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1 | Who is Jesus? | Matt 24:28 | rosscamp@home.com | 23841 | ||
Dear Joe, you wrote: "Matthew 24...is not an essential element to the gospel of Christ Jesus." During the days of the appearance of His Holiness the Christ in the first century, lack of understanding of the fulfillment of the prophecy that 'Elijah must come first', as repeated by Jewish Priests, proved to be a stumbling block for them, preventing them from recognizing Him as the Messiah. Thus, the understanding of the Truth, that is, accurate understanding of that prophecy, namely that 'Elijah' had, in fact, already come in the person of John the immerser, proved to be an 'essential element' for those Priests, most of whom died without ever recognizing the Lord Christ as the promised Messiah. In the same manner, lack of accurate understanding of the fulfillment of any Prophetic Word which lack prevents an individual man or woman from recognizing the One who said: "Look! I am coming as a thief", during the time of His Prophetic "parousias" proves to be 'an essential element', missing from the faith for that man or woman, with the same final result which occurred to the unbelieving Priests at His appearance in the first century. It is not the first time that I have heard a Christian express the belief that certain Words of His Holiness the Christ are not "essential". It appears to be a common attitude. Cordially Ross |
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2 | Who is Jesus? | Matt 24:28 | Reformer Joe | 23844 | ||
Maybe I didn't stress it clearly enough: I cited two main characteristics which biblically distinguish true Christianity from false Christianity. A lack of proper understanding and agreement on every last phrase in the Bible does not make one a non-Christian. I find it fascinating that you are so enamored of Matthew 24, since the Bab and Baha'u'llah so easily fit in with what His Holiness the Christ (the incarnate God-man) is warning about in this chapter: "Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many." --Matthew 24:11 http://www.equip.org/free/DB035.htm --Joe! |
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