Well this was an eye opening watch. Coincidence or God's judgement? Last night's Houston "land" hurricane; is it on this list too?
jrico2727 said:
Is the modern nation of Israel supposed to be the same as the ancient nation of Israel? Especially for Christians? What were the chosen people chosen for? I think these are serious questions Christians need to consider.
I would say that for Christian Israel is the church, not a secular state comprised of a certain race. This race was chosen to bring the messiah in the fullness of time, which has already been completed,so that purpose for what they were chosen for has been fulfilled.
What purpose does supporting the modern nation of Israel do for a Christian? We are to pray for all, friends and enemies alike, but other than that, what is owed them. Red heffers? Allegiance to the point where we fund their military and fight their wars for them? For what purpose is this? To rebuild a Temple that Our Lord had used it's destruction as a sign. To usher in the "messiah"? He has already come. For the ones who rejected the true messiah they await another who in the words of our Lord will come in his own name and not in the name of the Father, as our Lord did. So yes the man of inequity, the son of perdition himself.
I fear this is a deceitful allegiance. It seems maybe the builders who rejected the cornerstone, have convinced some followers of the cornerstone to support them to usher in a Messianic reign, which scripture tells them it's already happened. Christians will not be able to complete a list of tasks to cause the 2nd coming, and if they were success in any manner l it will be to bring in the reign of Antichrist and all that was promised with him.
ramblin_ag02 said:
So God decides to smite Houston, which is in one of the most pro-Israel states of the US, which is the most pro-Israel country on Earth, for lack of support for Israel. Meanwhile, Iran is literally shooting rockets at Israel and just chilling out
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Zobel said:
Be better than this.
Zobel said:
My critique was not because I assumed you were wishing harm on someone. It's because it's a really stupid argument and you should feel bad for making it.
Jim Hogg is angry said:
I know that you do not believe modern Israel is in any way connected to the covenant God made with Abraham, but do you believe there is a future time where God allows the world to come against a Jewish state as part of his final restoration plan to Jews?
Serviam said:Jim Hogg is angry said:
I know that you do not believe modern Israel is in any way connected to the covenant God made with Abraham, but do you believe there is a future time where God allows the world to come against a Jewish state as part of his final restoration plan to Jews?
The good news is that the final restoration plan for the Jews was 2,000 years ago and is available to them now. It's the same promise made to the Muslims, the atheists, the Buddhists and everyone else. Christ is Risen, he is the salvation of the world.
ramblin_ag02 said:
That's dumb. God has a very defined method for punishing people with disasters. He doesn't make them guess that maybe they did something to make him mad. That's idiotic pagan thinking. God sends prophets with impeccably miraculous credentials to let people know when He punishes them and exactly why. Your desire to throw up your hands in befuddlement saying "well it could be due to anti-Zionism" is ridiculous. It could also be due to the attorney general in Houston hiding capital murder evidence in his garage. "For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace."
Even more so, you are directly sinning against the 3rd Commandment. "Do not take my name in vain." You have no idea if God sent horrible storms to Houston, or what reason he had even it He did. Yet you are using God's name to draw attention to yourself and your political position without His direct instruction or permission. You are calling on the name of God solely out of vanity, which is exactly what the 3rd Commandment forbids.
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* [9:27] One week: the final phase of the period in view, the time of Antiochus' persecution. He: Antiochus himself. The many: the faithless Jews who allied themselves with the Seleucids; cf. 1 Mc 1:1113. Half the week: three and a half years; the Temple was desecrated by Antiochus from 167 to 164 B.C. The desolating abomination: see note on 8:13; probably a pagan altar. Jesus refers to this passage in his prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem in Mt 24:15.
You have openly admitted that you don't have any clue about God's intentions or plans, whether or not God sent a deadly storm to Houston for a specific purpose, or what that purpose could have been. And yet you come to a message board to post and endorse a video saying that God intentionally and specifically punished Houston due to the people of Houston taking the political stance of anti-Zionism. So you invoked the name of God, told us what He did, and told us why He did it, when you admittedly have no knowledge about any such thing.Quote:
I still have no idea how I've taken the Lord's name in vain.
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I'll go back to my childlike faith and leave this board. I don't think I'll find the thoughtful discussion I was looking for; instead just more backhanded judgement and personal attacks. That really doesn't help me grow at all. Hope you had a fruitful Pentecost. I will blasphemously be celebrating the one on June 11, naughty Christian that I am. I'm sure that's some kind of sin.
barbacoa taco said:
The whole idea that God would punish a geographic location with a natural disaster for predominant political views is really strange and off-putting. And of all the cities out there he picks Houston?