Book 'End Times Delusions' busts current evangelicals bubbles

EVDebs

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Thu May-05-05 06:04 PM
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Book 'End Times Delusions' busts current evangelicals bubbles

Edited on Thu May-05-05 06:05 PM by EVDebs

End Times Delusions by Steven Wohlberg presents the 'historicist' view of the so-called end times Bible prophesies. The antichrist/beast is shown as being the Roman church, which has been the historicist view from the Reformation on down.

Jesuits instituted the 'futurist' view in order to deflect the finger being pointed at the Roman church. It's strange that the end time need for a Third Temple in Jerusalem is only a necessity if you take this futurist point of view on the Biblical prophesies mainly in Daniel and 2 Thes. 2

The book series "Left Behind" has a lot of explaining to do.....

Delusions indeed ! See
www.endtimeinsights.com/

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ayeshahaqqiqa

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Thu May-05-05 06:08 PM
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1. not quite sure I understand how this effects fundamentalists

as many of them are anti-Catholic. Besides, I always thought Revelation was about Rome, not the Roman Church, which didn't exist at the time of the writing of that book.

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EVDebs

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Thu May-05-05 06:09 PM
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2. The reliance on the Third Temple, which is a sore spot with Islam

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Sterling

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Thu May-05-05 06:13 PM
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3. SIte looks as fundie as the Lahaye site.

Whats up?

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mcscajun

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Thu May-05-05 06:18 PM
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4. It's about factionalism, not rationalism.

It's differing views on the Book Of Revelation from two different sets of believers.

Don't go to this book thinking a secularist wrote it, 'cause that ain't the case.

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EVDebs

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Thu May-05-05 09:07 PM
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5. My point exactly...A 'pre-tribulation Rapture' that can't be Bible-backed

spells big trouble under the Revival Tent, brothers and sisters. Democrats and progressives should press the point on this since Jesus's church needs to have its doctrine down pat, so to speak.

An old pastor once said "some people are so heavenly mined they're no earthly good". From what I've seen lately on display from these 'faith based' people, well, they ought to be ashamed.

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Doc Bottom

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Thu May-05-05 09:09 PM
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6. Heavenly minded, no earthly good

I like that.

We describe them as "divorced from reality, but forcing reality to pay alimony."

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mcscajun

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Fri May-06-05 08:13 AM
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7. Both sayings are priceless, IMO

I'm gonna remember them. :)

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