Ruptured?!?!?

[Dee Dee Warren]

From the Calvary Chapel Billings site:

WE BELIEVE in the personal, visible RETURN OF CHRIST to earth and the establishment of His Kingdom, in the resurrection of the body, the final judgment and eternal blessing of the righteous and endless suffering of the wicked; we believe in a final seven year period of tribulation before which all true believers, past and present, will be ruptured into heaven, and after which Christ returns to the earth for the Millennium.




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[$cirisme]

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[Bill the Cat]

Woo Hoo, thank God for the church Typewriter!!!

Here's some more goof ups

Thank God for church ladies with typewriters. These
sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or were
announced in church services:

1. Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking
tonight at Calvary Methodist. Come hear Bertha Belch all
the way from Africa.

2. Announcement in a church bulletin for a national PRAYER
& FASTING Conference: "The cost for attending the Fasting
and Prayer conference includes meals."

3. The sermon this morning: "Jesus Walks on the Water." The
sermon tonight:"Searching for Jesus."

4. Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday at
8 PM in the recreation hall. Come out and watch us kill
Christ the King.

5. "Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to
get rid of those things not worth keeping around the
house. Don't forget your husbands."

6. The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been
canceled due to a conflict.

7. Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our
community.

8. Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say "hell" to
someone who doesn't care much about you.

9. Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.

10. Miss Charlene Mason sang "I will not pass this way
again," giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.

11. For those of you who have children and don't know it,
we have a nursery downstairs.

12. Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They
need all the help they can get.

13. Barbara remains in the hospital and needs blood donors
for more transfusions. She is also having trouble sleeping
and requests tapes of Pastor Jack's sermons.

14. During the absence of our Pastor, we enjoyed the rare

privelege of hearing a good sermon when J.F. Stubbs
supplied our pulpit.

15. Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October
24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their
school days.

16. At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will
be "What is Hell?" Come early and listen to our choir
practice.

17. Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the
addition of several new members and to the deterioration of
some older ones.

18. Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles, and other
items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple
children.

19. The Lutheran men's group will meet at 6 PM. Steak,
mashed potatoes, green beans, bread and dessert will be
served for a nominal feel.

20. Please place your donation in the envelope along with
the deceased person you want remembered.

21. Attend and you will hear an excellent speaker and heave
a healthy lunch.

22. The church will host an evening of fine dining, superb
entertainment, and gracious hostility.

23. Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM- prayer and medication
to follow.

24. The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of
every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday
afternoon.

25. This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn sing in the
park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come
prepared to sin.

26. Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at
10. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall
after the B.S. is done.

27. The pastor would appreciated it if the ladies of the
congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the
pancake breakfast next Sunday.

28. Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7
PM. Please use the back door.

29. The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's
Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The
Congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.

30. Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First
Presbyterian Church. Please use large double door at the
side entrance.

[Bill Hogue]

Did anyone ever look at the Roman Seige and destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD (in accounts by Josephus) as a fulfillment of Chris't prophecy...and as a microcosm for the Eschaton? Its VERY SCARY! I would trather be ruptured !

As much as we try to decipher the code of Christ's return, we fail....so we should not try because we are relegated to word games with Sacred Scripture instead of doing His will on earth. He himself said there will be many predictions...but we will not know. So we should be ready all the time.

There is also a metaphysical argument for his coming which I haven't fully figured out yet. :shrug:

[Hitch]

Its an improvemnt. Chuck used to know when,,, but domething happened. I think it was the last two decades...

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[Dee Dee Warren]

06-14-2003 @ 11:20 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=123436#post123436)
Billl Hogue:

Did anyone ever look at the Roman Seige and destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD (in accounts by Josephus) as a fulfillment of Chris't prophecy...and as a microcosm for the Eschaton? Its VERY SCARY! I would trather be ruptured !

Well I look at the 70AD events not as a microcosm, but as the intended fulfillment of Christ's prophecy, and yes it was horrible, and many were ruptured.