Posted on 06/06/2024 4:25:04 AM PDT by Cronos
I always think of the coptic Christians lined up on a beach in Libya by the IslamicState for bheadingg.
Those Christians did not recant their faith, they endured un to the end
Godsmack? Never really listened to them. I take it you are a fan?
Weakness of men and women of faith is what has caused the downfall of the United Methodist Church (and others like them). Don’t for a moment think that weak men and women wouldn’t jump at an excuse to turn away from fighting Marxism.
The thing is that the Kingdom of God is already inaugurated —
Note that in Mark 1:15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
Mark 9:1
And he said to them, “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.”
Mark 14:25
“Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
And then AFTER the Resurrection:
Acts 1:3
After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God
Acts 8:12 But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Acts 28:31 He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ—with all boldness and without hindrance!
And
Rev 1:6
and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
Rev 1:9 I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom
Note that we are living in the kingdom of God inaugurated, but not completed yet — as 1 Corinthians 15:24
Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.
As Peter wrote in
2 Peter 10 Therefore, my brothers and sisters,[a] make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, 11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
for jesus said, no man knows the time... so everyday i wake up and say today is the day, that’s how i am postponing judgement.
The reason why Christians are still persecuted and sin still rampant is because though the kingdom of God is in the here and now, present in and through the Church. Yet it is a mixed reality that will only be perfectly realized at the end of history. This current “mixed” state can be seen as the Church on earth which now grows in the field of the world with both weeds and wheat until the harvest when Christ says he will “tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned. But gather the wheat into my barn” (Matt 13:30).
You don't know how other people think. In fact, human beings don't know how they think. Human beings are incredibly irrational in their thinking and have no idea what consciously and unconsciously drives their thinking.
From cults?
Do you consider dispensationalism a cult?
Don’t forget. 1994 Are You Ready? Howard Camping.
the fact is that the pre-tribulation rapture is a 19th century modernist creation.
it is not what Jesus said would happen - He told us that we would be persecuted for believing in Him
It’s what preterists do best ...
That's why I (and we) need a Savior.
God may have created us in his image, but we abandoned that highfalutin status when we fell from Grace
What’s a preterist?
Note that the main point is that the pre-tribulation rapture is just biblically false
i see nowhere a “ date” or “ time” set.
that makes you a ....
OkeeDokee. So, give me some evidence that the Rapture has not already occurred. How do you know that you were judged unworthy and left behind?
This all looks like Satan has assumed control, don’t it?
Wasn’t “The Rapture” supposed to be a hip-hop festival in Detroit?
You don’t know how other people think. In fact, human beings don’t know how they think.
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( soory dude, but you walked right into that one )
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I was going to give some thought to it, but why bother.;-)
Regarding the rapture - there is no biblical evidence for a pre-tribulation rapture. None at all
The event of our gathering together to be with Christ will take place but that is at the second coming and we are NOT going to be magicked out of the world before the big trouble with the anti-Christ.
You need to distinguish between the Particular Judgement (the judgement each of us goes through when we die) and the General (or Last) Judgement, and generally focus a lot more on the Particular Judgement. While none of us know when the Last Judgement will be, it seems safe to assume that most of us won’t be around for it, so as a practical matter focusing on the Particular Judgement makes more sense. How exactly that Judgement will look is generally not a focus, but the focus is instead on preparing for it
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