Franklin Graham: Japan Quake & Tsunami Could Be Signs of Second Coming
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The cataclysmic earthquake and tsunami in Japan have all the trappings of Armageddon, but there’s no way to know whether the end times are upon us, evangelist Franklin Graham tells Newsmax. His advice in the wake of the tragedy: Help your fellow man as much as you can, and always be prepared to meet your maker.
“What are the signs of [Christ’s] second coming? War and famine and earthquakes … escalating like labor pains,” says Graham, founder of The Samaritan’s Purse charity. “Maybe this is it, I don’t know. We should pray and be vigilant. The Bible teaches us Jesus is going to return someday. Many of us we believe that day is sooner rather than later.”
“Whether the end is in five years, 10 years, 100 years or 1,000 years, we need to be ready to stand before God,” Graham says in an exclusive Newsmax.TV interview.
h/t Mediaite
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My2
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:47pmI’m always amused by the atheists who feel the need to comment on religion related stories. Maybe it is because I always figure if I had that point of view I wouldn’t feel the compulsion to try to sway others, I’d pass on by and use my very limited time on this earth to do something more important.
With that being said, having recently re-read Revelation, I did have to take a second and third glance at the section discussing the sixth seal!
Report Post »Deutscher
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:04pmIf I may, I can give you my reasons for posting to religious topics.
Report Post »I hope that we may move beyond superstition to solve our problems. Some of statements made by religious people need clarifying and some balance for the odd individual that may be looking for insight here. And finally if you are part of group you should put your perspective out there.
If a belief is correct, surely it can withstand some argument.
webpreacher
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:43amwith regard to my post on Dinosaurs, to Deutscher
Sorry, that extinct, not instinct…getting tired I suppose
Report Post »jmanuola
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 4:15amI agree wholeheartedly, Deutscher. I have never been afraid to let my faith be challenged by those who do not believe as I do. I sincerely doubt that any changing of minds will ever occur, but it does me good to stand in debate since it surely clarifies my thinking and helps me to understand even more. I am not one to believe that our minds are ever capable of knowing everything. So the adventure of trying to encapsulate one’s thoughts in a manner that can be accurately communicated is always an exciting one to take, The difficulty in understanding the things of God is that it is like learning a foreign language. There are essentially three ways to learn a new language. You learn the rules and memorize words. You can go to the next step in learning the language and learn the structure of it. It essentially requires you to practice, practice, practice what you learn. The associative nature of the first two methods with the idea of learning about God and His ways are obvious. You can read the Bible, memorize passages, learn the right words to say and even find the means to put the things you learn into practical practice.
However, the most successful method of learning a language is to immerse yourself into the culture of that language. It is the same with learning the ways of God. This is not be mistaken with immersing yourself into the PEOPLE of God. Most people you will meet who are Christians are not much different than you in the fact that they have to, in order to learn the ways of God, immerse themselves INTO God. If they do not do this. If they, like many or most do, simply settle for learning the words of the Bible and not the Spirit behind it, then they will fail to convey the true nature of God’s kingdom.
The problem with most Christians is the same as that of virtually all unbelievers. They all try, in vain, to “translate” the ways of God into the language of the ‘flesh’. If you want to learn a foreign language, truly learn it, then you must get a point where you THINK in that language. If you are still finding yourself having to translate the sentences back into your base language, then you have not fully comprehended the new language. Even though you may think know a great deal about that language…you only knowing in terms your base language can understand.
That is why, as you will find when talking to me about the things of God, you will find yourself capable of understanding them only to the degree to which you can successfully “translate” them back into the language you know best. Still, it should not inhibit a person truly wanting to learn the language, even one not willing to immerse himself into that language, from carrying on legitimate and articulate conversations with someone who IS immersed in it.
Report Post »jsDway
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:37pmSigns of the times – wars, famine, apostasy, rampant immorality, natural disasters (many) and on and on. With all the things happening I was also thinking about the age of the earth. I believe that 7 is the number of perfection and completion. The Bible allows us to figure the years that the earth has been here (according to the Bible). From Adam to Jesus is 4,000 years. From Jesus to now has been 2012AD, this gives us about 6,000 yrs. The rapture of the church is a 7 year period, and after that will be a 1,000 year period of paradise on earth with Jesus as our King. When we total all of this we will come up with the number of completion 7,000. When all of this is done we as followers of Christ will enter eternity and those that refused Christ will also enter eternity in a place prepared for them. Please be ready for the return of Christ!
Report Post »Deutscher
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:47pmI have to ask: if you think the earth is 6000 yrs old, how do you account for dinosaurs and continental drift?
Report Post »Nobamazone
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:01pmDuetsher
Report Post »dinosaurs where created on the same day as man, if man and dinosaurs did not live together how do you explain cave drawings and hieroglyphics with pictures of dinosaurs, ancient man did not see picture in a book
continental drift is easily explained by a global flood, in fact many things are explained by a world wide flood.
Deutscher
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:08pm@nobama
No I’m afraid you are not correct. I don’t know of any cave drawings of the flora or fauna of ANY prehistoric period. And you will have to explain how a flood caused Pangea to split and give us the continents where they exist today.
Report Post »Stopit
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:34pmDid you see the power of that tiny bit of water from the tsunami today on the #13 Blaze posting.
Report Post »Now magnify that by 100 and add great earthquakes from the great deep being broken up.
Deutscher
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:56pm@stop.
That does not account for our current geology. The distribution of species, long periods of dramatic climate changes, fossil record, etc can only be explained by a very old earth.
Report Post »chasbronson
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 10:21pm@ Deutcher Reading the above posts,I am curious how can you account for all the pockets of oil all over the world?Curiously,what seems to be very massive amounts lying under the proposed geographical biblical location of the “fabled Garden of Eden.Are you also aware of the catastrophe and the results of the mt st helens eruption?
Report Post »Deutscher
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 10:44pm@chas
I am unclear what you mean by the St Helens reference.
Report Post »Oil is the result of large areas of I think mostly cretatous coniferous forests. The reason they exist in varied locations is in part climate differences and plate movement. Again I’m not sure your point. Why would one not expect to find it in disparate locations given the amount of geologic time involved?
Off to bed soon. If you have a specific question I’ll be happy to try to answer it.
Deutscher
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 10:57pmAlso chas
Where are you referring to when you mention the geographic location of the Garden of Eden? My understanding is that if such a place existed, it was most likely in the present gulf between Saudi Arabia and Iran
Report Post »calijohn
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:27amdoes beck agree with your 6000 year nonsense?
Report Post »i know palin does.
science and religion can coexist, you know.
taking the writings, after countless verbal repetitions from apostles until being written down, as irrefutable proof and chronologically correct is just goofy.
webpreacher
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:32amDeutscher, Dinosaurs are still with us, they are not instinct. There is an account God gives in the book of Job, where we learn of Leviathan & the Bohemoth, which are discribed as Dinosaurus like creatures, which lived in the days of Job, There really is a sound “Biblically” explantion of what came of these great best called Dinosaurs. Remeber they are reptiles / Lizzards,, most of them. There is a site I have on my “Favorites”, which give the best Biblical answers to the What, aporpos to the Dinosaurs.
http://www.godsaidmansaid.com/home.asp Link to a great site Biblically sound doctrine
They have great segment on the Dinosaurs issue / NOT INSTINCT, !!
Go to the “Dinosaurs Update” segment very interesting and eye opening Facts
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Report Post »JimConstitution
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 1:30pmcalijohn,
“does beck agree with your 6000 year nonsense? i know palin does. science and religion can coexist, you know. taking the writings, after countless verbal repetitions from apostles until being written down, as irrefutable proof and chronologically correct is just goofy.”
after countless verbal repetitions?
matt mark luke john jude peter paul, not hardly. all but paul walked with Jesus and there when He died and resurrected. peter and paul spent time together. whats goofy is not believing 1st hand accounts. believe them crazy, out for money, fame, but believe them real men with a story. romans have records of Jesus and His followers, also historian josephus.
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
to say God had do a big bang or evolution is the goofy part. He could just have easily made an operating universe at any point in apparent time. the God of light is not limited, not even to the speed of light. time, mass, and light are for our benefit. before adam and after the end, no more time.
Revelation 10:6
Report Post »And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
Blacktooth
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 10:03pmGenesis 1:19 And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a fourth day.
20 And God went on to say: “Let the waters swarm forth a swarm of living souls and let flying creatures fly over the earth upon the face of the expanse of the heavens.” 21 And God proceeded to create the great sea monsters and every living soul that moves about, which the waters swarmed forth according to their kinds, and every winged flying creature according to its kind. And God got to see that [it was] good. 22 With that God blessed them, saying: “Be fruitful and become many and fill the waters in the sea basins, and let the flying creatures become many in the earth.” 23 And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a fifth day.
24 And God went on to say: “Let the earth put forth living souls according to their kinds, domestic animal and moving animal and wild beast of the earth according to its kind.” And it came to be so. 25 And God proceeded to make the wild beast of the earth according to its kind and the domestic animal according to its kind and every moving animal of the ground according to its kind. And God got to see that [it was] good.
26 And God went on to say: “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness, and let them have in subjection the fish of the sea and the flying creatures of the heavens and the domestic animals and all the earth and every moving animal that is moving upon the earth.” 27 And God proceeded to create the man in his image, in God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. 28 Further, God blessed them and God said to them: “Be fruitful and become many and fill the earth and subdue it, and have in subjection the fish of the sea and the flying creatures of the heavens and every living creature that is moving upon the earth.”
