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Originally posted by alkesh
i really wish it would hurry up and get here..the world is gonna be a much nicer without all you bigoted, ignorant, hate mongers
Originally posted by Classified Info
reply to post by ccsct203
What exactly is your definition of "quickly approaching"? Could you be a little more specific? I know Jesus said he was coming back soon but that was 20 centuries ago. Reminds me of my wife. When we have plans for the evening she says she will be ready in a minute and an hour later she still has not gotten ready yet.
I have been hearing this same old line for over 30 some odd years now. How all the signs irrefutably pointed to Christs return...the anti-christ is already in power and will his move any day. Over 30 years I have been hearing this.
This is not a healthy way to live ones life--constantly thinking the end is just around the corner, No, I dont think it is. There is a multitude of problems here on earth and they are not going away. We must deal with and find solutions to these problems and living ones life thinking Jesus is going to return very very soon only keeps us from doing the things that need to be done.
Originally posted by Azadok2day
Originally posted by Classified Info
reply to post by ccsct203
What exactly is your definition of "quickly approaching"? Could you be a little more specific? I know Jesus said he was coming back soon but that was 20 centuries ago. Reminds me of my wife. When we have plans for the evening she says she will be ready in a minute and an hour later she still has not gotten ready yet.
I have been hearing this same old line for over 30 some odd years now. How all the signs irrefutably pointed to Christs return...the anti-christ is already in power and will his move any day. Over 30 years I have been hearing this.
This is not a healthy way to live ones life--constantly thinking the end is just around the corner, No, I dont think it is. There is a multitude of problems here on earth and they are not going away. We must deal with and find solutions to these problems and living ones life thinking Jesus is going to return very very soon only keeps us from doing the things that need to be done.
What you consider the end a Christian considers the beginning , why do people get their panties in an uproar over the fact Christians pray for the return of Christ who will take away all evil , pain , suffering , sadness . We will be in spiritual bodies that never age . The universe will be our play ground after the millennial rein of Christ . This is our hope and what we wish for for all mankind .
Originally posted by Classified Info
reply to post by ccsct203
What exactly is your definition of "quickly approaching"? Could you be a little more specific? I know Jesus said he was coming back soon but that was 20 centuries ago. Reminds me of my wife. When we have plans for the evening she says she will be ready in a minute and an hour later she still has not gotten ready yet.
I have been hearing this same old line for over 30 some odd years now. How all the signs irrefutably pointed to Christs return...the anti-christ is already in power and will his move any day. Over 30 years I have been hearing this.
This is not a healthy way to live ones life--constantly thinking the end is just around the corner, No, I dont think it is. There is a multitude of problems here on earth and they are not going away. We must deal with and find solutions to these problems and living ones life thinking Jesus is going to return very very soon only keeps us from doing the things that need to be done.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
LOL!!! What exactly is "soon" to an eternal one who resides outside the spacetime dimension??? Heck, look into "gravitational time dilation".
Originally posted by Classified Info
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
LOL!!! What exactly is "soon" to an eternal one who resides outside the spacetime dimension??? Heck, look into "gravitational time dilation".
Well, one thing that we know for sure is that it is longer than 2,000 years.
Which makes me wonder why would he would use such vague language that surely an all knowing being would know would be misunderstood by many and only lead to peoples hopes being raised then broken. Generation after generation after generation......
Of course it could also mean something entirely different.
Originally posted by Classified Info
reply to post by NOTurTypical
Could be, who really knows?
My point is; if he meant 50,000 years "soon", or "quickly" where very bad terminology to use and he should have know how misleading that would be.
Read the gospels. He PURPOSELY taught in parables to make His teachings hidden or hard to understand by the intellectual. That's Christ. He wanted them hid from the wise and learned folks and revealed to "babes". Or in other words, hid from the wise and revealed to the humble. He wanted them discovered relationshipally not intellectually.