Wrong Again
Earlier this month, CNN and Fox marked forty years since the Six Day War in Israel. They carried extensive analysis of the war and its impact. The thing that was not mentioned is that forty years have passed and Jesus has not returned.
When I became a Christian in the early seventies, the bible prophecy buffs were saying that Jesus would return within a generation of the nation of Israel being established in 1948. At first they said that a generation was 25 years, but when 1973 came and went, they changed a generation to 40 years. Then 1984 (George Orwell) and 1988 (1948+40) passed without a blink, so they changed their story. The timetable starts in 1967, when Israel took control of the Jerusalem and the temple mount. However, 1992 (1967+25) went by and nothing happened, so they bought out the forty year generation once again. Now forty years (a so-called generation) has passed since 1967 and Jesus has still not returned.
In between all this, the biblical prophecy buffs claimed that the Y2K would bring terrible disasters, but they were wrong again.
I believe that it is time that these guys admitted that they have lost the plot. Actually, they never had the plot. They have been wrong so many times that they are fully discredited. Yet Christian all over the world read their books and listen to their television programs.
These boys have been wrong again and again, yet they still go on television and speak the lie. We must be a very gullible people to listen to them.
Maybe it is time for some wisdom.
5 comments:
You could, of course, go on. And on and on and on.
hey RonMcK,
i read the link at kingwatch, and the content intrigues me, is there any place i can read more about studies on this viewpoint?
"The teaching that Jesus will personally come back to establish the Kingdom of God is not true. The Bible teaches that Jesus will return to receive the kingdom from the church, so that he can hand it back to the father (1 Cor 15:24,25)." -kingwatch
i'm confused, doesnt the bible (same verse) say that Jesus will put down all rule, all authority, all power, then deliver the Kingdom of God?
drop me an email at jawn1011 [at] hotmail, if you're free to explain :)
Jesus sat down at the right hand of the father after ascending into heaven. He had already defeated the principalities and powers. He then makes that kingdom a reality through the church (as in Eph 3:10).
The key is is how the kingdom comes. It can come through Jesus returning and beating up the opposition like some spiritual rambo or it can come through the church preaching the goood news of the gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit. The book of Acts proves that the latter method works. I have confidence in the Holy Spirit. I reject any teaching that says that the satan will lick the Holy Spirit.
sweet, thanks, i'll give it some deep thought
Great post, I just watched Jack Van Impe the other night and he always seem likes he has this thing all cracked - but little does the viewer know his total flip-flopping on issues - all the time. I got so sick of eschatology and revelations I won't even speak on either subject - since the people that made all these predictions (in our generation) have created some wackiness theology that is irrelevant anyways.
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