Posted on 12/21/2004 2:48:52 PM PST by MississippiMasterpiece
Like I said there is no end of the world. Nowhere in that does is say the World/Earth/Man is destroyed. In your post there are 6 references alone. That the world will go on forever.
The Rapture & Tribulation is not the end of the world. Just some really bad & hard times for those of us who get left behind. But for those who are lucky enough to survive it will be rewarded with a grand place.
( you also may want to refrence Ezekiel too)
>>>> (The churches are not mentioned from Revelation chapter 4 to 19. It is incredible to think that they are on earth and not mentioned). <<<<<
The answer to your question can be found in the Book Of Mormon.
I am sorry not to pay attention more. Wasn't sure where all this was going. I am Baptist, did not realize you where Mormon, I am sorry if I said something wrong.
The mark may not be literal, it is with your forehead(brain)that all works arise from, and with your right hand, your works are accomplished. It means to me, you work towards the evil of Satan, with thought and deed.
He missed some "end of time" beliefs: Malthus, the "heat death" and "evolution".
I’m not Mormon. But I have read the Book of Mormon. That’s how I knew that it has an answer to your question.
Not everything you need you to help understand the Bible is in it. Language was not the only thing scattered.
My self I’m Roman Catholic Went to a Catholic school for a number of years. Church was the first class of the day with daily religion classes with a weekly visit from one of the priests. Plus the school has the best science fairs I have seen or been in.
So I know what’s in the Bible.
BTW I read the paper version of the Book Of Mormon over 20 years ago. Last night I went to look up a online source. And found some bad sights. So be careful of what you read online
The only prophetic schedule is the one in God's mind, and it is known only by him. No man knows when Jesus will return to earth, and anyone who says he knows is either deceived or is a charlaton and a liar.
What we do know is that there is a definite point in time, set before the world was created, when Jesus Christ will bodily, visibly return to planet earth, and that no one but he and his Father know when that day will come.
Personally, I tend to believe in a pre-tribulation rapture of the church, and a pre-millenial return to earth of Jesus Christ as Israel's Messiah and King. But millions of other devout and learned Christians believe otherwise, and I have no desire to argue those points with them. When all the prophesied end time events have come to pass, we will all know the truth and all Christians of all persuasions will agree that everything happened exactly as God had planned it before time began.
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