Please notice that it was not until the fifth creative period (day) that animals were created.- 2 Peter 3:8
Then on the sixth creative day, toward the end of that period, God created man and then the woman.
So, animals of all kinds existed long before Adam and Eve came on the scene.
Now, in Genesis 2:15 we get more information; 15 And Jehovah God proceeded to take the man and settle him in the garden of E´den to cultivate it and to take care of it. 16 And Jehovah God also laid this command upon the man: “From every tree of the garden you may eat to satisfaction. 17 But as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die.”
18 And Jehovah God went on to say: “It is not good for the man to continue by himself. I am going to make a helper for him, as a complement of him.” 19 Now Jehovah God was forming from the ground every wild beast of the field and every flying creature of the heavens, and he began bringing them to the man to see what he would call each one; and whatever the man would call it, each living soul, that was its name. 20 So the man was calling the names of all the domestic animals and of the flying creatures of the heavens and of every wild beast of the field, but for man there was found no helper as a complement of him. 21 Hence Jehovah God had a deep sleep fall upon the man and, while he was sleeping, he took one of his ribs and then closed up the flesh over its place. 22 And Jehovah God proceeded to build the rib that he had taken from the man into a woman and to bring her to the man.
23 Then the man said:
“This is at last bone of my bones (at last? how long was Adam alone in the garden?)
And flesh of my flesh.
This one will be called Woman,
Because from man this one was taken.”
The point is, there was plenty of time for these events to occur, maybe many thousands of years before Adam arrived.
Report Post »tom
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:34pmThe “Warning” will come from Christ. Everyone will know instantly how they’re offending God. They will have a short period of time to convert and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. There will be a pernament sign left to prove the “Warning” is from God. People will be able to see it, take pictures, but not touch it, it will remain until the end of time. God will spare those who convert. Those who don’t, will know you cannot hate or hurt people and expect eternal happiness, especially murdering babies in their mothers womb.Israel will be spared, those who hate and harm them will not. be saved according to Our Blessed Mother. Remember, this is “The Mother Of God”…don’t believe? Just wait, it will take place soon, 3 days of darkness, and some will die of frieght, however, most will be saved to see if they will convert.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:43amYou really got me thinking. There are so many religions and beliefs in this world, you can’t count them all. If God made men in his image, then what happens to the tribe that lives deep in the jungle of the Amazon River? They never heard of Jesus, Alla, Mohammad, or any other creator. Does this mean God made them just for fun? I don’t think so. Live your own belief and you will be just fine. People just keep yelling “My dad can beat up your dad.” It’s stupid.
Report Post »JimConstitution
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:32pmtom,
“The “Warning” will come from Christ. Everyone will know instantly how they’re offending God. They will have a short period of time to convert and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior…”
having read the new testament numerous times, their are no such scriptures. if they are any in the ot pls share. i have read the old testament at least 3 times.
mary is special because as being the only virgin on earth to conceive and by God no less. but to call her virgin mary and to pray to a dead person is in error. she is no more virgin than my 2 grandmothers that are dead, having had sons and daughters by joseph also just a man after Jesus was born.
no wonder martin luther became protestant. everyone must be born again. learning to not offend God is impossible and is not salvation.
Report Post »mikenleeds
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:33pmread your bible folks , it s all in Revelations and now we are into it with a 3 rd war with another muslin country , all this is leading up to the third world wars to end it all
Report Post »webpreacher
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 11:47pmThats “Revelation” without the s
Report Post »Read your Bible !
paulusmaximus
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 10:01amJesus said “no man knows the day of my coming”.Are you smarter then he?
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:33pmFranklin Graham is a courageous man he doesn‘t flinch from the truth of the gospel or pray in the name of ’issa’ as warren did in the inaguration prayer. The sooner Jesus returns, the better!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:11pmAhem!!
Report Post »Go to Newsmax.com and look under the picture of the plane on the left side. There are some headlines in a soft red color. Click on the one that his in BOLD! I would have thought The Blaze would have shown that story before they would have done the one above.
webpreacher
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 11:43pm“issa” who ?
Are you talking about Rick Warren, are you saying he prayed in the name of this “issa”, who is issa?
and Warren is an apostate at best !!
Report Post »watchmany2k
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 3:12am“issa” is the Arabic/islamic name/word for Jesus.
Report Post »They believe he (issa) was only a limited prophet, and that mohammed’s “scripture” supercedes and completes whatwever the first two books were trying to bring to the world.
The so-called third and final book, we know as the koran.
Yet even that was not clear enough, so there have been centuries of hadith
scholarly writings and interpretations of the koran, it is these that have to be studied as well
to understand the islamic mindset.
There is a tiny bit of hope for them, to moderate, IF they have TIME.
Most of the moderate and peaceful voices are rejected by the louder more ignorant amoung them.
They all believe in a one world government that is sharia, in order for allah to return.
APatriotFirst
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:31pmThis is NOT to get anyone all bent out of shape, but is a question I have had for a long time. Just trying to learn.
Since I believe that Jesus was not and is not a Christian, (he was hi-jacked,) and was and is a Jew.
Is not the 2nd coming only for his people….the Jews?
Would appreciate calm answers please.
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:35pmHe is coming for all his people, jew and gentile.
this is from Romans 11:
11 So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. 12 Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion [2] mean!
the whole chapter should explain it to you….
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:43pmjoe1234
TY, will do my homework.
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:48pmRead the bible. There is where you will find the answer.
Report Post »jsDway
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:55pmJesus is a Jew and the Jewish people are Gods chosen people – but – Jesus came to same ALL men from their sins (John 3:16). The church (Christians) is called the bride of Christ. Jesus came to die for us, in our place. We deserve eternal death in hell because of sin but God loves us and wanted us to come to Him through His Son Jesus, it is our decision our will. Jesus chose the 12 apostles to preach and teach the gospel (good news of Jesus) to the entire world and to set up His church.
Report Post »The Jews and the Christians share a great gift the promises of God!
We are a Judeo-Christian nation! I believe the enemy of God has worked hard for the past 45 years to bring our nation down and many on the left have been eager to help! The enemy is satan of course and all his demons (evil spirits). God has angels and satan has demons
Exrepublisheep
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:17pmChrist. Therefore Christians. Believers in Christ. Jesus couldn’t be a Christian or he would be worshipping himself.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:39pmYou are absolutely right…Jesus was born, died and resurrected a Jew. His death and resurrection is part of the new/renewed covenant:
Jeremiah 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Jeremiah 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
When Jesus was talking to the Pharisees he said: John 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. (The only people he was talking to was the Jews (House of Judah) because the House of Israel was already dispersed..so the other sheep were The House of Israel.
In Romans, the Gentiles are told that they are grafted into the olive tree. Romans 11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; Romans 11:18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
The Olive Tree the Gentiles were grafted into is the House of Israel part of the tree (since we are not Jewish). That is why the Bible tells us that “All Israel” will be saved, because everyone who is saved is Israel according to the Bible Covenant.
Report Post »Hoosierchap
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 10:30pmJesus is the Christ–the Son of God. Those who accept that and follow Him are called Christians. His second coming will be to gather his followers–his people–all of them.
Romans 10:9 “That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 10:12 “For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile–the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him.
Romans 10:13 “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
What I would do A Patriot–grab and Bible and say a prayer over it. Ask God to make Himself known to you. Open a few pages….I think you will be amazed if you give God the time.
Report Post »I will pray that for you too!
kryptonite
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:03amAPatriotFirst,
Jesus’ Second Coming is to establish his kingdom on earth from Jerusalem (Israel as a nation will worship Him). The Rapture is to celebrate the Marriage Supper of the Lamb (individual Jews & gentiles will meet Him in the Rapture).
Jesus has different roles but He is the Word of God made flesh for the salvation of all mankind; no hijacking. Think big. :)
To be fair, the Church at Pentecost was Jewish, and like you, they thought it would remain only Jewish. God had to reveal to them that salvation was for the gentiles as well. So I can understand how you may be confused. We are currently in the so-called dispensation of the gentiles,” and when “the fullness of the gentiles has come in,” the Jews will welcome Jesus as Messiah (Romans 9-11).
Report Post »7Ate9
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 2:56amPatriotFirst- The question does not offend me at all.
Report Post »Yes, Romans 11 is VERY enlightening and well worth your time to study WELL. Also, you may want to look into what God had to teach Peter about Jews and Gentiles. You’ll find that in Acts 10. I think you’ll find that really helpful, if I am understanding your real question correctly.
Also..yes, I would agree that Jesus is not a Christian…since the term was coined by the Romans after His death as a derogatory term describing His followers as “Little Christs”. More importantly, Jesus is well above human labels. He is not merely human. He is God.
Blessings to you!
plainlysaid
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:19amHi Apatriotfirst
The answer you are seeking can be found in scripture
Romans2:28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.
Romans2:29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.
I was not born Jewish. But because I believe Jesus Christ, I, too, am a Jew because I believe in Him.
Report Post »Jesus shed His blood for all people.
Jose259
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:25pmAll are entitled to their opinion, but that doesn’t make it so…
Report Post »donh2
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:24pmThe pre-historic supernatural battle between God and the Devil is being brought to you in TohoScope…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5u79XMo7uw
Report Post »chickenfried
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:23pmEven so Lord Jesus, come.
