Posted on 08/02/2015 3:54:30 AM PDT by SkyPilot
Some cannot hear because they refuse to hear. Such are beyond your reach regardless of the warnings you give. Leave them to The Spirit.
“Or, if you are a Replacement Theology Catholic, then ignore everything, and be caught up in the coming Wrath and Chaos. “
What do you mean by that?
I do support Israel as a Christian.
I disagree with you, and I rely on Scripture for my position.
First, God told us to be watchmen on the wall Isaiah 62:6, Ezekiel 33). Moreover, the Son of Man chastized those who refused to look at the signs of times (Matthew 16).
Secondly, have you never read 1 Thessalonians?
13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
1 Thessalonians 4:13 - 18
Or, is this just drivel to you?
Wow! Your html skills have grown since first I saw your posts at FR. Those big letter shouts are impressive even if they are ignored by some. And ya know what? ... I can read that text even without my glasses and careful lighting on the screen!
But, the emphasis was mine for a reason. Those are the words of Almighty God, and yet, we ignore them.
I addressed a post about America.
The end of America is not the end of the world.
You are kidding me, right? : )
You still have not addressed the point of this, the difference between soon and quickly and how that changes the message.
But it appears you are offended...............
I am not offended sir/ma'am. I adhere to the teaching of Christ that we do unto others that we we would wish to be treated.
To your point, you demand a clarification between the Biblical words of "soon" and "quickly." That was your post to me.
Perhaps you should concern yourself with how you are living your life now, and how the Son of Man will find you when He returns?
Jesus did NOT mention the season or the year...
;^)
Aren’t I a GERAT!! teacher!!!
(Now if I coiuld just get spellcheck to work all the time...)
It’s a poor workman that blames his tools...
;^)
I think He did.
http://jesusplusnothing.com/studies/online/FeastOfTrumpets.htm
>>Your emphasis on “when” indicates the need to be in control and have secret knowledge. We are very clearly not told when, that is not the message.” <<
Nonsense!
There is no need for “secret knowledge!”
Yeshua carefully told his disciples exactly what day of the year he would return, and they understood well.
When he said “of that day and hour knows no man but the Father” he was directly telling every observant keeper of his feasts that he would return at Yom Teruah, the Feast of Trumpets, which is the only feast that is not known with exactitude well before it happens.
Believers know approximately when it will occur, but must WATCH for the new moon to show in the sky shortly after sunset.
That remains true today, even with our powerful computers, we must watch when that day nears to know for sure.
Yeshua never kept anything secret from his elect; it is the unbelievers to whom all is secret, even today.
Walk away if you wish, and experience the reality of Revelation 3:3.
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>> “A more biblical signal is to monitor events in the Middle East” <<
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A colon misconception these days.
The only event that is given anywhere near the “middle east,” actually in the Near East, in the Bible, by which we can set any timetable is the abomination of desolation, which will occur in Jerusalem.
All other important events occur elsewhere in the world.
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>> “HE did say that we’d not be ABLE to know the day or the hour.” <<
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And by that statement, he told his disciples that he would return at Tishri 1.
Tishri 1 even today is not possible to determine in advance, but we can know when to start watching a day before it is mathematically “due” so that we are not surprised.
This is why Paul told the Thessalonians that Yeshua would not come to them as a thief. They were observant, thus knew when to start watching.
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