Rapture Ready…
by: Rev. DanI wish this was satire, but it seems that these folks are sincere, and excited:
Is it time to get excited? I can’t help the way I feel. For the first time in my Christian walk, I have no doubts that the day of the Lords appearing is upon us. I have never felt this way before, I have a joy that bubbles up every-time I think of him, for I know this is truly the time I have waited for so long. Am I alone in feeling guilty about the human suffering like my joy at his appearing some how fuels the evil I see everywhere. If it were not for the souls that hang in the balance and the horror that stalks man daily on this earth, my joy would be complete. For those of us who await his arrival know, somehow we just know it won’t be long now, the Bridegroom cometh rather man is ready are not.
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I too am soooo excited!! I get goose bumps, literally, when I watch what’s going on in the M.E.!! And Watcherboy, you were so right when saying it was quite a day yesterday, in the world news, and I add in local news here in the Boston area!! Tunnel ceiling collapsed on a car and killed a woman of faith, and we had the most terrifying storms I have ever seen here!! But, yes, Ohappyday, like in your screen name , it is most indeed a time to be happy and excited, right there with ya!!
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I have a feeling I may need to do that, too. My mom, though she believes in the existance of God and Jesus, is not saved. She seems to be waiting for the rapture to give herself over. I have a friend who is wiccan and has no desire to give it up. I worry for these and so many other people. My mom has read the Left Behind series, so she has an idea of what is to come. But I think my friend is clueless.
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I find these sentiments to be disturbing.
Looking at the Bright Side of World War III
Folks on the Rapture Ready Forum don’t seem very concerned at all with what is happening in the Middle East. In fact, they are downright giddy at the prospect of all-out war.
There’s a lot of reasons that americhurch is screwed up. Number one on the list: bad eschatology….left behind eschatology; late great planet earth eschatology; Jesus-is-coming-so-fuck-the-earth-and-its-inhabitants-eschatology; abandon responsibility eschatology; we-are-not-stewards-eschatology; etc. Fix the eschatology and maybe we can start to construct a decent, cogent Christianity that can deal with the modern world, rather than waiting for it to burn.
Just read the news from Israel 9-24-06 the Iran is looking for the Immun but first there must be a war they say. true the anti-c comes to bring peace. As for the rapture it will be at the last trump before Yom Kippur. Now you know the date but not the year. I been waithing 24 years.
@Leonard:
I deleted one of your comments since it appears you might have double-posted, not realizing that I have the comment filter set on “uber-fascist” because I absolutely hate comment spammers.
Your comment is interesting in that I can’t tell if it’s sarcasm or the writings of a Kool-Aid drinker. I’m guessing the former. Well, hoping that it’s the former, actually. :)