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April 20th 2011, 07:39 PM #1
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If you had the "Start the 7 yrs of Tribulation" button mentioned in Revelations in front of you, would you push it . . . and why?
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April 21st 2011, 08:40 AM #2
bless the rich for their's is
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It would be like the most gruesome video game ever. It'd be like playing God, but for real.
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In my opinion, the single most telling piece of evidence that shows how poorly we're manifesting our call to care for animals is the recent creation of factory farms. Over the last century we have, to a large degree, reduced farm animals to commercialized commodities whose only value is found in how efficiently we can produce and slaughter them for profit. Consequently, more than 26 billion animals each year are forced to live in miserable, overcrowded warehouses, where there is absolutely nothing natural about their existence and where they are subjected to barbaric, painful, industrial procedures.
This is a far cry from what God meant when he told us to exercise "dominion." (Pastor Greg Boyd.)
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April 21st 2011, 02:00 PM #3
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Dude . . . I knew that if ANYONE had the guts to answer this question . . .. IT WOULD BE YOU.
Originally posted by gharfish
You are too, too BAD!!!!
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April 24th 2011, 02:57 PM #4
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The problem is that there are alot of us here (the ones that are Orthodox Preterists) that believe that the Tribulation has come and gone in the 1st century AD....so, that may be why your not getting alot of responses.
Of course, if you are a futurist, and you are post-trib, then you are obviously reluctant to push the button, because that means a LOT of hardship for you and everyone you know. If you are pre-trib, then you would probably not want to push it until you knew where everyone you care about stood in their walk with God. If I were one of the two futurist views, then I would only push it if I knew I could no longer persuade those that are nearest and dearest to me to accept Christ and be "saved". There would be too much grief otherwise.
LJ."Preach the Gospel wherever you go, and when necessary, use words" - St. Frances of Assisi
For a good clean read...here's a SciFi story written with a christian world view...
"One: A New Beginning" by Lennie Stanfield
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April 24th 2011, 06:21 PM #5
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In my opinion, the single most telling piece of evidence that shows how poorly we're manifesting our call to care for animals is the recent creation of factory farms. Over the last century we have, to a large degree, reduced farm animals to commercialized commodities whose only value is found in how efficiently we can produce and slaughter them for profit. Consequently, more than 26 billion animals each year are forced to live in miserable, overcrowded warehouses, where there is absolutely nothing natural about their existence and where they are subjected to barbaric, painful, industrial procedures.
This is a far cry from what God meant when he told us to exercise "dominion." (Pastor Greg Boyd.)
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April 24th 2011, 06:27 PM #6
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I'd push it, God's providence will deal with my loved ones either way. Best to just get it out of the way, like taking cold medicine.
...the compass of existence held more than my text-books had revealed, more than I had ever dreamed of. In short I lost my superiority, and this, though I was not then aware of it, is the first step towards finding God.-A.J. Cronin
the burn notice commercial worked beautifully, the actual vid just froze. well played google-yxboom
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April 25th 2011, 12:54 AM #7
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This is news to me. Guess I'm i'nort. If this is post-trib it doesn't seem too bad. Where are all the Seals getting broken and the tribulations. That all happened in the 1st century. I don't get it. Originally posted by Littlejoe9763
Where is the thousand year reign of Jesus.
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April 25th 2011, 12:53 PM #8
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The language used in Revelation is prophetic hyperbole, all the seals refer to events surrounding the AD 70 destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, God's judgment on unbelieving Israel. Originally posted by TDurden527
The number 1000 is symbolic. Depending on one's view, we're either in it (Amillenial) and Christ is reigning through the Church or else we're past it (postmillenial) and the world is steadily getting more Christianized until Jesus returns. Originally posted by TDurden527
...the compass of existence held more than my text-books had revealed, more than I had ever dreamed of. In short I lost my superiority, and this, though I was not then aware of it, is the first step towards finding God.-A.J. Cronin
the burn notice commercial worked beautifully, the actual vid just froze. well played google-yxboom
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April 26th 2011, 01:15 PM #9
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Thanks my friend. 'Preciate it. Originally posted by Kelp
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April 26th 2011, 08:07 PM #10
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...the compass of existence held more than my text-books had revealed, more than I had ever dreamed of. In short I lost my superiority, and this, though I was not then aware of it, is the first step towards finding God.-A.J. Cronin
the burn notice commercial worked beautifully, the actual vid just froze. well played google-yxboom
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April 26th 2011, 08:11 PM #11
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No, it wouldn't be my place to decide when and where the most pivotal even in cosmic history would occur that would result in obscene numbers of death and instances of sorrow. Nobody in Revelation dared to open the sealed scroll when asked if there was anybody worthy; until God Himself took the responsibility.
In any case, it's a moot point. The Tribulation has been over for a good few millenia, anywho
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Then Morgoth turned upon Húrin, and he said: 'Fool, little among Men, and they are the least of all that speak! Have you seen the Valar, or measured the power of Manwë and Varda?
Do you know the reach of their thought? Or do you think, perhaps, that their thought is upon you, and that they may shield you from afar?'
'I know not,' said Húrin. 'Yet so it might be, if they willed. For the Elder King shall not be dethroned while Arda endures.'
The Words of Húrin and Morgoth, "The Children of Húrin" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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April 26th 2011, 08:28 PM #12
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That's true, I forgot about that. Originally posted by Manwë Súlimo
...the compass of existence held more than my text-books had revealed, more than I had ever dreamed of. In short I lost my superiority, and this, though I was not then aware of it, is the first step towards finding God.-A.J. Cronin
the burn notice commercial worked beautifully, the actual vid just froze. well played google-yxboom
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April 26th 2011, 08:33 PM #13
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Yea, well, if the gods deign to smile on me, I occasionally have a good point to make
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Then Morgoth turned upon Húrin, and he said: 'Fool, little among Men, and they are the least of all that speak! Have you seen the Valar, or measured the power of Manwë and Varda?
Do you know the reach of their thought? Or do you think, perhaps, that their thought is upon you, and that they may shield you from afar?'
'I know not,' said Húrin. 'Yet so it might be, if they willed. For the Elder King shall not be dethroned while Arda endures.'
The Words of Húrin and Morgoth, "The Children of Húrin" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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April 26th 2011, 08:39 PM #14
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I ordered Till We Have Faces...the compass of existence held more than my text-books had revealed, more than I had ever dreamed of. In short I lost my superiority, and this, though I was not then aware of it, is the first step towards finding God.-A.J. Cronin
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April 26th 2011, 08:41 PM #15
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Smart man.
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Then Morgoth turned upon Húrin, and he said: 'Fool, little among Men, and they are the least of all that speak! Have you seen the Valar, or measured the power of Manwë and Varda?
Do you know the reach of their thought? Or do you think, perhaps, that their thought is upon you, and that they may shield you from afar?'
'I know not,' said Húrin. 'Yet so it might be, if they willed. For the Elder King shall not be dethroned while Arda endures.'
The Words of Húrin and Morgoth, "The Children of Húrin" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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