I'm not surprised. 
Posted on 12/21/2004 11:49:02 PM PST by JohnHuang2
He is King, he reigns now. I look forward to the resurrection. This earth is not my hope, it will be destroyed.
THX.
And Merry CHRISTmas to you and your loved ones and may we all walk ever closer to God.
bttt
"MARANATHA"
bumpity uppity
THANKS MUCH!
There is nothing in the Gospels that even hints at a rapture.
True... but there are a few more books in the NT.
Jesus's words were spoken in the Gospels. Jesus has prophecied what will be the signs of the latter days, AND he said He will come and take believers to heaven on the last day. Not a thousand years from the last day.
Yes.
taxes: Not a thousand years from the last day.
UHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, I don't know what prophetic commentators you've been reading. I'd suggest some new ones.
I don't recall anyone who asserts that
THE LAST DAY
comes BEFORE the thousand years of PEACE.
I'd think that THE LAST DAY came AFTER satan had been released again for a time to tempt those born during the thousand years of peace--and then he's 'locked up' forever. Seems logical to me that THE LAST DAY would be after that in terms of this time/space dimension.
Then we get into the new heaven and new earth, evidently.
But, hey, God is rather cryptic and not overly specific with any kind of linear detail about all this. It may well be that He isn't ready for any of us to have it precisely figured out yet.
He does seem to expect us to watch, be ready and to be aware of the broad outline.
Some seem determined to resist the broad outline.
Amazing, that.
Others have done a much better job interpreting the biblical prophecies of Christ's Second Coming.
"36. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation--As it was only in the last generation of them that "the iniquity of the Amorites was full" (Ge 15:16), and then the abominations of ages were at once completely and awfully avenged, so the iniquity of Israel was allowed to accumulate from age to age till in that generation it came to the full, and the whole collected vengeance of heaven broke at once over its devoted head. In the first French Revolution the same awful principle was exemplified, and Christendom has not done with it yet."(in loc.)"30. Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass fill all these things be done--or "fulfilled" (Mt 24:34 Lu 21:32). Whether we take this to mean that the whole would be fulfilled within the limits of the generation then current, or, according to a usual way of speaking, that the generation then existing would not pass away without seeing a begun fulfilment of this prediction, the facts entirely correspond. For either the whole was fulfilled in the destruction accomplished by Titus, as many think; or, if we stretch it out, according to others, till the thorough dispersion of the Jews a little later, under Adrian, every requirement of our Lord's words seems to be met." (in loc.) (David Brown, Christ's Second Coming, Will it be Pre-millennial?, 1858)
You seem to be offering more hogwash for CHRISTmas I C.
All I can say to your analogy is, show me where your 1000 years theory is supported by the rest of the Bible, specifically Matthew Mark Luke and John where Jesus actually, in His own words, prophecies the Last Day.
"CHRISTmas" or "Christmass" or "Christ Mass" or however you wish to spell it is a human invention. God did not authorize its observance. Perhaps it is just "hogwash".
I find that
CHRIST'S PREDICTIONS, CLUES, WARNINGS, EXHORTATIONS
about the end times in the Gospels
mesh quite will with the whole counsel of Scripture on the subject.
Sorry you don't believe Him in that light.
I have this fantasy . . . that you, like the rest of us, will arrive in eternity as you came into the world--naked.
But somehow--though you'll be without money, and a long list of other acquisitions,
SOMEHOW, YOU'LL HAVE MANAGED TO HAVE YOUR PILE OF THROWING STONES.
I doubt you'll get into Heaven with them, however.
If it will make you feel any better, He is already here, but can only be recognized by those the Blessed
Oh?????
I'm not surprised.
There might be some Freepers on today who are actually in Japan (as I'm not as you know). They might have some new news on that to report.
Sorry about the typo....My point was he can only be seen now by those who he is revealed to by the Lord, he has no control over that. Later, yes, he will be revealed to all
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