LadyRaven Posted July 24, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,981 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/22/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/20/1964 Share Posted July 24, 2008 This from your post is wisdom that everyone is "qualified" for, but that most just don't understand, it's ok not to know everything That was a big deal for me, as I used to pride myself (yeah, I said pride) on being intellectual, and I also felt that as such, it was my christian duty to know everything (only a slight exaggeration). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Amen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seekeratthesea Posted July 24, 2008 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 160 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/02/2007 Status: Offline Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 This from your post is wisdom that everyone is "qualified" for, but that most just don't understand, it's ok not to know everything I started getting that way before getting transferred away from the "end times" crowd......mostly from envy of the way they could attach daily newspaper headlines/current events to scripture, always "proving" That was a big deal for me, as I used to pride myself (yeah, I said pride) on being intellectual, and I also felt that as such, it was my christian duty to know everything (only a slight exaggeration). I started getting that way before getting transferred away from the "end times" crowd......mostly from envy of the way they could attach daily newspaper headlines/current events to scripture, always "proving" how brilliant they were. I ended up reading the Bible by myself before I got too pulled into that world, which thereafter left me skeptical enough of the whole notion of "expertise" especially when they apply it to themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaqub Posted July 24, 2008 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 45 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/06/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted July 24, 2008 (edited) What was said was: You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. (Matt 24:6, also Mark 13:7) I didn't see that Jesus said that there will be an increase in the number of wars. Where did this idea originate from? Secondly, "when these things happen, the end is still to come," it tells me that there is some time left, though Jesus didn't say how far off. In fact, when it is quiet, then all bets are off! Edited July 24, 2008 by yaqub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest man Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 1 Thess. 5 3 For when they say, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seekeratthesea Posted July 24, 2008 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 160 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/02/2007 Status: Offline Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 What year did you join? You must have been on Pendleton........and spent some time in San Clemente..... I joined in June of 1988. The only west coast station I have been at is Yuma Az. Other than that I have been stationed at Okinawa, MCAS Beaufort, Okinawa, MCAS Yuma, St Louis for recruiting duty and now MCAS New River Twenty years in the Marine Corps and NEVER on Camp Pendleton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seekeratthesea Posted July 24, 2008 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 160 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/02/2007 Status: Offline Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 What was said was: You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. (Matt 24:6, also Mark 13:7) I didn't see that Jesus said that there will be an increase in the number of wars. Where did this idea originate from? Secondly, "when these things happen, the end is still to come," it tells me that there is some time left, though Jesus didn't say how far off. In fact, when it is quiet, then all bets are off! No........but I hear it all the time that when end of the worlders want to "prove" that we're in the end times, they use that verse AND THEN tell me that we've got more wars going on then any other time in history. And if it's simply "wars and rumors of wars" constitute all of history. Wars and rumors of wars includes the same time frame in which Christ spoke the words, it includes time frame BEFORE He came to earth too. Wars and rumors of wars is part of all history. And it's not quiet in todays era either, it's just less noisy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizzdy Posted July 24, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 173 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 3,911 Content Per Day: 0.67 Reputation: 212 Days Won: 10 Joined: 03/21/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted July 24, 2008 The only west coast station I have been at is Yuma Az. Sorry to interupt and this is wayyy off topic but I wonder if you knew my mother in law, she was a bartender somewhere on base until about 4 or 5 years ago. Sorry for the interuption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest man Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 And it's not quiet in todays era either, it's just less noisy. So what's your point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seekeratthesea Posted July 24, 2008 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 160 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/02/2007 Status: Offline Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 And it's not quiet in todays era either, it's just less noisy. So what's your point? That that particular verse can't really be used to find end times scenarios, as people often seem intent on doing. And in general, that the end or days may be "no where in sight" anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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