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The ancient people who penned Genesis and the Pentateuch (Moses), and the old and new testaments, did not care about the modern sciences, what they cared about was knowing the true and living God. Moses was a theologian, not a scientist.

The Bible is about knowing God himself, about spiritual things, and faith. God himself is what commanded Moses thoughts. God is always at the center of all events in Genesis.To try to interject modern scientific thought into Moses, and the ancient and primitive people to whom he wrote, is ludicrous.

The Navy thought of Merchant Marine ships as feather merchants, their ships weren’t for waging war, they were for commerce and transporting merchandise.

At every single hot spot or crisis that erupts in the world, what is the first thing sent but one of our carrier task forces? Look no further than the current crisis with Iran for example. Two carrier task forces were sent.

Obsolete? I think not.

You converted from what to Judaism?

If the Christian rapture preceeds the Jewish tribulation, what’s the big deal?

It is the elect of both Testaments that are resurrected and raptured, gathered at the 2nd coming, Matt. 24:29-31. The faithful Jewish elect of the Old Testament, and faithful Christian elect of the New Testament.

And, it is not just the faithful Jewish elect that will be persecuted in the great tribulation, the faithful Christian elect also.

The book of Hebrews (chapter 11) sees the faithful of both Testaments as one elect people of God, “made perfect” (or completed) by faith.

“Also, the Puritan premillennialist were historic premillennialists, and not dispensational premillennialists.”

Indeed, and that would include Cotton Mather, he was Historic Premillennialist, he was not a Dispensational Premillennialist.

Thank you for your sensible and sincere response.

Jesus told us to watch... through the signs he had just given in Matt. 24. Which neither full or partial preterists do as Jesus commanded: as both types believe all the signs up to the 2nd coming are in the past, i.e., were fulfilled back in 70 AD. Meaning they believe they see no antichrist (Revelation calls him the beast) or great tribulation in their future.

If you believe all the signs Jesus gave up to his 2nd coming were fulfilled back in 70 AD, they you also disobey his command to watch.

Typical of partial preterists, is the cunning craftiness of their “wind of doctrine,” Eph. 4:14.

When this wind first began to blow some years ago among eveangelicals, the preterists believed “all these things” of Matt. 24:34 included the 2nd coming of verses 29-31.
“this generation shall no pass, till all these things are fulfilled.”

They were “consistent” preterists back in those days, their doctrine called a heresy by everyone. They took so much heat from this, that they changed “all these things” to mean everything prophetic in the Olivet Discourse and Revelation up to the 2nd coming was fulfilled in 70 AD... except the 2nd coming. No wonder, that doctrine is now known as inconsistent preterism.

I gather from what you said in this post, that you are a preterist of some kind, apparently a so-called “partial” preterist. Am I correct? If this is not the case, I apologize...but, judging by what you said, it sure looks so.

I have no respect for preterism in general, especially the inconsistent so-called “partial” preterism kindn. Cunning craftiness.

“The existing missile interceptors in California and Alaska are small in number and the rest of the defenses in the United States are spotty and almost insignificant.”

You didn’t mention Canada as part of both the US and Canada’s continental defense grid. Neither do the prospects look good that that will change any time soon.

Will Canada contribute their part in our mutual defense? Of course they should, but I think not, not with all this “Canada must become the 51’st state” hoopla.

Re my post 67: on what I said about the resurrection to take place at the “last day,” mentioned four times by Christ in John chapter six, confirmed again by Martha in John 11:24, when she said to Christ of her dead brother Lazarus, “I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

Martha could say this because of the well known passage in the book of Daniel among the Jews, in the book of Daniel, that there would be a resurrection at the last day.

The passage being Dan. 12:1,2, “At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every on that shall be found written in the book. And many of them that sleep on the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”

Notice, the passage says the resurrection would take place “at that time.” Which refers to “the time of the end,” Dan. 11:35, when a king would “exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god,” verse 36, which time of the end is applied in 2 Thess. 2:4 to the times of the man of lawlessness, the endtime antichrist.

