[cuban leaf]

I do not call it an allegory,

Is the (soon) return of Messiah with vengeance and wrath (upon this physical Earth) also an allegory? Is what Jesus called the ‘great tribulation’ only for a short time and for the flesh alone? And if so, then how much time is too much time to dispense it?

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Some of Jesus stories were stories. Some were references to old testament scripture. Some were parables. Some were prophesy, some were warnings. Lazarus and the rich man fall into the first, with an allegorical meaning. But the other examples you give are not the same thing and don't compare, just as they don't compare to the parable of the mustard seed.

Lazarus and the rich man is nicely dissected here: http://bible-truths.com/lazarus.html

[captmar-vell]

Thanks for the link, it looks like the same author/article as was noted above though,

[captmar-vell]

And I didn’t mean to get too far sidetracked from this posted article, which I though was a good one,

And while I don’t have anything against ‘mega-Churches’ (whatever that is) these purpose driven astrodome prosperity preachers, speaking with vague watered down generalities, paraded about in honor by those that despise the Gospel are exactly what we’re told would come, and they have their reward now,

“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” 2 Timothy 4:3-4

“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.” Matthew 10:34