Posted on 05/21/2007 6:59:42 AM PDT by Esther Ruth
That’s a good strategy! Mxxx
I recently got a lecture on the foolishness of questioning the Constituionality of a particular piece of legislation. I was told that the “signs are all around us” that the Second Coming is near, and we should not concern ourselves with such things - the Republic will soon be swept away we shouldn’t waste our time worrying about it.
Indeed, Marysecretary, that is the leaning I have in the Spirit concerning the parable of the ten virgins.
If the end times weren’t significant to the believer, our Lord would not have devoted such a significant portion of Scripture to them.
Great read.
An even better hope is through faith in our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus.
Reconsider Prophecy through the eyes of pretrib premil perspectives. There is an incredible amount of consistency and truth therein.
No topcat they haven’t been completed. We don’t need to ask ourselves these things. These are issues which are better addressed by first remaining in fellowship with Him in our studies and allowing Him to guide accordingly. The preterist is a fool.
Since the Tribulation seems to relate to the discomfort and death of the body, I doubt there are going to be "audience only" passes given out to anybody.
God seems to inevitably temper those who do His work and will. From various comments I've heard, tempering is not comfortable. 
Strange, I have a different perception. I find the scriptures DEVOTED to he end times to be .... insignificant compared to the portion of the Bible devoted to salvation and the power and grace of God.
Old and New Testament has 1,189 chapters.
If you count all of the chapters of Revelation (22) though not all chapters really apply. Even if we add a few more say 5 or 6 Chapters to give credit for verses scattered among Daniel, Isiah, Micah, and Zechariah that actually speak to the end of days, we are looking at what?? 27 / 28 chapters. Proverbs alone has more chapters and that is a book devoted to wisdom.
All scripture is useful for teaching, rebuke, instruction etc, so don’t take my point the wrong way. And I’m sure that some people take comfort from these scriptures. I have invested significant effort in trying to “delve” the mystery of the end times, only to come to the conclusion that my time would have been far better spent actually spreading the Ministry of Christ. Shame on me for allowing myself to be side tracked by some effort that profited little and did not reach out to any lost souls.
So we see that all the conditions of Daniel 9:24 were satisfied in the continuous time period, mostly during the 70th week. Therefore, Daniel’s entire prophecy is a matter of history.
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UTTER UNBiblical hogwash and most illogical.
Especially considering a long list of Scriptures IN CONTEXT.
If the end times weren’t significant to the believer, our Lord would not have devoted such a significant portion of Scripture to them.
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FOR ABSOLUTELY SURE!
Thanks.
LUB,
My discussions of THE END TIMES have led a number of people to Christ as nothing else would.
And...
This second beast has "two horns like a lamb" (symbolizing Christianity) but he speaks "as a dragon" symbolizing Satan. In context, the passage infers[sic] that his religion will be a counterfeit form of Christianity -- a theme also outlined by Paul.
Broken clock ping.
I read the Bible cover to cover last year. I hate to admit it but I was 43 years old and it was the first time I ever did so. It was last year that I realized that the whole tribulation theory is not as clear cut as I had been taught for years.
It will be interesting to see what I learn this year.
If unbiblical "gaps" and name calling is the best you folks can do, I'd rather quote the Scripture and be considered a fool by the pop prophecy crowd running after the likes of John Hagee and Hal Lindsey.
Really?? Now I find that very interesting. Most people that I talk to about the end times tend to dismiss it all as religious fantasy. I would be very interested to hear how you approach the subject with non believers. Perhaps there is a better way to deliver the message.
Thanks, AG. I once heard it to compare with a Jewish wedding. The bride is to be ready at any hour of the day or night when the bridegroom comes for her. Hallelujah. I’m ready (I HOPE). Mxxx
It was in Taiwan.
Seeds have been planted far and wide and been helpful in moving folks toward Jesus . . . using prophetic stuff . . . but the folks who finally hooked up with Jesus were mostly Westerners in Taiwan.
Usually, I springboard off some political or world event they have raised that’s related to Bible prophecy and these END TIMES.
Then I ask a few questions that might trigger their curiosity. I have to resist trying to dump a college course worth at one fell swoop the first contact.
If they are invited to be curious in gentle ways and given some threads of thought to research themselves . . . it can be quite fruitful.
The sources are easy enough—Scripture and daily news.
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