Revelation

The book of revelation is hard to understand. It is full of images and symbols. Whatever is written in this entry is purely from my point of view as i read the bible. In fact, i have longed to tell everyone what i know, so that perhaps it will spur them to read the book of revelation.

During the end of days, a series of events will occur. One of the interesting things mentioned is this two witnesses. God will send 2 witnesses and prophesy for 3.5 years. During these period of time, they have great powers, such as shutting up the sky so that it will not rain, turn waters into blood, strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.

When they finished their testimoney after the 3.5 years, the beast ( which i referred to as the devil ) will kill them. For 3.5 days, the people are unwilling to bury them, and even celebrated because these 2 people have tormented them!! After the 3.5 days, God took them to heaven. There will be a severe earthquake that will kill 7000 people.

Next, the first beast will take over for another 3.5 years. He will exercise this authority; Blaspheme God, make war against saints and conqure them. The second beast will also emerge, and want all of us to worship the first beast. He is very powerful and he can performed great miracles, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of man. He will also force everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. This number is 666.

So very real to us now. Earthquake, wars and plaques are no longer unusual to us. Let me present a hypothetical situation:Technology advance so rapidly that perhaps in the future, we will standarize all currencies. Money is too troublesome isn't it? Perhaps people will replace it with cards. Credit card, debit card, cash card, or even personalized card to say... receive salary?? Hmm... Cards and money will get lost. How about uniting all the card and just embed a microchip/nanochip into our body? Right hand or forehead also can. Without this chip, you cannot buy things or sell things. Without this chip, u cannot buy your favourite bubble tea, you cannot buy a simple meal, cannot do any transaction.

If right now i tell u this chip is the mark of the beast, carefully tailored and proven to be immunologically inactive once embedded in your body and will never stimulate an immune response, will you still have the chip/mark embedded in you? Actually you don't have a choice, because the devil will FORCE everyone, as recorded in the bible. However if one day such things happen, you should know that what is mentioned in the Bible came true. NEVER put on the mark, or anything to your right hand or forehead.

Anyway these are just some possible scenarios. Some links to show that it is possible:

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060107/asp/foreign/story_5691959.asp

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101020311-214099,00.html

http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=17601

Sometimes i just wonder... As a christian, I'm taught since young that only those who believe and accepted Christ can go heaven. Because i'm taught this way, i hope all my friends will go heaven! Why not? I love them! I hope to bring them to my church! More often than not, people thought we are psychotic. SIAO AR! Go church for what sia.. I not interested at all. Don't u ever bother me and my life.

To me, i don't really care. Friends go to hell or heaven is none of my business. JOSEPH, u are a selfish bastard. Yup... i am. But think of this: when u don't pull your friends to church, they think u are a nice guy!! Not forcing them into your religion cos they are just not interested also. Hence by NOT bringing your friends to church, you are accepted into their circle as a normal christian friend. They do not know that this kind of christians are the most selfish actually. Why? Because whether you go hell of heaven, it is NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS. This kind of selfish attitude is what non-christian likes precisely!

Therefore just an advice to non-christians, that whenever your christian friends hope to bring u to their church, they certainly have a heart that thinks for you. They hope you'll go heaven. Reject them nicely if u really don't want to, but do know that they love you. But of course to me, who cares whether u wanna be a christian or not. I'm sure you like the way i think too. Love ya...

Just a final statement, which just pop out from my head somehow:
Treasure those around you, don't wait till you lose then then u start regretting. For those who need it, and for me to learn.