Oh yes. The future is bright indeed. The Bible is full of bunny adventures and puppy dog moments. As for Paul's writings...you DO know that the Bible was written through men BY the Holy Spirit? That's what makes the Scriptures as relevant today as the time they were written down.
And Perhaps, you are off by 2000 years on "end days" because you would rather it not be so. Either way, it's your world. See it as you will. Maranatha
It never fails to amaze me that those of us who believe what the Bible says about the end of this age, a time when Jesus Christ destroys Satan and those who have chosen to follow him, and reigns as King, first in a Millennial Kingdom and then into eternity, are accused of somehow making the claim that Jesus suffers some kind of defeat.
That is mind-boggling to me.
Oh yes. The future is bright indeed. Is sure is, since we are making it better every day, with every act of faith and obedience. Our lives matter. The small contributions we place in the Lord's hands, when He blesses them, have a disproportionate effect.
Which brings me to a question that is urgently relevant to this conversation:
Do you have children?
- If not, has your commitment to the failure of the gospel affected your willingness to launch new souls into your blighted imaginary future?
- If so, how do they react to your hobby of prognostication? Do your repeated assertions that the next generation has nothing to look forward to encourage them to embrace your faith? Or drive them away?
You might be surprised to learn how many post-millennial, Calvinist Christians also have, and home-school, large families. They are raising kids who look forward to marrying, procreating, and propagating the faith in the most powerful way available to us. More than 90% of home school kids share their parents' faith, and plan to raise their kids the same way.
OTOH, according to the most recent surveys, evangelical kids raised to regard secular humanism as a legitimate faith[1] walk away from God. Perhaps as many as 95% of them.
I'm just wondering -- do those who "write off" the future also "write off" kids?
[1] All education is religious education.