tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post8121554001306738691..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: The End Times Aren't Coming Anytime SoonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-32035054114707587532016-06-22T16:04:40.319-04:002016-06-22T16:04:40.319-04:00A very good case can be made that biblical referen...A very good case can be made that biblical references to the time of the end all pointed to the destruction of Jerusalem and the second temple in 70AD, signaling the end of the first covenant, as prophesized. The first covenant did not abruptly end at the cross. There was a transition period where the old and new covenants overlapped. During the birth pangs of the new covenant, the old was coming to an end. That transition period was between the cross and the destruction of Jerusalem, when the old covenant finally ended. It was “the end of the age”. The new covenant is an "everlasting covenant" without end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-73060819875309271152016-06-22T09:20:16.694-04:002016-06-22T09:20:16.694-04:00"The Rapture", at least in the common pr..."The Rapture", at least in the common pre-tribulation sense of the term, is a doubly-idiotic idea, because no serious Christian ever believed such a thing until the mid-19th century. For 1,800 years, it was essentially the universal opinion of Christendom that the faithful followers of Christ would endure horrible sufferings and persecution during the reign of Antichrist and the end-times. Any reputable theologian would have scoffed at the idea of the faithful being taken up to heaven before or during the tribulation, and called it pathetically deluded wishful thinking.<br /><br />This may be one reason why so many people are eager for the end of the world- they really think they have a "Get Out of Suffering Free" card for the final persecutions. Their attitude reminds one of the old joke about a man awaiting a flood on the church-steps saying "<i>God will save me!</i>".Twarognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-33712070038441867072016-06-22T05:09:59.544-04:002016-06-22T05:09:59.544-04:00Were you in the habit of sending your cabs to town...Were you in the habit of sending your cabs to towns that don't exist? Stop yammering about things you don't understand.little dynamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11380746207592226835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-23187944201624910082016-06-22T01:27:00.316-04:002016-06-22T01:27:00.316-04:00I think i was CS Lewis who said that Jesus specifi...I think i was CS Lewis who said that Jesus specifically states that not only will you not know the time of the end, but that that is kinda the whole point. You don't know when the end will come, so be ready always.<br /><br />Back when I was a fundie, I learned that "nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom", and I got taught that this meant the exact opposite of what it actually does mean. I was taught that this event or that happenning was a sure sign the rapture was coming within the decade. What that verse actually means is "Meh: wars happen all the time. Don't look to that for signs of the end."<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-5004487004756766812016-06-22T00:15:59.117-04:002016-06-22T00:15:59.117-04:00>I've never read such gleeful hate and desi...>I've never read such gleeful hate and desire for visiting death and destruction on people. <br /><br />Vox Day's comment section called.Ingemarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05695600705603036692noreply@blogger.com