Report Post »aarondennis
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:17pmThe Second Coming of Christ is an inward experience , an inner realization. The true and most benificial explanation is to become Christ -Like. Change yourself and you change thousands. As the Bible tells us ” be ye perfect , even as your Father in Heaven is Perfect” Is it difficult to be perfect? Of course, the highest goal in Life does not come easily. Thousands were on earth when the Lord walked among us and the were not changed. Why, because it takes great effort to change ourselves and with the Grace of God it is possible. Even if Jesus walked on the earth again , many or most would not change. It would be great if it were that easy, but it takes great effort and prayer and meditation. So we should not wait for Christ to physically be with us again, but to bring His presence into our hearts and souls NOW, and then we will realize ‘ Am I not with you always”
Report Post »chesta
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:21pmI pray for your soul because you are twisting scripture and you are spewing out false doctrine. You are on VERY dangerous ground my friend.
Report Post »JimConstitution
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:01pmcatholic doctrine? not sure.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:17pmMIKE WHITTINGTON made me laugh. As true as his statement is, so true is that sooner or later CHRIST is calling up His church and those who are not yet believers have some rough, bloody, times ahead of them. Get saved or remain depraved. The sin pardon is free so get yours now. I got mine. And what‘s more is you get excited about what’s to come!
Report Post »marjorie faye
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:14pmThe headline is extremely misleading, and I absolutely hate that practice. He said they could be signs of the second coming, or it could still be 1000 years away.
Report Post »StevenL1955
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:24pmBut if you read close he did say ” The Bible teaches us Jesus is going to return someday. Many of us we believe that day is sooner rather than later.” Read it, it is in there.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:25pm@ MARJORIE FAYE ~~~
You are right. It could be 1,000 years away. It also could be in the next second. The really great thing about being a CHRISTIAN is that we get to start our forever lives here with GOD, JESUS and THE HOLY SPIRIT. I guess it’s sort of like a head start program for slow learners. That would be me. I started out my eternal journey at the age of 7. This year will make 60 years I’ve been learning, studying, laughing, loving, praying, crying, etc. Some of us take longer to “get it”, so we practice down here before we get HOME.
Our GOD IS A GOOD GOD, and HE takes care of HIS kids.
Report Post »woowoo8
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:09pmFranklin Graham is a wonderful servant of God and he is exactly right – “No man nor Angel knows the day of the coming of the Lord. We are in the “Days” – In the days of the voice of the Seventh angel
when he shall begin to sound, the mysteries of God shall be revealed as told to his servants the prophets.”
The revelation of these mysteries will preceed the “Terrible Day of the Lord.”
These mysteries will be revealed in the Scriptures of the Holy Bible but also they will be revealed in plain view on an enlarged picture of the Rosetta stone – First carved on in 196 B.C.
Report Post »God carved His messages into the Rosetta stone at the foundation of the world-
The key that unlocks God’s mysteries is the Scripture – Isaiah 7:11
marjorie faye
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:16pmBaloney.
Report Post »marjorie faye
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Report Post »JimConstitution
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:50amTHE 7 SEALS,
Report Post »1. white horse rider>antichrist>will act like a good guy for 3.5yrs
2,3,4. tribulation>antichrist revealed the son of perdition 3.5yrs
5. souls in heaven of the dead
6. first resurrection> saints caught up to Jesus>commonly called rapture
7. 144 jews sealed from wrath of God.
8. seven angels to give the wrath of God to unbelievers, haters, liars, homosexuals, killers of saints.
Jesus comes with saints to war
beast and false prophet into lake of fire
satan bound w/chain 1k yrs
Jesus and saints reign 1k yrs in peace> tribulation jews repopulate earth
satan loosed for a season & war against Jerusalem Jesus & saints
satan cast into lake of fire where beast & prophet still are tormented day & nite forever
dead raised from graves and sea, second resurrection to be judged
great white throne judgment
all sinners cast into lake of fire
death & hell cast in lake of fire
new heaven & earth.
time shall be no more
eternity
vennoye
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:09pmIf we are to that point on God’s timeline, then things are going to get turbulent on down the line
….remember 42 months out there is a war in heaven and Satan and the fallen angels are thrown down here.
Re 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, Re 12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. Re 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Those are the times when we need to do acts of kindness, charity, and loving our neighbor as ourselves–because it will be dark.
I am already memorizing Psalms 91. I know people who attribute their still being alive to their total belief in Psalms 91……
Report Post »marjorie faye
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:17pmWhat are you talking about?
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:34pmIf we do not get raptured out of here pre-trib, we are going to be here until Jesus comes back. The theory of the rapture was not taught in the church until 1830 and really caught hold in the Scofield Reference Bible in 1909. The theory was taught by John Darby and Cyris Scofield. I certainly am not against a pre-trib rapture…….but you have to wonder….if we are going to get raptured out of here, why did God tell us so much about what was going to happen during the tribulation.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:36pmSorry, Cyrus Scofield
Report Post »Stopit
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:21pmVennoye
Report Post »Check your assumption of to whom those statements were made.
Flee Jerusalem…pray its not on the Sabbath…etc
vennoye
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 10:01pm@Stopit
Report Post »I understand, but I certainly don’t want to sit back, think I‘m going to get out of here and not be prepared if we don’t. I am afraid if that happens, there are a lot of people who can lose their faith, because they only trusted in getting raptured out of here–not on everything else it says.
kryptonite
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 11:07pmOn the other hand, Vennoye, Jesus admonishes us not to be like the foolish virgins. Now I know you can interpret that parable in different contexts, but what if you miss the great “catching away” because your heart was not eagerly awaiting it? Is that a risk worth taking? Remember God’s promises are to “whoever believes.”
==> “Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing.” 2 Tim: 4:8
Perry Stone has some of the best teachings I’ve heard on the Rapture. I invite you to check his website: http://www.voe.org
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:48pm“but what if you miss the great “catching away” because your heart was not eagerly awaiting it?”
That seems to be a Gospel of fear. The Rapture was never believed by the early church. Therefore it is false. Those who try to scare people into thinking God might leave us behind because we don’t believe a new and strange doctrine are preaching damned lies. And I use the term “damned” with precision.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 4:17pm@Islesfordian
Those who try to scare people into thinking God might leave us behind because we don’t believe a new and strange doctrine are preaching damned lies. And I use the term “damned” with precision.
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Oh! So, Isles, when Jesus said:
==>”And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Matt 25:30
or
For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. (Matt 24: 38:43)
or Paul said:
==>”By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.” 1 Cor 15:2
they were trying to scare people? God gives us his promises, but he also warns that we must believe and watch to partake of them.
Verses to consider:
==>”Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.” (1 Thess. 4:17)
==> “… and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.” (1 Thess. 1:10)
==>”By FAITH Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness WHICH IS ACCORDING TO FAITH.” (Heb. 11:7) [Emphasis added]
==>”…and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;” (2 Pet. 2:5)
==> “Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown. (Rev. 3: 10-11)
You base your belief that there is no Rapture on the fact that Christians were fed to the lions by the Romans (and Muslims). I make a distinction between martyrdom and God’s judgment of the world system (the unrighteous). God never said his saints would be spared from the former. It is quite the opposite. All Christian must be ready to die for Christ. On the other hand, God did spare Noah from the first judgment he brought on the earth. He will do the same for his Bride when the final judgment (the Great Tribulation) is unleashed on the world.
I am basing my belief on the typology of Noah — which Jesus himself uses, as well as the Jewish wedding (a seven day celebration) which He also makes reference to. If you read Rev. 19 you will see that the Marriage Supper of the Lamb takes place and THEN Jesus returns to earth with us (the army “clothed in fine linen, white and clean” which is always a reference to Jesus’ Bride) to rule the nations “with a rod of iron” (establish his millennial kingdom). At that time he will not come as a thief to “catch us away,“ but ”every eye shall see Him” (Rev. 1:7)
Beware of damning other Christians and calling their interpretations of the Word of God a lie. It may be that you are the one who is failing to see the truth, which would mean you are actually cursing the Word of God.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 4:32pmSYNOPSIS OF THE RAPTURE
I believe the church will be ‘caught up’ with the Lord | Perry Stone
Among Christians worldwide, there is controversy concerning teaching about the Rapture, an end-times event described by the apostle Paul in several Scripture passages (see 1 Thess. 4:16-17; Eph. 1:9-10; 1 Cor. 15:51-55, for example). The English word “rapture” is derived from a Latin translation by St. Jerome of the phrase “caught up” in the New Testament (see 1 Thess. 4:17, NKJV).
More accurate biblical phrases are “the gathering together” (see Eph. 1:10; 2 Thess. 2:1), the “catching away” (1 Thess. 4:17), and the “general assembly” (Heb.12:23). The term “rapture” refers to Christ’s return for the living saints and the resurrection of the dead in Christ, a predicted event whose timing is not revealed in the New Testament.
A type of the Rapture appears in Exodus 19. Moses was on Mount Sinai receiving the Word of God. A “cloud” descended, and the “sound of the trumpet was very loud” as the “Lord descended” on the mount (Ex. 19:16-18). The “Lord came down” and “Moses went up” (v. 20).
This Old Testament event foreshadows a future happening described by Paul. He wrote that the “Lord Himself will descend from heaven … with the trumpet of God. … Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together … in the clouds” (1 Thess. 4:16-17).
The trumpet is identified by Jews as the Tekiah Ha Godolah, which is the longest and loudest last trumpet blast played during the Feast of Trumpets, known to Jews as Rosh Hashanah—the civil New Year on the Hebrew calendar. The day and hour of this fifth Jewish feast was not known (see Matt. 24:36) but was recognized when two witnesses identified the silver sliver of the moon.
