Hi Hobelim:
I'd say you were taking the concept too literally.
Thanks hobelim but I think you are only talking about
a specific context or term, while I am discussing the
Broader concept that applies to ALL cases, not just that one application or usage of the term.
Thank you for clarifying what you mean.
I hope I have also clarified what I mean.
And these are not contradictory.
Hi Emily,
I agree to a certain extent but there is no doubt that when the NT was written, way before 325 c.e., there was an expectation for a false counterfeit Jesus to appear, who would claim to be God and establish the worship of a god unknown to the Jews, (the trinity) and through the power of deception and miracles that are lies will deceive the nations for millennia and persecute kill and destroy anyone who would not receive the mark of the beast or the number of his name.
This is not my opinion, this is our collective history.