How "surprised"? 🤠
Perhaps I'm the only one who sees the humor on the average street corner, but the signs sure are everywhere these days. Out of the blue! 🤫
Have a great rest of the day!
Posted on 05/04/2024 9:33:39 PM PDT by OldCorps
Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!
Христос Воскресе! Воистину Воскресе!
Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!
“Your surprise is waiting”
Yep. Pretty much my view of the matter. Prophesies of the first coming of Jesus in the Bible were pretty cryptic, and for a good reason. It's reasonable to assume that prophesies of his second coming follow the same pattern.
God won't act in a way that is inconsistent with what has been recorded in Scripture, no. But, the way I see it, how such Scripture is to be interpreted, when it comes to matters of eschatology, is in the eye of the (fallen, non-omniscient human) beholder.
The problem nowadays is that over past decades, an industry of "end times" crackpots has blossomed, pitching their arcane theories and interpretations, which they communicate with an air of absolute certainty, to the gullible and the rubes. And they do so for money, for the most part. Oh, they'll call it their "ministry," but it's really just their half-assed business enterprise.
Remain in Christ. Keep short accounts with God. Do one's part for the Great Commission. After that, what happens, happens. I'm open to being "surprised." Those in Christ have nothing to fear.
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Why is Easter not aligned with Passover?
Never understood that.....
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Depends on who you ask..
Religion can answer that for us.
The Father can also answer that for us.
Also depends on if you really,really really want to know. Like it bothers you not to know the answer to that question..
It’s not. It’s today, May 5.
I always say plan ahead and buy a fifth on the third for the Fourth.
Firstly, I’ll second that for the final time.
Looks like you get the last word!
Happy Easter! Orthodox Father and his side of the family.
There is a fairly new Orthodox Church a few miles from us. I just looked at their website and they said visitors are welcome - I might check it out just to see the inside and see how they do worship.
On their site they said they touch on all of the senses - so it is very visual with all of the icons, smells (candles??, incense??), touching (making the cross on one’s chest - and done the opposite from Catholics!), etc.
I know that the Protestant churches I have attended recently are pretty sparse on rituals. Sometimes I think those rituals aren’t so bad.
How "surprised"? 🤠
Perhaps I'm the only one who sees the humor on the average street corner, but the signs sure are everywhere these days. Out of the blue! 🤫
Have a great rest of the day!
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