Critics claim that the Rapture is a contemporary doctrine, started in the 1830s when a woman gave a prophetic word. Yet the concept of a pre-tribulation coming of Christ was taught by Dr. John Gill in 1748 and by Peter Jerihu in 1687. It was alluded to by Ephraim the Syrian in his writings in A.D. 373 and by the Shepherd of Hermes about 10 years after the Apocalypse was written about by John.
Though some suggest the Rapture is simply an escape teaching, they forget the principle of separation found throughout the Bible. Noah escaped death during the flood (see Heb. 11:7), Lot escaped the destruction of Sodom (see Gen. 19:29), the Hebrews escaped the destroying angel (see Ex. 12:23), Rahab was spared when Jericho’s walls fell (see Heb.11:31), and in the coming tribulation a Jewish remnant will escape the Antichrist (see Dan. 11:41; Rev. 7:3).
The patterns of the fall feasts also reveal a pattern for the Rapture. Christ was crucified near Passover, in the tomb during Unleavened Bread and seen alive during First Fruits. The church was born at Pentecost (see Acts 2:1-4), and the three fall feasts all have a future fulfillment. The Rapture is a pattern of the feast of Trumpets, the Tribulation is parallel to events on the Day of Atonement (when the nation of Israel was judged) and Tabernacles represents the future kingdom of the Messiah ruling on earth.
Even the ancient Jewish wedding is a picture of the marriage of the Messiah. When the groom came to receive his bride, the wedding celebration continued for seven days. Some suggest this is why the church will be in heaven for the entire seven years of the tribulation.
Whatever a person believes, we are to remain faithful till the end. We should plan as though we will be here a long time but live as though each day could be our last day. In this manner we are always prepared to meet the Lord.
Perry Stone is the director of Voice of Evangelism (voe.org) in Cleveland, Tennessee. http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/october/23316-last-days-fever#ixzz1HAoyUCWu
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 7:00pmKryptonite, I said scaring people into believing strange NEW doctrines. That doesn’t include anything taught in the Bible, especially by Jesus. It includes INTERPRETATIONS of the Bible which never were believed before the 19th centurty. Jesus and the apostles had authority to deliver truth from God. Darby and Scofield did not. According to the church for EIGHTEEN CENTURIES the Rapture is not a Biblical truth. It is a gross misinterpretation.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 7:13pm“Beware of damning other Christians and calling their interpretations of the Word of God a lie. It may be that you are the one who is failing to see the truth, which would mean you are actually cursing the Word of God.”
Perhaps you didn’t read what I wrote. I said preaching that disbelieving in the Rapture might cause God to leave one out was a damned lie. I wasn’t damning anybody, merely declaring a false idea one that could rob people of thgeir trust in God. Since I base my understanding of the Word of God upon the truths consistently handed down from the apostles through the chiurch I think I am better able to distinguish the truth form a lie than those who think a new truth can pop out of nowhere after 18 centuries. That kind of thinking goes with the cults and sects, the Mormons, JWs, Adventists, Christian Scientists, and Swedenborgians.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 10:24am@ISLES
==> “Jesus and the apostles had authority to deliver truth from God.”
But, Isles, I quoted Jesus and the apostles! By contrast, you just keep repeating that it is a new doctrine. It looks like it was you who didn’t read what I wrote.
==>”I said preaching that disbelieving in the Rapture might cause God to leave one out was a damned lie. I wasn’t damning anybody, merely declaring a false idea one that could rob people of thgeir trust in God. ”
And I am being consistent with Bible teachings on faith. If there is a Rapture, then I don’t see how you will be in it, if you reject it or are undecided. Give me one promise of God that doesn’t require faith. It is easy to be offended by the truth. Unbelievers get equally angry when you tell them they won’t go to heaven unless they are born again. That fundamental truth was lost for centuries and it was only recovered during the Reformation. Still, it may be that all God will require is faith in his Son. If that is the case, even you who called it a lie would be spared in His mercy.
I find it interesting that Rapture deniers always warn that once people discover they have to go through the Tribulation, they will lose their faith in God. However, that is not true, because in that case the only logical conclusion would be that you were wrong, not that God failed you. Besides, we all have to be willing to die for Christ. On the other hand, if you don’t believe in the Rapture and it does happen, imagine the feeling of loneliness and despair at being left behind. After all, it is going to get pretty awful down here, and you could get bitter toward God for leaving you out.
Believing in the Rapture is a cult? Really? If that is your view, then you are, in fact, damning those who believe in it — as well as the Word of God, if it turns out you were wrong. Hopefully, I’ll see you in the air. ;)
Report Post »StevenL1955
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:06pmMatt 24:4-14
4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.
9 “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13 but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
Read it guys, read it all
Report Post »Bearfoot
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:58pmStevenl1955,
Good scriptures you quoted.
When Jesus Christ was on earth, he spoke extensively about the Kingdom of God. (Luke 4:43) Naturally, people who heard him wanted to know when that marvelous Kingdom would come. Indeed, three days before Jesus was wrongfully put to death, his disciples asked him: “What will be the sign of your presence [in Kingdom power] and of the conclusion of the system of things?” (Matthew 24:3)
Jesus told them that only His Father, Jehovah God knew the precise time when the Kingdom would take full control of the earth. (Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32)
Report Post »At that time, even Jesus himself did know the exact time for it.
Bearfoot
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:22pmGod’s Kingdom is a real government having great power. The prophet Daniel gave us a glimpse of just how powerful it is. Long ago, he foretold: “The God of heaven will set up a kingdom that . . . will crush and put an end to all [human] kingdoms.” Moreover, in contrast with human governments, which come and go over the course of history, God’s Kingdom “will never be brought to ruin.” (Daniel 2:44)
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 10:21pmBible scripture is coming to life. Post more of Gods word. You Blazers are the best
Report Post »winning!
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 6:15pmThe Bible was written for ignorant people who died centuries ago. Its stories have some use but much of it is passe since people have bnecome educated and science has progressed.
Report Post »Deutscher
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:05pmIt was only a matter of time before someone pronounced the earthquake as the work of god and tried to determine some meaning. Que end-time-nuttery…
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:17pm@ DUETSCHER ~~~ Ahhhh, good to see you on board.
Gives me another chance to invite you to come with us. It‘s going to be a whale of a party for all eternity and we’re going to love each other and love our GOD. There will be no more tears, no more pain, no more dying, no more saying “good-bye” There will be love enough and more to go around. There will be no sorrow, no sadness. I trust there will be more to learn and more to do and time for naps and fishing and reading and quilting (for me)….
Duestcher, this is my very own personal invitation to you to please come with us. The best part of going to Heaven for eternity is that our journey starts right now. Will you please come? JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD, IS THE WAY. Just ask HIM into your crusty old, empty heart and tell HIM you want to come HOME. Let go of whatever is holding you back from HIM and HIS forever love for you. Know that we want you to come with us. GOD BLESS AND HUG YOU GOOD! In JESUS’ PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN!
Report Post »Deutscher
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:27pmCheers Grandma.
Thanks but I’m good. I have had many invitations, but I just dont have the cognitive dissidence necessary. Enjoy your belief. Your particular interpretation of events sounds interesting. I think it’s a bit like the Left Behind version.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 10:23pm@Deutscher: “I just dont have the cognitive dissidence necessary.”
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What exactly is cognitive dissidence?
Non-sequitur
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 10:44pm“What exactly is cognitive dissidence?”
Hitting up Google, it appears that “cognitive dissidence” is actually a correct synonym for “cognitive dissonance” (although I haven’t heard it before myself.)
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 11:34pmNon-sequitur: “Hitting up Google, it appears that “cognitive dissidence” is actually a correct synonym for “cognitive dissonance”…”
Report Post »——
Thanks, but says who? “Dissidence” is an entirely different concept from “dissonance”. Methinks it’s an eggcorn a dumb lib posted on one of the leftie blogs and it stuck.
calijohn
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 11:48pm“cognitive dissidence” and “cognitive dissonance” are not synonyms.
Report Post »dissidance – unable to chose between two options
dissonance – chose 1 of 2 options and convince yourself you made the right choice
kryptonite
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:44am@CaliJohn
Report Post »“cognitive dissidence” and “cognitive dissonance” are not synonyms.
dissidance – unable to chose between two options
dissonance – chose 1 of 2 options and convince yourself you made the right choice
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Seriously, John, “dissidence” is disagreement, most commonly, with political authority. Dissidence can actually be a good thing, if the authority is O’bum. Cognitive dissonance, on the other hand, is one of Obama’s marked ailments.
In God we trust
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:51pmEveryone believes in God, when they are on their deathbed.
Report Post »Mike Whittington
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:05pmI think it’s a sign that Japan sits on a large fault line. Let’s see if California learns any lessons.
http://www.ISeeDanger.com
Report Post »mebrwb
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 7:57pmCome Quickly Lord Jesus <3
Report Post »chesta
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:18pmAmen! I pray this all the time. Come quickly Lord Jesus!
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:25pmhttp://www.wimp.com/wildfun/
Report Post »Catharsis
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:27pmWhy? Is your life here on earth so unbearable? Please, this obsessive apocalyptic thinking is vile, and it takes us away from the one life we do have. This is it, enjoy it while you are here. I won’t waste my time looking to a mythical hereafter. Natural disasters are just that; natural disasters. They’ve happened for billions of years.
