Therion Ware wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 07:24:05 -0400, Pastor Dave
> <ananias917_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 15 May 2008 10:56:04 +0100, Therion Ware
>><autodelete@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> spake thusly:
>>
>>
>>>On Thu, 15 May 2008 02:33:45 -0700 (PDT), rogue <rogue719@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 15, 1:24 pm, Therion Ware <autodel...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 14 May 2008 23:22:14 -0700 (PDT), rogue
<rogue...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> >On May 15, 9:57 am, "Carl" <sai...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>> >> Noted evangelist Billy Sunday preached this encouraging and
>>>>> >> uplifting sermon on the second coming of Jesus Christ. A
triumphant
>>>>> >> return that the Bible foretells will come in the future at a time
>>>>> >> no one knows.
>>>>>
>>>>> >JERRY
>>>>> >Actually, Carl, that's a claim made by Christians that you can't
>>>>> >sup****t in the text. Jesus tells you a deadline by which he will
>>>>> >return. You find it in Matthew chapter 24 after the disciples ask
>>>>> >for the signs of the Second Coming.
>>>>>
>>>>> >24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came
unto
>>>>> >him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and
what
>>>>> >shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
>>>>>
>>>>> >Jesus gives them all kinds of signs to watch for and then tells
them
>>>>> >this:
>>>>>
>>>>> >24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till
>>>>> >all these things be fulfilled.
>>>>>
>>>>> >Jesus was clearly saying to his disciples: I'm coming back while
you
>>>>> >guys are still alive. Look for it and expect it.
>>>>>
>>>>> >And then he didn't show. Given that he didn't show it's a pretty
>>>>> >safe bet that the story isn't true and that he's not coming back.
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually, I was discussing this with the wandering jew and Longinus
>>>>> over dinner last week....
>>>>>
>>>>> That asise, I wonder if he'll make a substantive reply to your
>>>>> question.
>>>>
>>>>JERRY
>>>>Not unless he can find a sermon someone else wrote that he can copy
>>>>and paste.
>>>
>>>Indeed.
>>
>>He showed. Within the same generation.
>
> Oh, so we're actually looking at the third coming?
God works in mysterious ways.
For some, Jesus Christ has come again alreay.
The Kingdom of God is within you.
For others He is coming again
and again here and now.
He will also come very soon.
God is prior to time and space.
Nothing is impossible with God.
God might exist in five or more dimensions.
God has come again, is coming again now,
and will come again soon.
You need faith to comprehend this.
Do you love your enemies yet?
--
monkfish
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