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I know the Son of Man isn’t coming with signs to behold, but it’s as if I could feel it in my bones. As if I will be alive to witness His return. Does anyone else feel like this?
A few of my relatives do. However, I myself believe that I will be dead and buried before that(and, honestly, that is my preference).I know the Son of Man isn’t coming with signs to behold, but it’s as if I could feel it in my bones. As if I will be alive to witness His return. Does anyone else feel like this?
Om… How old are you? ^_^"A few of my relatives do. However, I myself believe that I will be dead and buried before that(and, honestly, that is my preference).
I am in my early twenties, but I am a pessimist, so I doubt that I shall live to be 60. However, I do not like eschatology, I am probably “throwing” everything off-balance.Om… How old are you? ^_^"
Hoo boy…And I’d do anything to be alive on THAT DAY…A few of my relatives do. However, I myself believe that I will be dead and buried before that(and, honestly, that is my preference).
Om… I don’t know what that means, but it doesn’t sound healthy.I am in my early twenties, but I am a pessimist, so I doubt that I shall live to be 60. However, I do not like eschatology, I am probably “throwing” everything off-balance.
True. But the prospect of being dead is just too hideous for me. Seals, trumpets et al are much less frightening, if I can throw my live body into HIS arms…Whether we are alive or dead we will all get to meet Jesus. I pray that our hearts may be prepared for Him when we meet Him.
Well, stay out of Israel and you won’t die “in Armageddon” which is a literal place next to Mount Tabor…Om… I don’t know what that means, but it doesn’t sound healthy.
I think if I die it’ll be in armageddon.
Oooh no. I’d rather have my own exit before Final Judgement. I dunno, maybe it’s from being around too many evangelical 2012ers when I was a kid. Too many Discovery channel documentaries about Armageddon and fire and destruction and pain and torment and all that. It traumatizes a kid, you know.True. But the prospect of being dead is just too hideous for me. Seals, trumpets et al are much less frightening, if I can throw my live body into HIS arms…
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Evangelical 2012? I didn’t know that particular fad was around so long, or were you a kid recently?Oooh no. I’d rather have my own exit before Final Judgement. I dunno, maybe it’s from being around too many evangelical 2012ers when I was a kid. Too many Discovery channel documentaries about Armageddon and fire and destruction and pain and torment and all that. It traumatizes a kid, you know.
And you’re right. It don’t matter how we feel about it, eh? When i was in middle school, I never got any sleep, was never happy, relaxed, or at peace out of fear of the end of the world. Then one day I realized, WTF self? It’s not like you can control what’s gonna happen. SO go out, have some fun, behave, and just see what happensEvangelical 2012? I didn’t know that particular fad was around so long, or were you a kid recently?
So I guess you and YT outvote me. At least it isn’t a matter of voting, either way. Me, for even a 50-50 chance of living unto that day, I’d trip the light fantastic all the way to Canada.
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Any ideas about exchatology based on the “rise of evil” need to take into account the sheer NUMBER OF PEOPLE the world has now!I think a lot of things are coming together, too. I affirm that Christ could have come at any time, and could still come at any time… but there’s a lot of weird stuff in our days that seems hard to ignore. The Marian apparitions, rise of evil, the systematic deconstruction of many of the world’s great Christian epicenters… and the list goes on. It’s as if a global bear trap of persecution unlike anything the world has ever seen, centuries old in the making, is about to be sprung… and the potential calamity seems almost apocalyptic, perhaps even to the point of finally driving the divisions of Christianity into unity through the forge of unprecedented suffering and martyrdom… something we have not seen for over a thousand years.
I don’t know if I’ll live to see Our Lord’s return, but I think we’re living in momentous times. We must live as though He is coming today, and yet as though His coming may be a long way off. We will meet Him eventually, and His charge to us was not to speculate on His return, but to tend to His business in our times. We have a great deal of tending to do… and The Day, as well as our day, fast approaches.
Grace and peace.