John Mark E
Registered Senior Member
Godless said:The bible itself is the atheist's best weapon agaist religion ever created!
Yeah, and the Devil thought that God's Words were the best weapon too. That's an old concept...certainly not very original. Satan used God's words against His people as far back as the Garden of Eden. He also used God's words in Christ's temptations.
And what website did you have to search to get all these? It is almost a certainty that you would not have found these on your own. Even more obvious when you are using some of the same references which I had already responded to just a few posts prior.
First off, whose definition of "soon" are you referring to when saying that so many of these verses are not true? And how many times have I mentioned that God is not limited by Time? Outside of Time, "a thousand years is as a single day, and a day is as a thousand years." We do not know when. We are only to watch and be ready.
Second, the people of God's Kingdom are His Church. And they came to Power with the rush of the Holy Spirit, which Christ said He would send to them after His ascension. This was on the Day of Pentecost.
Third, all of the end of the world prophesies have obviously not happened yet. That does not mean that they are true. It just means that Time is not yet complete.
Fourth, when Christ spoke to the High Priest, He was not saying "in a few days". He was saying the same as:
Revelation 1:7 - Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
He was also saying:
Revelation 5:13 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Oh, yeah...and the reference to Hebrews 1:2 has nothing at all to do with the end times, nor any prophesy. Read the rest of it. It said that in older times, God spoke to them through the prophets; now He chose to speak to them through His Son. That one, I will say was out of context. Anyone who would take the time to read it, in relation to what has just taken place, can see that.