iouae
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1. God has commanded "fear not" and also Mat 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
We are commanded not to worry or fear, just as we are commanded not to kill. We have to look for another, more appropriate response to the end time.
2. We do not know if this is the end time. Everyone saying it is the end time has been wrong, to date. It may be, we shall see.
3. If this is the end time, then what could one actually do about it to improve our situation, instead of sitting talking about it? Most folks who preach the end time take zero, nil, nada steps to improve their or others situations IF this is the end time. It's almost hypocrisy, or just a head belief.
4. IF this is the end time, then depending on whether one is a pre-tribulation, mid-trib, or post-trib rapture or no rapture believer, this should shape one's actions. I am a post-trib rapture believer, believing one will have to live through the first 5 seals, before the rapture comes. IF I really believed with all my heart this was the end time, I should become a doomsday prepper, bug out with a few year supply of stores, and disappear off the grid when Mr. 666 offers me his mark. That would be a faith appropriate response, instead of fear and worry.
5. What is the worst that can happen. AI or Mr. 666 takes over the world and tells me to bow down and worship his image or 666-bot. Then I can refuse, and hope the end comes quickly. Like the early Christians who were martyred, Christ made sure that they were not tempted above what they were able to bear.
6. I dislike prophecy because what can it actually do for your walk with God? Prophecy is there to warn the wicked, and maybe motivate Christ's servants to be about His business. But love and concern motivate perhaps better than hell and brimstone preaching. Folks live their whole lives watching the news for end time prophecy being fulfilled. When the end time really comes, I don't think I will not notice that it has arrived, if it is as bad as prophecy says it will be.
7. There are ministries who's "thing" is Bible prophecy. This is mostly what they talk about. I feel they should preach the Good News of the Gospel, which is Christ's Kingdom, not the Bad News of what happens before His kingdom.
8. For most of us today, the glass IS half full or 99% full. It's just so much more pleasant living like Pollyanna.
9. Christ devoted next to no time speaking about the end times while He was on earth. Did you know that his Matt 24, end-time prophecy was given days before He was crucified. For the rest of the four Gospels, Christ's focus was on folks souls being saved, not their skin being saved.
10. "Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once" - Julius Caesar.
We are commanded not to worry or fear, just as we are commanded not to kill. We have to look for another, more appropriate response to the end time.
2. We do not know if this is the end time. Everyone saying it is the end time has been wrong, to date. It may be, we shall see.
3. If this is the end time, then what could one actually do about it to improve our situation, instead of sitting talking about it? Most folks who preach the end time take zero, nil, nada steps to improve their or others situations IF this is the end time. It's almost hypocrisy, or just a head belief.
4. IF this is the end time, then depending on whether one is a pre-tribulation, mid-trib, or post-trib rapture or no rapture believer, this should shape one's actions. I am a post-trib rapture believer, believing one will have to live through the first 5 seals, before the rapture comes. IF I really believed with all my heart this was the end time, I should become a doomsday prepper, bug out with a few year supply of stores, and disappear off the grid when Mr. 666 offers me his mark. That would be a faith appropriate response, instead of fear and worry.
5. What is the worst that can happen. AI or Mr. 666 takes over the world and tells me to bow down and worship his image or 666-bot. Then I can refuse, and hope the end comes quickly. Like the early Christians who were martyred, Christ made sure that they were not tempted above what they were able to bear.
6. I dislike prophecy because what can it actually do for your walk with God? Prophecy is there to warn the wicked, and maybe motivate Christ's servants to be about His business. But love and concern motivate perhaps better than hell and brimstone preaching. Folks live their whole lives watching the news for end time prophecy being fulfilled. When the end time really comes, I don't think I will not notice that it has arrived, if it is as bad as prophecy says it will be.
7. There are ministries who's "thing" is Bible prophecy. This is mostly what they talk about. I feel they should preach the Good News of the Gospel, which is Christ's Kingdom, not the Bad News of what happens before His kingdom.
8. For most of us today, the glass IS half full or 99% full. It's just so much more pleasant living like Pollyanna.
9. Christ devoted next to no time speaking about the end times while He was on earth. Did you know that his Matt 24, end-time prophecy was given days before He was crucified. For the rest of the four Gospels, Christ's focus was on folks souls being saved, not their skin being saved.
10. "Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once" - Julius Caesar.
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