tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post8611422547781425880..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: Re-post: No dates! The rapture is a number-driven eventElizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-25720211679915635372015-11-10T09:46:46.106-05:002015-11-10T09:46:46.106-05:00Hahaha ;) laughing at myself for not noticing this...Hahaha ;) laughing at myself for not noticing this is a dialogue of 2, not 3. That certainly helps in the harmony department. Free-Komihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372101917252963094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-52687495157235028042015-11-10T09:44:18.940-05:002015-11-10T09:44:18.940-05:00Truly, I enjoyed the original post, finding the an...Truly, I enjoyed the original post, finding the analogies Biblical & easy to follow. I also find the comments shared to be in harmony with the original post although the authors don't recognize it, yet. I would love to explain, but don't have time right this minute to point out the interlaced beauty of each approach. Guess you could say, 'at this point, I want to give thumbs up to the original author. And I can't wait to stop by later & demonstrate the harmony of discourse. <br />Hoping to share this on air this morning<br />Blessings to all, <br />cj Randolph<br />www.2faithfulbeachbums.comFree-Komihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372101917252963094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-30566445534240401902015-11-10T06:20:51.406-05:002015-11-10T06:20:51.406-05:00Hi Sheryl,
Thank you for standing up for truth an...Hi Sheryl,<br /><br />Thank you for standing up for truth and yet in your disagreement being so gracious.<br /><br />I agree with you. I believe everything you said. Totally.<br /><br />God's sovereignty is complete. WHen I say pray to hasten the time, I am in mind of 2 Peter 3:12. Here is the verse in context.<br /><br />The Day of the Lord<br />…11Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat! <br /><br />In this context hasten is to mean "deep, earnest expectation". Picture a puppy whose master has come home from a long day, and the puppy knows that he will be fed. He wags his tail, jumps, yips, and generally shakes all over, in expectation of the coming food. He isn't influencing the master INTO getting him the food, but is eagerly cooperating in desirous expectation of an event he knows is coming. The food will appear whether the puppy is unknowingly asleep in the bedroom or jumping on the master's knees. It will happen. But in the kitchen, the aware puppy sees the soon event and cooperates and devotes himself to the master by cooperating in eagerness. To the puppy from his perspective, he may think he caused the food to appear!<br /><br />Jesus said when we pray, pray in this way- "Thy Kingdom come." We are praying for the appearance of the Kingdom. Or Psalm 122:6 which says, “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.” We are really praying for the second coming because after that is only when Jerusalem will be at peace. The Kingdom is coming and Jerusalem will be at peace no matter what, but we're still told by God to pray for these things. <br /><br />Our prayers can and do change things, from OUR perspective. Here is a link to an essay at Christian Classics Ethereal Library on the tension between God's sovereignty and our prayers + witnessing in cooperation with that sovereignty.<br /><br />http://www.ccel.org/node/13396<br /><br />thank you again!<br /><br /><br />Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-65652503425649256562015-11-09T23:59:27.077-05:002015-11-09T23:59:27.077-05:00I must disagree concerning the timing of the Raptu...I must disagree concerning the timing of the Rapture. I strongly believe in the Sovereignty of God, that He has a predetermined number of Gentiles, as you said, and also that each one of those will be regenerated by the Holy Spirit at their appointed time, and that the Rapture will occur at its appointed time. Jesus is building His church on His time frame, and I do not believe we have any power to hasten or hinder the timing of the Rapture that God has already set. We wait on God to act, He does not wait on us. And His timing is never random, for events in scripture have always occurred "at the appropriate time," which indicates God's appointed time. That's because He is in control of them all, down to the final second, and He isn't depending on us to accomplish for Him what we're incapable of. Our efforts are only successful if it is according to His will. It seems to me from your statement it inaccurately removes the control from God's hands and places it in the hands of men. And that is why I must take the position for the Sovereignty of God over every event in human history, for they will come to pass when He has appointed and He alone will accomplish it.Sherylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-51098391899083650462015-11-09T09:36:07.822-05:002015-11-09T09:36:07.822-05:00this is a very cool thought...then the ship will s...this is a very cool thought...then the ship will sail...:)Wiseopinionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618643146103278263noreply@blogger.com