Posted on 08/02/2006 5:37:46 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
When Tim LaHaye talks, the faithful listenby the millions. The conservative Protestant minister is the coauthor of the wildly popular apocalyptic Left Behind novels. The controversial books, which have sold more than 60 million copies, depict the biblical end of the world: the Christian eschatology of the upheaval that precedes the second coming of Jesus Christ, known also as end times. LaHaye recently spoke with NEWSWEEKs Brian Braiker about why he believes the events currently unfolding in the Middle East reflect biblical prophesy.
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Regarding the speculation about the time of the Second Coming -- you are absolutely right. It is silliness and very superficial. It is contrary to Scripture and does great damage to serious dispensational thinkers..
But let's change the tone of the discussion. I think you'll agree that RC Sproul ( an articulate sokesman of the covenant school) would handle these discussions with tact and grace and NEVER ever slander Schofield like you did so let's not say such things.
Ie, He wasn't sure that it would be good?
Doesn't necessarily follow. God cannot be moved, so all attributions of human characteristics to God in Scripture are figurative.
Let's see how long it takes for the Religion Moderator to reprimand woollyone and Zechariah11 for "making it personal". My guess is never.
Thanks for the ping. MSM stories are normally pitiful. The interview sits there snickering the whole time.
A Jew had fallen among robbers and was beaten within an inch of his life. He's lieing there on the side of the road, dying.
Two Jews walk by and ignore him as they don't want to get involved. A Samaritan (A foreigner, despised by Jews then), comes along and rescues the guy. Takes him to the nearest town, and pays for his care, room ,and board out of his own pocket.
The question Jesus asked was "Who was this guy's neighbor?" The answer was, of course, the Samaritan. The foreigner. The despised, non-person who helped the guy.
Your posting of Jesus meaning that Jews are supposed to love only Jews, etc. is totally disproven with this parable that Jesus Himself told and taught.
Yeah. I Thessalonians 5:16-17 is theologically bankrupt and it;s not in the Bible, either.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
I think that LeHaye is making a mistake in a way that hasn't been identified yet. He is discussing eschatology with unbelievers. Why?? A Christian needs to nfront the unbelieving world with soteriology, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved."
I know....he made no secret that he wanted to be the head of the UN back when he left office.
I think I understand where this comes from, scripturally. However, how would you explain prayer (supplication) and a couple of times God repented (Ninevah, etc)?
Are we talking about the secret, pretrib, "Left Behind"-style rapture of dispensational origins which has no support in Scripture, or are we talking just about the simple translation from mortal to immortal of those found alive on the earth at Christ's return?
The two ideas are not the same.
I have never read the "Left Behind" books and know little about them, so I suppose we are talking about Scripture. At least I am.
There is. Nevertheless, the matter was not settled definitively until the year 325 A.D. at a Church Council.
I believe that the passage in Genesis constitutes a reference to the Trinity. This interpretation has a long tradition in Christian history. But the Jews, to this day, regard the passage as a reference to God and the angels.
The two things that come to mind is when the Pharisees asked Christ if he was the Son of God, and he answered them saying, "I am." Christ also stated that He and His Father were one.
But there is no direct reference to Christ, The Father and The Holy Spirit being one, is there? Nevertheless, the command to "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" should suffice as proof.
Nor is Christ's dual nature immediately obvious from these passages. Arianism was a very widespread heresy at one time in the history of the Church.
Then allow me to agree to disagree with you. I bear no ill will.
Let's just say there was a recent thread where there was some grotesque, downright nasty insults being hurled at Catholics, and when the Catholics told them to knock it off, they were accused by the moderator of making personal attacks on the people insulting them. It was shockingly transparent and disappointing.
That doesn't sell his books down at the local Barnes and Nobles.
OK, so when someone says thhe word "rapture" to you, what comes to your mind? What theological baggage do you bring to the table?
You forgot the part about having a chip on your shoulder. Come on...get over yourself.
If you broadcast legalistic, Pharisaic mantras, don't be suprised if someone calls you a legalist or a Pharisee.
Kinda simple...no?
During the first week of the year 2000, Gary North issued a public apology to the world at large, and a blunt confession that he had been wrong about Y2K. He took a sabbatical from public life for a while, but later began publishing essays on culture and economics on lewrockwell.com.
Now it is possible that the Y2K hype was a self-canceling prophecy. To some extent, the "dot com bubble" was fueld by Y2K remediation, a massive preventive investment in Information Technology.
Being a dispensationalist means never having to say you are sorry. As each marriage and book ages out, Hal Lindsey recycles it. Re-writes the book, with new names and dates to carry the same tired plot line. Trades in the wife for a younger model. He's on marriage number 4 at the moment -- but I've lost count of how many times he's re-written The Late Great Planet Earth.
There is apparently a market for that kind of tripe. Something about being a cheerleader for Satan's team must engage our imaginations, and appeal to the fallen Adam within us all.
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