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Without turning this forum into a 'hill of foreskins' (Joshua 5:3), I believe we can still have fun with this 'sensitive' topic.
However, don't be misled, dispensationalism has only partly to do with circumcision issues. So, let's not forget about Innocence, Conscience, Promises, Kingdoms and so on.
End time -isms within orthodox Christianity also discussed here. Clearly unorthodox doctrines, such as those advocating "pantelism/full preterism/Neo-Hymenaeanism" or the denial of any essential of the historic Christian faith are not permitted in this section but can be discussed in Comparative Religions 101 without restriction. Any such threads, as well as any that within the moderator's discretions fall outside mainstream evangelical belief, will be moved to the appropriate area.
Millennialism- post-, pre- a-
Futurism, Historicism, Idealism, and Preterism, or just your garden variety Zionism.
From the tribulation to the anichrist. Whether your tastes run from Gary DeMar to Tim LaHaye or anywhere in between, your input is welcome here.
OK folks, let's roll!
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Without turning this forum into a 'hill of foreskins' (Joshua 5:3), I believe we can still have fun with this 'sensitive' topic.
However, don't be misled, dispensationalism has only partly to do with circumcision issues. So, let's not forget about Innocence, Conscience, Promises, Kingdoms and so on.
End time -isms within orthodox Christianity also discussed here. Clearly unorthodox doctrines, such as those advocating "pantelism/full preterism/Neo-Hymenaeanism" or the denial of any essential of the historic Christian faith are not permitted in this section but can be discussed in Comparative Religions 101 without restriction. Any such threads, as well as any that within the moderator's discretions fall outside mainstream evangelical belief, will be moved to the appropriate area.
Millennialism- post-, pre- a-
Futurism, Historicism, Idealism, and Preterism, or just your garden variety Zionism.
From the tribulation to the anichrist. Whether your tastes run from Gary DeMar to Tim LaHaye or anywhere in between, your input is welcome here.
OK folks, let's roll!
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Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post
You have a point but I think focusing exclusively on technology may cause you to miss something. There have always been words like selfish, self-absorbed, etc. in the dictionary. However recently, the word "selfie" has come into existence because of of technology and a whole industry focused on promoting that behavior. Maybe it's the development of our technology that is setting up the last days when man thinks he's so smart he doesn't need God.
By the way, does this make Mark Zuckerberg an "anti-Christ"? (No, not The Anti-Christ but a type.)
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Originally posted by seanD View Post
I believe social media fulfills 2 Timothy 3:2 to a tee and is just another among many examples of why we're in the last days. I don't think there's ever been a time in human history "lovers of self" has been fulfilled and advertised on a collective level like now.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
When all is said and done, I can't think of a time in my life, or in history, that seems to better line up with the conditions in which Jesus will return to receive His own.
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Originally posted by seanD View Post
I don't think we're ready in the western world. I think we're about to get tested -- our comfortable world turned upside down."For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6
"Theology can be an intellectual entertainment." Metropolitan Anthony Bloom
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Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post
To quote one of my favorite shows (Babylon 5): "The avalanche has already begun. It is too late for the pebbles to vote."1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
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Scripture before Tradition:
but that won't prevent others from
taking it upon themselves to deprive you
of the right to call yourself Christian.
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Originally posted by tabibito View Post
UNforgivable - I haven't seen that episode!"For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6
"Theology can be an intellectual entertainment." Metropolitan Anthony Bloom
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Originally posted by Darfius View PostIt does not follow logically that because other generations thought they were in the last days that therefore we are not now in the last days. It doesn't even suggest it. All that matters is whether the signs exist or not and they do, primarily the reformation of Israel, which was the blooming of the fig tree "other generations" did not possess.
Some think "this generation" corresponds to the nation of Israel, which started again in 1948.
"And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." (Mt 24:14)
And we're getting close to this point!
Blessings,
Lee"What I pray of you is, to keep your eye upon Him, for that is everything. Do you say, 'How am I to keep my eye on Him?' I reply, keep your eye off everything else, and you will soon see Him. All depends on the eye of faith being kept on Him. How simple it is!" (J.B. Stoney)
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Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post
To quote one of my favorite shows (Babylon 5): "The avalanche has already begun. It is too late for the pebbles to vote."
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Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post
Season 1; Episode 10; "Believers"1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
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Scripture before Tradition:
but that won't prevent others from
taking it upon themselves to deprive you
of the right to call yourself Christian.
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This has been a great discussion. Thanks everyone.
Let me ask the question another way using the Doomsday Clock as a model. On this clock, Jesus ascended to Heaven at 12:01 AM and at Midnight, He will return.
What is your guess on what time shows on the clock? I'm going to go with 11:00 PM."For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6
"Theology can be an intellectual entertainment." Metropolitan Anthony Bloom
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Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View PostThis has been a great discussion. Thanks everyone.
Let me ask the question another way using the Doomsday Clock as a model. On this clock, Jesus ascended to Heaven at 12:01 AM and at Midnight, He will return.
What is your guess on what time shows on the clock? I'm going to go with 11:00 PM.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations. (Deuteronomy 7:9)He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. (Psalm 105:8)When I Survey....
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