From: rpitts@emperor.gatech.edu (Richard Pitts)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc
Subject: Re: There are two years left!
Date: 10 Sep 92 18:39:40 GMT
Organization: CERL-EE, Georgia Institue of Technology

In article <1992Sep10.132606.22060@linus.mitre.org> m23364@mwunix (James Meritt) writes:
|In article <67893@hydra.gatech.EDU> rpitts@emperor.gatech.edu (Richard Pitts) writes:
|}In article <1992Sep9.164331.15457@linus.mitre.org> m23364@mwunix (James Meritt) writes:
|}-In article <67872@hydra.gatech.EDU> rpitts@emperor.gatech.edu (Richard Pitts) writes:
|}-}In article <1992Sep8.195107.8340@linus.mitre.org> m23364@mwunix (James Meritt) writes:
|}-}|In article <67831@hydra.gatech.EDU> rpitts@emperor.gatech.edu (Richard Pitts) writes:
|}-}|}In article <1992Sep8.172736.1879@linus.mitre.org> m23364@mwunix (James Meritt) writes:
|}-}|}>
|}-}|}>Bad news.  The end of the world came and went.  NONE of you are worthy!
|}-}|}
|}-}|}Regardless of whether anyone of us is worthy or not, we would all know it,
|}-}|}as Jesus described in the following passage:
|}-}|}...
|}-}|}   Mat 24:27   For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even 
|}-}|}     in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
|}-}|...
|}-}|And you MISSED it!!!!
|}-}
|}-}No.  You didn't read verse 27 very close or so it seems.
|}-}
|}-}    Mat 24:27   For as lightning that comes from the east IS VISIBLE even in
|}-}       the west, SO WILL BE the coming of the Son of Man.
|}-}
|}-}It will be visible, just as the lightning is.
|}-
|}-To a blind man, though something is visible it will not be seen.  And there
|}-appear to be many blind to THE WAY here - including you, apparently.
|}
|}You know He made the blind see, don't you?
|
|Not all of them.

I assume you know that during the 1,000 years of peace, which happens
at that time, there will be no sickness or pain - I'm sure blindness is
covered, aren't you?

Much less verse 30 of this passage tells us that all tribes will see..

   Mat 24:30   And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and
      then shall ALL THE TRIBES OF THE EARTH mourn, and THEY SHALL see the Son
      of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

I guess if everyone is blind at that time, you might have a point.  However,
even if one is speaking of a group in which some are blind it would not
be wrong to shall as the lightning is visible so shall the return of Christ
be visible - those who have physcial sight can see it - much less the fact
that something is visible is not entirely dependent on one being able to see it.

|}I've lost you Mr. Meritt - which THE WAY are you telling me I am blind to?
|
|Pointing has done no good.  You see nothing but the end of the finger.

Maybe your pointing is VERY AMBIGUOUS.  You in this discussion assert that
the end has come and we missed it, because we aren't worthy - I did even
declare someone's worth, but pointed out that the return will be visible.

Since it appears I am a little slow/dense to you, could you state your
point - I've missed it.

|}-Food for thought:  Notice how there are many claims made about how clear
|}-the "word of god" is, yet there are still those who do not see the same
|}
|}Scripture tells us that things of the spirit are hidden from those without 
|}the spirit.
|
|And this is from you, so the conclusion would be that you don't have the
|spirit.

NO this is not from me - I paraphrased it.  It is not directly a reflection
on anyone, but it does give light to your question on 'how clear' the word
of God is.

|}-thing?  What makes you think that this is not just another example of
|}-selective blindness, refusing to see what you don't want to?
|}
|}Scripture also tells us that people are blinded due to thier own desire
|}to believe the lie.
|
|The lie the "you'r viewpoint is not special"?  Yup, your desire to believe 
|that lie seems to have blinded you to much.

You didn't point out the thing to which I am blinded.  The Scripture tells
us that God sends a delusion to those who refuse to belief the truth and
love wickness.  I know my heart is wicked, but thank God I have believed
the truth and so have eternal life in Jesus the Christ, the Son of God.
Can you say that and/or can you state your belief?

He loved us while we were yet sinners and died for us.

For Christ and His Kingdom,
Richard Pitts
-- 
rpitts@cerl.gatech.edu       |    
Atlanta, GA                --|-- 
                        -|-  |  -|-
                         |   |   |