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1/10/09 6:34 PM |
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It is as I feared. I will be the goat here.If anyone questions my heart, I will be glad to open it to you. I have waited and read every post. Someone else, perhaps...? 1Peter 2:20 more than applies here. Mr. Cogman admits that he disobeyed a direct ban. 'harsh and disproportionate' is a quantity. He stepped into their world, the moment he broke their order. I believe the appeal to men and God must be made in the name of mercy, not 'right'. We must be blameless. I love the brother in Christ; but we do not dictate what our punishment should be, when we do wrong in the world. Pray God be merciful, not 'just'. I pray everyone here knows my position on homosexuality; that I applaud a brother in Christ for taking a stand for truth; and that I lament his position and pray for his reinstatement. |
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1/8/09 9:02 PM |
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Revelation 20:4I marvel that this verse has attained bulwark status for the millenial position. In its context, it is virtually self-destructive. It has the 'infamous number'. The unadulterated relativity of this number needn't even be considered, but it can be useful. These are believers who have been killed for the cause of Christ. Their bodies 'sleep' in the ground. Their souls 'live again' and reign with Christ. They are 'absent from the body, present with the Lord'. No earth, No reign of peace on earth. These have nothing to do with the time of Satan's binding, for even an alleged reign of peace on earth. Concerning the number, in this very context; the saints who died the day after Christ ascended, along with the saints who die today, will have 'lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years', if He were to return tomorrow. No millenial reign of peace on earth, here. |
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1/8/09 5:30 PM |
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lyn, I hope not to embarrass you, but I have 'noised abroad' your tender and Christian spirit, and the great blessing that attended your post. Surely one of the most affecting that I have received. I pray that the Lord will open wide the eyes of your understanding by His Spirit, and bless you as much, nay more, than He has me, in your pursuance of this great subject. I will search for you continually here.John UK I am from southern California. Certainly unexotic. Everything you have said so far is in order. You have searched this out. Nothing is more conducive to the reception and understanding of God's Word than humility. I pray He will reward your earnest, seeking spirit. Your question concerning the Revelation. You could do no better right now, than to take heed to DJC49's post. Beautifully written, concluded with wisdom. Take special note of his mention of 'our consolation'. Very important... virtually, key. DJC49 I'm sure that I will be looking for, and drawing from your storehouse of wisdom and knowledge. And, no doubt, deferring to you often. rogerant Good and useful points. Having dealt with Isaiah 11 (a beautiful parallel to Isaiah 2:4), and the 'binding of Satan' in the Revelation, I would like to come back to Isaiah 2:2-3 and Rev. 20:4, when I post |
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1/6/09 10:42 PM |
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lynMy agreement with DJC49 concerned his statement about what Mr. MacArthur's view was. I have heard and read him. This is his view. If there is no millenium, a pre or post-millenial view would necessarily be in error. The number of believers who have told me that they have seen the error of their view, tells me that they could not support their view with scripture. They merely supported their view with scriptures that they were given by someone else to support their view. The Lord has already, elsewhere in His Word, given to us the explanation of the constituent elements of His eschatology. That is what we used to come to the conclusions we did. Nothing brought in from outside. The Lord tells us what He means by the terms He uses. And again, in agreement with DJC49, I would never divide concerning this matter, or use it as a litmus test for saving faith. I will say, however, that upon my mere mention of no millenium, so far from wanting to discuss the issue, some have never spoken to me again, concluding that I must not be a believer. |
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1/6/09 9:23 PM |
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What you are going to find, John UK, is that the major eschatological concepts that the church is all agog about today; the millenium, the great tribulation, the pre-tribulation rapture, the mark of the beast, etc., have no foundation in scripture in line with modern interpretation. The millenium, for example, is so 'other' than what is almost universally believed, you will be astonished that such a thing could ever have been concluded. Wait till we get to the return of Christ. Not only will you be amazed at the sheer quantity of elements working in concert to describe this event, you will be puzzled at how we could have come up with anything else. And guess what? There will be no exegetical gymnastics, nothing taken out of context; just pure Word of God, in its unsophisticated form. The epitome of wonderful. And you are again quite right about Mr. MacArthur, DJC49. I love the man, but he has fallen into the same end time scenario trap as many of the popular preachers; Hocking, Swindoll, Stanley, and a host of others. |
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