Can You Figure it Out ?

Silver Surfer · Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:51 am Post subject: Can You Figure it Out ?

Can you see the same thought being portrayed in both Bible verses ?
Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noe [were], so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
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2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and [by] our gathering together unto him,
2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for [that day shall not come], except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth [will let], until he be taken out of the way.
2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

There is just one thought that is central in both Bible texts.
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45degreeN · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:16 am Post subject: Noah's time frame

Noah prophesied for 120 years prior to the flood not one person listened to him except his family. Of course there had never been a flood before and I bet most people just couldn't accept the concept of them dying in a flood, to them it just didn't make sense. How could someone in Noah's day accept the flood theory without some previous knowledge of floods? Noah did build an ark for his family and others certainly did have the same opportunity to build something for themselves but there is no evidence they did.

Present day: we have God's word for everyone to read, we even know about such controversial things as a rapture even though it has never occurred before either. How can we in this present day accept the rapture without some evidence?

Knowing everything there is to know about God is impossible since God is far beyond our understanding. Complete knowledge drives out faith anyway. What God seems to want is that we, in spite of our less than perfect knowledge, faithe (the verb form of Pisteo) on the Lord Jesus we will be saved.

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No...I can't figure it out. It baffles me stupid.
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Silver Surfer · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:37 pm Post subject:

45degreeN · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:05 am Post subject:

OK silver surfer. That means we can safely ignore all the other verses which do speak of the tribulation and rapture, base our whole theology on this one verse relying on it as though it were the only word of God and forgetting anything else.

How simplistic that is and certainly not reliably explaining to us the whole word of God. Your certainty is overwhelming your reason. Isn't there at least a little questioning, some acceptance of others reasonings? Does everyone else make no sense whatsoever? Are we all condemned to hellfire for not falling into lockstep with what you say?

Silver Surfer · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:54 pm Post subject:

knuckle · Young Wolf Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 501

Hi All-----------

SS--------Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noe [were], so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
The thought here is....that when Jesus Christ returns, the UNsaved will be destroyed....just as the UNsaved were destroyed in Noah's time

couple of questions about the above first How long are the unsaved destroyed(for the millinium,eternally, till the second ressurection) and gone?

If all the unsaved are gone and only the righteous remain whom does the overcomer rule over with a rod of iron?Rev.2:26---who are the "nations" in this verse?

much love--------knuckle

Silver Surfer · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 1:35 pm Post subject: