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07-27-2006, 12:19 PM
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The Second Coming: Another Failed Promise.
It's long, but worth reading.
The Second Coming: Another Failed Promise GR Gaudreau ________________________________________ Introduction As we get ready to enter the next millennium, the preachers of doom-and-gloom are daily telling us, through the medium of television, radio, the Internet, street preaching and whatever other means are available to them, that we should "REPENT! THE END IS NEAR! JESUS IS COMING!" Nothing, it seems, will protect us from "the wrath of the Lamb" (Rev. 6:16). Be ready, they say, for "at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow... yada, yada, yada...", when he finally makes his triumphant return. The old expression "slower than the second coming" will never again be used to taunt believers, because "True Christians"(tm) everywhere will finally be vindicated. Right. Should that worry us? Should we panic? Well, you can worry, even panic if you wish, but it will all be for naught. Christians have been waiting for the second coming for nearly 2,000 years, and what have we seen of this so-called "terrifying event?" We've seen the promise of his return re-iterated in every generation for the past 20 centuries - that's 50 generations, folks! - with not a sign of its being accomplished, not a single one! <snipped for bandwidth - see link in next post> |
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07-27-2006, 01:00 PM
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One - are you GR Gaudreau? The above essay was copied from The Second Coming or here.. I don't see an actual copyright notice, but it is bad form to copy a long essay, especially when it is easier to read on the original web page, with formatting and stuff.
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07-27-2006, 01:08 PM
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Yeah, but I couldn't find the web page, and I'm not him. I guess I was thinking too quickly.
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07-27-2006, 01:13 PM
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Sorry about that, I'm kind of three days new here.
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07-27-2006, 02:29 PM
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No biggie. Welcome to the forum. You'll catch on.
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