are they still waiting a military Messiah instead of a spiritual one??
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Scripture says, "Blindness has happened to them in part, till the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled." If not for their stubborn pride, we'd not have a chance for salvation. The Gospel is still "to the Jew 1st & then to the gentile." The 1/3 left after the Tribulation, will be saved in one day, "When they look upon Him, Whom they pierced."
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That's a strange question.\n\nI think there are thousands, probably millions of people - of various confessions, and atheists - who know what could be done to bring more peace and prosperity to people on earth than any messiah did. It's all so obvious. Very simple things, just a little of common sense, a little love to thy neighbor, and a little understanding of human nature. Basically, no religion involved. \n\nUnfortunately, they see no way of achieving anything of that. Preachery is so unlikely to work in this world... Usually it takes many deaths and hundreds of years.\n\nAnd I think you didn't mean an omnipotent messiah.
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No.  They need to open their minds to other pastabilities.  May you be touched by his noodly appendage.  The FSM (CBUM) is just as plausible as any other god.  RAmen.\n\nhttp://www.venganza.org/
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You're probably right. Jesus said these thing would happen. Don't think it's right to speculate on when the end will come, after all, there are countries in the world where churches are burned down and Christians are killed for their beliefs, and these things have always happened. It's always felt like the end times to someone somewhere. As the Day approaches, satan knows he is running out of time so he steps up the pace. But read the end of the book, WE WIN! Keep the faith. Pray for your church.
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I don't think it matters what he devil's church thinks about the date...they may have something planned but they cannot determine the future like God can.....this reminds me of the Y2K issue. Everyone thought it was the end of the world...nothing happened....from the devils' church there may be some disturbance, but whatever they do, they are limited by God's overall time plan for the end times...
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Yes, in the sense that they do not recognize Him as the Messiah.  They bad mouth him and even called Him the bastard child of a Roman soldier with the Virgin Mary..\nThey look at Christ as an outsider and just the son of a carpenter who was crucified for nothing.  They think that their Messiah should come as a conquering hero and an overpowering person, or maybe they think their Messiah should come from within the ranks of their Pharisees or Sanhedrins.  They do not honor and respect God's will that the Messiah should be a role model or the epitome of humility and perfect obedience.\nUnless they recognize Him and accept Him as the Messiah, they wil never, never obtain peace like their counterpart the Islamists who also reject Jesus Christ.
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I will wait for Lord's timing, it does not matter if He comes today or tomorrow or in another thousand years. God shall come, no matter what. And Jesus will come soon to take the Church (His bride) home. That is all the answer I can give, because God's timing is better than my own.
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Ha, what a pile of garbage. True the messiah was supposed to be a descendent of king David but that decent is patrilineal (from father to son) Mathew in the first part even shows how jesus was this though his father Josef. But wait. I thought that Jesus was the son of G-d so he cant be a descendant of king David. Strike one. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." Isaiah 2:4. This is Isaiah’s prediction of what the messiah supposed to do. Basically world peace look around you. Strike two. The messiah was also supposed to restore the temple in Jerusalem and gather the Jews back to Israel. The temple still has not been built and more than ½ of Jews today don’t live in Israel. Strike three. Jesus is out of there.\nThe truth is Jesus did not fulfill ANY of the requirements to be the messiah. And NO WHERE dose it say any in the writings before Jesus thing about someone coming to cleanse sin or getting a second chance at it latter. (if you want the bible quotes to support the rest of my augment email me at Gratvol@yahoo.com)\n\n\n\noh and dcomputerman if all you needed to be was the son of a woman descendant of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and from the tribe of Judah line of King David I have just a good chance of being the Messiah as Jesus did.