Report Post »Nobamazone
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:53pmcath a nut
Report Post »when you find yourself confused one day, wondering where did so many people go? how could they just disappear? remember the words spoke here and don’t believe the powers who rise once the Christians are gone, they will be lying… then find a bible, real quick, won’t be long before they are totall banned after the Christians are gone, and get to catching up! there will still be another chance for you! Until then, I will continue to pray that you and others will get it before it is too late.
CanteenBoy
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 7:55pmOr, it could not be a sign of the second coming.
Report Post »JimConstitution
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:50amGuerrino_P,
“First of all, Graham and God have nothing to do with one another. Graham is a hack and a phony. I say this because I am a Christian. A real one. I’m Catholic.”
no. you must be born again to be in the church. life is in the new birth, which martin luther came to understand, then became prostestant.
peter was not a pope. you guys didnt even start until around 300 yrs after our risen Lord, and came to power around 350 ad. we are thankful for the new birth revelation of salvation given to martin luther. if the blind folow the blind they both fall in the ditch.
Report Post »Routy7
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 10:12amTO GUERRINO_P: addendum to reply (if you don’t object too much). The evil Roman empire of Christ’s time, was crumbling to dust and to save itself from turning into dust, redressed in the robes of the now Roman church and became respectable. Glorious in sight and spectacle, imperial in structure and world domineeringness. It could not subdue the early church and trick it into submitting to it. They turned the old idols of Rome to the saints. Scripture was (and still is) replaced by the fathers writings. Doctrines needed but not in evidence in Scripture, were introduced in the Apocrypha, Indulgences for MONEY led to other abuses of the parishioners. Because scripture was NEVER declared in power and truth, baptism of infants into the church and the forgiveness of original sin came into being. [note]: forgiveness of ALL sin would automatically deprive them of all their indulgence money.Prayers for the dead also come at a price. {It is appointed unto man once to die, then the judgment}. Continual persecution during the Roman church history is still prevalent today in some countries. The “ruling the kings and princes of the earth” Why else would a “church” need national embassies in the Vatican?
Report Post »These things cannot be found in scripture except as a negative connotation. Souls on this earth trapped in this enigma, read Scripture, ask God directly to reveal himself to you and he will. NEW LIFE wait those who seek Him. Rest and NOT labor. This is a direct action between YOU and God through the man Christ Jesus.
Guerrino_P
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 7:48pmAttention all units, patient Franklin Graham has escaped Bellview.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:05pm“First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised?” (2 Peter 3:4)
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:09pm@GUERRINO_P
You are just too cute for words, but I’ll try them anyway. Bless your darlin’ heart. Honey, we are just so close to JESUS‘ stepping out and calling GOD’s kids HOME. I know I’m not the only one watching the heavens daily. I expect to hear that trumpet and look up and see my precious JESUS just grinning ear to ear when HE sees the looks of love coming from our faces.
Those who do not believe won’t see HIM, and they won’t see our leave-taking. They will only see cars no longer with drivers swerving out of control, planes that were being piloted by CHRISTIAN pilots are no longer manned (or womaned); children playing on the play grounds or sitting in classes suddenly won’t be there any more. And the non-believers or almost- or not-quite-believers will still be here on earth. There surely will come from “the governments of the world” great declarations of “It’s a TEA PART Conspiracy” or whatever excuse they can come up with. Meanwhile, life on planet earth has 3 1/2 years of just “hell on earth” which GOD in HIS infinite mercy will bring to an end because the horrors will be too much to bear.
Would love for you to listen to a great song, really good song “At The Midnight Cry” . It sorta sums it all up for us CHRISTIANS.
We’d love for you to come with us. The way HOME is through JESUS OUR LORD, AMEN!
Report Post »Guerrino_P
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:13pmLTB, I hope one day you will get a life. God Bless.
Report Post »Guerrino_P
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:42pm@KICKAGRANDMA
Report Post »First of all, Graham and God have nothing to do with one another. Graham is a hack and a phony. I say this because I am a Christian. A real one. I’m Catholic. I’ll give you the same advice I gave to LTB, get a life. God Bless.
ltb
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:55pmGuerrino_P when I encounter people like you I’m reminded of the following Bible verse:
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’” (Mt 7:21-23)
You call yourself a Christian, yet instead of being exciting by the prospect of Jesus returning you mock his promise like those who hate him.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 10:58pm@LTB…………..Man…you‘ve got God’s full armor on….and one of them is the sword of the Spirit…which is the word of God………………Ephesians 6:14
Report Post »Katayno
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 11:56pmI forgot…Catholic don’t much like the endtime scriptures….really don’t like Revelations.
Report Post »Poor Guerrino P. thinks only the Catholic will make it to Heaven.
miles from nowhere
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 7:48pmThis is a good time to get rid of the evil in this world. We know who the evil ones are and that is the far left progressive liberals and there idiology that has failed this great nation. There Utopia promises have did nothing but reek havoc on this country. The evil people thagt spread there dirty deeds are the far left media!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 7:45pmI’m not worried. I believe in Jesus. Jesus already died for my sins. I won’t be standing there in “my” name…because I come in the name of Jesus.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 10:58pmActually, Jesus died for the sins of those up to the point of Jesus’ crucifixion, and the original sin. But all sins thereafter have not been forgiven by his crucifixion. Yet, for the sins thereafter the crucifixion because Jesus has walked as a Son of man in the flesh experiencing the life and temptations of men- we have a wonderful advocate in Heaven.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 11:11pmIf one believes that Jesus has already died for their sins then what keeps them from sinning more because apparently they are forgiven? Yet if a child can have the heart to forgive transgressions and sins from brethren, and the child is so small compared to the Father who has a larger heart even still, then the Father surely can forgive the child- hence “The Lord’s Prayer.” And we know this because Abraham was gaining the Heavenly Father’s compassion for those in Sodom because Abraham was able to get the Heavenly Father to spare Sodom for a short time if there were only a few that were good, and Abraham was just a friend to God, and therefore much more will God listen to his son.
Report Post »JimConstitution
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:29amEliasim,
“Actually, Jesus died for the sins of those up to the point of Jesus’ crucifixion, and the original sin.”
more catholic doctrine thats in error.
Report Post »Routy7
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 9:16amTO ELIASIM and others that may believe as he does: The N.T. declares that without the shedding of blood there is NO forgiveness of SIN, any sin. Righteousness is not something that that can now be gotten differently than at some other time in history. Abraham was made righteous by faith, not works. Today faith is the same way, when we believe, our works change. “Behold, old things are passed away, behold, all things are becomes NEW. WE ARE A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST JESUS!
Report Post »SchenectadyScott
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 7:43pmBoy wouldn’t that be a blessing! I can only pray for our Lord’s coming! In His time and day by His Will and Way. What ever day You choose oh Lord!
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 7:52pmThank you for putting all this back into perspective for me. Wouldn’t it be something to behold?
Report Post »Amen.
Catharsis
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:22pmYour mentality is sick. It’s the perverted idea of ridding yourself of this world for a blessed afterlife.
Report Post »Canuck GB Fan
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:14pmAmen and amen!
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 10:12pmCome quickly, Lord Jesus.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 10:53pmIt fascinates me how it is that so many people think Jesus is coming to be born as a little baby again. He has already conquered.
Report Post »USAMama
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 11:49pmAmen! I don’t care when it happens, just beam me up Lord!
Report Post »USAMama
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:00amYes, Jesus already came and conquered and is not coming back as a baby again. Jesus describes it like this in Matthew 24:27 “For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.”
It will not be something easily missed.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 2:32amCatharsis\
what’s your problem. what do you care if someone believes in God? How is that an insult to you? How does that even affect you? If you are so offended by someones religion,,,why do you step into the conversation? You obviously don’t know this, but the more you speak against someones faith, the more they believe by defining and the more idiotic you seem. That being the case,,,,,thanks, I think.
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 7:42pmAmen!
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 5:44amThe Boundry of good and evil runs through every human heart. Jesus Christ is the victor. Believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God our creator. Beleive what he has taught. Then you’ll believe that he will be victorious in the final analysis. If that faith isn’t present, you’ll be swept along with the world system.
Report Post »JimConstitution
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:20amIslesfordian,
“11ELEVEN, something you should heed,
“But we preach Christ crucified” 1 Corinthians 1:23
“For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.” 1 Corinthians 2:2
How are YOU proclaiming the crucified Christ through your mocking words?”
risen!!
notice that Jesus crucified is in the past tense. Jesus is to be preached crucified and risen. he is not in agony. the cross is EMPTY. the tomb is empty. to portray Jesus in agony is point to a non-resurrection. paul also said if the Lord is not risen we are yet in our sins.
but then catholics believe we ARE yet in out sins and therefore need priests to forgive them. no.
catholic doctrine is wrong in both. the revelation IS the return of Christ when He is revealed from heaven and every eye will see Him. after the tribulation and before the wrath of God and Lamb.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:40pmJIMCONSTITUTION, show showing Jesus on the cross denies the resurrection. That would be news to Christians who for centuries have shown both images as testimony to the Christian faith. Your understanding of Catholicism and of basic Christianity is rather weak. If you think the sins you commit after baptism are “covered” in the sense that no act of confession and repentance is necessary there is a term for that, CHEAP GRACE.
