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To: TomSmedley
"Ahh. I appreciate your injection of factuality into the airy fairy weirdness of apocalyptic speculation! Thanks! (PS -- are you any relation to Leopold Bloom?)"

Ah, I think your tagline says it all. You're one of those Polyanna types that think mankind is going to usher in peace into the world and then the Messiah will come....no such thing as The Tribulation, The Mellenium, Judgement, Hell, Satan. It's all in the mind, RIGHT?

23 posted on 07/29/2006 8:04:51 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
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To: Iam1ru1-2
You're one of those Polyanna types that think mankind is going to usher in peace into the world and then the Messiah will come....no such thing as The Tribulation, The Mellenium, Judgement, Hell, Satan. It's all in the mind, RIGHT?

And you are one of those cheerleaders for Satan's team who holds God's grace in contempt, and anticipates no long-run victory over the world, the flesh, and the devil this side of the eschaton. Whose "gospel" consists of nothing but spiritual masturbation, and speculative mind-games, since it has no application to real-world issues today.

Tell you what -- you can ahead and amuse yourself by playing iwth yourself in the corner, exciting yourself with ever-more extravagant fantasies. I have a God to serve, and a world to serve Him in, instructions on what He wants, and the confidence that those who serve Him can enjoy His blessings in this life as well as the next.

Maybe, if you want to be REALLY spiritual, you can live on a pillar in the desert!

The Tribulation is historical fact, the prophetic seal on the authenticity of our Lord's ministry. The millenium is the present reign of the saints. The Last Day will bring about the resurrection of the dead, and the life everlasting, Amen. Meanwhile, let the dead bury the dead. The living have work to do.

But historical fact is so BORING when compared to apocalyptic speculation. And if God Himself has ordained the failure of His Gospel and His people within history, then I have a perfect excuse for personal mediocrity. The kind of mediocrity which almost universally characterizes CHristian endeavor today.

35 posted on 07/29/2006 8:24:12 PM PDT by TomSmedley (Calvinist, optimist, home schooling dad, exuberant husband, technical writer)
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