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To: topcat54
Why would the "sky is falling" date-setters feel vindicated?

I wouldn't know, because I'm not one. However, that's one of the flimsiest strawmen I've ever seen assembled. The genius of God's prophetic scriptures is that it permits EVERY generation to legitimately believe that the signs of the Lord's return are everywhere.
The difference in 2011 is that the signs that used to require figurative interpretations can now be seen more and more literally. But broad-brushing all who love His appearing as date-setters is just weak.

11 posted on 05/02/2011 7:55:13 PM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great... ...until it happens to YOU.)
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To: Migraine
The genius of God's prophetic scriptures is that it permits EVERY generation to legitimately believe that the signs of the Lord's return are everywhere.

No it doesn’t. That’s biblical nonsense. Jesus said there are no signs associated with the Second Coming, when we least expect Him He will return; “Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect” (Matt. 24:44). The signs were for Jesus’ first century disciples and the apostates in ancient Israel who would witness the destruction of Jerusalem in AD70. Those disciples were told to flee from Judea.

The Second Coming is marked by the opposite claim from Jesus, “for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

Confusing the two is generally what gets folks in trouble.

15 posted on 05/04/2011 1:37:26 PM PDT by topcat54 ("Friends don't let friends listen to dispensationalists.")
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