Posted on 03/17/2024 5:53:12 PM PDT by grumpa
HERE’S HOW FUTURISTS TWIST THE WORDS OF JESUS AND THE BIBLICAL WRITERS
“This generation” (Mt. 11:16; 12:39; 16:4; 17:17; 23:36; 24:34) REALLY MEANT some other future generation.
“In a very, very little while” (Heb. 10:37) REALLY MEANT thousands of years later.
“The end is at hand” (1 Pet. 4:7) REALLY MEANT it was not at hand at all, but rather far distant.
“The time was short” (1 Cor. 7:29) REALLY MEANT the time was a long time off.
“It is the last hour” (1 John 2:18) REALLY MEANT millions of hours later.
Judgment to occur at Jesus’ return in his kingdom “before some standing here taste death” (Mt. 16:27-28) REALLY MEANT a time like Pentecost or the Ascension when there would be no judgment.
“Must shortly take place” (Rev. 1:1; 22:6) REALLY MEANT it would NOT take place shortly.
“The time is near” (Rev. 1:3; 22:10) REALLY MEANT the time was far away.
“Soon” (Phil. 2:19; Rev. 22:12, 20) REALLY MEANT not soon at all.
“My kingdom is not of this world” (Lk. 17:20; Jn. 18:36) REALLY MEANT Jesus’ kingdom will be a literal millennial kingdom IN THE WORLD.
Paul said the gospel “has been proclaimed to the whole world” (Rom. 1:8; 10:18; 16:25-27; Col. 1:6; 23), but that couldn’t have REALLY MEANT the fulfillment of Jesus’ prophecy in Matthew 24:14 about the gospel being preached to the “whole world.”
The “kingdom will be taken from you [the Jews] and given to a people producing its fruits” (Mt. 21:43) REALLY MEANT the kingdom belonged to the Jews forever.
“May no fruit ever come from you again [the fig tree = Old Covenant Israel]” (Mt. 21:19) REALLY MEANT some day Israel will bear fruit again.
Jerusalem and temple to be “destroyed” (Dan. 9:26; Zech. 14:11) and Jesus replacing the temple as the focus of our faith (Jn. 2:19; Rev. 21:22) REALLY MEANT a third temple will be built.
so are you ever gonna tell us your denomination ?
or do you have your very own cult ?
cat got your tongue ?
My Home is Elsewhere
By Hal Lindsey
God long ago called me to be a “watchman on the wall.” Watchmen must be alert to signs of danger. In ancient times, the watchman was like a military scout, except he didn’t gather intelligence by going into the land of the enemy. He watched from towers along the wall of his own city. His job was especially crucial at night when others slept.
Christian watchmen also watch for danger, but they also watch for signs of something wonderful. Jesus promised to return, and He said that as that time approached, there would be certain signs. Not all of those signs are negative. For instance, He said that in the time leading up to His return, the Gospel would be preached in all the world. That’s positive!
But much of what He and the prophets told us about the time preceding His return sounds scary — terrifying even. The watchman on the wall must look out into the darkness. He must be unflinching. And, to be honest, it can be depressing. If you have a similar calling, you know what I mean. It’s heartbreaking to see so many people choosing paths of destruction and pain.
Since 2020, things have been changing at breakneck speed. The whole world seems to be convulsing with violent rage. A Russian weatherman recently joked that conditions were “ideal” for a nuclear strike against NATO. He thought it funny to “joke” about starting World War 3 and causing death on a scale never known before, especially in his own land. It was supposed to be humorous to think of hundreds of millions severely injured, in horrible pain, but unable to receive medical aid. Is mass starvation funny? Are irradiated cities funny? They apparently are to this guy.
Have you read about life in Haiti right now? It seems that every reporter talks about the smell of burning human corpses. The Washington Post reports that the people there can’t get the bodies cleared away. There are just too many, and it’s dangerous work because the gangs don’t always want them removed. Vast numbers of dead bodies serve to advertise the gangs’ power. Sometimes, gangs burn people alive. But the majority of the burning bodies are a result of people sick of the smell of rotting flesh and trying to find a way to clear the streets.
