwarded from 70 A.D.
According to 1 Enoch 10.12, the judgement was to occur seventy generations from Enoch, during which time the angels who sinned against God were to be kept in bonds until the day of consummation, the great judgement in which the age shall be consummated. 16.1-2
It should be noted that according to Luke, who claims to have "traced the course of all things accurately from the first", there are exactly seventy generations from Enoch to Jesus Christ. In other words, it would not have been presumptuous for Jude to claim that 1 Enoch addressed the concerns of the Christians to whom he wrote. The generation of Jesus Christ had not yet passed away. 70 AD was within that context.
"And all these things as types did happen to those persons, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the end of the ages did come."
1 Corinthians 10:11
"Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?" (1 Corinthians 6:3)
It should be noted that according to Luke, who claims to have "traced the course of all things accurately from the first", there are exactly seventy generations from Enoch to Jesus Christ. In other words, it would not have been presumptuous for Jude to claim that 1 Enoch addressed the concerns of the Christians to whom he wrote. The generation of Jesus Christ had not yet passed away. 70 AD was within that context.
"And all these things as types did happen to those persons, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the end of the ages did come."
1 Corinthians 10:11
"Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?" (1 Corinthians 6:3)
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THE WOUND THAT WAS HEALED?
Records state that Nero stabbed himself in the neck, but did he actually survive his attempted suicide?
One of the beast’s heads appeared to have been killed, but the lethal wound had been healed. And the whole world followed the beast in amazement. Revelation 13:3
Did you know that there is a good deal of historical evidence implying the fact that Nero may have still been alive after his purported death?
"About this time Achaia and Asia were upset by a false alarm. It was rumoured that Nero was on his way to them. There had been conflicting stories about his death, and so numbers of people imagined—and believed—that he was alive. I shall describe the adventures of the other claimants in their chronological context as my story develops. On this occasion the man concerned was a slave from Pontus, or, according to other accounts, a freedman from Italy. The circumstances that he was a harpist and singer by profession when added to a facial resemblance, made the imposture all the more plausible. He was joined by some army deserters who had been roaming about in destitution until he bribed them to follow him by lavish promises. With these men he embarked on board ship. A storm forced him to land on the island of Cythnus, where he recruited some troops returning from the east on leave, or had them murdered when they refused. He also robbed businessmen and armed the sturdiest of their slaves. A centurion named Sisenna, representing the army of Syria, happened to be bringing some symbolic ‘hands’ to the praetorians as a token of friendship. He was subjected to a variety of artful approaches, but finally slipped away from the island and fled in fear of his life. This caused a wave of panic, and many restless or discontented creatures rallied with eagerness to a famous name. The bubble reputation, daily increasing, was abruptly pricked by one of the chances of history." Tacitus, The Histories, 2.8
This man not only resembled Nero in appearance and actions, but he was also a singer and a harpist.
After having been declared an enemy of the state Cassius Dio indicates that Nero planned to flee and support himself by singing and playing the harp: “Even though we be driven from our empire, yet this little talent [singing and playing harp] shall support us there.”
This imposter even robbed businessmen. One of Nero’s favorite things to do was to disguise himself at night and break into shops and rob them.
"No sooner was twilight over than he would catch up a cap or a wig and go to the taverns or range about the streets playing pranks, which however were very far from harmless; for he used to beat men as they came home from dinner, stabbing any who resisted him and throwing them into the sewers. He would even break into shops and rob them, setting up a market in the Palace, where he divided the booty which he took, sold it at auction, and then squandered the proceeds." Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars, 6.26
“Even now everyone wishes that Nero were alive and most people actually believe it.” - Dio Chrysostom, 40-112 A.D.
After Nero's purported death, Suetonius says that friends of the former emperor circulated his edicts “pretending he was still alive and would soon return to confound his enemies.”
