<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0"><channel><title>Defend Prophecy</title><description>If the majority of today's Protestant believers were aware of how far modern prophetic interpretations have deviated from the what the Bible teaches, they would think Christianity was still in the dark ages.</description><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Sias)</managingEditor><pubDate>Sun, 6 Oct 2024 21:47:10 -0700</pubDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link>http://defendprophecy.blogspot.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>dp Podcast Episode 9: How Catholicism Abused Bible Prophecy</title><link>http://defendprophecy.blogspot.com/2009/07/dp-podcast-episode-9-how-catholicism.html</link><category>Bible prophecy</category><category>Catholic Church</category><category>Futurism</category><category>Protestant</category><category>Reformation</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:24:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185030544258257642.post-8767531190511166471</guid><description>The popular series Left Behind is based on today’s mainstream Protestant view of apocalyptic prophecy known as Futurism. Although it is now widely accepted in Protestant circles as Bible-based prophecy, it is actually based on Roman Catholic eschatology. And not only that, Futurism was one of Catholicism’s most effective decoys to divert attention away from being identified as Anti-Christ.In this</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3r7b6LKClt79of340Grk6cHQJPbvqG1jZTDNc6f2dqoUabjQIpLdjl7vGK4wwz270GCGZdgsnCP2XyNbwXxuza6xOatC_fd7Hbfi3olfZMQq_B6cU7086llz39mV1gw3nNRRr94d5NM/s72-c/left_behind.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Sias and Abraham Miranda)</author></item><item><title>dp Podcast Episode 8: Catholic Church Counters Reform Movement and Prophecy</title><link>http://defendprophecy.blogspot.com/2009/06/catholic-church-counters-reform.html</link><category>Bible prophecy</category><category>Coutner reformation</category><category>Jesuit order</category><category>Protestant</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:59:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185030544258257642.post-5740584240459563604</guid><description> Jesse Sias and Abraham Miranda welcome you back to another episode of Defend Prophecy!This week Jesse and Abraham talk about how the Catholic Church defended itself from the allegations that it was the anti-christ power of prophecy. 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We do our very best to bring you new weekly podcasts, however, there are times that we take a little longer to research new material in order to ensure that our information is accurate and up to date, as well as interesting.We assure you that we will always have something new </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Sias and Abraham Miranda)</author></item><item><title>dp Podcast Episode 7: Prophecy and the Antichrist Outcry</title><link>http://defendprophecy.blogspot.com/2009/05/prophecy-and-antichrist-outcry.html</link><category>14th century</category><category>antichrist</category><category>Bible prophecy</category><category>Catholic Church</category><category>wycliff</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 18:51:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185030544258257642.post-7444977233171711200</guid><description>Jesse Sias and Abraham Miranda welcome you back to another podcast episode of Defend Prophecy! This week Jesse and Abraham talk about the movement that sparked the Antichrist outcry 200 years after Joachim de Flores' prophetic revolution. The old Romanist views were being put aside and in their place was a powerful prophetic spirit that would shake the Catholic Church and Christianity to the core</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWizKknm7uyxvglDv5bnJW0Z7fW1yXTPK3T-Wb14x8kJubg-i8pLNG2DM01_0TDrwYo3OsjcGUeoexG_KBDJsddScvuCVt5GioWw_qmRiZCDuyYPoMi_pUzyilPkREIV5HtPuF_W9idDo/s72-c/antichrist.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Sias and Abraham Miranda)</author></item><item><title>dp Podcast Episode 6: Another Look at Bible Prophecy as Imperial Church Fails (length 29:54)</title><link>http://defendprophecy.blogspot.com/2009/05/dp-podcast-episode-6-another-look-at.html</link><category>antichrist</category><category>Bible prophecy</category><category>interpreting prophecy</category><category>Joachim de Flores</category><category>year-day principle</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 May 2009 13:53:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185030544258257642.post-4080541648714677371</guid><description>In this week's episode of Defend Prophecy Jesse Sias and Abraham Miranda take a look at Joachim de Flores (1135-1202) and his interpretations of Bible prophecy. Joachim came on the scene just as the papacy was nearing its highest point of power. But although powerful, the papacy's reputation was under attack and rumors of "Anti-Christ" were beginning to spread. 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Would it meet the expectations of Augustine's prophetic interpretations? Would the Roman Church prove itself to be the nation shattering supernatural Stone from Daniel 2 that Augustine </description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzq2PssQpk-HmNVkyY9C7zBU5M2Pkbm4BWtcc4HIMyJzdQ4ZBLrYMNZkv3d7c-8FeRgDYuDkvJya-LKk7epXDkus4rP6InHm5nOHRGGoA71ay5cgM9jdkWf4QaoCV-yIUnycyD0lFR4OE/s72-c/Clement-VII-Oct06-DC8418sAR.