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originally posted by: KansasGirl
There is no "Rapture." That word isn't even in the bible- the concept was made up by a guy in the 1800's. Did you know that American evangelicals are the only people in the world who believe in a "rapture?". Did you know that the concept was NEVER taught until this guy Darby in the 1800's?
I urge you to look into it so you will realize you've been holding to an unbiblical and silly concept.
originally posted by: Raggedyman
a reply to: JON666
I don’t know, I thought that was clear. Go study the bible, google it, if it’s an issue to you do some research.
originally posted by: JON666
originally posted by: ElGoobero
originally posted by: GBP/JPY
Someone tell me whatcha think....it has been a gozillion years since we had our last authorized ....I'll go ahead and say it....ANIMAL SACRIFICE
How do we spell Sanhedron.......
S-a-n-h-e-d-r-i-n
no temple
imagine the hatred that would erupt if/when the Jews in Jerusalem rebuild their temple
and re-institute animal sacrifice
as if Israel isn't hated enough already
you scoffers won't believe in the rapture until it happens. and then you'll say 'aliens' or 'dimensional slip' or 'don't know but something scientific and definitely not God'.
no man knows the day nor the hour but I expect it soon.
Why would God accept an animal sacrifice when Jesus the lamb was the final sacrifice for sin? The Jews are a stiff necked people who have been blinded until the end. The temple was destroyed to end the abomination of animal sacrifice in 72 AD. If God wanted to keep the abomination going He could of saved the temple but He didnt since God does not dwell in building made of stone but in the temple of man through salvation.
originally posted by: KansasGirl
There is no "Rapture." That word isn't even in the bible- the concept was made up by a guy in the 1800's. Did you know that American evangelicals are the only people in the world who believe in a "rapture?". Did you know that the concept was NEVER taught until this guy Darby in the 1800's?
I urge you to look into it so you will realize you've been holding to an unbiblical and silly concept.
Cyprian (200 AD – 258 AD) – Cyprian was Bishop of the church in Carthage. During his short stint as leader of the church, he guided the flock through intense persecution at the hands of the Roman Empire. In 258 AD after spending seven months of confinement to his home by order of Roman authorities, he was beheaded for his faith. Several of his works still exist today.
In Treatises of Cyprian he wrote in describing the end times Great Tribulation:
“We who see that terrible things have begun, and know that still more terrible things are imminent, may regard it as the greatest advantage to depart from it as quickly as possible. Do you not give God thanks, do you not congratulate yourself, that by an early departure you are taken away, and delivered from the shipwrecks and disasters that are imminent? Let us greet the day which assigns each of us to his own home, which snatches us hence, and sets us free from the snares of the world and restores us to paradise and the kingdom.”