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<blockquote data-quote="wyldberi" data-source="post: 97364" data-attributes="member: 6095"><p>If you want to mix the Bible with UFO's you can come up with some interesting dilemmas.</p><p>.</p><p>There is the second coming of Christ -- what time? There's the time when the "dead in Christ" rise to meet him as he descends; there's the time when He sets up a kingdom and rules for a thousand years; there's the time of Armageddon. The Bible doesn't say the Christ will use a flying ship to return to earth; it doesn't say he won't. It could be either way.</p><p>.</p><p>There is the coming of the anti-Christ. This being may be human and simply step onto the world political stage; or the anti-Christ may be an alien that shows up to solve the world's problems. I'd have to go back and check which of those might be the case. Right now, I don't remember whether either option is excluded.</p><p>.</p><p>If you go with the idea that Christ is a space alien and shows up with a fleet of ships to take away those who want to be "saved" from an impending catastrophe, do you get on the ship that's landed in your front yard (or down at the town courthouse lawn)? Or do you stay away, believing the guy calling himself Christ is actually the anti-Christ (or his false prophet), come to try and deceive Christ's elect and get them out of the way so that the anti-Christ can do his thing in Jerusalem unimpeded?</p><p>.</p><p>Demons or angels? Which are the grays? Which are the Nordics? How do you tell the difference?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is what I think happened with the doctrine known as "the Rapture."</p><p>.</p><p>Take hell fire and brimstone, fear-based teaching. You get people together in a church or tent and tell them they are going to hell if they don't "repent and get saved." We all have done things we regret and don't know how to undo, even though we wish we could. Walk into that tent, and there may be a 50/50 chance your guilt catches up with you, so your go up to the altar and repent in hope of being forgiven and saved. After that you wind up going to church every week just to make sure you stay saved, and stay out of hell. When you go to church you rub elbows with other "believers" and reassure each other you've all actually been saved. And, you all put some cash into the plate when it gets passed around; that's just a reminder to God that, yes, you do still believe.</p><p>.</p><p>The Rapture theory does a similar type of thing. Instead of hellfire, you're worried about the tribulations that are due to set in during the "last days." You look around you, the world looks pretty bad and seems to be getting worse. The preacher steps into the pulpit and starts talking about how ol' anti-Christ's a-comin', and how you better get ready, better strengthen your faith ... How do you do that? Maybe add a little something extra for the Building Fund when the plate comes around. You tell your friend's and neighbors about the Rapture. They look at you kind of funny, so you go back to Wednesday Bible Study or Prayer Service to rub elbows with those who believe the same way you do, so you can be reassured you're on the right path, and you put a little more cash in the plate when it comes around.</p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wyldberi, post: 97364, member: 6095"] If you want to mix the Bible with UFO's you can come up with some interesting dilemmas. . There is the second coming of Christ -- what time? There's the time when the "dead in Christ" rise to meet him as he descends; there's the time when He sets up a kingdom and rules for a thousand years; there's the time of Armageddon. The Bible doesn't say the Christ will use a flying ship to return to earth; it doesn't say he won't. It could be either way. . There is the coming of the anti-Christ. This being may be human and simply step onto the world political stage; or the anti-Christ may be an alien that shows up to solve the world's problems. I'd have to go back and check which of those might be the case. Right now, I don't remember whether either option is excluded. . If you go with the idea that Christ is a space alien and shows up with a fleet of ships to take away those who want to be "saved" from an impending catastrophe, do you get on the ship that's landed in your front yard (or down at the town courthouse lawn)? Or do you stay away, believing the guy calling himself Christ is actually the anti-Christ (or his false prophet), come to try and deceive Christ's elect and get them out of the way so that the anti-Christ can do his thing in Jerusalem unimpeded? . Demons or angels? Which are the grays? Which are the Nordics? How do you tell the difference? This is what I think happened with the doctrine known as "the Rapture." . Take hell fire and brimstone, fear-based teaching. You get people together in a church or tent and tell them they are going to hell if they don't "repent and get saved." We all have done things we regret and don't know how to undo, even though we wish we could. Walk into that tent, and there may be a 50/50 chance your guilt catches up with you, so your go up to the altar and repent in hope of being forgiven and saved. After that you wind up going to church every week just to make sure you stay saved, and stay out of hell. When you go to church you rub elbows with other "believers" and reassure each other you've all actually been saved. And, you all put some cash into the plate when it gets passed around; that's just a reminder to God that, yes, you do still believe. . The Rapture theory does a similar type of thing. Instead of hellfire, you're worried about the tribulations that are due to set in during the "last days." You look around you, the world looks pretty bad and seems to be getting worse. The preacher steps into the pulpit and starts talking about how ol' anti-Christ's a-comin', and how you better get ready, better strengthen your faith ... How do you do that? Maybe add a little something extra for the Building Fund when the plate comes around. You tell your friend's and neighbors about the Rapture. They look at you kind of funny, so you go back to Wednesday Bible Study or Prayer Service to rub elbows with those who believe the same way you do, so you can be reassured you're on the right path, and you put a little more cash in the plate when it comes around. . [/QUOTE]
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