The end is at hand!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by notofworks

So then they don't believe in an eternity where we all head off the planet and earth eventually fizzles?

Right. Actually you do not have to be full preterist to think that way, either. I think that way. The earth was said to remain forever. However, I believe that occurs while we will also see satan and sinners and death removed from earth forever, with no one being born in sin again at some point, since all sinners are removed.

The 3.5 years you described above is not unlike many conditions we see in our world today. I wonder how people that live in the depths of third-world countries would view our eschatology? It seems to me that a lot of the theology we have in America is GREATLY influenced by American culture and NOT seen through the eyes of the rest of the "real world".

I think that just because similarities exist in the world today that mirror the prophecies, it does not mean that the primary fulfillment of that prophecy did not come to pass.

For example, the heretical "Prosperity Doctrine." We've got Creflo Dollar telling us we should all be possessing the best and driving beemers, while people in Ethiopia and Haiti are just hoping for a meal.

Good point. I agree with you there. But I can also believe that God does prosper and people in Haiti could exert enough faith for them to personally prosper due to miraculous intervention from God. Anyway, I see your point.