For most of us, such conditions are unfathomable. But Haitians are living in it every hour of every day. I could talk about Ukraine, Gaza, Iran, or the nightmare many African people and nations are living through. I think about the ugliness being taught to small children all over the world, and what that’s doing to their impressionable minds. Things are terribly wrong and getting worse.
These things bring to mind a song first appearing in print in 1919, author unknown. The song says, “This world is not my home. I’m just passing through.” It concludes by saying, “I can’t feel at home in this world anymore.” For Christians, this world is not home. While here, we’re supposed to go about doing good. But we need to understand. We were made for another world.
Jesus taught that, though we are in this world, we are not of this world (see John 17:11, 14-16). Philippians 3:20 (NASB) says, “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” We look forward to heaven, but more than that, we eagerly await the arrival of Jesus. Titus 2:13 calls it “the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.”
So, when you look out on the night, remember… day is coming.
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i thought you might need to spend some time with hal /-)
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1Ti 5:18 - For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain,”[fn] and, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”[fn]
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Actually, there is a verse which states that the goxpel.had gone out to all the world back in the day of the apostles- they worked really hard at getting the word out, and apparently accomplished it, which meant that they traveled to all occupied lands.
I’ll see if I can find the verse- I was surprised when I ran across it- but do note that it doesn’t mean christ returned at that time as many of the signs of his coming against. Hadn’t been accomplished yet
Here is the verse
Col 1:23
23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister
But again, it couldn’t have meant that christ had returned for his people- but that is a topic for another time- I just was surprised to run across that verse recently even thouhg I had read through the Bible a few times, it just never hit me before u til an article pointed it out
Thank you for the verse. It's hard to believe Paul was saying that the gospel had already been preached to the entire world. At least two populated continents hadn't been discovered at that point.
I found an article describing the verse as "an Aorist passive participial phrase ... The Aorist participle is notoriously hard to translate because they are one of the most flexible constructions in Koine Greek. They are “undefined in aspect” meaning that they could denote either ongoing action, or a completed action" Link
I don't know if you'll find that explanation satisfactory, but I figured I would pass it along.
ooops
where issues are 100% certain- i don’t take a side on really- but do have my opinion or understanding, which is subject to change according to further understanding if a good explanation comes along- if of course it doesn’t undermine God’s truth-
for instance, i take a Pre Trib view- but we can’t know for 100% certain, so i won’t use it as a “Hill to die on” type of issue- I will simply state that from all my research, i think that the pre trib view has the most support biblically- but the other views do seem to have some merit too- just not as much in my understanding of the pretrib does- my feelign is this “IF the truth is pretrib, then great- if not, oh well, we will endure the best we can, but am still going to heaven in the end-
For now, we see through a glass darkly on some issues- and im ok with that- woudl ne nice to know everythign for certain of course- but that isn’t possible in more difficult passages-
on this issue- it ‘could be’ that the entire world at that point had been preached to- or it ‘could be’ that the word meant ‘being preached to’ as in an ongoing fashion-
[[At least two populated continents hadn’t been discovered at that point.]]
Is that known for certain?
ever come up with a way to weasel these 2 verses Daniel 7:21 and Matthew 16:18 into applying the same group of people. ? gonna run away from the question that proves you wrong like a abject coward and false teacher , AGAIN ?
is this why you wont answer my posts ?
Jas 4:7 - Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
are you still fleeing grumpa ?
No. But if Christian missionaries had reached the Americas prior to Columbus, they didn't leave a lasting impression.
Youve already been proven wrong on your prior thread.
Never mind everyone seeing the resurrection of said witnesses.
One thing that Jesus made clear about the Tribulation is that if it were not divinely cut short, “no flesh should be saved” (Matthew 24:22). No weapons existed during the time of the Roman Empire that could slaughter all flesh.
I think we have enough documentation here from your own posts that show just how screwy your head is when it comes to Prophecy and your massive disconnect in interpreting it.
Thanks for playing Grumpa.
Always good to see the Israeli/Jew Haters spout their nonsense and rob from Christ His Triumphant Conquest of His Enemies (you might be one of them BTW)...
Better beg for forgiveness...
The mental gymnastics to try to twist Scripture to fit that warped view takes a whole lot of drugs to ingest in order to come to those conclusions.
Yes- good point-
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