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Tuesday, August 09, 2005 Left Behind - Michele (not really!)Interesting how our minds work as kids, Michele (your comment about coming home to an empty house and wondering were you "left behind"!!). I remember sitting in an old school room, must have been about 5th June 1967, Israel had just launched a massive attack on the Arabs, and looking out the window at the most ominous and threatening dark storm approaching, and thinking to myself "this could be it, the end of the world"!Your comment: "But on the other hand, I'm not so 'one-eyed' as to think that a person who doesn't believe or interpret the meanings of Revelation the same as I do, that they are lost!" is just as well, or we wouldn't be meeting up with Gary in heaven... :-)) And can you please give me your understanding of what "a-mill" and "post-mill" mean - I'm struggling to work them out. BTW I liked this bit of background to Revelation that I once heard from Paul Barker: The purpose of Rev is to stir up perseverance in faith, especially in face of opposition, and it does this by taking us into the control room. Who is in charge? Who rules on the throne? God, the real authority. What matters most is not SEEING but hearing and heeding God. In Rev we don't get a picture of God (we are to avoid the temptation to make any image like God). And your last point But this quote: "The Left Behind books miss the point that Christ already has the victory!" I don't agree with and wonder if this lady has read all the books, because Christ is certainly lifted up and 'Yes' He already does has the victory, but there are still many days of prophecy to be fulfilled. Interesting comment of yours Michele, I gathered that the lady had read all the books, so obviously one's view is clouded or coloured by one's preconceptions (as is our reading of scripture on eschatalogical matters, I suspect). I will accept your reading of this!! (thanks) # posted by geoff @ 12:09 pm 0 comments
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