Posted on 03/22/2006 12:33:31 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
How it all ends......?
When the Bengals win the Super Bowl.
;-)
Or when the Saints win it all. There's an old joke about that. I think you would like it.
But I think it will be when Jack Bauer says so.
"When the Bengals win the Super Bowl".
We should have another few thousand years left, anyhow.
Thank you for the Ping Alamo-Girl
In all do respect it is not Pre-wrath Rapture
LDS is Pre-wrath Dispensationalism
Most won't like what I believe about the Rapture.:
It's Yahweh's (God the Creator's name in Hebrew) universe. There is no end. The anti-Christ will appear and rule before Jesus Christ returns. No one knows or will know the time of Jesus Christ's return.
The Rapture is a blasphemous idea, not to be found in the Bible, without excessively liberal interpretations (actually misinterpretations - IMHO), but created by false preachers and a tool the anti-Christ will use to fool Christians into believing he is Jesus Christ returned. IMHO, all must be like a 'Doubting Thomas' to avoid being fooled by the anti-Christ, false preachers/prophets and his (small 'h') Rapture (sometimes, I call it the Rupture, because it will create a rupture in false churches). Both Yahweh and the anti-Christ will want this to happen. The 'false' Rapture will be a test of 'true' faith. Those with a combination of absolute faith and Thomas' skepticism, will see through the Rapture. When Jesus Christ returns we will all know, so to doubt, when you aren't absolutely sure Jesus Christ has returned, is good, cause if you're not sure - it will be the anti-Christ impersonating Jesus Christ asking all 'believers' to join him in the Rapture.
After the anti-Christ and his minions are destroyed (Armageddon) and Jesus Christ has returned (Hallelujah!!!), the Millennium will begin. During the Millennium, those that saw through the falsehoods of the Rapture and the anti-Christ will help teach others about 'true' faith and to bow their knee to Yahweh, the Creator, the one and only true God. All who believe at the end of the Millennium and/or 'spiritual learning period', will be saved and become blessed eternally. This is a 'second' chance for Christians and others fooled by the anti-Christ, before Jesus Christ's return.
Anyone that doesn't believe after the Millennium will be thrown into the 'lake of fire' (aka-hell, which doesn't exist yet, but will when needed) with unbelievers, faithless fallen angels, unrepentant false prophets/preachers and the anti-Christ (The only one who has been pre-judged and has no way out of the 'lake of fire').
Heaven on earth will be eternal with an environmentally 'replenished' earth (as in the Garden of Eden) and all in their 'spiritual' bodies. There will be levels of glorification based on one's life (avoiding sin and helping others), resistance to the falsehoods of the anti-Christ and levels of faith. So, the more Christlike one is in their life, the more of a reward they will receive during the Millennium and in Heaven. However, through learning, all believers will eventually achieve the highest level of glorification and eternal bliss.
Those who believe in the 'Rapture' will not like this, but God actually has an escape hatch, so to speak, for those fooled by it and/or the anti-Christ. Yahweh knows most good people will be fooled before the Millennium. And that's why our forgiving Lord has allowed for a second chance.
My beliefs don't seem to fit into any category. See my post #25. The most important thing for me to share with others is to be wary of the anti-Christ. I hope I didn't break the rules of this thread by laying out my beliefs.
Well, I dreamed I saw the knights In armor coming,
Saying something about a queen.
There were peasants singing and Drummers drumming
And the archer split the tree.
There was a fanfare blowing To the sun
That was floating on the breeze.
Look at mother nature on the run In the nineteen seventies.
Look at mother nature on the run In the nineteen seventies.
I was lying in a burned out basement With the full moon in my eyes.
I was hoping for replacement When the sun burst thru the sky.
There was a band playing in my head And I felt like getting high.
I was thinking about what a Friend had said I was hoping it was a lie.
Thinking about what a Friend had said I was hoping it was a lie.
Well, I dreamed I saw the silver Space ships flying In the yellow haze of the sun,
There were children crying And colors flying All around the chosen ones.
All in a dream, all in a dream The loading had begun.
They were flying mother nature’s Silver seed to a new home in the sun.
Flying mother nature’s Silver seed to a new home.
After The Gold Rush: Neil Young
Thank you so much for the encouragement, Walkenfree!
LOLOL! I will definitely include that the next time around. Thank you!
For many it would indeed be appropriate. Thank you!
Indeed, but I find it quite interesting to view the landscape of understanding on how it all ends.
Thank you, #1CTYankee!
LOLOL! Petronski has a delightful sense of humor.
Thank you so much for the encouragement - and no, I didn't know that!
Thank you for the correction! The next time I tackle this survey, I'll be sure to fix it.
Thank you so much for the encouragement!
Amen! Maranatha, Jesus!
LOLOL! Indeed.
And thank you for the correction - I will fix it the next time.
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