Brilliant article.
When I saw the headline, I had grave doubts. It is very difficult to explain this to someone who has not had the misfortune of having been brought up believing this. I was brought up in a subset of fundamentalist evangelical christendom which focussed on eschatology (the study of the end times). We defined other Christian denominations, not by the usual doctrines, but by their eschatological beliefs. Pre-Mil, Pre-Trib FTW!
Thief in the Night, A Distant Thunder, and the third one (which I wasn't allowed to watch too often as it was 'too commercial') were a staple part of my video consumption as a child. I cannot count the number of times I saw them from the age of 8 up. Guillotines still disturb me more than they should.
My best friend's dad toured the country as the head of a ministry (The Herald of Hope) solely devoted to the message that Christ (and the rapture/tribulation/Armageddon) is coming. He used to say he had 100% faith that Christ would return in his lifetime.
Despite the lack of this background, the author has explained the issues much more succinctly than I could have hoped to. Bravo.
tkioz":2m2w73op said:
Look, I'm a christian, I believe in God, and I think this bint needs to be hit with a clue stick.
Revelations...
A hard-to-kick pet peeve, and my pre-enlightenment self taking over, but either your aren't a christian or you haven't bothered to read the text on which your claimed faith is based. If you had, you'd know there is no book in the bible called Revelations.
