Posted on 09/12/2005 7:03:35 AM PDT by topcat54
The prophetic prognosticators are at the prediction game again. Greg Laurie, author of Are We Living in the Last Days?,” is peering through contemporary events like Hurricane Katrina, earthquakes, 9–11, and the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004 and claiming that these events are a prelude to the “rapture” of the church. George Noory, host of “Coast to Coast AM,” follows a similar line of thought. “I don't think there’s any doubt. I think we’re really in [the end times].” We’ve read about similar predictions for centuries. Nearly 20 centuries of predictions of the end have yellowed and grown faint with the parchment and paper they were written and printed on.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanvision.org ...
Four Prophetic KeysMany reasons could be put forth to explain why our Christian counterparts of long ago were wrong about what they believed to be prophetic certainties. The signs seemed to fit the times. How can we avoid their mistakes? The following prophetic keys will help any interpreter unlock the door to the prophetic past and the prophetic future:
- The first prophetic key is to recognize that prophetic themes are most often set within established time frames. Failure to pay attention to a time frame can lead a person to assume that his generation is the generation experiencing the fulfillment when, in fact, the fulfillment is in the past.
- The second prophetic key is to recognize that as far as history records, little is unique about our era when it comes to calamities like plagues, earthquakes, and wars. This means that their contemporary manifestation does not necessarily carry any prophetic importance. In terms of a given time frame, the fulfillment of such prophecies is more than likely past.
- The third prophetic key is to determine historical context. Before an interpreter assumes a future fulfillment, if the time text is clear, he should search events within the given time frame for possible fulfillment.
- The fourth prophetic key is to distinguish fulfillment from application. There is much in Scripture that is fulfilled, but principles remain that can be applied to any era.
We’ll look at each of these over the next few days.
End times or not - you better be ready!
Sounds like something an instructor would say to a class.
Yes, Jesus will return and bring His saints into glory while judging the nations and casting unbelivers into outer darkness. Yes, we are told to be like the wise virgins who kepts their lamps ready to the arrival of the bridegroom. Anything beyond that is speculation and unwarranted troubling.
>>Yes, we are told to be like the wise virgins who kepts their lamps ready to the arrival of the bridegroom. Anything beyond that is speculation and unwarranted troubling.<<
Amen
Greetings, brother topcat. Isn't Greg Laurie pastor of that mega church in California, Harvest or whatever it is called? I do find it interesting that so many of our Arminian pastors love to try and turn every event under the sun to fit their personal end time view.
Thanks for the ping.
Another Laurie-sm from his article in the (dispie-oriented) worldnetdaily:
Another thing we must consider as we see these signs of the times, or these "birth pains," is these are reminders to us that the return of Jesus is near and we need to be ready spiritually.If these are truly "birth pangs" then this must be the generation. No hedging, Greg, either the Bible must be taken "literally" or "this generation" is no different than the scores that have gone before. Either a sign is a sign, or hurricane Katrina means nothing eschatologically. So, which is it? Tell us plainly, just like Jesus did.The Bible teaches that there is a generation of people who will not see death, but rather will meet the Lord in what is often referred to as the rapture of the Church.
Could we be that generation? Time will tell. But if I were you, I would pay careful attention to all that is happening – you will be glad that you did!
I like your homepage.
...the more it reveals itself to be a recent trend of a political nature, cooked up in the 19th century when various spiritualisms were all the vogue, and is currently being used to further political ends.
Thanks.
Could you hurry please? I'm in the path of Ophelia...
The pride of men, every generation thinks it is the last.
(And I say that being mindful that I often think "Come Lord Jesus.)
Stock up on water, crackers, cheese, cans of tuna and batteries. Stay safe.
Thanks. We're all stocked. But, unless things change we're not really in her path.
We could use some rain.
Speaking of the pride of men...my teams had both good and bad weeks. Good News: my high school team (last year's Ohio state champ) beat the cross-nation Texas champion pretty handily. My pro team (Bengals) looked good on their first game of the season in nearly a decade....but perhaps that's because the Browns aren't so hot. Time will tell.
On the down side: My Cincy team in their inaugural Big East season had their keesters handed to them by Penn State. The OS Buckeyes threw a game to Texas in the last quarter....no national championship this year. But it was a pretty even match. (Maybe they are a good team.)
I noticed that one of your teams, from whom you've taken your handle, didn't handle Georgia by a few points. Was it a heartbreaker?
I disagree. The earliest fathers were premillennialist, imo, and did look for an earthly kingdom out of Jerusalem.
ping
"Stock up on water, crackers, cheese, cans of tuna and batteries. Stay safe."
Don't forget the Spam and Dinty Moore stew.
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