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To: vladimir998

“Post #267, you wrote: “Written 2,000 years ago. If those were the “last days”, we cannot be living in them 2,000 years later.”

That is not scripture. That is merely your interpretation.”

No, that is taking the relevant texts (of which there are many) literally and logically. Read Revelation 1:1-3 and the entirety of chapter 22: the apostles from Paul to Peter to James and John wrote that the end was near; that the events of the apocalypse were coming “soon” and were “at hand.”

If they were “soon” and “at hand” 2,000 years ago, they cannot logically or literally be “soon” and “at hand” now, otherwise these words and the book that contains them are utterly meaningless!


281 posted on 11/12/2013 9:52:23 PM PST by Stingray (Stand for the truth or you'll fall for anything.)
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To: Stingray

“No, that is taking the relevant texts (of which there are many) literally and logically. “

That is a form of interpretation. It is, in fact, the first step in any interpretation. You can try and dodge it, but that is interpretation.


287 posted on 11/13/2013 5:55:41 AM PST by vladimir998
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