Here's my idea,
I'll send the good folks who believe this my personal contact info.
As the end approaches, they should all send me all their money, (they won't be needing it) with instructions on how to spend it once they are gone.
I will hold their cash in trust until the rapture or 180 days wichever comes first, then if there is no rapture, I will return most or some of the money.
deal?
Perhaps you'd be more comfortable here, where they've already thought of that.
Well, I'll say this. The current thread has many, but not all of you fighting, fussing and trying to be right. Which is just a wonderful way for Christians to disagree, and prophecy is one place that followers of Christ REALLY disagree.
When I was first called to the ministry, I had to compare my study with every pastor I met, and was quite contentious about it. I argued and tried to show off endlessly. One day a pastor told me, "If you're ever going to truly be of service to the Lord, you've got to quit this arguing." I took it to heart.
What was I arguing about? The Rapture, of course. So today, I try to find common ground with Christians, though I still feel the same way about it. Those of you that want to be haughty, insulting, or offensive, go to town. I have my study. You have yours, so I assume. It certainly won't be solved today. But Christians insulting other Christians in the name of theological knowledge and superiority is a repulsive thing.
As for Mr. Lahaye, I read the first three in the "Left Behind" series and found them drawn out and tedious, and quite inferior to other similar Apocalyptic works, particularly, Clyde Emmett Douglas' 1974 fiction entitled, "When All Hell Breaks Loose," and the Paul Maier works, "The Third Millenium" and "The Fourth Millenium." Douglas' book takes in one volume what LaHaye and Jenkins dragged out seemingly forever. It also lists Scriptural references at the bottom of each page.
I used to dash out and buy every LaHaye book. I particularly enjoy his studies on human temperament. But one day I got the Christian booksellers' ad and shelled out fifteen bucks for a new LaHaye prophecy title. I started reading it and realized it was a bit too familiar. He had re-packaged a book written five years earlier under a new title. I've never bought anything from him since.