Which times, Christ said (Matt. 24:21) would be the times of the great tribulation, “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world, nor ever shall be.” Which great tribulation leads into the 2nd coming and resurrection, “immediately after the tribulation of those days,” Matt. 24:29-31.

Thus, the “last day” referred to by Martha, when her brother Lazarus would be resurrected, is “immediately after the great tribulation,” the times of antichrist.

Thus the resurrection and rapture occurs, not seven years (pretrib), 3 ½ years (midtrib), nor 1 ½ years (prewrath), before the last day, but at the last day of this age.

There most certainly will be a rapture/harpazo at the resurrection, a gathering of believers in Christ, but it happens at the 2nd coming “immediately after the tribulation of those days,” the great tribulation, Matt. 24:29-31.

the resurrection and rapture are part of the 2nd coming, not a separate event from it, variously believed to take place seven years (pretribs), or 3 1/2 years (midtribs), 1 1/2 years (prewraths) before that singular event at the 2nd coming.

Following Christ in his Olivet Discourse, everybody in church history believed the resurrection would take place at the singular 2nd coming event (Matt. 24:29-31). In the gospel of John, Christ said it will take place at the “last day,” John 6:39. 40, 44, 54, confirmed again in chapter 11 (verse 24).

Except for BC I think you are right, Vancouver pretty much rules BC.

Correction, God called Abram and Sarai about four thousand years ago, not six thousand.

We should bear in mind what God had in mind, namely the future fulfillment of the seed of the woman prophecy, Gen. 3:15. Gen. 3:15 being the first prophecy of the Bible.

There would be long running enmity between the serpent, and the woman and her seed. A woman would give birth to a son whose heel would be bruised in that enmity, i.e., Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection, but ultimately would crush the head of the serpent in that enmity. And, as women do not have “seed,” this Son’s birth also prophesies something supernatural, the virgin birth.

We know what happened in God’s promise of a son to be born to Abraham and Sarah (whom the Bible says was barren), though they both had become very old yet Isaak was born. We should recognize God’s intervention was supernatural.

Obviously, Isaak was not the fulfillment of the Gen. 3:15 prophecy of the seed of the woman, Isaak only pointed to another, and far greater, Son who would be supernaturally conceived, who would ultimately prevail over the serpent.

When God promises something, as in the promise made to Abraham of a son, though the situation of Sarah’s infertility seemed impossible, rest assured it will happen.

This is truly an incredible narrative, God calling Abram and Sarah almost six thousand years ago, who was infertile, yet with a promise of a son whose birth would have to be supernatural! We should ask ourselves, why this strange narrative in the first place? unless God had in mind a future Son? Jesus Christ the Son of God.

Just like in the days of Noah, the earth will be judged, renovated, purged of its evil.

“... the earth which he hath established for ever.” Psalm 78:69.

Amen to that.

Norman Vincent Peale is also the godfather of the Charismatic movement, more particularly their NAR eschatology, a combo of preterism and postmillennialism. The NAR charistmatics are the strongest supporters of Trump’s policies overseas.

The Old Testament relates the national history of the racial desc4endaants of Abraham (through Isaak). While the New Testament does no such thing for Christianity, as it is a universal and international religion, not based on one’s race but based on faith.

The great commission closing out the gospels, Christ’s commands to his believers, was not to go forth and establish a national religion, such as Old Testament Israel, but to witness the gospel to individuals in every nation.

Hence, the basic premise of this woman’s “fight against American Christian Nationalism” is incorrect.

The LXX on Isa. 7:14, says a virgin would conceive and bear a child, and call his name Immanuel.

The writer of the NT gospel Matthew must have used the LXX, for it has “virgin” not “young woman.” Matthew continues to say “Immanuel” means “God with us.” The rest of the NT confirms that Jesus Christ was, and is, “God with us.”

Polly-ev, though a French name, is an Alberta native, born and bred there. Alberta is like our American west, politically and otherwise. Don’t let his French name fool you.