Re: Ezekiel 36 and the Mountains of Israel.
Snoopy, the scriptures were written to give us hope at any and all times, but certainly much of it was not understood at all times. On the Day of Pentecost, for example, just the small amount of what was revealed to Peter about the Last Days was enough to fire him up with certainty. Then there is Matthew 24 . Jesus could have been more explicit if He chose to. And he said in another place, in other words, to His disciples, “You cannot comprehend all of what is going on and being said now, but you will hereafter. And after the coming of the Spirit, Christ through Paul spoke of subjects, which Jesus never touched upon during His earthly ministry, and that includes many prophetic maters
Yes, there is a possibility that we are “reading into things,” as you describe it! But remember that Paul did the same thing, and his critics sneer and say that he fully expected the Rapture to occur in his day, which is what he did!. But Paul did not append and say to that belief, “This I say unto you by the word of the Lord,”‘ He, like all the rest of us believers in Christ, saw certain things unclearly, “...as through a glass darkly.. .,” except when he added, “By the word of the Lord.”
It is human–we are not gods--to expect believers to be far off the mark, as it relates to prophetic–-and other matters. Yet we all necessarily affirm that “Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God The Father,” and the salvation of our souls.
But Snoopy, there is much evidence in the New Testament, that it is good for Believers In Christ to be intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually stimulated by biblical prophetic matters, in God’s word, in every age. After all, some believers consume themselves with what will “fall,” in the lotteries; how is the Stock Market doing; and what color tie the President wore at his last social outing..
I might add one subjective note of mine right here. I believe that the details of the Last Days will only become perfectly clear right after the Rapture Of The Church. Believers in Christ will have ironclad insight into prophetic matters, dates and personalties, and time. Until then, I cringe whenever I hear a believer even hint, about who alive might be the Antichrist etc.
H
Snoopy, the scriptures were written to give us hope at any and all times, but certainly much of it was not understood at all times. On the Day of Pentecost, for example, just the small amount of what was revealed to Peter about the Last Days was enough to fire him up with certainty. Then there is Matthew 24 . Jesus could have been more explicit if He chose to. And he said in another place, in other words, to His disciples, “You cannot comprehend all of what is going on and being said now, but you will hereafter. And after the coming of the Spirit, Christ through Paul spoke of subjects, which Jesus never touched upon during His earthly ministry, and that includes many prophetic maters
Yes, there is a possibility that we are “reading into things,” as you describe it! But remember that Paul did the same thing, and his critics sneer and say that he fully expected the Rapture to occur in his day, which is what he did!. But Paul did not append and say to that belief, “This I say unto you by the word of the Lord,”‘ He, like all the rest of us believers in Christ, saw certain things unclearly, “...as through a glass darkly.. .,” except when he added, “By the word of the Lord.”
It is human–we are not gods--to expect believers to be far off the mark, as it relates to prophetic–-and other matters. Yet we all necessarily affirm that “Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God The Father,” and the salvation of our souls.
But Snoopy, there is much evidence in the New Testament, that it is good for Believers In Christ to be intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually stimulated by biblical prophetic matters, in God’s word, in every age. After all, some believers consume themselves with what will “fall,” in the lotteries; how is the Stock Market doing; and what color tie the President wore at his last social outing..
I might add one subjective note of mine right here. I believe that the details of the Last Days will only become perfectly clear right after the Rapture Of The Church. Believers in Christ will have ironclad insight into prophetic matters, dates and personalties, and time. Until then, I cringe whenever I hear a believer even hint, about who alive might be the Antichrist etc.
H
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