Originally posted by Doward
I have to differ with you Robbie. When one interprets the bible and attempts to divine some hidden secret then you run the risk of producing a false prophecy. Here's my thinking:
Christ said no man know's the day or hour. Of course we are to be alert and on watch, but the date is hidden for a reason. Do you honestly believe God would reveal that date? Of w ...[text shortened]... the day or the hour; that makes their prediction an addition to God's word and thusly false
True some ideas of dates that were thought to be understood at that time were wrong, and they admitted it. But as Robbie mentioned earlier even the apostles were wrong at time with their understandings. They were imperfect humans without the full understanding of what they were hearing from Jesus and they were with him almost constantly and as the saying goes they heard " straight from the horses mouth".
But the Brothers were not trying to be prophets and scare everyone to start running to the hills. They at that time were starting to understand some new revelations that as I mentioned earlier that we believe God was giving them. Some of that "light of new information" was being understood but as they learned they did still not have it all correct. It's no different then any of us going to school to learn something new. There is no way that any of us would be able to explain a new understanding completely correct at first.
But at least these Brothers were trying as hard as they could with the knowledge and understanding they had at that time.
But...this is now 2011 and it's been a long time since those days. And as with any new subject we have learnd more and the light has gotten brighter.
If we clamed to be prophets, then I'm sure they would still be doing the same today and making the same mistakes that were done then.