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To: HiTech RedNeck

In my opinion, the Bible says that ‘date’ of ‘the end’ is known to know one.

That’s because there is no specific ‘date’. The ‘end’ coming is based on a CONDITION. When that condition is achieved, then God makes a judgement/Jesus returns/Tribulation/Apocalypse/etc happens.

That condition ? When more of mankind is dominated by evil than good.


38 posted on 01/17/2017 9:57:00 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: UCANSEE2

“That condition ? When more of mankind is dominated by evil than good.”

If that were true, then the world would have ended long ago, since the Bible tells us that condition was met in the time of Genesis, was met during Christ’s time on earth, and was also met after Christ’s death during the time of the apostles.


42 posted on 01/17/2017 10:02:15 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: UCANSEE2; Boogieman
Yeah boogieman is right. That was my take too.

God loved us while we were yet sinners. And he is longsuffering towards us. That's the only reason we have not long since been toast.

Neither the world nor us as individuals are on the Islamic scale of justice where if you're 51% good and 49% evil, then you're okay because you're more good than evil.

Instead, we're on the Holy Perfect God who knows no evil scale of justice where the penalty for sin is death, the second death the destruction of the soul. Our goal is perfection "Be holy for I am holy." "Be perfect for I am perfect." "There are none righteous no not one."

Fortunately, God has a plan for that. "Come let us reason together, though your sins are as scarlett, they shall be whiter than snow." Complete and total forgiveness, available because of and through Jesus. Perfection attained.

And since only a third of the earth's population counts themselves as Christian, it's fair to say, evil still reigns.

But God is patient. I don't know how or when God will decide the earth has had enough time. But I don't see anything in scripture saying when the balance of good is less than evil. And if that were the case judgment would have already come.

59 posted on 01/17/2017 10:36:19 AM PST by DannyTN
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