[BlackElk]

I am Catholic. We believe that we will not know the time, the day, the hour of his coming, as Jesus told us in Scripture. I believe that His Second Coming may well be at hand but how would I know? We ought live our lives as though it will not be in our lifetimes and yet be prepared in our souls for the possibility that it will be ten minutes or one minute from now. Whether He will preside over a Millenium on earth or not I do not know and I don't have to know. All I need to know is that He IS coming and that He will fulfill each and every promise and that under His leadership, we will share the promised final victory over Lucifer.

By way of an analogy of sorts, I know that demonic possession is allowed by the Lord for whatever His reasons may be. My instinct is that it is not healthy to dwell on possession lest one inadvertently invite it. I would not handle or allow a Ouija Board to be handled by anyone in my family or Tarot Cards or other things that not only violate the First Commandment but also invite possession.

I need to dwell on my own sinfulness more and to dwell on the sinfulness of others somewhat less.

I very much believe that whether there is a Millenium coming or not, whether there is a rapture or not, God's will is going to be done and His plan, whatever it may be has got to be better than mine or yours or Charles Spurgeon's as Spurgeon would probably concede were he available. And we all know how the story ends. Under the leadership of my Lord and Savior and yours, we win and Lucifer loses. It's guaranteed on the very Highest Authority. Right?

[xzins]

Yes. It's true that God wins and that those who are in Christ will win through Him.

However, I believe there's great benefit in learning and properly understanding all of the scriptural revelation that one can.