Subject: What is the point? |
Bible Note: Dear charis... you must live in a world that I do not live in. Christians, in my observation, fall victim to Satan even without the presence of the persecution and tribulation predicted by the Pre Wrath view. I would be interested in what you mean by "A good end-time teaching"... since that is what I am searching for and thinking that the Pre Wrath Rapture position may be just exactly that. Why do you so frequently refer to yourself as not being "capital" this or that. I appreciate your right to hold centralist views but I don't read the Bible that way. I certainly don't read Jesus that way. Issues of interpretation often focus on Scripture portions that have little or nothing to do with getting people exposed to the Word of God so they may be saved. Pet issues and arguments are a waste of time and bandwidth but I have a strong feeling that Pre Wrath is going to be incorrectly viewed in that category as your statement "submitting to sensationalism" might indicate. I am sorry you dropped the first part of your Scripture reference... I think the New Living Translation translates it well..."And that is why I am suffering here in prison. But I am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until the day of his return.2 Tim 1:12 NLT. I think this verse really points out the frequently illustrated persecution associated with true Christianity and the need to have the Lord see us through more of that to come. Although I am still pondering and praying... thinking through what you have said and the way you have said it makes me more interested in determining the validity or lack thereof.. of the Pre Wrath system of end-time thinking.You must sleep funny hours if you were going to bed when you read my last posting as it was early in the morning. Have a great day... awake or asleep!I appreciate your open heart charis. I think I do. |