"In his reign also the False Nero appeared, who was an Asiatic named Terentius Maximus. He resembled Nero both in appearance and in voice (for he too sang to the accompaniment of the lyre). He gained a few followers in Asia, and his advance to the Euphrates attached a far greater number, and finally sought refuge with Artabanus, the Parthian leader, who . . . both received him and set about making preparations to restore him to Rome." - Dio Cassius, 66.19
Suetonius says that this is exactly what Nero planned to do after being declared an enemy of the state: “Nero turned over a number of plans in his mind. For example, he might throw himself on the mercy of the Parthians . . .” - Lives of the Twelve Caesars, 6.47
So, did Nero survive? What do you think?
Records state that Nero stabbed himself in the neck, but did he actually survive his attempted suicide?
One of the beast’s heads appeared to have been killed, but the lethal wound had been healed. And the whole world followed the beast in amazement. Revelation 13:3
Did you know that there is a good deal of historical evidence implying the fact that Nero may have still been alive after his purported death?
"About this time Achaia and Asia were upset by a false alarm. It was rumoured that Nero was on his way to them. There had been conflicting stories about his death, and so numbers of people imagined—and believed—that he was alive. I shall describe the adventures of the other claimants in their chronological context as my story develops. On this occasion the man concerned was a slave from Pontus, or, according to other accounts, a freedman from Italy. The circumstances that he was a harpist and singer by profession when added to a facial resemblance, made the imposture all the more plausible. He was joined by some army deserters who had been roaming about in destitution until he bribed them to follow him by lavish promises. With these men he embarked on board ship. A storm forced him to land on the island of Cythnus, where he recruited some troops returning from the east on leave, or had them murdered when they refused. He also robbed businessmen and armed the sturdiest of their slaves. A centurion named Sisenna, representing the army of Syria, happened to be bringing some symbolic ‘hands’ to the praetorians as a token of friendship. He was subjected to a variety of artful approaches, but finally slipped away from the island and fled in fear of his life. This caused a wave of panic, and many restless or discontented creatures rallied with eagerness to a famous name. The bubble reputation, daily increasing, was abruptly pricked by one of the chances of history." Tacitus, The Histories, 2.8
This man not only resembled Nero in appearance and actions, but he was also a singer and a harpist.
After having been declared an enemy of the state Cassius Dio indicates that Nero planned to flee and support himself by singing and playing the harp: “Even though we be driven from our empire, yet this little talent [singing and playing harp] shall support us there.”
This imposter even robbed businessmen. One of Nero’s favorite things to do was to disguise himself at night and break into shops and rob them.
"No sooner was twilight over than he would catch up a cap or a wig and go to the taverns or range about the streets playing pranks, which however were very far from harmless; for he used to beat men as they came home from dinner, stabbing any who resisted him and throwing them into the sewers. He would even break into shops and rob them, setting up a market in the Palace, where he divided the booty which he took, sold it at auction, and then squandered the proceeds." Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars, 6.26
“Even now everyone wishes that Nero were alive and most people actually believe it.” - Dio Chrysostom, 40-112 A.D.
After Nero's purported death, Suetonius says that friends of the former emperor circulated his edicts “pretending he was still alive and would soon return to confound his enemies.”
"In his reign also the False Nero appeared, who was an Asiatic named Terentius Maximus. He resembled Nero both in appearance and in voice (for he too sang to the accompaniment of the lyre). He gained a few followers in Asia, and his advance to the Euphrates attached a far greater number, and finally sought refuge with Artabanus, the Parthian leader, who . . . both received him and set about making preparations to restore him to Rome." - Dio Cassius, 66.19
Suetonius says that this is exactly what Nero planned to do after being declared an enemy of the state: “Nero turned over a number of plans in his mind. For example, he might throw himself on the mercy of the Parthians . . .” - Lives of the Twelve Caesars, 6.47
So, did Nero survive? What do you think?
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Forwarded from 70 A.D.
In A.D. 66 at the start of the Jewish revolt, Nero Caesar was in Greece building a canal. Concerning the construction of this canal, Cassius Dio writes..
