Scuba Pete
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Hmnnn,
Not much has seemed to happen since then... we still have wars. I just don't get it.
Not much has seemed to happen since then... we still have wars. I just don't get it.
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1914 years after what?WitnessofJah said:The 1914 calculation has nothing to do when the Messiah was born - read the scriptures again.
That's right, we still have wars - but 1914 was the "beginning of the pangs of distress" that Matthew 24:8 foretold. NetDoc, 1914 to now (2004) is 90 years. If you can name me 90 OTHER years in our human history that has had so much bloodshed, famine, death, disease and many other pestilences - I would like to hear it.NetDoc said:Hmnnn,
Not much has seemed to happen since then... we still have wars. I just don't get it.
You have not been reading what I have been writing have you?HelpMe said:1914 years after what?
the point is that no historian claims to be able to read the past to a specific year precisely and 100% accurately.the time around the messiah's birth being off has to do with anything before that time also being off.
Are you even reading what I am saying?!NetDoc said:Harumphhh! !! Peter 3 debunks the myth of trying to GUESS when the Lord will come again. You can't do it because God won't allow it.
People already want to wait till their death bed to repent. Imagine how many would put off righteousness if we KNEW when he was coming? I might not even get to finish this sentence, or may day an old man.
On the contrary, the Bible say's otherwise:NetDoc said:People have been saying that since biblical times. But the words that jump out at me are "Do not be alarmed". So I won't be, and will continue to concentrate on loving my neighbor.
Ah, that's where you are wrong!NetDoc said:Scripture was never meant to be "interpreted".
As you submit to God you grow in his grace. As you grow in grace you can devine more of his will. Submit more and understand more. As your heart changes and becomes more focused on loving your neighbor as yourself, you have no reason to worry about the coming. In fact we look forward to his coming, but our patience grows as we see that there are many more who need to repent and come to God.
I'm not saying that you should have a heart attack over it - but you cannot deny that the inevitable will eventually happen either. The question is: Will you be READY for it?NetDoc said:So you are saying that I should discount Jesus' command about not being alarmed by wars and rumors of wars? Maybe you should send him a memo with the correction.