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To: RJR_fan
Well, prophecy is certainly not fortune telling. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. (Rev 19:10).

A very viable and sustainable view of what the tribulation in the Book of Revelation is all about is analogous to what the Book of Joshua is all about: possessing the land. In Joshua, Israel went in to disinherit the enemy and possess that which God had give to Israel. In Revelation, God Himself is dispossessing the earth of His enemies (including Babylon, etc.) and taking possession of it as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Man has not, can not, and will not do this. God Himself will do this in His time.

In the meantime, we are engaged in the same effort but on a much smaller scale - redeeming the time and souls as God gives us grace to do so.

103 posted on 03/12/2011 11:30:58 AM PST by Jim W N
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To: Jim 0216

Great points.

Thanks.


106 posted on 03/12/2011 11:51:00 AM PST by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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To: Jim 0216; RJR_fan; Quix
Scripture is sufficient for our understanding of this life and the next. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ radically altered this world and our expectations...

"God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds." -- Hebrews 1:1-2

Here's a great article by an OPC pastor...

WHAT ABOUT PROPHECY AND TONGUES TODAY?

107 posted on 03/12/2011 11:52:36 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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