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Comments

[Phoenix]

Great magazine. I got caught up reading a review of a book about the fall of Rome and its comparison to what might befall America.

"This describes the predicament the Roman Empire faced toward the end of the third century C.E.—one with obvious and disturbing parallels to the situation that confronts the United States today."

I wonder who our Constantine will be? Our new Jesus? The reviewer didn't mention that. And we don't use mercenaries to the extent the Romans did nor do we go out conquering lands. Nothing against the author or the reviewer, but entire histories don't repeat themselves. And, well, if they do as seems to be the trendy thing to talk about these days, the coming New Dark Ages will bring down more than America. It will bring down the whole planet.

[seekeronos]

"I wonder who our Constantine will be? Our new Jesus?"

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A dreadful thing to consider... but there are many among us Christians who think that the very last days will see the rise of a pseudo-Jesus like character who will do the impossible - such as bringing peace in the Middle East, stabilizing the economies of the world, bring about efficient socialist government without all the corruption it normally is weighted down with... "all that and a bag of chips too", for about three and a half years.

Some believe that he will be an actual person (possibly the last Pope, Peter II the Roman, or a moderate-minded Caliph who leads a more unified Islamic church/state agglomeration) others think he or "it" could be a corporate entity such as the EU or some other quasi-political body.

Either way, this person or entity (according to the Bible) forges a peace and does all kinds of wonders to cause everyone in the earth to worship him, and receive his mark in exchange for being able to participate in the world system he will make.

The problem is... he isn't the real Jesus Christ, but only a pretender who after 3-1/2 years will break his treaties and usher in the worst persecution of Jews and Christians the earth has ever seen.

Regardless of whether or not he (the false "Jesus"-like character) is the 12th Imam or the 8th Buddha, or Maitreya, this person will NOT be the true Holy One of Israel.

Beware of false christs, and do not take the his mark - the mark of the Beast. Those who do receive that mark are forever doomed to perdition.

After the seventh year of the Antichrist's rule, then shall the Son of God return to this earth with His saints and the holy angels, to wage war and to defeat the Antichrist, the false prophet, and the devil.