Bible Question:
Hi, JESUS IS COMING REV.22:" Behold, Jesus is coming soon" Q. What time frame is 'soon'? REV.22-11 "Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong." Q.I thougnt we christians should extend a helping hand to the wrong doers? Your comments, please. With Love in Christ. FytRobert |
Bible Answer: Q1: the greek for soon also means quickly. compare this to the parables of the Gospel: "I come as a thief in the night"; also the parable of the bridesmaids, half of whome where ready, half not. The point is you must alwats be ready, because there will not be time to react once HE comes."it will be in the blink of an eye". Incidently, His coming is based on Jewish wedding custom, which is why there are so many parables about weddings. In a jewish wedding the groom(Jesus) comes as a surprise, at the time that the Father dictates, therefore the bride(Church)must always be ready. Q2: This is a tough doctrine. YES we should try to convert everyone. This verse is akin to 2PET where it says that GOD knows how to keep the righteous for reward and to keep the unrighteous for judgment. In other words some folks aren't gonna make it... but we don't know who they are. Your verse is a prayer that reiterates 2 PET and also several of the psalms. It's asking God to judge justly. Our job IS to try and help everyone. |