Joel chapter 3-signs in the sky

believersingrace.com | 4/20/10 | Bill Randles

[pastorbillrandles]

The uniqueness of these things is that they occur in the context of a restored Jewish state, this has not been true for two thousand years, until 1948.

[DarthVader]

Yes I have and I am not on Lexapro.

[Psalm 144]

My thought as well. Sad.

[Genoa]

CG, I might have misunderstood him. It might be that he was just asking you for more information about what you were referring to.

[throwback]

OK, I’m stupid. Is that a pancake on his head or a Yid Lid as they say?

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[Constitutions Grandchild]

I look forward to the day when the speculation is OVER. Come quickly, Lord Jesus.

[xjcsa]

The Divine handwriting is on the wall for all to see, there is nothing satirical about it.

That's what I was afraid it was - unintentional self-satire.

[sportutegrl]

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=joel%202&version=NIV

[Genoa]

Hi, xjcsa! Pastor Bill, meet xjcsa, a full preterist who likes to mess with premillennial believers.

[pastorbillrandles]

lol

[circlecity]

There is nothing more entertaining than watching dispensational futurists chase headlines. Eschatology is the sports section of the theological newspaper. However, if it keeps one prepared and watching for the thief in the night, that’s a good thing.

[DManA]

That’s exactly what it COULD be.

[Genoa]

Reread 2 Peter 3. Rinse and repeat.

[DManA]

There is some question about whether or not it is a Jewish state. Does it matter if it is a secular democracy?

[DManA]

Everything in 2 Peter is valid even if He doesn’t return for 10,000 years.

We are all impatient.

[Genoa]

Imminence means it could be today, not that it has to be today. The point of looking at signs (which we have been taught to do) is that it’s sobering to know it’s more likely now than it ever has been. True, it might be delayed. Our job is to be ready. “Watch!”

[pastorbillrandles]

No it doesn't matter because God told them that their restoration would be in stages, "first the bones, then the flesh and finally at the end, the would be spiritually restored, by recognising the Messiah whom they pierced. Ezekiel 37, Zechariah 12. Also Ezekiel 36 tells us that they would be brought back, in a state of unbelief, "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone. 23 I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Sovereign LORD, when I show myself holy through you before their eyes.

[Jeff Chandler]

I think I saw a locust.

[xjcsa]

Hi, xjcsa! Pastor Bill, meet xjcsa, a full preterist who likes to mess with premillennial believers.

Yes, I'm a Preterist, it's true. But I'm not actually into messing with premillennialists in general. On the other hand I take quite a bit of enjoyment from messing with loons who see every headline as a sign of the end. And I don't try to do so on Preterist terms - I used to be a futurist (Amil), and I thought this stuff was loony then, too.