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1 | How then should we live? | Jude 1:21 | charis | 5984 | ||
Saints, Are we not to "wait anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life."? I see so much focus on identifying people, places and situations in the end time through prophecy. Like so many of the messianic prophesies, we don't know! We will know when it happens, and probably not before. Even if we know bits and pieces beforehand, we are not capable of knowing the whole picture, as it has been hidden from us, and will remain hidden from us until God reveals it, at that time. The majority of this end time speculation is fruitless and meaningless, and only divides us, steering us away from serving the Lord in fellowship now. Who's at war with whom? Where will Jesus 'touch down?' When and where will the next earthquake hit? What are fingers, toes, feathers, horns, heads, tails, ears, noses, and elbows? None of the answers to these questions changes how we should live one whit. Because how we should live is in the love of God, waiting anxiously (not in anxiety or division) for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ. How then should we live? In Jesus' name, charis |
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2 | How then should we live? | Jude 1:21 | kalos | 5999 | ||
Quoting the verse below is my way of saying a hearty "AMEN!" to what you've written. Rev 19:10 (ASV 1901) And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren that hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God; for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Notice: THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS *IS* THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY. |
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3 | How then should we live? | Jude 1:21 | Ray | 6041 | ||
I'd like to write about the testimony of Jesus under Rev 1:10. Can you tell me there why you have "is" starred? Perhaps testimony and spirit have equal meaning? | ||||||
4 | How then should we live? | Jude 1:21 | kalos | 6060 | ||
Gospel of Christ central theme of prophecy. Ray: As always, it's good to hear from you. I welcome your question, as it give me the opportunity to expand a bit on my previous answer. Rev 19:10 (NKJV) *the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.* "The central theme of both OT prophecy and NT preaching is the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ" (p.2019, MacArthur Study Bible, Word, 1997). My point in quoting Rev 19:10 is simply this: The Gospel of Christ is the central theme of prophecy. It is the main purpose of prophecy. I believe that prophecy was not given so we could spend 90 percent of our Bible study time majoring on prophecy. It means emphasizing the Gospel of Christ, as opposed to splitting hairs over prophecy, trying to predict every detail of every prophecy's fulfillment, endless debates over the meaning of the third toe on the left foot of the beast that Daniel saw in his vision, and, most unprofitable of all, trying to guess the identity of Antichrist. I don't need to know his identity. All I need to know is that the prophecy WILL come to pass, regardless of the name on Antichrist's birth certificate. Who gets to play the role of Antichrist in this end-time drama is of no more interest to me than identifying the two baseball teams that will play in the world series in the year 2045 A.D. |
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