[Linux4christians] OT: Rapture: Fact or Fiction?

[Christopher Rose]

The problem with an answer like that is that is dodges the issue. The same has been said of predestination. I have been through many debates regarding end time prophecy and predestination over the course of the last ten to fifteen years. Most of them end with me being told that if I don't believe as they do, then I am not a Christian. However, these are the things that Christians should discuss so that we may truly be one universal Christan church (the ancient texts say "catholic", but I know some get worked up over that term). If the whole of the Christian church can truly come together on a universal set of doctrinal statements regarding what we believe in all these arenas, then we will have the best set of evangelical tools ever. Thus our ever present and perpetual need for pastors, teachers, and theologians. Through study, discussion, and prayer we can give the church a single unified voice and body. However, it also means touching issues we find distasteful and would rather dodge, such as end time prophecy and predestination (oddly, these two doctrines are somewhat closely related, but that is a discourse for another time).

Respectfully,

Christopher L. Rose



May 15, 2011 01:31:34 PM, dcolburn at bibleseven.com wrote:

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My first ministry-mentor did not like getting tangled up in doctrinal
debates so his take was "I am an O-Millenialist." and when pressed
to explain he'd say "Oh well, whatever God decides to do is fine
with me."

;-)

 > Christopher Rose wrote:
>  The statistics I've heard say that most of the Christians throughout
>  the world are amillenialists. I just happen to be one of them.

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