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1 | Does this mean that it is wrong to ask? | Rev 17:16 | Hank | 59876 | ||
Pastor Glenn: By no means do I wish to enter the fray and debate eschatology, for I would soon find myself in water over well over my head! But I would like to make a casual observation on the subject if I may. There was in the days of my youth a radio preacher who not only claimed to be an authority on end times but who actually reckoned a date for the Lord's return and advertised it on his daily radio show. When the date came and passed into history without his prediction having materialized, he was not particularly abashed by his failure and so he set another date, and then another. Eventually he became the object of jokes and ridicule, even his most loyal followers deserted him, and he drifted off into obscurity. My point is that Christians should be extremely careful in their interpretation of the apocalyptic literature of the Bible. It is tempting and all too easy to jump to conclusions about what it is saying. Men have made egregious blunders in their interpretaions of apocalytic passages in the past and continue to make them still. Our burden, as the Lord Jesus himself taught, is to watch and be ready. It is to work in His vineyard as obedient disciples and not concern ourselves unduly about when and how God will work His purpose out. We should, in short, be concerned with the duties we have been assigned and be content to let God take care of the rest. He's far more skillful at running His universe than we are anyway! --Hank | ||||||
2 | Does this mean that it is wrong to ask? | Rev 17:16 | John Reformed | 59879 | ||
Hi Hank, I wish I would have put it the way you did. I should take my own advise once in awhile and keep my own dander down. John |
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3 | Does this mean that it is wrong to ask? | Rev 17:16 | Hank | 59881 | ||
Well, John, there is a time for straight talk -- call it dander if you wish -- and we have two unimpeachably reliable role models who could, and when the occasion warranted it, certainly did engage in some straight and rather blunt language. One of the models is Paul. The other? The Lord Jesus Christ! --Hank | ||||||