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Sias and Abraham Miranda)</author></item><item><title>dp Podcast Episode 4: How the Rise of the Imperial Church Changed Prophecy</title><link>http://defendprophecy.blogspot.com/2009/03/dp-podcast-episode-4-how-rise-of.html</link><category>augustine</category><category>Bible prophecy</category><category>constantine</category><category>define prophecy</category><category>ecumenism</category><category>interpreting prophecy</category><category>paganism and christianity</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:25:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185030544258257642.post-8538316655580193860</guid><description>Welcome back for another episode of Defend Prophecy! Join Jesse Sias and Abraham Miranda as they continue to uncover prophetic information that has been largely overlooked by today's popular prophetic expositors. This week Jesse and Abraham a.k.a "Abe" take a look at how the prophetic interpretations of the early church evolved with the blending of paganism and Christianity. They also discuss the</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipu71I2kr9lxLUFANaYY1GOnRSd-iZfUEnC4_8sli-ZNmi2F_JFWca9kIPEPBFqqK38n2FXsrR0YKR0InWnHZ1lUr9c8Ie37QE4wkWBrv2kY0ohnGGiWUPjD9JEDw8U49ZAFRUeNmK9cE/s72-c/AH1L25Con1.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Sias and Abraham Miranda)</author></item><item><title>dp Podcast Episode 3: How Did The Early Church Interpret Prophecy?</title><link>http://defendprophecy.blogspot.com/2009/03/dp-podcast-episode-3-how-did-early.html</link><category>Bible prophecy</category><category>early Christian church</category><category>interpreting prophecy</category><category>religion</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:38:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185030544258257642.post-3911029298088022234</guid><description>Jesse and Abraham continue their quest to take a closer look into Bible prophecy. In this week’s podcast they talk about how the early church in the second and third centuries, before the rise of the imperial Catholic Church, interpreted the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation. Who were the main prophetic expositors and what did they believe? (Click on title to hear podcast)We have a survey! Take</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rGtyNew7T15sHGVFewhdxg9z4Ye6ItpXFWPowqNyskW8mmpzUZjxwSbvsoZnzAtxYOFw6QZe5CqEiejAhOnuOjQXCooOCC-AWA8VLvYhzkLM9pw0mcOdSdvAVp8pW2Provjx94QEhsM/s72-c/irenaeus1.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Sias and Abraham Miranda)</author></item><item><title>dp Podcast Episode 2: The Focus of Bible Prophecy</title><link>http://defendprophecy.blogspot.com/2009/03/dp-podcast-episode-2-focus-of-bible.html</link><category>Bible</category><category>Christian faith</category><category>gospel</category><category>Jesus</category><category>prophecy</category><category>religion</category><category>spirituality</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Mar 2009 12:35:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185030544258257642.post-4721683003046350390</guid><description>Welcome back to another episode of Defend Prophecy. This week Jesse Sias and Abraham Miranda talk about the focus of Bible prophecy. In order to begin to understand the prophetic record one has to understand what it's trying to point to. We welcome your comments and feedback! (Click on title to hear podcast!) Bible References in podcast:Luke 24:27Malachi 4:1Isaiah 53:5-7</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGwCwSq4Ds0Ghduw7rf9AEyiA5FJUdrn0ac_fgT227Nz4VqlGxtrQ10H0tKS1WvVimVlq2G-oQF8r-Lkl52SbloPnlcc1l8JHOJ6LwKTODHlCVLj5xwGiMZRSolnB-AwiZaWpSBN9VQhY/s72-c/jesus.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Sias and Abraham Miranda)</author></item><item><title>dp Podcast Episode 1: Does Bible Prophecy Mean Doomsday?</title><link>http://defendprophecy.blogspot.com/2009/02/dp-podcast-episode-1-does-bible.html</link><category>Bible</category><category>Christian faith</category><category>define prophecy</category><category>God</category><category>prophecy</category><category>religion</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:27:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185030544258257642.post-1493544599506213327</guid><description> It's our first podcast on this fascinating subject! Get to know me (Jesse Sias) and my good friend Abraham Miranda while we explore the role of prophecy in Scripture and how it adds a unique perspective to the Christian faith. (click on blog title to open podcast). Visit our blog and give us your feedback.</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeM0zTEwxMxehf_fcqJj7hKU1PZ_xkO8bCseODVfzAVNaJgqsFiud7r62DJppBG4X-teCTSuZdDOQzHhEHzIdz3S2Ny0HBtWyytkaZcT4cz6pxYqUAl37KDujoZEd2fFUw0t0Gn-7SkZE/s72-c/nir134a.gif" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Sias and Abraham Miranda)</author></item><item><title>Bible Prophecy Left Defenseless</title><link>http://defendprophecy.blogspot.com/2008/10/bible-prophecy-left-defenseless.html</link><pubDate>Sun, 5 Oct 2008 09:49:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185030544258257642.post-3956194622036863397</guid><description>What does Bible prophecy have in common with today’s popular ideas of prophecy? - Absolutely nothing. The majority of mainstream prophetic propaganda makes a mockery of what Bible prophecy is truly about. Most of what is dispensed in books like Left Behind, or preached from the pulpits of  today’s Protestant churches, in no way reflects what renown Bible scholars of the past such as Isaac Newton,</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jesse Sias and Abraham Miranda)</author></item></channel></rss>