We can become caught up...
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We can become caught up in the vivid imagery and forget what we should know. I once had a young man argue with me that all the things mentioned would soon happen because he said it says, "This generation will not pass away before all these things take place." I tried to show him that the "this" did not refer to now but to the "this" generation in which Jesus lived, but he would not believe me because he had been taught otherwise.
What do we know of the future? Those of us who live near the New Madrid fault are happy that the predictions of an earthquake in December, 1990, did not come to pass. Supposedly one of Hitler's advisors told Hitler that he would die on a Jewish holiday. Of course, when Hitler died, that would be a Jewish holiday!
I like to think about the elect being gathered from the ends of earth to the ends of heaven. Wow! How great to think of being with Christians from all over the world. Think of all the friends in distant places we never seem to find time to write to or have lost their addresses. There will be much to discuss in such a grand (re)union.
On November 17, 1246, the Franciscan Father John, who had been sent to bring the good news to the Mongol Guyuk, also known as the Great Khan, had to return to Pope Innocent IV with the sad news that Guyuk rejected Christianity. In fact, he called on the Pope to submit to him as the divinely appointed ruler of the world. We believe that sooner or later every knee in earth and heaven will bow before the Christ.
--Richardson
What do we know of the future? Those of us who live near the New Madrid fault are happy that the predictions of an earthquake in December, 1990, did not come to pass. Supposedly one of Hitler's advisors told Hitler that he would die on a Jewish holiday. Of course, when Hitler died, that would be a Jewish holiday!
I like to think about the elect being gathered from the ends of earth to the ends of heaven. Wow! How great to think of being with Christians from all over the world. Think of all the friends in distant places we never seem to find time to write to or have lost their addresses. There will be much to discuss in such a grand (re)union.
On November 17, 1246, the Franciscan Father John, who had been sent to bring the good news to the Mongol Guyuk, also known as the Great Khan, had to return to Pope Innocent IV with the sad news that Guyuk rejected Christianity. In fact, he called on the Pope to submit to him as the divinely appointed ruler of the world. We believe that sooner or later every knee in earth and heaven will bow before the Christ.
--Richardson
