XPost: alt.paranormal, alt.atheism, alt.religion.christian
From: none@none.non
On Sep 15, 2025, Vincent Maycock wrote
(Message-ID:<6eogck505a8plfacgc2p892haldh2l9gj5@4ax.com>):
> On Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:00:39 -0700, None wrote:
>
> > On Sep 14, 2025, Vincent Maycock wrote
> > (Message-ID:<9vvdckl6seuugadm48cnb231coq1kc09ql@4ax.com>):
> >
> > > On Sun, 14 Sep 2025 09:09:13 -0700, None wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sep 14, 2025, Vincent Maycock wrote
> > > > (Message-ID:):
> > > >
> > > > > On Sat, 13 Sep 2025 21:23:52 -0700, None wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Sep 13, 2025, Vincent Maycock wrote
> > > > > > (Message-ID:<8ebcck1pfpb7it0366gpp9d1csauc7ciih@4ax.com>):
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Sat, 13 Sep 2025 19:02:27 -0700, None wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Sep 13, 2025, Vincent Maycock wrote
> > > > > > > > (Message-ID:):
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Sat, 13 Sep 2025 17:01:55 -0700, None
wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On Sep 13, 2025, Vincent Maycock wrote
> > > > > > > > > > (Message-ID:):
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 13 Sep 2025 14:06:02 -0700, None
wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 13, 2025, Dawn Flood wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > > (Message-ID: <10a4c55$jrvu$4@dont-email.me>):
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On 9/13/2025 12:26 PM, None wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 13, 2025, Mitchell Holman wrote
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Where was this "spoken of" 5000 years ago?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Historically both answers are written in the Bible.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Please do not waste too much of your time on this
stuff. Life is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > far
> > > > > > > > > > > > > too short!
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Dawn
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > This ’stuff’ ? If you are speaking of the things
of God
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > I think she was saying that they're not things of God to
begin
> > > > > > > > > > > with.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > then this short
> > > > > > > > > > > > time we have is extremely vital to our eternal futures.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Christians throughout the ages have believed that they
lived in the
> > > > > > > > > > > end times -- from Paul who clearly believed he would be
alive and
> > > > > > > > > > > waiting for Jesus when the world came to an end, to
Christians who
> > > > > > > > > > > believed that 1000 CE portended an end of the world, to
the
> > > > > > > > > > > Millerites
> > > > > > > > > > > of the 19th century Great Disappointment who calculated
that the
> > > > > > > > > > > world
> > > > > > > > > > > would end in October 1844 -- so perhaps you shouldn't be
so sure
> > > > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > > "time is short.”
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > We were told to be constantly vigilant and live our lives
expected
> > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > suddenly of suddenlies. After all who wants to be caught
short like
> > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > 5
> > > > > > > > > > virgins left behind.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Well, couldn't they get a second chance?!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > If they make it through the initial WWW alive, yes, but from
what I
> > > > > > > > Read
> > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > they must not recant. For many will be beheaded after torture.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > And God can't overcome that?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Would you rather operate like a robot without free will. Or should
it
> > > > > > only
> > > > > > be
> > > > > > the freedom of choice for some people but not all?
> > > > >
> > > > > So in the parable of the 10 virgins, the virgins who were "caught
> > > > > short" didn't *want* to go into the wedding feast?
> > >
> > > > Oh they wanted to alright, but they were too entangled with the
affairs of
> > > > this world to be ready.
> > > > When they realized that their relationship with the bridegroom had gone
> > > > cold
> > > > and after asking the others to give them what they needed to enter be
> > > > ready,
> > > > the bridegroom had already come and swept the others away. When the
> > > > indifferent ones found out, they came banging on the doors to let them
in
> > > > but
> > > > the bridegroom said to them, leave, I never knew you.
> > >
> > > So why couldn't they get a second chance when they were banging on the
> > > door? Why couldn't they get a chance to know the bridegroom even
> > > after they'd screwed up the first time around?
> >
> > They had advance warnings and were indifferent about it. More focused in
> > self, than in God
>
> But when the bridegroom came back, that would change their priorities,
> wouldn't it? So why not show them mercy and forgiveness rather than
> being so vindictive about it?
>
> > > > You see, the weddings of the Jewish culture was after the couple was
> > > > ‘engaged’ the bride was to get ready for marriage, and during the
> > > > following year the bridegroom could come at any time and snatch her
away,
> > > > she
> > > > was notified in a very short time by his best friends who would blow
their
> > > > horns announcing he was coming, on his way, and then he would suddenly
> > > > come
> > > > and snatch her away, to the place or room that he had built for them at
> > > > his
> > > > fathers house, and there they would dwell for a year, for their
honeymoon.
> > > > Neither worked, for that first year was all their time to know each
> > > > other..
> > > > that is what Jesus has done for his bride as well. The wedding feast
was
> > > > enjoyed by both families for up to a month as they partied and
celebrated
> > > > the
> > > > marriage.
> > >
> > > Where did you get that from?
> >
> > Studies on marriage in the Bible.
>
> Which studies?
Mine and it started from the understanding go s messianic Jew.
>
>
> > > > > > In those days, God pulls out that which holders back evil for those
> > > > > > seven
> > > > > > years. But these things you would never understand as you do not
know
> > > > > > who
> > > > > > God is.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cite?
> > > >
> > > > “For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now
> > > > restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.” (2Th 2:7)
> > >
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