Go take a look at you average Evangelical church and you will see a disturbing trend of a total lack of the cross portrayed. I speak as an evangelical Protestant. The fact that Christ really DID suffer for our sins is one we too easily push from our consciousness unless there is a visible reminder. “They shall look on him whom they have pierced” is not just for the Judgment Day. It works for our regular worship life and helps us not to take his sufferings for granted.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 3:41pmI am a former evangelical, there is such an emphasis placed on self and feelings and little emphasis placed on the Word. The churches treatment of revelations should be a huge red flag.Christ was crucified, he rose,the word of God was poured out upon ALL flesh. We need to heed or perish. Knowlege of God has nothing to do with a WWJD bracelet and all to do with us being what we are supposed to be. Israel in biblical times did what they pleased instead of what God told them to do. Didn’t work out very well for them did it? The Bible repeatedly admonishes us to do what God tells us, not what we want to do.(Give us Barrabas).
Report Post »Reject any man who tells you what God wants you to do, we have the word of God. Understand it and follow it.
notofdasleeple
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 7:40pmBest advice all week!
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 7:44pmAlways be ready, live your life well, do unto others, and have charity in your heart. I always try to be the best person I can be, and when God calls me home, I feel I always have my bags packed.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 7:58pmYes, Godly wisdom is rare these days. God bless Franklin and his father Billy.
Report Post »Ruffus
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:04pmDarmok and Jalad at Tanagra!! One of the 3 best episodes for ANY TV program of all time!! Nice link by the way. And I totally agree – “live well and die happy! ” (Name source of that quote)
I believe Jesus said He would not return until Jerusalem proclaimed Him the Messiha at the Temple….so, take a breath all of you and just pray to God, and watch your back….
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:12pmThis is the best thoughts on this I have heard. Revelations does not start with an earthquake but there are earthquakes in Revelations. If anything this opens the dialogue on interpreting Revelations and what our true purpose is, to serve our fellow man.
Creestof
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:13pmI wish I could remember where I read it, but I once read a quite believeable prediction as to when the second coming would be…they did not name a certain day/year or time…but they did state with authority and evidence that it would be exactly 50 years after a “Jubilee.”
“Also, Ju·bi·le . Chiefly Biblical . a yearlong period to be observed by Jews once every 50 years, during which Jewish slaves were to be freed, alienated lands were to be restored to the original owner or an heir, the fields were to be left untilled, and all agricultural labors were to be suspended. Lev. 25.”
The only question was in knowing WHEN an actual Jubilee had occurred in order to begin the 50 year countdown.
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:20pmI for one am watching and waiting for the return of Christ Jesus,and i pray he comes quickly,this world has gone Krazy
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:20pmWhen you see the EAST (japan( coming to the WEST (California) so will be the Son Of Man coming!!
Report Post »MiketheTrucker
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:23pmYa think?……………………………………. or not. Only God knows.
One thing is certain, if you study the prophets, AND Revelation you will see that there are many things which must happen first.
Report Post »Catharsis
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:28pm@ the superstitious minded.
Why? Is your life here on earth so unbearable? Please, this obsessive apocalyptic thinking is vile, and it takes us away from the one life we do have. This is it, enjoy it while you are here. I won’t waste my time looking to a mythical hereafter. Natural disasters are just that; natural disasters. They’ve happened for billions of years.
Report Post »Catharsis
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:31pmThe USGS reports that the increase in major earthquakes often pointed out simply doesn’t exist, saying, “We continue to be asked by many people throughout the world if earthquakes are on the increase. Although it may seem that we are having more earthquakes, earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater have remained fairly constant.”
Report Post »Catharsis
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:32pmInstead of fantasizing about the end of the world, we can do something that actually makes a difference. The Red Cross and Global Giving are both set up to receive donations to aid in relief of this disaster:
Catharsis
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:39pmFurther more, the pathetically vague prophecies about war are self-fullfilling as we have had centuries of forsight to engage in conflict.
Report Post »Catharsis
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:42pm@ Everyone who’s sentiments match this post:
“Signs of the times – wars, famine, apostasy, rampant immorality, natural disasters ”
All of these things have been a part of human existence for quite some time. Wars, famine, apostasy, rampant immorality, and natural disasters HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WITH US!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Alabama Rick
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:42pmI wish Jesus would come back and clean up this mess we have gotten ourselves into.
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:44pm@Catharsis
Hey! How ya doin? Wife and kids, OK? That’s nice. By the way…could you shut the hell up? Thanks. Poker next saturday? Cool…See you then.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:47pmRuffus, I’m pretty familiar with the Bible and am not sure where you got that from. True, Israel will be saved (Romans 11:26) before Jesus returns to establish his kingdom on earth (Rev 19:17), but seven years prior to Jesus establishing his kingdom he will return to remove all unbelievers from the world before the seven year tribulation (1 Th 4:16). Franklin is right about “birth pangs,” though, and natural disasters are indeed increasing in frequency and magnitude, just like labor pains become more frequent and intense before a woman gives birth. Sadly, people like Guerrino_P and Catharsis will continue to remain willfully ignorant even while the world crumbles around them.
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“You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.” (Mt 24:6)
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“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.” (1 Th 4:16-17)
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“I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. ‘He will rule them with an iron scepter.’ He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, ‘Come, gather together for the great supper of God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and mighty men, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, small and great.’ Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and his army. But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the miraculous signs on his behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. The rest of them were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.” (Rev 19:11-21)
Report Post »Catharsis
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:47pmNo thanks, there needs to be a voice of reason in the dark tunnel that is bronze age superstition.
Report Post »Nobamazone
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:49pmcath a nut
Report Post »who do you think you will convince? those of us that know the truth won’t return to the darkness, you are wasting your breath, ahhh, fingers
82dAirborne
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:51pm@Thats A rap
Report Post »Thanks for the fun…. I am reporting every one of your cut and paste posts. Hopefully they will rid this site of you soon.
82dAirborne
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:53pm@Catharsis
Report Post »A voice of reason would be welomed….. If you find one let us know.
Catharsis
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:54pmFinally, for now, let me just state that I respect Graham for responding to the natural disaster. I just hope he’s not exploiting the victims by proselytizing to them.
Report Post »Catharsis
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:56pm@ 82DAIRBORNE
Everyone of them? There were two; two cuts containing information/data. By the way, I have discovered a plethora of Blaze posters you’d probably agree with who have cut and paste. It happens all the time in a forum environment were you have a limited amount of time.
Report Post »Catharsis
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:59pm@ 82DAIRBORNE
Report Post »I suppose I’ll content your point for now. I have yet to see anyone here offer a reasonable post. This very article in and of itself is absurd.
NeoFan
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:59pmHe knows what he is talking about. That is why he makes so much money for what he does.
Report Post »Thats A rap
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:01pm@82…… Fidel what is your problem? If you dont like my post just pass by em. I guess the 1st amendment is not what you fought for. I guess now since your king I should post no more.
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:01pmAlabama Rick
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 8:42pm
I wish Jesus would come back and clean up this mess we have gotten ourselves into.
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Maybe is time we clean up our own mess!!!!
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:25pmI think it would be so cool after all these years to be alive when Jesus comes again.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:25pm@CATHARIS & THAT’S A RAP
TAR is robo posting – it’s obvious.
Nope not king – Just my opinion. No better or worse than yours or anyone’s. I did in fact fight for your right to decree what is absurd or reasonable. I am glad we all have that right.
I am not strongly religious by the way. I wish I were because I see the comfort and strength others derive from their beliefs. I freely admit I do not know for certain what the truth is. The wording of some of your posts implies that you DO know. How did that certain unassailable knowledge come to you?
This site and in a larger sense our country thrives on dissent & differing opinions. If you or anyone else takes the time to compose a message I disagree with I would never complain or attempt to silence them. I am not a zealot or a nut job. I don’t believe either of you folks are either.
I have and will state my opinions. As was said above…” if you don’t like it – skip it….” (paraphrased)
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:44pm@Thats a Rap -
Give it up, okay? The same people here go from story to story, We’ve seen your copy and paste over and over and over and over. If we haven’t read it by now, we’re not going to.
You are hurting only yourself. If you do have something of interest to say at some point, you won’t be read because we just jump over you. You will have defeated your own self.
Your comments have been pulled before, and you’ll be reported — and pulled — again. Rather pointless to post the same thing over and over, isn’t it?
We are in dangerous times, and everybody here knows it. That’s one of the reasons we joke a lot, to give the situation some levity.
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:48pmIt appears that Catharsis is protesting too much! Post, after post, after post, after post, after post …….
Ya might want to check out that obvious inner “nagging,” Catharsis. A little research might lead you right into Truth. The Bible is a great bastion of Truth. The Gospel of John is a good place to start reading.
How can you speak intelligently about what you are against without thoroughly researching both sides?
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:51pm@Thats A rap
Report Post »Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:01pm
@82…… Fidel what is your problem? If you dont like my post just pass by em. I guess the 1st amendment is not what you fought for. I guess now since your king I should post no more.
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That’s the most sensible thing you have said this week — even with poor grammar and misspellings and all!
USAMama
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:53pmAmen! I agree, but I want to add one thing…. everyone seems to focus on the “wars and earthquakes,” and while I definately think they are increasing, getting more intense and closer together like birth pains there is another sign that I believe we are about to see. HYPER-INFLATION. Take a look at the Seal Judgements in the beginning of Revelation.
In Revelation 6:2 the 1st Seal is opened which brings forth the White horse: Rider held a bow and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.
