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Very well said, CynicalBear - and you too, dartuser.

Dispensationalism and the literal reading of the Bible is a huge threat to the spiritually dead churches of the old religious establishments. For so long, they have convinced themselves that huge portions of Scripture, and entire books, are optional, and if a person's personal opinions about a Biblical matter make one feel better than what is in the Bible, then the personal opinion becomes inerrant truth, with the Bible still optional. And its just not fashionable, if one fancies oneself an intellectual, to believe in the literal interpretation of the Bible. That's for simpletons and, besides that, it simply doesn't make one look good at the golf club.

It is enormously comforting to "rest" in the belief that the Bible is a collection of allegories, maybe a half step up from Grimm's Fairy Tales. It is comforting to know that the Scriptures can be whatever you want them to be and if you're not completely sure that you're ready to meet Christ, well, all of that Revelation stuff already happened in 70AD so there's nothing to worry about.

There is a reason why people will obsessively stalk prophecy threads for the purpose of denying the fact that the stage is rapidly being set for the events that God told us would precede His return. If they can deny it often enough and loudly enough, the delusion that the prophetic Scriptures will never actually come to pass can survive another day.

>>If they can deny it often enough and loudly enough, the delusion that the prophetic Scriptures will never actually come to pass can survive another day.<<

I have been thinking along those same lines today. I’ve asked myself “what are they so afraid of”? It seems an obsession that is being driven by some fear. I’m sure the need to surround themselves with like minds is involved and if, like you say, they can silence truth it may go away. I think the “thief in the night” prophecy will catch them unaware. We can only hope the surprise is when they are taken up with the rest of us as opposed to realizing what just happened.

I was also wondering if a prophecy caucus would be an appropriate forum to discuss rather then open threads.