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1 | Danger in "revelation theory" only. | Rev 17:16 | John Reformed | 59649 | ||
Hello Ed, Do you remember that during the 80's the most popular candidate for the armies of the north was once the USSR. The European Common Market was also prominent as a likely suspect for the 10 Kings, if my memory serves. I believe that interpreting the Bible in the light of the daily news has brought nothing but ridicule on the church and has provided riches for unscrupulous "prophecy" gurus. In my mind, it smacks of gnostisism. Some Preacher sees a connection between a report on CNN and connects it with a report from CNN. Bingo! A new best seller right up there on the charts, soon to replace "The Prayer of Jabez" as the latest find of a secret revelation straight out of the Bible! You wrote: "I’m not sure what part the Al Qaeda will play in the ‘End Time’ scenario, but I’m totally convinced ISLAM will be a major factor. The army from the north mentioned all through ‘End Time’ prophecy has to be the Muslim countries north of Israel that once made up the USSR." You and I are old enough to know how fallible we are when it comes to prognostications about coming events. And it is because of that weakness that we must never proclaim as a certainty that which the scripture does not say specificly. Speculation, when stated as certainty, will bear far more rotten fruit than good. Your Brother, John |
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2 | Danger in "revelation theory" only. | Rev 17:16 | EdB | 59661 | ||
John Your right and thank you for the correction, I should not have used so much gusto in my response. I should have said, as things are shaping up now it looks like Islam and in particular the Islamic nations to the north of Israel may play a major role in 'End Time' prophecy, should the rapture and second coming of Christ occur in the near future. However I will go out on the limb and state quite emphatically each day brings us one day closer to Jesus’ return. :-) I think you have to admit things in the Middle East are looking more and more like buds on tress, the violence we see has an appearance of a red sky. Maybe the church should think more about the future, of the second coming, of the tribulation. The primitive church thought more about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ than about death or about heaven. The early Christians were looking not for a cleft in the ground called a grave but for a cleavage in the sky called Glory. They were watching not for the undertaker but for the uppertaker. -- Alexander Maclaren John again I receive and thank you for that correction. By the way long story short I finally got the book "Losing Our Virtue" EdB |
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