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Religions > Bible |
| User: |
"Pastor Dave" |
| Date: |
09 Jan 2008 10:45:15 PM |
| Object: |
Signs from the Heavens |
Signs From the Heavens:
Hal Lindsey making predictions. Hurricane Katrina
is but one example of the coming perilous times.,
Bruce Lindsey
Hal Lindsey is once again making predictions about
the end times using Hurricane Katrina.
In this article on the subject, he claims:
"Katrina is also an object lesson on how dangerously close
to the edge of the cliff our economy actually functions.
This week's Category 4 storm damaged or disrupted about
a quarter of America's oil refining capacity. As a result,
it may require the release of part of America's Strategic
Oil Reserve to help stabilize prices and prevent another
crippling oil shortage. And science is now beginning
to make some disturbing discoveries."
Full Story
http://www.hallindseyoracle.com/articles.asp?HLCA=Back&HLC=11773
Commentary by Bruce Lindsey
Operating from a false premise, Lindsey then makes
this observation: "The hour is late.".
It cannot be denied that Peter believed and taught that
he and his readers were standing at a critical juncture
in history. The exact nature of that crisis is what is
so vital. Did Peter believe, as most modern critics say,
that history was about to end? Or did Peter believe that
eschatology was Covenantal and not Historical? In other
words, was Peter anticipating the end of the Old Covenant
world of Israel, at the fall of Jerusalem, and the full
establishment of the New Covenant World of Jesus, or was
he in fact anticipating the "end of time"? Let us examine
the text and context to see if we can determine the answer
to that question?
Peter is emphatic; he says "the time has come".
Commentators take note that "the article before kairos
[time, DKP] must not be overlooked.". This was not a
"generic" time in which Peter was living; it was "the time"!
An examination of the word "time" confirms this fully!
When Peter said "the time has come" he uses the word
"kairos" a word meaning more than just time.
It "frequently refers to `eschatologically filled time,
time for decision.'". In other words, kairos means
"an appointed time".
Just as in Mark 1:15 when Jesus said "the time [kairos]
is fulfilled, the kingdom of heaven is at hand" meaning
that the prophetic calendar had reached the designated
time for fulfillment. Thus, Bigg rendered 1 Peter 4:17;
"For it is the time appointed for the judgment to begin".
Peter uses kairos in other places.
In 1 Peter 1:5 the apostle said salvation was "ready to
be revealed in the last time" [kairo eschato]. We cannot
overlook the fact that Peter was not anticipating some
period of time far removed from his readers day;
he believed he and his contemporaries were living
n the last days (Acts 2:15ff).
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Christians are the light of the world, but the switch
has to be turned on.
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| User: "Mark T moi@home000whatever182" |
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| Title: Re: Signs from the Heavens |
10 Jan 2008 12:08:46 AM |
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"PastA Dave" <ananias917_@_gmail.com> wrote:
Hal Lindsey making predictions.
WOOHOO!
Can we stone him if he's wrong?
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But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I
have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other
gods, even that prophet shall die. And if thou say in thine heart, How shall
we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in
the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the
thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it
presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. Deut18:20 - 22:
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