The morning Manna will be provided at
6am. Thanks. Studying Ephesians in the SSnet.org series Lesson 12, may the Holy Spirit be
the speaker to your heart. The Topic today is: Ephesians 6 and the
paranoia of Nero against Christian “terrorists” for Morning Manna of the
Sabbath School Lesson Ephesians. The Opening Hymn will be 229
"Spirit of the Living God". The Sabbath School Quarterly,
downloadable from SSnet.org in the Teacher's Edition is on page 152ff. The SSnet.org allows anyone, anywhere to
read the lesson in their own language. Choose your own language to see God
speaking also to your heart. Why don’t you click on this link
right now: https://www.adultbiblestudyguide.org/pdf.php?file=2023:3Q:SE:PDFs:EAQ323_012.pdf ---Paul is in jail when Ephesians was
written. It is nearly 64 AD. ---Nero is the emperor. ---Nero called himself divine. ---In temples and the Parthenon in
Athens were inscriptions telling how wonderful a victor Nero is in his
campaigns. ---He “wonderfully” killed his
stephbrother (see S. Malik 2020 cited). Source: Shushma Malik is Lecturer in
Classics at the University of Roehampton and author of The Nero-Antichrist: Founding and Fashioning a Paradigm (Cambridge,
2020). https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/nero-versus-christians ---Yes, Nero is not the Antichrist of 2
Thessalonians 2 nor Revelation 13 by John. ---Nowhere in the Bible is Nero called
the Antichrist. It is a myth of later Christianity. ---Of course Paul and Peter died under
him. But that does not make him the prophetic expected future Antichrist to
come. ---Because “future” was the key in the
Bible predictions some Christians then developed the doctrine that sometime in
future Nero will be resurrected as an Antichrist. Reincarnation Antichrist! ---Adventists do not believe this at
all. 600+60+6 is vicarius filii dei
discovered by Andreas Helwig in 1612, 1618 and 1630 in three editions of his
work. It is the favorite title of the Eucharist holders of the real body of
Christ in their view which only they can give to people for salvation on earth
as representatives of the Son of God. No kissing my hand. No salvation. No
taking the bread. No salvation. That is the Antichrist which reigned for a
specific period between 538-1798 and was wounded and revived in modern times as
we could see with Pope Paul John and his funeral where five American presidents
attended! Hello. ---So Ephesians was written by a slave
or worker of Paul. ---A learned man that used specialized
Greek. ---Nero was a complicated man and
Tacitus said that he persecuted the Christians in a gruesome way. ---Paul and Peter knew that their days
were counted. He knew that with this mad emperor there was not much hope of
getting out alive. ---The lifestyle of Nero is also
noteworthy. If you look at a coin of his from 64 AD, you will notice his neck
is very thick. Overeating. ---The typical Roman snacks through the
day some have three and others four meals, says Jerome Carcopino 1938 page 264.
---At cena which was the eighth hour in
Winter or ninth hour in Summer, 5 and 6 o clock, they came back from baths and
ate dinner called cena. ---The cena of Nero lasted from the 5th
or 6th hour until Midnight (Carcopino 1938: 265). ---Ellen White says in Counsels on Diets
and Foods that eating styles can benumb the brain and mental judgment. Correct?
Welcome to Nero and welcome to the death of Paul and Peter. ---Nero made his imperial claim as a
result of the dynasty’s divinity (Carcopino page 55). Paul needed to redefine
divinity in Ephesians. Correct? ---There is the first consecration of a
beard by Nero (Carcopino page 160). ---There were silk caravans in his time
(Carcopino page 169). ---His Christian relationship is
explained by Carcopino on pages 136-137.
---Did Paul have reason to be concerned
about this power in control on earth? ---So our fight as Christians is not
with flesh and blood although Nero did not believe his or their witness that it
is not about him Nero that they are against. ---He used the rare power word of the
world “world power” κοσμοκράτωρ. ---He is here in the arena of Nero
himself. But Christ is the top power. Heaven is stronger than the earth. ---He discussed the power of soldiers in
Christianity. ---Nero would have been nervous about
this. ---He was suspicious but Paul is
speaking of spiritual military clothes. ---Paul does not avoid the reality of
Nero’s fears of Christianity as “underground terrorists who sets fire at his
buildings”. (see Malik 2020 supra). ---Is Paul not brave? He speaks straight
truth though the heavens fall. Though he may be thrown to the lions in Nero’s
arena. Correct? ---How about you? Are you looking for
the right Church or one that is still calling Nero an Antichrist? Move. When.
Immediately.