Dave,
And in 16 pages of a thread started to post Scripture about End-Time prophecies, has anybody posted the one scripture where Jesus tells His disciples what happens before the end comes?
This thread was started almost a year ago, if we, who have participated in this discussion were only concerned with end times this thread would have far more than the 18 pages it now has.. Interestingly enough, the one scripture in question was discussed more than any other, and with fruitful results for some of us I might add.
Didn't Ray explain the meaning of "buying and selling" in the LOF series?
As I pointed out in another reply, Ray did not expound on this subject, perhaps because it had not been made clear to him at that time.
If Ray were alive today, he would have plenty to say on this subject, as reading his Towers article clearly shows. New light did not end with Ray's death as I'm sure you know.
Am I to understand those of us discussing this subject, are lacking in something that God requires from us as his sons and daughters?
I can only Speak for myself, in that regard. I've been given something more precious, rare and desirable than all the riches this world has to offer. The first being great peace, a peace that can Only be acquired through my Lord and saviour. Faith to believe without question, that he who laid down his life for All, will make good on his promise, no matter what. I've been given a place of refuge, with the strength to endure whatever I may yet have to face in my physical life.
I walk with my Lord everyday, he's my rock, my comfort and my assurance in all things. I talk to him all the time about everything, even this discussion we've been having about end time prophesy. If I'm doing something he disapproves of I'm certain he'll make it known to me, as he always has. I feel God working in me all the time, and whatever he wills me to do is what I do.
I don't think Dennis was implying that Jesus was coming in destruction, as the scriptures he shared clearly show.
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Mat 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
No mention of destruction there.
Mat 24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
This was Jesus warning of the coming destruction of Jerusalem, not his second coming.
God is the one who gives knowledge and understanding, am I to believe he does that without purpose?
Are we to believe Jesus didn't also warn us of another type of destruction coming, even if it doesn't result in that type of physical destruction.that occurred then? I think not, as scripture makes those warnings very clear.
No matter if we are in end times or not, there will be an end to this age, as God's word assures us, and there will be a generation to witness it. I'm from the camp that believes we are seeing end time prophesy being fullfilled . Does that mean it's going to happen in my lifetime, or 200 years from now, that is irrelevant to our discussion, as we know things happen on God's clock and not ours. Does discussing this jeopardise Our relationship with God, not if we consider All is of God, including this discussion of end time prophesy.