Bennis The Menace Pod

Christians believe the book of Revelation is an account of the vision John the apostle had sometime between 60-90AD. Was Revelation talking about the destruction of the Jewish temple in 70AD? Or was it talking about a future global event known as Armageddon and the end of this era?  If you believe John was seen a vision of a later future global even, one has to interpret certain passages in Revelation to indicate that there will be a rise in Roman Empire, or the spirit behind the Roman empire, again in the last days. Interestingly enough, one of the beasts that John sees in his vision in Revelation is actually sitting outside of the United Nations headquarters right now as I'm typing this! Google UN leopard statue if you don't believe me.   This statue was gifted to the UN by a Mexican artist and it matches the description of one of the beasts in the book of Revelation! Coincidence, or blatant mockery of God? Is this the statue that John saw in his vision when seeing events which were to unfold in the future? After all, the United Nations and the European Union have reunified and conquered Europe, just like the ancient Romans did. Just a coincidence? Or are we watching Biblical prophecy being fulfilled before our very eyes?

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Ben and Eli bump heads a bit on the possibility that the prophet Isaiah predicted a second virgin birth. Is that possible? Is that a common miracle in the Bible? Or would you say a virgin birth is unique to Christ?   In this passage in Isaiah we clearly see that he predicts a child will be born and that the parents would name it Emanuel. Isaiah uses the same work for the young girl as is used of Marry, the mother of Jesus, who we know was a virgin when she gave birth. Eli understands this passage to say the young woman was currently a virgin when Isaiah gave the prophecy but she would soon know a man and get pregnant with a son and they will name it Emanuel. Ben does not see the girl as being a virgin but as a young woman who was already pregnant when Isaiah prophecies. He merely foretells the child's gender as male and tells the parents to name him Emanuel; this as a foreshadowing of the coming messiah.   What do you think?

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Alright, here we go! Round two!  Lets see how far into revelation we get this time!   This is the second time we are attempting to get into the book of revelation. Claudiu is on vacation in Cancun so he doesn't have to put up with us this week, but the rest of the boys stand firm.  Dennis is a bit tiered in this one because he's in Florida and we were at this for hours lol. Honestly I think Eli is starting to see the error of his amillennial eschatology and starting to realize that the world around him with these wars, and mark of the beast technology, and the rebuilding of the third Jewish temple in Israel, and aliens / demons / Nephilim starting to appear in the skies all over the world, it's just not looking like Christ is reigning in the millennial reign of Christ as we would expect based on Revelation. Although amillennials think they've got a cute buttoned up interpretation of the Bible, reality and the world around them doesn't seem to line up with their views so much. It looks like reality lines up more with a premillennial eschatology and we aren't currently in the millennium, but we are hurtling towards Armageddon and the end of the world where the antichrist still needs to arise and Jesus needs to return with the armies of heaven to wipe him out and institute his millennial reign.   Unfortunately Eli's system crashes right when he starts to acknowledge the error of his ways and it looks like once Dennis goes to bed Eli starts to admit, reality is not favorable to his perspective and he also has premillennialism in the back of his mind as a real possibility. But know knows! This is Biblical Prophecy. It's not meant to be fully understood until after it's fulfilled. But the truth of Revelation is very clear! Jesus Christ wins in the end! Everything else is just details. Whether or not there's a rapture or whether it's a pretribulaiton or post tribulation rapture, or if there even is a rapture, shouldn't deter from the truth we can all agree on; Jesus wins!

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Did God know sin would enter into the world before he ever created humanity? Biblically the answer is yes. But we also know God already had a plan of action in mind. Jesus was the solution. Jesus had to enter into reality and live the perfect life we couldn't live and be the perfect sacrifice no animal could be, in order that he might atone for all sin and save those he calls and put their faith in Him.   There are dozens of passages in the Bible that espouse this truth. In this video we get into one of those passages which is found in the very beginning. In the Book of Genesis God decreed that man shall leave his mother and father and become one flesh with his wife. Later in the New Testament, Paul the apostle says this decree was intended to be a foreshadowing of the reunification of the Jewish and Gentile nations through the work of Christ. How fascinating!  Let's get into it!

