On Thu, 15 May 2008 02:33:45 -0700 (PDT), rogue <rogue719@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>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]
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>> wrote:
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>> >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.
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>> >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.
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>> >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?
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>> >Jesus gives them all kinds of signs to watch for and then tells them
>> >this:
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>> >24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all
>> >these things be fulfilled.
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>> >Jesus was clearly saying to his disciples: I'm coming back while you
>> >guys are still alive. Look for it and expect it.
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>> >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.
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>> Actually, I was discussing this with the wandering jew and Longinus
>> over dinner last week....
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>> That asise, I wonder if he'll make a substantive reply to your
>> question.
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>JERRY
>Not unless he can find a sermon someone else wrote that he can copy
>and paste.
Indeed.
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