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I never heard anyone assert that. I always took the 2nd Coming with the end of the world as we know it.

Not that I see. For the life of me, I cannot grasp why the concern over the precision such things. What difference does it make if John wrote it in 68, 69 or 70 AD?

Perhaps you think it is a compliment to tell someone they are not a Christ follower for having a different opinion than you do? Indeed.

No question, Revelation is the most difficult to discern book because of the figurative language used. I admire your persistence in data mining the text. I've posted in numerous places that I tend to avoid End Times threads. This was not supposed to be that but what is the case right now...

That's a tough question, my friend. I've struggled with that for a long time. One one level, feelings don't matter at all. My ethics professor in college presented this working definition of moral. Moral is when you allow a previously made decision to over-ride your present emotions. Facts...

Come on man. We are all Christ followers on this forum. Just because I have a different take on revelation - as experienced by many, including Saint Augustine from the 4th century - does not mean I am not a Christ follower. What is the Spirit that so divides us that if we differ in any way, we...

Yes. See post 242.

Is this post your original work or is it from the referenced articles or other? Very detailed. One of your paragraphs indicated what "suggests" is the Apostle Paul. I understood the evidence to be that way as well. Yet, I'm OK either way, the author being another John or "the" John. Not sure...

Feelings matter. The command is better translated unconditional compassion. You can have compassion as you walk with a murderer to his execution. Not liking him or anything he has ever done his whole life. While love is a natural affection, dependent on virtue, compassion is not. Hope this...

Great! What posts of yours can I read where you advocate for Hamas' immediate unconditional surrender? The lie is that Hamas represents the people of Gaza. They don't care how much their own people suffer so long as they retain power.

The core problem is the Islamic Jihadi's refuse to recognize the Right of Conquest for non-Muslims. This invites more killing it is accepted.

As I said, I speak English. The words I speak are already defined. Feel free to consult your favorite lexicon. I've heard enough. Make a blessed day.

Arius

This is not true. At least twice during Christ's ministry God spoke himself. Once at the baptism. Once at the Transfiguration. I was reading Daniel recently. He could not even stand in the presence of an angel. How much more overwhelming it must be for us to be before God? This explains why in...

War is so bad that Hamas should unconditionally surrender today to save their people from the horrors their Oct 7 attack unleashed. Let me say it differently. How bad do the Gazans have to suffer before Hamas unconditionally surrenders? They ought to suffer until that glorious day when the...

Interesting. Ever read Confessions by Augustine? He explores Hebrews 4:12, in how the words of Scripture can contain truth that not even the writer intended. There is another thread about how the BIble was not written for us. The audience was an ancient people, who spoke a different language...

Anyone paying attention ought to wonder why is there pressure on the only democracy in the Middle East to stop short of the goal of absolute victory? Why is there no pressure on the monsters of the Oct 7 attack not pressured to unconditionally surrender? You know you are the target of a psyop...

"True Science" goes where the evidence leads? There you go again, putting things in quotes again an now abuse of capitalization. "True science" as opposed to regular science? Do you have any idea how often so-called "Science" is wrong? The Earth is flat. The Earth is the center of the solar...

Are you a Christian?

While at the same time, these Jihadi's refuse to acknowledge Israel's right to exist. The "2-State" solution already happened. The Muslim Palestianian State is called Jordan. Look it up. The tactic is to keep dividing Israel until there is nothing left. Israel (1st State of Palestine), Jordan...