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Originally posted by Icarus Rising
reply to post by FlyersFan
How much Scriptural evidence is there for transubstantiation of the eucharist?
Originally posted by Icarus Rising
You have to be kidding.
Originally posted by concerned190
Are you saying these are or are not pre trib believers?
Originally posted by Icarus Rising
They are symbolic of the way Jesus feeds and quenches the thirst of our spirits. Nothing more.
Originally posted by Icarus Rising
So to say I'm picking and choosing is not to understand His teaching methods, not to mention the height of hypocrisy.
People only get 'raptured' (if you wish to use that word) when Christ returns.
Revelation 7
9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;
Calling those who disagree with your interpretation hypocritical is
Originally posted by Icarus Rising
I said the meaning was symbolic, the words a parable.
John 6
60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?”
John 1
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Hebrews 9:11-14
However, when Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come to pass, through the greater & more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation, He entered, no, not with the blood of goats & of young bulls, but with His own blood, once for all time into the holy place & obtained an everlasting deliverance [for us]. For if the blood of goats & of bulls & the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who have been defiled sanctifies to the extent of cleanness of the flesh, how much more will the blood of The CHRIST, who through an everlasting spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works that we may render sacred service to [the] living God?
Originally posted by concerned190
I am having such a hard time in my area finding a church that does NOT believe in the pre-trib thoery. I am begining to believe they don't exist. Does anyone know of any churches that believe Jesus is only comming ONCE?
Originally posted by runetang
Lol.. i love these terms..
"pre-trib rapture", "mid-trib rapture", "end-trib rapture" etc..
Fact of the matter is ... its a NO TRIB RAPTURE lol. Meaning theres not going to be a Rapture. There's nothing in the text which supports it other than two vague spots in the Book of Revelation. One which says, "One woman will be working while another will be gone" or some such, which people think means shes going to vanish into thin air. The other part is the description of the sealing of the 144,000 male virgin jews by God that will be taken up with Yeshua as he returns on a Cloud. 12,000 from all 12 tribes. Clearly this number isn't exact but rather symbolic; furthermore clearly it isnt going to be an exact portion of male virgin jews from each tribe of Israel; this could simply refer to 12 different nations from which the chosen elect will be sealed. Who knows exactly what it means? But what it DOESNT mean is that 30% of the world's population (all the devout Christians in the world) are going to vanish into thin air one day BEFORE the Tribulation period begins.
I'm sorry to say it folks, but the Tribulation period may have just begun. And perhaps 7 years really means 70? or 700? Can you really say you know for certain? It's all in the interpretation..
And to any moderator who might be considering to move or delete this post, I'm just trying to help people, as a follower of Christ myself, so that they won't be so traumatized once they realize that they've been sold on a lie by stuff like the "Left Behind" series, and if they believe that tribulation is imminent, they'd better get ready to go through some tuff times. Not nearly as tuff as those who aren't sealed, thankfully the devout elect will be spared the worst and wll be kept from danger. But the world will be still a terrible place to be in at that time more than any other in collective history.
[edit on 3/12/2009 by runetang]
Originally posted by theindependentjournal
reply to post by concerned190
Find a 7th day Adventist or messianic church and you won't get John Darby's speculation of Margaret McDonalds dream from 1884.
No pre-trib, at least not according to my Bible, "He that endures to the very end shall be saved."