“Jesus Himself isn’t enough for some folks. We have yet to fully appreciate and act upon all that our Lord achieved in His FIRST coming, and some folks are already checking their watches and looking for the exits!” ~ RJR_fan
Come again? :)
http://www.tektonics.org/esch/olivet01.html
We have been cheated, and hornswoggled into becoming unpaid cheerleaders for the other team. As an orthodox Christian of the Reformed flavor, I anticipate, with all of God's people, a final resurrection and the life everlasting, Amen. With the soberest and sanest of all God's people, I also view the Olivet Discourse and John's Revelation as prophecy -- to the generation that first read them, and as a record of fulfilled prophecy for us. My eschatology is summarized neatly by I Cor. 15:25-35, a meditation on Psalm 110 (the most frequently quoted, cited, and referenced OT chapter in all the NT). Jesus is ruling now, subduing His enemies one by one, just as he subdued you and me. He has commanded us and empowered us to bring the nations to heel. The future is filled with opportunities to glorify God and to rejoice in His victories over all comers. And we have a piece of the action. We can do something more than grab the popcorn and beach chairs, then sit back to watch the train wreck.