My opinion on this: In the last 100 years we have had WWI and WWII along with many others wars in between. Most wars had the goal of “conquering” someone, one country invading another to conquer them or us going in to conquer a dictator etc.
In Rev. 6:3 we have the 2nd Seal opened and it brings forth: Red Horse: Rider given power to take peace from the earth and make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword.
My opinion: Now it seems there is very little peace in the world and there is not really any one person, country or regime to conquer, now there is just fighting out of hatred (the terrorists hatred for us). We also have the riots and uprisings in the world just causing violence and chaos. Seems peace is getting harder and harder to find.
Then you have the third seal, Rev. 6:5 which brings about: Black Horse: Rider holding scales saying “A quart of wheat for a days wages, and three quarts of barley for a days wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine.”
My opinion: This is hyper inflation, wheat and barley are things the common people eat and make food out of etc. Oil and wine are things only the “wealthy and elite” will be able to afford, they will be left untouched meaning the wealthy and elite will be OK while the rest of the world suffers. Are we not looking at this possibility on a global scale?
And remember, everything in Revelation is talking about a “global” scale which is why you can say yes we have seen hyper inflation before, but never globally.
This is all just my opinion, but it seems many of the world events are leading towards these things and quickly!
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:59pm@Showtime
Report Post »I am not attempting to silence anyone – even if it were in my power. I would like to see repeat posts & links done away with. Sorry to hear you think I am “Fidel.”
watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 10:30pm@ CATHARSIS………….I am so sorry that your are angry with believers. I am not sure what they have done to you or why they make you so mad. Perhaps your anger is legitimate for reasons we would be unaware of. However, I will pray for you tonight as well as ABC who I continue to pray for. I wish you well and I pray that your heart will be softened toward God. I know that probably makes you a bit angry to hear that from me. But what kind of Christian would I be if I didn’t want for you what I believe is the truth? Just trying to be consistent in living out the truth as I see it and wanting the best for anyone who will listen and pray for those who would persecute me as I have been guilty of doing the same thing you are doing? I hold nothing against you friend !!!!
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 10:32pmUSAMaMa…….I think you might be right…….good thinking on the inflation and global analogy. It’s all moving really fast…….and somewhere the Bible talks about Satan being unleashed to do his work…I’m looking for that verse now…not sure where it is
Report Post »11Eleven
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 10:47pmJesus has been wanting to come back for 2k years, but I still see him hanging on the cross. How is the man supposed to save the world when all over people are still crucifying him. Some do it on a chain, a shirt, in their church…If I was Christ I’d say screw you, take me off the cross and I MIGHT save you, it‘s a little hard to work miracles with the hands of God when they’re nailed to a piece of wood. He might be walking around right now, just laughing at the world…how long did the world let him hang in excruciating pain…so will be the pain he allows the world to endure before his return…He might even be a little traumatized and still working out the kinks…Here’s to suffering…may his return be swift, his love endless, and your suffering be paid in Love and prayer for his well being…As for you Atheists/Agnostics, your doubt is like wood for his fire, thanks for keeping his Love burning;-)
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 10:48pmSo what are we all going to do, go around now giving people things of material or money so we can ensnare them more with earthly things? Show me where Jesus walked around giving people material things?
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 10:50pmMaybe you can give people handouts and imprison them in slothfulness as food-stamps have done to people?
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 11:35pmJESUS is the answer for the world today.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 11:50pmJust come out and say it, the Blaze and Beck are no longer about facts and news, but its become the Holy Roller Revival tour.
Religion belongs in the church, not in the news.
Report Post »ManThong
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 11:56pmI sure hope my sins haven’t been too bad and I repent and ask forgiveness.
At least I know that if Jesus sends me to hell I’ll have the joy of watching the botox steam out of Nancy Pelosi as she fries in her own collagen.
Oops, that’s another one, forgive me Lord.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:17am@Catharsis – How’s your wife and my kids?
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:28amThe catastrophe’s seem to be getting larger and more devastating. If this isn’t a sign,,,then what’s in store when the signs start are going to be much worse.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:31ambut I really like the part ‘one earth as it is in heaven.’ Sounds nice.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:55amManThong
I sure hope my sins haven’t been too bad and I repent and ask forgiveness.
At least I know that if Jesus sends me to hell I’ll have the joy of watching the botox steam out of Nancy Pelosi as she fries in her own collagen.
Oops, that’s another one, forgive me Lord.
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Aw bro, now I have to repent too.
thepatriotdave
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 1:06amNot to quibble with a Preacher, but I believe this is just the beginning. We will go through much more before the 2nd coming happens.
I’m not worried about my salvation because I have lived as a Christian, and if I got some of it wrong along the way I pray that God will forgive me. Crazy as this may sound, I am worried about all those that mock the name of God, for they have one helluva surprise coming to them if they suddenly realize….. THEY WERE WRONG! Oh well.
Who do you want to run for POTUS in 2012?
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outathecircle
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 1:25amWow. we are here at the greatest time on earth. Come Lord Jesus!
Report Post »watchmany2k
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 3:33amI find it troubling, that some are convinced that earthquakes and disasters and wars are coming at more frequency, and basing their behavior on that.
Consider this: for the first time in history, an individual, can instantly know hear and learn about news from around the world with a click. Previously all was local, and the world filtered in.
So it is this flood of information that makes it appear to be escalating.
Graham, said it right.
We individually, will end in the world, THAT is THE given.
That is why you should pay attention and straighten up and fly right.
The way you live and behave after that, should not change a bit no matter the circumstances.
You are the truth, or not.
I personally do not believe in the rapture, it is a school of thought created by modern men,
and I believe sews the seeds for a great falling away, when those who believe in it, end up in the actual tribulation. So ask yourself now. Will my faith be shaken if the tribulation comes and i’m still here ?
Will I be dejected and feel rejected and lost ?
I find it almost the same as living a good life to only end up murdered or waste away from some terrible disease. It will test your faith exceedingly.
If it IS the end times, the church will be pursued and harrassed.
It won’t be verbally, people.
It will continue “until the full number of martyrs has been fulfilled”
Faithful unto death will have a new meaning.
Are you truly ready ?
For examples, see the coptic church, or the church in Iraq, or any other church in an islamic state.
Report Post »Eyes wide open…prepare and pray.
avenger
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 7:35amdo not forget the cataclysmic election of 2008,the damage from that is worldwide….
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:29amThree facts about the book of revelation:
It was one of the last and most contented books to be added to the Canon.
the church has never established a definitive interpretation of its prophecies.
The church traditionally did not allow it to be read publically in service where young Christians and the unbabptised might hear it, believing the scripture suitable only for mature believers. The wild fanciful certainties about what must happen and whant ambiguous end times statements “clearly” mean bear this out.
Sadly many Protestant churches see evelation as an evangelistic tool. The whole Left Behind series and the theology behind them are part of what I believe to be the worst evangelustic campaigns, though I will admit that God even uses bad tools (he uses US, after all) but I fear much of the soil these tool are aimed at is very rocky.
To me apocalyptic prophecies are not meant that we might know when things are going to happen. Otherwise Jesus would not have said that he would come at an unexpected time. But we are to know that Jesus WILL come back, and that the things that happen in the world are part of his plan. I look at revelation as a series of visions, not chronological in order but overlapping, like from multiple perspectives. The image that coms clear through them is that things will get worse before they get better, both because the world will pamp up its war against God and because God willl ramp up his war against evil, and God wins. He wins definitively and eternally. Justice and righteousness prevail.
So be ready.
That’s it. Anything more distracts us from living for Jesus to bring people into the Kingdom. We are not able to corporately check out of this world until God brings it to an end. This means we will go through the tribulation. god didn’t spare the Christians thrown to the lions in the first centuries. he isn’t sparing those being killed for their faith today. He wants us to stand as witnesses until no witness is needed, until He is here in the flesh.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:50amWatch, Watchmen, watch.
Thanks for posting the link to The Samaritan’s Purse. They and the Salvation Army are THE best organizations to contribute to.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:58am@ ISLES………..I agree with your statement for the most part. The one thing I would say is that I believe the book of revelation is to be a comfort to God’s people. So that when they see these types of things that they will know that it is part of God’s plan and like you said He is in control. Jesus did the same thing with the disciples. He told them he foretold things so that when it happened they would not fear. I would also mention that the book of Revelation was the reason I came to know the Lord in the first place and became a saved man! Not that I think that is necessarily the best way to bring people to the Lord (no one used that for me, but it did help me to develop a healthy fear of the Lord knowing all things would be brought to an end and I would stand before Him some day. That’s why I confessed Jesus as Lord and live for Him today). I believe the entire word of God is profitable for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness (not that you don’t ISLES).
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 9:19amWATCH, It definitely is a comfort for a suffering church. I believe the prophecies become most clear when the church is suffering. Churches that are not truly persecuted but are merely world weary are more likely to misunderstand it. The idea of the Rapture would never have come from a persecuted church.
Of course God can even work through any tool, or any fool, that speaks of him. People come to faith in so many ways I would not scoff at any technique. The reality of impending doom is serious, even if it is only our own personal death, and if images of the Day of Doom focusses the soul upon that, all well and good. Plus, given how obsessed many contemporary churches are with interpreting this book, and how much bad teaching there is about it, I DO think it prudent that the church offer some teaching on this to keep people from going off the deep end.
