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Hi, Topcat54! Great to see you posting. You were missed. He wanted to know if I belonged to the “Allegorism school of interpretation” that dismisses a literal interpretation. As I show in my book, I am very literal. I don’t turn horses into “horsepower, bows and arrows into “launching pads” and “missiles,” or chariots into tanks. When the text says “to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods” (Ezek. 38:13), it means silver, gold, cattle, and goods (Ezra 1:4) and not natural gas, potash, or oil.

lol. Amen.

He and many others like him have adopted a system of interpretation that locks him into a theology of irrelevance. Here is his final comment to me: “Things are winding up very rapidly these days.” Yes they are. We are witnessing the end of humanism. Either get on board to make it happen through the preaching of the gospel, applying the Bible to every area of life, and building an alternative society when the inevitable collapse comes or get out of the way. There won’t be a “rapture” to rescue you. Deal with it.

AMEN! The Gospel does not fail in this life. The Gospel is victorious. Two thousand years ago there were a dozen Christians. Today there are over two billion Christians.

Is that not progress? Is that vector going south or north?

What better way for the powers of evil to succeed than to have Christians give up the fight and assume failure is not only an option, it is the future.

Fight the gloom. The Gospel triumphs.