Why The Church Should Deal With Prophecy Experts

[Apologiaphoenix]

What difference does it make if someone is a prophecy expert?

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[Sparko]

When you say "prophesy experts" are you referring to people who "interpret" the various prophesies in the bible (particularly the end times) or of people who claim to be "prophets" and are making prophesies?

[One Bad Pig]

Unfortunately, it's pretty much impossible for "the church" to do much because it is so fractured. At best, the expert's denomination can condemn him/her.

[Cow Poke]

When I was younger, we used to have "prophecy experts" come to our Church on a fairly regular basis (a couple times a year) with their charts and graphs and timelines 'proving' that Jesus would return after X event, or that Y and Z needed to occur, THEN Christ would return, etc.... It was mostly pre-trib pre-millenial rapture stuff with with cliff notes.

Since then, I've become a panmillenialist.

[rogue06]

When I was younger, we used to have "prophecy experts" come to our Church on a fairly regular basis (a couple times a year) with their charts and graphs and timelines 'proving' that Jesus would return after X event, or that Y and Z needed to occur, THEN Christ would return, etc.... It was mostly pre-trib pre-millenial rapture stuff with with cliff notes.

Since then, I've become a panmillenialist.

That stuff was popular back in the 70s and 80s.

[Cow Poke]

That stuff was popular back in the 70s and 80s.

Well, yes, that's when it was! Along with all the "Left Behind" and Hal Lindsey.......

[QuantaFille]

When I was in youth group back in the 90's, we watched one of the rapture movies that were made in the 70's or 80's and were still popular in the 90's. I think it was a miniseries we watched.

[Apologiaphoenix]

When you say "prophesy experts" are you referring to people who "interpret" the various prophesies in the bible (particularly the end times) or of people who claim to be "prophets" and are making prophesies?

Yes

[Cow Poke]

When I was in youth group back in the 90's, we watched one of the rapture movies that were made in the 70's or 80's and were still popular in the 90's. I think it was a miniseries we watched.

I always got a kick out of the "advanced electronics" they portrayed --- sometimes downright goofy.

[Celebrian]

When I was in youth group back in the 90's, we watched one of the rapture movies that were made in the 70's or 80's and were still popular in the 90's. I think it was a miniseries we watched.

You mean like A Thief in the Night? They scared us with those movies when I was young.

[Cow Poke]

You mean like A Thief in the Night? They scared us with those movies when I was young.

There was one where they were talking about the "electric eye" on newer TVs (back in the 70's/80's) that measured room lighting to adjust screen brightness - and these "electric eyes" were ACTUALLY miniature cameras, and the cable system was bidirectional, so everything you did in front of the TV was recorded and you were being watched!

I had a young man in my Church who absolutely became paranoid over this, and would put black electrical tape over anything that he thought might be a camera! (Not a bad idea, by the way, for your notebook computer, or monitors with built-in cameras, because they CAN be activated remotely)