For a big apostasy to happen, there has to be a big believing. One must first believe, in order to be apostate. Apparently, God's standard for the big believing is 1/5 of the planet's population, at any given time. Or so you would have us believe. Which is self evidently absurd.
Ah yes,"many". Could be 100. Or even 1000! Or billions!
This is nebulous nonsense that you can retrofit to anything. Mass apostasiy from christianity...especially as the Muslims conquered vast swaths of land... Has happened already . Why didnt god spring into action then? I suppose back then, there were people saying precisely what you are saying now. And it will turn out the same way, I bet: No god antics.
You're being needlessly argumentative. Are you really unable to grasp that the word "big" can refer to percentage rather than total numbers? Besides, the word big was a word *I* used, not the bible, so I don't know why you're getting so hung up on that particular word.
Why does it have to be a specific number for you? Again, it seems like you just want to argue, instead of talking about the actual point, and what it's saying.
Also, of course apostasy has happened in the past, and it happens today, but the specific apostasy I was referring to was the one that will happen near the end of this age. Of course you will argue about that too, as you do about everything, but I don't have the time or desire to explain all of this to you in detail, which you will reject anyway.
Near the end of what age? The Christian Age?
I was talking about the age we're in now, between the first and second coming of Christ. I guess it has different names.
I think you mentioned earlier that you disagree with what I said about the apostasy? I'll have to go back and look at your post again. Not that I want to get into a debate right now ; ) (I gotta start dinner) but if I have time I'll try to get back to this later.
The age now is the church age. The Christian Age. The Gospel Age.
It doesn't end.
No it's the 7th day (age).
7(Sheva).
=Sheva Age.
source:
The Ages of The World Scroll 4Q180-181
reveals Days=Ages
The Sheva(7) Ages(days)
Stages of Processions:
1)Dinosaur age, leaving us with Fossil Fuel to help out latter stages needing fuel for Industrial age and Travel for Infrastructure.
2)then evolving man
Hunter / Gatherers - Prior to 5,000 BC (about a million years)
3)Agricultural Age: - 5,000 BC to 500 BC (about 5,000 years)This was the age of rapid spread of civilization to all corners of theearth.
4) Age of Trade: - 500 BC to 1730 AD (about 2,000 years)This was the age of rapid spread of wealth and knowledge. From thisage came technology, 'modern' concepts of math, scientific method,medicine, warfare.
5)Industrial Age: 1730 AD - 1950 AD (about 200 years) The rise and fall of great Captains of Industry, railroads, shipping,air transport, conquering of physical frontiers, modern military warmachines, major empires rise and fall on a global scale: Trade still very important, but now, seen as a means to delivery the greatest number of goods to the greatest number of people for thegreatest profit. Agriculture still very important, but not seen as theprimary engine of the economy... Hunter gatherers almost disappearing.
6) Information Age: 1950 to 1999 (about 50 years) Witness the rise of abandoned old industrial buildings by the rives of the major cities. Industry, Trade, Agriculture are still in the foundation of our economy, but are dominated by the frenetic application of information systems technologies to make these products better, cheaper and deliver them more effectively. Also leads to networking ideas and next age of molecular manifacturing.
7)The Day of rest is the Messianic Age with molecular manufacturing and biotech where everything progressed into this promise fulfilled in perfection.
Now go back to other riddles where Jonah (Said to represent Israel) spends 3days(ages) in the belly of the whale (Rome swallowed Israel).
Remember:in ancient slang Rome is called Seas and it's Army called Ships, so they would not know they were being spoken of during revolts. Slang used in the Jonah story refer to the Ship (Roman army) in the Sea(Rome).
Then there is the mythology of Baal resurrecting in 3 days.
Baal is the father the church never mentions the name,
Jesus claims to be Baal's son the morning star in mythology in Rev 22:16.
They are father & son as one (in the same mythology)=same exact prexisting 3 day resurrection story, even the circle sun cross is a prexisting Baal cross, the figure in the NT is hanged on a tree-not a cross.
Therefore the mythology of 3 days are 3 ages Baal resurrects as his new image called Jesus (aka the morning star).
Baal and Asherah (Mother Mary) goes back to 5000 or more BC where the age(day)
1) is Hunter / Gatherers - then the next age (day)
2) theAgricultural Age: - 5,000 BC to 500 BC This was the age of rapid spread of civilization to all corners of the earth.
Then the
3rd day(age) Age of Trade: he Baal resurrected as the Jesus mythology.
*NAILED IT!* (NO pun intended)