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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Fake News”?


22 posted on 06/19/2017 11:26:41 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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This is interesting speculation but I won’t join in because I am one who does not believe in that interpretation of what has to be one of the more challenging passages in Scripture. I interpret it more along the lines of a worldwide recognition by the faithful of the return of the Lord, but not a removal of them prior to judgement. This implies that the faithful will escape the tribulation and that, frankly, has not been my experience in life, nor is it a very realistic expectation given what our Lord went through. We are not going to get that free ride out of trouble, but instead, as many other passages in the New Testament suggest, we need to be ready to face many hardships and difficulties.

The Rapture is basically an extension of the gospel of wealth philosophy that was fairly prominent in evangelical circles back around the 1980s. I wouldn’t count on being that lucky. Christian faith is not winning a lottery.


26 posted on 06/19/2017 11:51:44 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (The president is a good man -- that's why they are out to get him -- where have we seen this before?)
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