Posted on 09/12/2005 7:03:35 AM PDT by topcat54
The prophetic prognosticators are at the prediction game again. Greg Laurie, author of Are We Living in the Last Days?,” is peering through contemporary events like Hurricane Katrina, earthquakes, 9–11, and the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004 and claiming that these events are a prelude to the “rapture” of the church. George Noory, host of “Coast to Coast AM,” follows a similar line of thought. “I don't think there’s any doubt. I think we’re really in [the end times].” We’ve read about similar predictions for centuries. Nearly 20 centuries of predictions of the end have yellowed and grown faint with the parchment and paper they were written and printed on.
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If God has "zapped" us, we will indeed go on our merry way, led by Him whom God has sent to gather us and bring us home.
End times speculation could be viewed by some as a game. They take the "clues" and try to work out the path that leads to victory. Playing the game is fun, persevering in faith is work.
Post-Millennialists (traditional Calvinist perspective) defines "End Times" as a progressively occurring event. Pre-Millennialists (dispensationalism) defines "End Times" as a definitive event.
Only Christ knows the "definitive" moment (coming like a thief in the night). To attempt to apprehend the definite moment of "End Times" as Christ apprehends it as God-man is the error that is taught by dispensationalists, and traditionally avoided by Calvinists.
I hope this clarifies the issue.
So what are you both saying about "zapped?" I'm not sure I understand.
He who zaps last, zaps best. 8~)
I guess, but you have left me totally confused.
"My Word shall not return unto me void."
"Blessed is he who reads....the words of this prophecy...."
I just said if one had to list them in order, that would be my least favorite.
I don't think God speaks to us in puzzles.
I appreciate your efforts.
It makes all the difference in the world when you say "my least favorite."
I have no problem with that at all.
I have a few favorites: The Gospel of Luke, the Acts, the Corinthians, Genesis,
Cool, post millenialism!
As a full gospel, apostolic/prophetic type, I could never understand why so many people who accept the authority of the believer, spiritual warfare, victory over sin, sickness and poverty by the blood of Jesus, etc., are so willing to believe in a defeatist eschatology.
Is that graphic from Chilton's 'Days of Vengeance'?
Right. The Day of the Lord could happen in any individual's life, or a city's, or a nation's. He comes in the Spirit (ruach) of the Day (Gen. 3:8) all the time.
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