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The tree of life has been called many things throughout different cultures and eras. It's possible that the Hebrew concept of the  tree of life is the first of all such concepts.  In the Bible the tree of life is mentioned multiple times. Interestingly enough, the tree is present at the beginning in the garden of Eden found in the book of Genesis, and it's also present at the end, in the book of Revelation. However in the Book of Revelation, after all the end time prophecy is fulfilled and God wipes out all of existence and creates a New Heaven and New Earth, there we read about the New Jerusalem, God's house (the Cube Rev. 21) depending from heaven to earth and inside of the Cube you'll find the tree of life again.   Both in Genesis and in Revelation, the purpose of the tree is to impart eternal life to the ones who eat of it. But, is there really such thing as a physical biological tree who's fruits have the ability to keep a human being alive forever? Is that something that can actually exist on this planet and in this dimension? Or, is the tree of life a metaphor for some kind of advanced medication or alien / supernatural technology which  an keep humans alive indefinitely?   Let's get into it!

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Amillennial, premillenial, postmillenial, pretribulation rapture, mid tribulation rapture, post tribulation rapture, these are just a few of the major players when studying eschatology (last things). What's always fascinated me is that all of these people all reading the exact same passages and words, but they all come to drastically, even completely apposing views based on the same passages. How is that possible?   In this video, Eli and Ben go back and forth on the key hinge point of  Amillenialism, that we are already in the Millenial Reign of Christ as described in the book of Revelation 20. According to Amillenialism, the description of Armageddon, the rapture, the Antichrist, all of those things have already occurred at the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 and since Christ's resurrection, Christ is already ruling and reigning and Satan is already bound and we are already in the millennial reign or Christ.   One of the key factors to this eschatological perspective is that Satan is already bound from deceiving the nations, Revelation 20:1-3 and 7-10. In order to believe that we are already in the Millennial Reign you have to believe Satan is already currently bound and he is not able to deceive the nations of the earth anymore. However, to me, this is where this perspective falls apart. A quick look at the world around you and it's hard to imagine this issue the reality John meant to describe when he wrote Revelation 20....   Let's get into it!

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Have you noticed that we're currently experiencing a revelation in psychedelics? Drugs like DMT, Psilocybin, Peyote, Iowaska and other hallucinogenic / psychedelic drugs are all the rage in culture today. Sure you can argue that this happened before in the 60's with the hippies, but now it's these drugs are widely accepted and promoted, and even legalized in many states and being researched for mass production by big Pharma. These chemicals will have a mainstream presence in our lives for generations to come, so it's time that Christians start paying attention and preparing for what's  coming.   In the most recent interview with Randal Carlson and Graham Hancock, Joe Rogan and Randal Carlson discuss the historic use of these drugs by shaman, priests and witchdoctors throughout the ages. Historically there has always been a connection between psychedelics and religion or spirituality. Interestingly enough, now as many are pondering the end of the world and Biblical prophecy and the battle of Armageddon, at the same time there's a revelation in these psychedelic drugs which have been associated with spirituality for millennia.   Is that a coincidence? Or is there something greater going on? The book of Revelation and end times prophecy regular mentions the appearance of "angelic", "demonic", "alien" like beings appearing in our reality at the end of the world and before Christ returns for the final battle of Armageddon. Is it a coincidence that at the same time these drugs are being used on mass we have been getting endless reports of UFO's, UAP's, and alien technology appearing on our planet? Could these drugs be reconnecting humanity to dimension or realm that the ancients were well aware of? Were the times of Noah a biblical example a time in human history where aliens / demons / fallen angels came to earth and manipulated humanity thereby producing the Nephilim? Will this happen again in the end times?  Let's get in it!

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This is one of the very first discussion the boys had regarding the big question, why are we doing this?   It's definitely going to get weird up in here. We want to speak to culturally relevant topic such as aliens, ufo's, DMT, marijuana, the book of revelations and end times, Jesus and his second coming, Nephilim and the times of Noah, ancient civilizations etc. etc. Although it might be weird for some listeners, as Christinas it's important we aren't ignorant to cultural issues.   Although we are all at different places in life, it seems like there is a common thread in everyone's desire, we want to glorify Jesus though our discussions and the Bible study because the end is close and time is of the essence!   We hope this Bible study is as big of a blessing to you all as it is to us personally!

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We all do it. Well at least I do... As a Christian, what does the Bible say when those naughty words slip out? Is it ok for us to cuss and swear?   We got into this discussion as a result of cussing on the podcast. Some of us thought it was ok, other members didn't appreciate it. This talk was a well needed reminder of what the Bible tells us on the topic of swearing.

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Predestination is one of the most debated concepts in Christianity. Some say it's the way God showed his love for us, others say it makes God a monster.   What do you think? Let's get into it!

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