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Originally posted by PoorFool
Doesn't make much of a difference.
Originally posted by Techyo
Originally posted by PoorFool
Doesn't make much of a difference.
What doesn't?
Originally posted by PoorFool
Originally posted by Techyo
Originally posted by PoorFool
Doesn't make much of a difference.
What doesn't?
1.26 microseconds
Originally posted by DaMouse
agree...barely noticed the time difference
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Originally posted by DISRAELI
reply to post by Techyo
I'd like to make an observation about what is meant by "shortening of the days".
It has nothing to do with the length of the individual day; there's no reason why that should have the effect of making it easier for people to survive.
"Those days" is a colloquial expression meaning "that period of time". "Those days will be shortened" means that the period of crisis will be shorter than it might have been; eight months, for example, instead of nine. And the fact that the time of crisis is reduced in length is what makes it possible for people to survive it.
edit on 14-3-2011 by DISRAELI because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Techyo
It isn't to make it EASIER for people to survive, but yet to precisely bring in Gods plan as it was planned from the beginning.
Originally posted by DISRAELI
Originally posted by Techyo
It isn't to make it EASIER for people to survive, but yet to precisely bring in Gods plan as it was planned from the beginning.
The shortening is "for the sake of the elect". Reducing the length of the individual day does absolutely nothing for the elect.
If you're trying to interpret scripture, you need to go by what the words meant at the time they were written.
At thie time this passage was written, the Greek phrase "those days" meant a period of time.
Don't just take my word for it; look in any standard commentary. I have in front of me the Tyndale commentary (Matthew France), which paraphrases this verse as; "the destruction will not be allowed to run its full course".