The End is near

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jonathanbchristian

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The signs of the times are prevail. The End is near. Homosexuality and abortion are signs. They are global. They are the end of God's patience. God will root up the tares and burn them in fire. The end is soon. The tribulation will begin in our lifetime. Look for the signs; God never tolerated this much and He will put an end to it like Sodom and Gomorah. The latter day sins are worsening. Soon the Beast will arrive and take dominion over the globe. Look for the rebuilding of the Temple in Israel. Look for signs in the sun and moon. God will not always strive with the hearts of man.
 
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Near as in within 10 years, or near as in another 2000+ years?
Based on previous discussions on this forum, some understand near to mean 2000ish+ years.
So if you could go back for some clarification, it would help in understanding your message.
 
PreTribGuy

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It is CLEARLY nearer now than it was 3 minutes ago!
 
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1still_waters

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It is CLEARLY nearer now than it was 3 minutes ago!
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Lol.
But usually near means something.

Obviously something x minutes from a time in the past is nearer than it was from the time in the past referenced.
 
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Yes he is coming
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Why even say something is near, if all you're meaning to say is that NOW is closer to said end point, than some time in the past?

Of course a present time is closer to an end point than some time in the past. That's as obvious as water being wet. If that's all that near means, then why state such an obvious fact? Well clearly you state near, cuz you're trying to convey something that needs some explanation.
 
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jonathanbchristian said:
The signs of the times are prevail. The End is near. Homosexuality and abortion are signs. They are global. They are the end of God's patience. God will root up the tares and burn them in fire. The end is soon. The tribulation will begin in our lifetime. Look for the signs; God never tolerated this much and He will put an end to it like Sodom and Gomorah. The latter day sins are worsening. Soon the Beast will arrive and take dominion over the globe. Look for the rebuilding of the Temple in Israel. Look for signs in the sun and moon. God will not always strive with the hearts of man.
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Things were far worse in the 1st century Roman Empire, where anybody could worship any god they wanted as long as they also acknowledge Caesar as a god. Did you know that if you wanted to join a trade guild, some of them made you join into sexual perverted acts in order to join them and make money. Since a Christian couldn't do this, they couldn't buy and sell because they were prohibited to work. It's amazing Christians have been saying stuff like this in all centuries after Christ and have been wrong every time.

Boy, I really hope Christ has a good sense of humor.
 
Blain

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1still_waters said:
Near as in within 10 years, or near as in another 2000+ years?
Based on previous discussions on this forum, some understand near to mean 2000ish+ years.
So if you could go back for some clarification, it would help in understanding your message.
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But you see, that is why God is clever. He knows that we think soon or near could mean 200 years from now so we don't expect it to happen today. there is a reason it will come as a thief in the night, because people always say stuff like that not expecting it at all and then BAM. So if you don't expect it to happen that is the time to be expecting it
 
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But you see, that is why God is clever. He knows that we think soon or near could mean 200 years from now so we don't expect it to happen today. there is a reason it will come as a thief in the night, because people always say stuff like that not expecting it at all and then BAM. So if you don't expect it to happen that is the time to be expecting it
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Well when God means to say something will be a surprise he uses terms like thief in the night.

But when God means to say something is near or far away, he'll say near or far away.
I don't know why one must reverse engineer a simple word like near.
 
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Blain said:
But you see, that is why God is clever. He knows that we think soon or near could mean 200 years from now so we don't expect it to happen today. there is a reason it will come as a thief in the night, because people always say stuff like that not expecting it at all and then BAM. So if you don't expect it to happen that is the time to be expecting it
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Yeah! I think God's purpose is to fool us! Don't you think? His purpose OBVIOUSLY has ALWAYS been to destroy us. Don't you think? You must be right! He was trying to fool us when He said He would come like a thief in the night so He could make sure he could send us all straight to hell!
 
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1still_waters said:
Well when God means to say something will be a surprise he uses terms like thief in the night.

But when God means to say something is near or far away, he'll say near or far away.
I don't know why one must reverse engineer a simple word like near.
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Agreed, God is not cryptic, we humans make him cryptic...
 
Blain

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1still_waters said:
Well when God means to say something will be a surprise he uses terms like thief in the night.

But when God means to say something is near or far away, he'll say near or far away.
I don't know why one must reverse engineer a simple word like near.
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Then why do we? do you know how many times the lord has said the rapture and the tribulation are so close? But most people disregard it and say there is more time. But i'm afraid theres not
 
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Then why do we? do you know how many times the lord has said the rapture and the tribulation are so close? But most people disregard it and say there is more time. But i'm afraid theres not
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Where has the lord said the rapture and tribulation are close?
 
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T_Laurich said:
Agreed, God is not cryptic, we humans make him cryptic...
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On top of that, if we can reverse engineer "near" into some cryptic I'm just jerking you around term, then it makes it nearly impossible for God to actually tell us something is near, if he actually means to say near!
 
Blain

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1still_waters said:
Where has the lord said the rapture and tribulation are close?
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In scripture, through his prophets, he showed me the raptue many times in visions, in my rapture dream Jesus said the rapture is here and he tells me sometimes too
 
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In scripture, through his prophets, he showed me the raptue many times in visions, in my rapture dream Jesus said the rapture is here and he tells me sometimes too
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Can you give specific verses where he says the rapture is near?
 
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1still_waters said:
Can you give specific verses where he says the rapture is near?
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hmmm. not the rapture... but the end.

1 Peter 4:7
7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray.
 
Blain

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1still_waters said:
Can you give specific verses where he says the rapture is near?
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I can but i have to look it up real quick and honestly i don't feel like it LOL but if you do an in depth study on the end times and the signs and prophesies being fulfilled today it has a soet of link to it. the old testiment and the new testiment set a sort of guideline to follow on how to know where we are in the end times. revelations is our marker, it tells us where we are in the book of revelations once we follow the very comp[lex guidelines in the rest of the bible.
 
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I can but i have to look it up real quick and honestly i don't feel like it LOL but if you do an in depth study on the end times and the signs and prophesies being fulfilled today it has a soet of link to it. the old testiment and the new testiment set a sort of guideline to follow on how to know where we are in the end times. revelations is our marker, it tells us where we are in the book of revelations once we follow the very comp[lex guidelines in the rest of the bible.
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Dude. It's called Google. It takes literally seconds to find a verse, copy it and paste it. Seconds. Way less time than it took you to type the messages you've typed here.
 
Blain

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MatthewMichael said:
Dude. It's called Google. It takes literally seconds to find a verse, copy it and paste it. Seconds. Way less time than it took you to type the messages you've typed here.
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I can't really do that right now because i am on my friends computer and he said to just stay on cc, he is very paranoid about his computer. but someone already posted the scripture i was talking about
 
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