“When the first workers touched the earth, blood spouted from it, groans and bellowings were heard, and many phantoms appeared. Nero himself thereupon grasped a mattock and by throwing up some of the soil fairly compelled the rest to imitate him.”
In recording this same event, Suetonius indicates that as Nero broke the ground the sound of a trumpet was heard.
"In Achaia he attempted to cut through the Isthmus and called together the praetorians and urged them to begin the work; then at a signal given on a trumpet he was first to break ground with a mattock and to carry off a basketful of earth upon his shoulders."
"..in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
1 Corinthians 15:52
“When the first workers touched the earth, blood spouted from it, groans and bellowings were heard, and many phantoms appeared. Nero himself thereupon grasped a mattock and by throwing up some of the soil fairly compelled the rest to imitate him.”
In recording this same event, Suetonius indicates that as Nero broke the ground the sound of a trumpet was heard.
"In Achaia he attempted to cut through the Isthmus and called together the praetorians and urged them to begin the work; then at a signal given on a trumpet he was first to break ground with a mattock and to carry off a basketful of earth upon his shoulders."
"..in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
1 Corinthians 15:52
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The Tragedie of Claudius Tiberius Nero, Rome's Greatest Tyrant
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Truly Represented Out of the Purest Records of those Times
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Forwarded from 70 A.D.
"Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest." (Micah 3:12)
"And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down." (Mark 13:2)
Indeed, not one stone was left upon another. The city was plowed up by Titus, and again, 60 years later, by Hadrian.
*Be sure and read the historic accounts in the attached photo*
"And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down." (Mark 13:2)
Indeed, not one stone was left upon another. The city was plowed up by Titus, and again, 60 years later, by Hadrian.
*Be sure and read the historic accounts in the attached photo*
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CHRIST THE CORNERSTONE
"The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner." Matthew 21:42
"Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.’ When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they knew he was talking about them.” Matthew 21:43-45
“While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them.” Daniel 2:34
"And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed and it shall stand forever (The Kingdom of God). Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron (Rome), the brass (Greece), the clay (Judea/Israel), the silver (Medo-Persia), and the gold (Babylon)." Daniel 2:44 - 45
"The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner." Matthew 21:42
"Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.’ When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they knew he was talking about them.” Matthew 21:43-45
“While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them.” Daniel 2:34
"And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed and it shall stand forever (The Kingdom of God). Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron (Rome), the brass (Greece), the clay (Judea/Israel), the silver (Medo-Persia), and the gold (Babylon)." Daniel 2:44 - 45
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WHY IS CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION IN DEADLY DANGER?
Major-General Count Cherep-Spiridovich tried to warn Americans in 1926 that what was happening to Russia would soon happen to America. Look around you. What do you see?
Ye [jews] are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. - John 8:44
Major-General Count Cherep-Spiridovich tried to warn Americans in 1926 that what was happening to Russia would soon happen to America. Look around you. What do you see?
Ye [jews] are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. - John 8:44
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Forwarded from 70 A.D.
Saint Paul states in his letters that the gospel of Jesus Christ had been preached to:
Romans 1:8 — "the whole world."
Romans 10:18 — "all the earth."
Romans 16:25-26 — "all nations."
Colossians 1:5-6 — "the whole world."
Colossians 1:23 — "all creation under heaven."
However Paul, the Apostles and the disciples, had exclusively preached to Whites throughout Europe + MENA; without any attempt to evangelize the other races.
"All creation under heaven"
What did Paul mean by this?
Romans 1:8 — "the whole world."
Romans 10:18 — "all the earth."
Romans 16:25-26 — "all nations."
Colossians 1:5-6 — "the whole world."
Colossians 1:23 — "all creation under heaven."
However Paul, the Apostles and the disciples, had exclusively preached to Whites throughout Europe + MENA; without any attempt to evangelize the other races.
"All creation under heaven"
What did Paul mean by this?
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