Take your own advice, hypocrite. You carry the grudge and offense of this issue into this thread from so many others, then you cry foul of their "maligning your Christianity" as you do the very same to them at an intensely personal level. Again, a very poor witness on your part. I do not presume to speak to the state of your soul, but for you to so attack others who are ostensibly brothers and sisters in Christ does just as much damage as any of their allegedly false eschatology could.
Jesus said we will be known to the world by the love we show each other. If you want to disagree with your bretheren over matters of Biblical interpretation and eschatology, fine...by all means do so. Iron sharpens iron. But to so viciously attack those who disagree with you on this one narrow field of Biblical interpretation shows nothing of the love you're called to bring. Can you not vigorously defend your view and argue your points without such personal attacks, Quix? I've seen you do it before...I know you're capable.
Please, brother...let go of the vitriol and focus on the issues.
Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.
Given the RM’s exhortation, I think I’ll just let my posts and my caring stand or fall on their own.
It appears that a major proportion of the naysayers need some ENGLISH REFRESHER LESSONS:
“personal”
IS NOT REALLY that difficult a concept.
It comes from the word “person.”
A “PERSON” is
DIFFERENT from
1. A GROUP
2. THEY
3. Y’ALL
4. THEM
5. SOME OF THEM
6. CADRE
7. A COLLECTION OF
WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM [i.e. NOT the SAME as]:
A “PERSON” IS directly associated with
1. YOU
2. HE
3. SHE
I realize that the more chronic naysayers tend to have a dreadfully difficult time distinguishing between
DIFFERENT
VS
SAME
but it does make it a lot easier when some of them try.
AND, I realize that the more chronic naysayers have this THING about
OBSESSIVE, ADDICTIVE EXTRAPOLATING, ASSUMING, INFERRING . . .
however, as I understand things . . .
EXTRAPOLATING, ASSUMING, INFERRING
[accurately or not]
PERSONAL “INSULT” DOES NOT COUNT.
The rules have to do with plainly written PERSONAL insult.
We will return screens to regularly scheduled programming after the following freebie additional refresher lesson:
This English Comprehension lesson has concluded.
DISTINCTIONS REALLY ARE IMPORTANT.
DISTINGUISHING
THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN
THE CHURCH AGE
VS THE MILLENNIAL AGE
IS IMPORTANT IN SCRIPTURE. It could rationally be considered important in life.
DISTINGUISHING
THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN
AN INDIVIDUAL
VS
A GROUP
IS IMPORTANT.
DISTINGUISHING
THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN
calling even a group idiotic vs a belief, perspective, idea, doctrine idiotic
IS IMPORTANT.
I’m beginning to wonder if it’s something in the holy water that REPLACEMENTARIAN, preterist, amil’s might drink that renders them incapable of making important distinctions.
Of course, the awake, aware and alert need no such lessons and the otherwise will not heed them but . . . just for the record, there they are! LOL.