[navygal]

This article is very interesting,I think we are very close also.

[The Mayor]

Christmas represents a time of great hope for Christians. Of course, we're grateful that Jesus came about 2,000 years ago and died for our sins. Now we should be hopeful and expectant of His imminent return.

Merry Christmas. And happy birthday, Jesus.

Amen, and Amen!

This also from the Bible, Matthew 24

3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
The Bible Gateway

[patriot_wes]

As a believer in the two house theory I see many jewish people beginning to recognize their brother Ephraim. In Hosea 1:10 it says - Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea which can not be measured or numbered. 1:11 Then the children if Judah (Jews) and the children of Israel (Ephraim) shall be gathered together, and appoint for themselves one head (the Messiah). The last days are like the story of Joseph and his brothers. This is also a sign of the last days. Even Yeshua Jesus said "I have come for the lost sheep of the House of Israel (Matt 15:24) Blessings on you all my brothers! p_w

[CDHart]

I think this might apply as well -- so many people are dying from heart failure now.

Carolyn

Luk 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

[X-Servative]

The end of the world is where I beleieve free will comes into play. We do not know the time or the place of Christ's second coming because the choices that we and our leaders make can either expedite or push back those events. The choices we make, rather than a set time, are what will bring about end times.

[Antoninus]

Veni Dominus Iesus, Veni.

[Buggman]

Thanks for the article. Just off the top of my head, here are some of the prerequisites for the Biblical End Time sequence:

1) A Church that is increasingly in apostasy. (check)
2) Israel back in the land. (check)
3) The Temple rebuilt. (not yet, but could be accomplished in a very short time)
4) A revived Roman Empire of some kind. (depends on your opinion of the EU)
5) The whole world with their hands on the Middle East, the region of Jerusalem and Babylon. (check)
6) Moral decay celebrated. (check)
7) The ability for the whole world to see certain events (like the death of the two witnesses or the Antichrist standing in the Temple) simultaniously, e.g. TV (check)
8) The foundation of an alliance between Russian, the Middle East, and parts of Europe. (check)

I could come up with some others easily enough, but just on the surface, it looks like we're pretty much in the right condition for the 70th Week to begin in the next few years. That's not to say that it must, only that it could.

[pnome]

umm doesn't that mean the end of the world and all the non-christians get cast into a firey lake?

If so, then i sure hope he's not! :)

[pnome]

umm doesn't that mean the end of the world and all the non-christians get cast into a firey lake?

If so, then i sure hope he's not! :)

[jonestown]

But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.


To me, that sounds like our world today.

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Get a grip Joe, every generation says the same thing..

50 years ago my old granny, born in 1880 was saying:

"Lands sake! You young-uns are the most boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, little monsters since your parents back in the '20s!

[TChris]

Excellent article! Jesus Christ will, indeed, return. There will be a great many who will be shocked beyond words when it happens too.

[StoneColdTaxHater]

This kind of stuff is why I do not attend church. I beleive in God just not man's church. How can any MAN pretend to know God's plans? Yet preachers and psuedo preachers everywhere swear that they do. God will come when he is good and ready

[showme_the_Glory]

"Every knee will bow...." Every knee. I'm practicing early!

[Saundra Duffy]

Come quickly, Lord Jesus.

[countrydummy]

Thank you!

[Marysecretary]

Thanks, John. Another good one as always! Merry Christmas!

[ARA]

This actually sounds like 1864...

Man hasn't changed a bit... No one knows when he will come... I don't buy into all of the rapture and Lehave books...

Happy Christmas

[Cultural Jihad]

Joseph Farah details evidence pointing to Christ coming back to Earth

There wasn't any such evidence detailed. The title should have read: "Joseph Farah details speculation and conjecture pointing to Christ coming back to Earth"

[hosepipe]

Interesting and apropo thread for this time of year..
Of course none of us knows anymore that the other about all this for sure, but a common thread seems to run thru many of us.
Its that thread that makes this thread a good thread..

(spit) sorry too many th's...

[diamond6]

Has anybody seen this or is it another urban legend?

Paul Harvey: Christians Have Rights Too!

Paul Harvey says: -

"I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December. I don't agree with Darwin, but didn't go out and hire a lawyer when my high school teacher taught his theory of evolution. Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be endangered because someone says a 30-second prayer before a football game. So what's the big deal? It's not like somebody is up there reading the entire book of Acts. They're just talking to a God they believe in and asking him to grant safety to the players on the field and the fans going home from the game. "But it's a Christian prayer," some will argue. Yes, and this is the United States of America, a country founded on Christian principles. According to our very own phone book, Christian churches out number all others better than 200-to-1. So what would you expect-somebody chanting Hare Krishna? If I went to a football game in Jerusalem, I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer. If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad, I would expect to hear a Muslim prayer. If I went to a ping pong match in China, I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha. And I wouldn't be offended. It wouldn't bother me one bit. When in Rome...

"But what about the atheists?" is another argument. What about them? Nobody is asking them to be baptized.. We're not going to pass the collection plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds.. If that's asking too much, bring a Walkman or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit the concession stand. Call your lawyer! Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do. I don't think a short prayer at a football game is going to shake the world's foundations.

Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our courts strip us of all our rights. Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before eating, to pray before we go to sleep.

Our Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. Now a handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying. God, help us. And if that last sentence offends you, well..........just sue me. The silent majority has been silent too long.. it's time we let that one or two who scream loud enough to be heard, that the vast majority don't care what they want. it is time the majority rules! It's time we tell them, you don't have to pray.. you don't have to say the pledge of allegiance, you don't have to believe in God or attend services that honor Him. That is your right, and we will honor your right... but by golly, you are no longer going to take our rights away ... we are fighting back... and we WILL WIN!

God bless us one and all, especially those who denounce Him... God bless America, despite all her faults, she is still the greatest nation of all.

God bless our service men that are fighting to protect our right to pray and worship God. . . .

May 2005 be the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back as the foundation of our families and institutions.


I apologize if this has already been posted.