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Originally Posted by mfblume
Sorry, folks, but when I read Jesus say that everything he listed would take place in a single generation, and one of the items on the list was the destruction of the temple they looked at that day, it's pretty plain to me. And in comparison of all synoptic gospels, the Sign of His coming was plainly the sign when the temple would be destroyed. And with NOT ONE SINGLE reference to a future coming from our day's perspective in the entire Gospel of Matthew before chapter 24, with references to His coming in their day at the end of Matt 16 and references to AD70 destruction in Matt 21 where he asked what God would do when he "comes" to the vineyard, followed by acknowledgment that the Pharisees knew He spoke of THEM in that coming, it's so plainly biblically evident that I don;t need history. That does IN NO WAY say history contradicts the belief but I believe it anyway. I am simply saying the scriptures are too plain to have to require history as well.
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About 10-12 yrs ago, I ran across the "some standing here' passage. I was unsure of the answer, so I asked what was then our senior pastor. He joked and said "theyre getting to be a ripe ol' age aint they'. Obvisously unsure the answer. Then, we had a visiting minister (aka 'the walking bible"), I asked him the same thing, he said Pentecost. I nvr argued, but w some study for obvious reasons per the recent thread, I didn't buy it.
I began recognizing the fact that Jesus basically only spoke of "The Kingdom", so I started studying that.
One night I woke up about 2:30am and yelled out "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand!".
Freaked my wife plum out, she was ready to be "caught up"!
Then I started studying John the Baptist the forerunner, and only HE alone was the voice crying in the wilderness, not us, as that song goes"behold he comes", then I started studying "behold he comes...with clouds.
Then came "this generation will not pass away till....
So if he didn't mean what he said plainly, then what was the purpose for saying it at all?! Just like what in the world is the purpose for all the timing statements, if they mean nothing at all, zilch, zero, because theres a verse that supposedly voids ANY and ALL time relevant scriptures by saying" a day to the lord whatever...
That's foolishness IMO to think that.
Anyway, u get the picture, one thing, then another ....
Little off the thread title, but I thought I'd share it anyway...
my grandma went to her grave last year, and she was a hardcore IB endtime magazine reader for years. My senior pastor I mentioned above, still teaches his videos too.
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