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1 | Where do I go from here? | 2 Pet 3:4 | Treadway | 51616 | ||
Where do I go from here? Born a Baptist, raised a Baptist, I dutifully went to church every Sunday, zippered Bible in tow, no questions, no worries. At home, the family Bible rested always on the living room coffee table, seldom read, never studied. Then an acquaintance asked me if I had ever read the 19th writer, Robert Ingersoll, his works on religion. I had not. He suggested I do so. I did. And I cannot describe how shocked and angry I felt. But in the midst of all the anger I read these words: Most Christians have not read their own Bibles. He had me there. I had not ‘really’ read much of the Bible and just knew generally the standard fare of the Sunday school teaching. So, now I have read Ingersoll AND the Bible. Since then, I have visited studybibleforum to see the thinking of others, and while here, learned about preterist. This was after I listed several verses in a post that seemed pristinely clear that “soon” and “near” was the common understanding of ALL in the NT as they applied to the 2nd Coming. Except for two responses, neither of which directly addressed the context of the verses, there was silence. After looking up preterist, I discovered that their view of the 2nd Coming ideas were similar to what I had discovered in my own independent Bible reading. But then, as I learned more about their views, I came to understand that, for their particular reasons, they were not willing to take the logic of it all to its inevitable conclusions: a) the 2nd Coming was expected in the 1st Century AD b) the 2nd Coming did not happen c) the disciples were mistaken d) Jesus was mistaken e) if Jesus was mistaken, then He is not God f) there will be no 2nd Coming, no Rapture g) the Book of Revelations is, indeed, the ravings of a madman, just as Ingersoll and Thomas Jefferson declared h) and the accepted notion of God is in serious jeopardy. So, I must bid adieu. Thanks for your tolerance from a great group of people. Treadway |
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2 | Where do I go from here? | 2 Pet 3:4 | inmyheart | 51719 | ||
Treadway I was born a sinner, raise a sinner, I dutifully went to church when someone married or died. I didn't even know people actually owned a bible, but to read it also, wow! However, I am truly grateful that Jesus came the first time :) All the topics you refer to are relevent to our lives, and so is Living for Him. To know that Christ return is at hand, prompts me to reach out to others, while at the same time God is re-arranging my life, to trust every word that He inspired the writers of the old and new testament to write. To understand that what He says is true, not matter what I think. (Romans 3:4) I said all that because I want to encourage you to continue your study of His word, knowing that with God all things are possible. And the Counselor, Holy Spirit, is able to make known the mystery of His will toward us (Ephesians 1:9). God Loves you, may He bless you as you search the scriptures. |
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