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Here is a list I have compiled of around 200 Messianic prophecies identifying the Messiah of Israel. http://tinyurl.com/mbqa3\n\nThere are several on this forum who would disagree, however, when you have over 200 available--yeesh, what are the odds!\n_________________________________\n\nGravtol wanted me to get into specifics in regard to Messiah having two comings. I do not have time to give the twelve he is asking for (many people asking questions of me and my 11-year old is ill). But I will try to get things started and maybe others can chime in with other verses or types.\n\nGod set up several types to illustrate Messiah. Two of the greatest are Moses and Joseph. When Moses first came to the children of Israel, they did not recognize him. Rather they proclaimed, "Who made you a judge over us?" However, the second time, he led them out of bondage following great signs and plagues (foreshadow of Revelation).\n\nJoseph, when he first came to his brothers, he was rejected saying, "We will not have this favored of the father be ruler over us" and was thrown into a pit without water (symbol of sheol) then drawn out and sent to Egypt. The second time they see him, he is in glory and he reveals himself to them and rescues them from death. I go into some detail with this type in my study here... http://tinyurl.com/nchkw\n\nThis "first" and "second" coming types were illuded to by Stephen when he was speaking to the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians in Acts 6.\n\nAnother example is in Isaiah 61. Jesus quoted it in the synagogue early on in His ministry. \n\nIsaiah 61:1-2 \n"The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God…’" \n\nJesus quoted this verse concerning Himself, but He didn’t quote the entire verse. Jesus knew exactly what part of the verse related to His first coming, and what part related to His second. And so we read in Luke 4:18-20 and He read from the scroll, but stopped mid sentence after saying that He was proclaiming the year of the Lord’s favour and then He ‘rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him, and he began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”\n\nThe ‘year of the Lord’s favour’ related to Jesus’ first coming. Jesus didn’t read the last part of this same verse in Isaiah 61 because the ‘day of vengeance of our God’ relates to His second coming.\n\nThen there is the timeline prophecy in Daniel http://tinyurl.com/hhmjt where it gives the date when Messiah was to come and die for a capitol crime (but not for Himself). Then at the end of the timeline, we see what is described as Jacob's trouble which is detailed in the Book of Revelation. But we have a promise that the Jews at that time will be rescued in Jeremiah 30:7.\n\n"Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it; and it is the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it."\n\nThis saving will be done by Christ Himself, for it is prophesied in Isaiah 63 that He will go in to Bozrah where the Jews have fled persecution and will dye His vesture with the blood of His enemies who come against them.\n\nHere is a good newsletter on the subject...\nhttp://www.moriel.org/sermons/PDF/dec_98.pdf
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Absolutely not, no one claiming to be a messiah in current times would be believed by anyone but thier core followers and once they were killed they would be forgotten.\n\n\n\nTo everyone who cited "freedom of religion", almost everyone who has started a cult and claimed to be a messiah in the last 30 or so years has been killed or died mysteriously.  We have "freedom of religion" just as long as we don't insult the mainstream.
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Yes, we are definitely in the last days and 2 Thessalonians is relevant for what's going on today. God has given even the elect over to reprobate mind just like the unbelievers. False prophets will rise and deceive those who are of God. We must have the spirit of discernment to expose evil works of Satan. I pray that we will be ready when Jesus comes and become watchmen.\n\nShalom
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NOPE WITH ALL THE HOOPLA BEING SAID IM EX MILITARY AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT ANY MISSION NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED ONCE YOUVE STARTED IT. THERE IS A JOB TO DO WHETHER PEOPLE BELIEVE IN IT OR NOT. WHERE WOULD OUR COUNTRY BE TODAY IF NOONE HAD HELPED US OUT OVER 200 YRS AGO. GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT!!!
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Get a grip dude.  I am real and I am here and will be here until I am not here.  God is in the eye of the beholder so save your sermon for the religion section okay.  Have a blessed day....whatever THAT means.  Peace out!
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Hey Jim, finally a good theological question from you, I knew you had it in you! Your starting to come over to the other side, I can just feel it. In all seriousness, there is no record the children of Israel coming out of Egypt washed their clothes, used deodorant, or brushed their teeth! After forty years, this would be a pretty ripe bunch, maybe that's why the walls of Jericho fell flat!,. what do you think?
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None, they actually arrived to worship Him about 18 months after Jesus was born into this world!
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This is not a prophecy for one, matts got that right.  And God never told Joseph he would live to be 85, He said, if thou.  In v16, this leads me to believe that the Lord is telling Joseph not to be concerned with such things, that he will see Christ regardless of when the second coming is.\n\nI am wondering if these are even your own thoughts, because this stuff looks like it came from www.exmormon.org.  Do you know anything about these people who write this stuff?  For all you know they are apostates that have been excommunicated for being an adulterer and become imbittered over it, or something else, and instead of repenting and working to be reinstated into the church, they live their life trying to justify their actions by claiming the church isn't true.  It is all biased.  It is worse than mainstream news.  How can you actually read this stuff and feel fulfilled?  What happened with you Brandon, that you feel you have to destroy the faith of others?  Isn't the faith you have good enough; you have to try to discredit others faith for what?  To strengthen yours?  That is not how to develop faith.  If you were content with your beliefs that would be enough for you.  What is this enfatuation with the LDS church?  It sounds like you might read this anti-mormon trash more than you study to develop your personal beliefs, I hope I am wrong, but is that what God wants?
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He's our savior!\n\nI don't know about your second question, we'll have to wait for that day to see for sure!