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Post by lionking on Jun 25, 2007 7:29:49 GMT -4
at the time he said it, we haven't explored yet the fanatic islamists. we only knew that Syria doesn't want the 1701. He said that there are two events for them[unifil]: one related to deaths, the other when a country will pull out. anyways, lots of other predictions happened, like the lebanese war planes being used, the unfortunate events in the north theat we didn't think of , blood in a Lebanese university, ...
on the worldwide events, he predicted Diana's death. he predicted years before that Sharon will have a black end. Last year he refused to speak bcz he said he doesn't want ppl to get affected emotionally and he doesn't want that too, indicating that he sees dramatic events. the biggest war we've ever had occured last year. At year 2005, he predicted an event in Down Town Beirut will destabilize the Solidere aea [where there are major economic action] for a while. PM Hariri was killed there and economic transactions didn't see a person to buy or sell there... If I count them, I will not finish. He didn't get his nickname: "Nostradamus of Arabs" without being really talented.
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Post by gillianren on Jun 25, 2007 15:02:13 GMT -4
Have you read Nostradamus?
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Post by lionking on Jun 25, 2007 15:47:35 GMT -4
I read a book and explanations about it, but its not important. it is a nickname given by ppl bcz they think he is brilliant at predicting, and think that Hayek is similarly accurate.
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Post by Ginnie on Jun 25, 2007 18:36:18 GMT -4
Gillianren, Though my French is not that good, I once got a book of Nostradamus at the local library to read just for fun. Each paragraph was in French, and then below it the English translation. I translated some of it myself with the help of a French-English dictionary - it was so different from the translation in the book! I thought that either the author didn't know French very well, or purposely mistranslated it to mirror his own views. I don't know if it is originally in some type of 'Medieval' or 'Old French' but if it was pretty close to modern French then the author sure played loose with word meanings. I took enough French in school to understand the structure and word order, and (hold on to your hat), even French grammar. I bet every book on Nostradamus would be different depending on what agenda the author was pushing. Qu'est ce que vous pensez?
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Post by gillianren on Jun 26, 2007 3:57:27 GMT -4
Well, of course, I took Spanish in high school; it's a much handier language in Southern California than French is. Ergo, I've only read Nostradamus in translation. Can't speak to the accuracy of the English and all that.
However.
I really don't understand how anyone could imagine claiming that they knew what Nostradamus had said. His quatrains could mean literally anything. I actually have a volume of Nostradamus (because it's funny to me, and it belonged to my grandmother--it was funny to her), and my copy comes with what various "experts" think each quatrain means. Very seldom do they agree.
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Post by lazarusty on Jul 28, 2007 21:23:09 GMT -4
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Post by echnaton on Jul 29, 2007 0:16:14 GMT -4
And what do you think of this? How about a conversation rather than just a link!
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Post by ishmael on Jul 29, 2007 0:39:06 GMT -4
Something "like" the bursting of a dam. How "like" does it have to be for this prediction to be true?
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Post by ishmael on Jul 29, 2007 0:41:01 GMT -4
His quatrains could mean literally anything. The best kinds of predictions
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Post by lazarusty on Jul 29, 2007 0:54:20 GMT -4
Like a sudden rush of bad things happening to the world that isn't going to stop.
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Post by ishmael on Jul 29, 2007 9:21:36 GMT -4
Like a sudden rush of bad things happening to the world that isn't going to stop. That began at the beginning of time.
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Post by gillianren on Jul 29, 2007 16:25:46 GMT -4
So what about all those predictions that didn't come true? (Again!)
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Post by echnaton on Jul 29, 2007 19:20:17 GMT -4
Well the housing sector is still getting worse, with predictions of a continued decline for the rest of the year. Maybe a few of the big players are going to have serious financial problems and he can claim a hit on the prediction of a burst of the home building bubble. After all several have reported big losses, based on non cash charges for write off of land options.
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Post by Dead Hoosiers on Jul 29, 2007 20:40:11 GMT -4
Hi Rusty, The scriptures are clear that God will not unleash His punishments on the world until "that which restrains is taken out of the way" (i.e., the rapture of the church). Then the first series of punishments fall, starting with the 7 seals judgments. Unless the rapture occurs between now and August 4, this prophecy isn't going to come true (actually, even then it wouldn't come true because the first seal judgment is the rise of the Antichrist who will usher in a short period of peace). If you would just rely on the Word of God you wouldn't need to listen to false prophets. As for bad things coming, yes they will. Remember Jesus talked about the "birth pangs" and we're experiencing them. My prediction (based on my own knowledge and information, not scripture, is that any peace that occurs in the future will be a false peace, but things probably won't get too bad because people will still be going on with life as usual when the Lord returns for His church. He said so. The rapture will take everyone by surprise.
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Post by lazarusty on Jul 29, 2007 21:32:27 GMT -4
It's a contentious issue whether or not "that which restrains is taken out of the way" is the rapture of the church.
I believe there will be a great revival admidst judgement. This is what God has been working on us over the years for, not to just take us away when things get bad.
If you look at all the martyrdom over the centuries, what makes us so special that we are going to escape it all and not go through any hard times or persecution. On the contrary, this being the final call for the world, the beginning of the end, the final chance to get right with God, it will also have the biggest persecution and tribulation. We go through it. It is a testing of our faith. The idea that there are some "special" ones who are simply going to miss it all is a fantasy, put out by our enemy (end time deception) in order to lull many Christians into a false sense of security and so that they will not have their lamps trimmed, primed with oil and ready, in a place with God where they will be superrnatuarly keept and a light to the world while chaos is going on around them.
In fact, here is another prediction. When judgements begin falling on America, and Christians realise they have been lied to by their pastors who have not prepared them for what is coming, in their fury are going to murder them and burn down their churches.
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