We’re all going to die. Everything built by man will fall. These are eternal truths. Every individual death should be an occasion to reflect on the state of our soul and on the One who saves it. Every tragedy should remind us of the end of History and of Him who will redeem and remake the world.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 9:30am11ELEVEN, something you should heed,
“But we preach Christ crucified” 1 Corinthians 1:23
“For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.” 1 Corinthians 2:2
How are YOU proclaiming the crucified Christ through your mocking words?
Report Post »winning!
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:45amBelief in false information and superstition is never a good way to proceed through life. Delusions can be deadly.
Report Post »winning!
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:53amCatharsis, you are correct of course. But the superstitious people among us won’t tolerate having their delusional beliefs sullied by truth and reality. They just won’t have it. Living in a world of pretend is their security blanket.
Report Post »KOCHLEFFEL
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:02amWhy doesn’t that Bible Pusher keep his opinion to himself? He is no prophet,he is a money maker.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 2:45pm@ ISLES…………It is just like God for us to connect despite the way we started off. We definitely share very similar thoughts and feelings on things. Many more the same and very little different. God bless you today and I agree with everything you said in your last post 100%
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 4:09pm@82dAirborne
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 9:59pm
@Showtime
I am not attempting to silence anyone – even if it were in my power. I would like to see repeat posts & links done away with. Sorry to hear you think I am “Fidel.”
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Noooooo, nooooooo, NOOO, NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO, 82nd Airborne!!!
Excuse me — no Sir, 82nd Airborne!!!
You did the same thing with that comment as I did with you and My Sacred Honor about the barbecue sauce! I thought it was My Sacred Honor with the bbq sauce (I got confused).
And, you thought I was calling you a name. NO, SIR!!! I was quoting ThatsARap‘s comment and agreeing with him when he said perhaps he shouldn’t post anymore.
I WOULD NEVER DISRESPECT YOU, SIR!
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Posted on March 20, 2011 at 5:59pmPlease, please read Matthew 24 in the bible, it talks about all of this. Also, the bible says not to make predictions about when the end will be because “,,,not even the Son knows, only the Father”. So, according to scripture, only God knows when the end is and we should be ready, but not make predictions about when it is.
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Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:56pmNobody knows when the return will be, the best thing to do is be prepared and live every day as it is your last. Earthquakes and Tsunami’s have happened for hundreds and thousands of years why is this a shock to people. It could be another 1000 years before Jesus Christ returns for all we know. There is a much greater chance of one of us dying tomorrow than the Lord returning so the real question should be are you prepared to meet your maker?
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Posted on March 20, 2011 at 9:01pm@encinom
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 11:50pm
Just come out and say it, the Blaze and Beck are no longer about facts and news, but its become the Holy Roller Revival tour.
Religion belongs in the church, not in the news.
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Really? I thought we had freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion!
Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 9:21pmlet’s add the mark of the beast to the roster.
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http://www.infowars.com/rfid-chip-foundation-of-the-electronic-jail/
encinom
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:02pm@Showtime
Yes, you have freedom of religion, but that is not the point.
The point is you bible thumbers are doing nothing but confusing the fairy tales of the bible with facts in the news. Beck is no longer a news opinion show, as much as he has made 5PM on fox a religious broadcast dressed up as a news program.
Keep religion in churchs, it has no business mixing with news or politics. You and the rest of the so-called Christians here preach the Bible in the same fashion as the taleban preach the Koran.
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Posted on March 21, 2011 at 8:56amReferencing the TV show from whence this came “DARMOK AND JALAD AT TANAGRA”, the historical context was mandatory to the decifering of the language. AS with this language, Christianity , as well as the Christian context of this country, is a must to correct understanding of the subject at hand, namely the leading and preparation of a person or a nation into the future. Can one really discover Christ with out the kneeling at the cross in faith, believing that He IS the Son of God and He DID raise from the dead? Education for the sake of education is not a good thing. A great being once
Report Post »said, with your knowledge, don’t forget the wisdom and understanding. The over priced oracles of “Higher Learning” provide knowledge but no wisdom or understanding. The internet and millions of books can do that!
All that to say this, 250 years ago our population and leadership all knew Christ and His walk in their daily lives, Their leading showed the difference with today. Their laws, letters and comments prove the superiority of Christ over knowledge alone. Freedom in ANY life begins and ends with Jesus Christ, His knowledge, His wisdom, and His understanding.
USAMama
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 11:45amWATCHMANY2K- You are absolutely right that we are hearing of all these things more because of the 24 hour instant news. But in my opinion that just makes Jesus’ words all the MORE facsinating! Look at the time He was talking, there was not tv or radio or even newspaper, the only way anyone heard of an earthquake in another town or country was if someone traveled and told them about it. That was it. So the very fact that Jesus knew there would be a time that we would hear of (and yes, His exact words in Matthew 24 were “You will HEAR OF wars and rumors of wars etc., not necessarily that there would be more of them) I think is more evidence of His prophecy coming to light. Imagine what people must have thought in that day to have someone telling them they would hear of things happening all around the globe!
Just like the many other prophecies made about this time, such as the Gospel being preached to all the nations. How could He have known that were possible? The apostles had to walk by foot from town to town, they would have had to be extremely ambitious to think they would preach the gospel to every nation! Yet in a day of the internet and traveling missionaries the Gospels ARE preached around the world! God in Daniel talked of people traveling to and fro and an increase in knowledge, have we not seen this? Again, traveling back then was either by foot or donkey or camel. How much do you suppose they “traveled to and fro”? Not like today with planes, trains and automobiles! And as far as knowledge, even my mom often tells me how much knowledge has exploded in her lifetime alone! Imagine in those days someone telling you that someday it would be possible to put a permanent mark on someone and track all their selling and buying. That would have seemed impossible! Yet today that technology exists.
Lastly, I am not 100% certain of a rapture. While I believe the scriptures used to make that case are compelling, I can see it, I am not certain of it enough to put all my eggs in that basket. That is why I, like Glenn often says, am praying for the best but preparing for the worst. I am preparing for bad times whether its the tribulation coming or not, and if there is a rapture hopefully someone will find what I have prepared and it will be helpful to them. If there is a rapture and I am left behind, I would be devastated but not dejected. I would know that I have no one to blame but myself. My biggest hope is that my kids go, if God only took them and left me behind, I would accept that. But if there is no rapture and we all must endure then the best thing I can do for them is to teach them to live a Godly life so that in the end, whenever that end may be, they will be rewarded with everlasting life in Heaven with Jesus.
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Posted on March 21, 2011 at 12:03pm@ encinom
If we “keep religion in churches” we would not be doing our duties as Christians. As Jesus said in Matthew 9:12 “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick….For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
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Posted on March 21, 2011 at 2:54pmI cannot, and I really mean it, believe I am agreeing with @catharsis. As it is written in the Bible, we will NOT know when the second coming will be. There is no reason to believe these are “signs”. We need to do what needs to be done for our fellow man. That is what we are on earth to do. I f you are happy sing, if you are sad cry, if you are able help.
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Posted on March 21, 2011 at 3:11pm@islesfordian, I assume “the church” means the roman catholic church. I am shocked that Revelations is not taught as any other book of the Bible. It references and reinforces all biblical teachings. There is no hidden meanings or wild radical meanings. It simply is a revelation to John, in which all teachings are come to fruition. The second coming will have no warning,those who bear fruit will assume their rightful position in the kingdom. Those who don’t, won’t. It is very simple, be what you are supposed to be, and you will be just fine no matter WHEN the second coming is. Just do what the word of God says. Read the word yourself, do not trust a “religious leader” to tell you what God says or what to do. They are serpents and scorpions. You are responsible for YOUR OWN SALVATION. Take that seriously.
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Posted on March 21, 2011 at 3:53pm@encinom, if the Bible is a fairy tale to you, then do not believe in it. We do not need you, we do not want you. The Word was poured out upon all flesh, you can accept it or reject it. Do not impose your views upon me and I will do the same. It seems strange to me that those who reject the word are the most vociferous in their opposition to it. Are you afraid? Do you know it is true, but do not want to abide? Most Will reject the word but only the truly evil will actively work to silence it. Look in the mirror before you have any further comment on the word of God, what are your motivations. I think you fear him and want to be convinced or shown proof of his existence. That is sad, no proof is forthcoming. God’s word was fulfilled with the coming of Jesus, his life which was an example of what we are to be, his death at the hands of the Jews which was foretold by God and his resurrection which fulfills the promise. The end times started about 2000 years ago. Like it or not, the bus is filling up fast, will you be on it?
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Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:54am@ 338……………actually I would and I believe Jesus would love to have ENCINOM. And also God gives teachers to the church. Of course they must teach in accordance with the word or they are false, but the idea that we are to read the Bible for ourselves and not listen to teachers is anti-Biblical.
Hebrews 5:12
In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!
James 3:1
[ Taming the Tongue ] Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
1 Corinthians 12:28
And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues.
Ephesians 4:11
So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,
Also, ISLES was right on the money Revelation is a very difficult book to understand even for the most learned and mature. Of course we should teach it and strive to learn what it teaches that is why God put it there. Of course it fully supports the rest of scripture 100% and ISLES is not catholic. Great men of God wiser than you or I have held many differing opinions on the meaning of Revelation and all can make strong arguments for why they hold to their beliefs. Pre, Post and Amillennialism. Revelation was also mainly written not for apocalyptic prophecy (although this is certainly contained herein)as much as it was to provide comfort for a church that was being persecuted and enduring difficulties and its assured victory and inheritance secured in Jesus Christ the King of Kings.
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