On Thu, 15 May 2008 07:24:05 -0400, Pastor Dave
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>On Thu, 15 May 2008 10:56:04 +0100, Therion Ware
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> spake thusly:
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>>On Thu, 15 May 2008 02:33:45 -0700 (PDT), rogue <rogue719@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>wrote:
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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
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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.
>>>>
>>>> >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?
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