the "rapture"? Nothing happened in 1988.

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OldOrthodoxChristian

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Dispensationalist futurists said it was supposed to all happen in 1988.

They said that one generation after the founding of the modern

non-Christian State of Israel in 1948 AD, (and a generation is 40

years), the pre-tribulation "rapture" of the "church" was supposed to

happen, the Jewish temple was supposed to be rebuilt in Jerusalem,

restored Jewish animal sacrifices in the temple were supposed to be

resumed, the Beast of Revelation or "the Antichrist" was supposed to

appear on the scene in Palestine.

That would be one generation in 1988 AD.

But nothing happened in in 1988!

None of these things happened! Why? If it is true that

fundamentalist dispensationalists hold the correct, secret key to rightly

understanding Daniel, Ezekiel, and Revelation, for example, why did

they get their "Bible prophecy" so wrong? Why hasn't Russia already

attacked so-called "Israel"?

Could it be that in God's will none of these things is supposed to

happen in our days? Perhaps none of these things is supposed to ever

happen. Who can rightly know the real future, except God Himself?

In Erie PA

Scott R. Harrington November 2011 AD


 
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Graybeard

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actually a generation is not 40 years as some believe.......
 
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OldOrthodoxChristian

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Graybeard;594135 said:
actually a generation is not 40 years as some believe.......
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So, then, Graybeard, is a generation, then, 63 years? How do you know that a generation is NOT 40 years?

Says WHO, and how do they know it is not 40? If not 40, how long? Also, they have been saying the

pre-tribulation rapture would happen since 1830! Is it a generation since 1830? Since then, they have been

saying Jesus would rapture people, and Israel would be attacked by Russia. They at least have been

saying that since 1917.

See Wilson, Dwight. (1992). Armageddon Now! Tyler, TX: Institute For Christian Economics.

In Erie PA Scott R. Harrington
 
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cronjecj

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OldOrthodoxChristian said:
So, then, Graybeard, is a generation, then, 63 years? How do you know that a generation is NOT 40 years?

Says WHO, and how do they know it is not 40? If not 40, how long? Also, they have been saying the

pre-tribulation rapture would happen since 1830! Is it a generation since 1830? Since then, they have been

saying Jesus would rapture people, and Israel would be attacked by Russia. They at least have been

saying that since 1917.

See Wilson, Dwight. (1992). Armageddon Now! Tyler, TX: Institute For Christian Economics.

In Erie PA Scott R. Harrington
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Do you believe in pretrib? just curious..
 
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shroom2

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OldOrthodoxChristian said:
So, then, Graybeard, is a generation, then, 63 years? How do you know that a generation is NOT 40 years?

Says WHO, and how do they know it is not 40? If not 40, how long? Also, they have been saying the

pre-tribulation rapture would happen since 1830! Is it a generation since 1830? Since then, they have been

saying Jesus would rapture people, and Israel would be attacked by Russia. They at least have been

saying that since 1917.

See Wilson, Dwight. (1992). Armageddon Now! Tyler, TX: Institute For Christian Economics.

In Erie PA Scott R. Harrington
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Nobody knows when the pretrib rapture will happen:

1 Thes 1:10) And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

1 Cor 15:52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

But it will.
 
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OldOrthodoxChristian

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cronjecj said:
Do you believe in pretrib? just curious..
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I used to fall for that lie of Satan. I used to believe in a pre-tribulation rapture. Then I read John 17:15 and Matthew 24:29ff.
I don't believe in this rapture myth any more.

 
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cronjecj

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OldOrthodoxChristian said:


I used to fall for that lie of Satan. I used to believe in a pre-tribulation rapture. Then I read John 17:15 and Matthew 24:29ff.
I don't believe in this rapture myth any more.
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PRAISE GOD!!
 
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raptureready.com
 
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Laodicea

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OldOrthodoxChristian said:

Dispensationalist futurists said it was supposed to all happen in 1988.

They said that one generation after the founding of the modern

non-Christian State of Israel in 1948 AD, (and a generation is 40

years), the pre-tribulation "rapture" of the "church" was supposed to

happen, the Jewish temple was supposed to be rebuilt in Jerusalem,

restored Jewish animal sacrifices in the temple were supposed to be

resumed, the Beast of Revelation or "the Antichrist" was supposed to

appear on the scene in Palestine.

That would be one generation in 1988 AD.

But nothing happened in in 1988!

None of these things happened! Why? If it is true that

fundamentalist dispensationalists hold the correct, secret key to rightly

understanding Daniel, Ezekiel, and Revelation, for example, why did

they get their "Bible prophecy" so wrong? Why hasn't Russia already

attacked so-called "Israel"?

Could it be that in God's will none of these things is supposed to

happen in our days? Perhaps none of these things is supposed to ever

happen. Who can rightly know the real future, except God Himself?

In Erie PA

Scott R. Harrington November 2011 AD
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People in Jesus time did not recognize Jesus because of incorrect teachings on what they expected of the Messiah. They expected the Messiah to set up His kingdom on earth and to conquer the nations and for Israel to be the leading nation. Even the disciples did not fully understand until Pentecost. So it could be today that by a incorrect teaching of the prophecies people will be deceived
 
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a generation is 120 years because that is the years allotted to man to live, not that I believe in the pretrib rapture, but anyways...

Genesis 6:3
And the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”
 
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cronjecj

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ana is that the best you can
do? just kidding haha
 
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OldOrthodoxChristian

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AnandaHya said:
a generation is 120 years because that is the years allotted to man to live, not

that I believe in the pretrib rapture, but anyways...

Genesis 6:3

And the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be

one hundred and twenty years.”
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Dear AnadaHya. Excuse me, please! What verse in the KJV, Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, for ready-

reference, says, "A generation is 120 years"? Just wondering! In Erie PA Scott R. Harrington

PS Does Genesis 6:3 say "generation"?
 
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