Posted on 08/04/2006 1:27:02 PM PDT by topcat54
Hallelujah!!!!!! Somebody gets it right for a change. End Times Smend Times. There is nothing left to happen but the Second Coming of Christ. WE HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST DAYS SINCE THE FIRST ADVENT OF CHRIST. We only have to wait for the LAST DAY.
All Hell and it's fury came against the Lord Jesus Christ at the cross and He prevailed. Armageddon, Smarmageddon. It's over folks. HE WON!!!!
Listen folks, I read the last chapter in the BOOK and we win!!! Because of Christ the victory has been won!!!!! It's all over but the shouting and each time the Gospel brings another lost sheep home, all heaven rejoices. Let us be about our Master's business. Quick looking toward the middle east. LOOK DOWN folks because Christ has raised us to sit in Heavenly places!!!!
Does a Partial Preterist (I don't know how far down the Pretrist path I really go) Amill get a spot on your list?
Just curious.
Soli Deo Gloria,
Absolutely. Just make sure you stay "partial". :-)
Like I said, I don't know how much of Biblical end time Prophecy is fulfilled, but I am certain some of it is filled. It is just that most Partial Preterists I know tend to view everything fulfilled BUT the Perousia (sp). I'm not quite sure I'm ready to go that far.
But, I am definitely Reformed in my Eschatology, like all proper Presbyterian boys should be. ;^)
Soli Deo Gloria,
Shall I add you to the Reformed Eschatology Ping List (REPL)?
Great point, Harley! Back when I was Premil, this was my great fear - that the "signs of the times" were being mis-read and in the throes of rapture fever, Christians would be woefully unprepared to be "stranded" in a post-chastisement future (having placed all their hopes in a Rapture that didn't occur).
this was my great fear - that the "signs of the times" were being mis-read and in the throes of rapture fever,
It never dawned on me how God could exact retribution on a nation until I understood the Reformed doctrine; even though I read it a hundred times in the Old Testament. I abandoned the Pre-Mil theories with the failures of Hal's LGPE. Topcat is making a Amil out of me although I'm still being perfected. :O)
Hey, now I'm jealous! If you'll hang around me, I'll make a postmil out of you!
Hey, now I'm jealous! If you'll hang around me, I'll make a postmil out of you!
Foul!! I'm postmil. What do I need to say to make it right? :-)
I think Mr. DeMar uses it as well, to write articles and books.
Sure thing, thanks.
At least you guys are hanging around the only two choices that make sense!
You know, Belloc predicted all of this back in the 1930's. He said that Islam would rise again, and that the only bulwark against Islam was Catholic Europe. You can include Protestant Europe in that, too.
(Telling an English audience in the 1930's that Islam would rise again was about like telling an American audience today that they should beware of the resurgence of the Sioux and the Apaches.)
Well, Protestant Europe is on life-support, and Catholic Europe is very sick as well. And guess which "old friends" have moved in to fill the (spiritual and demographic) vacuum?
It's a chastisement, true, but (as usual) God doesn't have to stray far from nature and logic to accomplish his purposes. Our own foolishness and wickedness sets up our chastisement.
No, the secular press will never figure this out. They have the insight and discernment of a doorknob.
Hey Topcat,
Add me to your Reformed Eschatology too, why don'cha?
Thanks ~~!
By the way, have you read David Chilton's "Days of Vengence"? It's a pretty great commentary on the Book of Revelation! (it can be downloaded in Adobe Reader format FREE at www.PreteristArchive.com.) It's scholarly; but readable, and well worth the effort.
Chilton's "Paradise Restored" (also available for FREE download at www.freebooks.com ) contains a fairly easy to understand explaination of what Post-Millenialism is; but also includes one of the best refutations of pessimist Pre-Trib,Pre-Mill Dispensationalism that I've ever read, aside from Gary DeMar's book, "Last Days Madness".
Book books are excellent.
It is good to see you are still watching Israel, TC. What happens there will tilt the argument one way or the other. Right now, I don’t think that the return of Christ is imminent because the big money is on Israel to win. When people start betting on Israel to place...?
Sorry I don’t have any more scripture right now, but I think that the odds will change, against Israel. I do not think she will turn to Christ until her back is against the wall.
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