“Christ made very clear that there were some puzzles to ponder.”
Here’s another question for you:
If God is in the practice of saying something is imminent when in reality it may not happen for centuries, why is there NOT ONE SINGLE Old Testament Prophecy saying the Kingdom was “near” or “at hand”?
“But nothing else fits the prophetic Scriptures. NOTHING.”
Perhaps nothing in Hal Lindsey’s, Hagee’s, or LaHaye’s books surely. They’re waiting for things to happen like the stars to fall (or interpreting them to be nuclear bombs). They’re waiting for a catastophe like no other EVER (forgetting that the Great Flood left only a total of 8 survivors on the whole earth).
In other words, Lindsey, et al. either can’t distinguish the apocalyptic writing from the literal writing in the Bible or they’re just trying to sell books.
I have a better book for you — “Apocalypse Code” by Hank Hanegraaff. Try reading that, praying, and checking it against the Bible yourself. And stay away from the authors selling sensationalism.
I think Hank is largely off the wall.
Scripture has spoken quite sufficiently clearly . . . particularly with Holy Spirit’s aid . . . for my 60 years.
Hank leaves me with a . . . foul feeling in my spirit. I think he’s stepped over some lines he’ll pay dearly for.
My perspective is that a lot of the Bible believing . . . even prayerful . . . prophetic Scriptures aware dispensationalists are at least half asleep at the switch.
The REPLACEMENTARIANS aren’t even aware there’s a switch to be asleep at.